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Kaitlyn*

"What are we going to do now?!" My mother lamented after I told her I was fired from work.

"And I don't even have a job yet. How do we pay our dues and bills? We can't continue relying on Louis's boyfriend for any of our bills... " Karen who sat down close to mom said.

" No Karen. We can't. And that's why I'm going to find another job.. I'll find another job and I'm sure I'll try and make ends meet." I assured my mother and she smiled briefly.

They were a lot of workers in that hotel who didn't even had my qualifications but why was I the only one fired?

Whatever Mr Dober's reason was, I was sure he did it to save his job. The so-called owner must have blackmailed him. Anyways there are other jobs I'm sure even pays more than Mr Dober's. And I'm sure I'll be lucky enough to get one.

* * * * *

Wesley*

"Man did you really had to go such extreme just to ruin a girl who isn't worth ruining? " Liam asked me as we both sat down in The Langham Huntington Pasadena hotel eatery in Los Angeles. He heard about what happened and how I was humiliated by a commoner not just a commoner, a tomboy, and he couldn't stop laughing. I had told him of my plans to ruin her till she decides to end her own life.

"What happened when Sir deem Lachmale disrespected me?"

"You ruined him."

"Good. This wasn't just any disrespect, that low life humiliated me. And no one dares... No one. Dares to humiliate me. Don't make me start having second thoughts about this. " I said as I brought the glass of caviar down my lips.

" What second thoughts? " His brows were slightly furrowed. " Don't tell me you're planning on killing her.. "

" Something worse than that." My voice oozed danger.

" Like what? "

I smirked." Now that's something for keeps. You'll see. "

* * * * *

Kaitlyn*

Two weeks...

Two fucking weeks...

No job.

For the past two weeks no one had agreed to give me a job. It was as if i was carrying a bad omen because anywhere I went, my name alone scares them off. I mean what did I do to deserve all of these? They just kept turning me down and for the past one week, all we've done is depend for Louis's boyfriend for everything.

For food, for shelter and even for money. I wonder where we'd be without him. Maybe under some bridge eating leftovers from some trash.

"Oh my goodness Kai, there's a commotion outside. I think Michael and Louis are fighting." Karen informed me and I quickly ran out to see what was happening. Michael was throwing all of Louis's things outside.

"What's going on here?" I asked on seeing Louis scream at Micheal.

Louis Immediately ran to me in tears. "You wouldn't believe it Kai. I caught him today with one of his whores, he was cheating on me!"

" What?"

" Is that true Mick?"

Micheal who looked frustrated answered." Yes. I did! And what are you going to do about that?!I gave you and your filthy little family a roof, isn't that enough?! Must I love you in return?!"

My hands dropped to my sides." What? So you never loved her and you've been toying with her all these while?! Huh?!"

" Yes! And what are you going to do about that?!"

I immediately rushed at him and gave a big blow on his head. I sat on him and started punching him.

"You bastard!" I kept punching him and delivering death blows to his face. I punched him till he passed out before getting off him with my hands covered in his blood. I turned to my mother, Louis and Karen and they were all shocked at the sight of what I did.

"Babe?!Babe?!" Louis shook Michael severally but there was no reply.

"Police! Freeze!" We heard voices and sirens and before I knew it, we were surrounded by policemen and people.

"Who did this?!" One of the police men asked as Micheal was being put in a stretcher and carried into an ambulance.

"I did." I confessed and lifted both my hands for the crowd to see Michael's blood on it.

"You're under arrest for attempted murder...Cuff her.."

And that was it. I was cuffed and led away into a police van. I turned to look at my mother who was in tears as she was being held back by Louis and Karen.

Goodbye mom...

* * * * *

"You're gonna suffer here for a really.. very long time." The police smirked as he pushed me into a cell containing wild women.

"Hey yo! Yo killed someone?" One of the woman asked me as they all burst into laughter.

I didn't respond rather I sat down quietly on the floor. It would be too quick to pick a fight with anyone of them. I was still thinking about my mother and what she might be going through now all because of me. I wonder what Louis must think of me now. I wonder how Karen would feel after this...

I know Michael won't help us anymore not after what I did to him. I pray he survive..

I looked up to see the women murmuring among themselves. One suddenly walked over to where I was seated and slapped me.

"I was talking to you and you didn't respond. Aren't you going to show some fucking respect?! Huh?!" She slapped me again.

I couldn't take it anymore and before I knew it, I attacked her a wild animal and starting hitting her. I pulled her hair, elbowed her face, punched her jaw, kneeled her stomach. Some tried attacking me from behind and I quickly attacked those ones as well.

"Bring her here!" I heard a policeman shout as I was being pulled away into a room I assume is their office.

"You!" The police man pointed to me as I was forced to kneel on the floor. "You think you're some sort of superwoman?! You haven't even been here for up to a day and you're already beating people up." He drew out a whip." I'm gonna lash you so hard that you wouldn't be able to take it and just pee on your body." He said and the other policemen started laughing. He lifted the whip and before I knew it, it landed on my back. I held back the pain by twisting my fingers again. He continued lashing me but still I didn't whimper. He seemed to be getting frustrated by the way I was holding up and so he landed the whip across my head causing me to gasp.

