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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK ~ TORRANCE ESTATE*

Lined with several trees and flowers in in it's environs, leaving a wide tarred road in the middle, the estate is an abode of wealth.

There are six mansions in total, plus the servants annex which serves as a home for maids.

It's currently late at night, but the bright lights and lamps surrounding the estate shared their illumination everywhere.

The moonlight poured it's light in through the tree leaves, showcasing the beauty of the greenery.

A sweet aroma is currently swirling around the estate, and it's coming from the main mansion kitchen.

The main mansion is the biggest, and it's where the Torrance family stay.

Inside the kitchen, Hazel could be seen slicing onions professionally on the cutting board, smiling as she did.

Getting a job here for her mother wasn't easy, the Torrance family is madly rich.

The man of the house is an influential politician while the Madam of the house is a former minister, so their insane wealth is justified.

Hazel threw a raw onion into her mouth and bit her full lip as she chewed with joy.

Her favorite song by her favorite musical band (CADENCE) is playing, and she's moving her little waist slowly to it, her soft baby hair swirling in the ponytail.

"Don't tell me you're still on the onions" Maria entered the kitchen, tying her apron straps.

"Just two more minutes, mum" Hazel replied, and Maria took the knife from her.

"Go check the steamed ribs on fire" she told her, taking over the slicing.

Hazel left for the cooker with a silly pout and opened the pot to taste the sauce, but she spit it away immediately.

"Mum what the hell! Did you pour a gallon of salt? We can't get in trouble with Madam Anna!" She whisper -talked.

"She instructed me to put excess salt by herself. It's for Master Kenzie's homecoming yunno? He likes salt" Maria replied without looking up.

"But this is too much! No normal human would take this much salt" Hazel argued, and Maria finally turned.

"Baby can you just go cover your hair instead?" She sighed softly, her lips pursing.

"But...

"Go wear your bonnet " Maria interrupted.

"Fine" Hazel groaned, walking out of the kitchen.

She walked past the paradisiacal living room where Lee is sitting in front of the TV, and he waved at her.

Lee is the second son, Kenzie's junior brother. He's cute!

"Want some bubble gum?" Lee pointed one at her.

"You should be in bed by now" Hazel replied.

"Oh please..." Lee rolled eyes, and Hazel smiled, but her smile cleared off when she saw the news on TV.

Erika, one of the members of CADENCE is dead!

CADENCE is made of three members... Hope, Erika, and Amber who's their leader.

Hazel loves Amber the most,, but Erika is her second favorite member, and now she's dead???

Her burial is even tomorrow!

"No....it can't be real...not Erika" she shook her head as her armpits and palms became wet with unplanned sweat.

"Damn! She was my crush of all the band members!" Lee made pity faces, and Hazel rushed out of the house.

She ran all the way to the servants annex where she stays with her mother.

There are two rooms in the annex, one for her and one for Maria.

She entered her room and grabbed her STUPID phone from where she abandoned it on the bed.

The screen looks like spiderman made a home on it or something.

She turned it on and clicked google, but WhatsApp opened instead.

"Gawd damnit! I know you're stupid but not tonight please!!" She bit her nails nervously, shaking as she tried again

Google clicked, and she searched for Erika...the first news to come up was her death news.

"It's ... It's true ... It's true" tears came out of her eyes.

"Erika is dead I can't believe it .. Erika" she sat on the bed and continued her tears, rubbing her exposed laps with her fingertips as the tears fell freely.

Her phone rang, and she turned slowly to peek at it.

It's Penny calling, her friend.

She had to swipe green up to ten times before she could pick

"Hey Penny" she sniffled, tugging nervously at her skirt hem.

"I'm at the estate gate!" Penny replied and hung up.

Hazel rushed out of the room and ran down the estate.

From the main mansion to the big gate takes up to five minutes by walking, but running made it three minutes.

She met Penny waiting.

"I knew you'd cry" Penny widened her arms, and Hazel hugged her.

They share the same dream of becoming idols, and they both love CADENCE too.

"I still can't believe it....how could Erika die" Hazel started crying again

"Hey!" Penny broke the hug to hold Hazel's round cheeky face.

"Nothing can be done... she's gone baby. Dry your tears" she said.

"Can't stop crying" Hazel said as she wiped the tears.

Penny poked her cheeks fondly.

"Cheeks" she teased.

"Stop it!" Hazel almost laughed.

Penny is like her favorite person after her mother...they did childhood together too.

Their moment was interrupted when a limousine drove in their direction.

The headlights shone brightly on their faces, and Penny had to cover Hazel's eyes... Hazel has sensitive eyes actually.

Two jeeps are following the limousine at the back, but all the cars stopped right beside the two girls.

Hazel gently took Penny's hand away from her eyes, knowing who it is already.

The limousine window went down, revealing a middle-aged handsome man whose hair is sprayed grey dye completely, and his face is straight.

Hugo Torrance,... Kenzie's father.

He's neither smiling nor frowning as he took a look at the girls.

"Welcome home, sir" Hazel bowed respectfully.

Penny did the same, but he just winded up his window without replying.

The limousine drove in, and the two other cars containing his guards went in after him.

"Need to go now!" Hazel urgently said.

"Sure! Bye Cheeks!" Penny replied, and they blew air kisses before departing.

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AN HOUR LATER, SERVANTS ANNEX*

Hazel sat on her small bed with her phone in hand, scrolling through Erika's IG.... she's staring at her pictures, and she almost started crying again.

"I told you to go wear your bonnet and you never came back, Hazel why ...

Maria stopped talking when she saw Hazel from the door.

"Hey baby, did you cry? It's bad for your eyes and you know!" She quickly came to hold her face.

"My second favorite member of CADENCE died" she replied.

"Lee told me about it...I'm so sorry baby" Maria caressed her cheeks.

Hazel nodded. "Sorry for not coming back to the kitchen"

"No it's ok baby...I finished serving boss already, so we can go to bed" Maria smiled.

