Chapter two
Cindy thought her Uncle was joking but unfortunately, he wasn't playing around with her, he meant all that he said.
Cindy went into the kitchen and prepared their breakfast quickly before she left for school.
'Her parents never allowed her to go into the kitchen, I'm sure of that, but how come she knows how to cook?' Mrs Black asked in her mind the moment she tested the meals on the table and shrugged.
The following morning Cindy woke up with a splash of cooled water, she jumped down from the bed shivering, slowly she wiped water off her face and to her greatest surprise it wasn't who she had in mind.
"Uncle?" Cindy whispered shockingly.
"Cindy, I expected you to have finished with the cleaning of the house and maybe you will be preparing our breakfast by now... So what are you still doing on the bed?" Mr Black asked.
"Uncle is just 4:30 a.m., how can I start working now? It's still very early." Cindy answered.
Cindy's eyes widened and it was down on her that she had totally turned to a maid in her own father's house when Mr black stepped forward and asked, "Still early right?"
"Yes, Uncle," Cindy responded lazily and he landed a heavy slap on her face, immediately her eyes became blurred, everything was spinning and she fell on the floor.
"Listen, I'm going back to my room, make sure this house is clean before I come out of my room." Mr Black said and walked out of Cindy's room.
"Mum! Dad!... Have you seen what I'm going through? Have you seen what your daughter is being compared to? Why? Why have you chosen to abandon me with this your cruel brother?"
"It wasn't enough that I lost both of you, now look what my uncle is forcing me to do." Cindy lamented soberly. She slowly walked downstairs.
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It wasn't easy for her but she put up a strong mind to face whatever that comes her way from that day onwards.
Cindy on her own stopped eating with them in the dining room and was doing everything they asked her to do, but yet her uncle's wife wasn't satisfied.
She was also jealous of Cindy's beauty and planned how she would damage her face when she returns from lecture.
After lectures, she arranged her books ready to go home, Immediately she stepped out of her class one of the lecturers called her, "Cindy,"
Cindy turned back and saw the man who gave her admission, "Hi, Mr Thomas,"
"Cindy, you've not been in lecture for some days, what's going on?" Mr Thomas asked.
"Sir, it's a long story we better not talk about it," Cindy answered shortly trying to avoid what was happening at home.
"If you say so, let's go straight to the point, I just want to let you know that your uncle was here yesterday and he made it clear to us that you will be dropping out of school... Is there a problem? Your final exams are around the corner and you want to drop out? Cindy, listen you know you can talk to me. What's this about?" Mr Thomas asked sensing that something was wrong but what could he do when she wasn't saying anything?
Cindy was one of the best students in her school and dropping out was out of option.
Cindy breathed heavily and shook her head. "Mr Thomas, don't worry everything is fine, this was just a misunderstanding." Mr Thomas nodded and left.
Cindy reached home and the first thing she did was to rush into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
As she was about to start the cooking her uncle's wife walked in, "Cindy, I'm looking for my jewellery, where can I find it?"
"Aunty, I haven't seen your jewellery and I don't know where you can find it," Cindy responded calmly but she was very angry.
"Who else is in this house with us, huh? Cindy, let it not be what I'm thinking." Her uncle's wife said and gently she raised the boiled water, she wanted to turn it on Cindy and suddenly her son called out.
"Mother!" She jolted hearing Desmond's voice and gently she put the pot down, gasped at Cindy and walked away, then Desmond followed her.
"Good heaven! Mother, what were you trying to do? To turn the boiled water on her... I don't know you're this heartless." Desmond uttered shockingly...
"Don't talk to your mother that way, Desmond." She said, warning him.
After seeing what would have happened to Cindy, Desmond watched his parents closely from that day and noticed that his parents were ready to hurt her at any slight opportunity.
Then Desmond refused giving them the chance to hurt her and since then he has been the one protecting her from his parent's evil plot.
Immediately Cindy finished what she was doing, she went and met her uncle after she noticed that her fees were not yet paid and her examination was already at hand.
"Good evening, Uncle," Cindy greeted and he looked up at her.
"Cindy, what is it?" He asked, frowning.
"Uncle, the administrator told me..."
"Listen, Cindy, if you're trying to talk about the school fee then forget it, there's nothing I can do about it, you're dropping out and that's final." He said heartlessly.
Cindy was dumbfounded, tears streamed down her eyes, she couldn't believe her life would turn out this way. If only her parents were alive today, who the hell is her uncle to do all these things to her?
