REVENGE WAS THE PLAN
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EPISODE 02🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇
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EMMA’S POV
“J…Jason…. w…what are you doing here ?”
“What do you mean? I live here”.
“Yeah b… but you… ”
“I got re-leased today, aren’t you happy to see
your favorite brother?”
“I.. I..”
I couldn’t get a coherent s£ntence to come out
of my mouth, I wasn’t expecting to see him
this soon. Immediately I started getting
flashbacks of the last time I saw him and of
the night of my dad’s accident. Jason was a
very aggressive man, he was always un-der the
influence of alcohol and drugs ma-king him
even more aggressive. I was so afraid of him,
specially after my dad got in the hospital
because his abusive behavior got worse, I
always thought he’ll end up killing me in one if
his beatings.
I hate so say this because he’s my brother, but
once he went to prison I felt the biggest
relieve, it was so nice not having to cover the
bruises in my b©dy to leave the house.
Suddenly I felt how he gr@bb£d me by my
shoulders screaming, I felt little droplets his of
saliva landing in my face and his foul breath.
“You are not happy to see me huhh….. you
fv¢king who-re?”
I felt the sharp pain in my face as he sl@pped
me ma-king me fall right on the floor.
“Jason plea-se calm down, of course I’m happy
to see you, you are my only brother”. I said in
a begging tone, hoping to calm his rage
attempting to prevent him from beating me to
the point of unconsciousness like he used to.
My b©dy was shaking and tears ran out of my
eyes because of how frighted I was.
” St©p crying like an idiot and make me
something to eat, I’m hungry.”
I was too afraid to tell him I couldn’t make him
something to eat because I had to got to
work, that will be enough for him to kill me. I
got up from the floor and headed to the
kitchen, called the restaurant to say I wasn’t
feeling well and I nee-ded to stay home today. I
made his food, took it to the table where he
was alre-ady in and left his sight immediately.
Forty five minutes later I realized he has fallen
asleep on the couch, it was my opportunity to
go. I ran to my room gr@bb£d a bag and
stuffed as much clothes as I could fit in it, I
decided I was never going to live this hell
again. I ran out the door, my legs weren’t as
fast as I wanted them to be.
I ran and ran, probably for about 30 minutes,
my breath was very short so I decided to walk
into a Starucks, gr-ab a cu-p of coffee and think
what to do now, I didn’t know where to go, I
have nob©dy. The only thing I was certain
about was that if Jason finds me he will
definitely kill me.
I reached my pocket to get the money to pay
for my coffee, something else c@m£ out
tangled with the cash, it was a card, Adam
McRoberts’ business card. I drank my coffee
staring at the golden lettered card. This seems
to be my only option, not only Jason won’t be
able to put his hands on me being married to
a rich and powerful man like Adam McRoberts
but I will also be able to pay for my dad’s
treatment.
I was now in front of the hvge building of
McRoberts Industrial Inc. and realized how
small and insignificant I was, I had to do this,
for me and for my father.
ADAM’S POV
“Are you out of your mind Adam? How did we
go from you being depressed for your wife’s
death to you being married to a stranger?”
“Not any stranger, I’m getting married to the
daughter of the man who caused my wife’s
death.”
“Even worst. Are you even listening to yourself?
This is crazy, and let me tell you this will not
end well”.
I could s-en-se how worried Tristan was for me
and this hole situation after I told him what
happened last night with Emma, my proposal
to her and my real intentions. Tristan have
always been a good friend, always by my side
in he good and in the bad, that’s why he’s one
of the few people that I still appreciate to be
around me. I un-derstand his position of trying
to walk me away from this, but I can’t do what
he advises I’m doing this for my wife Amy,
maybe he’s right but I had to do this, I had to
take this pain from me in order to continue and
have a life somehow normal. I took a sip of
my whiskey.
“I un-derstand your concern, but I nee-d to do
this Tristan, for Amy, for Demi and for myself,
I don’t sleep at night thinking that the love of
my life is not with me anymore and nob©dy is
paying for it.”
“This girl didn’t do anything to Amy.”
“Her dad did, she has his blood and to me
that’s enough.”
The ringing of my office phone interrupts our
conversation, I hit the answer in speaker
bu-tton.
“Yes.”