"Alright mum" Hazel managed to smile too.

She decided to sleep in Maria's room, so she went there after taking her night shower.

Mother and daughter lay on the small bed together, nestled around each other.

Some minutes after they slept off, Hazel's phone buzzed on the bedstand.

It's a message from a number saved as Cole.

Cole: What's up, Cheeks?

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COLE'S MANSION*

Sitting on the king-sized bad edge in his large room, wearing his bathrobe and holding his phone.

Cole looks genuinely disturbed as he stared at his screen, awaiting Hazel's reply to his text.

"Is she asleep?" He muttered, standing to walk closer to the lamp on the bedstand.

He's simply handsome, the kind of handsomeness that holds genuine innocence.

First time he saw Hazel was at a grocery store two months ago when she came shopping with Maria.

She didn't give her number when he asked, so he had to work hard to get it somehow__benefits of being rich.

He has been speaking with her since then, and they became good friends.

After waiting three more minutes for her reply without getting any, he concluded she's asleep and dropped his phone.

The bathroom door opened, and a petite looking girl stepped out wetly with a short towel wrapped her chest.

She's Katherine, his girlfriend.

"Were you on a call?" She asked with a slight frown.

"Nope...why?" He faced her.

"Nothing, my love" She smiled.

"I'll go shower" he replied.

"Don't be a killjoy...cream my body for me" she went closer and got rid of her towel with a pull, leaving her naked.

"Must I do that? The fuck is wrong with you?" He complained.

"Oh c'mon my love! I'm fucking waiting" She chuckled.

"Your lousy demands" he groaned, covering her with her towel before taking her to the dressing table.

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NEXT MORNING, TORRANCE ESTATE ~SERVANTS ANNEX*

A slice of the morning sun which peered in through the open window woke Hazel up.

She immediately opened her dark brown eyes and sat up in bed, her hair disheveled.

She was yawning when she saw her phone screen on.

She got down from the bed, her short sleep-shirt barely covering her ass as she walked to the phone.

"Cole?" She muttered when she saw the text.

She hasn't replied when Maria came in.

"Quick, clean up we're shopping for groceries this morning" she told her.

"Oh ... Sure" she dropped the phone with another yawn.

"I'm so tired" she complained as she walked out of the room.

"You cried yourself to sleep last night, it's expected" Maria replied, giving her cheek a fond kiss before she entered her room.

Thirty minutes later, they were ready to go for the shopping.

Hazel made sure to attach green bow-like ribbons to her hair, matching her green top.

They left for the estate garage where lots of ridiculously expensive cars are.

A driver is already waiting inside a small jeep to take them though.

"Maria!" Anna called out, and she turned to see the tall blonde woman walking towards them.

Anna Torrance, Kenzie's mother, Madam of the house.

"Instead of one bag of fresh strawberries, get two" she said eloquently.

"Alright madam" Maria bowed

"Good morning ma'am" Hazel greeted.

"How was your night, Cheeks?" Anna replied, and Hazel smiled, making her cheeks round out again

Anna smiled sweetly.

"Was cool, thanks ma'am" she said.

Anna returned into the mansion, and the driver drove them out of the estate to the store.

Throughout their journey, Hazel couldn't get her eyes off the street screens, they're all sympathizing Erika's death.

Her burial is by 12pm today, and she'll be gone completely.

Hazel rested her head on Maria's shoulder.

If this is how people die, then death should better stay away from her mother.

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6PM, JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT*

Darkness is starting to envelope the clouds, but the airport still feels like morning cos of the late landings.

Kenzie's crushes already filled the airport with several cards and boards to welcome him back home.

They're like fan girls, restless as they awaited him.

A lot are snapping themselves proudly and flooding their medias with the pictures, hashtag__WAITING FOR KENZIE.

IG became full of it.

Kenzie left for college last year, and he hasn't stepped New York since then, so missing him a lot is expected.

A bombardier private jet landed some minutes ago, and after ten more minutes of waiting, he finally came out, making endless screams erupt from the girls.

No big cameras are allowed, but phone cameras captured his face immediately.

He looks detached and desolate like his usual gaze... like he's madly bored about everyone and everything.

His dark mane of hair was perfectly styled to match his personality, and his outfit screams shit loads of money.

Black pants and a pressed checkered shirt which is slightly loose and untucked, then expensive-as-hell sneakers.

His eyes looks as vast as a sea, so fuçking magnetic. It could draw any girl in...those eyes are his crushes favorite thing.

He's not alone though, he came home with his three friends who're making a show behind him.

Eminem, Miguel, and Natty_a girl.

As they made their ways to the car, the fan-girls screams almost bursted their eardrums.

Thanks to the demarcating glass, they can only scream from a safe distance.

* Kenzie you got a lot more handsome!

* Love of my life Kenzie!

* How many hearts did you break in school!

* Please break my heart!

* Notice me!!

He looked at that particular girl, and a sadistic smile formed on his fleshy lips.

He went closer, and the glass was slid off her face.

He took her permanent marker and she quickly pulled up her sundress...

He wrote his signature on her yellow pants, and that one almost fainted., earnings jealous glares from the other girls.

Kenzie went back to his friends and their walk resumed.

The screams continued till they got into the waiting car.

Immediately the car moved, Kenzie's friends bursted into an uncontrollable fit of laughter.

"Mate...did you use mojo on them? I'm on the fuçking floor!" Eminem grinned ridiculously loud.

"I've never been so ashamed for my gender this hard before. Imagine them begging you to break their hearts... Eew motherfûcker. Puke town, here I come!" Natty scowled, checking out her face on her phone screen

"I wasn't expecting it to be real, Ken. You're a popular diçk, both in school and here in New York" Miguel added.

"They're all hungry cûnts looking for a big di¢k to suck, leaving me with no damn choice" Kenzie replied with a standoffish tone, his posh English accent so clean.

He got his power bank to plug his dying phone.

"Our break will be extra dramatic, and I'm all in for the shit" Natty said.

