SAVING ANGEL

CHAPTER 18

GILDA'S POV

Things got messy with me and Jane. I promised never to stay away; I was going to find out what she had had against Eve.

" This is it? You recorded her trying to push Angel down the stairs, and you have been using it against her?" I rolled my eyes.

Jane stood before me with lots of hatred in her eyes. I could see the way her eyes would move from my hands and go back to my face.

She smiled, but I could see the anger and hatred underneath it.

" Stay out of this. You came here to work; you should focus on that. You will leave here very soon, and I'll make sure of it. Enjoy your little time of being here," she pushed me out of the way.

I was shocked. I thought Eve was some innocent lady being taken advantage of. She seemed quiet and withdrawn. There was something about her that screamed softness and being harmless, but she wasn't.

I walked to where she was; she must have heard about what I found.

" You should not be here," she raised her face, and it made me draw back in shock.

Her eyes were different; they were no longer tender like the ones I had seen before.

She looked tough and so hard.

" What the hell happened to you?" I asked her.

" Stay away from me," she yelled.

I had no idea she was going to be this way. I never thought she was ever going to yell at me and act so defensively. Why would Japheth keep her here? I guess she has been pretending for so long.

" You should not have tried to do that to Angel. She did nothing to you, and you tried to push her down the stairs?" My voice was getting low.

I was stuttering; I could not wrap my head around why she would do that. It made no sense to me.

I felt her hand on my neck. I was being grabbed and pushed to the wall.

" Eve, please, don't." I kept my attention on her.

She pushed me to the ground, and I remained there. Choking on my saliva.

I raised my head and looked at her.

" Next time, when you see me, you will learn to mind your business," she walked away.

Shock ran through my body, all of me. This was never who I thought she was.

I hardly know anyone here.

Why were they all on different personalities? One minute, they are kind; the other minute, they are trying to kill someone.

I stood up and walked to my room; no words were said to any of the maids. I could not even look at them.

I got to my room and locked the door. I was so scared for my safety.

" How long has this been going on? What did Angel do? Or is she paying for the sins of her father? Did Japheth do something to her?" I kept asking.

My head was getting hot as well, and I felt like it was going to blow off.

Why would anyone think of hurting little Angel? It was unthinkable.

So many silly people were in this house, and it made me sick. I wonder what kind of food is being served to Japheth.

Maybe that's the reason he has not been able to walk. Who knows what they keep giving him to keep him in the wheelchair?

Things were beginning to make sense to me. I had to leave the house for some air, even though I feared for what would happen to Angel in my absence, now that I know the truth.

I got to a restaurant and just sat there. I wanted to take some drinks, but I stopped; it was not necessary.

A plate of food was kept right in front of me by a waiter.

" I didn't order anything," I said.

" It was ordered for you," he said.

I wasn't given the chance to explain when Vera came to where I was.

" I figured you were starving and needed something to eat. You walked into this place and could not place an order, so I had to do it for you," she said.

I moved the food towards her. She was trying to insult me, and I was never going to go that lane with her.

I stayed quiet. There were a lot of things going on right now, and Vera was not one of them; she was not important.

" You should come back home, so you can have some food to eat. You look so hungry. Aren't the Williams family giving you enough food to eat?" She looked into my face.

Right, I knew that silly Ethan was going to tell her I now work for them.

" It is none of your business," I tried to avoid saying things I'm not meant to say.

" It is a sad thing that you now work there as a maid, when you could have had a life of luxury, money, and so much comfort if you had gotten married to the man we chose for you," she continued to talk about how I made a bad decision for myself.

I listened to all of it but never said anything about it. I found it silly to exchange words with her.

" And I also heard about how you got a job there, no one would hire you, you only gave them access to your body as always," she said.

I shot a glare at her to let her know it was enough.

" You can leave. I do not want to see you," I said.

She sat there, not making a move to leave.

I raised my eyebrows at her, wondering why her butt was still glued to the chair.

" You have to come see my mother," she said slowly.

" Why?"

" She's sick, she fell ill, and it is only nice that you come to see how she is doing," she said.

This was either true or a trap, I won't fall for her mischief.