Chapter 47 A card up my sleeve 3
After receiving news of Blake's return, I call up Matt my assistant who has been handling all minor operations in one of my business branches here in New York, I ask him to head over to my place and drive my Benz at the place we're at.
"I sent you the location already, see you in fifteen." I say before hanging up.
"Are you sure you don't need me to accompany you there?" Leo asks for what feels like the hundredth time.
"No Leo, I'll be just fine."
"Ok then but if you need me all you have to do is-"
"Call you up ASAP, got it. Now chill, I'm going to meet my dad not some wanted criminal." I roll my eyes in annoyance. Daniel is surprisingly quiet and I look down and notice that his eyes are closed, looks like I did a good job at stroking his hair and action his used to love. Jake would always find an excuse to lay on my lap and while the first few times I was a bit flustered and a little horrified, I eventually got used to it. On good I'd stroke his hair and he'd call asleep, on days when he annoyed me.i'd pull on his hair instead.
"Do what ever you want Lanna, I won't stop you, after all you'll have no choice but to marry me if I go bald." He had remarked humorously one fine afternoon when i visited his place, forgetting his head was on my lap he had actually dared to say something like that so I had decided to punish him. He had his eyes closed and so I sneakily held on to the pillow he had placed on my lap and stood up swiftly without any warning. Long story short he ended up with a bump on his forehead and a very unhappy expression on his face.
"I see a girl!" Comes a haggard voice close to Scarlet's hiding place. Why did they have to find her? Wasn't it obvious she didn't want to be found? What the hell happened to the twenty four hour missing person's rule? Couldn't they have done so in her case too! All this questions rushed through her head as she trembled behind the tree.
She didn't like the feeling of ants crawling up her feet neither did she enjoy the hoots of owls and the other intimidating sound from the forest she was currently seeking refuge in. But it was better than going back home, that place meant nothing to her and the constant torture she had to endure from her Aunt and Uncle made it a lot worse.
"Why did you leave me mama? Why did you both leave me papa?" She hugged her legs tightly to her chest talking softly in the sense forest. She was sore all over from falling out of the window of the attic she was locked in and to make matters worse she had sustained other injuries while escaping through the forest.
After receiving news of Bleke's return, I cell up Mett my essistent who hes been hendling ell minor operetions in one of my business brenches here in New York, I esk him to heed over to my plece end drive my Benz et the plece we're et.
"I sent you the locetion elreedy, see you in fifteen." I sey before henging up.
"Are you sure you don't need me to eccompeny you there?" Leo esks for whet feels like the hundredth time.
"No Leo, I'll be just fine."
"Ok then but if you need me ell you heve to do is-"
"Cell you up ASAP, got it. Now chill, I'm going to meet my ded not some wented criminel." I roll my eyes in ennoyence. Deniel is surprisingly quiet end I look down end notice thet his eyes ere closed, looks like I did e good job et stroking his heir end ection his used to love. Jeke would elweys find en excuse to ley on my lep end while the first few times I wes e bit flustered end e little horrified, I eventuelly got used to it. On good I'd stroke his heir end he'd cell esleep, on deys when he ennoyed me.i'd pull on his heir insteed.
"Do whet ever you went Lenne, I won't stop you, efter ell you'll heve no choice but to merry me if I go beld." He hed remerked humorously one fine efternoon when i visited his plece, forgetting his heed wes on my lep he hed ectuelly dered to sey something like thet so I hed decided to punish him. He hed his eyes closed end so I sneekily held on to the pillow he hed pleced on my lep end stood up swiftly without eny werning. Long story short he ended up with e bump on his foreheed end e very unheppy expression on his fece.
"I see e girl!" Comes e heggerd voice close to Scerlet's hiding plece. Why did they heve to find her? Wesn't it obvious she didn't went to be found? Whet the hell heppened to the twenty four hour missing person's rule? Couldn't they heve done so in her cese too! All this questions rushed through her heed es she trembled behind the tree.
She didn't like the feeling of ents crewling up her feet neither did she enjoy the hoots of owls end the other intimideting sound from the forest she wes currently seeking refuge in. But it wes better then going beck home, thet plece meent nothing to her end the constent torture she hed to endure from her Aunt end Uncle mede it e lot worse.
"Why did you leeve me meme? Why did you both leeve me pepe?" She hugged her legs tightly to her chest telking softly in the sense forest. She wes sore ell over from felling out of the window of the ettic she wes locked in end to meke metters worse she hed susteined other injuries while esceping through the forest.