"Say that again!" Eminem laughed.

Miguel was already dozing off on his seat, but Kenzie is currently scrolling through Amber's IG on his phone.

"Isn't that Amber? the leader of CADENCE?" Natty said.

Kenzie stayed silent.

"Are you planning to fuçk her? Heard one of her band members just died." Natty continued.

"How many fuçks do I give? Zero" Kenzie muttered desolately, still not looking up from his phone.

"Newsflash, he has been chasing her even before he left for college, but bîtch is playing hard to get" Eminem said, getting a bottle of vodka punch from his bag.

"Hard to get for almighty Ken? That's fuçking new, so what's the plan?" Natty asked curiously.

"Keep calm, full gist soon" Eminem replied.

Eminem is like Kenzie's spawn.

Kenzie suddenly took the vodka punch bottle from him and poured everything in the bottle down his throat at a go.

"Damn it! You'll get drunk, mate!" Eminem cautioned.

Kenzie dropped the bottle, ignoring him as he returned to his phone.

"Ouch! Fuçk you" Eminem muttered.

They arrived at the estate forty minutes later, and Natty had to nudge Miguel to wake him up.

They all wowed at the richness of the estate despite being from rich families themselves.

Kenzie got drunk like Eminem predicted, and his eyes were doing a 360 turn when he came out of the car.

His power bank fell under the car beside the tyre, but he didn't even notice.

"Blink if you need help, Kenzie" Eminem said, and Natty laughed.

Miguel tried to hold him, but he refused it.

"I'm good, dude" he muttered, leading them in with half-open eyes.

Anna, Hugo and Lee were already waiting for him in the living room, and smiles filled their faces immediately.

"Son!" Anna gushed.

"Why are his eyes like that?" Hugo said, dropping his magazine.

"Isn't that how he always is?" Lee replied immediately.

"No, he looks drunk" Hugo replied with certainty.

Kenzie grunted hoarsely and held his throbbing head.

Maria and Hazel entered the living room, and Hazel's mouth widened in total admiration when she saw him.

She hasn't closed it when they were ordered to go get Kenzie's things from the car.

Maria rushed out, and Hazel immediately followed, rushing past Kenzie.

He blindly grabbed her, and the warm touch of his palm burned and spread through her epidermis.

She held her breath as he pulled her back roughly, and their eyes met.

His eyes are drowsily open, but she sees the uniqueness. He's got dreamy eyes, and he smells like spicy carnation.

There's just one tattoo on his body...on the right side of his neck.

A flying bird with three stars on it's beak, it's... beautiful.

"Kenzie?" Anna started walking to him.

"Welcome ba...

Hazel made to talk, but before she could finish, Kenzie's hold on her arm tightened, and his throat rumbled shortly, making her eyes pop.

"No...

She couldn't avoid it, cos he threw up all the alcohol

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"Kenzie... fuck!" Eminem gasped, and the mouths of every other person in the room went wide.

Hazel froze on her spot as she felt the warm alcohol crawling down her breasts valley, to her tummy, down to her...

She quickly stepped back, closing her arms on her chest which is now very transparent cos of the wetness.

"I'll take him" Miguel said, hanging Kenzie's right arm on his shoulder.

He managed to get his muscular body up the stairs, and Eminem followed.

"Are you ok?" Natty asked Hazel who's still standing in shock.

"Yeah...I'm...I'm fine" she stuttered without thinking.

"Sorry about that, Ken is a dick" Natty smiled kindly, and she nodded.

"Of course"

Natty went upstairs too, and Anna placed an arm on Hazel's shoulder.

"You should go clean up...I'm sorry about it" she said.

"No ma'am. It wasn't your fault and I'm really fine. I'll go clean up" Hazel quickly replied and left the mansion.

"What's going on? What happened to your blouse?" Maria asked when they met by the door

She dropped the bag she's carrying and blocked her nose with her palm.

The alcohol stinks so much.

"It's Kenzie...he puked on me" Hazel replied, and before Maria could press further, she already walked away.

Maria sighed sadly and carried the bag in.

Hazel was still on her way to the annex when she suddenly sighted a black stuff under a car.

She went back to take another look at it, and she squatted, picking it out.

It's a power bank.

"Does it belong to one of them?" She muttered, taking a long look at it before continuing her journey.

She got to her room and dropped the PB beside her pillow, then she got rid of her clothes.

Unfortunately, the blouse is one of her favorites from her few blouses cos it's colour green.

She decided to have a bath, it's the only thing that can get rid of the alcohol smell on her right now.

She stripped herself naked, her pale skin looking sinfully attractive.

She admired herself for a while in front of the mirror before using the towel, then she stepped into the bathroom.

Immediately she got under the warm shower, she felt at peace as she ran her palms through the perfect curves and edges on her body.

When her palm got to her breàsts, she couldn't stop the urge, as usual...she caressed it.

It's an addiction, a tendency she hasn't been able to get rid of since she reached puberty...she can't keep her hands off herself during baths.

Even if she tries to, she'd start touching before she knows it.

She dotted her nîpples with her pointer fingers, and it felt so good that she smiled...

She cupped her full breàsts before increasing the water flow on the shower.

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MAIN MANSION, KENZIE'S ROOM*

Thanks to Anna's instructions, it was Hazel who rearranged and cleaned the room two days ago.

The bedroom is all grey like England's sky, no other distinct colour except a golden coloured shelf with numerous trophy awards set on it.

Miguel and Eminem dropped Kenzie on the bed, and Natty removed his shoes, throwing them across the room

"This motherfucker .... Seriously why did he drink all the vodka only to puke on the poor girl" she said.

"The poor girl's breasts...I swear i know her breasts size already...her top gummed to her body after the show yunno?" Eminem replied with a shit-eating grin.

"Stop it, Emi. You gave him the alcohol" Miguel cautioned.

"And we all know he never gets drunk. He once drank three bottles of this same alcohol but stood strong....this is Ken we're talking about so don't fucking judge me, and besides...he took it from me I didn't give it to him" Eminem retorted.

