chapter one

Chapter one: Released from jail

Bella opened her eyes, her vision blurred for she could not make out of the figures that kept moving Infront of her.

"She's awake." She heard someone shouting although it seemed so far. She could also hear siren sounds from afar, getting louder and louder as her mind and vision becomes clearer and clearer.

She gasps and stands up abruptly.

She is in her car and at the driver seat. 'how did i get here?' she wonders.

The last thing she remembers, is she was drinking fruit juice with her classmates at a reunion party. She never drunk alcohol that's why she ordered juice.

But later she got dizzy and she didn't know what happened after that.

Someone rudely shines the spotlight on her face which made her eyes stung.

One of them opened the door and drugged her out, the cold breeze enveloping her making her body swell with goosebumps. Before she could comprehend, she was handcuffed.

"Miss. Bella Daniel, you are under arrest for drunk driving and hitting a pedestrian by the name Mrs. Ann Grey, You have the right to remain silent and anything you say will be used against you by the court of law."

With that, she was rudely pulled towards the police car, her long fishtail red dress making her to stumble on her steps.

Thinks happened fast and before she realized she was being arrested, she found herself on the cold floor of the cell. What was the famous Mrs. Ann doing by the roadside all alone? She wondered.

"Why am I here, I am innocent. I don't know what you are talking about." She begged.

Just then, her parents appeared. Hope flashed in her heart. Before she could say anything...

"You see Daniel, I told you that Bella is a bad influence. She has brought shame in our family." Began her stepmom.

"You offended someone you shouldn't. The CEO of the famous Dolson company. I don't know how to help you child. I never knew you are a drunkerd. Just accept youre fate. You brought it upon yourself." Said her father.

She felt the word stop. The environment became quiet. Her heart ached after hearing her father's words. He was her biological father and had always loved her and gave her everything she needed. Even protected her from her stepmom's abuse ten years ago.

No matter how she tried, no one believed her. Including Mark, her boyfriend who suddenly made a sharp u-turn and revealed his dark side.

Five years later,

Bella leaned on the hard, cold wall of her cell, her eyes fixed on the roof.Today, she was being released! She didn't expect that because she knew very well she had to spend her whole life in here.

Her mind drifted back to the night five years ago. She wasn't the one driving. She was sure that Someone else had mixed her drink with alcohol and had used her car, but who and why?

When she was still held In custody, her besty April tried looking for evidences. She even tried to meet Jeffrey Dolson, A man whom she didn't even know and haven't seen because of his privacy. Only a few people knew him including his business associates.

He didn't like appearing in public and rarely attended to business party's and also most of his employee didn't even knew their boss.

Jeffrey Dolson was furious and ordered for a life imprisonment to the person who killed his mother. She had wrote countless letters to him trying to prove her innocence but non were replied, even during the trial, Sir Dolson never showed up.

Everyone left her when she was sentenced to death except for her besty April who visited her for the first week but later an order was given that no one should visit her.

Torture followed and she was tortured everyday and night. She later heard gossips in the bathroom that the rich tycoon, Sir Dolson was the one giving orders. And they were happy to serve him.

The first crash of her life was when her mother dissapeared without trace when she was ten. Later news came that she was found dead in a car accident, her body burnt beyond recognition.

Later on, her father bought in his mistress with her nine year old child, Maya, her fathers biological daughter.

Bella was a bright student and always came at the top. This Made Maya hate her even more but in secret. She pretended to be Bella's friend.

By the time she met Mark, She was a student at Sea ford university first year studying as a neurologist. Mark Anthony was from the wealthy family and her father was proud of her because he knew if he joined forces with the Anthony group, their small company at the edge of bankruptcy would thrive.

She was madly in love with him although she felt the distance between them but she was happy to be engaged to him. She would always cling to him like a leech and follow him whenever he went. She heard rumours that he married her sister.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the door opened and two officers matched in. They led her to the managers office. She was not happy because she knew very well she had nowhere to go after being released, at least at the prison she could have free meals although in small amount and also a place to sleep.

She made a mental note that after this, she would look for April.

"Congratulations, Bella Daniel, You are free to leave today. Well, sign these and dissapear from here.'' said the Manager .

Bella took the documents and signed them

" Ummm, excuse me sir, the person who released me was he that rich man Mr Jeffrey?" she asked confused as to why they would let her go all of a sudden.

The manager laughed loudly and swirled in his chair pleasurly.

"Do you even need to know? Just leave immediately "

At the 68th floor of the tallest building in the City, the famous Dolson company known all over the world for perfume making, Jewelry and outfit design, a tall and breathtaking man dressed with an expensive dark blue suit with a white shirt stands facing the city through the huge glass window.

Someone knocks at the door and comes in.

"Sir, we have investigated everything you asked for and, She was indeed released today and about the person behind it, we still have no clues about it. And the men who were assigned to follow her said her current location is at the outskirts of the city in a small community." Said a man in a well tailored suit that complimented his tall and slender figure, his short hair combed and styled neatly.

He was Dylan, Jeffrey's personal assistant and a very close friend who shared many secrets together.

Jeffrey's hands folds into a fist.

"I hate people who go against me. Continue searching for that person. Doesn't he know I can still torture her out here myself. She has to pay for my mother's death. I will make her life a living hell." He said with an evil smark.

Dylan blinked his eyes wondering what he might be up to .

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