CHAPTER 50: CLIP

"Maybe you should. That way everyone will get off quick and you can get the time to plot my downfall," Alisha remarked.

"You’re right about that. However, what if you’re unable to walk again?"

Immediately, the memory of that horrible night flashed in Alisha’s mind.

Before she could respond, she felt her body falling and her face collided with the floor.

Out of reflex, Alisha had tried to shift the movement of her body before hitting the floor, but she wasn’t quick enough until she felt her face hit the floor.

Everyone gasped as they rushed towards Alisha to help her get up. One second, they were retiring for the night after long hours of a photoshoot, and the next second, Alisha was lying face flat on the ground.

Dante was the first person to reach her, and immediately, he helped her up. Alisha had already acquired a bruise on her forehead. It was not a big nor a minor scratch and her knee was also bruised because of how hard the impact was when she hit her knee on the ground.

Dante glared at the injury before shifting his glare to Katherine who was wearing a shocked expression. When she bent down, about to touch Alisha, Dante immediately swatted her hands away.

"You have the audacity to want to touch her after pushing her." His tone was filled with venom.

Katherine wore a confused expression. She’d made sure no one was looking. Dante wasn’t in the room earlier too but he must have seen her right when he was entering.

’Shit. If he says anything, I’m doomed,’ she thought to herself as she bit her lips anxiously.

"Katherine intentionally pushed Alisha?" One of the staff whispered. "But why?"

"I didn’t do anything," Katherine immediately defended herself. It was Dante’s word over her and she should have been extra careful but now, he might get her punished for pushing his wife down the stage. "I promise I didn’t do anything."

"I saw you push Alisha. Do you think I’m blind or something?" Dante yelled and silence reigned for a moment.

Alisha tapped him on the shoulder, gaining his attention.

"I don’t think Katherine did it on purpose," she said, making Katherine frown in confusion.

’What nonsense is this woman talking about now?’ She wondered.

"Alisha, Dante said he saw Katherine push you off intentionally. Obviously, she intends to harm you," Maxine said, not understanding what was going through Alisha’s mind at the moment.

"I know, but I don’t blame her. Katherine doesn’t like me and she’d only been pretending to after I got the same deal as her and now she has to bear working with me," said Alisha.

The staff gasped. They’d only been gossiping about Katherine about her infidelity, but they didn’t think she would actually have it out for Alisha to the extent she would push her off the stage, taking the risk of someone catching her in the act.

"I know that she’s jealous but I didn’t think she would push me and hurt me like this."

All the blood drained from Katherine’s face.

Alisha was speaking like a pitiful woman and that was only going to make people despise her even more.

"I told you, I didn’t push you. Maybe it was your dress, but I didn’t. If I did push you, then where’s your evidence? I’m sorry to say but Mr. De Rossi is not an eye witness in this case," Katherine said in defense.

"It’s alright," Alisha sniffled back a tear, gaining more empathy from the staff. "I must have been mistaken then." Then Alisha tried to walk away but almost fell if it wasn’t for Dante holding her.

Dante simply lifted her and took her away, while everyone stared at Katherine as if she was an abomination that needed to be cursed out of their sights immediately.

But Katherine wasn’t too bothered about that. There were no cameras, so no one was going to find out that she intentionally pushed Alisha. Unfortunately, the impact wasn’t as much as she’d expected. She’d wanted it to scar a face a little or even make her unable to walk.

Since the photoshoot was over, Dante took Alisha back home. He was about to carry her inside when she stopped him.

"There’s no one here you need to fool, Dante. I only let you carry me earlier because it seemed romantic to our audience, but guess what, I can walk," she said as she stepped out of the car.

Dante could only roll his eyes.

"I wasn’t doing that because of an audience. It was because I wanted to—never mind," he said as he guided her inside.

When he’d seen Katherine push Alisha, he didn’t know what he was going to do. But Alisha had made things worse by not demanding the woman get punished for her bad deeds.

When they got inside, he asked, "You let her go without getting warned at least. She might do that again, or something even worse," he said.

"I know. And I want her to. I’ve come to realize that I’ve not been as striking as I thought I would be, so with every attack she sends my way, I’d respond better," she replied, a grin on her face.

Maxine entered the living room when Dante was about to speak, her face filled with worry.

"I’m sorry I couldn’t come with you. I had to share a few words with Hellen and get something. Are you okay?" She asked as she scanned Alisha like a mother when looking out for her kids.

"I’m fine," Alisha could help but smile. "What did you have to get?"

A devilish smile spread on Maxine’s lips.

She reached out for her phone and pulled open a video.

"This is the clip of Katherine pushing you. Nix is going to officially release the pictures tomorrow but I think we should release this video right now so that fans would be in your support," Maxine giggled, excitement written all over her face.