CHAPTER 4

thinking of all the things her aunt had done within a short period of time since the day they had moved into her house, Isabella thought it was time she ran for her life. especially when Rohan accused his parents of having a had in her parents death, she came to the realization that to fight and avenge her parents life, she had to distance herself from this family because no one would know what they'd do next. chasing her from her room showed Martha was determined to take over her father's property. as if taking the company wasn't enough, was moving into her house necessary. Martha's house wasn't fancy and big as her sisters house and anyone could tell that she had always envied her sister for marrying a rich man. while growing up, Martha was always the jealous type. she was always conflicting with her younger sister Mary. Mary was the quiet, kind and beautiful type. and all the boys always fell for her and it was Martha they always sent to deliver their sweet messages to her sister. little did they know that this was making Martha fume with anger and the hatred for her sister grew to be stronger even though she later learnt to hide it. Martha had always hated her sister right from when Mary was born because she believed Mary stole her parents away from her. when Mary came into sight, Martha has to share her parents' love with her. and what made matters worse was when Mary married Antonio the man Martha was dreaming of marrying. however Antonio had only one love and that was Mary. and now that her sister was no more, Martha was now determined to take whatever belonged to her. that's how Martha stole and forged Mary's shares in the company together with the shares that belonged to Isabella because apart from Antonio they had the most shares in the company.

that night when Isabella was sleeping she had a dream of when her parents died. before her dad passed he told her something which she was still trying to figure out but all in vain. she's been having these nightmares ever since the accident happened. that's when she got up, packed a few clothes and left when everyone one was deep in sleep. luckily she had some money on her so it would be enough to sustain her until she found what to do next with her life. when she left she went to the station and took a bus which took her to another city.

by the time she reached Zion city, it was already day time. she was feeling hungry so she had to get something to calm down her hunger with. she entered the restaurant and the waitress came to take her order. ''what would you like to have'' asked the waitress. ''ill have the cheapest you have on the menu'' Isabella said. the waitress left and after a little while she came back with Bella's order. she ate her food greedily and anyone could tell she was starving and indeed she was starving since she had skipped dinner last night. after devouring on her tasteless food, she paid her bills. after paying her bills the waitress expected her to leave but Isabella remained seated and the waitress thought she wanted something so she went over to her and asked her what the matter was. "is there anything else you need.'' the waitress asked. ''no. am sorry I was about to leave". Bella said and got up to leave but then called to the waitress again. ''hey excuse me, my name is Isabella. are you perhaps planning to hire more waitresses.'' she asked boldly. ''no. I don't think the boss is in need of more waitresses.'' the waitress answered. ''okay'' Bella said sadly. the waitress noticed the sadness on Isabella's face and felt sorry for her. the waitress was kind, and a little chubby and of Bella's age. she had a cheerful personality. '' I am Zoë. nice to meet you Isabella'' the waitress whose name is Zoë introduced herself to Isabella with a sweet smile on her face. '''nice to meet you too Zoë'' Bella said as she lifted her backpack getting ready to leave. ''wait'' Zoë said. she continued. ''I have a friend of mine who works in an employment agency and recently they have been hiring maids to work in the king's palace. I can connect him to you to help you'' ''that would be so nice of you'' Isabella said. Zoë dialed a number on her phone and called someone. ''hello'' a voice from the other side of the phone said. ''hello, its me Zoë. about the maid hiring project for the king's palace. how far with it.'' she asked ''we are almost done with it. why ask'' the male voice from the other side of the phone asked. ''I was hoping you still needed more. I have a friend of mine who wants a job and I bet she would be a good catch.'' Zoë said. ''which of your friends. because I know all your friends if am not wrong.'' the male voice said. '' you don't know this one. she's a new friend I have just made.'' Zoë said. ''a friend you just made? how well do you know this friend of yours.?'' the male voice asked. '' I wouldn't say I know a lot about her but I can tell she's a good person. you know my instincts have never let me down.'' Zoë said. '' Zoë you know the kings palace is a serious matter. you cant be expecting me to include a person I don't know. what if she's a terrorist.'' the male voice asked. ''trust me Mike. I can never put your job on the risk. help the poor girl''. Zoë pleaded.

after a very long pleading, the man gave it to Zoë and accepted to add Isabella on the list of the maids that were to be taken to the palace. she gave Isabella the directions of the company where she would find the man and Isabella left after thanking Zoë

''what's wrong with you Zoë. you don't know this girl and you did all this pleading to get her a job. you even had to call your ex whom you hate so much'' Zoë said to herself after Isabella had left.