Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Sandy placed both hands against her ears as their screams intensified, she closed the door behind her and made her way to their midst..

“Alright that’s enough!” She yelled out in frustration, any more second and her eardrums would surely explode..

Bianca pointed a finger at the other soul present in the room, a look of uncertainty and surprise filled her eyes..

How could this even be possible? she wasn’t supposed to be here or even alive!

“Why is she still alive?! or…. she wasn’t even dead in the first place!” Bianca concluded in horror glaring at Anita who had a toothy smile..

Olivia’s chest pounded wildly staring at the same woman whom the whole city was mourning after, she was standing right in front of her looking completely fine..

“Well congratulations, you are one of the lucky people who can see my ghost” Anita jested waving her hands by her side..

“Okay.. I’m just seeing things, I ate too much during breakfast and i-

Olivia’s words slurred before she dropped to the ground..

***

“She’s moving”

Little whispers and small talks around Olivia made her weak eyes open slowly, the first figure she saw was Anita..

She suddenly sat up on the bed with one hand over her forehead, that wasn’t a dream, Anita was really alive!

“Thank goodness you are alright! I was scared for a second there”

“You are alive aunt?!” Her voice came out rather harsh, she helped herself out of the bed searching around for her phone..

Damien had no idea his mum was alive, the poor fella was so broken about the news of her fake death whereas she was doing just fine..

“Mum! I’m so mad at you right now! and you too Mrs Sterling, do you both realize what you did is absolutely wrong?”

“Uh.. not exactly wrong, we have a good reason for doing that” Sandy defended with a lazy shrug.

She recalled the day the doctor asked for her presence at the hospital just a minute after Anita was proclaimed dead..

The news of her friend’s death had equally broken her just like the rest but on getting to the ICU, she found out the latter wasn’t really dead..

Everything they did was part of their scheme to trap Rihanna, and they succeeded in doing just that..

“What? tears were shed, innocent tissue papers were wasted and you think there’s a good reason for it?” Olivia murmured..

She reached for her phone on a cabinet and scrolled through it..

“What are you doing?” Anita asked worriedly..

Olivia waved her phone over her face which showed her current dialed number..ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“I’m calling Damien to tell him that his mum is alive, he deserves to know the truth too-

Her phone was snatched out of her grip harshly before she could tell, her efforts to snatch it back from Anita all proved abortive..

“No! Damien can’t find out about this”

“Okay! you might have seized my phone, but at least my legs can still move over to his house and no one is going to stop me!”

Few minutes later..

Bianca’s bored looking eyes fell on Olivia who was currently tied up to a wooden chair with a brown tape over her mouth to stop her from screaming..

“You were saying?” Bianca mocked..

“I’m sorry we have to do this to you honey, this is the only way to keep you from spreading the news around to everyone”

Olivia’s eyes fell, great! even Bianca was on their team now..

It was a very good thing that Anita was still alive, this way Damien wouldn’t have to be so down every single time..

“So you have the video of Rihanna’s confession last night right?”

Sandy gave a nod handing her phone over to Anita..

“Yeah of course! It was very hilarious, I enjoyed every bit of it last night”

***

Damien gave up trying to reach Olivia’s phone, he saw a missed call from her a few minutes back when he came out of the bathroom..

“Did something happen?”

He tried to reach for Sandy instead and almost immediately, it was answered, from her chirpy tone, he concluded that everything was alright.

“Hello Mrs Parker”

Sandy grinned from ear to ear, she sent a warning glare to Olivia who was trying to break free from the rope tied around her.

“Oh hi Damien, how are you doing son?”

Damien sighed deeply, he pondered if he should go on and ask about Olivia..

“I’m feeling much better, I don’t know I can’t get through to Olivia and I was wondering if everything was alright-

His sensitive ears picked a little sound from the background, he tried to make out what sound it was but Sandy chuckle came next..

“Oh Olivia? She went to the mall to get a few things, i guess she left her phone behind.. so silly of her”

“Alright, I’ll text her later”

A few words of pleasantries was said next before the call was disconnected from both ends, Olivia’s eyes never left her mum’s face..

No matter how hard she tried to scream or yell, it only came out as a muffled sound..

Bianca placed her phone into her back pocket and approached Olivia..

She pulled the tape off the latter’s mouth with a chuckle..

“You look really funny.. smile a little and also listen to the whole idea behind Mrs Sterling’s fake death, I was briefed after you fainted a while ago”

“I don’t care what it is! but I swear, I’m gonna tell Damien about it!”

Sandy rolled her eyes snatching the tape off Bianca’s hand, she turned to Olivia placing it over her mouth once more..

“Ah! much better”

***

Rihanna dropped her cutlery on the table as her father’s worried eyes fell on her, was it worry or perhaps a brewing anger?

Bruce pulled his gaze off her and continued his conversation over the phone, after a few minutes passed by, a guard walked into the living room with a bow directed at Bruce..

“Boss, some men are here-

“Let them in” Bruce ordered firmly..

Rihanna was alarmed as always, she slowly turned on her chair to look at the men who just entered the living room..

Her eyes grew large, they weren’t just any men, they were the Cops!

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she wondered why the Cops were at her house, her hand touched her chest that was pounding hard..

“Mr Brown I’m afraid we have to take Rihanna Brown into our custody for the murder of Mrs Sterling”

Bruce had a shocked expression on his face, his eyes fell on Rihanna who was now standing up on her feet..

“W-hat? murder? I didn’t kill anyone! it was Nancy who killed her!” she yelled out furiously heaving up and down in anger..

Tracy walked down from the stairs carefully, Rihanna’s yell was loud enough to alert her attention from her room..

“What is going on here?”

Rihanna shook her head as two officers approached her with handcuffs..

“I didn’t do it! Nancy killed her! not me!”

Her eyes suddenly fell on the knife on the dining table.

She picked it up and pointed it at the two approaching her in a threatening pose.

“Don’t come any closer!” She warned moving backwards..

There was nowhere to run to now, it was all over, she’ll be sentenced behind bars and no one would be able to save her..

“Rihanna! what are you doing?! drop the knife down!” Bruce ordered..

“Rihanna!”

Rihanna was startled at the sudden bang on the long wooden dining table, her eyes fell to her dad who was sitting opposite her..

Her eyes darted around the living room which was empty apart from the three of them in having breakfast..

“Are you alright? you’ve been spacing out lately, what is the matter with you?”

Rihanna sighed in relief touching her chest, that was all in her head, no one was here to take her..

“uh.. I’m sorry I was lost in my thoughts, what were you saying?”

Bruce and Tracy exchanged gazes with each other..

“You are sweating Rihanna, should we take you to see a doctor? you don’t look fine to me”

Rihanna forced a dry laughter “Definitely not, it’s probably the side effect of the drug I took.. don’t bother, I’ll just go up to my room and get something really quick”

No sooner had she taken a step forward when the multiple footsteps approaching the living room reached her ears…

“Miss Brown, you’re under arrest for the murder of Mrs Anita Sterling”