It was 6:30pm and Amara was done making dinner and she was waiting for her father to come home, he had texted her earlier today that he would be home early. She sat on the couch watching the front door closely. She did not like waiting but she didn't want to start eating without her dad.
Time was passing by faster than she thought and before she knew it, it was 7:40, she took her phone to call him but he didn't answer she tried again but he didn't answer too, she thought that maybe he was driving because her father never answers phone calls or text messages when he is driving, the food was already cold, so she decided to warm it up while waiting for her dad to come home. It was now 8:15 and her father was not back yet, she started to get worried because he was not answering any of her calls nor was he answering her text messages. She decided to call his personal assistant Eliot just in case he knew whare her father was. "Hey, Eliot, I've been trying to contact my dad and he's not answering his phone do you perhaps know where he could be." She asked. "Uhm.... I...." that's all he could say, he didn't have the courage to tell her where her father was. "Eliot can you hear me, do you know where my dad is and why he is not answering his phone, please tell me you know where he is." She said, she was starting to lose patience because Eliot was quiet. "He is in jail." He finally managed to say that. Amara could not believe what she had just heard. Her father was in jail, for what reason? "What do you mean he's in jail, why is he in jail." she asked still in denial of the fact that her father was arrested for who knows what. "The police said that he was the one responsible for your mother's death." He said in a lower and sad tone. "But that's not true, how can My dad ever do that, for what reason..... You know what I'm going to the police station right now, they better have a good reason for accusing my dad for such a thing." Amara hung up the phone, she ran up to her room and she took her car keys and her purse. She didn't understand why they would accuse her father for such a thing, she knew her dad very well. Her parents had their fights but her dad wouldn't go as far as murdering her mother no matter how big the was. They would always find a way to resolve the issue.
She arrived at the station and she climbed out of the car running towards the double doors in front of her. She hadn't been to a police station before, she didn't know what to do, where to go and who to ask, she opened the doors and she saw three people in their police uniform behind and big desk they looked like they were writing something down and she saw a few people sitting on a bench that was on the right wall, she went to the people that were behind the big desk. "Uhm good evening, I'm here to see my dad." The woman in the middle raised her head to see who was talking. "OH it's you, detective Rodger has been waiting for you. Please follow me." The lady said standing up from her chair. 'that was unexpected' Amara thought to her self she thought that maybe they were going to ask her a bunch of questions, and why was this Rodger expecting her, was he planning on arresting her too. That's all Amara could think of. "He is in there." The woman said showing Amara the blue door on her left. She said thank you then she opened the door. She did not even care to knock because she was still angry at fact that her father was arrested. "Amara, have a seat." He said as if he knew that she would be the next person to walk through that door. 'What a creep' Amara thought to herself. She sat down on the chair 'How uncomfortable.' thought to herself, the chair was made of hard wood, but Roger's chair looked comfortable. She even thought of telling him to give her his chair so she could sit on it and he could seat on the one she was sitting on. "I see you don't find that chair to be comfortable, well you just have to bear with it." He said. She felt like jumping across the table and smacking the shit out of him. "Can you please make it quick I want to see my dad." She said with a hint of irritation in her voice. "You are a disrespectful woman aren't you, well I'm not surprised since you were even able to sell your body to some old men." He said with a slight chuckle. "Look sir if you're trying to piss me off then you already did, just tell me what you want before I beat you up. Okay, because I've really lost my patience with you... Oh first thing first tell. Me exactly why you arrested an innocent man." She asked. "Innocent, really, don't make me laugh your father is guilty, he was the one who murdered Briana." He said. "It's Mrs Smith to you not Briana, and besides what evidence do you have that it was him that killed her. ." She said. Rodger stood up from his chair and went to the small table that was on the right that had a stack of files, he took red file and he threw it on Amara's face, she was a little taken back by his actions, she wanted to say something but she decided not to. "And what am I supposed to do with this." She asked. "Open it and read it." he said. Amara opened the file and she read it. Her eyes widened in disbelief, reading it made her even more angrier. She slammed the file on top of the desk, "No this is all made up, this isn't true. You're all lying my dad didn't do it." She said crying. "Believe it or not princess but the evidence is right in front of you... You may leave now." He said standing up and opening the door for her. Amara looked at Rodger and she felt like beating him up. "Hold on, I wanna see him." She said. "Nope, now get out." He said pushing her outside and he closed the door, this wasn't right, they all planned this, they wanted to see her dad suffer, somebody might have paid them to do this, they wanted to ruin her family, but who. Amara walked towards the front door and the people in the building were staring at her some were laughing at her some were whispering something to each other some were pointing fingers at her. The world had turned against her, she was sure that someone was doing this, and that person wanted to see her suffer, but for what reason. She ope. the doors and she walked outside towards her car, the cold air made her shiver, she ran towards her car crying and she opened the door and she drove home, she didn't know what to do, her life was a mess, she felt like everything was over.
