Tara woke up with a funny feeling in her head. For the first few seconds, she was trying to understand her environment. She was in a larger bedroom this time different from the one she woke up in last time. Her memories began to function and she realized she was in the bedroom, that she shared with Lakan. She looked around to discover he was nowhere to be found. " Where could an injured man have gone to this early in the morning? It was 5 am from the wall clock in the room.
Memories of the previous day began to play slowly. How she came back from the hospital with Lakan to his house that was filled with guards protecting the house and servants running around to put everything in place. During her first time in the house, she was Particularly close to a guarded girl named Sarah who was an 18-year-old girl but with a lot of experience when it comes to protecting anyone. It was not always a smooth relationship for the two of them because Lakan had insisted on having her protect Tara but she had disagreed initially. It was later they got along. On the night her family was killed Sarah was nowhere to be found and that was a source of concern. This time she was amongst the set of people Tara was going to make friends with immediately as she had a lot to learn.
Getting home she helped insisted on making his food by herself based on the doctor's advice. By the time she was done with everything that day she was very tired and slept off, she couldn't even remember the exact spot she slept off but she was sure it was not in the room. That means someone carried her to the room and her clothes...
Tara got up from the bed immediately when she noticed she was in different clothing. The clothes on her were not even her own, she was in a thicker piece of clothing that was for a man.
She panicked when she thought of what he would have done and seen to put her in those new clothes.
She stormed out immediately as she made to confront him, why would he do that to a lady?
"But he is your husband " a voice whispered in her head making her reduce the speed of her pace. He did nothing wrong since they were both married but then she still needed an explanation she stubbornly told herself as she picked up the pace again.
As she walked down she discovered most of the servants were already awake carrying out different functions, he wondered what work they would be doing so early in the morning.
" Good morning ma'am" came from different directions as everyone who came across her bowed their head as a form of respect for her. She ding give a reply but just acknowledged them with a wave of the hand. She knew all of them very well, she would exchange words with them from time to time during her first time in the house but now she wanted to give them a different feel of her. If she wanted Lakan to take her seriously she would need to show him why with every reason she gets.
"Where is my husband " She finally asked one of the servants who was making to pass her
"On his study room, in a meeting" the girl replied with a look of fear in her eyes.
"In a meeting by this time? So early in the morning What could be so important that it could not wait?
She headed straight for the study room. She knew Lakan would not want her around there intact he had warned her about it in their first marriage but now she was going to feign ignorance and head there. She knew her way to the room. It was the only room on the left side of the house upstairs. It was like a different world on its own.
Only Lakan and his trusted men were allowed into the study room. It was a room where important decisions are taken concerning the Mafia business that Lakan manages. One such business was the task of collecting debts from people owing the Blackwaters family one debt or the other. It was a dirty job that has led to the death of many. Tara had little insight into these things as she got to know only during observation. Lakan hardly told her anything freely. Whenever he spoke to her it was out of necessity.
On getting to the study room, Tara's legs began to shake, she knew it was best to wait for him to come out but then she wanted to know what they were discussing so early in the morning. The sound of glass being shattered in the room sent further fear down her body. She pressed her ears against the door to hear.
" How could this have happened right under your noses, someone tried to kill my bride and none of you could do anything to stop him, is this what I pay for? " She heard an angry Lakan shouting in the room his outburst was followed immediately by the shattering of something in the room.
"We are sorry boss" she heard voices chorused.
She was so shocked that Lakan was reacting this way. All the while in the hospital he didn't seem to be angry about the attack. If he was so angry how come he never said anything to her about it?
She decided to look through the keyhole to see what was going on inside. From what she could see Lakan was sitting on his chair with his men standing around him. She couldn't see the other faces clearly but she could pick out ten people standing with their heads bowed.
"We know the rules, whenever I get shot you have to pay for it, so who is it going to be? " She heard Lakan ask as complete silence fell on everybody.
Tara felt scared and sad at the same time. With her experience, she suspected death awaited anyone who would be chosen. She reasoned if there would be a way for her to help
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