Mirabel conti used with her work at the MacDonalds. The madam who had already been impressed with her work and honesty became even closer to her and more generous because of her status as an orphan. She recalled how she had felt when she lost her father and then she still had her mother with her. She could well imagine how this poor orphan girl must be feeling now that she had neither of her parents.Mirabel on her own side was grateful to the MacDonalds for their help in burning her mother. She did not know if she could have done it alone or as well as they had made it.She worked harder to show her appreciation.The children, two boys and a girl had taken to Mirabel like an elder sister.Mirabel had started thinking herself close to being a member of the family.She still had her mother's vision for her in mind though.She was growing into a tall beautiful girl.She may look too thin but it was as a result of the loss she had suffered.The Macdonalds were very generous to her and she
Things went on as normal on the surface but Mirabel knew that things were no longer the same. She still treating her boss with the utmost respect as normal but with repressed anger and disgust.She did not know that her feelings were not really as well hidden as she thought.Her mistress called her once and asked, 'Mirabel, ate you happy at all? Are you no longer happy working here?'Mirabel was shocked at that question.'Why would you ask that ma'am?''Sometimes, when you think no one is watching,there is an ugly look that creeps into your face and disappears immediately.If there is anything you are not happy with, feel free to tell me,I shall take care of it. Remember you are now like a little sister to me'.Mirabel would have loved to ask her to give Fanny the sack but if she suggested that, her mistress would want to know the reason for that and her boss would not want that and would definitely stop such a thing from happening so that he could continue his debauchery with Fanny.
Mirabel kept backing away, till her back was to the wall, she looked around wildly for a means of escape but it was just the door and he had licked it and had the key in his possession.The window was made of strong iron and she could not pull it off even if she had the whole day to do that which she didn't. There was no weapon and if there was, she could not harm her mistress's husband.She was at crossroads. She did not know what to do and the man was advancing towards her until he was almost on her.She left her position at the last minute and he hit the wall but she could not do much since the door was locked.She did not know how to pray but she started muttering words of prayers yt it would seem that her prayers was not heard because he laughed devilishly as he advanced menacingly this time towards her. The look on his face scaring her to death and his threatening stance doing much worse.She took a flower vase, and muttered a silent word of apology to her mistress and threaten
Mirabel did not know what to do. She could not face her mistress now. She tried to avoid her madam as much as she could.She also made sure to make herself scarce whenever her boss was home.She felt very filthy.She had felt defiled when Ken had taken advantage of her but with Mr. MacDonald, she felt betrayed. She had never thought that a seemingly gentleman with principles could stoop as low as he did and she had come to love and respect him as the father she had lost.But now, she realised that it had all been a pretense.How was she better than Fanny now? One would argue that Fanny was doing it of her own free will but she must have been forced into it at first and she had no moral justification yo judge Fanny because now though against her will, she was betraying her mistress's trust as well.Her mistress noticed this and called for her one day.'Yes, ma'am. You called for me?''I did. Is anything the problem? It might be my imagination but I feel that you are avoiding me. Is it
Mirabel felt that it was time she left the MacDonalds. She could not live in the same house where such debauchery took place.She knew that her boss was still having it with Fanny and who know who else and he would not stop trying to sleep with her. She had to leave for her peace of mind.She had thought that she would stay there with them and raise enough money to get a decent place of her own and pay for a place where she could open her eatery and fulfil her mother's dreams for her but she could not possibly do that now.Her body had been violated continuously. Who knows of any organ had been broken or destroyed.She could not take it anymore.She had to find a room of her own and start working elsewhere. It was just that the rent of the new place would take part of the money she would have been saving for her eatery.But that was better than getting violated everytime. Only the fear of when next he was going to try to force himself on her was killing her.She was going to speak to
Mirabel came out of hiding and went back into the house. She started packing her things.She went to the place she had buried the money she had been saving, together with that which her mother gave her but it was not there.She wanted to go mad.'Take it easy and search well. You must have kept it somewhere else' she tried to calm herself.But panic was rising because she knew that she had left it there.But she still calmed down enough to go through the room again. She found the tin in a place she had not expected.How had the position of the tin changed? Without the money in it, how was she going to start her life outside of the Macdonald's mansion?She poured the money on the bed and counted and as far as she was concerned, the money was complete.She hid it in her bag alongside her clothes and awaited her mistress's return.In the meantime, she finished her work and was surprised at the way the cook looked at her with something akin to pity.She was not sure but guessed that the c
