She's Roselle Romano

She's Roselle Romano. The one who has the power to manipulate things. The one who will make you dig your grave and you'll fall inside it willingly. You dare not harm what belongs to her or what she cherishes.

She works in mysterious ways to get what she wants, either as a street girl or as a gang star, or even as the multi-millionaire she was.

She dares not accept defeat from anyone anymore. Now she will use one of her mysterious ways to save Tina who was one of the people she cherishes.

After the nurse had finished her call, Roselle tip-toed behind the nurse, monitoring what her next step will be. Suddenly, she saw someone drag the nurse she was monitoring to a hidden corner.

Roselle covered her head well with the hoodie jacket and strengthened her sunglasses closer to her eyes and moved closer enough to see the names on the name tag clipped on their cloth.

The nurse she had been monitoring at first had the name, Melissa Tom. Hospital position; Nurse Practitioner, and the other nurse who had suddenly pulled Melissa to the corner was Selena Porte. Hospital position; NICU.

Roselle hid behind a pillar and drew her ears close to hear their conversation. Then she pretended to be reading a hospital magazine she picked from the chair she had sat on while waiting for Tina.

It seemed the nurses were having a rough conversation which was almost in a whisper. Roselle's attentive ears were able to catch everything they were saying to each other and she was also able to distinguish who spoke at a time.

"Melissa, I can see you're hiding something from me. I won't ask you again, what are you hiding from me?"

Melissa remained silent.

Selena snorted before speaking again, "Melissa, because the doctor has chosen you to be his favourite and personal assistant. You think you can do whatever you want? Don't forget you have something at stake."

Still, Melissa remained silent.

Roselle discovered that the conversation would help her. Quickly, she switched on her auto-record wristwatch, which she always wears wherever she goes. She began to record the nurses' conversation.

"Melissa," Selena called a smirk in her voice. "Maybe I have to remind you that I still have the evidence of the brilliant dirty game you played. The moment people learn you secretly drew blood from that patient and sold it, you won't have the guts to hide anything from me. Doc won't think twice about demoting you and you will be sacked from the hospital. So you better split that secret." Selena spoke like all the powers on earth were in her palm and the moment she releases these powers, Melissa will be doomed for life. A sly smile curved on her lips.

Melissa beamed with sarcastic laughter which later turned out to be cold. She glared straight at Selena "Sorry to tell you, dear Selena. I am no longer the girl who you can scare with your empty threats. I've suddenly grown and that happened a week ago when I discovered something. I just kept it to myself because I needed to gather all so I can proudly grab the lion on the tail, and congratulations to me I did" Melissa barked out a laughter again.

Selena was stunned into silence. When did Melissa learn to be this intrepid to talk to her in such a manner?! Their whispering tone began to turn into a loud tone.

Her eyes narrowed. She glared at Melissa in a manner to remind her that she should have thought twice before growing up, and anyone who dares trifles her, ends up becoming a dead duck. "How dare you talk to me in such a manner?! On what audacity?!"

Melissa smirked. She flung her hands wide and spun herself around in front of Selena like she was now the new queen, and as if she was very proud to dethrone Selena.

Anger flared in Selena's eyes. Her balled fist couldn't bare it any longer, but Melissa was brave and fast enough to catch Selena's hands in the air before it could have its safe landing on her face. "Not so fast Selena. And stick this to your dumb head. You no longer have the right to treat me anyhow you want." Melissa's strength towered Selena's strength. She took her time to punish her more than she could bear the pain.

Selena began to fret. She saw now that something was strange about Melissa. This was not the same Melissa she manipulates anyhow she wanted to. This made her slightly shiver. The pain on her wrist intensified and no matter how hard she fought to free herself, Melissa was way too powerful.

She fought the urge let her pride down and beg Melissa.

Melissa continued to punish Selena. Seeing the fear in Selena's eyes made her feel a new sense of power and authority. "Selena, I told you one day I will find your flaw to bring you down. Didn't I? Let me explain further. I have the evidence of the deal you made with James. How cruel of you two to team up and sell someone's flesh and blood!"

Selena was overwhelmed with shock.

"Shocked?! I will give you more details to prove to you that I know your in and out. Johnny is sick and at the point of death and his parents are doing everything they can to get him an heir who will take up the company's name so that his uncle will have no right to the company. His wife is barren but no one in the family knows about it. Isla pretended to be pregnant. Because of her husband's condition, her husband didn't know that his wife was faking a pregnancy. Just last week you sold that woman's son to Isla, Johnny's wife. And you replaced that poor woman's baby with a dead child!"

Selena was stunned to death. She saw herself dying slowly. First, from the pain she was receiving from Melissa's torture on her wrist to the pain of being afraid to be jailed for the rest of her life. Melissa released her and immediately Selena went on her knees to beg.

"Now Selena, think twice before you think of hurting other people. Now you know I also have the details of a deadly secret about you. Dare to expose mine, both of us will rot in jail! In addition, your suspicion might be right. Maybe there's something I'm hiding from you which we earn me a lot of money in just a few minutes. I'm just waiting for the doctor to return. Finally, I will have enough to crush you piece by piece" Melissa gritted her teeth at Selena. "Now leave!" She ordered.

From where Roselle hid, she nodded thoughtfully and checked her auto-record wristwatch to know if she captured everything they said. Quickly she left her hiding place and stood in a distance. With her eyes glass, she took the pictures of the nurses who were now coming out of the corner.

Roselle thought of how to save Tina through the discussion the nurses had. She saw a kid drawing something in an exercise book. A solution came to her mind.

"Hey, kid. Are you alone? Where are your parents?" Roselle stooped over to the little boy.

"Hello, aunty." The little boy looked up at her. Roselle was grateful the boy didn't recognize her and didn't look afraid of talking to strangers. 'This will be easy' She thought and bent to the kid again.

"What are you doing?"

The little boy smiled at Roselle. "I'm drawing a family tree. You know daddy is very sick and here in the hospital. Mummy barely has time to spend with me. But look, in my family tree drawing, we are complete and no one is leaving each other. Can't you see?"

Roselle took a closer look at the boys drawing and smiled, impressed by the boy's intelligence. She saw the depth of loneliness the boy felt and she muttered to herself. "Poor kid."

"Aunty, what did you say?"

"Um, nothing. I mean your drawing is very beautiful. Here in this photo, mummy and daddy will never leave you right?."

The little boy nodded at Roselle. Roselle patted his shoulder. Though she felt like comforting the kid in his sadness, she had no time to waste on doing that.

"I know we are friends already aren't we?"

The boy nodded in agreement. "We are friends already aunty." The boy seemed overjoyed to have a new friend.

"Good. Can I also write a message to my parents too? If you can lend me a sheet of paper from your book?"

"Sure." The boy exclaimed. Tiring a sheet out, he handed the pen and paper to Roselle smiling broadly at her. Roselle returned the smile and quickly wrote a note on the paper.

After writing on the paper she turned to the boy and brought out some money and gave it to the boy since it was the only thing available. He took the money excitedly. "Thank you so much, aunty. Now I have the money to pay for my father's treatment!" The boy said happily.

Roselle noted that the boy had poor parents.

"Very good then, I want you to do something for me," Roselle said feeling bad towards her actions. She had given the boy this money in other to convince him to do something for her. She hated herself for doing that but she had no other choice than to bribe the kid.

"Come over here." She beckoned on the little boy who went obediently.