"Jade..?? what are you doing here?" he asked out of surprise.
While Jade stared at him with contempt facial expression "David...?" Jade called on him being so surprised.
"Wow, it is nice to see you again, Jade" David said as Zara stared at the both of them surprisingly.
"Do you both know each other?" Zara asked as David nods.
"We don't just know each other, she is my best friend now! she was the one that told me that they are coming after me" David responded.
"They who?" Zara asked as David stares at her, he could have told him but he has already tried to protect Favour so he swallowed his saliva and waves his head.
"Nobody, I can just say that Jade is part of the reason why I am still alive now" David responded and turned his gaze to Jade as he approached her bed a little.
"Hey girl... I got your text but I thought you was joking and before I could realise that it is much that serious, it was already too late for me"
"But you did a brave thing and am grateful for that" David said but noticed that Jade was not concentrated with what he's saying.
She was looking away with tears dripping down from her eyes while David stares at the others wondering what's wrong with her.
"Hey!! what's wrong? are you okay? what happened?" David asked but Jade was never ready to say a word to him.
"She lost her family" Zara said as David looks at her in surprise and turned his gaze to Jade once again.
"I know it was because of me? was it not? I'm so sorry but you are here now, with us you have a family" David said as Jade reacted badly.
"Stop it!! just hold it right there!! please don't repeat that statement again I beg of you" Jade said looking so upset as she covers her face with her hands shading tears.
"Jade, it's okay we are all sorry that you lost your family too, at least you need to bath now so that you can eat something, you haven't eaten anything since you came here"
"And you are so exhausted, what happened to you is not your fault so you don't have to punish yourself for that, please come with me" Zara said as she stretched her hand and Jade looks at her face.
"Please don't say no, come with me I am not going to hurt you, please...?" Zara requested and Jade grabbed her hand then Zara helped her out of the bed.
Then David wanted to get up and join her but was stopped by Stella.
"David, please you cannot leave now, you still need sometimes" Stella said and then David relaxed.
"Mother where are you taking her to?" David asked as Zara turned and stared at him somehow.
"Is she that important to you David?" Zara asked as Jade stares at her and she smiled shortly.
"Don't worry, I'm not taking her somewhere far, it is just for her to take her bath and eat something maybe when you are okay you can talk with her" Zara said and David relaxed on his bed while Zara takes Jade away.
Zara took her to the bathroom with some guards besides them, and when they get to the bathroom she gaze them a specific look and they left while Zara stopped Olivia.
"Olivia?" Zara called and she turned.
"Mistress?" Olivia answered and Zara turned to her and smiled.
"I will need you to attend to her, wash her and clean her up, give her some new clothes to put on then you can bring her to the dining" Zara ordered as Olivia nods.
"Yes, Mistress" She answered while Zara gazed at Jade once again and left then Jade and Olivia stares at each other for a while and then Jade looks away and attempted to unzip her cloth.
"Don't worry I will help you with that" Olivia said as she rushed and helped her removed her gown and that was the only thing she was putting on.
"You must have went through a hard time, don't you?" Olivia's asked following the fact that she's not putting anything under and Jade turned to stare at her with an angry look on her face.
"I don't want to talk about that!" Her voice thundered and Olivia nods fearfully.
"Okay... Okay...! it's fine!" Olivia responded with a hurried and scared tone while Jade turned and entered the bathtub and Olivia breathes down heavily then Olivia picked up the sponge and began to wash her while Jade gazes at her once more.
"Sorry about the way I reacted, it wasn't intentional, please don't be scared at me" Jade said to her while Olivia shrugged her shoulder.
"I understand you, I know how unbearable it is to loose a family and am very sorry for that" Olivia said as Jade stares at her.
"Thank you, what's your name?" Jade asked. "Am Jade" She added as Olivia stares at her for a while.
"Am Olivia" Olivia responded as Jade nodded at her. "You look dirty too" Jade said as Olivia stares at her body and smirked.
"Yeah, that's because I have been busy all day and I haven't gotten a chance to take a bath..." Olivia was still saying and Jade interrupted.
"So... what are you doing, now?" Jade asked as Olivia stares at her with a serious look on her face.
"Umm..." Olivia was still thinking of what to say and Jade interrupted her again.
"Bath with me, just bath with me now that you got the chance to do so, friend" Jade requested as Olivia smiled and waves her head.
"No, I'm very sure that you don't want me to, this is our Mistress's VIP bathroom, I am going to get into trouble if she ever discovers that I bath in here" Olivia said as she swallows her saliva.
"We the servants doesn't have that permission yet" Olivia said while Jade grabbed her hand and dragged her into the bathtub even with her clothes on.
