chapter 22

Sophia sighed as she walked back to the room after a lengthy discussion with Mrs Smith. She couldn't stop thinking about all she heard in that room. She had been so confused as to why a mother won't know anything about her son.
She had even asked Mrs Smith why she doesn't have any idea of even the type of friends her son keep.
Mrs Smith had sighed and replied,"Well... It's a long story." She had a bitter expression on her face when she said that.
"Ma'am, you can make it short. I'm all ears. I'll listen attentively without judging you or anything," Sophia had replied.
Mrs Smith smiled when she heard this. She reached out and held Sophia's hands, suprising the both of them when she did that. She couldn't help the warm feeling arising in her for Sophia.
From the very first moment Stella had brought Sophia into the assassinators organization, she had known within her that the girl is a special one.
The way she had relentlessly faced the coach and focused on the training furthermore indicated to Mrs Smith that she was right. And now... Justin seem to know the girl. And the relationship between them doesn't seem to be platonic.
As Mrs Smith looked at Sophia that very moment, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for the girl again after all she knows everything about the tragedy that befell the poor girl's parents.
"Sophia, Justin's father wasn't supposed to get married to me... Why don't you ask why I'm still using the name 'Smith' even though I have divorced my husband?," Mrs Smith replied with a question of her own.
Sophia had a meaningful look at that very moment when she heard this. She was just about to ask when Mrs Smith suddenly explained everything,"That's cause it's my father's last name."
Sophia looked confused when she heard this. Father's last name?? Isn't she supposed to change her last name when she got married? Why is she still using her father's last name? Even so, why did Justin's father agree to use his wife's last name?
"Justin's father was originally called Dave. His family's business had gone bankrupt when I met. We were just friends though cause at that time I had a fiance I was so in love with," Mrs Smith paused and turned to Sophia to confirm if she's still listening.
Sophia looked at her with curiousity clear in her eyes and asked,"Then how did you end up with Mr Dave?"
Mrs Smith looked angry when she reminisced about the past. "That lying piece of sh*t... I wish I never met Dave... Just few more weeks to.my wedding, the bastard drugged me and had his way with me. The worst thing was that I didn't even know about it."
Mrs Smith suddenly burst into hysterical laugh that sounded sad. Sophia rubbed her hands gently to get her to calm down.
"Just as you would have assumed... I got pregnant and I informed my fiance just few more days to the wedding. Imagine how shocked I was when he flew to a rage and hit me for the first time. He even made me more confused by asking who the father of the unborn child I'm carrying was," Mrs Smith told Sophia who looked a little bit intrigued by this tale.
"He informed my parents and his that I had cheated on him and gotten pregnant with a bastard. They called off the wedding. Eventually, Dave came out and confessed to his crimes. My father really wanted to kill him but I couldn't bear to make my child fatherless so my father had no choice but to get us married immediately," Mrs Smith finally explained everything.
Sophia arched an eyebrow and finally asked the question that's been brewing in her mind,"But ma'am, did you ever ask your fiance how he knew the baby wasn't his? Or you guys hadn't ever crossed the lovemaking stage before."
Mrs Smith laughed and winked at Sophia before saying,"I was a bit of sex maniac so I was an unrestrained lady who slept with him any chance I get... Of course I asked him. I asked him when I was heavily pregnant with Justin."
"Then what was his response ma'am?," Sophia asked immediately.
"Turns out the jerk was sterile. His seed couldn't mate my eggs and produce baby. Imagine the bastard trying to tie me down in a childless marriage," Mrs Smith told her.
Sophia burst into laughter when she heard this. "Do you wanna know what I did to him?," She asked Sophia with a wink. Sophia immediately nodded.
"That old bastard is now eight feets deep in the ground. He's been there for years... I hope he rots in hell," Mrs Smith spilled the secret and Sophia couldn't help laughing again. She finally got to see another side of Mrs Smith aside from the stern expression she's always displaying.
A loud crash suddenly snapped Sophia back to reality and she realized that she's been standing in front of Justin's room with her hand on the door knob. She was completely lost in thought of her conversation with Mrs Smith.
She panicked and quickly rushed in just in time to hear Justin yell angrily,"How dare you serve me in bed!? Who gave you the right to do so!? Where's my Sophia!!?"
Sophia was stunned when she heard that. She doesn't know Justin from anywhere until she met him in this organization but hearing him claim her as his brought a rush of colour to her cheeks... She was blushing.
She tried to calm down and walked to him. She saw the poor maid cleaning the shreds of broken glass on the floor. Multiple food contents spilled all over the floor.
Justin's expression instantly changed when he saw her. He almost limped to where she was standing. She immediately rushed to him and asked coolly,"Why did you get out of bed? You are still weak. Why did you spill your food also?"
"Where did you go to? I told you not to leave me again," Justin whined as he leaned on her. They were walking back to the bed with Sophia panting hard.
"You do know you have weight right?," Sophia told him as they finally got to the bed.
Justin smiled cheekily and answered,"I just love the feeling I get whenever you are so close to me." Sophia blushed again.