Chapter 6 - SIX: A Painful Betrayal

"You can rest in the room in which you changed earlier." his voice pulled me out of my thoughts, and I turned to look in the direction he was pointing. "Okay," I replied before walking to the room and shutting the door. I quickly checked my account balance once more and still couldn’t believe the figure I was seeing. I need to inform my sister about leaving the city, and also Kara, I need to thank her properly. I dialed Piper’s number, but it rang for a long time without her picking which is very unlike her. I tried calling a couple of times more, and on the third try, it was finally picked up. "You little slut, you thought you were smart, right?" Benjamin’s voice came through the phone, and I froze. He has my sister! This sentence kept playing repeatedly in my he, and all I could feel was fear because I knew how heartless he could be. "What have you done to Piper?" I asked, trying my best not to sound scared. "You are even asking me questions," he said while laughing like a psycho. "Don’t you dare hurt her!" I warned, my fear turned into anger when I remembered what he and his wife had put us through all these years. "I want my money, nothing less than fifty thousand dollars, do you hear me?!" He yelled loudly, and I had to move my phone away from my ear. "How am I sure you really have her?" I asked while trying my absolute best to hold back my sobs. I can’t let him notice any weakness. "Oh, you want to hear her voice?" He snorted, and then I heard some footsteps. "Make her sing," Benjamin said to whoever was with him. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh" Piper’s scream made my legs weak, and I fell on my knees. "You have heard her voice, right?" He asked me with a mocking tone. "Don’t hurt her anymore, I am coming with the money," I said, and he immediately hung up. Ding ding! He quickly sent the meeting location, and it is his house. I quickly changed into a hoodie and joggers before hurrying out of the room. Fortunately, Kendrick was nowhere to be seen, which saved me from having to explain what was happening. I rushed to the nearest bank to get the ca, sh and a few minutes later, I was sitting in a cab heading to Benjamin’s house. "Stop here," I ordered the driver, and quickly got out of the car. I couldn’t just rush into his trauma; I needed to know what was going on first. I walk into a nearby alley that leads to the house. It only took me a few minutes to arrive at the back of the house. I tiptoed to the window to see what was going on inside. Benjamin was eating, and Belinda, as usual, was busy serving him like a maid while Piper and two women were tied up at the corner. Two thuggish looking men were keeping watch on them. No matter how I looked at the situation, all odds were against me, and I knew it, but I had no choice. I took a deep breath and walked to the front door, and knocked loudly. The door was immediately opened by one of the thugs, and Benjamin’s eyes were fixed on the envelope in my hand. "Hand over the money quickly!" He demanded with an authoritative voice, and I laughed. "Let them go," I said with a serious tone. I wasn’t here to banter with him. I know today wasn’t going to end well for m,e and I am ready for anything. " ChristyisIs that how you talk to your father?" Belinda asked me with a frown. "Are you still deluding yourself and playing mother? Have you forgotten that you never gave birth to any child?" I asked her with a sarcastic voice, and her expression immediately darkened. "You ungrateful wretch!" She yelled at me angrily, but I wasn’t hthereto talk with her, so I didn’t bother responding to her. "Let them go and I will hand over the money," I said to Benjamin, my fingers clutched the envelope tightly. "You really think you have a choice?" He asked before motioning to one of the thugs to take the envelope from me. I quickly shoved it into my hoodie as the man came close. "You'd better hand it over, I don’t have a habit of not hitting women," He threatened with a ferocious expression. Nothing was going to make me hand over the money without my sister and her teacher being released. "Can’t you take it from her? You are so useless!" Benjamin yelled angrily at the thug. Benjamin’s curses seem to have really angeredhimim and he pulled me closer with one hand while he put the other hand into my hoodie to collect the envelope. "Let go of me!" I yelled as I struggled to break free from his hold. "You bastard!" I yelled in anger when I noticed that he wasn’t even trying to collect the envelope yet. He was busy squeezing my boobs while pretending to collect the envelope. "Ahhh!" I poke his eyes with my fingers, and he immediately lets me go while screaming in pain. "Enough of this nonsense!" Benjamin yelled angrily and stormed towards me. He pulled my hair hard and dragged the envelope from my hoodie before kicking me to the corner. "There is so much money," he said while staring inside the envelope greedily. "You little bitch, you must have been doing some side work, and you talk about being pure aldayd,y" he said with a sneer as he counted the money. "Let ...the, g,o" I struggled to say as I slowly got up while using the wall as a support. "Of course, I will let them go, I am a man of my word, he said with a smile and gestured to the other thug to release them. I watched as the ropes were untied and the thug stepped back for them to leave. "Christy" Piper immediately ran to me and held me in a tight embrace. "Are you hurt?" I asked while checking her body for any injuries. "No, they didn’t hurt me," she said with tears streaming down her face. "You can leave now," Benjamin said to the two women, whom I assumed to be her teacher and her mother. "Umm...S,ir" the elderly lady called to Benjamin with a hesitant expression. "Oh, I almost forgot, " he said as he pulled out some dollar bills from the envelope to give them. "Thank you, sir," they said happily before walking away with smiles. Nothing was making sense at the moment, and I turned to Piper for r explanation, but she just stared at me with a blank expression. "You have done well, my dear", Belinda said with a smile. No She will never! I kept trying to tell myself that it wasn’t what I was thinking. "Here is the money for the new phone I promised", Benjamin said with a smile as he handed a pile of cash to Piper. "Thank you, Fa,th,e r" she said happily as she collected it. It felt like a bucket of cold water was poured on me at this moment. "Why?" I asked her with a confused expression, but she just turned her face away. The hatred in her eyes couldn’t be concealed.