While Emily was still trying to process what was going on, Jim asked..." Wh..who m-m-ade you c-c-cry?"
Emily didn't know wether she should be happy or sad. She quickly wipes off her tears and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine." she buried her pain and smiled.
Jim could tell she was faking her smile. " Di..d som-e.. some...thing happe..ned at wor... work?"
She brushes off by saying she was just upset because of how Tomika treated him. She hugged him and asked, " When did you start talking?"
Jim just smiled and asked why is she back early today? Emily lied and said it was a half day.
Seeing Emily not telling him the truth he stops asking. Emily asked if he was hungry and cooks lunch. After they ate she and Jim went to out to buy groceries. On the way back they talked nonstop. It was their first time exchanging words.
" Ar...are y.. you going b-back to... work t..t..tomor..row?" He asked wanting to know who's going to take care of him.
Emily thought for a moment before responding.." No, I'll be staying at home to take care of you." she honestly didn't want to go back after what happened today. She still needs time to heal the wound that was touched again.
" But... you c-can...fin-d.. someone t to take... care... of me?"
She kneels down and sighed. For now she didn't trust anyone after what she saw." I don't want to hire someone that is going to treat you the same way Tomika did."
Jim went silent, he didn't know what to do. When they arrived home Jim went to sleep, while Emily was cleaning around the car.
*** in country L***
After Andrea was chosen up to be the new CEO'S assistant, she was angry as she knew that he didn't on purpose. Every girl in the company was envy of her. In the morning Nina pulled Andrea in the bathroom and asked her how come she was the one chosen and not her.
"Andrea why did you apply on this position when you clearly said you don't like him around here?" her voice was a bit loud.
" I'm just as surprised as you are. I didn't even put my name on the list." she defended herself.
" Then how on earth would he choose you when you didn't even write your name?" Nina was so angry.
" I don't know..." their quarrelling was stopped when two colleagues came in.
" See you at lunch" Andrea walked out and went to the office. When she got to the door she didn't even mind entering without knocking, she was so angry about what he did.
When Daniel hears the door opens he turns around and put his hands in his pockets. " Where are you manners? Didn't they teach you to knock before entering?"
Andrea rushed to him and said.." Oh cut the crap Daniel, why are you here?"
" Hello to you too?" Daniel said smiling wickedly.
" Are you going to do this? Why did you choose me?" Andrea was so furstraited by how evil he is.
" I was just trying to catch up with my long time friend. Is that a crime?" He sat down with a satisfied smile.
" Well guess what? I'm not interested in one of your games Daniel." she crop her arms and huffed.
" you sure you're not? Because last time I remember" he paused and walked to her..." You were enjoying our games we came up with. It was fun, right? "
Andrea was so angry at the point she ended up pushing him. Luckily for Daniel he reacted quickly before he could fall.
He calmly said," It's not nice to start a fight with someone like me."
Andrea looked at him with disgust, she didn't know that in the future she was going to meet him again.
" Choose someone else." she said coldly.
Daniel laughed evilly and said " I'm the CEO and I make the decisions here."
" Well as far as I remember, you're just a substitute because My CEO went missing. So don't make yourself comfortable in the meantime." she said proudly.
Daniel looked at her straight in the eyes, " what if he doesn't come back? are you going to say the same thing you just did?"
" I know he will. And in the meantime while you're here, I quit and I don't want to see your face again."
Daniel was slightly moved. He can't let her leave just like that.
" Mhm, we'll see about that after I'll put all of your photos on the internet. I know you will come crawling back to me"
Andrea couldn't believe that he still has the photos of things that had happened years ago.
" You are so selfish. You really gonna use that to threaten me still?" she continues " how must I even know you're saying the truth ?"
Daniel went into his drawer and took out two files and gave one to Andrea. When Andrea opened the file she saw a girl half naked posing as a cat. Andrea was shocked. Turns out Daniel didn't delete the pictures, instead he printed all of them.
After seeing a bunch of pictures of her almost fully naked, she holds the file tight before deciding to run out with it. When Daniel sees her running to the door, instead of chasing after her to get the file, he laughed instead making Andrea stop in her tracks.
" You can keep that one if you want in case you lose it, just remember I have copies." showing her the file in his hand.
Andrea was left speechless, she looked at the file in her hands before turning around to face him.
" What do you want?" Andrea finally gives in.
" Good question. Same as what I wanted all these years."
" Only on one condition. After I we are done make sure I'll never see you again." her face was serious. If those pictures were to be seen by her family, she is sure if she is ever returning home.
" Mhm... deal" Daniel raised his hand to shake hers but Andrea just pushed it away.
" When? " she asked reculantly.
" I'll send you the address later " he goes back to his seat.
Andrea walked out of the office thinking what must she do to make him pay back.
Later that day she went to the hotel she was suppose to meet Daniel. She sat on the edge of the bed and waited for him. She kept telling herself that it's going to be okay.
" It's going to be okay after this Andrea, this is the last time before you're finally set free." she said silently.
She remembers the first time she slept with a man just to get money so she could look after her cousins. Their parents had just recently died, her mother was in hospital really sick and her father, she never knew about him. So that time it was hard for her to take care of her two younger cousins. She dropped out of high school and started a job. But she really wasn't making that much as she needed to buy food, pay for the house rent and bills and had to pay for her cousin's school fees. One night the landlord came in and threatened to kick her out of the house if she didn't pay the money in full in three day. She was was so devastated, she didn't know where she's going to get that kinda of money in three days since she was four months behind. She did the only thing she could think of.
Her heart was broken when her virginity was taken away by a stranger but she had to stay strong for her mom and her cousins. Years started falling down. She remembers one day after she quits what she was doing because she got everything she needed, a man she has slept with already two times when she was still working at the club kept pestering her. One day he came in while she was away. Only Emily, her cousin was in the house alone. She doesn't really know what happened because Emily refused to talk about it, but luckily she came back early from work and was just in time to stop him before he does something bad to her. She remembers getting angry after seeing him on top of her. That day she will never forget...