"I Agree! " As Lisa said those words, tears streamed down her face.
Growing up she had always fought for the right thing. She had always stood for honesty. Little did she know that her life was gonna change, it was gonna change because she needed money.
"You made the right choice Lisa, I will speak to the master" The girl whom she just met few hours ago, told her.
Few hours ago, Lisa's mother had a cardiac arrest, and the hospital requested for a huge amount of money. Since they had nothing, Lisa started looking for where to borrow from, she ran to meet her 'Rich girlfriend' who took her to a lady, and that lady is...Gabriella.
"Ma'am Gabriella, please do. I really need the money, please" Lisa pleaded with the lady.
"That's okay.... I'll tell you what, you can start work today and also get paid today " Gabriella informed and Lisa jumped up in excitement.
"Re..Really, thank you so much" Faking happiness, but deep down she was sad.
She was sad because the job was a rough one. Her dream was to become a cop, but now she was gonna become the opposite...... A thief, a kidnapper.
"I hope you aren't having a second thought. Listen Lisa, once you join this game it's hard to step out... It isn't what you can easily quit. Rethink now, else don't blame me later" Gabriella warned.
"If anyone should be blamed, then it is him..."She took in a deep breath." That man, my father" She stated with anger and hate in her voice.
"Pack your things, I will drive you there".
*
It was a silent drive to a street unknown to Lisa. It was like a forest, they passed through many bushes. As long as the street , no house was built in it - except maybe the one Gabriella was taking Lisa to.
The car came to an halt, not only the car, but Lisa's thinking also.
They came down from the car and walked to the big gate in front of them.
Some men where standing outside the gate, they did a scan check on Lisa, that to know if she was with an exhibit.
The gate was opened for them and they walked in.
"Drive the car in" It was an order from Gabriella to one of the men outside.
Lisa wondered why those huge looking terrified men would obey Gabriella. Since it wasn't her place to talk much, she just kept quiet and followed Gabriella like an hand maid.
They got into a big house and Lisa was told to wait in the sitting room.
Lisa stared at the sitting room, it was beautiful. She was starting get cold, probably because of the air condition.
She wrapped her hands around herself, things from the past came flashing in her head.
*******
NINE YEARS AGO
"Anthony please don't leave" Aria pleaded with her husband, holding his right leg - she was kneeling on the floor.
"I love her, okay. You are making this hard for us and our children, let's have an annulment. Since you don't want that, am gonna leave with my children, you are gonna stay here alone!.... Fiona is gonna take care of this children like her own, you don't have to worry about them" Anthony said, with no emotions on his face.
"Daddy please don't go" Ten years old Lisa cried, she joined her mother in pleading.
"Lisa you are coming with" Anthony informed. He took Lisa's hand, and also held the other girl's hand.
"No!" Lisa screamed as she turned back to look at her mum. "I won't leave my mother, alone" With the little strength she had, she freed her hand from her father's grip and ran to meet her mum.
"Becca, come here" She gestured her little sister, who was seven years old then.
"I wanna go with daddy, you come here" Little Becca who wasn't that cleared about what the issues was, said.
Right from the beginning Lisa was closer to her mum, while Becca to her dad. They never thought a day would come when they will chose who they wants to stay with.
"You've chosen your mother. Know this, you've also chosen to suffer. Not a single dime, will I send for you" He stated, and with that, Anthony left with Becca.
Aria didn't say a word, she just continued crying.
"You can't do this to us, we are gonna sue you. You can't abandon us!!" Lisa screamed. "Am gonna become a cop, and in the future am gonna arrest ungrateful men like you , am gonna make my mum proud, you'll come begging us and it will be too late then" Lisa yelled to her dad, as he ignited the car engine.
BACK TO PRESENT
She wiped her tears with her palm. "I didn't chose to do this, I just didn't" She cried, forgetting that she would be meeting the boss soon.
"I promised you mum, I told you I was gonna be a cop, that I would fight for what is right. It isn't my fault, I haven't finished my studies, how can I even train to be a cop... I tried finding a legal work, but the pay for even two months won't be enough for your treatment, and I don't even have a month. I am sorry for breaking the promise I made to you mum, am sorry".