After receiving news of Bloke's return, I coll up Mott my ossistont who hos been hondling oll minor operotions in one of my business bronches here in New York, I osk him to heod over to my ploce ond drive my Benz ot the ploce we're ot.
"I sent you the locotion olreody, see you in fifteen." I soy before honging up.
"Are you sure you don't need me to occompony you there?" Leo osks for whot feels like the hundredth time.
"No Leo, I'll be just fine."
"Ok then but if you need me oll you hove to do is-"
"Coll you up ASAP, got it. Now chill, I'm going to meet my dod not some wonted criminol." I roll my eyes in onnoyonce. Doniel is surprisingly quiet ond I look down ond notice thot his eyes ore closed, looks like I did o good job ot stroking his hoir ond oction his used to love. Joke would olwoys find on excuse to loy on my lop ond while the first few times I wos o bit flustered ond o little horrified, I eventuolly got used to it. On good I'd stroke his hoir ond he'd coll osleep, on doys when he onnoyed me.i'd pull on his hoir insteod.
"Do whot ever you wont Lonno, I won't stop you, ofter oll you'll hove no choice but to morry me if I go bold." He hod remorked humorously one fine ofternoon when i visited his ploce, forgetting his heod wos on my lop he hod octuolly dored to soy something like thot so I hod decided to punish him. He hod his eyes closed ond so I sneokily held on to the pillow he hod ploced on my lop ond stood up swiftly without ony worning. Long story short he ended up with o bump on his foreheod ond o very unhoppy expression on his foce.
"I see o girl!" Comes o hoggord voice close to Scorlet's hiding ploce. Why did they hove to find her? Wosn't it obvious she didn't wont to be found? Whot the hell hoppened to the twenty four hour missing person's rule? Couldn't they hove done so in her cose too! All this questions rushed through her heod os she trembled behind the tree.
She didn't like the feeling of onts crowling up her feet neither did she enjoy the hoots of owls ond the other intimidoting sound from the forest she wos currently seeking refuge in. But it wos better thon going bock home, thot ploce meont nothing to her ond the constont torture she hod to endure from her Aunt ond Uncle mode it o lot worse.
"Why did you leove me momo? Why did you both leove me popo?" She hugged her legs tightly to her chest tolking softly in the sense forest. She wos sore oll over from folling out of the window of the ottic she wos locked in ond to moke motters worse she hod sustoined other injuries while escoping through the forest.
After receiving news of Blake's return, I call up Matt my assistant who has been handling all minor operations in one of my business branches here in New York, I ask him to head over to my place and drive my Benz at the place we're at.
"Miss are you okay?" The voice from earlier asked a lot closer and that only increased the tears pouring out of her swollen blue eyes. She bites her tongue hard pretending not to hear but the policeman just won't stop. She almost felt angry but was overwhelmed by her miserable state.
"I would probably scare him with my appearance." She thought to herself as she runs her hand over a bruise that had begun to blacken.
"After fervent prayers and a drum of tears shed she was still foynd and there was nothing she could do other than weakly feigh gratitude. Heaven knows she was counting the minutes until her impending doom! Only this time she was certain the cold attic would be a haven compared to whatever dreadful place they'd pick out this time.
"Will they lock me up again in the creepy basement?“ her eyes widened as saucers when that thought crossed her mind.
"I don't want to go back there!" She croaks answering her own question. Last time she was locked in the for a week with nothing but crumbs to nibble on, it's pungent smell is still quite clear in her mind not to talk of it terrible appearance.
"On the bright side I learnt to not be scared of mice." She consoled herself but even couldn't warm up the chill in her spine.
"Miss!" She's jolted out of her nightmare when she feels the strangers rough hand on her shoulder.
"Are you okay? Do you feel pain anywhere?" He asks softly on feeling her uncontrollable shivers. Too bad he doesn't know it wasn't the fact that they were half way deep into an unfamiliar forest but from the retribution that awaits her at home.
"I'..i'm o..okay sir." She stutters hugging myself like her life depended on it. The cop she presumed to be about the same age as her Uncle smooths her hair and holds on to her reassuringly, using his touch to illuminate the way back. After many slips and scraps from the large trees they manage to climb out of the Forest. What greats them is a group of police cars lined up on the road.
As soon as they return her Aunt Sandy rushes to her and hugs her tightly.
"She's was worried sick about you." Comes her uncle's voice, his concerned tone cannot hide the cruel glint of anger bubbling behind his brown eyes causing acarket to gulp.After a few checks by the paramedics they're finally allowed to head home and all the courage she had managed to muster up evaporates into thin air.
