75: THE SOUND OF FEAR

ARIEL’S POV

“Who said the two of you could carry out this nonsense in my kitchen?” Mariam snapped at my mom, and I.

“Your kitchen?” I raised an eyebrow. “You barely even be here. And by the

house.”

“It’s just about a matter of time before I throw you out.”

I chuckled. “Impossible.”

“The both of you can leave now!” She snarled.

way,

this is my

My mother entered the conversation with a calm tone, “I’m sorry miss, but we’re preparing…..

“No one said you can talk!” Mariam barked at her.

“Don’t you dare raise your voice at her!” I gave Mariam a dark look.

She returned the expression. “Just look at this little rat, raising her voice at me like I was her puppet, or something.”

“If you want respect. Then you got to be respectful,” I told her. “Don’t think people are going to be smiling at you when you got that disgusting attitude.”

“Disgusting attitude?” Mariam laughed. “You went ahead to poison yourself, and put the blame on me. Now you’re saying I got a disgusting attitude?”

“You poisoned yourself?” My mom uttered softly, and looked at me. “Ariel, is this true?”

“Come on now mother. Why in the world would I do such a thing? Poisoning myself? Hell no.”

“Oh shut up now. Enough with the lies,” Mariam spat.

“Hey, you need to have some manners,” my mom told Mariam.

Mariam burst into laughter. “You’re telling me to have manners? When your daughter right here has none.”

“I won’t let you insult my daughter like that, do you hear me?!” My mom’s anger was awakened.

“What are you going to do?” Mariam moved closer to my mother. “Your daughter is nothing but a worthless piece of trash,” she said in huhsed tones.

My mom, brimming with rage, surprised Mariam with a tight slap. And as Mariam held her face in shock, she received another slap. Then my mom gave her the third one on a different cheek.

Mariam gaped at my mother who did nothing but glare at her. She couldn’t believe what just happened.

“That is what you get for being disrespectful to my daughter.” My mom picked a knife. “If you try to talk nonsense again, I won’t hesitate to stab you with this.”

15 THE SOUND OF FEAR

“Okay mom, you got to calm down. That’s enough, that’s enough,” I said, lowering the knife she was holding.

After that, we heard a the thunderous sound of a bullet released in the air.

fearful glances, my heart pounding

could

released a bullet,” my mom said

stray sound, but my hope vanished when I heard more gunshots, one after another, growing louder and closer. Panic gripped

to my feet, my voice quivering with urgency. “Mom, we need to get to safety!

I think you need to relax. Everything will be fine,” my mom

spoke, and I looked at her

for a beef right now,” I

her eyes. “You think I got time

gunshots, and I knew something was definitely not

on mom, we need to hide from this chaos.” I grabbed my mom’s hand, and began to tread at a fast

brought us closer to one of the rooms where different books were kept. I used to come here to

hear the cacophony of

stomach, fueling a desperate

slammed the door shut behind us, just as Mariam was about to join us

that for?” My mom questioned me in

acting like I had

to open that door right

“But mom..”

buts. Open it,” my mom’s mode was serious,

shifted backwards, opening the door

more senses of trepidation for us. In the dark room, we could hear the sound of someone slamming the door from downstairs. And at this point, I knew we were not safe. But

moment.

THE CHANG

as she fixed her hands around her chest. “What’s happening out there? Who would bring violence to our

we need to stay calm and stay hidden until it’s safe. We have to trust that help will

we

Mariam

her.

the room, as I was searching

in the corner of the room. I had totally forgotten that was

chance to

going to fit into

to hide in it. That’s your own cup of tea.

deeply, before treading to the wardrobe. The two of them

the cramped space, our bodies pressed against each other. The scent of old clothes filled the air, mingling

the moment I heard some maids

could

you going to?” My mom asked

me. Just keep yourself safe,” I answered, leaving

ARIEL’S POV

the mansion. Panic gripped her as I had a conscience of the danger that

the plush carpet beneath my feet. The air was thick with tension, and I was filled with terror. But I needed to gather the courage.

their sharp cracks piercing through the air. Accompanied by the desperate screams coming from downstairs, my fear intensified. Each gunshot seemed to echo through my bones, causing my heart to race

happening below, but I knew I had to stay calm and

terror surrounding me was suffocating, and I

I knew I couldn’t let fear consume me. I needed to be strong in this moment, for myself and for Riley, whenever shr was at the moment, Gathering my

LUKE’S POV

office, diligently working my way through a stack of documents, when suddenly my phone began to ring. At first, I tried to ignore it

and grabbed my phone, glancing at the caller ID. It was an unknown number, and my mind told me it was that guy who kept on requesting for money.I wanted to ignore the call, but it

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