*
*
Gabriella walked into the big room, she searched for the boss but couldn't find him.
"Where's he?" She asked her self.
Suddenly the door to the bathroom opened, and there he was, looking.....Handsome like always.
His black hair was dripping wet. He had features that could make one go crazy.
His curved eyebrows furrowed as he saw Gabriella.
His blue small eyes staring at that of Gabriella.
Gabriella quickly took her gaze down, in order not to make an eye contact with him.
"She's here" Gabriella informed. Her gaze was still fixed on the floor. "Boss" She quickly added.
He didn't speak, he just signaled her to bring the girl to his room.
Gabriella walked out of the room and headed to where Lisa was.
"Come with me" Those words made Lisa stood up and followed her.
They got to a room door, and Gabriella told Lisa to knock before going in.
"Aren't you going in?" Lisa asked her.
"Nope. It's like your interview, go in.... Don't make him angry, he loves asking naughty questions, please answer those questions" Gabriella patted Lisa's shoulder and left.
Taking a deep breath, Lisa raised her right hand up and knocked softly at the door.
She knocked several times but didn't hear a reply, so she opened the door and walked in.
What she saw made her eyes opened. Like, the guy was extremely hot.
Ever since her dad left them, she assured herself that she wouldn't get married, not to talk of dating. She made sure to avoid staring at hot guys like this one she was seeing.
From his eyes to his lips to his body, everything looked perfect.
He cleared his throat and Lisa stopped day dreaming.
"Good.... Good afternoon, no, good evening sir" She greeted, nervously. Yeah she was nervous, that was the first time she was alone with a guy in a room.
"Name?" He asked, his voice was so cold and hoarse. He wasn't even looking at her, but just staring at a particular place.
It actually startled Lisa. Did she do anything wrong, that made him angry? Well, the answer to Lisa questions lies with the boss.
"Lisa".
"Don't you have a surname. Or was your mother a prostitute when she gave birth to you, that she didn't know your father, and that's the reason you don't have a surname" His voice becoming soft.
"How dare you" Lisa wanted to yell at him, but she let the words remained in her. She dare not say it out, unless she was ready to look for another job with a good pay.
"Lisa Danvers" She secretly rolled her eyes at him.
"How old are you?".
"Nineteen" Lisa replied.
Her reply made him turned to look at her.
He was surprised because her voice sounded like that of a lady in her twenties, he wanted to see the face.
He stared at her face, her body, everything about her. Seeing she was beautiful he nodded his head.
Lisa being nineteen looked older than her age. She had those sexy curves, those killer lips, those hot legs and a good pointed boobs for her age.
"Undress" Just one word, one order, one command, that made Lisa to raise her head up and stared at his face.
"I beg your pardon?"She couldn't believe what she just heard.
" Non ti sto costringendo (I am not forcing you)" His Italian was so fluent.
"But...."
"Get out!" The way he said it made her flinch.
"I am doing this for mum" Lisa assured herself. Slowly, she pulled her top, leaving her with only her bra, she was about to pull her Jeans trouser when she heard his icy voice.
"The shirt is enough".
Seeing how endowed she looked, a smile found its way to his face.
Lisa wondered why he was smiling.
"Sir, what do I have to do. I need the money urgently" She reminded him.
"I hope you were told the rules of the game" He asked, softly.
"Yes" Lisa nodded.
"Good, your training will begin tomorrow. My sister is currently out of the country for now, she went on an important mission. She will be back soon, and she will train you" He informed.
"Okay, sir" She nodded.
She didn't know what to do next, she needed the money urgently.
Waiting for his orders, she stood there, playing with nails.
She started sniffing an unpleasant smell, it made her to cough. She looked up and saw that it was her new boss smoking.
She continued coughing.
"Don't you smoke" He asked, with his deep Italian accent. No doubt he was born and brought up in Italy.
"I...." She coughed again. "Don't".
He scoffed and stood up from where he was sitting down.
"Take it" He gave her the one he was holding.
Lisa widened her eyes, she told him she couldn't smoke, then why was he giving it to her.
