Chapter 15- Arc 1
Ferdinand stared at his daughter with disgust. If not for his beloved daughter wanting to marry for love, did she seriously think that, she would have this opportunity.
"Let's go." His authoritative voice woke Zosia from her thoughts.
Zosia felt reluctant leaving like that, without doing anything or making them feel pain.
Zosia knows that the little time she has is not enough to get her to do any substantial damage.
Taking a deep breath, she sighed and followed them out of the house.
She watched as Ferdinand entered the black sleek car which had some sporting red.
Ferdinand left with the driver to the company while Trisha, Cecelia and her entered another car that drove them to the saloon .
Arriving at the Saloon, Zosia heard her step-mother mumblings.
"If not for the fact that Ferdinand would be there, does this daughter of a wh*re even stand the chance of ever coming here."
Trisha couldn't contain her jealousy, turned to her and said, "B*tch, you better reject all instructions that they ask of you."
Zosia did not reply and only kept her head down. To Trisha, it was a sign of acceptance of her pitiful fate.
But Zosia was actually thinking of her plan on how to escape and not get caught.
It would be a shame, if after all this, she still couldn't get out of their family.
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Zosia made her chip scan her environment as she prepared her route of escape.
After scanning, she found out that the building has a backdoor which was connected to an alley.
She does not know where the alley leads to. But beggars can't be choosers, she was going to use that path of escape.
But could she escape without money?
Nope, so she had snagged some money from the inattentive Trisha and her mother.
With that money and the one she had been saving, it should be enough for her to settle things.
She is not worried about getting hungry. The money could be used to get information.
She does not understand the denomination or how the money is being used here, but It does not stop her from recognizing the value of the paper, called money.
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"Alright miss, please sit down."
Zosia looked at the lady timidly, "Can I use the restroom?"
"Yeah you can, just go straight, by your right." the young lady answered while arranging her equipment.
Zosia nodded her head. Following the directions given, she entered the toilet.
Scanning the toilet, the height of the window was in an acceptable range which could allow her skinny body to pass through. Following that, she used the window which was wide enough to allow her to pass.
She slowly landed on the floor. Looking around her, she was still far from the alleyway she had seen.
Going forward, after a few minutes, she arrived at the alleyway. The place though neat was a little humid and had a damp smell.
Zosia felt like her throat was burning. Though the owner of the body is used to laborious work, the body is still too weak, malnourished and always needs to be hydrated.
Taking out a bottle of water, she leaned on the wall of the alleyway and gulped it. After making sure that no one would be passing the alleyway for a while and there are no cameras, she entered her space and changed her cloth.
She has seen the clothes of the people in this world and its variation was not much with that of the other world.
She appeared back but this time, she was in a floral gown, a nice black sandals and her hair packed into a bun.
After exiting the alleyway she found herself in another side of the city.
A bustling street came into view.
Zosia flagged down a cab which happened to have someone in it. Not minding, she quickly entered the taxi.
Zosia's mind was not on the person but on her next plan before they find out that she had escaped.
"Where are you going ma'am?" The driver asked the customer who had just entered without telling him where she would be going.
"The closest rail station."
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Dominic felt his day was just filled with bad luck.
First, his dad suddenly called him to tell him about going to pick up his wife to be, that had been arranged for him.
Next, his car got spoilt and to avoid wasting more time, he decided to hail a cab.
He has to meet the client at the agreed time and he definitely did not want to be late.
The cab was halfway to his destination when he noticed his future wife, well not sure but for now she was his future wife, was trying to hail a cab.
He was kinda surprised and wondered what she was doing there. He asked the cab driver to pick her up.
To be honest, he does hate her and believes that she was the one who had forced her parents to make a deal with his father leading to her becoming his fiance.
Also, the clothes he had always seen her on, did nothing to justify her beauty which he just noticed now.
He had expected her to talk to him after seeing him but he found her lost in her own world.
Dominic was more surprised at her destination, 'a rail station. What is she going to do there? Is she going to pick a friend?' he thought Inwardly.
At first, he was happy when she didn't acknowledge his presence but he got more irritated when she did like as if he was just a stranger.
Technically, that is the truth.
Diana had only been told that she would be getting married without showing her pictures of him.
She only knows his name and nothing more. According to her father, they would get to know each other in marriage.
Dominic closed his eyes, he did not want his mind to keep wandering.
Keeping his eyes closed for a while, he opened it when he noticed a movement on her part.
"We are here ma'am."
"Ok thanks, how much is your bill?"
"It's $5 ma."
"Don't worry about that, I would foot her bill" Dominic felt uncomfortable seeing her pay the bill while he was here.
According to her reputation, she is one who likes to take advantage of others.
It made him wonder what her plan was, but he did not have the patience to wait and know.
Right now, he has more important things to worry about.
'Anyway, I would still meet her in the evening.' he thought inwardly.
Dominic was stunned by the smile she gave to him and also the fact she said thank you made him start doubting the information he had gotten about her.
"Tsk, everything would be figured out this evening, I shouldn't worry too much." He assured himself while watching as her back went further and further away from his view.