Her life shattered all over, as she slowly turned around without a word and left.
She went to her parent's grave and sat down quietly on her father's grave 'Uncle Black has decided to destroy my life mother... Who will I run to now? How am I supposed to take over the company without completing my school, Dad?' She lamented soberly.
She got tired of crying and lay down calmly on the grave, suddenly a gentle breeze blew and she felt peace within her, she stood up, cleaned her body and went home.
That same evening, she prepared their dinner and served them as usual, she noticed that her Uncle and his wife were arguing with each other, she didn't want to hear what the problem was, so she stood up and moved away.
"Hi Dad," Desmond greeted immediately he walked into the dining room and his mother looked up smiling.
"Hello son," His mother greeted happily.
"Hi Mom," Desmond greeted and sat down, not wasting any time he dished out food and started eating.
"Father, it's so difficult for me to understand what's going on in the company," Desmond said worriedly.
"Don't worry son, you can't just learn everything at once, it's a gradual process... I also find it difficult to understand anything." Mr Black said.
"Father, that Mrs Rose is one of a genius, she knows everything about the company as if it was in her palms," Desmond said raising his index finger.
"Son... She built the company with my brother," Mr Black said lazily.
"Wow, that's great." He said and through his voice, one would notice that he was happy.
Then he thought, 'Wow how I wish my Uncle was still alive... Mrs Rose won't put me through the way he would have done.'
After eating, Mr Black and his wife went to their room. Desmond went and checked on Cindy before going to his room.
The moment Mr Black and his wife entered their room, his wife continued, "Sweetheart, you better listen to me..."
"I can't do what you're asking me to do, have we not done enough to her?... She's out from school, she does all the house choice and she cooks three times every day." Mr Black retorted annoyingly.
"Calm down sweetheart, it doesn't matter what she has been through, what matters now is how you will own the company all to yourself." She said, then gently she paced up and down before she continued.
"Get rid of her," She said and flipped her index finger in the air, "The company will be ours... Yours... Everything!... So we won't have to fight with her in future."
"I'll think about it." Mr Black answered still unsettled with her idea to kill Cindy and went to bed.
Mr Black refused to kill Cindy and that brought issues between him and his wife, and then finally they separated.
Cindy kept struggling with the house choice and after some years the stress became much for her, she started thinking of a way to escape from her uncle.
Chapter three ****** Eduardo hopped out of the car just as the butler unlocked the main door of the mansion, he scampered into the house, he did not care if he hurt someone or not. He ran straight to his room to take his shower. "Hey...what the fuck!." Uncle Linus shouted. 'What on earth could make him run in this manner.' He stood there for some minutes gaping. A few minutes later, he didn't hear or see anything coming. He deliberately tip-toed in the direction of Eduado's room and barely opened the door to glimpse, but to find out that he was taking his shower, which made him surprised. He gently closed the door, "Huh... finish with whatever you are doing up there and come down and deal with me." He went back to the sitting room and waited for him. After some minutes he looked up and Eduardo was coming. 'Oh... my gush... Is this really Eduardo? I have never seen him looking this stunning before, I don't have to obligate him right now.' "Hello, Uncle... what's up." Eduar
Chapter four Dean stood up and walked himself out of the ward as he didn't want to bother the patient. "Hello, I received your note," Dean answered the call with an infuriated voice regardless of who he was. "Yeah." Eduardo gave attention to how he sounded and noticed that he was very angry with him, so he hesitated and took a profound breath. "Do you have any other speciality you need me to give attention to?" Dean asked and this time, he spoke calmly. "No, not really, I'll like to know if....erm." He stuttered for a moment and asked, "Are you taking off the hospital this night?" "No, I'm going nowhere, I'll stay around till she gets better. For God's sake, Eduardo, I didn't discover any information about her. Who am I leaving her for?" Dean replied offensively. "It's alright Dean..., just do whatever you think is acceptable," Eduardo said and disconnected. Dean dropped the phone and went back to the ward to look after her. Seven hours has gone and yet she was motionless
Chapter five"Okay, tell me, who's going to pick you up? Do you have anyone we can give a call?" Dean asked and was not ignorant of her reaction, immediately she heard his query, she became all moody."Cindy please say something, I know you have a lot going on in your mind right now, but you can still share it with me or are we, not friends yet?" He asked and as he was just looking at her, she replied,"I don't know why my mind is unburdened with you to share my misery with you, I trust you and I'll tell you everything." So she stood up from where she was sitting and folded her arms."I don't have anybody, my parents died in an accident years ago, but..." Saying that she hesitated and raised her head looking into the space."But what? Cindy?" He wrinkled and asked all patiently. "Yes, I have relatives who had always taken advantage of me as a maid, my uncle had never in his life taken care of me, even when people tried to help me because of my academic excellence, he warned me never
