chapter 4

I spent few weeks at home before I joined the lady I met at the hospital to work in her hotel, her name is Jennifer.

She engaged in dirty businesses, but It was fine by me as far as she didn't get me involved. The only problem I had was her boyfriend, who couldn't keep his hands to himself and was always disturbing my peace sometimes I do wonder if he still have any shame left in him.

Jennifer shared her story with me on how her boyfriend helped her when she was on the streets eating from people's leftovers. She said that her boyfriend was the one who opened the bar for her.

Now her boyfriend was giving me a tough time and I didn't know what to do. I don't want to ruin Jennifer's relationship.

I couldn't figure out why I couldn't have peace for once. Sometimes, I'd wonder if I was cursed.

We closed up on time one faithful day because Jennifer had prepared a special birthday surprise for her boyfriend.

The party went so well that everyone was drunk except me because I was not a person who likes taking alcohol.

On that day, everybody went to bed drunk except me, I stayed awake and cleaned the environment, looking around me, I was frustrated because everywhere was messed up but still have have to clean the place; no one was going to do it for me after all. After cleaning, I checked the time and it was 5:00 am so I decided to sleep for the remaining two hours before the official work of the day will start. I started feeling someone's hands between my laps, it woke me up and to my surprise, it was Jennifer's boyfriend.

He tried to force himself on me, but I hit him on his p***s. As he screamed, I ran out of the room.

A day after the event, Jennifer gave me a document to sign, and when I asked her what the documents were for, she said the file was to qualify me as a member of the hotel.

Without going through the documents, I signed it. On Friday, which was always our club night, a guy came in with his gangs. He looked like a mafia lord and a dangerous one at that.

His presence was terrifying but he looks extremely handsome, He came to me and said, " where is your boss", his voice was so deep and smooth that it sent goosebumps all over my body, " let me call him", I said as I automatically lost sense of direction, I had to tap myself so I could focus; I went to Jennifer and told her about the guy who was inquiring of the where about of my boss.

Jennifer suddenly looked sad, I asked her why she suddenly was looking sad, but she waved the conversation away by giving me the list of things to serve the mafia guy.

I left the room to get all the things she sent me. After gathering everything, I served it to our guest. when I was about to leave, Jennifer's boyfriend told the mafia guy, "This is the lady I was talking about" I turned and gave Jennifer's boyfriend a questioning look, but he ignored it.

"What is your name?"The mafia guy whose name I didn't know yet asked; "Clara", I replied.

I know you might be wondering why Clara but I didn't wish to change my name after all I was not the only one in that city bearing Clara so it was fine at least my appearance had changed, when step mum won't even realize me if she should bump into now.

"ok, you can leave," the Mafia guy said, and without wasting time, I left their presence.

I went back to my duty post then Jennifer's boyfriend and the mafia guy engaged in a serious game which drew the attention of the customers and after few hours, Jennifer's boyfriend lost the game and suddenly I was called.

When I got there, they told me that I was going home with him. I was short of words cause I don't understand what was happening, I wanted to refuse but the mafia said "you already signed the contract so why are u acting like u don't really know what they are saying", "sorry sir I don't really understand what you are saying", I said with confusion written all over my face.

Were you not the one who signed the contract?, what contract? I asked; he showed me the documents I signed and as I was going through them, I found out that I was to be used as a collateral if Jennifer's boyfriend ever lost the game to the mafia Guy.

My doom dawned on me, and I was completely out of options cause the whole thing was happening so fast.

I turned to Jennifer, but she looked away with tears in her eyes as she ran away from sight, which hurt me once again. Someone I thought was my friend and was with me, stabbing me in the back again.

So she knew what her boyfriend was planning and kept quiet all this while, I looked at the Mafia lord and looked at Jennifer's boyfriend I didn't know what else to do except to run but before I could even move three steps, the mafia Lord's body guards caught up with me and that was how my story was changed again and this time, I didn't know what the mafia Lord was going to do with me.

Was he going to turn me to a sex slave or was he going to kill me, and all the questions going through my head were making me go crazy and I felt like dropping dead.

I struggled and struggled but to no avail ; "It was nice playing games with you" Jennifer's boyfriend said

Then the mafia Lord covered my nose with a white handkerchief, and everything blacked out

Again.