Chapter 3 3

ALEXANDER POV

knowing that she was among the cleaners that tidied up my house, I was pleased with their amazing work, I haven't been able to live in that house for days now because I was out on a business trip. The vessel she broke was not that expensive, it was just a way of getting back at her for humiliating me, I could sense fear in her eyes when she saw me in the office earlier.

"Where are you taking me to?". She asked curiously. I ignored her and continued with my phone "Hello?". she yelled.

" I am not deaf, I can hear you". I said.

"Where are you taking me to?".

" To Your doomed".

"Excuse me! What offense did I commit?".

"You broke my expensive vessel".

"It was an accident, I apologize already".

" Your apology came late". I turn to her staring straight into her eyes.

"What do you want me to do then? If my apologies came late, what do you want me to do? You don't expect me to pay for that, because I don't have money". She said firmly.

"You should have thought of that before breaking the vessel". I said trying to annoy her and I could see her trying to control her anger.

"Just tell me what you want?".

" You will know once we get home".

"Home? What home?". She asked surprisedly.

I ignored her and soon we arrived at my house, I came down and waited for her to do the same, but she was still relaxed in the car.

" What do you think you are doing? Get down now!". I commanded, but she gave me I don't care attitude."Didn't you hear me?".

"I am not going in there with you, I know exactly what you want from me and I promise you, you won't get it". She said and moved closer to her resting my hand on the car.

" Really? You do?".

"Yes, I am not sleeping with you to pay for the vessel". She blurted out.

I smirk." You are unbelievable, you really think that? Listen you are not my type and you are not worth sleeping on the bed with me, and you wanna know why? I don't deal with your kind". I said with all seriousness and I could see the sad look in her eyes."Now get down!". I yelled and rushed down quickly. "Good". I turned my back on her and went inside. We got to the living room." Wait here". I said and left for my room and then came back with a file and flipped it on the table in front of her before I sat down.

"What is this?". She asked.

" Why not take a look".I said.

She hesitated for a while before she picked up the file and glanced through it.

"A document for damaged property?". She asked confusedly and raised her face to me." I don't understand"

"What is it you don't understand? Do you want me to read it out to you?". I asked staring straight into her eyes, she sighed and returned her gaze to the file.

" Wait, hold on, I don't get it, why do I need to sign this document?".She asked angrily after reading what was written on the file.

"Is a price to pay, you are to sign on the file in agreement that you owe me".

" I don't owe you anything, it was an accident that I broke the vessel, you don't expect me to pay a million dollars or work with you for a month to pay for it".

"Exactly! Sign it, or you will be persecuted". I threatened and she scoffed.

" Are you kidding me? There is no way I am selling myself for you over a stupid vessel which I know isn't worth it". She yelled.

"You have no choice, either you work for me in my house for a month or you pay the fine".

" I won't do that! I have a sick grandma to take care of".

"Then pay for the vessel".

She stares hard at me and I care less about it.

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AURORA POV

I walk along the busy road looking devastated, I can't imagine the mess I am in, why did I even agree to go to the cleaning job in the first place, if I had known all this was going to happen, I wouldn't have accepted to go, now he has given me twenty-four hours to get his money or I accept to work for him for a month. Where did he expect me to get the money from? Who will look after my grandmother if I decide to stay at his house to work for him? I have so many debts to pay including grandma's medication bills, how do I go about it?

I grunt angrily." Damn you!".

Everyone turned in my direction thinking I was running mad, I noticed their gaze on me and I smiled to them not to have the wrong thought about me. Seriously, that arrogant man was driving me crazy. I stopped a cab and asked the driver to take me home. An hour later, the driver dropped me off in front of my building, I paid him off and I was surprised to see the two persons I owe money were standing in front of my apartment yelling angrily while my grandmother was trying to calm them down. I rushed to them quickly trying to calm them down.

🧕 "You are finally here, where is my money?". She asked angrily

" Please give me time, I promise to pay you back". I said

👩"That is what you told us last week, I am not leaving here till I get my money".

"Please, I promise this time, I will pay you".

🧕" No! Enough is enough!".

