CHAPTER 157

Martin looked at Tere angrily. He knew Tere based on her trich but the marriage between Ryan and Ruth did not seem like a trick anymore. It meant the kind of betrayal that was initiated by loved ones. This made Martin to realized that he was finally left alone.

He felt like it was time to partner with Tere and know the best thing to do. 

" Which kind of war do you want me to join you and initiate the people of mambo town without them having an idea? I must make sure that I win this war and have Ruth back in my arms. I will ensure that I destroy the relationship between Akeshia and Faith" said Martin angrily.

Tere looked at Martin then smiled She knew that her work was done there. The only thing remaining was to inform Mr. One so as to set date for the war to begin. Tere felt that she should do that after the wedding to Ryan was finally set. She wanted to see Martin weep as a result of chasing her out of the closer gates. 

" Martin! Martin! You have to remember that it will be a huge war and the fact that you have your three loved ones over there. You have your mother Akeshia and your sister Faith. You have the love of your life Ruth and your mother Naomi. You have to save all of them or else Ruth will never forgive you if you do not save her mother. This will make all of your efforts useless. It will be as if you have nothing to be happy about" said Haggai laughing carelessly. 

This made Martin to be filled with lots of anger. He immediately went towards Haggai and beat him up on his face which caught the attention of Lady Nana and Lady Ruby who went to the garden. Haggai decided to hit Martin back who removed a knife from his pocket. 

This caught Tere's attention who felt that Martin was going to stab Haggai. She immediately went towards Martin and took the knife away from Martin. 

" You two should stop this. How will we work together if you try to kill each other? I am done here. You can kill each other if you want then one of you will have to go to the cell of hell. I believe that you understand what this truly means" said Tere angrily who left the garden. 

Lady Nana and Lady Ruby both looked at Haggai and Martin astonished. They kept wondering what Tere and Haggai were doing there yet they were Martin's number one enemy.

" Are you okay Sir?" Asked Lady Nana filled with lots of curiosity. 

" Yes! What are you both doing here? You should be in the kitchen or somewhere else doing your work. Get out" shouted Martin at both Lady Nana and Lady Ruby who signalled to them to leave. 

Both lady Ruby and Lady Nana left the garden. Haggai left the garden too since he did not want to engage himself into any other more fights with Haggai. He knew that Tere would never forgive him if he dared hurt Martin. 

Martin continued sitting on the garden chair. This made Lady Ruby to be filled with lots of worries. She decided to go to the garden and have a conversation with Martin. 

" Sir Martin" Lady Ruby called out to Martin as soon as she arrived. 

" What do you want Lady Ruby? I want to be left alone" shouted Martin at Lady Ruby filled filled with lots of anger. 

" What have I done to you Sir Martin? I am just a weak servant who is really worried about you. You haven't left here ever since Ma Akeshia left. You have haven't even dared to drink or eat anything. Please tell me what the problem is Mr. Martin. As a servant, we are responsible for the hapiness of our very own boss" said Lady Ruby. 

Martin stood from the garden chair and went towards Lady Ruby who was standing one meter away from him. That was how all servants were taught. They were told to stand one meter away from their bosses whenever they wanted to address them. 

" I am so impressed by you lady Ruby. Other servants fear their bosses and you....but you ..you have the heart to address me and ask me what the problem is. You are the problem. You and everyone that sorround me. This is simply because I lost my Ruth only because of everyone that sorround me. And now I have to save four of the people whom I love from a bigger war that is coming soon. I don't understand how I am going to do all this but what I know is the fact that I will have to do what I have to do" Shouted Martin at Lady Ruby angrily.

Lady Ruby looked at Martin filled with lots of tension. This made her to shake with lots of fear. She knew Martin to be a fearless person. She moved further away from Martin which made Martin to move more closer to him till they reached the living room and were almost about of the house when Lady Ruby was about to fall. The fall was prevented by the fact that Martin held Lady Ruby on her arms and made her to stand still.

" Thank you Sir. I will have to go back to do my work since I am only a servant in this house" said Lady Ruby hesitantly who wanted to leave but Martin prevented her from living by holding her arms. 

" I am sorry Lady Ruby.  I am sorry for making you feel any less. I am going to my room. Bring me black tea served with sandwiches" said Martin who immediately left. 

Lady Ruby went to the kitchen and found out that Lady Nana had already prepared black tea. She was beginning to make sandwiches. 

" You have already made black tea for Mr. Martin. Wait a minute! How did you know that Mr. Martin wanted black tea?" Asked Lady Ruby smiling. 

" The truth is that you have won your way into Sir Martin's heart. You will soon be Mrs. Ruby Tupfer. Martin will now stop halucinating about Ruth and the obsession, the pain that that Ruth left her with" said Lady Nana a bit sad. 

" Why don't I take the sandwiches that are ready to his room? I am sure that he is not going to eat much of it anyway. I am just worried about him. I wish that Purist and Ruth comes back soon" said Lady Ruby smiling. 

" I don't wish them to come back soon" said Lady Nana. 

" And why not? I thought that you liked Ruth too much" said Lady Ruby astonished. 

" It's not really about Ruth. It's about Purist and Faith. I have been Faith's and Purist's nanny for a long time. I know them and I know that I will have to look after them once they come back which I hate the most. Faith has always been tough headed and Purist always did things intentionally so that I could be punished. That's is why I know if Ruth comes back, those two irritating idiots will follow her here. I don't want them to come back here at all" Said Lady Nana.

Lady Ruby assumed her and took the tray which contained the dish to Martin's room. As soon as she arrived, she found out that Martin's room door was locked. Lady Ruby tried to knock on the door but nobody answered. She immediately went to Akeshia's room since she knew that Akeshia kept all the spare keys to all the rooms in her cupboard. 

She tried to search for the spare keys for a long time till she found the keys. She went back to Martin's room but was astonished to find out that the door was open and Martin had already eaten all the food. 

" Sir! You........" Said Lady Ruby but Martin suddenly interrupted. 

" No! I am neither your son nor your younger brother. You really don't have to look after me like a little baby. I am Martin Tupfer and I can overcome any challenge in life. Wondering if I have eaten all the food? Look at the plate. Is the plate not empty? I have eaten all the food and thanks to you I am out of my mind because your black tea and snack is too sweet. Can you please bring me another?" Said Martin smiling.

" Thank you Sir. I am going to bring another" said Lady Ruby smiling back at Martin who left.

She went to the kitchen and started cleaning the dishes as tears welled down her eyes. She had forgotten the fact that Martin sent her another cup of tea. Lady Ruby felt bad after how Martin had spoken to her. She angry at the fact that Martin told her that she was neither his mother not his elder sister. This truly proved to her that Martin hadn't changed and there was no single day that he would ever be good to a servant. Whether old Martin or new Martin, there is something about Martin that would never change, his urge to look down upon others. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.