Chapter 2: Narrow escape

"To you oh Lord, I give up my soul," she muttered under her breath taking steps backwards.

"Don't ever again in your life meddle in things that don't concern you. Take that and leave my house," she ordered and Yvonne did just that.

It was a narrow escape that she didn't want to miss for anything in the world. Yvonne picked the things on the table and rushed out without looking back.

She stopped a taxi and headed to the hotel.

Kirby paced around the room with her phone in her hand and when it started ringing she picked it immediately.

"Where are you?" Kirby asked impatiently.

"Am almost there. Are you sure about this? I have a bad feeling about everything," Melissa said over the phone and Kirby sat on the bed.

"I'm really not in the mood for all this just get here in five minutes, we don't have time," Kirby responded and hanged the phone then walked to the other side of the bed and packed all the things in the bag leaving the wedding gown, the jewelry and the shoes on the bed.

She took the bag to the door and went back to wear her shoes as the door opened and Melissa walked in.

"I don't have a good feeling about this, the guests have started arriving in the church already," Melissa announced walking to the bed.

"Wait, you went to the church?"

"I didn't go in but that's the way to this place,"

"Good, that journalist is on her way here, she shouldn't find us here,"

"That's the problem because Landon's guards are outside the hotel keeping you guard,"

"Is this some kind of joke or something?"

"It's not funny so why should I crack such a joke?"

"So what do we do?"

"I don't know I think you should just dress up because the makeup artist will be here in thirty minutes,"

"Don't you get it? I can't be tied down in the name of marriage. I can't get married,"

"You should have just said no to the engagement then instead of all this,"

"But I told him we should just date and no marriage involved but he refused, not like it's my fault. I want you to go outside and distract those guards, how many are they?"

"Four,"

"Go and distract them. I'm leaving though the back, let's meet at the airport the flight leaves immediately we arrive. It's a private jet and it's waiting for us. Be careful, nobody should suspect you,"

"What about the journalist?"

"She wants news and I'm going to give her, I'm leaving this door open for her,"

Melissa didn't have a choice but to do everything Kirby asked her to do without asking too many questions. She as many other people didn't understand why Kirby never liked marriage.

They have been friends since they were young and after the death of her parents Kirby has been there for her and doing this for her is like repaying the favor.

Melissa sighed and walked out but knowing her presence outside may rise more suspicions she walked to for a distance then hid in the corridors.

Making sure nobody was watching her, Kirby walked outside with her back. She had covered her face making it hard for anybody to recognize her and slowly she left the hotel premises.

Melissa followed the same route she followed and went after her.

After so much stress she went through, Yvonne finally got to the room. She knocked for a while and receiving no reply she had no choice but to walk in only to meet the room empty.

"Could it be that she has left?" She asked herself after checking everywhere and Kirby wasn't there.

"But where could she have gone if her attire is in the room?" She muttered as she called Tina, she needed to get first hand information from her.

"How is it going?" Tina asked on picking up.

"She has left," Yvonne announced.

"I'm sorry, you can take a taxi and meet her up before she enters the church," Tina suggested.

"Not to go to the church. I think she just ran away," Yvonne whispered the last part, she wasn't sure but a leopard never changes it's spots so she won't be surprised.

"Have you ever thought of considering comedy as your part-time career?" Tina asked.

"I'm serious her gown and other things are on the bed but nothing else belonging to her is in here and I also think her mother is aware of her plans,"

"Why do you say that?"

"She gave me the card to access the room like she knew nobody will be in here,"

"This is serious so what are you going to do?"

"My day has been spoilt, I'm going back to the office,"

"I'm sorry, I know how much you were waiting for this promotion. You can still make a story out of what happened, take photos because the interview was promoted you can't disappoint everyone,"

"That's a good idea, another bright sighed is that I won't feel indebted to Sandra for my promotion so I won't have to carry a child for her,"

"Has she called you again?"

"Yes she did when I was in the taxi and she had the same story over and over again. I'm fed up,"

"Let's talk when you get home just find a way of sorting out this mess you can't spoil your name as well and remember to take care,"

"Take care to,"

Yvonne hanged up and took out her camera as the door opened and Landon walked in with his friend Felix.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Landon asked coldly and she showed him her badge.

"Where is she?" Felix asked.

"I didn't meet anyone here when I got in,"

"Young lady I don't have time for lies how did you get in?" Landon asked irritated he could see the handwriting on the wall but he didn't want to believe.

He is here because the guests were already in church and the time agreed for her to be ready was gone. He also got a call from the team sent to prepare her that she had rejected because she had her team that will do the job.

Felix checked everywhere in the room and seeing everywhere empty he faced Landon and shaked his head negatively.

"What happened?" Landon asked.

"I don't know how to say this to make it sound better,"

"Say it,"

"We were played just call your dad to send the guests away because there will be no wedding today," Felix announced and Yvonne picked her bag walking to the door.

"Where are you going?" Felix asked her and she stopped on her tracks.

"I'm going back to my office,"

"You were found in this room, does it occur to you that you are the first suspect and you are going to tell us where she went to?" Felix spoke and she felt like disappearing.

Was today cursed or something? Why did her day begin with bad luck?

"I swear I don't know anything you can check the cameras to confirm. Nobody was in here when I arrived," she rushed her words nervously if anything goes wrong right now she will lose her job as well and that thought alone was enough to kill her.

She can't lose her job, what will happen to her brother's education? What about her mother's treatment? No way, she has to get out of this room now.

"Perfect bro let's check the cameras we can know what happened to her," Felix suggested.

"I'll watch over her, go and talk to the management. Make it quick before my dad starts calling,"

"Wait, you can't hold me hostage I'm just an innocent journalist who was picked to come and interview her. I went to her house and her mother told me to come here. I met an empty room and I was leaving before you guys came in. Allow me go and you will never see my ugly face again,"

"You'll stay here till everything is solved," Felix said and walked out.

Yvonne sat on the floor then rested her back on the wall awaiting her fate, if only she had known that this was going to happen, she won't have been overjoyed by the thought of a promotion.

See where her ambition of climbing up the ladder has gotten her to?

Landon's phone kept on ringing but he wasn't picking and all she did was steal glances at him.

If they were meeting on different circumstances then today would be the best day of her life but it happens to be the worst.

He was more handsome than what she sees on the photos and maybe she would have requested an photo with him. He was close to her but yet so far, the distance between the two of them was so large than the actual one.

She was silently praying for his heart to melt and allow her go or if they allow Felix see the cameras then her name will be cleared and she will leave this hell.

When the door opened and Felix walked in she got up immediately expecting good news.

"From seven to eight the recordings have been deleted," Felix announced making her speechless.

Everything was planned and she was trapped, who will believe her innocence?