chapter 29

"You haven't fully recovered, Miss Paula will take care of you" Mrs Smith said inviting her housekeeper to see to his needs.
When they got to the storage room underground, she saw that Alex told her the truth and the girls were right there surrounding the unconscious man.
"Sophia, you did a great job for a start and you have passed your first test. You didn't disappoint me and I commend you for this wonderful deed" Mrs Smith showered praises on her.
"No, Mrs Smith. I couldn't have done anything alone, my friends deserve more than just praises for their support, and for allowing me to guide them even though they are my superior. And it's all thanks to you for giving me the opportunity to show you how dedicated I am" she said and bowed three times to her boss and colleagues.
"This shows you are a good girl, aren't we lucky to have you as one of us? No wonder my son is so over you, beautiful and brave" Mrs Smith said again.
"I'm happy to have her as my friend" Stella faked a smile and tapped Sophia's shoulder in feigned fondness. The innocent Sophia returned the smile broadly.
"Alright, back to business! Pour the idiot a chilled water to shock him all the way from lala land to reality and finally to hellfire!!" Mrs Smith mused.
Xena poured a full bucket of cold water on Mr Mc Millan's face, he sprang up immediately, first surprise registered in his eyes, then fear.
"Are you afraid? Of course you should be, because it's by sheer luck that you are still alive. Well, I'm glad to meet you in person to have the benefit of interrogating you!" Mrs Smith muttered.
"Please, who are you?!" He cried.
"Who am I? I am your worst nightmare, honey! You had the audacity to plant a bomb in the plane and had it crashed! You wasted so many innocent blood and almost murdered my only son!!" She scolded angrily.
"Please, I don't know what you are talking about! Who is your son? I��I��I don't know anything about a plane crash" he stammered frantically.
Mrs Smith smashed him across the face. "You have to tell me about everything you have been doing and planning against Mr Smith and what led you to want to kill my son, else, you will have yourself to blame for whatever that will happen to you!" She pointed an angry finger at his face.
"Mr Smith? That heartless man! He is the one you should be fighting against and not me, he killed people that trusted him and took over their property, including their company!" Mr Mc Millan said, wincing in pain.
"What do you mean by that? Do you know the implications of what you are saying? Don't let my wrath fall on you because you won't take it and I won't go easy on you if you say nonsense again!" She fumed.
She knew that Mr Smith is very wicked, a deceitful fellow and someone who always wants to reap where he did not sow, but not to the extent of killing others to take over their empire, especially ones who trust him.
"I am telling the truth. He worked for Mr Williams of the W/R company. He extorted money from him and almost milked the man dry, when Mr Williams started having money issues, he entrusted fund raiser for the company's uplift to him as his most trusted worker, he scammed him and led the man into signing out his company to him after drugging him." He paused to look up at their faces before he continued.
"When he found out the man was smart enough to use the fake documents instead of the original copies of the company, and that he would soon be discovered. He hired me and my men, together with himself, we killed the man and his wife and that is after forcing him to sign the original copies out including all his other assets."
Sophia broke down. Her heart shattered into a thousand pieces, she wanted to cry, scream at the man, tell her boss that they must kill Mr Smith�� but she reminded herself that she won't approve of that because he is the father of Justin, her only son, the reason why this man is here today awaiting death.
Who deserves to die? Mr Smith and his son, right? She questioned herself. She would not let them see her tears, or tell them about it, that she is the stupid daughter of Mr Williams.
How would she tell them that she had foolishly accepted a drink from her enemy and was being raped when her parents needed her the most? What would she tell them? She must accept her fate until she's able to defend herself against that evil man. He must die by her hands.
"Tell me you are lying! Are you cooking up stories so that I will spare you? What do you take me for?!" Mrs Smith barked.
"I am telling the truth. He's looking for me now to kill me because I wanted to give out the information that I saw. I called a lawyer to help me out and I already gave him the proof to submit to court" He confirmed.
"If I find out that what you have just said is true, I guarantee you your safety, but if it's a fake news, I will make sure you die twice"
"I don't care if you kill me or not, I just want the truth to be known. I was greedy at a point when I wanted to take over everything, but I reflected on it and thought justice for Mr and Mrs Williams is far better than stolen wealth" Mr Mc Millan admitted.
"Alex, keep watch of him. Girls, let's go!" Mrs Smith issued an order and left, her girls followed her.
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Sophia's school friends and classmates sat back in the classroom and silently watched others go out for lunch.
Molly sighed for the upteenth time under thrity seconds. Vicky and Eve glanced at her sadly.