Kate
"Who are you?" I asked, standing up to meet her gaze.
"Tsk. You're just his little plaything. I advise that you get the hell out of here."
"Why would I do that?"
"Just because Derrick decided to sleep with you for one night doesn't make you special." She looked me up and down with a disgusted expression. "You're just a cheap slut. That's all."
Slap!
Like my father already told me earlier, I shouldn't allow anyone to look down on me.
Fuming, the lady glared at me while clutching her cheek. "How dare you!"
"And I'll slap you one more time if you spew anymore nonsense."
"You won't get away with this!" She yelled, while retreating towards the door. "Derrick will make you pay for laying your hand on me."
With that, she left my bedroom. Talk of relaxing. I turned around to see that Nora and Tina were anxious.
"What's up with you guys?" I asked, my arms folded.
"That's Emma, Master Derrick's girlfriend. You shouldn't have offended her like that." Nora explained, her eyes filled with worry and fear.
"I appreciate the concern, but there's no need to be worried like that." I responded, smiling.
"But..." Tina wanted to say something but I didn't let her finish her sentence.
"That's enough. Let's get back to what we were doing before we were rudely interrupted." I returned to my seat, waiting for Nora and Tina to resume the pedicure and manicure session.
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Thud!
The female judge hit the gravel to silence the crowd of spectators in her courtroom.
Judge Mia sighed when everyone kept quiet. She could now give her verdict.
"According to section.., the court finds the defendant, Mr Josh Lambert guilty of murdering the late Janet Anderson. He's sentenced to life in prison with hard labour!"
Judge Wendy hit her gravel three times after delivering Josh Lambert's sentence.
The crowd erupted in happy cheers, applauding the Judge for sentencing the murderer with a suitable punishment. With that, the court trial was concluded.
Josh's gaze was fixed on the ground as the guards forcefully pulled him away from the courtroom, seeing that some people started throwing things at him as they cursed at him for being heartless to murder someone's mother.
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It was finally dinner time. After admiring my reflection in the mirror, I made my way downstairs to the dining room. Derrick was at the head table with Emma seated to his right.
I approached them with a tight-lipped smile as I sat down across Emma. She gave me a fake smile while her eyes were filled with immense hatred for me.
"Let's eat." Derrick announced. The maids served us our portions and left the three of us to enjoy our meal.
"Dad?" Derrick hummed, looking at me. Emma froze in her seat, realising that I had just referred to him as my father. "You haven't introduced me to your guest."
"Right." He cleared his throat. "This is Emma, my girlfriend. Emma, this is Kate, my daughter."
"That's nice. She actually came to my room earlier."
"Oh." Derrick looked at Emma, surprised. Emma tightly clutched her fork, forcing a smile on her face.
"Emma here thought I was your one night stand. She barged into my room, demanding that I leave."
The room went silent. I smirked seeing dear Emma tense and fidgeting in her seat.
"But it's all good. She didn't know who I was. Not that she bothered to ask me." I chuckled. "I also meant to apologise for slapping you after you called me a slut."
"That's enough." Derrick announced, his voice firm leaving no room for discussion. "I hope this doesn't happen again." He said, his gaze clearly directing the warning to his lovely girlfriend. "Kate is my daughter and this is her home. I don't want to hear that you're making things difficult for her ever again."
"I'm sorry. It'll never happen again." Emma responded. She was scared, I could tell.
With that out of the way, dinner commenced quietly. Although, every once in a while I could feel Emma's strong piercing glare that was directed at me. I could only smirk in triumph.