"Why?""Why?, You're asking me why? Huh!" Giah watched the play of colors in the older woman's face. It's either because she is pissed off or trying to control her outburst."Do you think that I would just let anyone ruin what has been planned a long time ago?" She continued."What do you mean ?" Giah anticipated that she will reveal something."Who are you, to merit my explanation. You're just a nobody working with my son. What I'm telling you is to stay away from my son if you know what's good for you!" She turn to walk out of the room."Are you threatening me madam?" In a calm voice Giah overcome her shocked with what the woman said, asked with a challenging tone."Do you think I just said those words just to assert my authority? Take it whatever you desire. But I must warn you, I make a bad enemy." The woman scoffs and continue her way out of the room.Giah raised her phone to her ears to know if Lorraine was sti there. She intentionally didn't turn off her phone so that her
The discussion on the dinner table was back to normal when Leo's father took control of the topic. It centered on business and Leo's job. Later Giah take a walk in the garden , she gather her thoughts about what she observed in the family. She is beginning to have second thoughts about her relationship with Leo, and to think that they still have several days to stay here. "I'm sorry that you have to witness my mother cunningness. " Someone disturbed her thoughts and gave her goosebumps." Whoah!!! You startled me!...You are Dean isn't it?" She was surprised when suddenly a man came out of nowhere. His shadow was blended among the dimlit corner of the garden. "Sorry startling you is not my intention. Yes I am Dean the blacksheep of the family, but then I'm not a member of this family either."Why do you say that?""It's how the rest of the family treated me. Except for Riana, she is the most gentlest person in the family." Giah look at him thinking. "What is the problem of this
Giah fixed herself before going to breakfast . She tried to hide the dark circles under her eyes. She had a sleepless night, tossing and turning before finally able to catch up with sleep. She wondered why she had never experienced this before. Is it because of the things she had learn about the family? , the threat, from the mistress of the family, the indifference of the younger siblings, Dean's insecurities and Riana's warning.Leo, suddenly her second thoughts increase about this man. He is so different from the way she knew him. Then she realized that she had many things she doesn't know about him.She went to the breakfast table and there's only Dean and Leo sitting far from each other. They were silent as if both of them are preoccupied to their own thoughts. Then they saw her."Good morning babe did you have a goodnight sleep?" Leo greeted her, doesn't seem to noticed the tiredness in her appearance."Good morning Leo, good morning Dean. I..." She hesitated seeing the reacti
"You saw someone came here before me? Who is it. " "I'm sorry Miss Stevens I wasn't able to see the face.' "Why didn't you tell me when I saw you outside my door?" "I was ready to tell you, but it occurred to me that your room might be bug. So I find some alibi to justify my presence." "You thought my room is bugged. Then why are you telling it to me now." "Because I'm sure you're room is bugged free." "What makes you so sure?" She asked. Then Martha showed her something. "I took it when you were at the dinner table I made a quick look at your room." she showed Giah small gadgets. "What?! Who are you really Martha? You don't strike me as an innocent young girl. What do you want from me. Why are you doing this?" Giah felt her head is getting heavier and heavier and her dizziness is beginning to cloud her mind. But instead of replying, she commented on Giah's Condition. "I think you are being drugged, Miss Stevens. I brought you something to relieved your feeling." "What
Giah step out of the store where the bottle of the pigment that poured on her can be bought.But the salesclerk do not know anything as she is just new there and their manager is not around to shed light on her queries.Failed to achieved her aim, She decided to find a refreshment to clear her mind. She made some sketches on her phone and plan her next move . She had just secretly left the mansion to make her investigation . She wanted to know who bought the pigment, that way she will know who is sabotaging her stay in the Alister's home. But her attempt was not successful. But that doesn't mean she will not search for ways to know the truth.She is still skeptical about Martha's revelation. She can't hardly believe that Leo brought her girlfriend into their threshold only to die from being molested, surely he should have made an effort to set the records straight by giving his girlfriend's justice.Would she have suffer the same fate of Martha didn't help her to prevent her t
Giah had a bad feeling about Martha's changed of work location. She was contemplating to leave or not to leave. Especially when Leo open up the topic of spending two days on the resort before they return to Emerald City.She didn't confront him on the scene she saw earlier. But instead agreed to spend two days before they go back home. When Giah goes to her nightly walk in the garden. Mariana joined her. "Are you really going to spend the last days of your vacation on Alister's Mountain Resort." Mariana asked."Is there something wrong with that?" Giah replied, at this point, Giah doesn't want to trust anyone among the members of the Alister family."I told you before to avoid being with Liana, she is a dangerous and cunning woman. Especially with people who she thinks will be in the way of her plans.persons she dislike. I'm sure you are one of those.""Why? I don't think that have I done anything to merit that dislike.""I'm telling you, you cannot trust that woman. The move that s
Leo brought Giah to explore on their own." Do you think it's a good idea to explore on our own babe?" "Why do you doubt my abilities to keep you safe?" Leo challenge her. "What do you think? " She counters. "What is that supposed to mean?" He got annoyed with her reaction. This is the side of him that Giah never seen until now. "What I mean is, there's only us in this trail and the group are already back or on the way back to base , anything can happen we can never tell." "You don't trust me Giah?" "You know me Leo, I always take precautions beside it's been five years since you're in this part we can never tell some changes had happened to the tracks you had mastered long ago." He stop for a while then calm down. "Sorry, I guess you're right. Maybe it's best we wait for tomorrow." "Thanks for understanding." Giah replied but in the back of her mind she is just taking precautions. especially with what she had discovered about Leo and Irene, and the threats she encountered
Giah stirred and found that the hard floors is giving her uncomfortable feeling." Wait a minute the floor?" she get up abruptly and studied her surrounding."So you're awake? " A voice very familiar came from the dim corner of the room."Who are you, why am I here?" She countered."You were brought here during the night, I thought you were dead as you didn't stir." The voice weak and desperate replied,"Martha is that you?" The voice from the dark corner step into the poorly illuminated part."Oh my God Martha!what happened to you?" The tattered appearance that gave out the shattered look on the girl makes Giah fears what she had gone through."Aside from my torned dress and a few bruises and cuts. I'm fine Miss Stevens."You look like you have overrun by a train." She look around the light is dim that it hurts her eyes. The smell of the place makes her assume that they are in the basement of a building. "Where are we? Why did they take us here?""I have been here since the other d