"Finally." He smirked and continued lashing me on the head. I tried to get up but two other police women held me down. It was as if they had it all planned because suddenly one of the woman brought in a knife.

"I'm going to slice you like this..for the rest of your miserable life." He slapped me across the face as the woman handed him the knife. I closed my eyes as the metal pierced into my skin. I cried out and when I opened my eyes, I saw blood gushing out of my arm.

"Hahahahahahaha." They laughed in unison.

"This will be your punishment for the rest of your days here. I'm gonna cut you like this..every. single. Day." He spat on my face and took out his belt as the leather came in contact with the part of my skin, the knife had pierced.

After several minutes of whipping me on that same spot they had cut me, they took me and dumped me in another cell..an empty one. I took a good look at the place they had cut me, the wound was severe and it had expanded as a result of the whip.

I was sure it would be infected before tomorrow but what could I do? I was in a cell and I was helpless.

* * * * *

Wesley*

"Sir Michael Hall is here." One of my men informed me as I was going through a few files in my relaxation centre close the swimming pool. I had invited Laurel over and I also told her about my plans and as usual, she ditched it.

"Okay.. send him in."

"Yes sir."

"Michael Hall?" Louis who was sipping her cocktail before asked.

" Yes. Michael Hall."

Michael Hall...

Louis Andrews's boyfriend or should I say... ex-boyfriend?

I had discovered the industry Michael worked at and I barged in few days ago, threatening the shit out of him.

"W.. Wesley Cooper?"

"That's right. I am Wesley Cooper."

He quickly took a chair out for me and my men and Immediately discharged the few people in the office.

"I could say this..is quite a place." I drawled, looking around the small wooden office.

"Is this where your money comes from? The one you use in taking care of Kaitlyn Grey and her family?"

" Excuse me?"

" You heard me right. I don't repeat myself twice."

" Y...yes sir."

" Hmm. So you are quite familiar with her?"

He nodded.

" Use your words."

" Y..yes sir."

"Good. Now you're going to do something for me. You see I had a talk with the owner of this place..and well, we bargained at a reasonable price.."

His eyes widened.

" He pleaded with me so hard...to buy this god-damned building. But seeing how you're hustling here day and night.. I'll just spare you and I might not buy this place."

He heaved a sigh.

" But..you must do as I say."

" Which is?"

" You must break up with Louis Andrews."

"B..but sir..I love her very much.."

" Then you're the biggest fool if you think love exist. That's not love..tell me.. you've slept with her right?"

" Y.. yes..sir.."

" That's it. It's not love. You're just satisfying your lust..."

" I really do love her and I've even planned on proposing to her.."

" Don't you dare." I glared at him.

" You'd better do what I tell you or there will consequences and you know I don't make empty threats.." I stood up.

"B..but sir..how will I do it?"

I smirked. He was asking me how to break up with a girl. You didn't even needed to break up with the girl, you just have you give her what she needs. I mean every girl loves money and sex.." you can put up a little show with one of your models. Easy right?"

" B..but sir.. why are you doing this?"

I paused as my fists tightened. Memories of what Kaitlyn Grey did to me rushed in like full whirling wind.

"Anyone associated with Kaitlyn Grey will have to suffer.." I walked out without even sparing him a chance to speak.

"S..sir. I did what you wanted." Michael cringed on his feet.

I smirked. " Very well. Rodrigo!"

One of my men came running in immediately. "Yes sir?"

"Give him the money."

Michael was handed over a small box filled with money.

" That's the sum of fourty million dollars.. Use it to mend your broken heart...and that is if you even had a heart in the first place."

" What do you mean sir? I did what you wanted. I broke up with--"

" Yes I know. You broke up with Louis Andrews. But come to think of it, you didn't even love her in the first place.. that was why it was so easy for you to break up with her."

" But si--"

" Love does not exist Hall. You got what you wanted. Now get out."

" Yes sir." With that he hurried off in a blink of an eye.

" You asked him to break up with his girlfriend? You never told me that." I completely forgot that Laurel was still here.

" List--"

"No you listen!" She snapped. "Look I know we don't mean more than friends to you and you don't even take our advise but let me tell you this Wesley, what you're doing to that poor girl is wrong."

" She's not a girl Laurel! You should have seen her."

" Even though she isn't but she is. What you're doing is still wrong. You threw a poor girl into jail just to satisfy your pride, is it right? You left her with no place to go, no money, no job, no food.. Wesley is it right? You know sometimes I don't really know you. You're just like a two sided coin. Ruining people and at the same time helping them.. doing shitty things just to make people fear you. Just know this Wesley, if they hurt that girl in there, then it's all you. You'll just have to live with the guilt of hurting a poor girl who wants nothing more than making her sister and her mother happy. it's all on you Wesley. I hope you sleep at night for this." Laurel dropped her cocktail on the table and walked out of my penthouse angrily. I have never seen Louis so angry before but I could bet I wasn't the bad guy here. So whatever Kaitlyn Grey has to go through,she deserves all of it and a lot more.

