The ignorant Mr Jones couldn't care less why they were laughing as he hugged Sam. Every woman love complement like this Sam included so she was grinning happily as they went to the dance floor.
The smooth sound of piano filled the ears of all present calming them down as well as bringing a sense of peace to their minds. The song that was playing was Mic's latest song and being the best pianoist that he is, the song was stupendous.
Me Jones and Sam were dancing at the center with Martha and Drake by their right and max and Monica by their left. Martha felt peace in her heart dancing beautifully with Drake. Its been really long her heart became restless but she could feel the subsequent changes and the reaction her body have when close to Drake.
"You look like a fallen angel Martha. Totally beautiful" Drake whispered to Martha in a seductive voice which made Martha shiver with how ticklish her body felt against his hot breath.
"T..Thanks Drake" she said with a blush. Martha was left in a trance staring at Drake's mesmerising eyes and snapped off only when a round of applause rang out.
There was a man with clenched first who stared in Martha's direction from an inconspicuous corner in the hall. His handsome pale brown skin was covered in blue veins as he tried his best to suppress his rage.
'How dare she dance so close with another man?' He said through gritted teeth.
Martha broke free from Drake when she noticed an piercing gaze from behind but when she looked back, all she could see was darkness at that corner. Her senses were in high alert as she carefully approached the corner from another direction.
But before she could get up to ten feet to her destination, she was yanked roughly from behind and dragged out of the ball room. The outside was much quiet than the ballroom but the person was still careful so he took her to a room upstairs and threw her on the bed after locking the door.
"How dare you?" Martha roared at the mysterious man. She has tried various methods possible from the ball room till now but haven't been able to escape his firm grip.
"Getting more bad tempered huh" the man turned and said with a smirk. The room was dimly lit with the moon rays from outside so Martha's vision was limited. But she had a tingling sensation to her skin. This voice...
She felt goosebumps as she looked up at the man in shock.
"Remember me?" He questioned with an evil smile. "BENJAMIN!!" She screamed in shock as she crawled further into the bed.
"Long time no see...Aliyah" he said as he slowly approached the bed. Martha desperately crawled up the bed until she hit the headboard with fear evidently written over her face.
"You think by running to this punny country you would escape my wrath?? You think by living a fake life I wouldn't be able to find you?? Just how dumb do you think I am Aliyah?" Benjamin finally reached the edge of the bed and majestically made a 90degree turn towards her direction.
"Benjamin please...please dont do this to me please just spare me and let me go" Martha begged with a frightened expression.
"Oh wow...since when did the almighty Aliyah Bai start being so weak and feeble to even cry in front of me" Benjamin laughed like a maniac.
"This has to stop Aliyah. It makes my heart hurt to see you like this. Common, let's go home okay" Benjamin suddenly changed his tone to that of a loving husband trying to soot his wife.
Martha was no fool as she knew just how dangerous this man was so she stood up carefully and silently planned her escape plan.
But she underestimated Benjamin's understanding of her as he grabbed her by the wrist before she even got a chance to run.
"Stop this nonsense now Aliyah. And don't even think of running. I have your dear mother right in the palm of my hands so if you know what's best for you, you will listen and cooperate obediently okay." Martha turned pale when she heard of Sam's situation.
"How's this possible... how did you find me I didn't give off any clues" Martha thought aloud but was met with a crazy laughter from Benjamin.
'Ha ha ha' " Flawless plan huh... you could say that. But against me, that was child's play. Let me tell you something, the moment you sent your daughter to Sky High that was the beginning of your downfall" Benjamin said.
Martha was at a loss right now. 'How did Sky High affect him discovering me?'she wondered.
"Don't worry sweetie, I won't let you think too much. Kiarra, that girl in your daughter's class was newly recruited under my personal army. I just so mistakenly happened to meet with her father concerning the new recruit when I saw your beautiful offspring so in other to be sure, I investigated her quietly."
"You sure did a really good job mending Martha and Aliyah to be one but you just couldn't get rid of your biggest flaw, your nose" Benjamin was loving how paler Martha's face became with his every word so he continued his story telling.
"I saw you at that exhibition some few years back but only confirmed my doubt after seeing you that day you dropped the kid off. Let's stop wasting time talking of your flaws shall we..." Benjamin cast her a knowing gaze as he threw her back on the bed and leaned in close.
"Tell me where the heart of gold is or I'm going to set this mansion ablaze" Benjamin said in a threatening tone completely void of laughter.
"The mansion is already surrounded and the fireworks for later has been tampered with. Without even activating the finger bomb, this house will be good as gone don't you think.." He questioned.
Martha was at a loss and didn't even know what to do. The heart of gold was the only thing that guarantees her position in the Bai family and was given to her by her dad before he died.
It was also a key to unlocking the treasures accumulated from generations ago till now and she couldn't let it fall into the Aari's hand.
"Give...give me some time let me think about it. I'll get back to you so please don't hurt Mrs Jones in the meantime" Martha strengthened her resolve and pushed Benjamin away as she walked towards the door.
"You have until 9: 00pm if I don't see you here then Mrs Jones will go join her ancestors. I'll release her for the time being so you better not play any tricks. You wouldn't want your Foster Mom dead because of you right..." Benjamin said with an evil smile.
Martha responded with a quick hmm as she quickly exited the room in fear of him running after her again.