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.

three of us exchanged fearful glances, my heart pounding

that?” I aksed, as I could feel myself

released a bullet,”

gunshots, one after another, growing louder and closer. Panic gripped me immediately. I wasn’t going

quivering with urgency. “Mom, we need to get

think you need to relax. Everything will be fine,” my mom said. And then

don’t think so,” Mariam spoke, and

right now,” I told

her eyes. “You

and I knew something was definitely not

mom, we need to hide from this chaos.” I grabbed my mom’s hand,

Each step brought us closer to one of the rooms where

we could hear the cacophony of gunshots intensifying, their

my stomach, fueling a desperate

I. I slammed the door shut behind us,

What was that for?” My mom

I faked a confused face, acting like I had

right now and let her

“But mom..”

mode was serious, and her decision was

I glared at Mariam, but eventually shifted backwards,

sound of someone slamming the door from downstairs. And at this point, I knew we were not safe. But I hoped nothing bad would happen to anyone in the mansion at

moment.

THE CHANG

she fixed her hands around her chest. “What’s happening out there?

stay calm and stay hidden until it’s safe. We have to trust that help will come.” My mom replied, her voice

nodded. “But we can’t just keep standing

we going to do then, huh?” Mariam

her.

eyes darted around the room, as I was searching for

over the place, but I spotted a large wardrobe in the corner of the room. I had totally forgotten that

chance to stay out of sight.” I

going to fit into that?” Mariam aksed, observing

an irritated look. “If you don’t want to hide in it. That’s your own cup of tea. Maybe you can find somewhere more safe to

exhaled deeply, before treading to

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

some maids

life could be in danger. I quickly burst out

going to?” My mom asked me, she was sort

Just keep yourself safe,” I answered, leaving

ARIEL’S POV

as the deafening sound of gunshots reverberated through the mansion. Panic gripped her as I had a conscience of the danger that lurked just below. But I was determined to find Riley, no matter

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

through the air. Accompanied by the desperate screams coming from downstairs, my fear intensified. Each gunshot

but I knew I had to stay calm and

chaos and terror surrounding me was suffocating, and I could

eyes in fear. The terror emanating from downstairs was overwhelming. My heart raced and my hands shook as I tried to steady myself. But 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 courage, I took a deep breath and slowly opened my

LUKE’S POV

stack of documents, when suddenly my phone began to ring. At first, I tried to ignore it and focus on

my phone, glancing at the caller ID. It was an unknown number, and my mind told me

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