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,
aksed, as I could feel myself getting
bullet,” my
my hope vanished when I heard more gunshots, one after another, growing louder and closer. Panic gripped me immediately. I wasn’t
I sprang to my feet, my voice quivering with urgency. “Mom,
will be fine,” my mom said. And then
Mariam spoke, and I looked at her
time for a beef right now,” I told
“You think I got time
knew something was definitely not going
need to hide from this chaos.” I grabbed my mom’s hand, and began to
brought us
hurried, we could hear the cacophony of gunshots intensifying, their echoes
twisted my stomach, fueling a desperate need to find
of the dark room, my mom and I. I slammed the door shut behind us, just as Mariam was about to join us in
What was that for?” My mom questioned me in
confused face, acting like I had no idea of what she was
open that door right now and let her
“But mom..”
buts. Open it,” my mom’s mode was serious,
eventually shifted backwards, opening the door wide for her to come in. And she
sound of someone slamming the door from downstairs. And at this point, I knew we were not safe. But I hoped nothing bad would
moment.
THE CHANG
trembled as she fixed her hands around her chest. “What’s happening out there? Who would bring violence to our
know, but we need to stay calm and stay hidden until it’s safe. We have
mom.”I nodded. “But we can’t
Mariam aksed. Her irritating tone caused me to
her.
the room, as I was searching for
the place, but I spotted a large wardrobe in the corner of the room. I had
chance to stay
you sure we’re going to fit into
irritated look. “If you don’t want to hide in it. That’s your own cup of tea. Maybe you can find
deeply, before treading to the wardrobe. The two of them walked
scent of old clothes filled the air, mingling with the fear. I even wondered who these clothes used to
moment I heard some maids screaming. The gunshots were
in the house, and her life could be in danger. I quickly burst out of
where are you going to?” My mom asked me, she was
Just keep yourself safe,” I answered,
ARIEL’S POV
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
The air was thick with tension, and I was filled with terror. But I needed to gather the courage. I was not going to let anything bad
Accompanied by the desperate screams coming from downstairs, my fear intensified. Each gunshot seemed to echo through my bones, causing my heart to
happening below, but I knew I had to stay calm
could get her to safety before it was too late. The chaos and terror surrounding me
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,
LUKE’S POV
my phone began to ring. At first, I tried to ignore it and focus on the task at hand, but the persistent ringing became
the caller ID. It was an unknown number, and my mind told me it was
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