"Hey; that's enough, girls. This is no
time for fight. Okay? Everyone, relax",
the driver said and Leo tuned properly
on her seat, backing the lady.
Silence followed and Octavia was
thankful for it. She really needed the
silence. Besides, it hurt her a lot to see
her sister going into a fight because of
her.
The driver connected the speaker and a
hip hop playing song started immediately.
Few of the people in the bus cheered
towards it, while others just nodded in
agreement.
Octavia was in the bus with them, but
her mind was completely absent. All she
could think about was the ordeal
awaiting her.
She was going to get used in a very short time - used for the first time, by a stranger.
Well, she had no choice. It was the only
option she had.
She only returned to reality when she
felt the bus movement. She looked and
guessed they'd arrived since there was a
tall, sparkling building in front of them,
oozing with life.
The door of the bus was opened and
everyone started alighting from it.
"Come on" Mica tapped her hand and
she followed her out of the bus.
Wow! Octavia's eyes glittered at the
sight in front of her. It was..beyond beauty.
The building was tall and looked just like a skyscraper. It had twinkling lights round it, producing a crazy design and beauty.
Rock songs were playing from it,
indicating a party was indeed, going on.
The surroundings were so neat, carss
littered everywhere, men in suits and
halfly dressed ladies moving about.
"Remember all told you, Octavia. Do
not forget", Mica reminded her as she
started walking towards the building.
Of course, Octavia followed, her head
bowed as usual.
As they walked into the overwhelming
place, everywhere and everything kept
screaming wealthy. Like...crazy wealth.
Everything was so classic and almost made of gold - the scrupltures, tables, pantings....almost everything.
There were so many people in the big
hall uncountable. And Octavia felt so
glad she was with her sister because
she couldn't imagine walking in alone.
Few of the people she came across,
turned to look at her and she heard
some of them mutter "what a beauty".
Her heart gave a leap but she didn't lift
her head to have a look at any of them-
any at all.
They walked deeper into the crowd, few
of the people they'd come with, still
around them.
Mica stopped walking and Octavia did the same. She lifted her eyes for the first time to have a look around and the first sight she caught was the stage.
There were strippers there, displaying
with men spraying hard currencies
around them. The floors of the stage
was filled with loads of cash.
She watched as the strippers displayed
happily, feeling no shame at all to have
their bodies exposed to do many people.
If not for the fact she was so determined to stay, she'd have called the X-family, a family of abominations.
She moved her eyes from the stage,
slowly and slowly, looking around, and
finally, they rested on someone
someone who's been staring at her.
Her heart gave a mighty leap as she
stared at the Master - Master Khalid.
He was sitting in a dark corner, his cold eyes on Octavia and his expression unreadable.
Octavia couldn't tell what was wrong
with her as she stared at him. She felt
fear and....
She couldn't explain it.
She didn't notice his girlfriend Becca
beside him, not until she'd moved her
hands upto Khalid's chest.
She rubbed his chest and rested her
head on his shoulders and the whole
time, she had no idea Octavia was there,
exchanging glances with her Master.
"Come on; let's go over here" Mica tapped her and started walking away, and she took her eyes away from Khalid's and followed.
Probably, no one noticed just both of
them. But she'd seen so much darkness
in his eyes - so much darkness.
She followed Mica to wherever it was
she was taking her and they ended up in
front of an empty table.
Not empty - it had just one smoking girl
on it.
There were bottles of wine on the table
and Mica decanted some of it into a
glass. She gulped it down and poured in
more.
''Here you should have some". She
stretched it out to Octavia who timidly refused.
"Take it, Octavia. You need to start getting used to this", she urged and Octavia reluctantly collected it.
She took a sip from it and made a
crumpled look as a result of how sore it
tasted in her mouth. She wasn't used to
alcohol. Two ladies walked upto them
immediately.
"Hey, Mica", one of them beamed.
Her appearance marveled Octavia as
she was putting on a mini skirt and crop
top. Over half of her body was exposed.
"Hey", Mica smiled and exchanged
knuckle with them.
"I didn't think you'll be coming to the party. What's up?" The other said
"Yeah, im cool. And you?"
"I'm awesome..."
They began talking about things that
were of no relevance to Octavia and she
detached her mind from them, staring
around.
"She's your sister?" One of them asked
and Octavia looked at them.
"Yeah". Mica replied
"Wow! The resemblance says it all.
"Hi, blue eyes". They waved at her. And
Octavia lowered her eyes and replied;
"Hi"
"What? She is shy?" one of the girls laughed.
"She's not. She hates talking to
strangers'' Mica replied in a hard voice,
but Octavia still didn't say a word.
The girls continued talking and after a
while, the music went off.
All eyes darted to the stage as they
wondered what was going on, but their
wonders seized when they found a boy-
a member of the X-family on stage.
"P.m, fam", he began.
"And on behalf of the masters, I say a
very big welcome".
The strippers were already leaving the
stage and everyone listened attentively.
Octavia's heart skipped when she heard boy say:
"It's time for the bid. All the ladies up for tonight should climb up the stage".
Her jaws dropped as she felt a sudden
heat on her forehead. Mica was staring
intently at her, but she tried not to look.
Mumblings resumed in the hall as
different ladies started walking towards
the stage. So, she wasn't going to be
the only one?
Mica spoke to Octavia through her
silence, urging her to go as well. And
Octavia gulped nervously and started
towards the stage.
"Wow! What a beauty", she heard side
talks and her heart skipped even more.
"I'm definitely going to get her".
She joined the rest of the girls on the stage and clamped her palms together
in nervousness. It took her a lot to be
able to control her shaky legs.
Her eyes were bowed the whole time,
but when she lifted them to have a
quick look, they ran into the Master - Master Khalid.
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To be continued!