After she had left and the servants had gone back to doing their duties and gossiping about all that just happened, Mrs. MacDonalds gave her husband a resounding slap on the cheek.'You could stoop so low as to go into thelat poor little girl? That filthy orphan? How low can you get and who is the other person that you have been consorting with in this house? You do not even have respect for me, for your family. You embarrass me by sleeping with the maids. They mock me behind my back because what the madam is enjoying, they are also sharing in it's.'Whay do you mean Faustina? Don't tell me that you believed what that girl said'.'I believed every word of what she said. I have known her for a little while but I know that she is an honest person who would not take what belongs to others including their husbands. But you... You are incorrigible. I can't believe you could have an extramarital affair, let alone sleeping with and molesting little girls young enough to be your daughters, s

Curtis was getting relieved that his role in this nightmare was finally going to be over very soon.He knew that the girl had turned into a raving lunatic. One who was blood thirsty and he just wanted to be done with her.He manipulated the last boy to go to Mirabel.He had thought that each boy would intimate the others about what Mirabel was doing or planning for them as vengeance for what they had done to her but each boy kept quiet as though they did not want to be the only ones that would be made to eat from the cold dish of vengeance or probably, they were ashamed to admit that a girl had outsmarted them.Whatever the reason, it made Curtis' work easy for him.Sam was a very brilliant boy and knew it. He was also great in drawing and painting.'I shall paint you. You must have seen the movie 'Titanic'. In that movie, the young man painted his lover nude. How would you want me to paint you after we are done having the fun of our lives? Nude or with clothes on? If you want to hav

Joel came home from from abroad where he had been staying after completing his education.He was happy to see his father in great health. He had not been doing really good after his mother's death. He wondered what was responsible until he saw that his father had leased the hall out and an eatery was now there.'You let out the hall father?''Yes, I did. The girl is a very good hardworking girl who did not want to prostitute like the others but wanted to make something of her life and she is so honest that she came with my balance to pay me earlier than the specified time'.'The way you are speaking in such glowing terms about the girl, one would think that you were in love with her', Joel said to his father looking at him searchingly.It was not as though he disapproved of it. After all, he and his ender brother had tried to get him hooked with someone after the death of their mother but he had refused and all their attempts had failed.If he was in a relationship now, and it was mak

A week later, Mr. Jonas got a call from his first son to come to England for some property assortment. He was managing some properties over there for his father and an issue needing his presence came up and James called to inform him that his presence was needed.Joel volunteered to go with him but Jonas refused. He was adamant about going alone.So, he left after making the necessary travel arrangements.The house seemed empty without him. But Joel had someone to keep him busy in the evenings and he knew that he was growing very fond of Mirabel and was greatly attracted to her but he was not sure what her feelings were.One night, Mirabel screamed and started thrashing her bed.Joel heard this in his sleep and stood up thinking that she was being attacked.He rushed into her room after a hesitant knock and found her thrashing her bed.'No, you can't. You can't do this to me. We are family'. she kept saying. Then, 'If you come any closer, I shall stab you with this knife'.This last s

Joel woke first and rested his head on his palm with his elbow balanced on the bed as he watched Mirabel sleep. He wished that she didn't have to go anywhere that day but she would have to go and get prepared for her business. But he consoled himself that the night was there and he would be waiting if she would have him.As though she felt him staring at her, she opened her eyes and stretched lazily.'Good morning, what time is it?''Good morning, love', he replied showing her the time.'Oh my, why didn't you wake me earlier?''You were sleeping so peacefully that I hated to wake you. In fact, I wish you weren't going anywhere today so that we could stay together and talk about anything at all but business calls', he said helplessly.Mirabel felt the same way but she could not afford to stay home today when she had resumed not too long ago.'We shall talk in the evening after I have closed for the day'. she said. She had thought that she would feel shy with him but she felt no such th