“Mr. McRoberts, I’m sorry to bother you, but
there’s someone here that wants to see you,
her name is Emma Ross, should I let her in ?”
I looked at Tristan with a wi-de smile, he rolled
his eyes.
“Yes, let her in and give directions on how to
get to my office, plea-se.”
“I think is time for me to go, I don’t want to be
here when that poor girl enters the lion’s den.”
This time I was the one rolling my eyes at
him.
EMMA’S POV
Now going in the elevator all the way up to the
50th floor I can’t st©p thinking about my recent
conversation with the receptionist. Maybe this
is a mistake…
Five minutes earlier.
“Hi, good afternoon, I’m here to see Mr.
McRoberts plea-se.” I spoke to the lady at he
reception, she looked at me head to toe
judging my appearance and automatically
concluding that Adam McRoberts will never
even speak to someone like me.
“Mmm ….. do you have an appointment?”
“No, I don’t but if you could plea-se call him
and let him know that Emma Ross is here to
see him.”
“I’m sorry Ms……”
“Ross, Emma Ross”
“Oh yes, right, Ms. Ross, like I was saying Mr.
McRoberts is a very busy man, I can’t interrupt
him. Do you know how many times his one
night stands show up here and I have to turn
them away? I’m sorry to tell you this but don’t
bother calling him or showing up at his office,
he won’t see or call you ever again, I see this
pattern of behavior every day.”
“What?!! No I’m not one of his one night
stands.” I have to admit it bothered me jut a
little (well maybe not just a little, maybe a
little bit more than that) to realize that he
constantly had one night stands with random
girls and they follow him like a god. Why I’m I
feeling this, I’m not in a relationsh!pwith him,
even if I marry him, there will never be
anything ro-mantic between us. ” Look I spoke
to him yesterday and I was supposed to get
back to him today with an answer, that’s why
I’m here, if you don’t believe me you can call
him and ask.”
Pres£nt time
“Excuse me, you’re not allowed to be here.
Who let you in?”
“I c@m£ to see Mr. McRoberts.”
“Mr. McRoberts doesn’t have any
appointments now, you nee-d to make an
appointment to see him, leave before I call
security.”
Why is it so ha-rd to speak to this man? Is he
a god or something?
“Can you let him know I’m here? He’s
expecting me.”
“You know what? I’m not calling security, I’ll
take you out myself.”
She gr@bb£d me by my right shoulder, I felt her
nails digging into my skin and the sharp pain
ma-king me whimper. She pu-ll-ed me closer to
the elevator door, not letting me talk as I was
trying to explain. She immediately st©pped as
a masculine voice c@m£ form behind.
“Leave her alone Priscilla.”
“But Mr. McRoberts, she’s a stranger and
c@m£ without an appointment.”
“I was expecting her, lether go.”
I felt relieved as she re-leased my arm, I looked
at it and could still see the marks of her
f!ngernails and the redness left by her ti-ght
hold. I looked at Adam and his gaze fixed in
me, clenching his yaw. He started walking
away, his back to me now I heard him shout.
“Follow me.”
I obligated, not before taking a glance at
Priscilla who was digging daggers at me with
her eyes. Fear ran throu-gh my veins as I
followed Adam, something about this man
terrifies me, and I’m really hoping to be wrong,
at this point and after all I’ve been thru I just
nee-d peace in my life.
He opened a double door walking me into an
office, but not just an office, this was the most
beautiful office I’ve ever seen, it was the living
copy of a magazine picture. It had floor to
selling windows instead of walls facing the
city, in the middle a hvge brown wooden desk
looked as powerful as Adam. To the left I saw
a book shelf full of books and to the right a
sitting area with a brown leather couch, a love
seat and a coffee table with some magazines
on t©p.
The sound of the door being slammed by
Adam behind me made me jump in startle. He
stood behind me for a few seconds and even
though my back was facing him I felt his eyes
on me, ma-king me fell even more intimid@t£d.
I felt at ease when he walked beside me and
stud right in front of me.
“Have a seat plea-se.” He said indicating to the
seating area. I sat feeling very uncomfortable,
how much I wish my circu-mtances where
different so I wouldn’t have to be here and do
this, my dad in the hospital in nee-d for money
for proper care, my brother threatening to kill
me any day brou-ght me here today and right in
this moment I realized how unfortunate I was, I
had to make and effort to prevent my tears
from falling ma-king a foul of myself.