They continued yelling and causing a scene, soon our neighbors came out to see what was going on, and I continued to beg for a second chance, just then I noticed someone collapsed on the floor, I gasped when I saw it was my grandmother.

"Granny!". I cried out trying to wake her up.

👩" We know you are trying to play tricks on us, we give you two days to pay back our money, or you won't believe what will happen to you" she warned.

🧕"We will be back".

They left while I kept calling the neighbors for help, but they ignored me, I rushed to the road and halted for a cab, one of the cab man stopped and helped me with my grandmother to the car and we drove off heading to the hospital.

••HOSPITAL••

I was pondering around the lobby waiting for the doctor's report, It had been an hour since I rushed my grandmother in here and I had not heard anything from anyone, I prayed silently for her recovery. Another hour passed and the doctor came out and I rushed to him.

"Doctor, how is my grandmother? Is she okay?". I asked curiously and he sighed.

" Her condition is getting worse, her heart is deteriorating, she needs proper medication and she has a blood clot in her heart and she needs surgery". He said and I felt devastated.

"Please doctor, you have to help me, I don't want anything to happen to my grandmother, please". I pleaded in tears.

" Cry won't solve this, go out and look for money to save your grandmother's life, time is running out". He said and walked away.

I fell loose on the floor, thinking of what to do, where on earth was I going to get the money for the surgery? I stood up and rushed out, there was only one person in this world who knew my pains and that was Charles. I took a cab to his place of work to see him attending to customers, immediately he saw me and noticed my sad mood, so he rushed to me quickly.

"Aurora, what happened? Why are you crying?". He asked curiously and fell in his arms sobbing.

After a while were seated and he offered me water.

" Thank you". I sniff as I sip from the water.

"What happened?".

" Grandma is sick". I said and he gasped in surprise.

"What happened? I thought she was getting better.".

" Yes, but she fell sick again this morning and I had to rush her to the hospital, the doctor said she has a blood clot in her heart and she needs urgent surgery".

"Oh goodness me, why now".

" I don't want anything to happen to Grandma, she is all I have left in this world, please Charles, you are my only hope".

"How much are they demanding?". He asked.

" He didn't say, but I know surgical money is way too much, I really need to save my Grandma". I sobbed and he took my hand tenderly.

"Stop crying, nothing is going to happen to your grandmother". he said and was quiet for a while before he broke the silence." You know what, give me some time to come up with something".

"Really?". l sniff lightening up my mood.

" Yes, let me see what I can do".

"Oh Charles, thank you very much". I caress his hands.

" Just stop crying, everything will be fine".He smiled faintly at me and I smiled back.

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Some days later, hopefully, I was waiting for Charles's reply, I went to his house, and his mother said he left the house some days ago, I was restless, I tried his cell phone but it wasn't connecting, I wondered where he disappeared to, even his colleagues at work no nothing about his whereabouts, I became worried. I barely go home because the people I owe debts, always stalking around my house, I stay all day and night with my grandmother at the hospital.

"Where are you, Charles?". I sighed sadly sitting next to my Granny who was still unconscious." Nothing will happen to you, you will be fine, I promise you that".

I rested my head on the bed beside my Granny when suddenly I remembered the vessel l was to pay for today, today happened to be the deadline.

"Why is all this happening to me, there is a problem here and there, what am going to do now? I had nowhere to run to, the only hope I had was Charles, and now he had disappeared". I grunted frustratedly." I wish I could just disappear from this wicked and lonely world". I sobbed and dabbed at my eyes.

Suddenly, I noticed my grandmother jerking and finding it difficult to breathe, I ran out to call the doctor, and not long after the doctor came and started to examine her body while I stayed behind praying silently. Then the doctor turned to me.

"We are running out of time, if the surgery is not done today, we might lose her". He said.

" Please doctor, I don't want anything to happen to her, she is the only one I have".

"Then go and get the money to save her life, time is going, please excuse me". He left.

I fell on the floor sobbing and looking confused. Where should I go? Who will help me? I pondered for a while and the only person who was capable of helping me was no other person than the monster himself. I had to take the risk to save my grandmother. I stood up from the floor and rushed out, I stopped a cab and directed him to take me to Beverly Hills district.