The steam from the bathroom spread into the bedroom as she got out. Erica dried her hair with the towel as she made her way to her dressing mirror.
"No need for long talk. Just finish him." Stefan said on his phone. He stood up from the bed and threw his phone on it before making his way to the dressing mirror.
"Are you going somewhere?" he asked as he rested his head on her shoulder.
Erica met his gaze in the mirror. She nodded at him.
"Mission?" Stefan asked with pouted lips.
A smile crept on her face, and she ran her hand through his hair. Just the way he likes it.
"No, I'm meeting someone."
Stefan snapped his eyes open and stared at her. His gaze darkened. His jaw clenched and unclenched.
"You're meeting someone at this hour of the night, Rica?"
Erica rolled her eyes and nodded. She applied her eyeliner while Stefan straightened his back.
"Who?" he questioned.
She shrugged her shoulders and replied.
"Greyson and Emerade," she lied.
"Why them? Can't you reschedule the meeting?"
"Oh, please. Just admit that you don't want me to meet Greyson," she turned towards him.
"Yes! I don't want you to meet him."
"Well, that's your problem, not mine," she said as she walked into her closet.
*****Sweet Pea*****
She walked into the busy restaurant. She made her way to the empty table beside the window. She adjusted her sunglasses and opened the menu.
"Where are you?" she spoke through her bluetooth airpod.
"Two tables on your right."
Erica nodded and stood up from her seat. However, before she got closer to the main extrance she left her bag in the bin.
"Thanks, Erica," Avery said.
"Anything for you, mi amor."
*******FLASHBACK******
Avery lay on her stomach as she she sunbathe. She dipped her toes into the pool, enjoying its warmth. She clenched her jaw before taking a deep breath to talk.
"I have a question, girls."
Both Suzzy and Erica turned to her. She faced her friends.
"Do you guys feel strange in this place. I mean, feeling like eyes are on you?"
Erica looked at Suzzy before looking at Avery.
" I thought I was the only one."
"You too?" Suzzy questioned.
They all sat up. Avery sighed in relief.
"Thank God. I thought I was going crazy."
"What I'm about to tell you will blow your mind," Suzzy exclaimed.
" SO, it all started when we played the truth or dare game. Also, Emerade felt a shadow behind her in the kitchen the other day. She thought she was imagining things, when she turned, she saw noone so she continued what she was doing, but she felt the shadow again. She turned again and saw Greyson. She told me she dropped the glass she was holding because she got startled. She spoke to him before leaving the kitchen. Emy said that when she was about to enter her room, she remembered the broken glass, so she went back to the kitchen."
"That's where she saw a woman in a black dress, picking the broken pieces of the glass. She turned it into a powdered form and poured it into one of the juices in the fridge, then she got out of the kitchen. She hid from her and made sure she was gone before Emy entered. She disposed of the juice afterwards and asked me the next morning if we had a special maid. The maid in black. And when i said no, she told me everything."
The place was quiet.
"So what are we going to do?" Suzzy asked.
"Catch her, of course," Erica said with a smirk.
"And the plan?"
"Its simple. Lure the person out. We don't know how it is. But wed find him or her."
"Ben, the gardener. He knows most of the maids in this house. And he hardly go for breaks."