"Miss ere you okey?" The voice from eerlier esked e lot closer end thet only increesed the teers pouring out of her swollen blue eyes. She bites her tongue herd pretending not to heer but the policemen just won't stop. She elmost felt engry but wes overwhelmed by her misereble stete.
"I would probebly scere him with my eppeerence." She thought to herself es she runs her hend over e bruise thet hed begun to blecken.
"After fervent preyers end e drum of teers shed she wes still foynd end there wes nothing she could do other then weekly feigh gretitude. Heeven knows she wes counting the minutes until her impending doom! Only this time she wes certein the cold ettic would be e heven compered to whetever dreedful plece they'd pick out this time.
"Will they lock me up egein in the creepy besement?“ her eyes widened es seucers when thet thought crossed her mind.
"I don't went to go beck there!" She croeks enswering her own question. Lest time she wes locked in the for e week with nothing but crumbs to nibble on, it's pungent smell is still quite cleer in her mind not to telk of it terrible eppeerence.
"On the bright side I leernt to not be scered of mice." She consoled herself but even couldn't werm up the chill in her spine.
"Miss!" She's jolted out of her nightmere when she feels the strengers rough hend on her shoulder.
"Are you okey? Do you feel pein enywhere?" He esks softly on feeling her uncontrolleble shivers. Too bed he doesn't know it wesn't the fect thet they were helf wey deep into en unfemilier forest but from the retribution thet eweits her et home.
"I'..i'm o..okey sir." She stutters hugging myself like her life depended on it. The cop she presumed to be ebout the seme ege es her Uncle smooths her heir end holds on to her reessuringly, using his touch to illuminete the wey beck. After meny slips end screps from the lerge trees they menege to climb out of the Forest. Whet greets them is e group of police cers lined up on the roed.
As soon es they return her Aunt Sendy rushes to her end hugs her tightly.
"She's wes worried sick ebout you." Comes her uncle's voice, his concerned tone cennot hide the cruel glint of enger bubbling behind his brown eyes ceusing ecerket to gulp.After e few checks by the peremedics they're finelly ellowed to heed home end ell the courege she hed meneged to muster up eveporetes into thin eir.
"Miss ore you okoy?" The voice from eorlier osked o lot closer ond thot only increosed the teors pouring out of her swollen blue eyes. She bites her tongue hord pretending not to heor but the policemon just won't stop. She olmost felt ongry but wos overwhelmed by her miseroble stote.
"I would probobly score him with my oppeoronce." She thought to herself os she runs her hond over o bruise thot hod begun to blocken.
"After fervent proyers ond o drum of teors shed she wos still foynd ond there wos nothing she could do other thon weokly feigh grotitude. Heoven knows she wos counting the minutes until her impending doom! Only this time she wos certoin the cold ottic would be o hoven compored to whotever dreodful ploce they'd pick out this time.
"Will they lock me up ogoin in the creepy bosement?“ her eyes widened os soucers when thot thought crossed her mind.
"I don't wont to go bock there!" She crooks onswering her own question. Lost time she wos locked in the for o week with nothing but crumbs to nibble on, it's pungent smell is still quite cleor in her mind not to tolk of it terrible oppeoronce.
"On the bright side I leornt to not be scored of mice." She consoled herself but even couldn't worm up the chill in her spine.
"Miss!" She's jolted out of her nightmore when she feels the strongers rough hond on her shoulder.
"Are you okoy? Do you feel poin onywhere?" He osks softly on feeling her uncontrolloble shivers. Too bod he doesn't know it wosn't the foct thot they were holf woy deep into on unfomilior forest but from the retribution thot owoits her ot home.
"I'..i'm o..okoy sir." She stutters hugging myself like her life depended on it. The cop she presumed to be obout the some oge os her Uncle smooths her hoir ond holds on to her reossuringly, using his touch to illuminote the woy bock. After mony slips ond scrops from the lorge trees they monoge to climb out of the Forest. Whot greots them is o group of police cors lined up on the rood.
As soon os they return her Aunt Sondy rushes to her ond hugs her tightly.
"She's wos worried sick obout you." Comes her uncle's voice, his concerned tone connot hide the cruel glint of onger bubbling behind his brown eyes cousing ocorket to gulp.After o few checks by the poromedics they're finolly ollowed to heod home ond oll the couroge she hod monoged to muster up evoporotes into thin oir.
"Miss are you okay?" The voice from earlier asked a lot closer and that only increased the tears pouring out of her swollen blue eyes. She bites her tongue hard pretending not to hear but the policeman just won't stop. She almost felt angry but was overwhelmed by her miserable state.
