Chapter 13

As the tears drop from my eyes I feel mt Luca's hand on my shoulder

"Madam,we should probably go"he says in a kind voice before handing me a handkerchief

I take it gratefully, wiping my tears.I take one last look at the ashes before I turn around and go to the car.My heart aching as I do so,all my hard work gone.

As soon as I reach the car I notice a piece of white paper stuck on the windshield

"What's this?"

"I don't know ma'am,it wasn't there before"he says taking out the paper, curiosity etched on his brows

I gesture for him to hand it over still wondering what is in it and as he places it in my hand I inspect it finding that it is folded making me even more curious.I unfold it carefully as not not rip it.Once opened I find that there is something written on the inside, written with red ink.

*We know what you did and this is just the tip of the iceberg sweety.Be prepared.Say hi to your mother for me because she might not live long enough for the personal introduction.

I freeze on my tracks,my blood immediately running cold.

Someone knows

They did this

I frantically scan the surrounding to see if we were being watched

"What does it say ma'am?"inquires the chauffeur reaching for the paper in my hand but I crumple it immediately tucking it in my grasp

"Let's go home"I demand"now"

"Ma'am is everything okay?"he asks again infuriating me

"Let's go now"

"Y-yes ma'am"he says a little startled immediately going to the driver's seat.I get in hastily and as he drives I constantly look back to see if anyone is watching us.

I reach for my phone and call my mother but she doesn't answer,I call her again but the same thing happens igniting frustration and fear with me as I brush my hand through my hair

Damn it mother pick up!!!

I leave her a text telling her to call me but she doesn't respond

She really picked today of all days to be petty

Once we reach my mansion I hastily walk into the house, ignoring the greetings from the maids and climb the stairs leading to my room and I close the door once I get inside.

"This is bad,this is bad.This is really bad"I soliloquize pacing back and forth in my room

"How did this happen?"I groan

My phone rings and I rush to it answering it quickly and immediately her voice booms from the other end

"You decide to call me after acting like a little twit?"

I ignore her words focusing on problem

"Mom someone knows about us"

She goes quiet for a minute before she finds her voice.

"What do you mean someone knows about us?"she questions

"Someone knows about the accident mom! they stuck a note on my car threatening to harm you,they were the ones who caused the explosion"I explain running my shaky hands through my hair

"Did they say what they wanted?"she asks her voice turning into a whisper

"No,they just told us to watch our backs"I reply my voice a little shaky

She goes quite again on the other end and my frustrations intensifies

Just then someone walks in and I turn back like my life depended on it removing the phone from my ear,startling Ann as she walked in

"I brought you your coat,you left it in the car"she says innocently.

Without regarding her I take it from her and toss it on the bed then signal her to leave.Once she leaves I press the phone back into my ear.

"Mom what do we do?"I ask

"I don't know"she replies sounding just as confused as I am"look just relax and wait till they ask for anything like money then we'll give it to them"

"Mom they burned down my warehouse,and the almost killed you,I'm very sure that they don't want money,they want to wipe us off the face of the earth"I reply trying not go get hysterical

"Look I'm going to figure something out and we'll work our way around it,for now just calm down and let me think"she says and then just like that the call ends

I collapse on the big bed mentally drained and scarred.In just a few hours my life has completely turned into a mess and it feels like I'm going insane.My past had come back to haunt me,I knew this would happen but I didn't know it would have this much momentum.I have never known fear like this one.

It all happened three years ago after I had decided to change highschool.I came home from school after I had had the most heart wrenching heartbreaks.My first love had not only cheated on me but had the audacity to tell me to my face that I wasn't good enough for him anymore.I came home crying and I told my parents that night that I wanted to change school,I couldn't face him.I never told them why I wanted to change school,I lied and told them that I was being bullied.

My father however wasn't having it and didn't believe me seeing between the lies,but it wasn't for the reason I that I kept a secret.He thought I was a dummy and that I only wanted to change school because I was too slow to catch up with the other students which was painfully untrue.He was furious that I would even dare leave the prestigious school where all the individuals of the highest social standing in society sent their children and told him I was a disgrace.

My father and I have never had a strong bond,it was too hard to even be close to him.He had always yearned for a son but instead had me and nothing I did was ever good enough.I was the daughter he didn't want and I was well aware of that,but that day his words tore me to pieces and then I raised my voice at him for the very first time shocking everyone on the table including myself.

I told him I wanted to go to fashion school to be a designer instead but that only infuriated him even more and there was an outburst of arguments and harsh words flew everywhere into the air.Mother had tried to stop us from fighting but her voice was drowned out from the yelling.He didn't believe in my talent,he said I'd only be fooling myself to think I could make anything out of it.He already had my life planned.He wanted me to be a lawyer and not be like my mother's friends but I didn't care,I knew I could become what I wanted without his help.

At that point I was fed up and upset and I left the house and took my mother's car and sped off,with every mile I increased the speed.I didn't know where I was going all I knew was that I want to get far away as possible from there.I drive faster and faster till I reach a junction….

It's only now that I realize how foolish I was

There was a bus

And a little girl

And the world went upside down