Chapter six"Oh come on..., you already know how bad it is, this house can automatically hide someone for eternity, Dean," He couldn't suppress his laughter anymore after hearing her banter, so he let it out.She heard his laughter and was gripped with anger, but she controlled her emotions and asked, "How was your day?""It was good..., anyways I'm on my way to see my boss and after that, I'll be coming home straight away." He knew that everything she needed was in the house, so he only needed to get ice cream and chips for her.She also felt like demanding for ice cream when she heard him say that he would be home very soon, 'Should I request for ice cream from him? No..., he must be very tired by now, let him just come back and rest, it's night.' then giving it a second thought she decided not to request for ice cream, so it was then she came out of her thought and she remembered that he was driving so she asked, "Aren't you driving?" "Of cause I am." He uttered and she said," Jus
Chapter seven "Yeah, I do..., I want to be great in life, I want to be like you, to live a better life, to work in a company or have my own company if possible and make cool money." Hearing her response, he stood up from where he was sitting and held her hand and asked. "So, why not go for it?" "What?" She asked all excited. "Yes, I said go for it, I'm gonna provide whatever you need for that, Okay?" he asked and squeezed her hands gently. "Like seriously..., you're going to do that for me?" She asked still after and tears started streaming down her cheeks. She hugged him and both of them hugged each other tightly, gulping his spit he said, "Yes of cause I'll do that for you Cindy, you don't have to cry, it's nothing, okay?" He asked and patted her back. He released his grip and cleaned her tears with the handkerchief he removed from his pocket and both of them sat down on the same sofa. Playfully he ran his finger through her hair, so she felt so relaxed and didn't know wh
Chapter eight Kate knew why he was saying all that but she didn't feel bad in any way because she somehow liked her. So she stared in the direction where Cindy was going, she tapped Dave on his shoulder and tilted her head, "Is that so?" Kate asked and gasped for air, "If we can't fight her, then let's make her our friend." She said and followed the exact direction where Cindy was heading to. Cindy was deeply in thought that she didn't know what was transpiring around her, but she jolted back to presence immediately she heard someone's voice behind her. "Hi Cindy, am Kate... Kate Williams." Saying that she sat down on the pavement that was just beside her, Cindy face palmed, and looking at her, she asked, "You know my name... huh? You were not in the college before I left, so how come you know about me?" Cindy asked peacefully. "Like seriously? Are you asking me such a question?" Kate asked arrogantly as she smiled wildly at Cindy who was fully surprised by her arrogant behavio
Chapter nine 'Why is this girl so innocent? There's something special about her.' Thoughtfully he asked and reshuffled his hair and shortly she stopped laughing. "Okay..., sleep tight." She said calmly and he was like not yet because he still want to hear her voice, but he didn't know what to ask her again so he kept quiet for a while before he said, "It's alright Cindy, good night." And disconnected. He took a deep breath as he laid back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling, he didn't know when he slept off. ****** She woke up the moment the reflection of the sun stroked her eyes through the window, slightly she opened her eyes and with the back of her palm she rubbed her eyes, 'O my God, am late.' She thought and swung her legs down from the bed. She hurriedly went to the bathroom and took her bath, immediately after she was done, she quickly dressed up not bothered about her breakfast, then picked up her purse and rushed out of the room. On her way, she collided with some
Chapter ten 'Never..., I'll rather die than let anybody know the truth.' Mr Black said in his mind, clearing his throat he stepped down from the bed slowly and strode close to a drawer that only he knows what was inside, And slightly he tap on it with his index finger, after awhile he went back, laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling. He knew that it was only Cindy that can fight him if she has the means, but now that the whole truth was still hidden between them, he was going to die and be buried with the hidden truth and nobody would discover it. He didn't know that the original file of ownership to the company was with someone that he never thought of and the person has been working in the company for many years. He didn't know that the assistant manager of Mega Link Limited knew the whole truth about everything. She knew that he was the one behind the terror that befall his brother and his family and yet he took over his company. ****** Mrs Rose has been the one tak