Raina’s POV
I looked at my room and sighed. This is the place I had spent my entire life, it held all the mories of my childhood.
"Are you done parking?" Curtis’ voice ca from the doorway and I imdiately turned to look at him.
"Yes I am" I replied and he nodded.
We fell into silence as he looked at , I could tell he had sothing on his mind but was hesitating to speak.
"Do you think he really ran away?" I asked him and he finally walked in and sat on my bed.
I didn’t want to believe what everyone was saying about my father.
The father that I know is not such a coward.
"I have tried to find out but there is no trace or clue to follow. It’s like he suddenly vanished into thin air" he said with a deep frown.
"Why would he just abandon us like this? And grandpa no longer cares about us, he allows that old witch to tornt us every day" I complained angrily.
"Raina, I know that I haven’t been the best big brother but I promise to be with you whenever you need . You have beco more mature and no longer as childish and stubborn as before.
I don’t know what happened between you and that Mark guy, but I’m happy you left him" he said with a slight smile while holding my hand gently.
I couldn’t hold back my tears as this was the first ti that we were having such a mont.
"He never liked ....He and Celeste planned to use as a cash cow. I was so foolish" I said amidst sobs and he suddenly hugged .
"Don’t worry, I will definitely take care of Celeste for you" he consoled and I finally cald down.
"I heard that Kendrick and Christy broke up" I said and he nodded with a smile.
" Are you going to pursue her?" I asked him but he just laughed and shook his head.
"She only saw as a friend and because I wanted to compete with Kendrick, I ruined our friendship. It took a while to realize that I actually wasn’t in love with her but rather, I was just trying to take her away from him" he said with a calm expression.
"I am sure you will find soone that will love you imnsely very soon" I said to him with a smile.
He got up from my bed and gave a gentle pat on the head before walking out.
I looked around my room once more before deciding to check on my mother and see if she was all packed.
It took a lot of courage for us to finally decide to move out of the Black family mansion. We never belonged here and now, it was very obvious that they didn’t want us here anymore ever since my father was thrown out by grandpa.
I walked down the hall and saw a maid peeping into my mother’s room cautiously. I slowly and quietly walked up to her and tapped her hard on the back causing her to jump in fright.
She imdiately bowed her head and whispered an apology before running away.
I didn’t bother to stop her as I wanted to know what was happening inside that made her eavesdrop and I also didn’t want to make any noise.
I looked into the room quietly as the door wasn’t properly closed.
"It’s a good thing that you are very self aware instead of pretending to be foolish and being a leech" Lauretta’s disdainful voice ca from inside.
"Did you kill him?" My mother asked her but she just laughed.
"Why would I dirty my hand with his lowly blood?" She asked back amidst laughter.
"Lowly blood? Didn’t you know that his blood was low and dirty when you slept with him to have Kendrick? Or when you were busy having fun with him before you fell in love with the Indian businessman?" My mother asked her with a mocking voice.
What Indian man?
"He would never tell you about my personal matters, Did you investigate ?" Lauretta asked angrily while glaring at her.
"Unlike when he was with you for the money, he actually loved and shared a lot of things with ," my mother said with a smile that made Lauretta’s face turn red from restrained anger.
"Oh please, where did the love go? Didn’t he also leave you for a girl of daughter’s age?" Lauretta asked sharply, her eyes lingering on my mother’s face.
"I have nothing to say to you anymore Lauretta, I just hope that if you have sothing to do with Raymond’s disappearance, you should let him go. He has suffered enough and wasted lots of years of his life being your father’s pawn.
You have no idea how much he regrets eting you and your father" my mother said with a slightly emotional tone.
"He regrets it? How funny, I can still rember the first day he ca into this house, he was ecstatic and when he t , he was completely srized.
I saw how he looked at and the greed in his eyes when the contract was handed to him. He didn’t hesitate before changing his na to Black and imdiately registering our marriage.
