THE INVISIBLE HEIRESS

CHAPTER FOUR

My head throbbed as I flicked my eyelids,I scanned my environment,it was a dark room with a lantern illuminating little lights in the room for subtle movements.

This feeling,it felt familiar like I've been here before, I had no memory of me ever being here,so why was my mind telling me I had.

The door opened almost immediately,and the guard dragged me out of the room. My whole body felt numb and I couldn't struggle with him.

He dragged me to the basement and there I saw different types of machines and a bed that had belt straps and chains.

My brain quickly reacted to my environment and I started moving to remove myself from the guards grip.

Another one pulled my hands and the other pulled my legs. They placed me on the bed and began fastening all the leather belts.

I cried,my throat drying up and my eyes filling with water.I kept shaking my head sideways and still struggling to break free,even though I knew I couldn't.

The guards placed a metal helmet on my head,the helmet had many wires. My heart stopped,I felt a shiver run down my spine.

‘They're going to do it,they're actually going to wipe my memory again.’ I shouted in my mind.

“No..no.” I cried out. “Please don't..don't do this.” My voice breaking.

They ignored me and continued doing what they were doing.

Capo and Ma Kate walked into the room. Capo came closer to me and bent down.

“You should have just lived your life normally and not try to bring up forgotten things.” He snickered.

Ma Kate had this face that was filled with guilt,remorse and shame. She waved her hands- in a sorry way- and she mouthed “I'm sorry.”

I was too stunned or rather afraid to speak.

“You see darling, sometimes it's good to ignore some things and just carry on with your merry life,other than try to poke nose in other's business.” Capo said sarcastically and walked towards the machine that powered the helmet.

He lazied his hands around the lever and he turned to the guards.

“All of you leave.” He shouted. “Including you Zade.” Zade is the head security that drugged me.

After all the guards had left,the room was left with Ma Kate,Capo and I.

Capo sat down on a stool beside me and gently rubbed my cheek.

“Oh my dear,you sure did grow well and beautifully,I'm sorry I couldn't welcome you properly but I can give you a well deserved send off.” Capo snickered and waltzed towards the lever.

Before he could pull down the lever *smack* Ma Kate had already hit him with a chemical tube and the glass shattered on his head.

Ma Kate rushed forward and me.

He fell to the ground and his mask shifted. I wanted to take a look at his face but Ma Kate pulled me,we went through a secret passage and into Capo's study. She ransacked his drawers,it was like she was looking for something.

“Find them,Ma Kate has betrayed us,find them both.” Zade commanded.

The other guards went round the house searching for us. A guard began to push open the study room door.

Ma Kate heaved a sigh of relief as she found what she was looking for,she pressed the file to my chest.

“Everything you need is in here, Lyanna.” She muttered and pushed me down the garbage chute.

I landed inside the large dumpster at the back of the building,I looked up and I could hear as they hit Ma Kate.

“Continue searching for her.” Zade's loud voice came again.

I gripped the file against my chest tightly and I began to run barefooted on the road.

I had no money to hitch a cab.

I stopped a cab driver and begged for his assistance.I guess because of the way I was looking, he thought I was being abused and he helped me out.

He dropped me at the train station and I sat there waiting for my train to come.

From the corner of my eyes I saw a guard pushing through the crowd,and just as I guessed he was looking for me.

I looked the other way and saw another guard,our eyes met and he shouted.

“Over there.” Pointing to where I sat.

I hastily stood up and ran,I pushed through the crowd as well,trying to hide myself,atleast till my train arrived.

Then I heard it,the train station conductor's voice.

*All passengers boarding the Sicily train,your ride would be here in 30 seconds.*

There were a lot of people who wanted to board that same train.

“Excuse me….I'm sorry.” I said and apologized as I brushed past the people.

The moment I spotted the train coming,I stood on my guard.

There was a guard behind me and he was getting nearer and nearer.

“Come on…come on.” I muttered and tapped my feet on the floor.

The guard had already gotten closer and he held my jacket.

The train arrived and the doors opened,I hopped in first and the other passengers,pushed him and covered me. The train doors closed and the train zoomed off.

From the window,I saw him throw my jacket,he pulled from me and stomped on it.

I heaved a sigh of relief as I slumped on a seat in the train.

The ride to Sicily was long,but finally we reached Sicily.

I lifted my body lazily and walked towards a cab. I slumped inside the car seat and drifted off to sleep.

“Ma'am we're here.” The cab driver said as he tapped me to wake up.

I flicked my eyes open and I was in front of my apartment building.

I slid out of the car and started walking towards the door. The driver's horn drew back my attention.

“You didn't pay me yet.” He said.

I touched my shirt and my body,and that was when it hit me,I didn't have my phone nor my wallet with me.

“Uhmm sir,do you have a pen and paper there?” I asked politely.

The driver looked at me with creased brows and dilated pupils but he still gave me a book and a pen.

I collected it and wrote down my company's name and address.

“Sir,I lost my wallet,here,take this is my company's address and name,maybe you could come over to take your money.”

He stared at me with his jaw clenched and his hands firm on the steering wheel.

“Una pazza squattrinata.” The driver cursed and spat on me and the car zoomed off.

I stared emotionless at my shoe where the spit landed and I hissed.

I rolled my eyes and walked into the lobby,I took the elevator to my suite and opened the door.

I took off all my clothes right from the door,and scattered it across the living room.I entered into the bathtub and slowly massaged my body.

After the long warm bath,I slipped out of the bathtub with a towel wrapped across my chest and another on my hair.

I waltzed slowly to the chair in my lounge and I sat there with crossed legs as I poured myself a glass of champagne.

I took a sip and looked at the file on the counter. I reached out lazily to the file and I flipped it open.

On it was written

PROJECT: Elixir of life

SUBJECT: Lyanna Dorva

AGE: Eight years old.

FOUNDER: L.D

My heart sank,my head throbbed and my eyes squinted to see if what I read was correct.

Indeed it was.

An experiment was carried out on me when I was just eight years old.

And a man whose name was L.D founded the experiment.