"Stop the nags, maybe Ken is just tired from the jet lag, who knows?" Natty spoke up, and her eyes caught the castle of awards on the golden shelf.

"Fuck!" She gasped, rushing to it.

"At this rate, he should become the king of hell instead...you mean to tell me he won these awards for breaking hearts? There are...95 trophies here!" Eminem gasped.

"Yeah...he started the hunt since he was 18, and I think these awards are what kept him going. Till he gets one million trophies, he won't stop according to him" Miguel said.

He's the only one who's from New York like Kenzie, so he knows more about him.

Natty and Eminem are Germans.

"Wow! I'm scared of Ken at this rate" Natty faked a shiver, and Eminem grinned.

"Hey... guys " Anna came in.

"Minister Anna Torrance!" Eminem said cheerfully.

"Former minister" Anna corrected.

"Oh...my bad. Nice to meet you, ma'am " he smiled.

"Evening ma'am... you're beautiful like Ken said " Natty said.

"Kenzie talked about me? My own Kenzie?" Anna said unbelievably.

"She lied... Ken never talks about family" Miguel replied, and Natty gave him the middle finger secretly.

Anna smiled.

"Lee will show you to the second mansion where you three will stay" she said, and Lee came in.

"Ken's junior brother? You're cute!" Natty said immediately, and he made faces.

"I prefer hot"

Eminem started laughing.

"I have a feeling we'll be close! Come buddy!" He hung his arm on Lee's neck, and they both walked out of the room.

Miguel and Natty exchanged glaces and scoffed unitedly before following them.

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SERVANTS ANNEX*

Hazel put on her sleep-shirt after her bath, and she rubbed her toes on her calve as she checked herself out in front of the mirror.

The shirt barely covered her @ss, as usual...

She's a fan of not wearing anything to bed, but because this isn't her house, she just had to make do with the short shirts every night.

She remembered Kenzie's hold on her earlier and raised her arm, checking that spot out as if it's now different from other parts of her body.

She remembered his tattoo , his eyes....his lips...how he threw up on her.

She made sour faces and sighed.

"All rich boys are dicks... douches. I don't like him already" she muttered, leaving the mirror before going to her bed

She fell on it and covered herself with her body-centered quilt.

She was about to shut her eyes when she remembered Cole's text.

She took her phone and prayed inwardly that it won't frustrate her life before turning it on

She met another text from him already.

Cole: Are you ok? You didn't reply me.

"Not all rich boys are douches after all. Cole is in college too just like him, and he's not a dicks" she muttered, typing a reply.

Hazel: I've been busy, not intentional.

He replied almost immediately.

Cole: Sorry about that, are you taking vitamins and tonic like I suggested? You need it.

She smiled again and started typing, taking close to three minutes before she successfully typed...

Hazel: I'd rather save the money for vitamins and tonic and use it for something more important. Sorry I replied late again, my phone is stupid.

Cole: You should allow me to get you a new phone.

Hazel: No, thanks! I have to go now.

He hasn't replied when she got a message notification from Penny, and she clicked on it.

Penny: Heard the son of the house is back! Is he handsome in person like I've been seeing on IG?

"Crazy" Hazel muttered.

Hazel: I'm not ready for your gossips tonight.... goodnight! *hearts emoji*

She dropped her phone and shut her eyes immediately.

It didn't take long before she drifted off to a deep sleep.

Maria came in and walked slowly to her bed. She sat on the edge and noticed the power bank beside her pillow.

"Where is this from?" She muttered, but she brushed it off easily.

Hazel will tell her about it tomorrow morning

"Sweet dreams...baby" she kissed her hair before leaving the room.

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NEXT MORNING, MAIN MANSION*

Maria and Hazel woke as early as 6 to start breakfast preparations since Anna requested that.

The two are in their green aprons in the kitchen, working hard.

They're making creamy spaghetti, fried chicken and salad, then homemade juice.

The spaghetti and chicken are already done, but Hazel is still busy with the salad while Maria is making the juice.

"Is the salad ready yet?" Anna came into the kitchen.

"Just a little bit me more, ma'am" Hazel replied.

Anna came to her and tasted it...

"No salt? I told Maria to add it" she said.

"I'm so sorry, ma'am. I forgot to tell her" Maria came over.

"Salt....in ...in salad?" Hazel stuttered unbelievably.

"Just do as you're told" Maria replied.

"Alright, ma'am" Hazel replied.

Anna left the kitchen and Maria returned to the juice.

Hazel smirked secretly.

Is he related to lot's wife in the biblical stories? Why always salt?

It's weird.

Nevertheless, she left the salad to go get salt on the opposite cabinet, but on her way there, Kenzie entered the kitchen.

She stopped dead on her tracks, and she gulped without meaning to.

He's in baggy purple shirt with a bird drawing in front of it, then black shorts.

His eyes still so drowsy and his hair scattered... seems he came here directly from bed.

He's looking illegally handsome for that early in the morning... it's unfair.

But the odd thing is that he's walking towards her, in her direction.

She gulped again, blinking slowly afterwards.

Is the douche gonna apologize for what he did last night?

A satisfactory smile appeared on her lips, but it wiped off when he walked past her, and she almost fell.

She had to hold the cabinet as whips of his spicy scent chocked her nose.

He got fire lighter then brought out a cigar pack from his pocket before walking out of the kitchen nonchalantly.

Hazel licked her lip slowly. What was she expecting?

"I thought we settled that you'd drop smoking?" Hugo's voice came from the living room, obviously talking to Kenzie.

"Hugo...why don't you let him off? Smoking is nothing" Anna's voice said.

"It's nothing? It's not good for his health so why always supporting his antics? He's sick in the head already, burning his liver to black will only aggravate it" Hugo replied.

Hazel peeped into the living room, and she saw Kenzie sitting on a sofa, smoking with his eyes buried in his phone.

Hugo is sitting in front of him while Anna is walking to him.

