Shattered Bonds: Secrets and Lies

Chapter 22: Katrina's story

Suddenly, she hears a loud ban ing at the door from afar, then a moment later some gunshots. She could feel the movements from the man stop and was suddenly felt big warm arms lifting her up, then was carried.

She tried to open her eyes for the last time to see who it was, but failed. So she gave up as she could sense that she was now safe.

Next morning

Brittney's phone rang again, it has been ringing all night. Daven who was ready to go to work answered the call.

" Hello? "

Hearing a male's voice Lloyd immediately turns cold. " Who are you? And where is Brittney?"

" You are not worthy to know me. And Brittney is sleeping she won't come to work today.. Oh and please don't call again bye."

He hangs up coldly and switched it off After yesterday, he doesn't want to see her with any man close to her. He doesn't know why he suddenly feels this way, and he doesn't want to find out either. He leaves his study and went to work.

Lloyd who was now furious, threw his cup of coffee off the table." That bastard!"

A man who was dressed in a neat attire slowly walks over to Lloyd with a calm expression. He opens his mouth and asked, "Still can't get ahold of her? "

Lloyd coldly turns to the side and said," Find out who is Dave for me. When I come back you better have all the information." He tums around and leave.

The man sighs helplessly and calls a maid to clean up the mess. He turns around and walked out of the luxurious office.

When Brittney woke up she noticed that she's not in her room. She sat up looking around and found out that she was sleeping in Daven's room. She takes the quilt and snuggles it while blushing.

When getting off the bed, she realized that she was not wearing that lingerie anymore, instead her comfy bunny pyjamas. ' Did he change me?' immediately her cheeks felt hot.

She was about to open the door when she saw a note on the door.

"YOUR BREAKFAST IS IN THE OVEN"

This simple sentence made her collapse with happiness. 'What got into him today? '

She ran downstairs to the kitchen and ate the breakfast while blushing and giggling, wishing that everyday would become like this.

While going to her room to take a shower, she realizes that she has to go to work. Freaking out, she searches for her phone and finds it in Daven's study.

Switching it on, she was shocked to see 25 missed calls from Lloyd, and then realized that she still have his car.

She quickly dialed his number and her call was immediately answered within a second.

" Brittney, are you okay? Where are you?"

Brittney quickly explained. "I'm so sorry Lloyd, I kinda overslept. I return it back soon"

Lloyd was about to say something when sergeant James calls him in the background and needed he to end the call."Alright, we'll talk later. I will see you l

at lunch.

Brittney fled to her room to take a shower and go to work. When she was done she rushed downstairs and bumped into Katrina at the door who was coming from Granny Tae's house.

God she already forgot about her!

Katrina smiled warmly and greeted her with a bow." Good morning"

"Morning wait is that my..."

" Oh I'm so sorry, y-your..." Katrina was unsure on how to address Daven. "...husband gave it to me yesterday since I didn't have anything better to wear."

Brittney blushes when hearing the word husband and softly said, "Oh it's okay, I understand."

Speaking of Katrina, what happened yesterday after her stupid plan backfired her. "What happened yesterday? "

" Your husband..."

Again, Brittney blushed

" Shot Stitch and brought us here, but I'm not sure if he's dead or alive."

Brittney thinks for a moment and asked with concern, "How did you guys get kidn*pped by those ugly mean guys? "

Katrina sighed and started to retell everything. "Five years back, our father well, actually now our step father found out that our mother cheated on him with his cousin and we are not his biological daughters. At night when they were arguing, he got angry and pushed our mother very hard against the wall and she hit the back of her head and died on the spot "Katrina's voice got horsey tears endlessly falling down her face.

" He promised to kill us if we say a word about it to anyone. My sister slowly stared losing her hearing and needed a surgery before she completely lose it. Our step father ignored the matter and I had to learn sign language and teach her so that we can communicate when she loses her hearing. Two years later, his treatment towards us was getting worse and would a***e us everyday.

Then one night I overhead him talking on the phone saying that he'll use my sister and I for business. At midnight, I woke my sister up and ran away not knowing where we are going Then we ran into a kind auntie who took care of us for a few d

weeks before we got kidn*pped when we got lost on our way home from a grocery store, and held us as hostages and contacted him saying that they will kill us if he doesn't give them money. All he said was that they can kill us if they want to and dropped the call. So those men decided to make us sell illegal things to an-d and..." Katrina choked up and cried.

Brittney was deeply touched to the point where she gets glasses in her eyes. She hugs her tight and shared a long moment of silent comforting her.

" You have to open a case against him for murdering your mother, abusing you and neglecting you guys."

Katrina immediately shook her head and said inbetween sobs. "He will go after us if he finds out that we are still alive. I can't risk my sister's life."

" He can't do anything to you nor to your sister, listen, you are in the hands of the police, he won't be able to do anything."

Brittney said in a comforting voice.

"N-no, you don't know him. H-he is a very dangerous man, even the police are not who to trust. Some are also involved in illegal dealings"

Hearing that the police are also involved in illegal dealings, Brittney's heart skipped a beat. What does that mean? Brittney has to look deep into this later, for now she must focus on protecting these two sisters " "Who's your stepfather?"

There was a sense of fear in her eyes. She quickly shook her head and said in a shaky voice.

"I don't think it's a good idea to say his name"

Brittney sighed and didn't want to force her into saying anything she doesn't want to. There was a long silent and she asked. " Don't you have any relatives that you think would keep you safe? "

" We were never close to them. Our stepfather disliked them and lived far away from them... the only person whom we knew was our great grandfather who we would visit him in Christmas holidays only." Katrina replied

in a sad tone.