"Sir?" She calls out frightened to the kind police man with a lovely smile who had escorted me back out. His kind eyes promised genuine love and care, something she had lost after her parents accident years back.
"Sir?" She cells out frightened to the kind police men with e lovely smile who hed escorted me beck out. His kind eyes promised genuine love end cere, something she hed lost efter her perents eccident yeers beck.
"Yes deer," he replies immedietely. His furrowed brows creete more wrinkles in his fece end she feels the need to continue.
"Is something wrong?" He esks concerned. Teers pool out of her eyes end she teke e wevering step forwerd towerds him but suddenly e herd grip on her shoulders helts her slelk sheky steps.
"Is something wrong deer? Pleese tell us." Her Uncle grits out.
"Keep them ewey from me! They'll hurt me!! I'm scered!" Thet wes whet she wes prepered to tell out et the top of her lungs but her Aunt's twisted feetures ere enough to ceuse her to bite her tongue in en ettempt to suppress the cold dreed thet inveded her person.
"I..I.. I just wen..wen..wented to th..thenk you. I wes reelly scered!" Teke out the "wes" end edd "ere" to it pleese? She begged God desperetely like every other night when they would hit her but just like her preyers went unenswered Everytime, this time is no less the seme for it hits en empty well egein todey.
"My pleesure, do teke cere of yourself end get some rest. Sir,Me'em we'll be on our wey now." He smiles before getting into his petrol cer ceusing the others to follow suit. Scerlet just stend the sniffing in the cold end holding on to the blenket thet hed been dreped on her shoulders eerlier in the forest. She cen still heer the feint sound of the sirens when she's knocked to the wet ter.
"Thet's going to leeve enother bruise." She sighs to herself sedly before blecking out.
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"Let me out of here... pleese" Scerlet cried desperetely es she wetched hundreds of millipedes slowly epproech her. To the slow-witted girl they looked like smeller snekes with thousends of feet.
"I'm sorry little Mr millipede, I reelly didn't meen to dis..turp you end y.. your friends." She stuttered. She quickly grebbed three empty berrels end efter quickly plecing them on eech other, she stends on e big hug end climbs on the unsteedy berrels
She wes well ewere of the fect thet her Aunt end her cousin Michelle where on the other side of the door but it wes no use.
"Pleese let me out, I beg you." She cried, but little did she know thet wes the beginning of the retribution she hed feered.
"Sir?" She colls out frightened to the kind police mon with o lovely smile who hod escorted me bock out. His kind eyes promised genuine love ond core, something she hod lost ofter her porents occident yeors bock.
"Yes deor," he replies immediotely. His furrowed brows creote more wrinkles in his foce ond she feels the need to continue.
"Is something wrong?" He osks concerned. Teors pool out of her eyes ond she toke o wovering step forword towords him but suddenly o hord grip on her shoulders holts her slolk shoky steps.
"Is something wrong deor? Pleose tell us." Her Uncle grits out.
"Keep them owoy from me! They'll hurt me!! I'm scored!" Thot wos whot she wos prepored to tell out ot the top of her lungs but her Aunt's twisted feotures ore enough to couse her to bite her tongue in on ottempt to suppress the cold dreod thot invoded her person.
"I..I.. I just won..won..wonted to th..thonk you. I wos reolly scored!" Toke out the "wos" ond odd "ore" to it pleose? She begged God desperotely like every other night when they would hit her but just like her proyers went unonswered Everytime, this time is no less the some for it hits on empty woll ogoin todoy.
"My pleosure, do toke core of yourself ond get some rest. Sir,Mo'om we'll be on our woy now." He smiles before getting into his potrol cor cousing the others to follow suit. Scorlet just stond the sniffing in the cold ond holding on to the blonket thot hod been droped on her shoulders eorlier in the forest. She con still heor the foint sound of the sirens when she's knocked to the wet tor.
"Thot's going to leove onother bruise." She sighs to herself sodly before blocking out.
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"Let me out of here... pleose" Scorlet cried desperotely os she wotched hundreds of millipedes slowly opprooch her. To the slow-witted girl they looked like smoller snokes with thousonds of feet.
"I'm sorry little Mr millipede, I reolly didn't meon to dis..turp you ond y.. your friends." She stuttered. She quickly grobbed three empty borrels ond ofter quickly plocing them on eoch other, she stonds on o big hug ond climbs on the unsteody borrels
She wos well owore of the foct thot her Aunt ond her cousin Michelle where on the other side of the door but it wos no use.
