Envied family members

"I hate being here." Inesa whispered to herself followed by a deep sigh.

It was her father's funeral but nobody was sad, everyone was waiting for the lawyer to read what her father wrote in his well. 

But little did they know, she was already aware of what had been written. Everyone will be shocked, no, they will be angry and might try to kill her but luckily her father took care of that and made sure that she's well protected from her greedy relatives.

Dressed in a black dress and a mourning black veil hat, Inesa's face was unseen by everyone present at the funeral because she wasn't ready to see the judging stares of her relatives, making fun of how she looked.

Inesa picked up, looking at the men dressed in black and heavily armed surrounding her from every corner not allowing anyone to be near her. 

To be honest, this made her feel a little less scared knowing that no one will be able to lay a hand on her. This is all thanks to the man that her father appointed as her guardian.

Her father told her that he is a powerful man and that his name alone strikes fear in the hearts of businessmen in the country nowadays. To make sure that her father's fortune won't be taken by her envied family members Inesa told her father that her being in this condition that her disease caused, she won't be able to handle the business and asked him to assign someone he trust him to be her garden and take over the companies, the banks accounts, in short, be able to control everything but be a trustworthy person that won't take advantage of her when that time comes.

Her father was sick for years now and Inesa knew that she needed to be prepared, and so did her father, that's why they acted accordingly and quietly, not waiting for this day to come.

Closing her eyes, Tears slid down from her eyes landing on her black dress, sadness filled her heart, her father was the only person who looked at her differently, with love and care, he looked at her and treated her like a normal human being unlike the rest of the world.

"Let me through, I want to offer condolences." 

Inesa looked up to see her aunt who was talking to the bodyguards and suddenly she became tense and scared.

"I apologize ma'am, but we were ordered to not let anyone be near the young miss." The man in charge of bodyguards spoke, earning a confused look from her aunt.

"By who's orders?" Her aunt demanded an answer.

Suddenly the room that was filled with chatter became quiet and the sound of shoes clomping against the marble floor and everyone turned to look at the unexpected guest to appear.

"By my orders. Now you may step aside or you will be forced to." A calm yet cold voice broke the silence of the room making everyone gap in silence including her aunt.

"Is that…?" A man quietly whispered but was silenced right away by the person next to him.

"Miss, This is Mister Vincent Semenov. He's here to offer his condolences, try to be nice." The house kipper whispered in Inesa's ear informing her about the guest who arrived.

Metadata, the housekeeper and the second only person Inesa trusts and lets her enter her room.

Inesa's trembling body claimed a bit at the housekeeper's words, but does she have to talk to him? Talking to people makes her feel uncomfortable. 

Inesa now was worried that if she hadn't said anything she might offend him, clenching the fabric of her dress tightly, Inesa tried to take deep breaths to calm herself but it didn't work.

She started to feel dizzy and the world around her started to spin, this has happened to her before and it's a bad sign. Soon she will lose consciousness if she doesn't calm her shaking body and uneven breathing.

"T– take t– to my room." Inesa stuttered in her words, feeling her body becoming heavy.

Inesa tried to stand up but unfortunately, her legs failed her as her body hit the floor, lying unconscious on the cold floor.

"Young miss." The house kipper voice alerted everyone in the room including Vincent who was about to walk towards her to offer his condolences. 

A worried look appeared on Vincent's face as he stared at the girl who was being carried upstairs by one of his men. Poor thing. She just recently lost her father and has to battle her greedy family, He thought to himself.

"Will she be alright?" Vincent asked Metadata.

"Yes, She's exhausted and needs to rest." Metadata replied." Thank you for everything you did." She added, referring to his help with the funeral.

"No need to thank me, Roland was a dear friend of mine." Vincent said as he turned to look at family members with a smile on his face wondering what the family members' reaction would be once they found out about the well.