Chapter nineteen

Victor

Damn! What is wrong with me? Why am I feeling this way with Layla, I have to admit, this attraction is way deeper than the way I felt about Alana. That much is obvious when she came and was able to get me to calm down despite me being in an enraged mood. I really just wanted to hold her in my arms and never let go, I wanted to kiss her for eternity.

She tasted like nectar from the rarest of flowers and berries from the rarest of shrubs, I was willing to go further, investigate and find out how she tasted everywhere else aside from her lips, she had this sweet scent like a blend of hickory and oak, like something ancient but beautiful, an antique. My blood roared to take her, to have her, even the other guy was pleasantly silent and I could feel his hunger towards her as well.

I wanted her to stay, but I was really hurt seeing her tears, so I had to let her go. At least I was sure of one thing, she feels something for me as well, she gave in too quickly to the kiss, she kissed me back without any resistance or fight and the kiss had actually went on for minutes.

She must have woken up to reality somehow after the kiss, I understand what she must have been feeling that made her cry, I felt bad though, I’ve put her in a dilemma, but my heart wants what it wants and it wants her. My darkened heart wants Layla Vance.

I was still deep in thought when my sister and her friend waltz into my room, I hadn’t shut the door after Layla left, I rolled my eyes upon seeing them both, ‘what now' I thought.

“Oh my goodness! V, what have you done?” Olivia exclaimed as she saw the damage I’d caused to my room. I also took a look around, damn, not the PS 5 too, I made a mental slap to my forehead. ‘Dude, you gotta learn to control your tantrums better’ I thought to myself but the message wasn’t actually meant for just me.

“Victor? Are you ok? What happened to you? Why is this place in such condition uhn?” Bayley said as she came closer to me and held my arm, then she started caressing my arm softly.

“It’s okay Liv, Bayley, I’m really fine now, I was just in a really bad mood” I said to them both, my sister was shocked to see the destruction to my room, but she was more shocked that I had calmed and reverted back to human, I did wonder what she was thinking by bringing her friend in with her though, what if I hadn’t reverted yet?

“I can see that, but how come?” Olivia asked, the surprise was evident all over her face, well, I couldn’t blame her, usually, when I enter that state unwillingly, it takes long hours or even days before I get to calm and revert back to human, and that is only if I could get the other guy to work with me, he usually doesn’t want to most times.

“Yeah, now that is a surprise to me as well” I said but I was thinking about Layla, and her startling blue eyes, I could have sworn that I saw them glowing for a bit, well, one other thing that I’m sure of is that, that girl is magical in a lot of ways.

“Oh wow, you really are ok!” Olivia squealed happily, “Thank goodness I hadn’t gotten around to calling dad and mom yet, cos I was so worried that I didn’t know what to do except to call them” she said in a relieved voice.

“So happy to see you’re ok now V” Bayley said smiling and still caressing my arm, I was getting irritated by that so I had to remove her hand, as subtly as I could.

“I need to be alone now guys, you can see that I’m fine, so now let me call a clean up crew for this while I go relax as well, I’ve had a really long day” I said, I don’t know why, but Bayley was making flirty looks at me, licking her lips and bending forward a bit so her cleavage is obvious, those kinda thing is a red flag for me, I was getting really irked at that point.

“You sure you don’t need company? Uhn V?” Bayley said in a pitched voice, was she horny or something? Why is she laying on such a thick flirty move? She even moved closer to me again but I quickly stepped back from her with my hands raised up.

“Please, just get out, now” I emphasized, then I turned around to search for my phone, I really do hope it survived the rampage, I needed it to call the cleaning crew, this was beyond the job of maids. I heard an angry stomping out behind me, I took a glance and saw Olivia following an angry Bayley. Why the fuck is she angry? I asked myself but didn’t dwell on it. I kept searching for my phone.

**

Sally

I’ve been in this mansion for about a year now, give or take a few months, but never in all those months have I seen such an opportunity that was placed before me a few months ago. I was approached by an acquaintance who took me to a powerful woman called Madam Sarah. She has a network of bandits and crooks and you name it, anything done in the dark and shadows, she runs it.