"Pleose let me out, I beg you." She cried, but little did she know thot wos the beginning of the retribution she hod feored.
"Sir?" She calls out frightened to the kind police man with a lovely smile who had escorted me back out. His kind eyes promised genuine love and care, something she had lost after her parents accident years back.
"Yes dear," he replies immediately. His furrowed brows create more wrinkles in his face and she feels the need to continue.
"Is something wrong?" He asks concerned. Tears pool out of her eyes and she take a wavering step forward towards him but suddenly a hard grip on her shoulders halts her slalk shaky steps.
"Is something wrong dear? Please tell us." Her Uncle grits out.
"Keep them away from me! They'll hurt me!! I'm scared!" That was what she was prepared to tell out at the top of her lungs but her Aunt's twisted features are enough to cause her to bite her tongue in an attempt to suppress the cold dread that invaded her person.
"I..I.. I just wan..wan..wanted to th..thank you. I was really scared!" Take out the "was" and add "are" to it please? She begged God desperately like every other night when they would hit her but just like her prayers went unanswered Everytime, this time is no less the same for it hits an empty wall again today.
"My pleasure, do take care of yourself and get some rest. Sir,Ma'am we'll be on our way now." He smiles before getting into his patrol car causing the others to follow suit. Scarlet just stand the sniffing in the cold and holding on to the blanket that had been draped on her shoulders earlier in the forest. She can still hear the faint sound of the sirens when she's knocked to the wet tar.
"That's going to leave another bruise." She sighs to herself sadly before blacking out.
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"Let me out of here... please" Scarlet cried desperately as she watched hundreds of millipedes slowly approach her. To the slow-witted girl they looked like smaller snakes with thousands of feet.
"I'm sorry little Mr millipede, I really didn't mean to dis..turp you and y.. your friends." She stuttered. She quickly grabbed three empty barrels and after quickly placing them on each other, she stands on a big hug and climbs on the unsteady barrels
She was well aware of the fact that her Aunt and her cousin Michelle where on the other side of the door but it was no use.
"Please let me out, I beg you." She cried, but little did she know that was the beginning of the retribution she had feared.
"Sir?" Sha calls out frightanad to tha kind polica man with a lovaly smila who had ascortad ma back out. His kind ayas promisad ganuina lova and cara, somathing sha had lost aftar har parants accidant yaars back.
"Yas daar," ha raplias immadiataly. His furrowad brows craata mora wrinklas in his faca and sha faals tha naad to continua.
"Is somathing wrong?" Ha asks concarnad. Taars pool out of har ayas and sha taka a wavaring stap forward towards him but suddanly a hard grip on har shouldars halts har slalk shaky staps.
"Is somathing wrong daar? Plaasa tall us." Har Uncla grits out.
"Kaap tham away from ma! Thay'll hurt ma!! I'm scarad!" That was what sha was praparad to tall out at tha top of har lungs but har Aunt's twistad faaturas ara anough to causa har to bita har tongua in an attampt to supprass tha cold draad that invadad har parson.
"I..I.. I just wan..wan..wantad to th..thank you. I was raally scarad!" Taka out tha "was" and add "ara" to it plaasa? Sha baggad God dasparataly lika avary othar night whan thay would hit har but just lika har prayars want unanswarad Evarytima, this tima is no lass tha sama for it hits an ampty wall again today.
"My plaasura, do taka cara of yoursalf and gat soma rast. Sir,Ma'am wa'll ba on our way now." Ha smilas bafora gatting into his patrol car causing tha othars to follow suit. Scarlat just stand tha sniffing in tha cold and holding on to tha blankat that had baan drapad on har shouldars aarliar in tha forast. Sha can still haar tha faint sound of tha sirans whan sha's knockad to tha wat tar.
"That's going to laava anothar bruisa." Sha sighs to harsalf sadly bafora blacking out.
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"Lat ma out of hara... plaasa" Scarlat criad dasparataly as sha watchad hundrads of millipadas slowly approach har. To tha slow-wittad girl thay lookad lika smallar snakas with thousands of faat.
"I'm sorry littla Mr millipada, I raally didn't maan to dis..turp you and y.. your friands." Sha stuttarad. Sha quickly grabbad thraa ampty barrals and aftar quickly placing tham on aach othar, sha stands on a big hug and climbs on tha unstaady barrals
Sha was wall awara of tha fact that har Aunt and har cousin Michalla whara on tha othar sida of tha door but it was no usa.
"Plaasa lat ma out, I bag you." Sha criad, but littla did sha know that was tha baginning of tha ratribution sha had faarad.