She arrived at her house and she ran upstairs to her room, she threw herself on the bed and she buried her face on the pillow and then she cried for hours until she finally fell asleep.
She woke up in the morning, exhausted, she didn't want anything she just wanted to be free from all this pain. She opened her phone and it was loaded with notifications, "I guess the news spread like wildfire huh." She said to herself, but one notification caught her attention, she opened it and it said that her father's compony was shutting down, she got up not believing her eyes, she decided to call Elliott just to confirm.And he told her that it was true, she could almost feel her heart stop beating, she was in disbelief she got up and she showered and she got dressed, she was planning on going to the company to see for her self, as she was walking down the stairs, she noticed a man sitting on the couch in the living room, he was wearing a black suit with a black shirt, he had long, blue silky hair, his skim was a bit pale, is face was facing down and on his right side there were two big men wearing blue suits, they looked like body guards, she turned around wanting to walk away and the man sitting on the couch spoke. "Amara." She stopped, she didn't know this man, but he knew her name, his voice was soft but spelled danger, she turned around and was met by his dark blue eyes, 'he's perfect' she thought to herself, 'no, don't fall for his charms you don't even know him.... How did he even get inside without triggering the alarm.' She thought to herself. "Come here." He said, with an emotionless expression. She slowly walked towards, she didn't know why she was not running away from him. "Come, sit." He said motioning for her to sit next to him. She hesitated but she sat next to him anyway. "My name is, Ian Royce and I've seen the news, and well... Your father asked for me to help him because I'm his last hope and he said he'd do anything to protect you, so well we had a deal" He said, one of his bodyguards handed him a file. And he gave her the file" I want you to be my contract wife, in return I'll protect you like your father asked me to but well, you'll also have to fulfil my needs too.." He said looking at her thighs, she was wearing a short tight jumpsuit." Sorry sir but I know my father pretty well and there is no way he would sell me off to some guy just for my protection and I do not need your help, I can fight my own battles, besides I have a boyfriend so I'm not going to be your contact wife. " She said giving him back the contract." I don't care whether you choose to believe me or not, he said what he said and he also agreed to our deal. And how do you plan on fighting your battles, I mean you've lost your job, money and power. Your father's compony is shutting down and probably you'll die of hunger because you won't have money, and speaking of boyfriend is he the one you're talking about." He said opening his phone and showing her a video, she took the phone to see what he was showing her and it was Cole having sex with a woman, the woman looked familiar but she couldn't clearly see who ir was, she threw the phone back at the man in front of her. "I'll be waiting for you in the car. ." He said standing up from the couch and heading outside to his car, he stopped before reaching the front door of the house he looked at her and he smiled . Amara didn't know why all this was happening, she had lost her job, her mother, her Father and now she had lost her boyfriend too. And now her father was trusting some stranger to protect her and selling her off to him without her consent ."Hurry up. And pack your stuff, I'll be outside in the car waiting, make it quick we have a flight to catch in 2 hours." he said standing up from the couch. "Hold on, I didn't even agree to this deal, I'm not going anywhere with you." She said." I don't need your permission, unless you want me tell my bodyguards to drag you out of here, oh and don't worry about your dad, I've already payed someone to look after him in prison,oh and one more thing we'll be getting married the day after tomorrow. " He said, she looked at those two men behind him, they were big and they looked scary, there was no way she could run away from them, so she decided that it was better if she agreed," Okay" she said making her way upstairs to pack her stuff.