On his bed again
chapter 5
Ma'am Teresa sighed softly as she walked out of Lisa's room. "Poor kid" she muttered and shook her head before walking away to Alfred's room.
"Alfred!" She knocked on the door but there was no reply. She opened the door slowly and walked inside.
"Alfred" she called again as she closed the door behind moving fully inside the room but still no answer.
"I wonder where he is!! I needed to talk with him about something important" She muttered and turned to leave but then she caught a glimpse of something on his bed stand.
"Oh my God!! What is this? Let this not be what I'm thinking"She thought, stood for seconds staring at what she saw, just as she was about moving towards the bed to take a good look at it. The door burst open revealing Andrew.
"Grandma!" Andrew muttered, looking shocked when he saw Teresa.
"Hey, Andrew. I thought you left for the office?" Ma'am Teresa spoke with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, but I came back to get something," he said and Teresa nodded as Andrew gave her the look of "what are you doing here too?".
Like she read his mind she spoke " I came to see Alfred but he's not here"
"Oh, he's in his study room," Andrew said and Teresa nodded before walking out of the room to the study room.
"Alfred!" Teresa muttered as she opened the door to the study room.
"Grandma!" Alfred muttered as he closed his laptop and rested his back on the chair he was sitting on. He looked so exhausted and disturbed.
"Oh, little boy!" Teresa muttered as she saw Alfred had dark circles around his eyes. She was sure he didn't sleep again last night. He looked so stressed and tired. For the past 15 years, he has known Alfred, he hasn't been able to sleep well. The horrible memories came running back to his head making him look disturbed. Tears welled up in Teresa's eye.
"Grandma are you alright?" Alfred asked, wearing a concerned look.
"I'm supposed to ask you that question soon. You look stressed and tired" she muttered and altered scoffed and stood up from the chair he was sitting on. He picked up his phone and called Andrew to report to his study room shortly.
He dropped the phone and walked towards his grandma, then place his hands on her shoulder.
"Grandma, I'm fine. You should worry less alright. It's not good for your health, please" Alfred said and she nodded and the tears she'd been holding for long she finally let go.
"Grandma!!" Alfred called and wiped her tears.
"C'mon you should go rest" Alfred muttered slowly, it was more like a whisper.
"Alfred, I need to talk to you about something important," Teresa said and Alfred sighed softly knowing what she wanted to talk about.
She had to ask Ria this morning about her grandmother and she said she was in Lisa's room. I wonder what that girl told her.
"If it's about the girl, you can't change my mind grandma. It's already made up" Alfred said and was about to exit the room when she said something that made him stop immediately.
"I saw that thing on your bed Alfred, Are you gonna electrify her to death?" Alfred stiffened immediately.
"Oh, Goodlord!! I thought I told Andrew to keep it safe and made sure no one sees it" Alfred thought.
"Alfred, please do not use it on her. She's innocent" Teresa cried out, he smirked.
"Was I not innocent when her father took me into slavery. For fvck sake I was 10 years old, he tortured me. I was just 10, so innocent. I knew nothing" he yelled like he had lost his sanity. Teresa moved back a bit. She became scared at once.
"God!!" Alfred muttered looking so frustrated and just then he walked out of the study room. Tears slid down Teresa's cheek as she sat on the ground.
"Grandma," Andrew who just walked in muttered and helped her stand up from the ground.
"Grandma! Please stop crying!" Andrew said and took her into a warm hug.
"Do you think Alfred will ever find that happiness he's always craved for Andrew?! Do you think he will ever be at peace again? Do you think he will ever let go of the past?" She paused and then Andrew pulled away from the hug and wiped her tears.
"I believe with time everything is going to be fine, Alfred is going to be fine," Andrew said and smiled. sadness in his eyes, he's not even sure of what he's saying. He doesn't believe everything is going to be fine again. He doesn't believe Alfred can be healed from the past because the sore is just too deep and wide. A sore that couldn't heal for 15yrs, how do you expect it to heal now. It's almost impossible.
"C'mon let's go to your room!" Andrew said and they both walked out of the study room.
"What about grandma?" Alfred asked immediately when Andrew entered his room. He called him.
"She's asleep. I'm sorry..." He cut him off
"It's alright. You shouldn't make any such mistakes next time. What about her papers?" Alfred who was sitting on the bed stood up and walked towards his wardrobe.
"They are all ready. Her flight is 7 am tomorrow" Andrew muttered with his head bowed and Alfred hummed.
He has no choice right now but to take his grandma out of this house, the country to be precise because he knows deep down she's going to act as a barrier to his plan towards Lisa and he doesn't want that. All he wants is to make her pay, slowly, bit by bit everything his father did to him, and no one, nothing, not even his grandma can stop him.
"You should take her to my private house tonight and leave from there tomorrow morning," Alfred said and with that, he walked inside his bathroom.
After ma'am Teresa had left, Lisa ate the food brought by ria. After she finished eating she stood up from the bed and was about to walk inside the bathroom when the door burst open revealing Ria looking as angry as ever.
Lisa swallowed hard as she kept giving her a deadly glare. She wondered why she hated her so much.
"Follow me!!" Ria said and with that, she walked out of the room. Lisa was wondering why she had told her to follow her. She picked up the plate which she used in eating and followed her from behind.
Ria entered the kitchen with Lisa behind her. Immediately she entered the kitchen, other maids started murmuring between themselves.
"Quiet!!" Ria yelled and everywhere became silent like a graveyard. Ria is the head of the maid and aside from Alfred and Andrew's instructions, the maids followria's instructions too.
"She's the new maid and her name is Lisa," Ria said and then turned to Lisa with an evil grin on her face, shiver running down her spine.
"Y'll go and rest!! Lisa will wash all the dirty dishes, wash all the clothes and clean the entire house" all the maids cheered happily at Ria's words but then someone from the maid stood up and spoke.
"Ria, isn't that too much for her?" One of the maids spoke and anger seemed through ria.
"How dare you?" Ria yelled and within a twinkle of an eye, her hands were on the maid's cheek.
Tears slid down the cheeks of the maid as she bowed her head.
"I'm sorry" she muttered
"Out!!" She yelled and all the maids left immediately then she turned to Lisa.
"Get to work!!" Lisa swallowed hard and nodded without saying any words.
Lisa walked out of the bathroom, with different thoughts running through her mind. She felt so weak and tired from the work she did all day. She was so famished. She'd lost all hope.
"I think it's high time I accept that this is my new life, my new identity - A slave that is my new identity," she thought and wiped her tears. She sniffed, as the memories of her mom came running through her head like flash.
All her mom ever wanted was for her to live a good life like every other person out there but then it's a dream that will never come true. She smiled as she remembered her mom's last word before the ambush took place.
"Lisa baby!! No matter what happens, I want you to be strong!! I want you to be tough!!" She sat on the bed gawking around the room. Just then the door to the room burst open revealing Ria. She was holding some clothes in her hands.
Immediately, Lisa saw her, she stood up at once and Ria shot her a hateful glare.
"Put this on, master Alfred wants you in his room, in three minutes," Ria said and threw the clothes on her and turned to leave but then she stopped and turned to her.
"You'd better be fast if you don't want him to punish you" she muttered and left and Lisa sighed softly with a blank expression on her face. She knew why he's calling her. She's going to be in his bed again tonight.
TBC