Anna sat beside Kenzie and started arranging his hair fondly.

"Ken, you should...

"I'll be in the second mansion, will eat there with my friends this morning" he cut her off and stood.

He started going for the door.

He suddenly looked towards the kitchen door, and Hazel quickly snuck in

"That was close" she muttered, holding her chest.

"He's a douche to everyone" she sighed, finally getting the salt.

*

SECOND MANSION*

"Mate!" Eminem shouted dramatically when Kenzie came in.

He's in the game room with Miguel, playing snooker.

"What's up? You look upset" Miguel asked, hanging his snooker stick on his neck as he took a cup of coffee to sip.

"Daddy issues" Kenzie said, dropping his cigar to take Miguel's stick.

"Let me guess....it's about the smokes" Eminem said, sitting on the table edge.

"Of course, the smokes" Natty replied, coming in.

She's in a bra top and shorts.

"There are males here, girl!" Eminem said, and she chuckled.

"What? Am I starting to get under your skin? Should we fuck?" She winked, taking his stick from him.

"Do it, you both" Kenzie said.

Natty and Eminem snapped their eyes at him.

"Live porn is always welcome...do it in here" he said with an interested glint in his crazed eyes.

"I'm in too!" Miguel replied, hanging his arm on his shoulder.

"You both are insane" Natty rolled eyes.

"Tell me about it, sickos" Eminem added, and Miguel giggled.

Kenzie's phone buzzed, and when he checked to see it's an unimportant notification, he hissed out, his lips reddening and looking so kissable.

"Amber is still not replying?" Natty asked with a smile.

*

AMBER'S PLACE*

The grieve of Erika's death is still on the streets, and her fans are still in sorrow, but as for Amber, the grieve ended yesterday after Erika was buried.

She's the leader of the band, so she decided to brace up and resume the band activities.

They'll have to start scheduling auditions to take in a new member who'd replace Erika

If possible, she wants to take in two members so they'd be four this time.

She came downstairs in the big cozy house, looking domineering in her pink furry shorts and cardigan.

She's a tall, sassy-looking girlie.

A mug of coffee sat on her right hand, and her phone sat on the left.

She's busy reading Kenzie's texts, and she's smiling proudly.

To think that he can get any girl he wants in the whole of New York and beyond, but he can't get her ...

That's a feat she'd die to keep. It's fuçking sweet!

But one thing is for sure, he's free to fuck anyone he wants right now, but he'll become hers the moment she gives him attention.

He sent close to 120+ messages already, but she hasn't replied any.

She clicked on one, sipping her coffee as she read.

Ken~Z: You're not special, and I'm Kenzie Torrance, I get whatever I want... you're mine to fuck... fucking mine.

She laughed after reading that.

"Of course, I'm yours Kenzie"

The door opened roughly, and she was about to scream when Hope came in with tears in her eyes.

The third member of the band.

"Hope?" Amber frowned.

"Did I just hear you laugh? Seriously? Erika was buried just yesterday and you're already planning auditions to take in her replacement? Our team told me about it and I'm about to go crazy right now. I get that you didn't like each other when she was alive but...

"I don't get you, Hope. So now that Erika died, I should send the band to the soil with her? Tell me!" Amber interrupted.

"Give her some space, bitch! She was one of us!" Hope sniffled.

"Go cry me a river if you're not comfortable with the schedule, I'm off!" Amber dropped her mug.

It fell and shattered on the ground, and a steam of her coffee stretched around the white floor as she went upstairs.

"Amber!!" Hope ran after her.

*

TORRANCE ESTATE, SECOND MANSION*

"You got 95 awards already, dude! If you campaign for Satanship, you'd get in without rival" Eminem said.

They're back in the living room, awaiting breakfast.

"Thanks for the compliment" Kenzie deadpanned.

Natty chuckled, and their faces turned to the door when it opened.

Maria came in with Hazel, carrying their food trays.

Natty and Eminem quickly stood and helped them set the dishes on the dinning.

"I can already smell salt in Ken's salad" Natty grinned.

"Enjoy" Maria smiled

"Thanks,..." Eminem narrowed his eyes at her.

"Maria" she smiled.

"And you?" He faced Hazel who's behind Maria.

"Hazel" she replied.

Maria pulled her out, and Eminem faced the rest.

Kenzie is currently looking at a green ribbon on the floor, must have fallen from Hazel's hair.

Not like he cares.

"Ken, tell me you're adding her to your fuck-list, her breasts are to die for!" Eminem said unfiltered.

"Her?" Kenzie looked up

"The maid's daughter, Hazel" Eminem replied.

Kenzie paused for a heartbeat.

"That boring one? She's like a snail" he talked uninterestedly.

"I think she's cute, especially her cheeks" Natty smiled.

"You can as well date her" Kenzie stood.

"Where to?" Eminem and Miguel asked at once.

"My power bank..." He replied and left the mansion.

Getting to the main mansion, he couldn't find it in his room, and he started wondering if he didn't bring it home.

He came downstairs and met Maria.

"Are you looking for something?" She asked.

"Power bank" he replied with a squint.

"Wait....I think I saw it in Hazel's room at the annex and...

"Maria, get me some water" Hugo's voice came upstairs.

"Yes sir" she replied and rushed into the kitchen.

Kenzie left the mansion and made his way to the annex.

He opened the first door he saw and entered the room which is almost like a forest cos of the green theme.

He could hear the shower running in the bathroom as he started looking around for any sign of the power bank.

His eyes caught lace panties and bra on the bed,...the ones she pulled off before entering the bathroom.

He squinted sadistically before turning to the bathroom door.

He started striding to it, his dark aura freezing the air, and the closer he got, the louder the running shower comes

He got to the door, held the knob and twisted it, pushing the door open.

Hazel's naked backside is the first thing he saw....her butt.

She's under the shower, fondling with her breàsts as usual.

Her back might be on him, but it doesn't take a genius to know what she's doing.

She quickly pulled her towel down, tripping on the wet ground as she struggled to wrap it around herself.

