Chapter 11

Punishments.

' Tell me more about yourself Isa.' he asked.
Oh! Now they were getting somewhere she was bored of seeing the same messages every day ' Hey, ' what you doing' etcetera. This was another step and she didn't mind telling him because why not? There was nothing to hide about her miserable life.
" Can you put off the sound from your keyboard and your phone? You two love birds are distracting me." Claire complained.
" That's why headsets are made available, bush girl" she teased and threw the wireless headsets to Claire and Claire stuck out her tongue at her.
'Nothing is interesting about me. You tell me about yourself instead. I bet your life would be more interesting than mine.' she diverted the question.
' Answer my question' he commanded.
' Well, nothing is interesting about my life. I grew up with my parents in the countryside so yes feel free to call me a country girl. Life is pretty much interesting over there. You have neighbours, friends with whom you can gossip with, play with and hey over there, nobody keeps a secret.' she replied.
' Tell me more. ' he demanded.
' Anyway I grew up on the farm and I'm a farm girl, that's pretty much about me.' she waited for his reply and when she received it, she blushed. It read' Do you have a boyfriend? '
' I have many boyfriends ' she teased and immediately her phone went off. Shit! How could this happen? Now he would think she's a harlot. She jumped from where she was sitting and pranced around the place looking for her charger she didn't want to go upstairs for the distance was too far. Claire looked at her like someone who had taken an overdose of hard drugs. She finally saw a stray charger and didn't hesitate to charge her phone but as usual, her old retired phone took a long to come on, especially if it went off completely low so she had to wait for quite some time. She just hoped Curt wouldn't get the wrong impression about her she facepalmed herself, why did she have to be goofy all the time, now see where it landed her. She turned the phone around and gave it a light slap praying for it to switch on fast. After about 15 mins the damn thing came on, she thanked her stars because, on a normal day, it usually took 30 mins. She didn't waste time as she replied to Curt immediately ' Sorry it was a joke. I was about to tell you that when my phone went off. The crazy phone he didn't reply immediately and she silently hoped she didn't drive him away with her stupid joke. She was about to keep the phone down when she got his message.
' Alright. So answer the question'
' No' she answered truthfully.
' So that means you're still a virgin?' she choked on her saliva. That was a very personal question. Did he want to use her for a blood sacrifice? It was common for that cultist to look for little virgins like herself for their cult condition.
' That's a very personal question.' she responded.
' There's nothing shy about it. It's not a taboo being a virgin." he told her.
' Well, I don't find it comfortable talking about something so private for me" she replied.
' Okay' he replied and she didn't know what else to say so she kept quiet. Then he sent another message ' Do you like me?'
' I haven't known you well enough to like you like that but I do like you as a friend.' she said and he didn't reply. She decided to stir up another conversation as she asked him ' What prompted you to become a medical doctor?'... 10 mins.. 20 mins... 30mins, no response. So she decided to go to bed.
The next morning, she checked her phone to see if Curt had replied to her but nothing. So she decided not to bother herself anymore with him replying to her messages. She went outside to the garden as she wanted to bask in the early morning sun. While she was still in the countryside, she normally woke up at 5:30 am to feed the animals and start her chores so she was already accustomed to getting up early. She watered the flowers as she thought about her friends back home, especially Marco and she was a terrible person because ever since she moved here she hasn't texted him. She took out her phone and called him but it wasn't going through. Khloe was relieved she was feeling better as Isa decided to stop the pretence before she gets caught. Khloe having no responsibility again decided to go out and party so the house was practically empty. After they had their meal, Isa decided to lighten up places as she gathered all the staff to have karaoke night. They were having such a good time singing and dancing and the music was so loud that they didn't hear when Scott's car drove in.
"The beginning of yet another hassle with Mr and Mrs Lucifer for sure!" she mentally faces planes herself giving an inner pep talk to help her curb her tongue from spewing anything which would cause problems for herself and Harold.

Harold car honked and honked outside the iron gates of the mansion. The guard was nowhere to be found as his duty post was empty. He wondered where the idiot had gone as he stepped down from the car and walked up to the gate where there was a device for face recognition. The device recognized his face and opened the gate for him where his driver drove in.
"What that noise?" he asked as he stepped down from the car and heard voices singing and shouting in his house. What the fuck? He walked up to the stairs and opened the door, he was surprised to see it open at this time of the night. He entered the house and couldn't believe the sight before him. All his staff were gathered in his living room with the screen TV on singing along with the lyrics that were displayed on the screen. Isa was the one singing along with the guard who was supposed to be guarding his gate. She didn't look like someone who was sick as from what Khloe told him. He stood by the corner observing her and he didn't know why he was admiring her in the first place something just attracted him to her. She had a terrible voice as it could bring down the roof of his mansion but she was not ashamed one bit and that was one thing that intrigued him about her. She spoke her mind and wasn't scared to challenge anyone but he couldn't allow her to challenge him anyhow, he was the boss and had to put her in her place. Finally, the song came to an end as the entertainers bowed down to the congregation watching them. Scott came out from his hiding place and applauded them. He shocked the hell out of everyone as Isa ran behind one of the couches for refuge.
" No don't stop on my account, continue I enjoyed the spectacle," he said sarcastically as he looked at everyone's faces, it was as if they'd seen a ghost.
" You, Zack you left my gate for this rubbish? In my house?" his tone becoming serious now.
" And all of you, you left your various duties to come into my living room, switch on my expensive TV and do what? Sing? At this time of the night? Answer me!" he scolded and everybody whimpered.
" I know this wasn't just everyone's idea, someone had come up with it now I want to know who. " he requested and got no response.
" Okay since no one is willing to talk, all of you are fired," he yelled and someone blurted out.
" Isa made us." he guessed as much. When her name was mentioned, she came out of her hiding place and smiled guiltily at him.
" Mr Scott, you're back. We are so happy for your safe return sir." who did she think she was fooling?
" Really?" he asked in astonishment as he folded his arms.
" Yes sir. This is us just preparing for your welcome sir." she fidgeted with her fingers. Isa was so dead right now. She didn't expect the monster to return till tomorrow. What was he doing here in the first place? Oh, it's his house.
" Huh! I see! Well then I'm sorry to announce to you all that the show is over everyone return to wherever the hell you're supposed to be except you Isa." he didn't even get to finish his statement as everyone scurried out of the door leaving Isa alone. Those backstabbers! Isa thought to herself as everyone left her all by herself to be with the big bad wolf. She would deal with them later. There was a long pause between them as they stood there staring at each other as if it was a competition.
" Care to explain why you turned my house into a discotheque?" he broke the silence as he walked over to the bar and took out a bottle of whisky and poured some into a glass. She stood there in silence, honestly, she had no explanations she just wanted to have fun.
" No reason sir. "she answered.
" No reason? Yet just one day I'm gone, and you turn my house upside down. Is this your way of rebelling? " he wanted to know.
" Rebelling for what sir? " she asked.
" For your parent's stupid decisions? " he told her. Why did he have to remind her about her parent's foolishness? Didn't he know she'd cut ties with them? She was on her own in this big wicked world.
" Well since you do not have any justifications for your irresponsible behaviour, go outside." he said and Isa didn't understand what he meant by ' go outside, go outside to where? She asked herself.
" I do not want to repeat myself." he roared. Isa obeyed and went outside and he locked the door inside. Wait a minute, is this what she thought it was? He was locking her outside by this time of the night. Where would she sleep? She wasn't even properly dressed for the occasion. She wore a bump short and a loose t-shirt that couldn't shield her from the cold. What was she going to do? She looked around for a solution, there were no barns in here where she could even sleep with the horses.