Chapter 27 - The Plan.

There was a sharp knock on the door, despite the fact that there was a doorbell, Lorenzo chose to ignore it. The persistent knock continued until the new and always frightened help of Daphne frantically went to the door and let him in.

"Good morning Sir. Ms Steele would like to receive you in her bedroom."

The help said with a shaky voice and Lorenzo narrowed his eyes at her as he stormed towards her bedroom. He had received a urgent text from Daphne, where she was begging for a truce and saying she had something she urgently needed to tell him.

Granted, he had been ignoring her the past few days when Amelia claimed that they had a Private Investigator who was already uncovering all her crimes and schemes. He had felt it unnecessary to keep tabs on her since Amelia Black was willing to do all that for him.

He was more concerned with permanently clearing his name and going back to see what left he could salvage out of his acting career. His agent was working hard to get him a few good slots, they were not what he was used to nor were they the movies he was always in but there was not much he could do especially since he was desperate. Even to the point that he wouldn't mind starring in silly sitcoms and cheesy soap operas. That was how bad it was for him.


His senses were attacked with floral perfume the minute he walked into Daphne's room. She was sitting next to the dresser where she brushed her ruler straight platinum blonde hair that was straight from a dye bottle. Her back was turned to him and she was wearing silky lingerie and makeup. He wondered if she slept with them on, the few times he slept with her, she had a terrible habit of sleeping with makeup on. Something he felt was much more intentional than forgetful.

"Took you long enough..."

She murmured as she slowly turned to him with a smirk.

Her smile only made Lorenzo frown harder. There was nothing friendly about the morning, he didn't care if she was desperate for something from him, he wanted little to do with her. Frankly, he had never seen someone so determined to be cruel.

"What was that text about?"

He asked and she ignored him as she went through a pill case.

"Liv would you be kind enough to get me a glass of water? I need to use my morning pills."

She said as she a touched her throat. Lorenzo turned back and saw the maid scurrying away, he was not even aware of her presence till Daphne mentioned her name.

"Are you sick?"

Lorenzo asked as he sat down at the edge of the bed, not that he cared, but it still felt pretty strange that she was carrying his child and as messed up as it was, he felt strongly about protecting the baby at all means. Even though his brain kept telling him it was a lost cause since Daphne was the mother.

Daphne waved his question away.

"Just some pills for nausea and the likes..."

She said as she picked up a pill box and flung the contents in her mouth without even looking as the maid approached with a glass of water.

After she was done, she smiled at Lorenzo and the smile made him grimace at her.

"Why do you want me here? Why do you want to see me?"

Daphne shrugged.

"If you think I didn't notice, you must think I'm a fool..."

"Notice what?"

He feigned ignorance, although he had an idea of what she could be referring to.

Daphne tilted her head as her face twisted in disgust.

"You and that bitch Amelia! Funny. You make quite the pair!"

She taunted and Lorenzo rolled his eyes.

"Those people deserved to know the truth. You were messing with their lives."

"Their lives??? If only you know the terrible and atrocious things they did to me!"

She exclaimed and Lorenzo rolled his eyes.

"I don't believe you. I mean, coming from a woman who set me up for sexual harassment, I shouldn't even be here."

"But yet, here you are. And let me make it clear, I wasn't the one who reported you for sexual harassment, your former secretary did that."

Lorenzo shook his head.

"You're a pathological liar. You pushed her into it. I bet you even gave her money to do it."

Daphne shrugged indifferently as she picked up a tube of lip balm.

"And why? Just because you were scared I could ruin your chances with Xavier Black."

He sneered and Daphne narrowed her eyes at him.

"Xavier is mine, he has always been mine and he is still mine. The only thing standing between us is that bitch he married out of loyalty and duty to his grandmothers wishes."

"Ugh! Cut the bullshit. So what was your plan exactly? To pretend the baby is his and run off with him into the sunset?"

Lorenzo said as he started laughing cruelly, Daphne was fuming.

"I mean... Even when you tried that, it seems he still loves his wife way more than he'd ever love you. I don't blame him though...looking at the circumstances..."

Daphne glared at him.

"What are you talking about?"

She asked as she frowned and he shrugged.

"I mean... You had to drug the guy just to get him into bed with you. How low could you go?"

He replied in a mocking tone and Daphne only got angrier as she stood up from her chair to confront him.

"Are you here to talk nonsense or you'll listen to my proposition?"

Lorenzo shook his head as he stared into Daphne's cold and tired eyes.

"I have no interest in your proposition. I have no interest in everything that has to do with you."

He said as he turned around and started walking away.

"Ten million dollars!!!"

