The Lab Alpha

Chapter two

Sarah sighed for the umpteenth time that day, she had requested for the day off yet the hours in just a day was too little to attend to her needs, it's been months she went shopping and relied on just junks and it was telling on her health, she needed no one to tell her the implications of her lackadaisical attitude towards her own health.

Earlier that week she had booked a virtual appointment with a doctor who told her she needed more rest and exercise and she should stay away from junkies for the time being, if there was anything she needed it was herself in full shape, she had a lot to do and would never relent.

She threw a can of baked beans into the shopping basket she held, she threw two more cans into the basket, the first step was pretending to eat healthy, if only they knew what the so called nutritious food does to her system, Sarah groaned and decided she had wasted enough time in the name of shopping for the day.

Her wristwatch beeped, she switched off the mini alarm she took along with her everywhere she went, it was time to go see an old accomplice who was definitely of help in the past, she heard voices just few meters away from her.

"b****y humans." She cursed and advanced to ignoring it but decided against it as something caught her attention.

A little boy was crying while an adult was hitting him, Sarah shook her head; it was obviously a mother chastising a disobedient child but as she got a better view of the scene she could see that another woman was protesting just behind the scene but she was held by two people, it was like they were stopping her from moving forward.

And then it struck Sarah what was happening; the mother of the boy was held back from helping her son while the plus sized woman was hitting her son, Sarah increased her pace and caught up with them.

"Hi, what seems to be the problem?" Sarah asked as politely as she could.

The woman who was held captive turned to her almost instantly and began to beg.

"Please, please make her stop." The woman begged.

Sarah's heart skipped a beat, a mother was pleading for the safety of her son?

"Please ma, I didn't steal anything." The little boy cried.

The pieces had keyed into a clearer picture, the boy was accused of stealing and he's been beaten by the larger woman while his mother is begging for her son to be released.

"Ma'am, please calm down and let go of the little boy." Sarah pleaded.

The woman momentarily looked at Sarah and hissed loudly before she resumed hitting the boy with a little whip, Sarah sighed; it was typical of wealthy women to behave that irrational.

"My deepest apologies on his behalf, I'll pay for whatever damages he has done." Sarah said.

"Go away." The woman barked.

Sarah was getting pissed off.

"Why are you hitting a minority publicly? You can be sued for assault and harassment!" Sarah yelled.

The woman ceased hitting the little boy and stared at Sarah, she was taken aback by the girl's courage but she was quick to burst into laughter, everyone around was surprised at her attitude.

"Who the hell do you think you are to stop and threaten me?" The woman asked.

"I am Sarah and the last time I checked; I still have the rights to voice out my opinions." Sarah threw back.

"Do you know who I am? Do you know who my husband is?" The woman questioned.

Sarah scoffed.

"No I don't, tell me exactly who you are." Sarah mocked.

Obviously the woman took the opportunity as a queue to boast of her status.

"I am Madeline Ferdinand, wife to the famous billionaire Ferdinand." The woman boasted.

Sarah frowned, the name Ferdinand rang a bell as he was one of the top business tycoon in town, she had been keeping tabs on him lately due to the complaints that he was oppressing the less privileged and took joy in involvements in corrupt practices.

"Oh, Ferdinand, I see, may I remind you that your husband is a prime suspect in the embezzlement of funds meant for an orphanage he was supposed to be managing? And as we speak he is under house arrest, I wonder why you his wife is out here in public harassing minorities.

Madeline was shocked by the strange woman's words, her husband's house arrest was kept a secret from the public as she had lied to everyone who cared to listen that he was on vacation, the fact that a woman she met at a supermarket knew about this classified secret made her wonder who she was.

"Who are you to slander my husband?" Madeline barked.

Sarah smirked.

"Let me guess, he's on a vacation?" Sarah mocked.

Madeline's face turned red as she saw her secret was been revealed.

"Do.... Do you know the implications of your words and actions? I could Sue for defamation of character!" Madeline threatened.

"Goa ahead and do just that and you seem to be forgetting that I could also sue you for infringement of fundamental human rights and harassment." Sarah retorted.

"He isn't human! He's a werewolf!" Madeline complained.

Sarah's gaze softened as realization dawned on her that the little boy was infact not human, she began to notice the features she had forgotten to take note of from the onset, the boy looked beautiful and his skin shone brightly, his eye color were bright blue and had a touch of red to it, the woman was right; he was a werewolf.

"Werewolf or not, he's still a minority and you have no proof to show he stole from you, release him and apologize to the boy else you'd end up like your husband." Sarah said emotionlessly.

Madeline grumbled and muttered a sorry to her victims before she scurried away with her guards, Sarah didn't wait for the boy and his mother to thank her before storming out of the place, she felt suffocated.