He enjoyed everything, luxury cars, money, vacations and so on. So he really doesn’t have the right to say he regrets everything" Lauretta said with a mocking voice.
I just stood there and listened to everything they were saying. So didn’t make sense to as I couldn’t understand but I could figure out everything they ant by piecing two and two together.
I didn’t see any point in continuing to listen and I felt glad that my mother was finally standing up for herself instead of crying like she always did.
I decided to go for a walk in the garden to clear my head as a lot has happened recently.
Things were finally falling into place and I felt hopeful for the fresh start that I am about to embark on.
By this ti tomorrow, we will be in our own apartnt that Curtis bought for us. We will finally be free from Lauretta’s insults and disrespect, our mother will also have her own peace of mind.
On getting to the garden, I sat down on the bench with a smile.
The sky was already filled with stars and the crescent moon looked extrely beautiful tonight or maybe it’s my mood that was making see the beauty in everything.
"What a rare sight to behold" Gary’s voice ca from behind and I quickly turned back to look at him.
"Why are you here?" I asked him, my voice sounded aner than I intended.
He just stared at without saying anything and I felt uncomfortable under his gaze.
"I didn’t an to sound rude, it’s just that..."
"Now you are apologizing? Did you hit your head or sothing?" he interrupted with an exaggerated expression and I smiled.
" I heard you are moving out" he said as he sat beside on the bench.
"How did you know?" I asked him with a frown as only a few people knew about it.
" It seems like you are forgetting that I am Kendrick’s best friend," he said with a casual smile on his face.
Of course, how could I have forgotten. I guess it was the actual reason why I hated him.
"We are moving out tomorrow, Curtis bought us an apartnt" I said with a smile.
"You seem quite happy," he said with a slight smile.
"Of course I am, I think it’s ti to leave everything that doesn’t belong to us behind. There is no use in fighting for sothing that would never be ours" I said with a serious expression and every ti I rember how we have been humiliated by Lauretta and how the servants now treated us differently, my heart aches terribly.
"So, what’s your plan now?" he asked with a serious expression.
I find it hard to believe sotis, if anyone would have told that Gary and I will beco close enough to sit down together and talk, I would have probably called the person an idiot but looking at us now, I felt grateful for that night.
The night I found out that Mark was cheating on and about Celeste’s plot. He appeared out of nowhere and gave so much warmth.
We just talk and enjoy each other’s company and he has never tried to take advantage of in any way.
"I want to do my internship, so I will start applying to so companies soon," I replied to him with a smile.
"Why don’t you co to my company? You studied computer science right?" he asked and I imdiately nodded in response.
"Is that really okay?" I asked him happily and he nodded.
"Thank you" I said and hugged him out of excitent.
When I realized what I did, I slowly pulled away from him. He seed to have been too stunned and didn’t say anything for a few seconds.
Ring Ring!
My phone suddenly started ringing and when I checked who was calling, I frowned deeply.
Mark? Why was he calling ?
I didn’t pick the call, I knew Gary had also seen it. He didn’t say or ask anything and I felt relieved.
Ding?!
Suddenly my phone chid and I saw that Mark had sent a video. I frowned before hitting the play button.
As soon as I saw the content of the video, my phone fell off my hands and my body trembled.
On seeing my reaction, Gary picked up the phone and before I could stop him, he was already watching it.
The video was just ten seconds long but if it is uploaded on social dia, my life would be completely ruined.
"What a lowlife, he really is disgusting" Gary said through gritted teeth after watching the video.
Tears were already streaming down my face, I couldn’t believe he recorded a video of while I was bathing at his apartnt.
We never had sex as he said he wanted to wait until we were married and at this mont, I was glad we didn’t.
"Don’t worry about it, I will take care of it" Gary said and before I could react, he suddenly pulled closer and planted a kiss on my forehead.
I froze in shock, he imdiately hurried away like he was being chased and I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.
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