Chapter 61: Secrets
“What the fuck did you just post Elena?” Lilian demanded and Elena frowned, raising her brows.
“What did you see? I made a post about revealing some of our top politicians’ secrets, especially those who are in power currently” Elena replied nonchalantly.
“Isabelle just made the same post, is there something going on that I’m not aware of? I thought we were working for Ann, why have you changed?” Lilian demanded.
“I’m fucking tired of all your pretense, do you think I’m not aware that you work for Mario? You’ve been selling my information to him. Let’s part ways, you work for Mario while I work for Isabelle” Elena replied.
“I hope you don’t regret it,” Lilian muttered.
“And I hope you would live to tell the story” Elena replied harshly and Lilian walked out.
“Hey girl..” Aurora muttered, walking inside. Elena sighed deeply before slumping on a chair.
“What’s wrong? You don’t look too good. I just saw Lilian walk out angrily” Aurora commented and she puffed.
“I’m just tired of everything,” Elena replied, scratching her hair.
“What exactly? I saw your post, are you planning something new with Isabelle because I’m confused” Aurora demanded.
“We aren’t planning anything, things are just messed up right now, Lilian works for Mario and you know there’s a beer going on between Mario and the president, the internet is ablaze and everyone is trending, different people are being called out for different reasons… It’s just too much” Elena murmured, cleaning tears and Aurora sat beside her, patting her hair lightly.
“It’s alright dear, you can open up to me, tell me what’s wrong… Isabelle is planning on doing something to her father? What’s wrong?” Aurora demanded carefully.
“Hasn’t she contacted you?” Elena demanded, looking up.
“She did but her words were vague and I couldn’t understand them but she promised to explain later..” Aurora lied.
“Ann…”
“Elena, I have something for you” Darrell said, walking inside.. he stopped when he saw Aurora and Elena, he wondered what they had been talking about but shrugged it off.
Aurora stared at Darrell with disdain, wondering how he knew Elena.Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.
Fear gripped her and she comported herself immediately, wiping her tears and trying to look neutral.
“Yes.. what were you saying?”
“I have something for you, I can’t discuss it in front of this stranger, I’ll need her to leave” Darrell dropped and a bell rang in Aurora’s head.
She stared at him, frowning with contempt.
“What? Who the fuck are you? Elena.. would you sit here and watch this thing order me to leave your house? How did you come across this thing?” Aurora ranted and Elena let out a breath.
“Aurora.. I’m sorry.. there’s nothing I can do..” Elena stuttered and Aurora opened her mouth with shock.
“Bravo! Wow! Amazing, you’re throwing me out because of this thing… look I don’t give a fuck about what you’re using to blackmail her but you won’t get away with it” Aurora vowed and stomped out.
“Who was that?” Darrell thundered.
“That’s… that’s Aurora, she’s part of our friends..” Elena replied shakily.
“What were you telling her?”
“I was only explaining the new movie role I got..” Elena replied.
“Good, I do not want anyone to be aware of this, I need you to post this screenshot of Ann’s conversation with Mario” He instructed and she nodded, transferring them to her phone.
She stared at the screenshots with shock, surprised that Ann was making plans to embezzle money.
“Don’t be surprised, there are many more secrets. This is just the beginning..” He vowed.
“But.. Ann knows where I live, my life is going to be endangered if I continue posting these things” She reasoned.
“I’ll take you with me today, don’t try to act smart because you can’t outsmart me. I will transfer some voice notes soon…”
“Can I ask one question?” She demanded gently.
“Yea?”
“Where did Isabelle get you from? I’ve known her all my life and she never mentioned knowing someone like you to me…”
“Why are you asking?”
“It’s just that you’re doing a great job and I don’t know what’s in for you… these secrets could get her father’s properties confiscated… she might end up losing everything, how does she plan to cope?” Elena demanded.
“You don’t have to worry about that, all you have to worry about is giving out detailed information about all their secrets” Darrell replied and she clamped her mouth shut, going through the several comments on her posts.
Lots of netizens called her a traitor and insulted her, tagging her as part of those who were trying to ruin Isabelle.
She was getting lots of backlash from people both top celebrities, politicians and blogs.
They accused her of editing pictures just to ruin Ann, Ann followers started reporting her accounts.
She began panicking, wondering the damage the post must have caused her as she got several messages from the modeling company.