"Ho... oh my gosh... Jade?" Olivia screamed at her as they stares deeply into each others face.
"Don't worry I will not tell her... she's only going to notice if you tell her by yourself, come on you need to bath because you are stinking" Jade said as Olivia breathes out heavily.
"Hmm, but why are you being so good to me?" Olivia asked as Jade pours water on her body silently.
"I don't understand what you are saying, I only said that you should take your bath because you are stinking, you think am lying?" Jade responded.
While Olivia stares at her body and silently pulled her clothes and everything she was putting on as Jade was staring at her.
And then she sat on the other edge of the bathtub as they continuously keep staring at each other.
"When I lost my mom, it took me thousands of hours to recover from myself, but at last I was still able to move on with my life and realized that my mother..." Olivia was still saying and Jade interrupted her.
"Olivia you don't understand, I was the cause of everything that happened to my family, my mother warned me to stay away from Amelia"
"But I refused to listen because I was blinded with her fake love, a love that comes only when you're relevant" Jade said while Olivia stopped bathing but listens attentively.
"If I had listened to my mother, she and my sister would have been alive today and the most painful part is my little sister" Jade said as tears began to flow out of her eyes and that's always how it is on her whenever she wants to talk about her.
"My sister, Mariam... she was just a little girl that I promised to come back for but before I could return, they have already murdered her like animal, I swear with my life, Amelia must pay for what she did" Jade added as Olivia approached her on the bathtub and cleans her tears.
"Am sorry girl, sometimes it is just the way fate has destined things to be" Olivia said and Jade waves her head.
"I strongly disagree with that, it was me who was so foolish and at the end I have come to realise that all the Mistress in the Darklands are the same"
"Because that was what my mother told me and I refused to listen, these people care about their wealth and trades us for it and can I ask a question?" Jade said as Olivia was silently looking at her which means that she can ask.
"Is that the same with your Mistress? tell me the truth now that nobody is here beside us" Jade asked and Olivia waves her head.
"No, my Mistress is not that way, she fights on her own to protect us all, I have never seen her exchange any life for money, she values everyone under her care"
"And trust me, if you can keep your head down here you will find happiness again just like me, a homeless girl, Zara is worth working for"
"She has what it takes to be a Mistress, to her people" Olivia responded.
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CAMP MATRIX•
Just like always, Boss Matrix has rebuilt the garden and it is looking very good again.
And there are populations here more than it is before and there was a hug noise echoing around.
There are some gangs that were eating on their table and they were about four boys with the name Jeffery as their leader.
They were all dressed in a black suit but have their short swords fixed on their back perfectly.
"It seems that we got another big deal, the boss wants another head" Jeffery said to the others while the waiters in the garden came to drop another bottle of wine on their table.
"We got you, but I'm not very happy with Boss Arnold, men doesn't give us a complete pay, just halve! it doesn't make sense to me and I think we need to stop working for him" Man 2 said as the others stares at him.
"What...? why are you guys looking at me like that, it is just my suggestion though" Man 2 added while all eyes was turned on Jeffrey waiting to know what he has to say because decisions is up to him in this team.
"Well, Boss Arnold have already promised us that if we are able to bring another head to him then he will pay us everything that includes those he had refused to pay" Jeffrey said while others nods at him.
Though Matrix was at the corner having a drink when he saw a little girl stepped out of nowhere and approached those guys.
And they all stared at her surprisingly and Jeffrey gazes at her confusedly.
"Hey! how may we help you little girl? and who are you" Jeffery asked.
"I am Mariam and I don't know this place, plus I am hungry" She said as Jeffery and the others as they all smirked.
"Men, this was so easy, we don't even have to hunt again, we are going straight to collect our pay from Arnold" Jeffrey said as another one of them took an apple from the table and gave to her.
"Eat little girl while you are still alive" The man said and Mariam collected the apple.
"Thank you, but please this will not be enough" Mariam said as Jeffery rubs her head.
"Yeah, just use that to hold yourself we are taking you to somewhere where you can eat everything you like, okay?" Jeffery said as Mariam looked at their table again and it was filled with food.
"Then what happened to all this one on your table?" She asked.
"Hey we are talking about chicken, and other things... what's your favourite meal?" Man 3 asked.
"Chicken of course" Mariam said as Man 3 looks at others and they all smiled.
"Good! hope you don't mind following us home to and eat?" Jeffery asked as Mariam nods.
"Can we go already, am very hungry" Mariam responded and Jeffrey lifted her to his arms.
"Of course we will be on our way little one" Jeffery said.