Water entered her ears, and she gulped some in the process.

She didn't even think of turning off the shower, so immediately she wrapped the towel on herself, it got wet too.

She was panting heavily with open mouth as she turned slowly, her hair gummed to every part of her face.

Her back hit the wall in raw shock when she saw him standing by the door with a bored look in those devoid eyes of his.

"You don't know how to knock? I get that you're the son of the house but being a dick you is thoughtless...Even without knocking, I'm sure you heard the running shower sound so why would you open the door on me!!" She said a little loud, holding the towel tightly to her chest like her lifeline.

Kenzie's features remained unmoved, like a devil patrolling the flames of hell.

Hazel gulped hard.

"You're seriously a black-hearted conundrum, and I...

"Shut up" he cut her off frostily, and she went silent, secretly biting her tongue.

"The power bank, now" he said.

★

"The power bank, now" he said, his voice dropping harshly like a time bomb.

For a minute, Hazel's feet couldn't move, she didn't cut the eye contact either.

His eyes aren't only devoid, but also empty, like someone who has been to the pit of hell and back.

He looks mad scary like this

She finally found the strength to carry her legs, breaking the eye contact as she went for the door.

He didn't move his body from the frame, so she looked up to find his eyes still on her....she almost shrunk.

"I'll give it to you...I didn't steal it...I only found it under the car" she said in a mutter and even got surprised that she didn't stammer.

His eyes rummaged her face, and she gulped, holding the green towel to her body again.

"Is green your favorite color?" He asked the question she wasn't expecting, and she quickly returned her eyes to him.

"Huh?"

"Repeating ain't my thing" he replied, his voice filling the room.

"Yes....I loved green since I was little" she replied slowly, and she could swear that she saw a twitch at the corner of his lips.

Did he just smile?

Before she could figure that out, he stepped aside, and she quickly rushed to the bed.

The pillow already covered the power bank, so she pushed it away and got it, bringing it to him.

He took it from her, and when his hand touched hers during the exchange, she couldn't help the heat that cracked on her wet skin.

He turned his back to walk out of the room...

"Still... it's not... It's not cool to walk in on a girl bathing. You even puked on me last night and...it ruined my blouse" she said, and he halted to turn back immediately.

His eyes are calmer now.

She batted her lids, water dripping from her towel to the spot she's standing on.

"You want an apology?" He talked unexpectedly again, and she held the hem of her towel gently.

"That's what normal humans...do" she muttered.

"You're fucking dumb if you think I'm normal" he smirked and did the corner lip twitch thing again before stepping out of the room.

Hazel fought the tears in her eyes as she walked to her small wardrobe.

"I'm not dumb, I know you're an anomaly. No normal human behaves like you... bastard" she muttered, opening her wardrobe annoyingly.

To think he walked in on her in the bathroom, that's the most concerning part.

Did he see her touching herself?

Gawd! She can't get humiliated like this.

"Did Kenzie come for his power bank already?" Maria asked as she entered the room.

Hazel didn't reply, so she quickly squatted in front of her.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"Why did you tell him about the power bank? Now he came here and...

She stopped talking at this point, swallowing her remaining words.

She can't possibly tell her mum about it. If she does, she'd find out about her tendency, and she has been trying so hard to keep it from her.

"And what?" Maria asked.

"Nothing...he got the power bank already, and I'm visiting Penny today" she replied.

"It's fine, dress up baby" Maria kissed her cheeks.

*

MAIN MANSION, KENZIE'S ROOM*

After going to the second mansion for his salty meal with his friends, Kenzie returned to his room for his bath.

He has an appointment with his therapist this morning, and there's another thing in the menu for the afternoon, so today is sure gonna be busy.

His phone is in hand as he stood in front of his trophy shelf, watching the awards with an obsessed glimmer in his eyes.

There's no stopping to his debauchery, he's a jerk who breaks hearts and collects them in a jar to feed his demons with.

And as much as he doesn't want to notice a particular someone, that someone is doing everything in her power to make herself get noticed.

Weather knowingly or unknowingly, he doesn't know and he's not even ready to fucking know, but all he knows that if she keeps up the brave front she's putting on, she'd get hurt, and he'd gladly break her in pieces.

Evergreen Hazel....the maid's daughter.

He twitched his lips, grabbing one of the trophies.

He was rolling his fingers on her crown when his phone dinged.

He retrieved it to see a sext from Christine, the girl he was fucking before he left for college last year.

He clicked on the pictures, watching her tits and cunt with dark, unhinged eyes for minutes before dropping the trophy and the phone at the same time.

He stripped off his clothes, put on his bathrobe before entering the bathroom.

*

PENNY'S PLACE*

"Blimey! You didn't tell me you'd be coming!" Penny gushed when Hazel showed up at her doorstep.

"Surprise" Hazel replied, entering the small living room with her.

Penny's parents run a coconut farm, so they're living comfortably even if they're not rich.

They're just ok.

She's the only daughter too just like Hazel.

"So ... Tell me about the demigod in your house!" Penny winked, sitting on Hazel's laps.

"Demigod my foot! Just serve me water first" Hazel rolled eyes, pushing her off herself.

"Coming!" Penny winked again, rushing into the kitchen to get her a cup of chilled coconut water.

Hazel downed it all at a go, and Penny took a deep breath, blinking her eyes funnily.

"I'm listening"

"There's nothing appetizing about that douchebag, trust me. He fucking puked on me last night when he arrived" Hazel recounted.

"What! Meaning he came close to you? Did he hold you? How did his touch feel? Heard he has beautiful fingers, is it true?" Penny gasped.

Hazel couldn't believe her ears

"Seriously? I just said he puked on me and the only thing in your mind is his damn fingers? He even walked in on me this morning during my bath!"

"OMFG! How did it happen? You mean to tell me Kenzie Torrance saw your nakedness?" Penny literally jumped.

"Only my backside" Hazel replied.

