Chapter 28
In his ten years of working for Rush Empire, it was the first time he was ever experiencing this manner of inconvenience. Neil felt his blood mix with anger and both boiled in the pit of his stomach. He watched the commotion with both annoyance and fear, hoping that the Alpha was kept away from the scene until the pandemonium died. His job was on the freaking line, and for what?
“Bring her out!” The raging woman continued to shout. She must have been nothing short of over a hundred kilograms, one of the main reasons he did not bother dragging her out of the premises and locking her out. The second reason was respect for her elderly age.
“Bring that whore out here! Tell her to face me if she has the freaking guts! Where is she?” Her eyes were red with fury. Whoever had pissed her off, had a long thing coming for him or her. Still, that did not mean she could tear this place down.
“This is a business institution, ma’am. You have to stop screaming.” Neil warned once more. But the woman was resilient.
“Not until you bring her to me. JoJo! JoJo, I know you can hear me, come out right now!” The guards moved to her, but she pushed past them. Her weight was an added advantage.
“Bring her out here!” She turned to me.
“Where? Where is she? Take me to where you’re hiding that blood-sucking daughter of a fool!”Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
Neil cringed inwardly but fought to keep his calm.
“Who’s JoJo to you?”
“She’s my niece, and she owes me.” The woman spat out. Neil arched his right brow and stared down at her, twirling his onyx ring around his right pinky finger. For a moment, he wondered if this aunty was the same woman that threw Jojo and her sister out and abandoned their mother in palliative care. But, it could not be. If she was, she would not have the nerve to stand here and call Jojo names.
Neil turned towards the guards and gestured for Jojo to be summoned. The situation was getting out of hand, it was only a matter of time until she began to beat up people in order to get in. Everyone glanced at her and looked away, they all knew better than to allow her to distract them from the jobs that put food on their tables.
With all the noise, Neil hoped more than anything, that Alpha Lake would be kept as far away from the commotion as possible.
Think about the devil and he makes a grand entrance.
Alpha Lake was out of the building barely minutes after Neil had made his last statement in his head. He stepped out, three guards by his side. The woman rushed towards him and dropped to her knees.
Neil could swear she had been running to attack him.
“Greetings, Alpha.” Her voice took a disguised calm tone, one that made Neil cringe. If he had not been standing out here, receiving all the bits of saliva she flung at his face as she screamed, he too would have sworn she was someone else. It was this manner of hypocrisy he despised. It was also a good thing Alpha Lake could see through the charade of people like a hawk.
Bentley rushed out, just behind the alpha. She stood beside him, a deep scowl forming on her face.
“What is the meaning of this?” Neil had thought the alpha would face the woman squarely, but he was wrong. Alpha Lake’s eyes were on him, and it was left for him to explain himself.
“She wants to see JoJo, Alpha,” Neil answered, his heart pounding against his chest. The alpha turned to the wailing woman now.
“And who are you?” His dark eyes narrowed at the weeping woman. Her chest rose and fell as she faked heavy tears and ragged breaths.
Neil felt his stomach revolt against him. He wanted nothing more than to look into the trash bin and empty the sight of her there.
“Elowen Howells, I’m her Aunt. I just want to see my niece.” She pleaded. When on her knees, there was nothing sane about the woman.
Neil watched the alpha’s nostrils twitch, in something that looked like anger and rage. Even though he stood still, Alpha Lake’s body trembled, and the veins on his forearm became even more visible.
“I just… I mean, I…” Then she broke down in tears all of a sudden. Neil almost threw his shoe at her. Her theatrical performance was almost perfect, it annoyed him. She continued after her long pause and sniffed back her synthetic tears.
“I just need her to assist me in treating my son. All I ever did was care for her. I nurtured her and her younger sister ever since their mother… I just, I just don’t know why she decided to repay me by attempting to take my son’s life.” She brushed her tears off with the back of her palms.
“My boy, Alpha. She would have killed him if she had the chance, I know it. I did not want to send her away, but I was scared.” Her breathing became more irregular. Neil’s eyes were still fixed on her, in shock.
“She is not who you think. She… she is a monster. She would have killed us all. I had to protect myself and my sons. I thought she’ll change, but…”
“No!” A familiar high-pitched voice screamed from the entrance. Everyone paused, time came to a halt and eyes found Jojo standing by the door.
Tears filled her eyes as she stood with shaking hands and wobbling legs.
“She’s lying.” She sniffed.
“Every word that’s coming out of her mouth, is a lie,” Jojo spoke again, her voice strained with tears.