Daphne shouted and Lorenzo paused for a while. After a few seconds he turned to look at her with a confused expression on his face.

"What?"

"Ten million dollars. That's what we stand to make."

She said as she smiled at him while walking towards him.

"Make doing what?"

Lorenzo asked and Daphne shrugged as she touched his face.

"Well, it all depends on you. This is an opportunity of a life time... Do you want to listen?"

She asked as she walked back to her bed and patted the side next to her. Lorenzo watched her with growing fear and scepticism. Her sudden mood change and the mention of that huge amount of money had thrown him off balance. He could no longer think straight and he felt sitting down was a better idea, even though it was next to Daphne.

"I have a plan. A great plan. And if it works out well..."

Daphne said as she smiled widely and Lorenzo frowned.

"What plan is that?"

He asked and she shrugged as she walked back to her vanity table. She opened her last drawer where there was little to nothing except for a bunch of papers , a phone and a pill box which she brought out eagerly.

"Here!"

"What are these?"

He asked as he examined the transparent pillbox with two round white pills in it, it looked vaguely similar to the pillbox Daphne had used earlier.

"They're sleeping pills. Very intense. Very effective."

She lied easily with a smile on her face hoping Lorenzo wouldn't detect anything.

"What am I supposed to do with them?"

Daphne shrugged.

"Find a way to crush it into Amelia's drink. We're going to kidnap her in exchange for money and our freedom."

"What??!!!"

"What the fuck are you saying Daphne?"

He asked and she shrugged.

"Look, Xavier is rich.... Stupidly rich. If we manage to capture Amelia, he would be willing to give up his entire fortune for that woman."

"But.... But..."

"Shush!!!" Daphne warned.

"This is our only chance!!! Let's face it, we have no real chance in acting. We'll never get major roles in Blockbuster movies. We'll even be lucky to get supporting roles. This is a easy way out!"

"Oh! Oh! Kidnapping someone is the way out?!!! Have you seen her security detail?"

Daphne shrugged.

"So? I know there must be times you've seem her without them. And I know she can grant you a private audience if you ask for it. She seems to trust you a lot."

"Daphne! This is madness!! I am not kidnapping her!!!"

Daphne rolled her eyes.

"You won't be doing the kidnapping! You've literally got the easiest part. Just make sure she gets this in her drunk and drinks it all. I'll prepare a team for the kidnapping."

There was a long pause as she watched Daphne incredulously. Kidnap? No! That was wat out of his job description, even hers. He never knew she could be so sinister or diabolical.

He was still hoping and praying it was all a big fat joke.

"Daphne... Are you serious about this?"

"Yes, I am. And you should be too"

She held his shoulders as she gently massaged them while Lorenzo looked on helplessly, his eyes still stuck on the pill box.

"This isn't only for us. It's for our baby.  I think our child deserves the best of the best. The best life! And ten million dollars or whatever we're going to be asking for, is a lot of money."

"What if we get caught? Ever thought of that?"

Lorenzo asked as he shrugged Daphne's hands away.  He would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted by the money, he was. It was a lot of money and from what he had seen, The Blacks had money in abundance.

But he also didn't trust Daphne, she was the least person he trusted in the world and seeing her act so nicely to him after all she had done to him terrified him to the bones. He didn't have an ounce of trust for her.

"What do you say?"

She asked and he shrugged.

"I'll think about it..."

He replied just to get her off his back and there was a long pause.

"There really is nothing to think about... It's a simple full proof plan."

"I beg to differ. "

Lorenzo said as he stood up, the same time Daphne's phone started ringing. She frowned at the caller ID.

"I have to take this..."

Was all she said as she ran to the bathroom. Lorenzo took it as his cue to leave as he walked out of the open bedroom.

He was halfway out of her house when he noticed that he still had the pill box in his hands. He frowned at the little white pills in the clear tiny case. There was no way in hell he was doing something as stupid as that... For all he knew, Daphne could be trying to plot some more evil stuff against him.

He threw the pill box on the nearest couch and walked out of her house.



Few minutes later, Daphne was still on the phone having a very heated argument with someone while the maid was cleaning the hardwood floor that was stained with dirt from Lorenzo's boots. She had only been working a few days with Daphne and she already knew enough of what triggered Daphne's anger although it was often spontaneous and random bursts of unwarranted anger.

After cleaning the floor with a brush and a pan, she found a pill box on the couch and promptly picked it up.

Perhaps Ms Daphne forgot to take her pills, she thought as she took it back in the room. Her boss 2was on medication and she had been on medication for as long as she had been working, she always had her pills for the week organised in little pill boxes. She took the pill box back to Daphne's room and added it back to the pill case.