"You should create an IG account and post it there, girl! You just achieved what many girls are dying to get!" Penny shouted.

"You're sick, Penny. I shouldn't have trusted you to take my side" Hazel rolled eyes, drinking from her coconut.

"Now that we're on it, why don't you snap some unaware pictures of him for me?" Penny smiled.

"No...a big no...I don't even have a good phone and even if I do, i'm not doing that. I'd rather snap a unicorn" Hazel stood.

"Please please... please" Penny started bugging her around.

"Thought you had a crush on Cole, what's with this sudden likeness for Kenzie?" Hazel scoffed.

"I liked Cole when Kenzie was out of the country, but now that he's back, please snap his pictures secretly for me ok? Please please" Penny continued.

Hazel smiled widely but returned to her serious face in the space of a second.

"Nah" she insisted.

*

GREG A. HOSPITALS, 12PM*

Hazel had to come visit the hospital after leaving Penny's place.

This is the only time she can come without gaining Maria's suspicion.

She checked the cash in her small purse and prayed inwardly for sufficiency.

"I'm here for Dr. Dora" she told the nurses she met at the reception.

"Miss Hazel Queens?" One of them answered.

Hazel quickly nodded.

"She has been waiting...go this way" she pointed at the closest hallway, and Hazel went down.

She pushed the office door open and met the female doctor sitting readily on her desk.

"Look who we have here, Cheeks" she smiled cheerfully.

"It's been a while since I came" Hazel smiled back, taking her seat in front of her.

"Have you tried talking to your dad recently?" She asked.

Hazel's expression changed immediately.

"Can we not talk about fathers?" She replied sullenly.

"I'm sorry if I poked a sensitive subject, what are you here for this time?" Dr. Dora shifted closer.

"I was able to gather some money, about 13 thousand dollars. If you could just prescribe a drug that works for me..." Hazel said, emptying all the cash in her purse on the table.

The doctor has a pitiful look on her face as she watched her.

"If it's not enough, I can work hard to make it 20 dollars, just...

"Do you want me to lie to you? I've always told you it can't be worked on. It's a tendency, and it started since you experienced what you experienced when you were young. It's not that bad, you should learn to live with it" Dr. Dora interrupted.

"It's totally bad, doctor. It feels good to touch myself during my bath, but I don't like it one bit. I'm not a freak and I don't want it to grow worse...I can't even tell my mum cos I'm ashamed" Hazel shook her head.

The woman smiled before shifting close to caress her cheeks.

"Hazel. You're a very pretty girl, and we both know you're not a bitch. It's just a tendency, and it'll stop if you manage it well, but for the main time, try bathing with gloves on"

"Will that work?" Hazel hopefully asked.

"Give me feedback" Dr. Dora smiled.

She left for a surgery session afterwards, and Hazel left the office, hoping for good results with the gloves.

She was deep in thoughts as she walked down the hall when she suddenly saw someone.

The sight made her snap out of her thoughts, and she quickly hid behind a wall.

She peeped out of there to look again

It's Kenzie!

He's walking down the hall with a female doctor behind him, and the nurses in the hall are busy gawking, pushing their breasts to his face for attention.

He didn't even look sidewards. According to rumours, he's too picky for a playboy, and he's a fucking narcissist.

His weirdness never ends

Hazel tiptoed out of her hiding place and secretly followed him till he entered an office with the doctor.

She was stunned to see THERAPY SESSION ON in front of the office.

He does therapy?

Of course he should, he needs it for his screwed head.

She left the place with a tired sigh, and her phone dinged...it's a message from Penny.

Her eyes widened to her temples immediately she read it.

It says: CADENCE is holding an audition on Friday to take in two new members in Erika's place.

If she attends the audition with Penny, and they get chosen, will their lives change?

Before that, where is she gonna get money for proper audition outfit???

*

A WAREHOUSE *

Built to look like a normal house, the Warehouse is like Kenzie's spot to purge out his never-ending frustrations.

It belonged to Hugo, his father, but he literally snatched it from him and built it to his taste for his own use

Even in his absence, rugged members of his crew are always present, making the house loud.

It's like that presently.

He came here directly from the hospital to finish what he started last year.

His belt was hanging loose in the metal as he came downstairs with Christine, a plus size girl whose hair is in a balayage.

They just finished an intense round of sèx, and she's sweating profusely.

Miguel, Eminem and Natty are seated on a table in the middle of the crowdy warehouse, watching them and awaiting the drama.

Eminem has his camera set on the ceiling, recording them.

"You're not gonna call it off right here, right?" Christine suddenly faced Kenzie.

"Why ask if you already know?" He replied with a poker face.

"But you only just arrived back in the country. Give me two more weeks and I'll willingly let you go by then, I promise " she begged.

"I call the shots, not you" he replied, and a tear slipped out of her eyes.

"I love tears" he smiled sadistically.

She turned back at once, rushing out as she wiped her falling tears.

Almost immediately, a bartender appeared with a trophy award on a tray for him.

"Who sent this?" Kenzie asked as he took it.

"Didn't see the face, he was masked, and he left that way" the bartender pointed.

Kenzie went that way, and as usual, he met no one.

This is how he has been getting the awards since the start.

Everytime he dumps a girl, no matter the location, the award comes from a stranger like this, and they always say it's from a masked man.

This is the 96th, and he still can't figure it out no matter how hard he tries.

"Yo! Is that the 96th? I'm proud of you spawn!" Eminem appeared with Miguel, grinning as he took the trophy from him.

"It hits different to have a popular diçk, mate" Miguel laughed.

"Where's Natty?" Kenzie replied, and when they noticed her absence, they returned to the house and met a new scene.

She's in the middle of like four men, smashing their faces in the dust.

She's thrashing them like her kids, and their faces are smudged with blood, even the tables.

Another punch from her pile-drove the fourth man to the middle of the crowd who're watching with total shock

Natty was about to go for the men again when Miguel and Eminem stepped in to take her

"No they touched me first... I'm not their kinda bitch so they should learn to keep their penis in their fucking pants!" She shouted, struggling with them as they took her.

