"That's for saying rubbish from that useless mouth of yours, aren't you happy ,I gave you home and allowed you to work" the man angrily removed the fork from her lap . Flora groaned silently as she endured the pain from the stab, he gave her under the table"I'm sorry" she lowered her head and whispered with a hoarsed voice as tears threatened to fall out of her eyes.she was lucky they weren't at home,she would have been violented and abused ,with an handkerchief she placed it on her lap to stop the bleeding.
Mary ,on the other hand sighted Flora Storkman from afar "humph...your sister is here ...good thing she is, even with a mysterious guy, I'm going to disagree her for coming" "Mary you need to calm down "James Redford the Eldest son of the family told Mary, while Kevin Storkman sat down quietly sipping his red wine , He's only here because of Mary then the event ,he has work piled up for him, Kevin and Flora never meet eye to eye because Flora always blame the Redford for the Storkmans death,but Kevin disagreed and told Flora to be humble that they have a home and in the future they can strike but Flora was so impatient leading to her downfall while Kevin lay low , he's only using Mary as a tool.
Then ,here is James Redford with his assistant sat at one side, he was a very busy medical lab scientist ,he has many appointments to meet up with but his mother and sister begged him to come ,his wife refused to come because she and Maya has tension in their relationship plus she working with the government, where's the space.
Mary was on her phone to see if the orders where on their way to be delicious when Susan's notification came in saying she won't be available because the case she was on was very hot,she was red sheath gown, hugging her sleek body made from smooth stain silk giving a complex streamline look ,the neck line was a deep type revealing some part of her cleavage, she wore a pearl shape necklace with her hair packed in beautiful style.
They were at the top stairs of the hall looking down at the people below ,red curtain was over them so the people down could not see them."when is mom and dad coming out of their room? " Mary asked playing with her wine."they are downstairs with the others ... didn't you see mom greeting Flora" James raised an eyebrow "what? She did?... I'm going downstairs" with that Mary left the three men behind.
Kevin was with an unreasonable expression, he ways looking at the man in black with his sister ,he needed some confidential documents of the headquarters,as he played with that glass of wine. Unknowingly to him,James was watching him from his side eye through his glasses. In this family, there are lizards and chameleon everywhere that one needs to be careful ,on the outside they look like one happy family,but behind every smile there is an evil smirk , everyone downstairs are been calculated before been invited to this event, Mary purposely took the planning upon herself because loves to find the benefits she will get from someone before being invited since she's the party planner of Maya's birthday party. He suspects Kevin given the scandal around him overseas , involving with a business rival of his father but it had not been verified yet .he looked at his assistant to go to the car to bring the contract document from the car to test Kevin's loyalty .
Mary walked elegantly to her mother after sighting her from afar ,her mother, Mrs. Lauretta Redford was discussing matters with some of her friends,with her graceful smile, she is a very gentle woman who would never hurt her fly , she's on 63 years old,her logics is that the world is not a permanent place to be so why holding grudges.
Mrs. Lauretta is an agronomist,who deals agricultural matter,she is a very passionate woman with a motherly heart ,she treats all equally, she has a pur heart which allure Mr. Rowel back in their days to fall in love with her.
"Mrs. Lauretta ,I heard you want to have an agricultural program to reveal your new project " a lady in luxurious green gown said " oh yes I heard you've discovered something wonderful in improving plants"another said " yes girls, this will help farmers in Apex, it's based on soil improvement and my son discovered a new plant , it's wonderful "Mrs. Lauretta happily said ." Oh and yes why is that Flora Storkman here? I thought she was banished,she even lied of the Redfords abusing her" the first lady spoke " what an I'll child " the other said, Mrs. Lauretta sipped her tea then drop the tea cup gracefully " give me a break ladies, it's all in the past , it's being 10 good years, what's the use of making fuss" Mrs. Lauretta tried to reason with them,but before the other could say something , Mary chitted in "oh lovely mother,this is the reason why grandma locked you up so you won't beg for Flora the day she was banished" Mary came smiling at her mother while Mrs. Lauretta pouted "mother really was something ,I couldn't believe she tricked me" she stirred her tea with a spoon "where is dad? Mom" Mary asked as she scanned the hall for him "Old man's in the study ,you know how tired he gets thesedays" Mrs. Lauretta said looking at Mary from her seat "yes mother ,I'll go meet him" with that Mary left but as she walked four steps ,she said Flora going to the restroom, then she smirked and followed her.
Meanwhile,a servant came to Mrs. Lauretta whispering something her ears ,she opened her eyes widely in surprised then next moment she left the hall quietly,Maya saw her mother leaving then excused herself to follow her .
"Where is he? My son,where is he?" Mrs. Lauretta said exciting as she walked fast like a young girl meeting her idol for the first time"Madam be careful, he's in one of the guest" the servant said to her 'oh please don't do anything harsh it your husband will kill me' the servant cried in his mind.
Mrs. Lauretta opened the door of the guest room widely " A girl---"