Chapter 3

Taken

"Me?" I asked my step mum once more in utmost surprise but she only chuckled and rolled her eyes at me.

"You pretend so well witch, you've poisoned him so that you will kill him just like you killed your mum right?"

"What are you talking darling? Our daughter will do no such thing" dad asked staring at her with curved brows.

Step mum chuckled and took a peek at me before turning back to dad. "Earlier today I prepared rice and gave your son and that was what he ate and he even went to bath but your witch of a daughter here came out of her room and prepared spaghetti for him. It was that he was eating and this happened. Do you still think her innocent?"

Dad exhaled and turned to me with a scowl on his face. "Did you poison your brother? Tell me the truth."

I stared at dad with teary eyes and shook my head. My heart was so heavy that I didn't know what to say to him. My world is crumbling before me.

Dad turned back to mum with the expression 'I told you our daughter can't do such' and tousled his hair.

Step mum chuckled as she's always done and turned to me. "You think I don't know? Or did you think that I wouldn't find out?"

I stared at her with raised brows, my confusion so blatantly obvious and she rolled her eyes. "What are you talking about?"

"You're such a good pretender" she scoffed.

"Why do you call our daughter those names darling?" Dad spoke before I did and I relaxed.

Step mum glared at me before turning back to dad who was staring curiously at her. "Your daughter is a witch, a liar, killer, and pretender..." She paused and cleared her throat. "Yesterday evening as I was going outside to bring in my clothes that I washed I heard her voice on a call with someone.

"I was so surprised because she hardly answers calls so that pricked my curiosity and I decided to eavesdrop. I strolled closer to where her voice was coming from but it was a bit late because I didn't really hear all they discussed especially that of the other side but I heard her say 'thank you for fulfilling your mission on killing my mum.

"You did a great job. Soon I'll kill the remains of her. And my father will have no other option than to hand over everything he owns to me.' If you think I'm lying baby, ask her to tell you the last person she spoke to yesterday evening."

"I didn't talk to anybody throughout yesterday dad, please believe me" I pleaded on my knees, my tears soaking up my clothes. We already created a scene and for some reason best known to them, none was pushing us away.

"Give me your phone!" Dad barked and with a shivering hand, I brought out my phone which never left my waist, and stretched it to him.

He took it from me as quickly as I brought it out and pressed it. He went to call logs and a number saved with my love appeared on the screen and it showed 6 p.m. yesterday.

"I swear dad I don't know this number or the person. I'm not dating anyone and don't know how it came into my phone please believe me" I cried but a slap landed on my cheek and I landed on the floor with my mouth full of blood.

"You liar, you killed my wife and also wanted to kill my only son!" Dad screamed and wanted to rush me but step mum stopped him and at that point, I realized how heartless and good of an actress she was.

"Please honey you will kill her if you pounce on her like that," she told him and Dad dragged me up and we left the hospital.

We arrived home and Dad pushed me to the floor, removed his belt, and started hitting me. "Say the truth, you daughter of Jezebel!" He screamed at me and increased his whip on me, tearing my skin.

"Dad, I've never lied to you before, I didn't do it. This woman is the one behind all this," I cried in pain and decided to tell him everything. "I wanted to tell you before my brother's incident happened. I was still with my food coming when I heard his shout. It was the food step mum gave him that was poisoned and she also planned my rape incident and killed mum. Dad, how will I think of killing my mum and only brother? You ought to believe me" I whimpered, spitting out blood.

Step mum fell to the floor sobbing and in a pace rushed out and came back with the plate of spaghetti which still had little of the spaghetti on it. Mere like something that was eaten. "Honey, can you see that your son ate this food?" She asked, pointing at the empty part. "Can't you see this part without anything? Your daughter is such a liar."

Dad ambled to her and hugged her. "What should I do with this evil girl?" He asked her.

"Let her learn it hard in a cell. Let her pay the price" mum retorted and stared at me with an evil grin plastered on her face.

I was weak and couldn't talk anymore so I accepted my fate. I heard Dad make a call and in less than 30 minutes a police officer walked in and Dad asked him to take me away.

I heard the policeman tell him that I'm still little and can't be in jail now cause it remains a year for me to clock 18.

Dad looked at me with venomous eyes and told him to take me to jail and I should face hard labor till I confess.

I stared at my step mum to see a touch of a smile playing on her lips and it left me wondering if Dad couldn't see how evil this woman was.

"I didn't do anything Dad she did," I whispered with my last strength as the policeman dragged me away and gassed out with the thoughts of how a life of an innocent teen in jail would look like.