'What are you thanking your mistress for?' Mr. MacDonald asked again registering the shock in Mirabel's eyes and the box in her hands.'Oh darling, you are back? Mirabel and I have been busy packing. She told me something when I got back today. Something unexpected'. she said.Mr. MacDonald felt fear. Had the stupid girl revealed everything to his wife then? What was going to be his defence?'And what did she tell you exactly. No matter what it is, I know it cannot be the truth'.The wife was surprised at his utterance.'You have not even heard what she told me, and you have already determined that it is not the truth? Are you annoyed with her for something?' she asked.Her husband but his tongue. She was not acting as though Mirabel told her about his debauchery but she might be pretending too.'Oh, I was thinking of something else, what exactly did Mirabel tell you?''Well, she said she would like to leave and immediately too. She said that she hadn't wanted to leave without telling
Mirabel set out the next day. Her mistress had fulfilled her promise to her and given her the money.Her boss had offered to drive her part of the way but she had felt that that was his way of stopping midway and completing what he couldn't the other day. She knew that he had not forgiven her for running off the way she did the previous day and quitting her job.'Don't bother sir, I can find my way'. she had replied.'I insist!' he said.'But I refuse sir. Thank you and please sir, I shall not accept. So please do not insist any further. You have done so much as it is'.He gave up while nursing his fury. He had wanted to know where she was going and where she was going to be living. If alone, then he wanted to pay her uninvited visits and continue his lecherous activities with her. That way, he would not have to take precautions about his wife ever getting to know.But he was not going to give up.Mirabel had taken the decision without careful consideration. She did not know where to
Jonas woke her as they got home and she was so sleepy,that she did not see the person standing by the door, welcoming them with a smile.She had almost passed him by when he grabbed her hands thinking that she had intentionally ignored him.She looked up to find Joel there. She was shocked. She had not expected to see him, then she recalled that he had not come to court. He could stay at home bit not come to court. It could only mean that he was ashamed of her and didn't want to be identified with her. Jonas had left them tactfully and gone inside.Mirabel tried to snatch her hands away but Joel held on tightly.'You make a wonderful speech. I did not know you could beat that lawyer at his own game', he said laughing.Mirabel was surprised. How did he know? They had just got home and Jonas had not had the time to speak to him, except of course if he had actually been there. But how could he be there and at home at the same time? He must have followed it either on TV or newspaper but i
'The accused lived with us after her mother's death and since she was going to be working full time with us and living in, I put her through alot if tests and she passed them all'.'Sorry, ma'am what kind of tests are we talking about here?' Chapman asked warming up to his cross-examination.'To determine her honesty, I would leave wades of currency, jewelries and other valuables, that someone coming from a humble background such as hers would have taken advantage of and hidden but she always brought them back to me thinking that I had misplaced them unintentionally. This caused me to come to trust her and I took her as my sister and treated her as such but little did I know what was going on under my nose'.Everyone in court knew what was coming next. The woman was going to say how Mirabel seduced her husband for money.'I did not know that the husband whom I had done so much for and loved dearly and trusted with all my heart was not only cheating me outside our home but disrespectin
Mr. Taylor had let her question sink in and have the desired effect before asking Mr. Chapman to cross examine Mirabel. He had not expected her to ask the question but was glad that she had done that and in a very cool detached tone that was very effective.Mr. Chapman himself had not known that the girl was as intelligent as that and was determined to throw her, though he did not know how to get about it except of course trying to get her angry so that she could lose that very chilling confidence she had.' Miss Cole, is it not true that you had secretly desired each one of your friends?''What do you think? That a girl could like all five or six of her friends romantically at the same time even if she were a nymph?''I was coming to that. You are a nymph, Miss Cole are you not?'Mirabel was getting impatient with this prosecutor but she refused to give him the satisfaction of showing her annoyance and impatience with him. She was going to throw him, defeat him by being patience pers
