Chapter twenty-five

A week later

Bayley

“Hey bro, welcome back” Olivia said when Victor walked into the sitting room in his smoking hot three piece suit and a handheld briefcase, he was obviously coming from a business deal or meeting, damn he looked so hot.

“Hey lil sis, how are ya?” he said and kissed her on the head after their brief hug, I wished he would hug me too, even if it was just as brief, but these days, especially since I heard about the

issue with Layla’s mom and Victor helping them out, it has been hard to get Victor to be around and whenever he is, it’s like I didn’t even exist, sometimes we greet and other times we just draw blanks.

“I am fine, but I’m no longer a kid, so stop calling me little” she said pouting in a childish way, so much for no longer being a kid, I thought smiling.

“Whatever, but then, suit yourself kid sis. You’ll still be my little sister whether you like it or not” he said stubbornly and they both laughed, it always felt good to see them both relating as the siblings that they are, something an only child like me wouldn’t understand.

“I have to go to my room now sis, I’m maxed out already” he said and started going towards the stairs after Olivia nodded her approving dismissal.

I chose that moment to be relevant, so I greeted him, bidding him a goodbye as well but he just smiled and walked away towards the direction of his room. I turned to Olivia immediately after he left, not looking pleased with the way he has been treating me.

“It seems there is no way for me into Victor’s heart now, most probably because that bitch of a maid has occupied the whole of his heart now” I said to Olivia and she turned to me with a slightly quizzical and slightly annoyed expression.

“What?! Pfft, no, no! I don’t think so, it’s just not possible. Why would you ever think that way?” she asked me, of course she would out rightly deny the fact that her brother, a big of a celebrity as he is, might actually be interested and involved with a maid, an ordinary house maid.

“Ok, Just look at the way he is snubbing me, he is always giving me the cold shoulder, actually I’m tired of it and I see how he fusses over the maid at every little point, you can’t deny not seeing that or not knowing about that at all, that Layla is responsible for it, for his actions towards me especially” I said with so much bitterness that I could almost taste it.

“Oh c’mon, Its okay Bay, I understand your plight” she said casually as if I was indeed one bitter housewife who is complaining about her cheating husband.

“Sometimes, I do think that you don’t care about me anymore Liv because you’re not even bothered that your brother isn’t treating me right, even after you’ve assured me that it won’t be so and that we would end up being together” I said and managed to squeeze out some tears.

“Awww, I’m so sorry Bay. It’s just, you know, things have been happening one after the other, not leaving the chance for a proper fixing for such talks between my brother and I, hey, I’m still promising to talk to my brother, properly, okay?” she said reassuringly, but I wasn’t really having it.

“That’s what you always say but there hasn’t been the slightest change, it’s been going on for so long now, is this how it’ll keep on going till we go back to school and I would lose my chance to be his?” I said feeling so wronged.

Actually I noticed that after that first day that we spoke to each other, he never spoke to me in that way again and after that day of the incident in his room he doesn’t even want to be in the same

place I am anymore, I don’t know what I did wrong, I’m losing him already, I could feel it and I hated that feeling.

“Hmm, you know what?” Olivia said after she seemed to have had a bit of thinking to do. “What?” I asked with sniffles.

“I indeed think that bitch called Layla is the reason why he hasn’t been able to give you the attention that is due to you, I mean, he hardly even spends time with me anymore as well, he takes every opportunity to be with her. No matter how much I try to deny it, the fact still remains the fact” she said.

She was finally seeing things for how they are, and it’s about time too. “So what should we do to this girl Olivia? I can’t bear seeing her be with Victor when I want him, when he should obviously be mine” I said boiling inside.

“I’ll make sure she gets fired, it’s plain and simple. I truly don’t want anybody to share Victor with you” she said and I eyed her in a way that showed I was displeased with her naivety.

“C’mon Liv, I think from past experiences, it is quite obvious that you can’t really get her fired, not when Victor himself would be against that, see, let’s just get her out of the way so that Victor will only have eyes for me” I said deviously.

“So, what should we do?” she asked looking at me with her clueless eyes, I rolled my eyes at her naivety and smiled then I brought my mouth close to her ears so that my next words would be for her ears only.

“Let’s get her killed” I said in a deadly whisper, a desperate deadly whisper.

“What?!” Olivia exclaimed, “Bayley! You want us to k…”she was about saying it loud when I quickly covered her mouth with my hand and shook my head slightly.

“Bay, I just don’t think it’s really up to that extent, I mean, we’d be shedding innocent blood if we do that” she said in a hushed voiced, I bit my lower lip and cursed inwardly at my friend for being spineless, I would have to goad her into it or better still, carry out the plan by myself and leave her out of it, it’s less messy that way actually.

“I was just suggesting Liv, don’t blame me, I’m so frustrated right now. What else would you have me do, when it is very possible that that bitch might be having all the romance and and life that I am supposed to be having with Victor and I’m just here, never having received any form of affection from him” I said looking so dejected, I really hoped I’d covered up my intentions well enough, I wouldn’t want to be suspected when I indeed carry it out on my own.

“Its okay Bayley, don’t you worry, I'll teach that bitch a lesson, one she won’t soon forget and she’ll learn her place and stay far away from my brother, that is if she doesn’t quit the job altogether and run off though” she said patting my back and I smiled, yes, let her get all that is coming to her, before I make my own move, some suffering before death, sounds about right, I thought with a sinister smile on my face.