At the office, Bryson decided to check up on Dede after returning to his office from a meeting. He didn't Dede's countenance when he was leaving home for work. He dialled the house phone number and waited for the call to connect. It rang severally but no one answered. He tried calling the guards at home and no one answered. He called Alex's extension."Get ready, we are going home," he said and ended the call.He turned off his laptop and grabbed a few documents he intended to work on at home. His instincts told him something was wrong even though he was trying to remain positive. He knew Melissa already knew who Dede was. He had not told Mr Jackson he had found his daughter for fear of what might happen to Dede if she moved in to stay with her father. And also he was in love with her and felt the need to protect her.In the car, Bryson looked restless. He kept dialling the house phone number, hoping his feelings were false. Alex noticed and already knew Melissa had carried out her de
The call dropped and the phone began to ring again. Melissa answered it and brought the phone to her eyes."What is it?" Melissa said under the watching gaze of Bryson."The Chef called and said the delivery has been done," Julia informed Melissa smiling inwardly but keeping a straight face outwardly."Okay. That is fine. Let me know if they need anything else," Melissa said and ended the call. "You want an explanation for the conversation?" she asked glaring at Bryson. "Melissa, can we talk privately," Bryson requested and the side of Melissa's lips curled up."Sure, come with me," she said and stood up. "I will be back shortly," she said to her friends before leaving the living room with Bryson trailing behind her.Melissa took him upstairs and opened the door to her bedroom, inviting him in."You don't have an office or a place with seats and not a bed?" Bryson asked standing at the entrance while Melissa was holding the door to her bedroom open while inside the bedroom. "I don't
"It is such a pity, you are going to die here," came a voice that sounded like a robot.Dede wondered who it was. The whole room was dark and she couldn't speak aside from making muffled noise. She felt a hand pull her up and her heart began to race as her screams were muffled. She was carried as her shoulder pressed against a hard chest. She could feel the person walking and next, she felt the person climbing a staircase. Her body was used to push a door open but the place was still dark. She felt the softness of a bed and her heart began to race. She was naked and tied up."Not again, not again," she cried inwardly. She felt the hand playing with her body and she curled her body away from the hand but it kept touching her. The cloth was removed from her mouth and she screamed with all her might and the person laughed."Scream all you want. We are in the middle of nowhere and no one is coming for you not even Bryson can find you," came the robotic voice."What do you want from me?"
Dede was sent to the hospital and was attended to. Her broken leg was bandaged and the bruises on her wrist were treated. "How is she?" Bryson asked the doctor."Aside from the bruises on her wrist sustained from her moving her tied-up hand forward and her broken ankle resulting from the fall, she appears to be okay," the doctor replied."Can I take her home?" Bryson asked."Yes, after we get her some clothes," the doctor said reminding Bryson she was brought in with clothes."Sure," Bryson acknowledged and headed for Dede's ward while another guard per his order went to get clothes for Dede. He walked into the ward to find Dede sitting on the bed in a blue hospital gown. He drew closer to the bed and hugged her. "Glad you are okay," Bryson said pulling away from the hug."Was it Mr Jackson?" Dede asked staring at Bryson."No, it was some woman but don't worry your head about that. What matters most is you are safe," Bryson said and kissed the side of her temple. "I am going to do
Back at the station, even though Julia was dead, Bryson was not convinced Julia was the one behind the kidnapping. He still believes it was Melissa but now the one to confirm that is gone. He was only left with evidence that says Julia had an ulterior motive."You said Julia and Dede came to this state together from your records. You also said they are friends from the information you gathered about the two from social media. So why will Julia want to harm Dede?" Bryson asked."Well, even though they are friends, Dede had an attitude that didn't sit well with Julia. The day they arrive in this country, Julia throws Dede out on the street because she tries to seduce her boyfriend and when she is caught, she plays the victim. From the servants, who heard the heated argument between the two, the girl Dede, was found in Julia's boyfriend's room in the middle of the night. Her room was downstairs and the man's room was upstairs. When Julia caught her, she claimed she didn't know how she go
At Bryson's parent's home, Dede was sitting on the balcony of Bryson's bedroom admiring her new environment. She did a quick reflection of her life. A lot has happened growing up. She had to deal with so many sexual harrassament from men back in her birth country all because she was born different. Since when did being different become a crime. She felt she would have been happy with Bryson but again because of her different she was, it was now trouble after the other. The thought brought tears to her eyes as she stared at the beautiful city lying ahead of her. In the living room, Melissa strode in with her bag and was heartily welcomed by Janet. "I didn't know you were coming but good you are came," Janet said after greeting Meilssa with a hug. "My son brought that gold digger here," she whispered into Melissa's ears. "He did?" Melissa acted surprised. "But don't worry, now that you are here. I have a plan to make the girl go away herself," Janet said and walked Melissa to the ba
After an exchange of pleasantries, they dished out the food and started eating. "Feels like old times," Janet began. "Having the whole family together. Sigh, but alas, the devil is never happy when people are happy," she chipped and Bryson stared at her with a frown. He knew exactly what she was doing, and that was to make Dede feel unwelcomed on the table but he smiled when an idea of a response came to mind. "Yeah, it was good old times until the angel we knew turned out to be Lucifer himself," Bryson retorted with a smirk and Melissa gasped. "Did he just describe her as a devil?" was the question in Melissa's eyes as he stared at Bryson. "Really," Janet scuffed. "last I check home wreckers are not angels," she submitted rolling her eyes and Bryson clenched his fist. "That is enough conversations around folktales," Jacob intervened. "So how is the company doing? Anything interesting?" he asked directing his question to Bryson. "It is all good. Everything is in place and we
Melissa seized the opportunity and quickly got out of bed grabbing the blankets with her as she coughed violently. Bryson did not see Dede. He figured his father had used that to get him to leave Melissa. He was still fuming with anger and his parents tried to stop him from getting to Melissa. Melissa knew it was time to leave. She hurried out of the room using Jacob and Janet as shields. "Melissa, I will not forgive you for this," Bryson yelled after her. He stormed out of the room walking out on his parents who kept calling him. He went straight to his room and found Dede collied up in bed. He calmed himself hoping she didn't know about him and Melissa. "Are you sleeping?" he asked in a calm voice and Dede remained silent with her eyes wide open soaking the pillow with her tears.Bryson drew closer to the bed to see her face and he knew from her demeanour she already knew about him and Melissa. He shut his eyes briefly massaging in between his brow."I am sorry, I am not sure wha