Emilia Peyton

"Mum, no please, no, Daddy no..." I scream as I wake up sweating profusely. I feel the tears on my face as I realize that it was another nightmare. This has been happening every night since the incident from that dreadful night 15 years ago. I know I should have forgotten the incident considering how long it has been but the image of that night is still fresh in my head, almost like it happened just yesterday.

I check my phone and realize it's still 6am, which means I have two hours to prepare for work. I get out of bed and head to the bathroom. I take my clothes off and stand in front of the mirror. I sigh as I take in my appearance.

"It isn't as bad as the last time I guess." I say looking at my reflection. The bruise is already beginning to fade away and I'm thankful to my uncle for only leaving one bruise on me. He always made sure he never left a bruise that will be noticeable to the others because he couldn't afford to put a stain on his image.

I do my lady stuff before stepping into the shower. A few minutes later I leave the bathroom with a towel around my head and a bathrobe on my body. Walking towards my closets, I take out all the lotions I normally use, apply them and take out out a pair of matching underwear.

I realize that I still have a towel on my head so I take it off and dry my hair quickly noticing that I don't have much time left. I straighten my hair with my stretcher that I got as a gift from Naya, my assistant. Once I'm done, I hold it up with a ribbon so I could wear my clothes.(I love doing my hair before I get dressed by the way).

I take out a semi casual ruffle white shirt and pair it with a beige flared pants. " Looks good to me." I mutter to myself before taking out a nude pointed heels to complete the look. Putting them on quickly, I decide to add a white belt to the look, feeling satisfied with how I look, I pull my hair down and straighten it out again for final touches. I'm not really a fan of makeup because I know I look prettier without them. I just apply and eyeliner and mascara to give my eyes a different glow. I don't bother using a lipstick as I head downstairs for breakfast.

I arrive at the living room which is really quiet and I smile, loving the calmness. You're probably wondering why, my uncle and his family are currently on a one month vacation in Switzerland. Normally, people feel sad when they are being left behind while the others travel around but not me. If anything I am happy that I am not going to be seeing them for a month.

I look around and notice that all the workers in the house are gone. Aunt Claire must have given them the month off to make me do all the work, certainly not something I haven't done before. I check my watch and realize that I'm running late, so I just decide to have breakfast at work.

The drive to work is faster than usual, there's no traffic and I'm grateful for that. I arrive at the company in 30 minutes as I see the 36 storey building of Peyton Inc.

" Good morning miss Peyton" Larry, the company's valet says as I give him a curt nod and hand him my car keys. Walking into the office, the workers get tense seeing me as they all start greeting me. I've always been feared by people and I don't have an issue with it because its better that way. I don't want people to think I'm a weakling just because I let uncle Aaron hit me, not that they know that he does but still. I make my way towards the elevator and go towards my office which is on the thirty fifth floor. The elevator opens and I make my way to my office.

" Good morning Emilia." Naya, my assistant says to me as I approach her. Her office is before mine as you have to get through her to see me. Naya has been my assistant for 4 years now and I really liked her. She was an African American woman and of course,beautiful like all dark skinned women. I've always loved them maybe because my maternal grandmother is also dark skinned. Naya was six years older and despite her being my assistant, I always respected her.

" Morning to you to Naya." I say with a genuine smile as I walk into my office with Naya.

" You have a meeting at 11:am with Mr Albert Davidson, the owner of Stars Tower." Naya says as she immediately switches into her work mood

" Stars Tower?, I don't remember setting am meeting with them. What do they want now." I say annoyingly.

Stars Tower was a publishing company, I have never liked the CEO, Albert Davidson. He was a disgusting old man who received several bribes from people to write good things about them, mostly fake news. His company was also known for taking fake news about people and publishing it in other to get payment from the people to take it down. He was a cruel man and I wanted absolutely nothing to do with him.

" The meeting was fixed by Mr Aaron, but since he isn't available, he suggested you handle it." Naya says.