Stacey's POV
And there I was, right by the door speechless as I had just taken the life of the most influential business tycoon in the entire city. "How do I cover my tracks?" I thought, " it's self defense right?" I asked Pearl as she stood there looking really shocked…
As I stood by the door speechless, watching Thomas Johnson lay there lifeless and not knowing what to do, indeed I was scared…
*A few months back…
I sat there and pleaded with Miss Jane, owner of Coffee shop Jane, "Ma'am I really need this job, it's the only hope I have left after dropping out of college" I said to her in desperation as I felt shivers go down my spine.
"I really do make amazing coffee" I knew that was desperation talking cause my coffee tastes like trash, but I would learn on the job, Miss Jane couldn't know that…
" Okay then, you have the job, only if you promise to always be punctual there is a large penalty for tardiness, Miss Stacey" I shrieked without even knowing it, she smiled at me and said " you can resume tomorrow".
On getting home, I broke the news to mom and dad. Pearl, my younger sister, was seated there and she wasn't the happiest about it I must say.
"So you'd rather be a waitress, than get a man to take us out of this shit hole so you can finish college? It's good to know one of us has an ambition" she said sarcastically and gave me a really stern look.
Both my parents sat there looking really gloomy, I could tell they really felt bad about not being able to cater for Pearl and I but I surely wasn't complaining.
It was a Monday afternoon and I had an evening shift. Although it started in the afternoon, I got an order for a large Macchiato from table seven.
On table seven was seated Thomas Johnson. "Here you go sir" as I handed him his coffee feeling really uneasy and uncomfortable. He glared at me lustfully, I took to my heels and left as fast as I could.
"Why on earth was he staring at me like that?" I asked my colleague and she just ignored me like I was speaking disrespectfully to a Demi God.
It was a wrap for my shift and I was about to go home when I found a gift box that contained a note and a really pretty red dress. I must say it's not my style.
" Hey Katie, do you by any chance know who put this here? It has a note that says " you'll be mine, get dressed I'll pick you up by 8pm on Sunday" I asked because I could bet it wasn't for me but to my surprise, Katie said "of course it's yours,Mr Thomas left it there" I was so furious…
" Who the flying fuck does he think he is? He would just drop this here and boom! I'll listen to him huh?"
I could feel my insides boiling as I went home to spill the tea to Pearl and mom.
"So? Did you accept his offer" Pearl asked with her eyes almost bulging out of her face.
"Of course I didn't, he's just an arrogant man that thinks everyone is head over heels for him, I'm definitely not".
I left the room really furious. I stepped into the tub for a warm bath as the water caressed my skin, "Oh! I could really use this everyday if these are the type of people I'm supposed to get used to".
Suddenly, my phone rang and it was Duke, my bestie.
I've always known Duke had a soft spot for me so telling him about Thomas, he'd definitely be on my team.
"Hey dickhead, you missed me huh, cause why are you calling me?" I asked with a very huge smile on my face.
" Yeah yeah, think what you want . So spill, you said you had some tea?"
I told him about the incident and to my surprise, he encouraged me to go and said " you do need this money, pumpkin. And only Thomas can give it to you" oh! I was fuming, I hung up but I still gave it a thought.
I decided to go, I put on the dress and yes it was a perfect fit, it hugged my hour glass figure as the red complimented my skin so well.
I got into a car that was parked on the yard and inside was Thomas , he looked at me lustfully and handed me a perfume saying, "you need to smell expensive, I don't like cheap".
I felt like yanking his tongue out so he could no longer speak, I was furious.
We got to the restaurant and it was a very beautiful setting indeed.
I was served pasta that could barely feed one person. "What do these rich brats eat?" I thought to myself as I accidentally spilled red wine on Thomas…
"Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to ,it was an accident"
He gave me a stern look and said " you can never afford this suit even if you saved for an eternity, it's not for paupers like you"
I couldn't stand another minute so I ran out of there, in tears "who does he think he is".
I walked down a bit and noticed a group of men following me, they looked really scary as they called out to me one of them said " hey pretty where you going with that dress" and threw an orange at me, and the other said "damn I could really spank that ass" where do these men even come from…
And then I turned back and said fuck them, of course I couldn't let them harras me just like that, I would never forgive myself, they started to chase me after that…
I ran as fast as I could, then suddenly a strong fist wrapped around my arm and pulled me into the darkest corner of the street and I blacked out …