The Traps of Black Swan

Jose continued to say how his father used to shove Ava away and kicked her in his shoes. Maisie earned a lot of slaps until she looked unrecognizable.

Jose had tried to be smart to save his mother and told them about his father. Anyway, both were beaten good enough without a loss of a single drop of blood.

Despite seeing the pitiful state of Shane and Maisie, neither Shawn nor Zain was satisfied. Shawn could still vividly imagine how he had seen Aarvi in the operation theatre, lifelessly lying on the stretcher. Zain, who often saw bruises on little Ava and how Maisie never let Ava free from her clutch, his irate couldn't be quenched so easily.

For Megan, seeing somebody physically hurt was difficult as she would be the one to help. She was able to hold on because she knew Aarvi had been through that by making no mistake. So why shouldn't Maisie bear the same?

Before leaving, Shawn didn't forget to give heads up. He bent lower, looking down upon them, "This is just the beginning. Once the tax department seizes everything you have, I will come back." He doubted if Aarvi would spare a few minutes for her parents so he wouldn't mind taking up extra work.

Shawn stood up buttoning his blazer, "Twenty-one years…" The twenty-one years they had tortured Ava Kelly, "For twenty-one years of your cruelty, you will be suffering for the rest of your life." He walked out of the maids' room.

Shane and Maisie wanted to scream at him and ask what does their family have anything to do with them. But they didn't have the nerve.

Zain looked at Jose who was afraid that he would be locked inside with his parents. Then Zain shifted his gaze at the two who were groaning. He pulled the chair and sat on it, crossing his legs.

He looked down at them, "I will save you out of this." He announced. He gave them hope.

Maisie and Shane stopped groaning and looked at him in a hopeful gaze, ignoring their swollen faces and burning muscles. Jose hesitantly went inside the room. If his parents lose everything, he would have nothing either so he wanted to know how that is possible.

Zain asked once he got their clear-cut attention, "What was Ava's mistake?"

Even an idiot could say he wouldn't listen to any rubbish against Ava Kelly. And importantly there was no mistake from her. However, Jose, who was aside, recalled how much he knew and whatever his mother told him, "Brother Zain, Mom said sister had tried to kill me when I was in the womb."

'Pak.'

The second the words ended from his mouth, Zain landed a sharp teeth-breaking slap on Jose's face. Jose felt dizzy by the sudden impact. Once he tasted metallic in his mouth, his dizziness worsened and fell to the ground.

Jose still believes Ava was adopted because that's what Maisie had stuffed in Jose's brain.

Jose rolled on the floor, groaning in pain feeling his teeth shake, as tears made their way down his eyes while his right cheek had strong finger imprints.

Maisie crawled next to her son and hugged him. Cursing Zain and Ava in her mind. She knew well if she gets angry, she will earn more pain, just like how she treated Ava. She used to hit little Ava. If the little girl cried, she used to beat her more and also harsher.

Zain sat back holding his composure without showing a hint of anger. "Did you wake up, Little Master?" An evil smirk appeared on his face.

Maisie never let anybody call Jose as Second Young Master which meant Jose is being second to Zain. So to keep it more intimate, she was addressing him as Little Master.

Zain continued, "The girl who never came out of the room for three years, who didn't know how to speak a word, who didn't know the meaning of parents and who these two brutes were, tried to kill you!?" That was the lamest joke he ever heard.

"Stay with your sweet mother and brainless father." He said through his teeth looking at the two who started scheming how to get rid of Zain and get out of the situation.

Zain ignored them. He could have taken care of these three very, very long back. He was controlling himself, all due to Aarvi.  Looking at Jose whose eyes became wide understanding he will also be locked, Zain continued the rest of the words.

"Get to know about the truth." Zain threw his mobile at him as he continued, "When you call and tell me the complete truth, I will let you out of this room."

Jose: "..."

He wanted to retort but felt painful to even move his jaws. He always exchanged brief hits with his friends but they weren't harsh. So the first-ever painful hit on him was from Zain.

Zain threw two mobiles of Shane and Maisie who were pale as a sheet thinking what was Ava's mistake. Maisie had a lot to say but those were all the blames on Ava. She wanted to say something that could make Zain's impression on Ava change.

Is it possible?

Maisie despised Ava from her pregnancy. Could she blame Ava for taking birth? It wasn't like Ava appeared out of nowhere. It was their own drunken state mistake and they wanted someone to blame their wrongdoings. Thus Ava became their easiest target.

"The day you two say what Ava's mistake is, I will make you guys the head of the company." And it was impossible.

The hope they had vanished just like that. They were still in the bottomless pit with no way out.

At least they would sit and reflect on themselves. Nonetheless, Zain knew what they were going to do. Shane will blame Maisie and vice versa.

Zain was curious about how Jose would get to know the truth. Will Maisie save her son by accepting her mistake? Or stuff him with more lies. And also looked forward to seeing how Jose would react after knowing the truth.

'And why does he exactly want Ava Kelly back in their life?' The most important question in Zain's mind.

So he was going to leave a bug in the room to listen to them. He wanted to see the real face of Jose. Aarvi loved her little brother, yet she couldn't bring herself to meet him. So Zain wanted to find out if Jose was really innocent or hiding something.

Zain got up and left, locking the door behind him.

The brutal one hour of the family ended.

Maisie tried her best to soothe her son. She hated to touch but having no choice, she took the napkin of the maids, wet it in tap water, and helped him reduce the redness and swelling.

Whereas Shane was angry at his son so he ignored both and focused on who could help them out. He knew many would laugh at their state if he called so his pride stopped him from reaching them. He tried to reach Hayden, his secretaries, and assistant but none answered the call.

He wanted to call the cops, but what are the chances of winning against Rivas? And the Rivas could easily say they have nothing to do with the Kelly family and that would open up all the blunder they had done so far.

He turned to Maisie and ordered, "Call your Burnette family and ask them to take us away from here. We will think of the rest later." He didn't want to stay where the maids were living. It disgusted him. 'That bitch.' He cursed Megan for putting them there.