Her fears increased when her followers started decreasing and she got termination mails from her brands.
Just when she was about to lose all hope, things turned around as Isabelle made a post about the millions her father had stored away in foreign banks.
The internet exploded and things began taking different dimensions, a few attacked Isabelle while some believed her.
Blogs carried the news, adding their own sides as they tried to spread the juicy news. Elena burst into tears when her page disappeared.
She cried silently, blaming herself for being entangled in the whole mess while Darrell just stood there, watching her.
“Stop crying like a child, you would get your account soon” He promised and she sniffed, frustration and anger eating her up.
“Do you think it was easy to build that account? I spent several years working for all these but now it’s gone, I’ll have to start all over from square one”
“Do you know how hard it is? And now that the citizens see me as someone who’s against their president, do you think I’ll get followers? My modeling career that I’ve nurtured all my life is gone”
“I’ve lost all my deals… all my contracts have been terminated, my means of livelihood is gone. How do I survive? What do I have left? Nothing!” She cried, falling on her knees and Darrell stared at her, thinking she was being pathetic.
“Stop acting childish, I’m working on something here, don’t distract me” He replied unbothered and her tears increased.
“All I want is a normal life, far from this place and all this mess” She mumbled and Darrell sighed.
“I’ll get your account back tomorrow, let’s head out” He instructed and Elena wiped her tears, standing up.
“How would you get it back? What are you gonna do?” She demanded.
“You have 5 minutes to pack the things you need” He replied and she scurried off. She came out later, dragging a small traveling bag.
Thomas’s mansion
“Aurora said she’s feeling left out, she’s wondering what’s going on with us… I don’t know what to tell her” Isabelle muttered, resting on Alessandro’s shoulder.
“You don’t have to tell her anything babe, just tell her things would be fine soon. I don’t trust her, we’ve endangered too many lives already, we can’t endanger more” He advised and she nodded, kissing his cheek lightly.
Elena and Darrell walked inside, Isabelle stared at her defensively, holding Alessandro’s hand tightly while Elena bowed her head, not having the courage to look up.
Brianna and Thomas walked downstairs, wondering why Elena was there.
“We have to keep her with us.. Ann wouldn’t stay still. She’s still useful now so we have to protect her life” Darrell muttered.
“I told Isabelle to log out of her account, someone is trying to hack it, they’re trying to take down the post. Lettice is giving us word from outside and according to her, the presidential palace is filled , lots of protesters are outside. This news should have spread but the TV stations have been closed” Alessandro let out.
“Elena lost her account, I’ll tell my boys to get it back but it’ll be very hard and they would have done some havoc… No matter how hard Ann tries to block out the news, she’ll keep failing. I need a clip, there’s one TV station that she can never get access to” Darrell replied.
“Isabelle… Did you think about the end result of all these? You might lose everything, both the one you worked for, your father worked for and the one your mom did… think deeply, there’s still another way around this” Elena advised.
“I’ve thought about it deeply and nothing, not even death can make me change my mind. I want this country to be free from the shackles of my father… I never worked for all these so I don’t care if it all vanishes” Isabelle replied.
“Mario just shared the post, he’s supporting us greatly, unfortunately tomorrow would be his turn” Thomas voiced.
“Your post can’t be shared, it has been hidden… what are we going to do?” Brianna demanded.
“What we did today is just a warning, we will return.. this time stronger and more prepared. What I’ve posted is enough to give this administration sleepless nights till the election time. I would give out one secret everyday, I’ll start with Ann… the whole world would know the terrible monster she is” Alessandro promised.
“I’ve been thinking about Annabella and Andrew lately… Annabella wants to come here, should I let her?” She requested.
“If you want her here, you’ll give her a different direction, I’ll get her and bring her here but she has to be very careful” Darrell warned.
“I’ll always support you babe, if you want them with us then it’s fine by me, your judgment is the best” Alessandro replied and Isabelle smiled, kissing his lips gently, she tasted his mouth, missing their hot passionate kisses.
She broke the kiss, breathing heavily, staring into his eyes, momentarily unaware of their environment.
Brianna coughed silently, breaking their trance and Isabelle headed upstairs, dragging Alessandro with her as they tried their best not to jump at each other on the stairs.
They got to the room and Alessandro fling it open, grabbing Isabelle’s waist as he kissed her roughly, staggering inside.