Chapter 10: Narrow escape ( 1 )

" ..I am...where can I put this ? " She asked.

" The kitchen is over that side. Go wash those dishes. " He said and put the focus back on the laptop.

Hannah went as directed and did as she had been told.

' My Dad must be worried about me. I should find a way to communicate to him.'

She thought while she washed the dishes and after she came back to the living room to head to her room when Tylor saw and got up.

When she heard his footsteps coming towards her she turned to look at him.

" Shouldn't you be grateful that I got you out of the basement ? " He asked with his icy look.

All Hannah could do is keep the anger to herself and swallow it.

" Listen up. You have to follow these rules during your stay here. " He attared out.

" I am listening.." She said but her gaze was at the door.

" Don't ever think of escaping because once I find you. You will be punished. " He started.

" Hmm...The only places you can go to is your room, This living room and the kitchen. And one more thing, Don't touch anything you are not supposed to. " He said.

She now looked at him and said. " Is that all ? " She asked.

" I think so..."

After his answer Hannah proceeded to her room and Tylor went to close his laptop which he took to his room and after changed his clothes to have a walk.

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In a certain bar slow music was booming and there were different people inside minding their business. It shone of blue and red lights. Some people danced, other sat and drunk while others were just talking to each other.

Tylor entered the bar and when he saw another young man from a distance he went over to him and sat besides him.

" I thought you wouldn't come. " The young man said.

" I came because i had nothing to do. So don't brag about it. " Tylor answered.

The young man laughed and said.

" Okay. Good enough you are here. How about we order for some drinks.." He asked.

" Joel, You said you are the one paying. " Tylor reminded which made Joel to laugh.

" Of course I will. " He said and they both made their orders and started drinking.

" Tylor, You are always stingy with your money as if you have poor . " Joel commented.

Tylor giggled and said. " Who said that the money I work for is for spending on drinks ? " He asked.

" But you don't spend at all. Right now you should be having a girlfriend to chill with . But look at you, Handsome and single. You are just a good for nothing." Joel said to him.

" Hi...You are saying much. Next weekend I will buy you dinner if you think that I am that stingy. " Tylor said.

" Easy...Let's toast ! " Joel said raising his glass to his.

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Wilson was losing control after not seeing Hannah for the third day. His men had been trying to look for her but also failed.

" What are we going to do ? " Edwin asked that night before Wilson went to his bed.

" We shall make the announcement on Monday. " Wilson said starting to believe that Hannah must have kidnapped if not , Something wrong happened to her.

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Tylor returned to the house late and entered his bed.

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The following morning, He got up and heard some noise from downstairs.

' What could be happening ? '

He wondered and went downstairs.

Hannah was in the kitchen trying to cook but had failed. The food was burnt and she had tried to get the sausepan from the gas which burnt her and she throw it down. That's the noise Tylor had had.

" What's happening ? " He shouted and looked down at the fallen sausepan and the poured burnt food that was scattered onto the ground.

He couldn't believe that she had made his house dirty like this.

" ..I am...I was hungry so I tried to cook something. " She said in panic.

Tylor sighed in disbelief. " Is this how they cook ? " He asked sternly.

" I never cooked before. I didn't know how to. " She said looking at him with fear.

He observed everything she had done to the kitchen and then looked at her. She had a small cut on her hand which which had cut herself while she tried to chop the vegetables. And her hands had a red bruise from the burn she got from the hot sausepan.

" So why did you cook yet you don't know how to ? " He yelled.

" Look, You have made the whole kitchen a mess. Clean them up ! " He roared and after walked away.

Hannah released tears after he just walked away like that. All he did was shouting at her. He didn't care if she ate nothing the previous night or even her wounds and bruises. All he cared about was his dirty kitchen.

Hannah sat down before the mess and begun crying like a helpless child without its mother.

While she cried she remembered those days when she was still staying with her parents.

Edwin would make delicious meals for her and even force her to eat. ' Hannah , You have to eat and finish this food. ' She would say while spoon feeding her.

There's even a day she went to the kitchen to help Edwin in the cooking but Edwin always said. " Hannah, You are a princess. All you have to do is wait for me to do everything for you. Anything you want. ' Edwin would say.

Hannah cried and begun wailing out loud that Tylor who was walking away heard her.

She was hungry right now. She looked down at the smashed food and picked the sausepan up.

There was some food that remained inside. It was some rice that she had tried to boil and added some spices in them .

She got a spoon and tried to eat the burnt rice and its taste wasn't a good one.

" Hannah you can't just die like this. No matter how bitter the food is, You have to eat it. " She said and ate it.

Tylor had come back and he saw and heard she said.

He somehow felt guilty.