Lethal Bride - Season 1 - Episode 12

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Lethal Bride - Season 1 - Episode 12

NINJA

Crystal listened with rapt
attention, but her eyes
frequently looked at the little
black bag he held in his hand.

Mr. Thomas left business and shifted to family. He only had two children, a boy and a girl.

Easton was the first and the
girl whose name was Scarlet
was the second and last.

Easton had no liking for academics and so stopped at high school and was taught
the ways of business by his
father; Scarlet was always a
bright student and was keen
on going to college. She eventually became a lawyer and with her father’s
influence she rose high above
her mates. She was a sound
lawyer but a dirty one who
collected bribes to shut the mouth of Justice. Scarlet got pregnant for a man she had a
crush on but refused to marry
him even though he was head
over heels in love with her.

She viewed marriage as a total waste of time, boring and a hindrance to the career
she wanted to build for herself.

But she was a sweet mother to her little girl.

Easton also had that view of marriage, even when his friends tease him about
settling down he laughed and
shoved it under the rug. At 32
he was not near ready to be
with one woman, he thought his sister who he was older than with two years would
have a different view but he found out they shared the same ambition but on
different fields. “What about your wife?” she
just wanted to know about the mother who bore such children. He walked towards a
window and shifted the curtain for light to illuminate the room. “ohhhh, my poor
Elizabeth. As soon as Scarlet came out of her she died. She was so beautiful, innocent,
sweet and naïve about life.

May her soul rest in peace”, He made the sign of the cross.

“When she died I focused my energy on making more money and building an empire
for myself, I vowed not to remarry and I kept that vow. Elizabeth was the only woman I loved with the whole of my being. I had ladies who threw themselves at me but none could replace
Elizabeth. I just had fun with them.” Crystal noticed Ella was still standing by her, “go
to my room and wait for me”;

Ella nodded obediently and
got out of the room. “Ella is an
exact copy of Scarlet; she brought her here for the
holiday”. Mr. Thomas saw she
was already getting tired of
his story. “Sorry to bore you
Miss Crystal, but here is your
reward”, he stretched the black bag towards her and reached out for it and opened
it immediately. What met her
eyes made her want to work
for Easton for a century, she
didn’t care, as long as she had breath she would kill for him.

She felt them with her fingers. She was rewarded
with what she loved, diamonds.

Being a nanny wasn’t such a bad idea.

She never knew that she would survive the whole
episode. She saw Scarlet for the first time when she came to pick up Ella. Holiday was
over. Finally she was in her own room in Easton’s house.

She felt totally relieved to be
finally home. She sipped hot
milk drink as she surfed
through the internet with her
laptop on her bed. Her thoughts drifted to her
parents. Her dad was white
and an American and her
mom was Nigerian. From two
different continents but loved
themselves to a fault. When she turned 16 she wished secretly in her heart that one
day she would find a man
who would love her just the
way her father loved her mother.

She always loved the closeness and friendship
between her parents. As she
got older she became scared of
having a family that would
one day be snatched away
from her just the way her parents were taken away from her.

She shoved the thought of ever having a
family of her own.

Her thoughts shifted to Easton, he
was a successful business man, but brutal. He had expected her to be addicted to hard
drugs by now with the way it went in and out of the house. She always told him that hard drugs might diminish her attractiveness and steal away her youthful glow. She preferred smoking
just a cigarette. Her thoughts went back and forth until a knock jolted her. “Who is it?”
“Easton”.

“Come in”. He got in with his
hands shoved into his pocket.

He looked unusually
attractive, she looked at his thin lips, moved her eyes down to his perfectly spread
out chest. He noticed her stare.

“Do I look different today?”
she smiled “yes”. Deep down
she wondered why he didn’t even look at her twice, he was a guy and she was an
attractive lady. Sometimes when ladies pay him visit she would get a little jealous, but
consoled herself by saying he saw her as his own sister and didn’t want any weird
situation between them.

He sat on the bed beside her,
“what do you plan on doing
with your diamonds”, “hmmmm”, she put her index finger on her chin, “I think I
would change my wardrobe,
buy a new ride and give my
skin a treatment it deserves”.
He smiled “I thought as much. Women and change of wardrobe though”. She loved
it when he talked with her;
she loved it when he laughed.


This was her boss but deep
inside she seemed to have an attraction for him. He kept talking without observing
that she only laughed because
a phrase he said is supposed to
be laughed at, she only
seemed to listen so he wouldn’t see how her eyes roamed his body. “It’s just a
crush”, she told herself.

Finally he held her hand and
looked serious, “I need you to
do something for me”, “What is it?”
“I want you to steal a
painting for me. It’s not a one
man job. Francesca and
Reuben would join you. I
already have a buyer but I don’t have the painting”.