WARNING: VIOLENCE SCENE After taking her car from the club, Ella drives back to the mansion. When she enters into the foyer, she meets William standing close to the staircase talking with his guards. She walks up to meet him forcing a wide smile on her face. "Good morning baby." She beamed at William. William glances to her direction before turning away but then, he turns to her again, this time, looking at her dress. "Where are you coming from?" He asks her. She smiles before reaching for his hand and engulfing his with her own. "I went out for a drink, were you looking for me? Did you miss me?" She asks with hopeful eyes. He withdraws his hands from her and frowns. "Go and freshen up, you smell like shit." He cringes. She bit her lips in embarrassment and looks down. "You didn't even ask where I have been." He rolls his eyeballs, "You're grown enough to go anywhere you want Ella." Her eyes becomes clouded with tears as she stares at William who is back to talking with his guards. He turns to her again and sighs as he sees tears flowing down her cheeks. "There again, crying at every little thing" He shakes his head at her before turning to the guards. "Let's go." He walks pass her and his guards follow suit. Ella sits on the floor near the staircase and sobs. She thought leaving him for a while would make him miss her, that's why she left for three months but that didn't change anything at all, it even became worse. Just as she continues sobbing, someone stretches out an handkerchief to her. She raises up her head and sees her personal assistant, Khloe, standing beside her. A smile creeps up to her face and she stands up pulling her in a tight hug sobbing harder. Khloe rubs her back to soothe her. After a while, she stops crying and Khloe leads her over to the Florida room. Ella sits on the sofa while Khloe serves her tea. "You didn't tell me you were back, Khloe." Ella frowns. Khloe smiles, "I wanted to surprise you Mrs. Ella. I arrived this morning." Ella sighs and reaches for the table to collect the cup of tea. "Are you feeling better now?" Khloe asks her. Ella nods slowly blowing on the tea. "I'm good." Khloe nods and relaxes in the sofa. "Khloe." Ella calls her dropping the cup of tea on the table. "Yes Mrs. Ella." Khloe answers waiting for her to speak. "Do you know if William has been bringing girls to the house?" Khloe purses her lips as if thinking. "I cant really say Mrs Ella but you know very well that he's no innocent man. Ella sighs,"I know that very well. He can do what he wants as long as I don't get my hand on the girls." Khloe didn't say anything but simply look outside through the glass. "He doesn't like any of those girls, you know that." Khloe says trying to make her feel better. "So then? I'm the one he likes?" Ella asks rhetorically. Khloe sighs, "Don't beat yourself over it Mrs Ella, please. Look.." She points at her. "You have become too lean." Ella laughs nervously, "Oh come-on, I have always been slim." Khloe shakes her head, "Slim and lean are two different things." Ella nods and stands up before walking over to the glass looking at the pool through it. "Inform me of any latest, Khloe." With that, she leaves the florida room and goes upstairs to her room. ******** 12pm Friday. ~Kemi's POV~ I have been cleaning the ground floor for the past 3 hours now and still not done. I can't believe I'm going to be the one who will clean this whole mansion, is that not suicide? As I wipe the handrail, I hear footsteps approach me from behind and I turn around to see who it is. It's the badass that works with the underboss and she is wearing her usual badass clothes with her boots. I must say she is very beautiful. As she gets closer to me, she eyes me from head to toe and starts walking pass me. I watch her climb up the stairs and then, she pauses and turns back to me. "Are you going to spend years cleaning just the ground floor?" She asks me. I stare at her before realizing that she's talking to me. "Em...This place is very huge." She scoffs, "I see, you really have no idea what's going on." She turns away from me and starts walking away. I purse my lips and sigh before going back to what I was doing. After a while, I move upstairs to start cleaning there. My whole body is already aching badly and I'm not even And just then, I remember that I haven't cleaned the florida room. I heave a sigh and goes back downstairs. I walk over to the florida room but two guards stop me from going in. "I only want to clean it, that's all." "You cannot go in." The guard says firmly. I sigh. I'm sure l'll get in trouble if I leave any place unclean so why are these guards making things difficult? Are they not over doing their jobs? "I should come back then?" I ask. "Leave this place now." The other guard says with a serious tone. "It's fine. Let her come in." Someone says from behind us and I know at once that it's the badass. I turn around and see that it's her again. She grins at me before going inside the room. I purse my lips and goes inside the room, without the guards stopping me this time. As I enter into the florida room, I see the underboss sitting on the sofa while a man is kneeling in front of him. He should be in his late 40s or early 50s. The badass is standing beside the underboss. I stand close to the door