1 THE BETRAYAL 1

Erica had a smile as she walked up to her apartment building after work. Today was her birthday and she could not wait to see what John had in store for her birthday he always had his way of making the present one even better than the last one. She walked up to their two-bedroom apartment with a spring in her step. She opened the door with excitement only to be greeted by a strange scene. John's clothes were scattered all over the room these were the clothes he wore today but that wasn't a strange sight what baffled her was the side of a woman's clothes. She then heard distant moans coming from their bedroom. She walked down the hallway to the bedroom finding a trail of a woman's bra stockings this made her heart accelerate as she feared the worst. She opened the door hoping it wasn't what she thought only to find John entangled with her beloved half-sister on their marital bed. In a fit of rage, she walked up to them and yanked her by the hair pulling her off the bed, and slapped her half-sister across the face. Erica had frequented the gym so the slap packed a lot of power. Erica tried to hit her again but felt a strong pull which threw her and sent her rolling on the ground finally hitting her head at the feet of the cabinet. When she regained consciousness, she found John comforting her half sister. It was clear who threw her this made tears well up in her eyes as she struggled to her feet. She looked at them as she clenched her hand till they turned pale. She uttered the first words that came to her mind ...."Traitors." Her heart sunk as she remembered the scene she was greeted with. They both looked at her with evil smiles plastered to their face, Erica went weak in her knees as she couldn't recognize them. The words "So what?" coming from John in an icy tone caused her to drop to the ground. She didn't recognize these people. " Where is my sweet, caring, and understanding John? Where is my supportive and sweet sister? Where, where on earth did they go?" Hearing this their smiles became even bigger. "Jessica is your sister that low on IQ?" John asked Erica's half-sister. "Obviously if she had any IQ she wouldn't have ended up this way." "Ahh thank goodness I didn't fall for her." "Hm to think I once thought she has found us out. She even received our unbelievable excuse. I must say I am ashamed to be called your sister." Her tears kept running down her cheeks like a fountain as she tried in vain to clean them. "John, don't you think she is totally useless now?" "What?" Erica muttered in shock. "Agreed. We've got all that we wanted from her these her. Now she no more than useless furniture that needs to be thrown away to make room for a better one." John answered. After this sentence, he got up and dragged Erica by the hair out of the room. Upon reaching the living room he threw her on the floor making her lose consciousness again. "Hmph dump pathetic, useless and trash ." Her "beloved" husband muttered. He sneered at the tool he managed to deceive for 5 good years. After a while, Erica tried her best to open her heavy eyelids as blood flowed down her forehead. The first thing she saw was the scene of her husband and half-sister making out intensely on the couch she bought with her hard-earned money. She realized that she had been tied to a chair. She gave a painful moan as she tried to keep her eyes open. Hearing the painful moan they turned to the pathetic-looking Erica. "Hmph, so your awake" John said. "Just in time for the show. But first..." He added. Erica felt uneasy hearing his words. He went to the room and brought out some papers and placed the papers. "Sign". He said. "He hahaha hahaha" Erica's laugh was very sinister. "What makes you think I'll agree with this. No, I will make you suffer along with me." "Hear that Jess your sister has really lost it. Now let me frame it so your level of understanding." He grabbed her hair and pulled it harder than before. "Listen sign those papers or that son of yours gets it." "What about that, how could you do that to your own son." "Pft Hahahaha. Just how dumb can you get detective Erica?" John asked. "Huh?" "Listen carefully that wedlock child can never be mine." "What. But that night five years ago." "Yes I drugged I wanted you to have my child so that you'll have no excuse to marry me. Unfortunately, you entered the wrong room, and thank goodness that person was capable. Saved me the hassle of killing my own kid." "Now... sign." She was reluctant at first. Signing these papers meant she would give her entire fortune, her father's legacy to these snakes. But in the end, Erica's love for her son made her sign the papers. Her hands were once again tied after she was done sign. Suddenly the was a knock at the door. Jessica opened it only to have a stout man with a lot of tattoos followed by two other shrewd men enter the house. Erica's accelerated as she recognized the man, he was the branch of one of the most powerful mafias in the world. He was infamous for the illegal trading of human beings and the police don't have enough evidence to bring him down so he was left free. She knew this because she was a detective in the police force. She gazed at him with displeasure written all over her face.

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