"Sir?" She couldn't believe it, maybe she was seeing something else.
"I. Said. Take it!" He snapped and Lisa flinched.
With shooky hand, she took the cigarette from him.
"Your arrival in this house means that you wouldn't be able to leave, except you are going on a mission. Am gonna make a transfer to you right now, from today onwards I own you - you will follow all my orders... Now tell me, how much do you want?"
When an opportunity knocks at your door, you have to grab it. She knew this was her only chance to get lots of money.
Suddenly, she realized something. She realized she could stop her self from becoming a theif. Smiling inwardly, she calculated the amount she needed and wanted, and with a sharp and convincing voice she said.... "50, 000".
What the.....
50,000 euro
She said that amount of money jokingly, she didn't mean it. Cause who the fuck would give her that amount of money?
A brief silence stepped in. The boss was thinking about something, after concluding, he smiled at Lisa.
"You are selling your freedom" He took his phone, which was the latest iPhone, and typed something.
"Account details"
Lisa called out everything, and after some time she got an alert.
She gasped in surprise, leaving a big hole opened. Her mouth would be able to contain something big.
He did the 50,000. Omg!
It was her mother account that she gave him, and he sent the money - meaning she would be able to pay for the treatment, and even have lots of profits.
"Tha....Thank you. I.... I appreciate" The joy in her was making her to stutter.
"It's not like I gifted you the money" He threw his phone on the bed and walked closer to her. "Lavorerai per questo! (You will have to work for it!".
Lisa couldn't hide her smirk, she quickly covered it with a nod.
"Now smoke the cigarette!" He ordered.
"I have to execute my plan, I have to run away.... With the money, i will be able to leave Italy for France, and then I will rent an apartment, me and mum will leave a good life" She thought, and stared around the room - looking for ways to escape.
"I. Wanna use the bathroom" She suddenly said.
This time around, it was her boss who smirked - not her.
Gabriella walked to and fro, she didn't what Lisa would be discussing with him.
A notification popped in her phone, when she opened the message, she was shocked to the teeth.
"Oh, no!" She ran to his room. When she opened the door, she saw them.
Lisa wasn't putting a top on, she was coughing so hard.
What could be wrong.
"Ella, what have you done?" His cold voice penetrated into her ear.
She knew he was talking to her, and the reason was because she didn't knock.
"I...i... Am sorry"
*******
Lisa was forced by him to take a drag from the cigarette, it made her coughing to increase.
He was about forcing her to take another drag when Gabriella barged in.
"What was so important that you have to take those unattractive leg of yours into my room, without knocking?" His voice becoming more cold as he walked to Ella.
"It's... It's...."She stuttered as she moved back.
He stopped walking and turned his back.
Lisa watched the drama happening live in front of her.
She didn't have a proof, but she noticed something was definitely wrong with the master and Ella - it wasn't because she didn't knock, there was something else.
"What happened?" He asked, softly now.
"It's Amelia" The fear in her voice made him know that something was wrong.
"What happened to her? Did she get the package? What happened?" He rushed his words.
Lisa chuckled softly, so Mr 'master' can also be afraid. Where are his boldness and courage?
"She didn't get the package, she was outsmarted. Some other men took the package from her" She informed, gaining a scoff from him.
"Amelia can never be outsmarted, never! In this game.... Put her on the line" He picked his Bluetooth and wore it on his ear and went to sit on his bed.
For the few minutes she had been with him, she had never seen him so angry.
Ella also wore her Bluetooth, she walked to a table in the room, and typed something on the laptop placed there.
"Amelia, what happened?" Ella asked. "Come back home! I repeat, come back home!..... Amelia, do you copy?".
"Amelia, fall back home! Take the next flight. Do you copy?" He said.
The 'Amelia' could hear them, she could communicate with them.
Lisa watched as they spoke in military language.
Her supposed master removed the Bluetooth from his ear and threw it away.
"The Bluetooth isn't the cause of your problem, okay" Lisa didn't make the mistake of saying it out.
"The money, was it in euro or in dollar?" He asked Ella.