“Ok so, let’s go to the point, what’s your
answer?”
I swallowed ha-rd . “M…my answer i…is
…..y….yes.”
“Pardon me.”
“My answer is yes, Mr. McRoberts.”
“Smart girl”. I don’t know why I felt his reply a
little sarcastic. “Perfect, I will arrange
everything and by the end of this week we will
be married and you will be moving into my
house. ”
“I was actually thinking if is not too much to
ask if we can get is done today?”
“Ohh …. I thought you wanted some time to
say goodbye to your old life.” Little does he
knows there is nothing so good in my life for
me to want to say goodbye. “I think is
amazing, give me 10 minutes and we will be
married.”
Adam took his phone from his desk and after
speaking in it for about two minutes some
knocked in the door.
“Come in.” He ordered.
A guy in a suit walked in with some files in his
hands. Adam pres£nted us and explained to
me that his person was a Notary who was p@rt
of his staff and will now marry us right this
minute in his office. Everything was happening
so fast that I saw it all in a blur, I didn’t speak
because couldn’t find my voice, it was gone
just like my ability to think properly.
EMMA’S POV
I’m now looking thru the window of the Rolls
Royce as the driver takes us to Adam’s
mansion. The car ride was very quiet, his eyes
never leaving the paper work he was checking.
Upon arrival the driver opened mine and
Adam’s door, I stood speechless in the
driveway, this house was beyond my
expectations, never in my wildest dreams I
thought I’ll step a foot on a home like this, not
mention live in it.
Adam’s mansion
I see Adam walking to the main door to enter
the house, he never said anything to me so I
just ran to follow behind, in a house this big
I’m sure I’ll easily get lost. He never st©pped
to look if I was coming or not, it was like if I
wasn’t there at all.
Once inside I appreciated how elegant and
luxurious this house was, the furniture looked
expensive as well as the curtains on each
window, the clas-sic style in the decor was
highlighted with small accents in gold blending
perfectly with he majestic Victorian style stair
case in the left corner of the living room.
I was surprised Adam didn’t give me a tour of
this hvge house, I was going to be living here
after all, he didn’t even bother to check if I was
in the house or still in the car outside, he just
continued walking up the stairs. I was so lost
that I decided to follow him, maybe he wanted
show me my room.
We reached the second floor and I followed
Adam down a hallway, then a brown wood
double door stood in front him, me still behind
him. He opened the door and walked in, I
followed, maybe this will be my room. I
looked around and realized this house will
never st©p amazing me, the room was
probably the size of my ap@rtment times two,
beautiful brown ha-rd wood floor and again
same clas-sic style in the furniture, the be-d was
enormous, even the pillows looked big like I’ve
never seen before, and at the end a balcony
with pastel aqua colored curtains being the
perfect combination with the natural color
palette of the room.
Finally Adam turned to me, this time I saw
hate in his eyes.
“Out”
“W…what?”
“I said out, get out of my room.”
“I’m sorry, I thought you would take me to my
room.”
“Who do you think I am? Your personal
as-sistant?”
“No, of course not, I just don’t know this
house, didn’t kow where to go.”
“Figure it out and the the fv¢k out of my
sight.”
This time he yelled. I immediately turned
towards the door and ran out of the room.
What made Adam so upset? Did I do
something?. My breathing was getting fas-ter
and my hands shaking, my back rested against
the double door of Adam’s room, I had to put
my hand on my che-st to calm myself down a
little. I wasn’t expecting this reaction, I knew
he had no feelings for me and that this
marriage was an arrangement but he offered to
be friends.
Someone c@m£ to me, she was a 50
something year old lady in a maid outfit.
“Excuse me Mrs. McRoberts, my name is
Martha, I’m the house maid, it is a plea-sure to
meet you. plea-se allow me to welcome you to
this house, your house, and kindly offer my
service to you.”
“Thanks, very nice meeting you, plea-se don’t
call me Mrs. McRoberts, I’m just Emma.” I
tired to smile to the kind lady.
“But you’re Mr. McRoberts’ wife–”
I interrupted her. “None s-en-se…you can call
me Emma.”
I saw a faint smile on her face, it looks like
someone was finally going to like me.
” Do you know by any chance where my room
is, Martha?”