  

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Kaitlyn*

"Hey you, blonde!" I tilted my head to meet a policeman standing outside my cell.

"Your mother's here to see you.." He opened the gate and I walked out with cuffed hands.

" Oh my goodness Kaitlyn!" My mother threw her arms around me. Karen and Louis also hugged me as they were all in tears.

"Did they do this to you Kathy?" My mom asked in tears on seeing my arm and all my body with bruises.

"Leave it mom. They won't break me."

"I'm sorry dear, I really am. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have come here in the first place. I shouldn't have told you about what happened with our shop.."

" No mom. It's not yours. It all mine."

" No Kai, it's mine. My fault. I involved you in my fight with Michael." Louis said.

" Kaitlyn, I don't know if they're allow you eat," Karen dropped a small food flask on a nearby stool. " I prepared food for you."

" Thanks Karen."

"Kai I talked to the head of police about your bail but he said he couldn't grant you bail and that they're transferring you to remand custody next week after that we'll have to provide money for your hearing.. I'm so sorry..." Louis cried.

" It's okay Louis. Everything would be fine. "

" No everything is not fine! Kathy if we don't take you to a hospital right now, your wound will be infected. " My mom said and pulled me by my hand but I flung it away from her hold.

"Excuse me, but your time with her is over." A policeman standing nearby said.

" But sir.. look.. my daughter.. she's hurt. We have to take her to the hospital."

"Are you deaf? Or should we throw you in jail as well? "

" Yes. Throw me in jail. As long as I get to take care of my daughter. "

" Mom no! "She turned to me. " Please just go... I'll be fine, I promise. Just go. "

" Kait--"

" Sir please take me back to my cell." I walked away from her without looking back to give her a glance.

I could hear my mother calling my name repeatedly but I didn't look back. If I look back, I'm sure I'll let my tears fall. I could never let myself cry. Tears are weakness and I can never be weak. If I cry now that means I'll be crying for the rest of my life. I have to remain strong. For my mother, my sister and my best friend.

  * * * * *

Four days later...

"You won't cry huh?! Cut all her body till there's no sign of any skin." The police officer told the man that was piercing me with the knife.

Today completed my fourth day in this prison cell. For the past four days, the policemen and women here had done nothing but flog me mercilessly and at the end of each flog, they'll cut me with a knife. I'll bear each and every single pain even if giving up was always on my mind. Sometimes, I'll just wish they'd kill me instead rather than torture me like this. For the past four days now, I haven't seen my mother or my sister. They never allow my mother, Louis or Karen see me. I've been locked up in here, tortured without food or even water. My clothes were torn from all sides and my long hair was hanging loosely now, partly giving the fact that I was a woman and I didn't like it.

Maybe this was the price I was paying for all my sins. Maybe this was the price I was paying for changing myself.

"Serves you right.." The policewoman that was holding the knife taunted me and slapped me across the face again.

"You'll know better than to disrespect Boss again."

Boss?

Disrespect?

That means someone ordered them to do this to me.

Someone ordered them to torture me like this...

"Who's boss?" I found myself asking with my weak voice.

" Oh so you don't know?" She put her hands on her hips.

"You disrespected boss and now you're paying for it."

Disrespect bos--"

Hold on a second...

"You have no idea what you've brought upon yourself Miss Grey." His words....

I raised myself up from the floor..

" Wesley Cooper is your boss?"

     * * * * *

" Yes." She answered defiantly. " He's our boss. And you have no idea of the kind of trouble you're in now."

" I thought you worked for the law?"

" Screw law. Even the law knows that Wesley Cooper is above the law."

" N..no one is above the law. How could you all do this because of money?!"

She laughed scornfully. " Money rules this world. I needed the money so I'll do anything for it. I mean who wouldn't do anything for it?"

" That means.." Realization Immediately sank in. Everything happening to me wasn't just a coincidence. I mean, my mother's shop that suddenly got lost in flames, me losing my job, people refusing to let me work for them, Louis and Michael's fight, the severe tortures, everything bad happening to me ever since my encounter with Wesley Cooper wasn't just a coincidence..

It was all part of one big plan.

One big plan to make me pay for disrespecting him..

Wesley Cooper was behind it all. This was his way to make me pay for humiliating him that day. I'm sure he also blackmailed Michael too but what i didn't know was how he did it. How he found out about my mother,sister, Louis's boyfriend and where we lived..

He had me investigated.

"So.. everything that happened..my imprisonment was all planned?"

She smirk. " Yes. You're right. It was all one big plan...and you haven't even see anything yet because Boss's just getting started with you.."

Anger welled up in me. So this was all his plan?

All these while I thought I was the bad luck but I wasn't...

Wesley Cooper is going to pay dearly for this.

You'd better be ready, I'm coming for you... Wesley Cooper."

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Anna.