Chapter 1 Stepmother Hatred

It was six months since Olima Adams lost her parents, and she has been living with her stepmother and her stepsister since then.

As her stepmother turned her into a maid and also withdrew her from furthering her education.

17 years ago, Mr Leo Adams had married Mrs Zoe Elliott and she birthed a beautiful baby girl with brown sparkling eyes named Olima Adams.

But after Olima was born, Mrs Zoe had complications.

Mrs Zoe cried that she wanted to give her husband more kids, but her husband assured her that his love for her would not change.

Two years later, Mr Leo spoke to his wife about his intention of marrying a second wife that will bear a son for him, Since Olima is a girl. So that his son could continue to bear his name and as well inherit his properties.

Mrs Zoe got worried about another woman coming into her matrimonial home and turning her husband's heart against her and she spoke to her best friend named Gina Edwards to agree and marry her husband.

Gina and Zoe used to be childhood best friends. As they attended the same college and grew up in the same town.

Mrs Zoe was a light-skinned 25-year-old woman, and she spoke to her best named Gina Edwards to agree and marry Mr Leo.

She begged, "Please, Gina, can you please accept and marry my husband? He needs a son to take over his properties and to bear his name after we leave."

Gina Edwards was also 25 years old, and a light-skinned woman too like Mrs Zoe, and she wasted no time and accepted to marry Mr Leo Adams.

Gina was previously jealous of Mrs Zoe's marriage, even as they were childhood best friends, she told Mrs Zoe, "Yes, I will marry Mr Leo."

Unbeknownst to Mrs Zoe that Gina was jealous of her marriage and Gina also secretly admired Mr Leo when she usually visited Mrs Zoe's home to see Olima too.

After Mr Leo had completely married Mrs Gina, Mrs Gina finally arrived at the white villa to live with them, but Mrs Gina changed on the first day of her arrival, and she told Mr Leo to send Mrs Zoe away from the master's bedroom since she was the new wife and could give Mr Leo more kids since Mrs Zoe was unable to.

Then, Olima was only two years old when her father had officially married Mrs Gina.

Mr Leo got annoyed by Mrs Gina's sudden change in attitude, and he told Mrs Gina, "How dare you move into my mansion today, and you dare to quarrel with your best friend Zoe? I thought Zoe and you were best friends? Do you think that I agreed and married you because I love you? If Zoe hadn't spoken to me about you, do you think that I want you? Get ready to sign the divorce papers tomorrow and to leave my house! As Olima is still my daughter, and she will inherit all my properties, even though Olima grows up tomorrow and marries a man, thereby changing her surname to her husband's surname. Olima will still be my daughter."

Mrs Gina frowned as she saw that Mr Leo truly loves Mrs Zoe very much more than she had thought. And she switched back to the good friend that she was before to Mrs Zoe. As she went down on her knees and begged Mrs Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her.

Mrs Zoe was a kind woman, and she knew that it was all her fault. As she was the one that had begged Mrs Gina to agree and marry Mr Leo.

Mrs Zoe finally spoke to Mr Leo on Mrs Gina's behalf and begged him not to send Mrs Gina away, not after they had married Gina.

Mr Leo calmed and finally accepted Mrs Gina to continue living with them, but he took Mrs Gina to a separate bedroom and told her not to cause any quarrel again. Else, he wouldn't hesitate to throw her outside.

Mrs Gina saw that she couldn't claim Mr Leo as she had thought that Mr Leo would ditch Zoe away and accept her as his new wife. Instead, Mr Leo rather ditched her away.

Mrs Gina finally stayed in the new room that was given to her, but Mr Leo ruined her wedding night, as he didn't touch her that night and refused to see her too.

Days turned into weeks, and Mrs Gina wanted Mr Leo to touch her every other night, but Mr Leo refused and told Mrs Gina, "I cannot be sleeping with you every night. Only one night is enough to get you pregnant."

Mrs Gina got annoyed and after Mr Leo left for work that day, She quarreled with Mrs Zoe and called Zoe a wicked woman.

She accused Mrs Zoe of been a bad friend and told Zoe that she was depriving Mr Leo from loving her too.

