THE DEAL WITH AUDREY

Chapter four

Audrey sat beside her mother at the bed and held her arms, carefully not to mess with the Intravenous spot at the back of her palm. She squeezed her fingers softly

"Mom, you will be well soon. I promise. I am trying my best"

"Audrey," Mrs Evans said faintly. Her breathing was obviously ragged. "I apologize for putting you through this. I didn't listen..to...to...you... you warned me not to abandon my medications.."

"Mom. Do not blame yourself. The medication was giving you side effects"

"But I should have gone back to the doctor. I should...I should..have gone back Audrey!" Mrs Evans said crying

Audrey sighed. "Mom, stop. It's not even about the drugs alone. You never stopped thinking about my father too. You promised to stop bothering yourself about him"

"I was getting over it Audrey. I was. Not until..I...I.. stumbled on a picture online. It was a picture of him and that woman. He looked very happy. And that's not even the main thing, he bought her a car Audrey. He bought that woman a car! What.. What does that woman have that I don't? What does she give to him that I can't? I made your father into who he is and he repays me by leaving me and our daughter for another woman and leaving me penniless too! Audrey!!!" Mrs Evans cried profusely

Audrey tried to calm her mother down but her cries only intensified. She started breathing heavily and coughing out so loudly. Audrey got scared and immediately called for the doctor who came to check on her immediately. He examined her, and checked her heartbeat

"Mrs Evans calm down. Breathe in and out slowly please" the doctor requested

Mrs Evans tried to do that and the doctor asked her to repeat it three times. He proceeded to give her injections and told Audrey she has to leave her as she needs enough rest.

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Audrey got to the location Dickson had sent to her to meet him for the interview. Audrey was surprised it was an hotel and she called Dickson immediately she got to the venue. Dickson cleared her doubts by telling her that is the venue for the interview and it is meant to be private because he is trying to help her as the applications for the post she wants to give her have been filled up already.

She checked into the room and met Dickson already sitted on the bed. Why on a bed and not a chair?! Audrey thought. But she didn't complain about that

"Please sit," Dickson said to her. "What shall I order for you"

"You don't have to order anything Mr. Dickson. I am fine. Thank you. If we could please just conduct the interview right now?" Audrey said quite anxious and uncomfortable for reasons she even does not know

Dickson smiled and brought out two wine glasses.

"A glass of champagne wouldn't be bad"

Audrey shook her head."Mr.."

"I insist," Dickson said, pouring the contents of the bottle into the cups and handing over one to her. Audrey took just little reluctantly, after which she tried to force a smile. She dropped the cup on the glass table and sat back on the bed.

"You are such an elegant lady. You know. Big, bold and beautiful" he grinned touching her fingers. A gesture which Audrey found odd. However, she was very careful not to be impolite. She needs the job. She wanted to remove her fingers but she held them still, not until Dickson started bringing his hands to her upper arm and towards her chest.

"Mr. Dickson. Stop!"Audrey said standing up. "I thought we were supposed to be conducting an interview here," she added, forming her fingers into a fist. Her expression was furious already.

"Come on Audrey. You think just because you returned some cash and credit card, I would just give you a loan of Thirty five thousand pounds like that? ! You have to pay a price for it my darling"

"What?!" Audrey blurted. She could not believe what she just heard. So this man wanted to take advantage of her body is why he asked her to show up in an hotel. How foolish of her. She should have known.

"The last time I checked, Mr Dickson, it was a loan! I didn't ask you to give it to me just like that. Did I?" She breathed in and out "you know what. I don't know what I am still doing here. Goodbye. To hell with your money" She said as she took her bag and reached for the door. But she was dumbstruck as she found out the door had been locked. She became terrified. She turned back to Dickson and held her bag tightly to her chest

Dickson laughed out loudly :"It's me and you today darling. No way..I mean. No way out." He said moving closer to her.

"Don't you dare. Don't touch me!", Audrey yelled gasping for breath and pointing her fingers at him

"Yell all you want, This room is soundproof. No one will hear you Audrey!" Jackson smirked.

Audrey started sweating, she did not know what to do or how to defend herself. Alexander moved closer to her and started raising her dress up and caressing her thighs, forcefully kissing her on her neck

"Let me go...Let me go!"Audrey struggled trying to remove her shoes to hit him with it. Dickson noticed that and hit her hard on her shoulders pushing her onto the bed. He had taken off his shirt and left with only his singlet and boxers. Audrey cried and struggled as Dickson tried to r**e her. Swiftly, she held his singlet forcefully and dragged it strongly towards his neck. Dickson started gasping and struggling for air. ",Leave..that. you..bitch..",he coughed his hands still grabbing the helm of her dress.