'Is it not true that since you share a daughter - father relationship with Miss Cole, she will have confided in you what her plans were?' Chapman asked.'She told me that she would teach them a le....''... a little lesson, bla bla bla like you have told the court in great detail. it being as close as you are with her, could this not be the excuse you both came up with, a plot to mislead the court?''Objection, my lord'.'Sustained. Prosecutor, limit yourself to questioning the witness and not forcing your assumptions on him'.'Mr. Jonas, how is it possible that a girl who claim to have adopted as your daughter would be gang raped and you do not feel inclined to report to the authorities to ensure that they are punished?''I respected my daughter's wishes and you we'll know how women who have been ravished are looked on as spoilt goods. All these made me reconsider'.'Is it not possible that you planned all these with your daughter to escape justice? Being gang raped indeed!''Do yo
Two regular customers of Mirabel were called to the stand and both of the testified that she did not behaved abnormally and that she was very cheerful and respectful. She treated her customers with courtesy and even when they were rude and hard to please, she still devised meNs to satisfy them and keep them happy and coming. That was why the patronage of her eatery kept growing which would have been otherwise if she had had any mental problems.'That is not a kind of problem you hid for long'. One of them said.Chapman had no questions for them and then Taylor calked Dr. Rutherford to the stand.'Welcome doctor, may we meet you?' Taylor said, this was to establish the authencity of the man.'I am Dr. Peter Rutherford. I work at the General hospital here in London as a consultant and a specialist in the field of psychiatric and neurology'.'Please doctor, have you under any circumstances examined the accused Miss Cole?''Yes I have'.'What was the basis of the examination?''Well to de
Chapman was almost gloating and Taylor could not blame him at all. 'Your witness, Taylor', he said knowing that any question Taylor threw at Liam would only implicate his client further and aggravate the already angry spectators.'No questions!' Taylor said looking straight at Liam.Wise! Chapman thought.'Well I have one other person to call to the witness stand, Your Honour'.The judge nodded though praying that it was not another witness with a slashed penis. The case against the innocent looking girl was becoming very gruesome and he just wanted to be done with it.'I call Curtis to the witness box'.Curtis walked confidently to the stand, sparing Mirabel a glance that seem to say, you will have what is coming to you today as we take our revenge on you.'Curtis, could you tell us what your full name is?''Curtis Trowler'.'How did you meet the accused?''She came to my mother's shop to buy some groceries and it was much and I happened to be going the same way as she and I helped
The court was adjourned till the next day and Taylor was determined to get some witnesses to testify on their own behalf.He had made a call to a doctor he knew and asked that they met, and taken Mirabel to him for an examination and asked that the paper work be ready. He was sure that the doctor would be pleased to come to court to attest to the fact that Mirabel was not mentally unbalanced as the testimony against her seem to indicate.Mirabel was not very happy that Joel had not been attending the proceedings with them. His presence no matter how disapproving he might be would have given her more moral support.Jonas as though reading her mind had assured her that Joel was following the proceedings as he records and sends to him due to the demands of his job that had hindered him from coming personally.Mirabel knew that he was just saying that to console her. If she really meant anything to him, he would allow by gones be bygones and would have been there to lend his emotional sup
Adam Taylor, Mirabel's lawyer was impressed at the way the boys gave their testimony. It was evident to him that they had had enough coaching and from the best as well. He was almost convinced himself but he was going to fight back now that he had seen that they were fighting dirty.Chapman, the plaintiff lawyer called the next witness to the stand and this was James Abrams.It was evident to all present that James was indeed a very handsome boy but there was this scar on his face that belied his good looks as you looked at it but out of sight, you would love to keep looking at him.'You are James. James what?' Chapman asked.'James Abrams'.His voice was as sweet as his face was handsome. The deep timbre of his voice caused all eye to be fixed on him, it was hypnotizing.'I want to know if you know Miss Cole?''Yes, I do. We are acquinted'.'Oh, you are not really friends but acquinted?''Yes. I had met her when she parked newly into the neighborhood. She had looked so lost without
Mirabel had wanted to shout at the top of her lungs that Adam was lying through his teeth during his testimony but looking at Jonas in shock, he had gestured for her to calm down, telling her there would be time for her to state her own case and then people will have no option but to sympathize with her. He said this to convince not just Mirabel but himself as well because though he did not want to lose faith, it was not looking promising at all as their lawyer had foreseen.Mr. Chapman decided to call another witness to the stand. The quicker they were done with the heating, the better. He was sure that they had no witnesses and it was going to be difficult for people to take the testimony of a girl whose reputation was in doubt over five young boys who had injuries yo show for their efforts. She could get off with a less sentence of being mentally ill to inflict the boys with such injuries and would have to be taken to a mental clinic which was not a little sentence st all.'I wish