The drug ring, the illegal trades, the black market, she controls it all. After the Lockwoods, she is the most powerful person in all of New Mexico, actually, it has been argued that she is more powerful than the Lockwoods, but the Lockwoods overthrow her by far with their riches and wealth, and they are as well in control of everything that is the opposite of the things that Madam Sarah controls. Meaning all the legal trades, businesses and whatnot is controlled by them, not openly of course, they use LW Corp as an access point to all they control, heck even the banks are being run by them, most banks that is.

I was really surprised to have been approached by her for services I could render to her, but then what was requested is something that was really hard to retrieve, firstly it was under lock and key and secondly there was constant patrol of guards around the area. The Lockwoods are smart, they didn’t place guards there so that people won’t know there was something extremely valuable there, but the patrol of guards takes them about and around the area constantly.

According to Madam Sarah who was quoting those who came to give her the job, some real shady people no less, she said the item is not only valuable, but it holds power as well, mystical and supernatural power, now I don’t believe in all that, I was yet to see a pig fly, but when I indeed looked up the item online, I found out that it’s worth is in hundreds of millions of dollars. So ever since I was given the job, I’ve been here in the mansion planning out my strategy.

It remains a month and some days for me to ensure that I successfully acquire the item, Madam Sarah has been on my neck, constantly reminding me of the deadline. She told me that I had to be successful with the mission else it’s my head before hers, so I’m guessing even her own life in on the line for this mission.

Good riddance though because I am planning to run away to a very far country where Madam Sarah won’t be able to find me, once I acquire the item. Which is why I have to ensure I get the item even before the deadline comes close, I’ll be gone for long already before she notices that I’m gone, then for whatever price I get the item sold on the black market, which I’m sure would still be in millions of dollars, I’ll set up and settle down as well as a filthy rich person.

Madam Sarah has already sent everything I need for the mission, it was thanks to her map that I discovered where the item was located and thanks to her keyhole scanner that I got a scan of the keyhole and finally, it was thanks to her key makers that made the key and sent it to me, now all I need is the perfect opportunity and distraction for the guards to be able to get in, steal it and scramble away.

My initial plan was to make Victor and his family trust me after becoming his personal maid before stealing the statue and absconding but I don’t think that plan will ever work since Victor is already all over that bitch called Layla.

I just hate her so much for coming to ruin my plan, but I’ll make sure she gets fired before I’ll leave this mansion, or at least maim her in a way she’ll always remember, that’ll remind her not to meddle in people’s lives and affairs.

“Sally, what are you doing here? you’re here and there’s work left undone, what gives you the right over others, that you’re lounging about whilst they are working uhn?” Lola, one of the supervising maid suddenly invaded my thoughts.

“Hey, hey, Lola, chill, take a chill pill, can’t I have few minutes to myself to rest?” I ask irritably while biting my fingers causally.

“Oh really, you need rest, Sally, you need rest uhn? You know, I really do wonder what position you hold in this mansion that gives you the audacity to be so rude to everybody, you hardly do anything around here, yet you will cross you legs to receive payment at the end of the month” She said, she was on the same level as me, I could see the irritation evident on her face whereas mine is hidden.

“C’mon Lola, check me out, can’t you see that I’m too beautiful for this type of job uhn, can’t you see?” I asked her smiling wickedly.

“Ok then, guess I’ll be leaving that in your review for the Lockwoods to see, there are many people out there who need the job and don’t feel they are too beautiful for it, once you’re fired we’ll hire one of them” she said and I stopped smiling.

“You’ll do no such thing!” I said now getting angry, the last thing I need is someone else to interfere with my mission.

“Oh really, you just watch me” she said and started trotting away.

“Hey! Lola, don’t you dare do it!” I said calling after her but she didn’t answer so I took the initiative and moved, I had to go do what she asked else I’ll get it “Hey! Lola, I’m going to do the job already, I was only joking about the beautiful statement!” I said shouting so she could hear, then she raised a hand and made the peace sign with her fingers as she kept walking away.

Now I have someone else on my kill or maim list.