Don's Blackmail

CHAPTER 8

Kate managed to walk back into her room with her phone, her body soaking wet, leaving a trail of water behind. Within moments she dried herself and changed into a new outfit. But by that time, her heart was burning with anger.

How could he do this to me?

Her anger burst into flames when she thought about the guy in her dreams. He had introduced himself as Chris and always assured her that he would come for her. As stupid and senseless as it may sound, Kate wanted Chris to be her first kiss.

Most of her notebook backs have the scribbling 'CHRIS WEDS KATELYN'. She did all of that because she was sure that in real life, one day, he would come for her. Chris was always patient with her, even made her laugh every now and then. He was one thing that made her feel alive every day, despite the circumstances.

She desperately wanted to get back at Quisito for stealing her first kiss, for marking her like one would brand cattle.

Evening part of the day slid in. People, animals and birds were getting ready for the night but Kate's eyes were glued to the phone, which she used to google 'Different ways to take revenge', but she had a sour luck in finding something that excited her.

Groaning in defeat, she opened YouTube to watch some funny content but then her eyes landed on a news about a forest fire. A bright and dangerous idea illuminated her mind making her lips curl into a smirk because she knew that she was going to score against him.

In order to execute her plan, Kate waited patiently till dinner time and as usual she asked the maid to bring her food to her room. After gulping down the food in a hurry, she spied on Quisito to see what he was up to and as and just like she had expected, he was having dinner downstairs, with a few of his men.

Gathering some courage, she slipped inside Quisito's room and eyed everything suspiciously. She scanned the entire room with intense care so as to find something valuable. He only had a few things scattered here and there but none of them seemed important.

Kate walked closer to the bed with disappointment but stopped suddenly when her foot touched something hard under the bed – It was a briefcase!

After checking back on the door one more time, she got down on her knees and pulled it out. She lifted the heavy box and placed it on the night stand but accidently knocked down a half open water bottle, causing the open laptop next to it get bathed in water.

"Shit. Shit. Shit" she cursed as she rushed to the device and began drying it with the hem of her shirt. She knew how important the data in these were and one mistake might cost many lives – her father's words.

Suddenly the screensaver came on because she pressed the 'ENTER' key. The image that appeared on the screen froze her whole being.

It was a childhood picture of her, taken beside a bunch of flowers. She was rendered speechless.

What was he doing with my picture? She thought to herself.

At that point she had something else to take care of so she kept the laptop aside but made a mental note to probe into it later.

With shaky hands she managed to get the briefcase open and – Bingo!

It contained a display of expensive watches, most of them custom made. They were limited edition products and Kate knew how most men were addicted to watch collection and apparently, Quisito was no different.

She began taking out the watches one by one, careful not to drop anything. There were about twelve watches and by the time she was done picking, her hands were full. She walked out of his room into hers, using elbows and legs to close and open the doors.