"You leave me alone first",Audrey said, breathing heavily. In a minute, she noticed him breathing in slow rates and he released her shirt due to loss of energy. Audrey dropped his singlet and came down from the bed

"You are so evil. You promised to give me a job and you came here to r**e me?!" She cried but she noticed the man started gasping for air stretching his hands forward as if calling for help. Audrey was confused and quite terrified and she moved closer to him

"Hey..you..Mr Dickson, are you alright?" She said her hands on his chest. But Dickson just kept making loud sounds unable to speak

"What is wrong with you? ...Mr Dickson, if this is a game stop it please" she said her voice shaking. She stared at him as she felt sudden chills within her body. She is alone with this man in the room.

"Mr Dickson, what is it? Are you asthmatic? Okay where is your inhaler?" She asked looking around and searching the drawers but she found nothing like it. She ran her hands through her hair sighing heavily, already sweating. She got confused. She did not know whether to call for help or just keep trying. She picked the telephone beside the bed in an attempt to call the reception and she quickly dropped it again when she saw his hand drop back to the bed with a force. She moved closer to him and tapped him several times, but there was no response

"Oh my God!" She exclaimed in agitation. She placed her ears to his chest and she could not feel anything. He has stopped breathing. She heard someone pulling the door, and she felt another sudden rush of fear within her body, she looked over her shoulders, and finally, she heard a creaking sound and the door swung open. It was no other person than Alexander Thorne. He closed the door and fully stepped in. Dickson is one of Alexander's business partners. He has a share in Alexander's Investing company and they occasionally meet for business meetings. But this time, He and Dickson had a business project to handle together and Dickson invited him over to the hotel in which Alexander spent a night unexpectedly as they finished very late. However, he left the hotel very early in the morning to attend a conference meeting at the President's white house with his brother,Oscar. His laptop and other stuff are still in the room. Dickson had given him a spare key to the room should he not be around when he comes back. Audrey gasped in shock as Alexander fully stepped inside the room. Alexander thought he is supposed to meet the room empty as it was locked but the situation and the scene he just met shocked him

"What is happening here young lady?" He asked immediately moving closer to Dickson. But Audrey became short of words. Her lips kept shaking instead

"Can't you speak?. What did you do to him?" Alexander asked as he proceeded to tap Dickson's body severally but he didn't move. He gasped in shock and turned to Audrey

"He is dead. Who are you and What happened here? Answer me right now before I....."

"I didn't... I didn't do anything. He tried....he tried to r**e me. So I held him by the collar to defend myself and he just started gasping for air"

Alexander sighed heavily "He tried to r**e you? Dickson?" He asked unbelievably

Audrey nodded and explained the purpose of her coming to meet him and what he had told him regarding the supposed interview

"I didn't know he had other intentions," Audrey cried.

"I saw him before stepping out this morning and he didn't mention having to conduct an interview for anyone. He actually told me he may not be around when I get back and gave me a spare Key to the room" Alexander said looking at Audrey keenly

"That's what happened. I swear" Audrey said sniffing. Her eyes were already teary.

Alexander rubbed his hands over his hair in distress as he moved closer to Dickson again and tried to double check his heartbeat. He felt nothing. He sighed."What the...." He murmured. He couldn't believe the person he chatted with earlier this morning was dead. He turned to face Audrey

"But you are still in a mess, robust lady, You just killed someone and not just anyone, Dickson Rogers. A reputable figure. You are going down for this"

"No, I didn't, I didn't kill him. I didn't know he would die, I just pulled his Singlet" Audrey explained

"But either way he is dead. Can't you see?!" He muttered, raising his voice. "Oh Lord!" He hit his hand on the golden table beside him in dismay and anger. He remained silent for about a minute and said to Audrey

" I am sure you don't want me calling the cops. Right?"

"You would only be calling the cops for an emergency or to take his body not to arrest me because I did nothing wrong. He must have been... struggling with....with an health condition before or something. Probably asthma I don't know.."

Alexander smirked. "Oh really, you did nothing wrong? Asthma you say? " He said moving closer to her, pulling her to the wall and almost suffocating her with his body. He stood like that for like thirty seconds, his strong cologne filling her nostrils and Audrey almost got carried away with his attractive eyes in the critical moment before she tried to pull him away.