“Yes Mrs. Mc…I’m sorry… Mrs. Emma I was
s£nt here by Mr. McRoberts he asked me to
take you to your room and tomorrow I’ll be
giving you a tour of the house.”
“That sounds good, thank you”
I was surprised that Adam decided to s£nd
some help, I looked like he wanted me to
sleep on the hallway. I followed Martha to
another door in the same long hallway as
Adam’s be-droom. My new room was so
perfect, the queen size be-d with white be-dding
looked extremely comfortable. The turquoise
lamps on the tables on each side of the be-d
made a good statement to the room, in the
middle a beautiful turquoise and white rug was
the perfect match. Martha showed me two
doors one led to a big walking closet and the
other to a bathroom it even had a shower and
tub I never had this kind of luxury in my life.
I’m really hoping to be happy in this house. I
said my goodbye to Martha and organized the
little clothing a brou-ght with me.
After taking the longest most relaxing shower I
hopped into my new be-d. It was so
comfortable that I fell asleep immediately,
tomorrow I’ll ask Adam for my payment for the
marriage and pay my dad hospital bill, it was
such a relieve to sleep without this burden on
me.
ADAM’S POV
Right after I kicked Emma out of my room felt
bad, I f0rç£d myself to think that it wasn’t for
her, it had to be the fact that she’ll be lingering
around the house, she will probably end
somewhere she’s no supposed to or cross
paths with Demi. Speaking of Demi I nee-d to
find a way to explain this to her, but before I’ll
call Martha and asks her to take Emma to her
room.
Twenty minutes later I walked in Demi’s room,
Martha was almost done getting her things
re-ady for tomorrow while she watched
cartoons on her be-d. As I walked towards
Demi with the biggest smile on my face
Martha said her good nights to both Demi and
I and walked out of the room giving us some
privacy, she knew what I was about to do.
“Hello my princess, no hvgs for daddy
tonight?”
“Ummm… Let me think about it…” She said
dabbing her mouth with her little index f!nger
looking as cute as a bu-tton. “Well Sir. I think
you deserve ten hvgs today.”
“Only ten?” I replied faking a sad face. She
laughed and hvgged me with her tiny arms. I
k!$$£d her forehead, Demi was the only good
thing I had left, she was the only peace of Amy
I had. How not to love her, she was my entire
world.
Sometimes I wonder if she remembers how
Amy looked and I feel so defeated, her mom
was taken away so fast, so soon in her life, I
could give her the world, however I just wanted
to give her her mom. How ironic, the only
thing my money can’t buy, my daughter’s mom
and the love of my life.
“Demi there’s something I nee-d to tell you.”
She looked at me with those blue ocean eyes
so mature and full of innocence at the same
time.
“Yes daddy, you know you can tell me
anything, I’m a big girl, I’m 4 alre-ady.”
She knows me too well, she knew something
worried me and at the age of 4 she feels old
enough to reas-sure me, this girl is definitely
something else.
“Ok, so…..So today someone moved to the
house, she will be living with us.”
“Are you going to marry her?”
What!! Where does this girl gets this things
from? How does she knows what marriage is?
I’m so talking to Martha about what she’s been
putting in the TV for Demi lately.
“I hope you don’t mid that I alre-ady married
her.”
“Are you serious?!”
Oh god she’s so mad, I should’ve prepared her
ahead of time.
“Yes my love I’m serious, are you mad at me
for not telling you before?”
“That is amaziiiinnnggg!!! I’m soooo happy for
you daddy, and for me, we finally have have a
mom again, this is the best news ever!!!”
” No baby nob©dy will never ever take your
mommy place in our hearts.”
“I know daddy, my mommy has a space in our
hearts but that doesn’t mean that we can’t have
a new mommy now that my mommy isn’t here
anymore.”
“Will see princess, will see..”
“Can I meet her now? ”
“No sweet heart, she’s tired and alre-ady went
to sleep, I promise tomorrow after school,
you’ll meet her, ok? Now young lady, is time
for you to close those gorgeous eyes and
sleep.” I said putting the cover over her tinny
b©dy and k!ss!ngher forehead.
“Ok daddy.”
I turned off the light and walked out of Demi’s
room. This is going to be more complicated
than I thought.
*TO BE CONTINUED*