No Redemption

Chapter 4: No Redemption

Maya POV…

“I haven’t heard anything from you, have you signed the contract? Your sister’s life is on the line already, she just fainted” I could sense the panic in Mom’s voice.

“Or do you also want to kill her like you killed your dad? I promise you if anything happens to her, I will never forgive your miserable......

“I will sign it” I turned to the man “I will sign the damn contract” I watched as a sly smile crept his lips, but at this moment I am no longer concerned about myself but my sister. I can’t let her die when I can save her.

“Are you still there you shameless piece of shit?” Her words is always so raw, but I have gotten used to the insults already. She have said more worse things to me.

“I will sign the contract now and send the money to you. I just need Sarah to be fine” my voice was calm as I spoke.

“Ok..I will call back in a 5 minutes time, so you better hurry up” I nodded as if she could see me.

After the call had come to an abrupt end, I shoved the phone into my pocket again.

“You made a right choice” his words laced out rubbing more salt to my injury.

“Can I just sign the contract immediately so I can take care of my sister?” that was what mattered to me most at the moment. No member of my family is going to die again because you me.

I tore the envelope open and my eyes came in contact with the contract title “A surrogacy contract between Arnold Oscars and Maya Standard. I stared at the piece for a while, wondering how my name appeared even before I signed the contract, it seemed like he was so certain I would sign the contract.. creepy.

I shoved the thought out immediately, I should be signing and not mummerinng about anything.

“Won’t you read the contract rules before signing?” his words were casual but it seemed more of a warning. I paused from signing and gave him a quick stare, but at this point I am already stumbled my signature on the contract.

“Well, you already signed, now you can hand it over to me” he dragged the paper from me before I could have a look at the so called rules he asked me to look at.

“You did a great job Maya, now we will proceed to the next step which would be the payment” he fixed the envelope containing that contract into a drawal.

“Give me your account details so I can send the money to you, or would you prefer a cheque?”

I thought for a while before giving an answer, “You would send 300m to my family and 200m to me”

“Ok, that is a great choice, forward the necessary details to me” I texted the account details and in less than a minute the alert dropped “ 200m?” it felt like I was dreaming, staring at such huge amount for the first time in my life, it felt like a dream, it felt so unreal.

I feel my phone gentle chim on my pocket again, and immediately I knew it would be mom calling.

I pulled out my phone and just as expected it was her “why haven’t you sent the money yet? It’s already 5 min and…..” her voice trilled off.

“I can’t believe this, 300m, no….I must be dreaming, it…” she ended the call. I need no one to tell me she just saw the money. And that excitement in her voice before she ended the call, it was fulfilling, so fulfilling that for a while I was happy I took this decision.

“Back to the deal,” Arnold voice snatched me back to reality. His voice was cold and commanding again and I wondered what suddenly changed.

“The ball is in your court now. It’s time to do what you have been paid to do” he sounded sterner than before, and I felt my heart jump again.

“Hand it over now, this is the time to cut all relations,” he stretched his hands over. “Give it to me” he added carelessly.

I watched him lost in thought, “What does he demand from me now?”

“I don’t like been left hanging, I hope that is what you can understand? Remember I told you the last surrogate proved stubborn and she learnt her lesson” those words always sent a chill down my spine.

“Hand over your phone, Maya Stanford” his words hit me like a slap and as a joke at the same time. I chucked at his words like they were a plaything.

“Give you my phone? What are you saying about?” my amusement was already mixed with a bit of anger as I spoke. What the heck is he doing?

He chuckled and took his hands back. I didn’t expect that. “I will show you” he opened the drawal he had kept the contraxt document and brought it out again.

I stared at him in amusement wondering why he had to bring out an already signed document again “it seems you didn’t read the contract rules, remember I warned you to” he pushed the document to me.

I looked up at him, my heart already pounding “Things are taken a faster turn than I expected”

“Go through the contract and see yourself “ he relaxed on his chair and watched with his face filled of a

Amusement and accomplishment.

With shaky hands, I took the envelope and pulled it open. My eyes meeting him for a last time, I stared Into the contract rules.

My chest tightened in shock as my eyes scanned through the rules, from the first to the last, I was never prepared for it.

Number one: You hand over your phone the moment you sign the contract and you won’t get it back till the end of the contract, you cannot leave the premises without permission, you cannot talk to any family or friends during the contract, you will be monitored 247, any breakage of the contract rules warrants a dangerous consequence.

I could feel my head spin a million times as I dropped the paper to the floor. This cant be happening, what have I really gotten myself into.

“Remember I warned you to read the rules but you were so desperate that you didn’t,” The smirk on his face at the end of his statement made my blood boil so hard.

“They is no way I am going to agree to this shit, they is no way I am going to be a salve all in the name of contract rules” I flared up before I could stop myself.

“How dare you give me that badshles rules,huh? I am an adult and I deserve freedom, so why the heck will I be kept in a building for 9 fucking months?” my hands fisted in anger, I was ready to tear the building down.

“9 months? It seemed you didn’t read the last part of the contract” I paused for a while forgetting all my anger. What was he saying about? I grabbed the paper from the floor and I saw it “After the contract, you will remain the child for 3 years, so you can nurture him/her well”

“Do you really think I will spend that amount of money just for carrying my child? Don’t be silly” he drank from his glass of wine, and released a sly smile.

“You signed that contract so you have to obey the ru…” I didn’t let him finish before reaching out for his neck.

“You will do no such thing to me you heartless man, I am backing out now. I eok return every fucking dim to you now” he grabbed my hand and overpowered me.

He turned me around pinning me to the wall, “you should be careful with me,” his eyes blazed red.

I struggled to free from his grib but he was way stronger than I am. I coughed hard already choking.

“Watch me destroy this,” he pulled my phone from my pocket and smashed it hard on the floor. “You must listen to me” he threw me roughly on the floor and I rubbed my neck trying to ease the pain I felt.

“Who should you respect?” he took slow steps towards me and I pulled away gently. I have never been this scared of anyone in my life.

“Who should you be afraid of?” he was already squatting in front of me now.

“Y…you” I forced out “I should be scared of you”

“Good girl!” he patted my head and moved back “I will it when people are obedient dogs. You don’t bark at your masters”.

I was finally able to catch my breathe, but I couldn’t stop tht fear already living in me.

Now I get it all, the woman who ran out of his office almost naked, the lawyer who was shivering like someone like serious cold when standing in front of him. This is all clear now, I understand everything perfectly well now, I wasn’t a surrogate but a prisoner in a monsters cage.