Rise Of The Discarded Husband

Chapter 8: Oops, We're ruined

The two friends burst into victory laughter, satisfied at the dramatic scene. They cheered Kelly on, cooing in delight. As the elevator chimed close and the couple completely disappeared, Sabrina clapped excitedly. “Good riddance to dirty rubbish! Serves them both right,”

“Such an annoying idiot. Does he think he's anything special?” Kelly humped.

“Ignore them, sweetie. That guy is too useless for the attention you give him,” Sabrina said, tugging at Kelly's arm. “Don't worry, soon enough, she'll dump his worthless ass for the next available person. You think any woman wants to be tied down with a guy that has no money?”

“Now the trash is gone, let's go see the apartment, shall we?” Cici said excitedly.

Kelly was fuming by now, her eyes still in the direction where Drake and Kelly had disappeared to. She wished she had further disgraced both of them, enough to make them crawl up in dark holes for weeks.

“Come on, dear. Stop thinking of those fools and let us see the house Leo got for you. I'm impatient already!” Sabrina whined.

Kelly chuckled, flipping the card in her hand expertly. She paused in front of the door with a small smile. “Don't get too excited, the house isn't that luxury, just a small apartment to sleep in,”

“Even though, it's something,” Cici murmured.

“It's the thought that matters, darling,” Sabrina added.

Kelly smiled and she locked eyes with the key card in her hand, clutching it tight as if afraid it'll develop wings and fly away. “And I told him my sweet Lydia wasn't one to care about wealth, but he insisted, praising me for raising the most thoughtful daughter,”

“Awwn—”

“Are you moving in immediately?”

“Yes, yes,” Kelly replied, blushing at their obvious jealousy. “He wants me to move in so he can take better care of me. That guy, my daughter got so lucky with him,”

She cleared her throat and straightened her back in front of the card reader. A thrill breath escaped her mouth and she chuckled proudly. “Alright, let's do this,”

She swiped the card on the reader and waited with a grin for the color to change as it unlocked, but nothing happened.

A moment passed. Yet nothing. The reader remained blanked —dark, like it had not been touched at all.

Kelly frowned. Weird.

She swiped the card again, this time with force, but again, there was no sign of a beep. Not even a blink..

Her frown deepened. What's wrong? Could Leo have given her the wrong key card?

“Is everything okay over there?” Sabrina purred over her shoulder.

“It's fine–” Kelly interjected tightly, trying to hide the worry in her voice as she positioned the card again harshly. “It's going to work, it's just that–”

When she tried again, a red display appeared on the reader this time—INVALID. She scoffed, refusing to believe her eyes. Wasn't this the same card Leo had given her yesterday? Or had he mistaken it? She shook her head. No, no, it couldn't be. This had to be the right card, so why wasn't this damn door opening?

“It's not working. Why don't you call Leo to confirm?” Cici suggested. “Maybe it's a mixup,”

“It can't be a mix-up, he was sure of it,” Kelly muttered, repeatedly swiping the card, but the invalid red warning kept popping up in her face, annoying her. She was sweating by now, the frustration building up in her, so much that she now resorted to hitting the door at intervals.

“Careful, Kelly. I already told you, call Leo to get this sorted out,”

“One last try…” She said through clenched teeth, swiping the card again.

That was all it took for chaos to break out.

A shrill alarm sound suddenly enveloped the entire building as red lights circled everywhere. Panic immediately set in as the women gasped in shock, dumbfounded for a second.

“What the hell did you do, Kelly?!” Sabrina shouted, her eyes darting around for the quickest route to escape.

“You pressed the fucking alarm system? What's wrong with you?!”

“Shit,” Kelly cursed. “Let's get out of here…” She shouted above the blaring noise as she moved towards the elevator, her heels clicking in haste.

However, they barely took two steps when heavy boots thundered down the corridor. Armed security burst in from both ends, surrounding them and cutting every possible escape.

“Freeze! Hands up where I can see them!” A voice barked.

“If you move, we blow your brains off!”

The color drained from Kelly's face.

Her chest tightened as panic clawed its way up her throat, but she forced herself to step forward, hands raised high. “Look, I assure you there's nothing to worry about. This is just a misunderstanding, and we're were only trying to—”

“That's enough, go on your knees, all of you! Now!” Another guard shouted, shoving Kelly to the side.

“What?! Kneel?” Sabrina stuttered as she looked around in shock. “How can you ask us to kneel over something like this?”

“Please comply,” The guard said firmly.

Hating the way the guards were treating them like common criminals, she protested. “Why aren't you listening to me? I said we're not thieves. We only came here to—”

“Unless we can confirm your identity, please coordinate and go on your knees,”

“I can give you my son-in-law’s contact. But if he hears you're humiliating me like this, he won't let it slide. You would all lose your jobs,” Kelly said, hoping her words were enough to scare the men.

She was wrong.

“We would need concrete evidence to determine that,” The guard dismissed her words. He raised his baton threateningly in the air. “Don't let us employ force, ma'am,”

Kelly swallowed hard as she slowly lowered herself to the ground. Her mouth tasted bitter like she had just drank poison. Gosh, this was so shameful.

“How are you going to fix this?” Sabrina whispered fiercely to her.

“Don't worry, I'll think of a way,” Kelly responded grimly even though it was extremely impossible to think in this chaos.