Kenzie made sure to mark the faces of the four guys before joining his friends outside.

Natty was still struggling to her back in, but he blocked her dominantly.

She backed down.

"No one can find out we're from Devils' Gang, remember that and cool down" Kenzie said.

Eminem rubbed her back, and she inhaled.

Miguel took her bag, and they left the warehouse.

*

TORRANCE ESTATE, SERVANTS ANNEX*

"You should taste these pancakes, baby. They taste so good" Maria said, coming in with a bowl of it.

Hazel arrived since an hour ago and has been napping.

"I made it for Lee and these are the remnants" Maria settled it on the bed, and Hazel sat up, banding her hair in a ponytail before picking one to eat.

"Tasty" she nodded, and Maria smiled.

"I saw Kenzie at the hospital earlier, with a therapist" Hazel said before she could stop herself, and she instantly bit her tongue.

Damn!

"You went to the hospital? Why?" Maria's eyes widened.

"Oh... Penny has a sick friend over there so I followed her to visit" she quickly lied, and Maria calmed

"Don't tell anyone what I'm about to say..." She said.

"What?" Hazel shifted closer.

"Actually... Madam Anna isn't Kenzie's real mother" Maria whispered.

"What!" Hazel's eyes widened.

"His real mother was boss's first wife, but i think something happened to her head somehow, she's currently in the psychiatric hospital" Maria muttered, and Hazel covered her mouth.

"What!"

"Shhh" Maria hushed.

"Shh" Hazel replied.

"Need to go start preparing dinner. Join me in the kitchen later" Maria stood and left the room.

Hazel still couldn't close her mouth at the newly discovered secret.

She suddenly got Cole's text that he's in front of the estate, so she rushed out of the annex and did the three minutes run to the big gate.

Cole stood beside his blue sports car with a handsome smile on his soft features, and she smiled immediately she saw him.

"Hazie" he beamed, and she walked into his arms, hugging him.

He intended to tighten it, but she quickly broke it when she felt her breasts smudging him.

"Rich boy... it's been a while" she said.

"A while? You didn't even allow me to see you throughout this week" he frowned.

"That's because you need to spend time with your girlfriend. I'm just a friend yunno?" She shrugged.

"But..."

He was cut off when his phone beeped. He fished it out to see a text from his girlfriend Katherine.

Katherine: Where the fuck are you?

He turned off the phone and pocketed it.

"You should leave, I'm sure that's her, and besides...it looks like it's gonna rain anytime soon" Hazel said.

"She can wait" he replied, opening his car door.

He brought out a plastic bag containing a boxed new phone...

"I'll never receive things from you, Cole" she immediately said.

"Do you hate rich guys this much?" He said as his arms dropped.

She hasn't replied when Kenzie's car drove in, but it stopped right beside them.

Kenzie came down with his friends, and surprisingly, they're all looking at Cole like wolves looking at a calf, ready to devour.

"Kenzie Torrance" Cole said freely, and Hazel snapped her eyes at him.

"You know...each other?"

"Why not? We're in the same college, same department. We receive same lectures, I mean all of us" Cole replied.

"Baron college?" Hazel blinked, and Cole nodded.

"What the fuck are you doing in my house, Cole?" Kenzie questioned, darting his eyes to Hazel for a second.

"He's my friend...he came to see me" she said.

"The question wasn't for you" Kenzie replied, trying hard not to explode

His veins were literally pounding in his blood, the sight of Cole ticking him to the core.

"But I have the right to answer since he came to see me" Hazel insisted, and Cole smiled.

Eminem chuckled. "Isn't she interesting?"

"Told you I like her" Natty crossed her arms.

Miguel said nothing.

"This will be the last time you step foot here ... It's not a suggestion" Kenzie spoke with a note of finality and started walking back to his car with his friends.

"Madam and Boss gave me the approval that I can welcome my friends outside here. At least I didn't bring them in, and you can't change that" Hazel said Kenzie turned back.

"Go against it, and you'll find out just how abnormal I can be" he said with cutthroat meanness before resuming his walk

"Your personality isn't a surprise anymore, I don't expect less from the son of a madwoman" she said before realizing, and she regretted it immediately.

The atmosphere stilled, and Kenzie came to a stop., his eyes darkening to the pit of his iris.

His friends couldn't hide their shocks too, their features showed it.

Cole looks surprised at the new secret, and Hazel looks shocked at her own outburst.

"I...I didn't...mean...

Her heart jumped out of her chest when he took five fast steps to her.

He grabbed her hand, and when Cole tried to stop him, he flipped Cole away so easily.

Cole landed on his car bonnet, and Kenzie pushed Hazel into the car.

"You're about to witness what a madwoman's son can do" he muttered, not sparing her a glance before zooming down the road.

The speed was out of this world cos he stepped completely on the accelerator.

The car was literally flying on the road, and Hazel's head almost flew off her neck.

"Stop the car! Stop please!! Kenzie stop!!! Kenzie!!!!"

She began crying before she knew it, and it got worse when it started raining.

He almost hit close to four cars, but he avoided them narrowly each time, speeding like he's on fucking drugs.

Hazel's head bumped on the window, and she almost peed on her skirt.

"Please stop!!!! stop already!!!" Her cries came again, but who's she kidding?

Kenzie drove into a rocky area, and tears blinded her eyes when she saw a cliff in front of them.

"No... no please don't.... don't do it Kenzie I swear it was my fault!!!" She cried again, but it's like his ears are blocked.

His eyes are red on focus, his forearm veins mapping his arm and his lips twitched in a smirk.

He didn't stop....he kept zooming for the cliff, and Hazel quickly held his shirt in the front.

"We're gonna die!!!" She cried shakily.

"A madwoman's son should behave like one, sweetheart" he replied darkly and released the steering, enabling auto-drive.

The car sped madly to the cliff by itself, and Hazel's life flashed across her teary eyes.