"Any news about Julianna?!", the man thundered with his husky voice. "No Oscar", the leader of his hench man replied.
"What do you mean!!!, do you know how much that girl owes me?! how can you come back here to tell me that you don't know her whereabouts, Get out!!". He was so disappointed, he walked to the window and looked out of the window for a while, before smoking from his pipe, then he said as he smiled evilly, "I'll find you Juliana, I, Oscar Mitch Red, will find you", he nodded his head as he ended his speech, then he continued smoking.
***
(The next morning, after breakfast).
Julie didn't show up for breakfast neither did Damien. Taylor felt that something might had happened between the two, last night. He didn't want to act nosy so he kept quiet.
As he was about walking up the stairs, Diane ran to him and held him by the arms, she whispered to him, "I need to see you". "For what?", he questioned as he let go his arm off her hands. "What happened last night?", she whispered again. "We went out for a party", he answered like he didn't know what she meant. She gave him a light blow and whispered, "I know that, you know what I mean, what happened between the two of us?".
"Nothing much", he said while smirking.
She hit him again, but harder this time, "What do you mean?", she was still whispering.
"Can you stop whispering now, you know no one is here right now".
He continued, "Plus nothing happened between the two of us, if something was to happen between a girl and I, it can never be with a girl like you, you are nothing compared to my type of girls".
After saying this he walked up the stairs, heading to his destination. Diane's mouth was just opened, she wasn't angry with him or what he had said. She just felt something had happened last night and was disappointed that Taylor hadn't told her what she wanted to hear.
Few members of the family had come for breakfast that morning. Aunt Maggie was also absent, she left for a business meeting early that morning. Anna and Taylor were the only ones who came down for breakfast.
Diane woke up very late, she looked a bit messy and was not putting on any makeup that morning. Her mind was fixed on whatever she thought might have happened last night.
***
*Julie couldn't stop running, she continued running. And boom she collided with the monster. He held on to her hand firmly and said "No matter how much you try running, the road you take will always lead you back to me, Juliana!!!". His face became clearer as he made the statement and she was able to see that it was Oscar.*
Julie woke up immediately. She was drowned in a pool of sweat. Her heart was still racing very fast. When it had stop, she started to feel a ache on her head. She came down from the bed and went into the bathroom while yawning.
She swear she hadn't heard a thing when entering the bathroom. She wasn't aware that Damien was showering neither did she hear any sound and it would have been because she was lost in her thoughts. Because the image of Oscar kept reappearing in her mind.
She was able to see through the glass, although it was already smacked with steams coming from the shower.
As she watched Damien showering while still in shock, her eyes were moving from his chest downwards, until she was able to come to her senses and snap out of where ever her mind had gone to, then she left the bathroom quietly.
"You saw nothing, calm down Julie, your eyes are still pure like that of pearls", she tried to convince herself.
She felt restless and went where her feet led her to. The first place it led her to was the gallery, when she had almost gotten there, she immediately retraced her steps. She hadn't forgotten what happened to her last night.
On her way back to the bedroom, she saw a well arranged duvet on the sofa. It was like someone had slept on the sofa.
Ever since she came, she hadn't been aware that Damien had always lain on the sofa until now, she had always thought he had another bedroom.
She never knew where he slept and had started to feel that he was kind to let her have his bed, but when she remembered how he had spoken to her and hurt her last night, she didn't let this one action of his, give her a good impression of Damien.
Something else caught her attention, some pills, which were laying on the table. She wondered why they were so many pills on the table. She thought of taking one of the pills so she could inspect it but when she remembered what happened at the gallery last night, she abandoned that idea and walked away, minding her business.
When Julie entered the bedroom, Damien was already in his robe, he was just coming out of the closet while talking to someone on his phone and he had few clothing, which were well packaged, in his other hand. Julie walked pass him furiously. He didn't even mind wether anyone had passed him, he was so focused in his conversation which he was having on his phone.
Julie sat on the bed and said to herself, "I think he's going out, well that's good, I can't stand him any longer". After a while, she went to take her shower.
***
Julie went to get the door, it was Taylor who was at the door. She vehemently said to him, "I'm very busy with something, so make it quick, What do you want?".
"I'm sorry concerning last night, it was a good thing you went earlier, I hope nothing bad happened between you guys".
"Were you expecting something bad to happen?", while she was asking, he had already noticed her arm, it was a bit pale and red, he had also noticed a scratch on it to. When she had finished talking, she noticed he was staring at her hand, so she quickly hid it.
"You haven't told me what you need?", Julie said while she was trying to hide the bruises. "Julie, what's all this i see, why do you let Damien treat you this way, yesterday you got a bandage on your hand and now another hand is hurt already", while he was saying this, he also noticed her lips, "Wait, is that an injury on your lips?".
"I didn't tell you, I got into an accident on my way back home, that was what led to this bruises, Damien had advised that I rest, so that's why we didn't come down for breakfast ", Julie tried to convince him that Damien hadn't hurt her.
"I don't believe this, but if you say so, I guess I have no other choice but to believe, so have you eaten at all?".
"I'm not hungry yet, but I'll get something to eat".
"I'll send the maid to get something prepared for you", he requested before leaving.
Julie felt at ease watching him leave then she shut the door behind her.
***
Diane had heard their conversation, she had been hiding at a corner while watching them and listening to their conversation. She felt victorious because she was convinced that Damien wasn't treating Julie right. She contemplated on wether to tell Aunt Maggie this or work out whatever she was planning to do next herself.