Maid For Him

Chapter 55

Rickel***

When I stepped into my office this morning, I had no idea this was going to be the worst day of my life. My weekend had gone well, with my mother finally accepting Reese and I was starting to come to terms with my father's abominable relationship.

Things were starting to look better in my life. My business was doing great and I had the perfect girlfriend that I was going to propose to soon. I didn't think anything could go wrong at this point.

Janell walked into my office with a grave look on her face. I really hope she didn't lose a family member. I hated consoling people. I never knew the right thing to say.

"Good morning Mr. Nichols. Are you ok?"

There was a weird look on her face. What was it? Sympathy? Did one my staff members die?

"Yes. I'm ok..." I answered skeptically. Something wasn't right. Janell was never like this.

She sighed and held her forehead. "Uhm..... I'm guessing you haven't seen the news this morning?"

"No I haven't. What did I miss?"

She didn't answer and the look of worry was still spread across her face. She took up the remote control from my desk and clicked the tv on.

My heart went up to my mouth when I saw my face on the screen. What caught my eye was the caption underneath my picture.

Business community in shock as evidence emerged that prominent business man, Rickel Nichols has raped a Puerto Rican maid.

I stood staring at the screen. This was all too surreal. How did they even find out about that mistake I made two years ago?

Janell handed me a glass of water and I gulped it down hastily. This cannot be happening.

"I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding..." Janell offered.

I slumped into my chair and tried to breathe evenly. Janell left the office and locked the door leaving me all alone in my shocked state. I grabbed onto chunks of my hair as I banged my head on the desk. What the hell am I going to do?!

"......we have changed her voice to protect her identity."

I raised my head and turned the tv up. Reese reported me?

"He came into the hotel room and started raping me. I told him to stop put he continued. I didn't know what to do.... I want him to rot in jail for what he did to me."

It didn't sound like her but I knew it was her.

Reese.

I thought she forgave me but clearly I have mistaken....and to think I was about to propose to her. Oh God....what is my mother going to think?

A knock on my door startled me. The door opened and Janell and Gaby stood in the opening with two police officers standing behind them.

"I'm so sorry." Gaby clasped her hand before her face as the officers read me my rights.

I, Rickel Nichols was being arrested for rape. I have never been so humiliated in my whole life as my employees watched me walk out in handcuffs.

When we exited the office building, there were news cameras everywhere. I held my head down as microphones were pushed toward my face and every crew tried to snap a picture of my face.

I couldn't make sense of what they were saying. Everything seemed so hazy and I kept wondering if I was just dreaming.

Why would Reese do this? After everything I've done for her....she told me she had forgiven me but I guess she had other plans. Was she just a gold digger like my mother initially thought?

The ride to the police station was the longest I've had in my life. My mind was all over the place and I couldn't focus on just one thing. A million things were running through my mind all at once.

There was a whole gang of camera men and women waiting for me at the station.

"Why did you rape her?"

"Did you pay her to keep quiet all these years?"

"What does this mean for your company going forward?"

"Do you feel any remorse?"

The questions were being thrown at me from all angles but I remained quiet. One question kept replaying in my head: Why would Reese do this?

A few minutes later I was sitting in a jail cell with hardly any recollection of how I got there.

"Where is my son?" I heard my mother's voice. "Let me see my son!"

I heard ruffling then I saw my mother holding onto my cage with tears in her eyes. I slowly got up and placed my hands over hers.

"I'm so sorry mom." The tears flowed as I let everything out. "I didn't mean to rape her. It was all a misunderstanding."

A look of shock appeared on my mother's face and she took a few steps back. "What are you saying Rickel?" She whispered. "You actually did it? What the hell were you thinking?"

"I'm sorry." That was all I could say. I was sorry. Sorry that I went out with Travis that night, sorry that I didn't get in front of the situation and turn myself in. I'm so sorry I trusted Reese.

My mom swallowed. "We'll figure this out. I called the lawyer and he'll be here soon."

Half an hour later, the lawyer arrived and we were given a room to sit and talk.

"So you are guilty?" Mr. Denvers asked and I nodded.

"I raped her but it was accidental. She wasn't supposed to be the one I had sex with. Travis had paid someone and I was supposed to act as if I was raping her."

The disgusted look my mother was giving me made me want to sink into a hole and die.

"And did you make any contact with this girl since then?"

I sighed. "She is working as my maid currently." 

"Jesus Christ Rickel!!! Reese is the girl you raped?" She took a sip of water to calm down.

"I have to ask, were you paying her to keep quiet?" Mr. Denvers enquired.

"No I wasn't."

"So there is no evidence that you wired any money to her bank account or anything?"

"Well. Not exactly." I sighed and my mother stood up and started pacing the room. "I wire a sum of money to her bank account each month but it wasn't to pay her off. I was paying her to pretend to be my girlfriend."

As Mr. Denvers wrote down the information, my mother was becoming more livid by the second. "Why would you pay a maid or anyone for that matter to be your girlfriend? Have you lost your damn mind?"

"It was because of you and your controlling attitude!" I shouted at her.

"Me? Don't you dare bring me into your mess. All I've done is look out for you and make sure you had the best of everything. If you just listen to me you wouldn't be in this mess!"

"Well I'm sorry for being a disappointment, mother. Not all of us can be angels."

There was a knock on the door and an officer came to inform the lawyer that his time was up. They left and I was sent back to the dreary cell. I leaned my head back on the cold concrete and Reese's words kept playing in my head.

'I want him to rot in jail for what he did to me.'