Mrs Zoe later informed Mr Leo about the quarrel when he arrived, and Mr Leo got annoyed and brought the divorce papers home the following day and he ordered Mrs Gina to sign it and to leave his house.

But Mrs Gina refused and told Mr Leo, "I am pregnant."

Mr Leo knew that he couldn't send Mrs Gina away with his child growing in her womb, so he allowed Mrs Gina to continue living with them.

After eight months of carrying the baby in her womb, Mrs Gina finally welcomed a baby girl, and Mr Leo's hope was shattered as he had thought the baby would be a boy.

Mrs Gina was happy to be a mother, and she named her daughter, "Mia Adams."

Mrs Gina hoped that Mr Leo would touch her again and get her pregnant, but still, Mr Leo avoided her as he had sent her away to live outside in the guesthouse.

Time flew past, and 14 years later, still, Mr Leo didn't touch Mrs Gina again.

Mrs Gina knew that she couldn't go outside to cheat on Mr Leo and get pregnant for him to give him another man's child. So she made up her mind to kill Mr Leo and his wife to seize all of Mr Leo's wealth and oil company to become her own.

Mrs Gina was tired of seeing Mr Leo and Mrs Zoe acting so lovely all day, as Mr Leo avoided her and never accepted any gifts from her.

With each passing day that Mrs Gina yearned for Mr Leo's love, she knew that Mr Leo would never love her, so she arranged with a truck driver to ram into late Mr Leo and Mrs Zoe's car.

She knew that they were going to Lemon Hill High School for Olima and Mia's graduation ceremony.

As she was also going to the school for her daughter's graduation too, as Mia was going into a senior class, while Olima was graduating out as the best in her class.

Mrs Gina attended the graduation ceremony alone and snapped several photos with her daughter, while Olima waited all in vain for her parents to arrive.

Later in the evening, when Olima finally got home, she was shocked to receive the news of her parents' absence. She cried as she knew that her stepmother hated her the most.

She wanted to leave the house too, but there was nowhere that she could go.

She patiently waited for her uncles to arrive. And when her uncles arrived, they were rather asking Mrs Gina about the oil company, and other documents and the mansion too.

It was only three months after her parents' burial ceremony ended. And Mrs Gina wasted no time and arrested all her in-laws.

She accused them of being the ones that had killed Mr Leo and his wife, so they could claim all of Mr Leo's wealth.

Mr Leo's two brothers had to sign an agreement never to disturb Mrs Gina again, and they left and never returned.

No one asked about Olima again, and Mrs Gina moved into the main mansion that Mr Leo had previously chased her away from and she threw all of Mrs Zoe's properties away.

She burnt it outside, as she couldn't withstand seeing all the beautiful portraits and images of Late Mrs Zoe on the living room walls.

She replaced the empty walls with her own photos. As she left Mr Leo's images too on the wall.

She sacked all the five housemaids, including the cook, and turned Olima into her housemaid.

She told Olima, "I think you saw how your late father treated me and Mia when he was alive. Well, there is no money for you to further your education. So you will have to remain as my maid to help in taking care of this house that your parents left behind. As we cannot sell it to sponsor you through school. That will be very evil of you to sell the only property that we live inside when we haven't seen the will or acquired another house..."

Olima couldn't do anything, as her stepmother withdrew her from her tutorial classes and turned her into a maid.

She was forced to learn how to cook, wash the dirty dishes, and wake up very early in the morning to tidy up the house.

She had to take care of the garden, her mother's farm, and also trim the flowers too.

Olima cried, but her tears weren't enough to resolve the issue. As she watched Mia resume going to school. Even as her stepmother already told her that there was no money for her to resume.

Mrs Gina later invited the family lawyer to know about late Mr Leo's will.

And when the lawyer arrived, he told Mrs Gina that the will cannot be changed, and the will about the company stated that the oil company that was left behind by Mr Leo Adams should be given to Olima Adams. But only when Olima had turned 24 years old.

Mrs Gina got annoyed and sent the lawyer away, and she thought of how she will turn the oil company and all the other companies that belonged to Late Mr Leo Adams to become her own.