*** Clara had being a pun used by Uncle to make me useless. He knew seeing her would bring memories, bad ones. My question is, what does he want to do with the money he has been forcefully acquiring. Something clicked in my brain. Courtney has been protecting me all this while even at the expense of her life. I remembered every liquid she had knocked out of my hands, every meal she had poured away before I took a bite, every glare she had sent to Uncle, the way she eats a lot and jumped at every single sound. It was almost midnight when everything clicked to place. I took my phone quickly and made a call to mother. " Donald" she screamed excitedly into the phone then continued flatly "if you still want Courtney out of your hair, I'm not doing that" Tears clogged in my throat, I really miss my mother, I miss her voice. "Mother" I said into the phone "I'm sorry." I broke down "I didn't know you were protecting me" "My baby, I knew you'd come to your senses

*** He had more strength than me and muscles so it was easy for him to over power me quickly. He hit my head on the edge of the bed, blood gushed out quickly as the place opened. The pain numbed me but I fought through the pain and grabbed the bed lamp but he was already pointing the gun at me. I threw the lamp at the hand holding the gun and grabbed it when it fell from his hands. I aimed at him and was about taking a shot when three bullets sailed through the air, killing him instantly. I was in shock because I knew I didn't pull the trigger. Simon fell slowly to the floor then I glanced up to see Div still pointing a gun at him and flashing a grin at me. He beat me to pulling the trigger by pulling his first. But how did he know? How did he come on time. "I told you I won't let his blood stain your hands and I'm a man of my words. Besides I saw you love the flowers" he winked at me. I dropped the gun and ran to him, ignoring Donald who just entered and the m

*** After I killed him, she ran over and hugged me, surprising me completely. My sister was the only person that could hug me, here, another person is taking her place. I hugged her back not caring about the person behind me who should be the owner of the house. Hugging another person after a long while felt good and refreshing so I held on to her, not worried about the blood seeping into my clothes. "B-bo-boss" Jeff stammered. "Just kneel and raise your hands up till I come back and clean the mess here" "W-where are you going?" "Police station." Just as I said it, a batch of policemen entered fully armed and took in the state of the room including the kneeling Jeff.

ourtney ️ I watched helplessly as the policemen took Div away. "I'll be okay and probably be back in the night" he said as they took him away but that didn't alleviate my worry. Killing Simon was self defense, the police should know that. Seeing I wasn't convinced "what about bringing your flowers this night?" I smiled and nodded in agreement. After he left with the police, an ambulance came to carry Simon's corpses and I was asked to vacate the room without cleaning as they need evidence. I packed my belongings and moved them to Donald's room. I sat on his bed, reminiscing. Simon is really dead, my nightmare is gone. It still felt surreal. Donald entered and sat quietly beside me. "I'm so sorry Nora, I'm sorry I didn't believe you" he pleaded. I looked at him and placed my hands on his, "If I were you, I wouldn't have believed a stranger over my blood too so I'm not angry."

"What contract you signed with mother ends today, I'll give you the money" My heart plummeted down, I wanted the money for college so I can't rent an apartment till I apply. "I want to work for my money" I argued "No, you've worked enough. I'm going to sponsor you to college and you can always consider this place as home" I wanted to raise my head and look at him. He pressed my head back against his chest "No don't look at me" "Thank you" I said with so much sincerity. "You deserve it CounterKnee" " Sorry to break you guys up, but what the heck happened?" Another voice said "Mum" Donald cried out, not masking the surprise in his voice. His mum?!