"Dollar. Sir" Ella quickly replied.
He walked to a drawer, opened it, and brought out a gun.
Lisa didn't know what to call the gun, it was a short one. She wasn't familiar with guns.
"Oliver, please calm...." Ella stopped talking when she noticed she just called his name without any formalities "So - Sorry. Boss" She corrected herself.
"Get the boys ready, Ella. We are going to hunt" His voice sounding so deadly.
"I think we should wait for Amelia.... Or, do you know the people that took the money from her?" Ella asked, trying not to sound offensive.
"Just. Inform the others" He was near the door, but the he stopped and turned to his shoulders. "Lisa, you will be coming along".
Ella brows squeezed.
What?
"Mais monsieur, elle vient d'arriver. Et en plus, elle n'en sait rien (But sir, she just arrived. And besides, she knows nothing about it" Ella said, speaking French. She didn't want Lisa to hear what they were discussing.
"Laissez-moi m'inquiéter à ce sujet. Je viens de lui payer une énorme somme d'argent, je m'en fous qu'elle meure là-bas ! (Let me worry about that. I just paid her a huge amount of money, I don't fucking care if she dies out there!) His French wasn't fluent, it obvious that he borrowed the language.
"Je ne peux pas croire ce que vous faites. J'aurais juste souhaité qu'Amelia soit là, elle n'aurait pas accepté ces bêtises ! (I can't believe what you are doing. I just wished Amelia was here, she wouldn't have agreed to this nonsense!)" Ella loss her cool.
The next thing she received was a slap.
Lisa's eyes widened. She couldn't understand what they were talking about, so she didn't know why he slapped her.
"Ne pense pas parce que je... je me suis trompé avec toi, tu peux me parler comme tu veux. Amelia ne devrait pas être au courant de cette erreur. Le jour où tu ouvriras la bouche, ce jour serait le jour de ta mort, compris! (Don't think because I ... I made a mistake with you, you can talk to me the way you want. Amelia shouldn't know about that mistake. The day you open your mouth, that day would be your death day, got it!)" He glared at her, while Ella held her cheek.
" Yes sir" She replied and nodded her head.
He was about to leave when his phone rang.
He answered the call and after talking to the caller, he hung up and walked back - to sit on his bed.
"Lisa. Leave us" He said, his anger calming down, as his voice was soft this time around.
Lisa nodded gently, she walked out of the room.
'The lion is pushing me out of his den' She thought to herself, and smiled.
*
The atmosphere of the room became tensed, as no one spoke to each other.
The sound of the wind could be heard blowing leaves.
Oliver sighed, he stood up and walked to meet Ella.
Gabriella was just staring at the floor, when she felt someone present in front of her, without being told she already knew who it was.
"I am sorry" She heard him mumbled.
That wasn't the first time he was laying his hands on her and apologizing, she didn't have a choice than to always accept his apologies.
"I have heard those words lots of times. I was just trying to help. Taking that girl into the field without training would be dangerous, she might get killed, and..." Slowly she lifted her gaze up to stared at his blue eyes.
"And the money you said you paid her will be to waste. We can't just trust her like that, you haven't even done the needed...."
Getting bored of Amelia preaching, Oliver quickly cuts in. "Everything will be fine. I know what to do, now go and do what you have to do....Just as you predicted, Amelia told me not to take any drastic step till she returns. So for now, we should focus on another big mission".
She understood every of his words, and after nodding her head, she walked out of his room.
*****
Lisa stared around the big house, not knowing how to escape, she hissed in frustration.
Two men walked passed her, they were strict looking.
Suddenly they stopped walking and turned to her.
"Looking for something?" one of them asked her.
Since she was inside the house already, they needed not to worry about who she was, because only people that are part of them are allowed into the house.
"Um... I... The boss sent me on an errand, he wants me to tell the men outside the gate to be alert, something is wrong. And that was where I was going before I met you guys" She instantly cooked a story.
If the men believes her story, then she would finally escape.
"The boss doesn't send such errands. If he wanted to speak to those men, he would had used the intercom" The man raised his brow. "I want the truth, where were you looking for ?".
TBC