VALLEY OF PLUTOCRATS {Episode Five...A Concord}

VALLEY OF PLUTOCRATS

Episode Five...A Concord

Pexel

"Hey you! Who the hell are you?" Gretchen snatched back the papers glaring hard at the intruder

She was the one crying just now. She paused and stared at Eliora with sudden interest and curiosity.

"Are you also part of the fan club, Aiden Winthrop's fan club?" She shrieked

There was a fan club? But that fellow was not even a celebrity. She didn't dare say anything out loud anymore whether consciously or unconsciously.

"Gretchen, you are addressing a maid as an equal" Her sister, Bridget cautioned

She was the same person addressing her sister just earlier.

"Em... Miss Bridget, she is... not a maid" the butler stepped forward

"This is Miss Eliora Roosevelts, one of the guest we are waiting for" he informed the others

"This way..." The butler directed her to an already prepared seat by the table

Gretchen, Bridget and their mother, Mrs Hera Roosevelts stared at each other and then at Eliora. Their amusement was clearly seen in their faces. It was uncourtly and unseen for a young lady of wealthy family to dress so casually.

'Listen, I need to go to the hospital to confirm something' it was the voice again

Eliora completely ignored it pretending to have not heard anything. It must be because she partially blamed herself for the previous day's accident.

'You are really testing my patience' He grunted

Waking up after an accident to realise that your consciousness had somehow transferred into somebody else's body while you are apparently supposed to be in a coma in some hospital was not something to cope with.

Worst of all, the news was already everywhere, even on the papers. He didn't dare to imagine how much this would affect the company's stock price, also the mockery and contemptuous display of hypocritical pity his name was drowning in.

'Are you responsible for this? How on earth are you doing this? Is it because your family is so poverty stricken that you decided to take revenge on the rich. Just tell me what it is you want and I will definitely show sympathy and aid you to it'

Aiden's pestering voice echoed in Eliora's head

"How is your mom?" Coincidentally, Mrs Roosevelt asked

"You can keep you pathetic sympathy to yourself" Eliora sneered out loud forgetting for a second where she was

Mrs Hera had decided upon this question just to remind her who was in charge besides thinking of Joan made her victory and image as Mrs Roosevelt just seem so much sweeter. Even a blind person could tell who was the winner between the two of them.

She didn't expect Eliora to retort so straight forwardly. She must still be bitter about the incidents from the past. Only if she knew the girl wasn't even talking to her.

"I didn't mean that aunt" Eliora retorted quickly

"Don't tell me you still blame my husband and I for your father's dismissal" her lips twitched imperceptibly

'Then what do you want?!' Aiden glared in her head

She slammed her hand on the dinning table subconsciously. She couldn't tell how he was doing it but somehow, he was controling her impulsive actions.

"Mrs Roosevelt, I will be back. I need to use the restroom" she needed to talk to that annoying somebody nagging in her head

"Sure" Hera smirked and hinted at the help standing by the table

In her opinion, Eliora was heading to the restroom to relieve her anger. She must still be bent on taking revenge besides, Joan, her mother was not one to easily forgive.

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IN THE RESTROOM

Eliora stared at the mirror cursing her stupid fate in her heart. Out of all the places in the world to finally go nuts, it had to be the Roosevelts family home. The place where all her nemesis dwelled together.

'Listen to me, you don't know how much would would go wrong if I don't get a grasp of the situation and quickly. I need to get to that hospital urgently and I need your cooperation to do that' Aiden was now less arrogant but he was still rather demanding

He understood that he would be making no progress if the lady refused to cooperate with him.

"I am not cooperating with you. You better find somebody else" Eliora sighed as her heart welled up with guilt

She somehow blamed herself for his accident just as she blamed herself for her father's death. She shouldn't have said anything that day at superior hills. Who would have thought that her single statement that day would have resulted to an accident?

"Even if I go there, there is no way I could get in. You have to find someone else" she sighed

Even her identity as the young lady of the Roosevelts family was going to proof futile in such a situation.

'You think I had the luxury of options and decided to choose you. I don't even know you. There is nothing I can do about the currently situation unless I have a full grasp of it. Definitely you don't want a man talking in your head all day'

His rebuttal was reasonable. If there was a way, she could get rid of him and also the guilt that was welling up. Then that was a bet she was willing to take.

"Fine, after the dinner" They arrived at a concord

She tried unlocking the restroom door but it would bulged. It seemed like it was locked from the outside. What games were they playing now?
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...Tbc

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