I slowly opened my eyes and couldn't see clearly enough to tell where I was , everything was blur around me due to the effect of the chemical I inhaled a while back, I could only see the figures of three men but it was hard to tell their faces.

I tried to move my arms and legs but I was tied to a chair.

I tried to scream but there was a fold over my mouth preventing me from doing so and worse was that the rope was soo tight that it incapacitated me, preventing me from making any movement.

"Pour some water on her so that she would come to her senses." I heard a voice order, the voice sounded soo familiar but I couldn't tell where I heard it from.

Just when I was still in the middle of my thoughts on where I was and who they were, I felt cold water on my skin, the person had poured a lot of it on me, enough to send chills down my spine, my hair had fall lose due to the impact of the water and all the struggling I did, it was now plastered all over my face making it harder for me to see. I closed my eyes and opened them again with the hope that I would be able to see clearer ....and of course I did, it was Mr jackson and two others who I supposed were his errand boys. He signaled to one of them to remove the fold from my mouth, and he did just as he was instructed.

"Why did you bring me here??" I asked in a rather stern voice as soon as the fold was removed from mouth.

"Its nothing personal... To get rid of you I think." He replied as he brought his chair closer to me, one would think he was talking about some random stuff but it was life and death we were talking about here. How could someone be this ruthless.

"And why would you wanna do that.....weren't my parents enough for you??" I replied calmly not wanting to look as shocked as he expected me to.

"Little Anne..." He said as he stood up from his chair and lifted my chin with his index fingers, making me look straight into his eyes.

"I thought I made it clear to you to stay away from my daughter's fiance the last time we met."He continued in almost what felt like a whisper to me.

"Whether you believe me or not, I got nothing to do with daniel anymore.... He's all Andrea's."

He let out a loud laugh that one would think I just made a joke about something but I honestly couldn't find the joke in what I just said.

"Of course.... I don't believe you." He said as he turned to look at me again.

"You guys displayed some kind of soap opera at work today." He continued and I went silent because I was confused, how on earth did he find out what happened in the office today. But then given the kind of man he was, the answer was not far fetched.

"Did you think you were in some kind of romance book?" He asked rhetorically.

"How did you find out about that?" I asked, that was the only thing I could think of saying.

"I have my insiders."

"Typical you...." I smirked, just as I had thought.

"Does spying on your son-in-law make you feel any better?"...

He didn't seem to bother in the slightest bit about my question and just kept hovering around me before he came to a complete halt at my front. He bent over to meet my eye level, squinting his eye as if he was trying to figure out something.

"Just like sophie...."

I couldn't let him complete his statement when I spat on him, the nerve of him to even say my mother's name after destroying her and my father's lives.

"Don't you dare say her name with those filthy mouth of yours." I yelled struggling to remove my hands from the chair but I was tied down completely, I needed my hands because I wanted to slap him soo bad.

"You spit on me again." He murmured as if he was unfazed by the fact that i spat on him, he used his palms to clean the spit off his face. I could have affirmed that he looked calm but not until he grabbed me by my chin forcing me to look into his eyes.

"I thought I warned you the last time you spat on me. No mistake should be made twice." His voice rose to an higher pitch and I could feel I was in danger. He then slapped me soo hard that I could feel my face burn, blood had formed in the corner of my mouth..... I knew my face had turned red without having to look in the mirror.

"Seems like you underestimated me too much enough to spit on me twice." He said as he violently let go of my face, making my hair fall over it. He rolled the sleeves of his shirt and I could tell he was about to hit me for the second time, I honestly cowered in fear but refused to let it show, it was an undeniable fact that he was the worst kind of psychopath to ever exist, I could feel it .

He rose his hands and was about to hit me again not until he was stopped by a voice.

"Don't you dare hit her again." It was Daniel's voice ,and no matter how much I could have claimed to have hated him, I was still glad he came, I was sincerely scared a while back.

He walked over to where I was tied down and looked in concern at my blood stained lips before proceeding to release me.

"Look who we have here, my loyal son-in-law." Mr Jackson said as he began to clap his hands dramatically. Daniel didn't reply and just kept trying to get the ropes off me, he had succeeded in removing the ropes from my arms and had started removing the ropes from my legs.

"Did i ever give you permission to let her go."he asked after noticing Daniel was ignoring his presence.

"You hurt her... After saying you shouldn't." Daniel replied as he finally turned to look Mr jackson in the eyes.

"And when did your opinion start to matter."

"It matters in any situation relating to her. I wouldn't let you kill her." He countered and resumed to removing the ropes from my legs.

"Step away from her." Mr jackson commanded with a gun in his hands, I looked up at him in shock, was he really trying to get someone killed here??? that was a real gun.

Daniel didn't seem to be fazed by the fact that he had a gun and just kept on trying to loosen the ropes.

"Daniel step away." I yelled, it was more of concern than anger, I didn't want him to get killed.

"No I won't." He retorted almost immediately.

"Please just do as I say for once." I pleaded and didn't even realize that tears had began to drop from my eyes. He still didn't budge, he was soo bent on getting me out of there one way or the other. Whether he made it alive or not.

I had no other option than to push him away since he refused to move. Now it was Mr jackson and I,face to face, with no obstruction between us.

"Seems I would have to get rid of you for that boy to come to his senses." Mr jackson said pointing the gun in my direction, he was about to pull the trigger. I was scared, scared of death but much more scared of daniel dieing in my presence. I closed my eyes expecting to be shot as I said my last prayers..... Then boom.... The sound of the gun...

I thought I was shot, it was me to be shot but I didn't feel any pain on my body instead I felt an heavy load on my laps. I slowly opened my eyes to see what had happened.

Trust me when I say my jaw dropped, Daniel had come to cover me just before the trigger was pulled and the bullet had penetrated his left shoulder. He fell on my laps lifelessly and tears had already formed in the corner of my eyes.... I kept on shaking him vigorously hoping he would regain consciousness but he didn't, I called his name but he didn't reply.

It was then I realized I loved him, I loved him soo much that I hated myself for it ,I didn't want to lose him and seeing him in this lifeless state was much more unbearable for me.

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