Chapter 22: Five Birds, One Stone.

The midterm break went by quickly but it was completely hectic for Regina."Hey sis. Watch you doing sis?" "Stop bugging me Rea." Gina said arranging the documents scattered around her desk. "Oh c'mon sis. Watch you up to this fine Sunday evening?" "Important stuff,... if that gets you off my back."

Rea laughed. The room was filled with a sweet silence as Regina read her documents and Rea stared at her. "What?!" she asked, unable to fathom why Rea's gaze on her was so intense. "Nothing, it's just that you're so amazing."

"Now you're flattering me. What do you want?" Gina asked dropping her documents. She leaned her head on her hands and looked straight at Treasure. "How did you do it? I've been thinking, since the day you collapsed, how did you come back?"

Regina looked at her intently. "Maybe heaven gave me a second chance." Rea stared at her, unable to believe her reply. "What?!" "Oh so now you say what." "I'm serious. Aunt Rosa said you were gone. Like completely,... so how?" "I've given you the only answer I have,... live with it."

"Sigh. What are you going through these for?" asked Rea referring to the stacks of papers on the desk. "I'm currently bored so I decided to enter all Antonia's data into one folder. Once I'm done, I'll have this flash locked up somewhere." replied Gina."Anything I could be off help with?" "Actually yes-" "I am NOT making you a sandwich!" Rea exclaimed. "Okay,... I want to know why your parents wanted you to marry Etienne Baylor, considering he,..." "Sigh. Thank you for saving me that day,... or else I would be dead by now."

"No need to thank me. What you need to do is answer my question." Rea rolled her eyes. "My parents once worked for your grandmother-" "Antonia." Regina interrupted. "Okay, Antonia. They were sent over to the Baylor clan as spies. Unfortunately they were caught. Both clans wanted them dead. One for failing, the other for trespassing." "The punishment was death for every single member of the family. Antonia left our family to be dealt with by the enemy. My greedy father didn't want to die, so he said that he would give his daughters to the clan's prince as wives once they were 16. Drake agreed but he still killed them both. It didn't stop there. He,..." Rea's voice broke as she tried to force her tears back."He watched happily as his dirty son raped Tia first. I could only watch in horror as he harassed her sexually. It messed with her head so much. She couldn't accept the fact that the virginity she kept for 9 years was forcefully taken away from her. She ran mad saying he must take responsibility but Etienne ordered his men to bury her,... alive. Then they grabbed me also. I pleaded, they didn't listen so I tried to fight back."

"Because I did that, he beat me up and once he was done with me,... he left me for Antonia's bodyguards. At least eleven men raped me." Her voice was choked, her body was shaking with uncontrollable rage. "It could have been worse,... but you came. You killed them all. You helped me escape from that nasty brothel. You gave me hope,... a place to call home and a beautiful family." She was calmer now, her breathing was more steady. "Thank you for saving me." Regina walked around the table and stood in front of her. "It's okay,... don't cry, I'm here. As long as I live, with everything I have, I will protect you." Gina said wiping away her tears. "I know you will." Rea replied. She wrapped her arms around Gina's waist and hugged her tightly. "It's okay,... you're safe with me." said Regina as she stroked Rea's hair.

Once Rea calmed down, Gina sent her home to rest. "Baylor, you will pay for what you did to my sister." Gina swore to her self. While she was trying to arrange her thoughts, she had an unexpected guest. "Collins. What's the problem?" "Boss, there has been a report from our spies that Kane will issue an arrest warrant for you tomorrow afternoon. ""Afternoon?" "Yes. Apparently, Dimitri still wants to marry you, so he wants you to complete your lessons for the day. Cough. He said he wants his woman educated." the commissioner said. Regina laughed, "Perfect! This is exactly what I need. Let's play governor." A devilish glint flashed in her eyes.

After her meeting with Collins, Gina made her way to her sister's bedroom. "Just a little bit of this and perfecto!" Abby said adjusting the wedding dress she just made. "Who's that for?" Regina asked. The dress on the manikin was red and black. It looked like something Dracula's wife would wear for her wedding. "It's for you."

Regina frowned. "Why would I need a wedding dress?" Abigail stared at her and asked, "I thought you were finally interested in Andrew?" "He's a McDonald. I don't like traitors." Abby rolled her eyes. "What brings you here?" she asked. "I have a perfect plan to kill five birds with one stone." "Woah! That's a lot of birds." Abby said. "It is, isn't it? But what use is my master plan if my twin sister's excluded?" Gina smirked. "What are you thinking?" Abby asked.