wondering what's going on. The man on the ground is trembling on his kneels as he bows his head in front of the underboss. "What happened to my item, Bide?" I hear the underboss asks him with a serious tone as he crosses his leg over the other. This man's deep voice never fails to send shiver down my spine. The man trembles on his kneels, "..I will bring it, I will bring it. Please give me more time, please." The underboss scoffs and stretches out his hand to the badass. She seems to understand what he wants as she brings out a gun and place it on his hand. My eyes grow wide as I see him collects the gun. Is he going to shoot the man? The man raises up his head and I hear him gasp loudly in shock seeing the gun in the underboss's hand. "Ple.. Please have mercy on me. I beg of you." "You know very that I hate empty promises." He points the gun at the man. I panic as I see him pointing the gun at the man. Please tell me he's only threatening him. "I will provide the item tomorrow, tomorrow I promise." The underboss stands up and moves closer to him. What item is he asking him for? "Oh really?" He raises his hands up and the badass places her right hand on the communication device on her ear. And then, the two guards outside walk inside. They go straight over to where the man is kneeling and before I know it, they start beating him up. They both keeps kicking him all over his body despite the man's cries and pleas. I cover my mouth with my hands as I watch them. How could they beat up the poor old man like that? What if he dies? The underboss raises his hand up and they stop immediately. He moves to closer to the man who is lying on the ground blood coming out from his mouth and head. He grips the man by the neck and lifts him up from the ground so he's standing in front of him. He squeezes the man's neck and I could see the man struggling to free himself or probably struggling to breathe. I know very well how that feels. He suddenly let go of him and pushes him to the ground. The man holds his neck curling up in pain. The underboss places his left foot on his head pressing him to the ground and then he points the gun at him. God, please no. Don't shoot him, please. "Let me make it easy for you Bide. I could ask them to beat you to death but, the pain would be unbearable, so let me just help you out" He chuckles. "I'm kind enough right? I know, I'm always nice like this." And that's it, the next thing I hear is the sound of a gunshot. I stare at the situation in shock and widen eyes. He... He had just killed someone, he just shot the old man dead. The mini hand broom I am holding with the dust pan fall off from my hand and that's only when the underboss turn around to look at me. He stares at me and I could see a slight surprised look on his face before he turns away and walk over to the badass to give the gun back to her. She gives him a towel and he cleans his hands with it. My hands tremble as I am still trying to process what just happened. He starts approaching me with a frown on his face. He stops when he gets to where I'm standing close to the door. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be cleaning?" I didn't say anything but keep looking at the man's lifeless body on the ground. This is the second person I have sent dying in front of me. This is not fair. They're human beings too. Why kill them like that? "If you know you couldn't watch something like that, then why are you here? And now, you're crying?" I hear him say and that's only when I realize that my cheeks are soaked up with tears. He scoffs, "You don't even know him and you're crying? How absurd." He shakes his head at me and walks out of the room. I stand there and turns away to stare at the ground as I couldn't stare at the man's body any longer. I can't bear seeing him in his own blood anymore. I hear footsteps approaching and raise my head to see the badass walking towards me. She stops in front of me and grins. "Did you enjoy the show?" She lifts my chin up. "Now go and do your maid duties." She walks pass me and exits the room. Did the badass allow me here so I could see this? How could she do that? "Come back later after we're done cleaning up this mess." One of the guard says referring to the man's body. I nod slowly and walk out of the room. As I walk back to the foyer, I see George standing close to the staircase with his phone on his ear. He is wearing a white suit and the button of the shirt underneath is left opened which exposes his a little of his chest. He looks good looking as usual with his low fade black hair which starts just above his ear and curves around his hairline. His low fade has a mixture of waves and dreads. A smile crawl up to my lips as I keep staring at him, viewing him from head to toe and then he approaches me. "You ended up a maid?" I hear him ask and I slowly nod my head pursing my lips. "You seem to be back in a good mood." I say looking at him and a smile appears on his face. The other time at the party, he wasn't smiling at all. Does these people have mood swings all the time? "Are you mad at me?" He asks pouting his lips. I look at him and he looks too cute with the pout on his face that I had to smile widely. "Of course not, you can't be talking to me all the time anyway. You told me that on the first day