After she had left and the servants had gone back to doing their duties and gossiping about all that just happened, Mrs. MacDonalds gave her husband a resounding slap on the cheek.'You could stoop so low as to go into thelat poor little girl? That filthy orphan? How low can you get and who is the other person that you have been consorting with in this house? You do not even have respect for me, for your family. You embarrass me by sleeping with the maids. They mock me behind my back because what the madam is enjoying, they are also sharing in it's.'Whay do you mean Faustina? Don't tell me that you believed what that girl said'.'I believed every word of what she said. I have known her for a little while but I know that she is an honest person who would not take what belongs to others including their husbands. But you... You are incorrigible. I can't believe you could have an extramarital affair, let alone sleeping with and molesting little girls young enough to be your daughters, s
Curtis came barging into her house. Mirabel thought it was another boy come for his free cake but saw that it was an angry Curtis.'What do you think you are doing? Did you see the way you turned that boy into a robot? He did not even know that he was walking around naked and not just that but with a bleeding penis.You know that is a dangerous trick what if he had died? And only goodness knows if he would survive. How could you be so heartless?' he ranted.'You are talking about me being heartless, were you and your group of boys considerate when you took your turns with me? Did it occur to you that I could die? No, right? That is how I do not want it to occur to me whether they for or live. It is pay back time and you'd better get me by prey or you will not know what hit you'.'Are you threatening me now?''Oh no, I do not threaten, I warn. I could decide to get my friends in high places to deal with you and your stupid friends if I wanted to but I have taken matters into my hands a
Curtis was getting relieved that his role in this nightmare was finally going to be over very soon.He knew that the girl had turned into a raving lunatic. One who was blood thirsty and he just wanted to be done with her.He manipulated the last boy to go to Mirabel.He had thought that each boy would intimate the others about what Mirabel was doing or planning for them as vengeance for what they had done to her but each boy kept quiet as though they did not want to be the only ones that would be made to eat from the cold dish of vengeance or probably, they were ashamed to admit that a girl had outsmarted them.Whatever the reason, it made Curtis' work easy for him.Sam was a very brilliant boy and knew it. He was also great in drawing and painting.'I shall paint you. You must have seen the movie 'Titanic'. In that movie, the young man painted his lover nude. How would you want me to paint you after we are done having the fun of our lives? Nude or with clothes on? If you want to hav
Rather than feeling elated like she supposed she would feel, she felt empty and sad. She knew that she could never love any man. She remembered her dreams of love and marriage to the ideal man but with her experiences, there was no such thing. Maybe Mr. Jonas could fall into that category but he was too old for her and she did not feel that way for him and knew that she and love were never ever going to meet. They were two parallel lines now.It was really sad but that was the truth.She remembered all that Faustina MacDonald had said to her and felt pain and grief. She had not really given that man what he deserved from her. But not to worry. He would fall into her trap again and this time the injury she would give him, no medical facility no matter the equipment they have would be able to save him.Let his wife continue to live in a false paradise until it was too late for her.If that was what marriage was all about, then there was no need getting married.Look at her own mother.
Joel came home from from abroad where he had been staying after completing his education.He was happy to see his father in great health. He had not been doing really good after his mother's death. He wondered what was responsible until he saw that his father had leased the hall out and an eatery was now there.'You let out the hall father?''Yes, I did. The girl is a very good hardworking girl who did not want to prostitute like the others but wanted to make something of her life and she is so honest that she came with my balance to pay me earlier than the specified time'.'The way you are speaking in such glowing terms about the girl, one would think that you were in love with her', Joel said to his father looking at him searchingly.It was not as though he disapproved of it. After all, he and his ender brother had tried to get him hooked with someone after the death of their mother but he had refused and all their attempts had failed.If he was in a relationship now, and it was mak
Joel became fast friends with Mirabel. At first though he liked his father being happy, he found that he was jealous of the rapport he had with Mirabel. They were so close but he soon realised one day when he could bear it no more and had asked his father a question that there was nothing romantic in their relationship.'You are so close and she is really good. As good as you have said. I approve but when are you going to make it official and make an honest woman out of her, as they say?''Make what official child?''Your relationship. You should make it official before tongues start wagging and remember that she is a girl and has her reputation to protect. I had expected you to do this long ago'.Jonas looked at his son and burst out laughing once more. He had seen the jealousy in his eyes whenever he was with Mirabel, especially Sunday s when she stayed home.He loved his son but was not incapable of one trick or the other to get his way but now that he had come all out to ask, he h
A week later, Mr. Jonas got a call from his first son to come to England for some property assortment. He was managing some properties over there for his father and an issue needing his presence came up and James called to inform him that his presence was needed.Joel volunteered to go with him but Jonas refused. He was adamant about going alone.So, he left after making the necessary travel arrangements.The house seemed empty without him. But Joel had someone to keep him busy in the evenings and he knew that he was growing very fond of Mirabel and was greatly attracted to her but he was not sure what her feelings were.One night, Mirabel screamed and started thrashing her bed.Joel heard this in his sleep and stood up thinking that she was being attacked.He rushed into her room after a hesitant knock and found her thrashing her bed.'No, you can't. You can't do this to me. We are family'. she kept saying. Then, 'If you come any closer, I shall stab you with this knife'.This last s
Mirabel kept twisting and turning on the bed and this was not helping matters as far as Joel was concerned.He was begining to find it difficult to stay his hands.Her buttocks were just rubbing against him and he was growing fuller and harder.Mirabel felt the bulge and rather than getting scared, it gave her a kind of thrill.She had been rubbing against him inadvertently it the thrill made her do it more delibrately this time and this brought a groan to Joel's mouth.'Mirabel, be still. I am not a stick What you are doing could lead me to losing control of myself and then I won't be held responsible for whatever happens', he threatened in a husky voice.Even the sound of his voice so husky and close to her ears excited her.She started having cravings she didn't know she was capable of having.She wanted something but didn't know exactly what it was. She was not a child that she didn't know what Joel was talking about but given her experience,she was not scared. She rather wanted
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