Chapter 5

ANNABEL'S HOUSE

" Get up or I will make you see your ancestors!" Annabel groaned as she has been trying to wake Mona up for the past 2 hours.

" Fine" Mona replied in a sleepy voice.

" Get dressed, we have to return the coat to Luthur " Annabel said as she left the room to the dinning room.

" Why is my life always a mess? Can't I sleep in peace again?" Mona pouted as she walked into the bathroom to freshen up.

Few minutes later, Annabel was about going out when Mona came downstairs looking dashing in her yellow crock top and tight blue jeans trousers.

" You look dashing. Girls like you make us turn into lesbians" Annabel said after checking her out.

"Thanks fool. Come let's have breakfast am hungry"

Mona demonstrated by rubbing her Belle.

"I was about stepping out to get groceries before you came down" Annabel said before going to set the dinning table.

" I will get the food from the kitchen" Mona said before walking off.

While Mona was dishing out the food Annabel suddenly remembered something.

" Guess who called me told?" Annabel asked before sipping her juice.

" Am not good at guessing, please let me eat" Mona pleaded

" Fine but Zasha wants to see you " Mona chocked

" Here" Annabel passed her a glass of water while patting her back gently.

" Whattt?" She whisper yell.

" I was surprised when she called me and requested to see you" Annabel explained.

" Fine, I will go and find out the reason she wants to see me" Mona said nonchalantly.

Annabel let out a heavy sigh. Mona and Zasha has been enemies ever since Zasha accused Mona of stealing her golden wrist watch which happened 5 years ago. Annabel still remembers that day like it happened yesterday.

★★ Flashback★★

★★ ZASHA'S HOUSE★★

After having a pool party. Everywhere was messed up while Zasha, Romona and Annabel prepare to leave the house when Zasha noticed her wrist watch was missing.

" Who took my watch?" Zasha suddenly asked

" And how do you expect us to know when we all have been partying all night" Annabel replied still applying makeup on her face.

" Romona, you were the only one that came into my room during that period. So you must have seen it or the person who took it" Zasha said looking at Romona dangerously.

" Are you trying to accuse me of stealing watch?" Romona asked calmly trying hard to fight back her tears.

" If not you then who stole it?" Zasha yelled at her.

" Look Zasha not because Romona don't have money gives you the right to insult her like that" Annabel who has been quite intervened.

" Why should I? When it's clear that she's a thief" Zasha yelled pointing fingers at Romona.

Romona who couldn't take the insults anymore slapped Zasha hard causing to falling flat on her butt. Romona stormed off angrily with tears rolling down her eyes.

" Time shall when you will look for Mona but you won't find her" Annabel spat disgusted before running after Romona to pacify her.

★★ Present★★

" Annabel !!!!!" Romona shouted for fifth time.

" Yes" Annabel answered

" I've been trying to call you but you seem absent minded. What happened?"

" Nothing, just thinking about something irrelevant"

" If you say so" Mona shrugged.

SMITH MANSION★★★★

"Are you trying to tell that she save you your children with requesting to meet you?" Luthur asked surprised as Author explained to him exactly what Danielle told him.

" Yep" Author replied in distress.

" You looked stressed out" Luthur asked as he sipped his wine.

"How do you except me to be calm when you know fully well that I haven't found a girlfriend yet?"

Luthur sighed. " If you don't find someone before the next boards meeting then I suggest you should pick your secretary. By the way, she likes you"

" She's only after the money and fame" he murmured.

" When is this Mona girl coming?" Luthur suddenly asked.

" I don't know dude" Author mumbled while walking out.

" That brat" he murmured.

★★★†

A cap drives into Zasha's compound and parked.

Romona came out of cap with no Expression on her face. She payed the cab driver and he left.

She walked into the big living room and met no one

“Maybe she is in her room” she thought as she climbed the stairs to Zasha’s Room.

She entered her room and heard the shower running

She was about to sit on the couch when her eyes caught a test results on the bed.

She picked the result and open it,

Shee held a suprise look when she saw that the result is for Zasha.

“Is she sick?" She thought in confusion as she began to read through the result

What she read made her staggered in shock

“Leu….Leu…Leu… Leukemia??" She thought with a gasp

The bathroom door open and Zasha came out of it.

She took her teary eyes away from the result to stared at Zasha but what he saw almost took life out of him.

" Ro......Romo.......Romona?" Zasha stuttered nervously.

“Is this you?" Romona asked in shock staggering back a little.

Zasha was almost bald, she had no hair except for the small ones in the middle of her head.

" Is this the reason you called me" Romona asked after a long deadly silence.

" Yes" Zasha chuckled softly. " I know this may come as a shock to you but I have only one month to live and before I leave, I want to rewrite all the wrongs I did in the past. Starting by apologizing to you for everything I did to you in the past".

Romona's phone slipped from her hands and broke in pieces as she stared at Zasha with tears in her eyes unable to process what's going on.

" I want us to best friends again. You, me Annabel, I want us to go back to way we were before, please?" Zasha begged in tears.

Romona stayed rooted to the ground as she stared at Zasha .

" You have Leukemia??" Romona asked again to be very such she wasn't dreaming.

Zasha nodded slowly.

"Nooooo" Romona yelled holding her head. " Tell me it's all a dream, tell me it's not real" Romona cried.

" It's true Mona . You are not dreaming" Zasha mumbled.

" For how long have you kept this a secret" Romona asked trying to calm herself down.

" 3 years now"

Romona suddenly lost and gave Zasha a hot slap.

"Arrghhhhhh"