you brought me here." He moves closer to me and starts patting my head. I stare at him in surprise and I shift from one foot to the other nervously. He sighs, "Are you okay?" He asks me with a serious tone as he stares at my face. I nod, "Yes, I'm fine. The scar on my face is even gone." He shakes his head, "I'm talking about your leg Kemi." I look down at my leg before looking looking back at him "How did you know I hurt my leg?" He smiles, "I just know." Right, I can't be more surprised. Everyone here definitely have their ways. "It's better now, it's been a few days now." I reply. He moves his hand away from my hair and place them in his pockets. "Would you be coming here every time?" I ask him. He leans his face close to mine and smiles, "Do you want me to come?" I chuckle, "You sound like if I say so, you will do it." He grins, "Right." I smile and shake my head at him. Even if he told me I cannot trust him, I feel he's actually the only one I can trust, if I want to trust anyone. No reason but I feel he's the odd one here or is it because he's cute? "I need to continue my cleaning now." I say as my eyes meet the badass watching us from upstairs. George looks up as well and grins. "Hey there capo Erica. Long time no see." He says loudly. So the badass's name is Erica, I see. She didn't say anything but simply walks away. What's with her attitude anyway? She's always frowning. And they know each other? George sighs, "That's how she is, always cold." He chuckles. I smile, "I can see that." "I will leave you to do your job Kemi, see you later." He pats my hair again before going upstairs. I bit my bottom lips and smile. He's actually sweet. He would pass as a sweet older brother. ********* ~Third person's POV~ George climbs upstairs after talking to Kemi and walks over to the hearth room where Lexis sits with Erica standing beside him. "Good day underboss." He greets bowing before him. Lexis puts down the cigarette in his hands on the ash pan before turning to him. "George" He calls him. "Yes, underboss." George answers quickly. "One of your associates is a mole. Are you aware?" George's eyes grow wide in surprise. "A mole?" "Since when have you become so distracted? You should have known." George gulps and rubs his neck. He had actually been distracted with Ella and all that stuff but he also just doesn't pay attention much and the underboss does not make use of him most times anyways. It's always Erica. "I will take care of it underboss." He bows. "Of course you should, I hate it when people get distracted." He stands from the chair and walks close to him. "You shouldn't let anything distract you." He walks out of the room. "You're not the sloppy type, is there a problem?" Erica asks him. He sighs, "l am good, Erica." He smiles lightly. "You seem to enjoy always spending time with the underboss and have a break for yourself." "Heh, of course. You have a problem with that?" George smiles, "I don't, you should just try to loosen up sometimes. And also, smiling makes you more healthy." Erica frowns, "Oh please, shut up." George laughs. ********* ~Kemi's POV ~ I sit on the floor in the gaming room exhausted. I have been cleaning this *already sparkling* game room since forever. "Why on earth am I cleaning game room that's not even dirty?" I whine resting my head on the wall. After resting for a bit, I move away from the wall and continue cleaning. I can't risk getting caught, resting. Just then, I hear footsteps in the room and I turn around. "You're really gonna spend years in cleaning my house?" Okay, I definitely know who that is. I stare at the underboss as he walks close to me. "It' a huge mansion. How can you ask one person to clean this huge place?" I complain frowning. He chuckles and walks over to the pool table. He slowly runs his hands on the surface of the table before turning to me. Please tell me he's not going to complain! "Someone is here to teach you properly." Wait, what? Why? "But I can..." I haven't finish what I was about to say when someone opens the door and walks in. The woman bows in front of the underboss. "Good day sir." She greets him as she curtsied. They really say money can do anything. This advanced woman, curtsying before the underboss who could still be in his 20s? Life. Lexis grins at her, "Alright Teju. This is Kemi, you should watch her closely and make sure she cleans the whole place until it's spotless." I have never really heard this man call anyone with formalities. He doesn't care if they are a 100 year-older than him, he calls them by their names. He's rude! The woman nods. "Good." He says curtly before turning to me. "I'll leave you to your job." He smirks at me before leaving the room. I heave a sigh and move over to the wall. I lean on it trying to get my strength back. I'm already very weak and I even still have more places to clean. "Now..." The woman's voice startles me and I move away from the wall before turning to her. I see the woman running her hand on the pool table like the underboss just did. What is she going to say? "Clean this game room again, it's dirty." She says in a serious tone glaring at me. I stare at her, dumbfounded. Again? What kind of people even exists in this place? Did they bury their conscience somewhere? Xoxo Make sure to comment beautiful people.