The big day had come and the town was busy.It was one of the biggest festive events they had ever hosted. Other than the carnivals and the fair , this was by far the most democratic thing they have hosted since they elected the mayor.Ella walked around the grounds and visited food stalls. There were a wide selection of dairy and meats, fast foods and home made dishes.It reminded her of when her mother had brought her to the fair for the very first time, she had wanted to try every dish at every stall but they couldn't afford it. It made her feel a little bit sad inside when she had thought of the woman she knew as her mother all along.Her childhood memories were full of her , some good , some bad and some just a foggy memory of what it should of been like instead of what it was.Today Ella decided to try every stall and every dish. She coaxed her father and Annie to join her."Come on. We will get one dish of each item on the menu and taste them all. Then we will try every stall.
"That can't be." Ella laughed. " It must be some kind of joke."She dialled the number she had always used to contact her grandmother."Hello Summer," and old ladies raspy voice came through the phone."Grandma Iris. How are you?" Ella asked with a cheery voice.Patrick looked at his daughter who held out her phone. She had it on loud speaker and Patrick could here the woman's voice clearly."Iris. Is that you?" Patrick did not believe that it was her."You son of a gun. Patrick." The old woman said in a joking way which convinced him that it was his mother in law after all."I thought you were dead. I saw a funeral post on social media a few months ago." Patrick replied."Oh that thing. The children in the tribe got a hold of my phone. It was new technology for them. They don't use technology here, so when they came across my phone, they just had to try this new app." Grandma Iris chuckled. " Where have you been all these years Patrick?""I have been around." Patrick said. He didn't
" Welcome ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls to out first ever event of the gladiators." The mayor announced and Ella, Patrick and Annie got up from their seats, running towards the arena. They didn't want to miss the announcements of the contestants that have entered, neither did they want to miss out on viewing who they had betted on.They had court side seats in an air conditioned box room, since they were the biggest sponsors of the event.They walked up and took their seats over looking the arena."Let me introduce our first contestant, Mr Brian Hamilton. He is five foot two, born and bred in Salt Rock. He had been in the police force for more than ten years." The mayor announced as Mr Brian Hamilton walked up on stage. The crowd cheered as he did a dance around , throwing kisses to his audience. He took his seat behind the podium with a shiny silver buzzer on it."Our next contestant has been in the police force for just under five years but don't be fooled. She has served her
" So ladies and gentlemen, it's that time. Let the games begin." The Mayor's voice boomed through the microphone.Everyone cheered loudly as the contestants stretched their muscles and cracked their necks, some even rubbed their temples.The Mayor handed over the microphone to Mr Levitt, the host of the entire three day show. He would be conducting the quizzes and doing the announcements. " The rules are as follows:Hands off the buzzer.When I ask a question, the person to press the buzzer the quickest will have the opportunity to answer. If the answer is wrong, the person who pressed the buzzer after you will be given the opportunity to answer. Please do not press the buzzer if you do not know the answer.Only ten people will be going through to the next round. Only twenty questions will be asked. The ten people with the most answers or an answer, given that there are only twenty questions, will go through. If we are short on the numbers, we will take through only those who have qu
It was already five in the afternoon and Ella was tired. She had eaten and vomited and she didn't feel like looking at food after her bad decision.They headed home but Ella didn't feel like sleeping, she felt naughty so she called up Annie.Annie entered her room and sat on the bed. "Annie, I feel naughty." Ella smirked. The shimmer in her eyes made Annie wonder."What do you want to do ? Ella?" Annie asked curiously."I want to make Bobby pay a bit for the grief he had given me." Ella laughed evilly." He deserves it. Before I return home, I need him to pay.""Pay?" Annie questioned."Yes. Pay for his sins." Ella's eyes were shining as she picked up a pen and page.She started to write."Beat down and drowning in desperation to be loved by the one and only guy that I have ever loved. I looked into the mirror and I was beautiful, an oasis of my mother and father. I loved him with all that I am but I now know the feelings were never returned. I was merely a scapegoat for him, a place
After her steamy session with Ella , Annie dressed in a long robe and scarf, partially hiding her identity.She kissed Ella on the forehead and picked up the letter. She knew what she had to do.The next morning Ella met Annie in the office.A smile tugged at her lips as she held a flash drive between her slender fingers.Ella grinned as she snatched the flash drive and plugged it into the computer and turned the screen on.She clicked the button and increased the volume, watching the cell in which Bobby was being held.A gust of wind blew the paper in and a shadow in the corner woke him up from his sleep." Bobby Styles." The voice said in a terribly evil voice. "Wake up and look at me. It is time you paid for your sins."Bobby woke up and his body shook with fear. He stared at the shadow for a while until he realised that he wasn't dreaming.Ella watched him pinch himself over and over as the shadow became bigger and now hung over him.He screamed loudly and another gust of cold air
As the woman laughed, Patrick walked into the room. " Shouldn't we be on our way to the gladiator games?"Ella was so engrossed in the video and how amusing it was to see her ex boyfriend being made a fool she had forgotten about the games.She grabbed her bag and coat and followed them to the car."So what were you two ladies watching that had you guys so caught up?" Patrick asked with curiousity. Ella knew she couldn't tell her father. He would tell her that it was going to endanger her emotional well being and that she had gotten her revenge and she needs to move on but she couldn't. She wanted to make him pay and she wanted to see him miserable before she felt happy."It was a few kitty cat videos that Annie had downloaded for me." Ella lied."Then I am sure you wouldn't mind me going through this flash drive. I would like to have a good laugh too." Patrick opened his palm exposing the flash drive.Ella went pale. She was do busy getting her bag and coat that she didn't notice he
"The finalists for tomorrow's event are." Ella heard Mr Levitt's voice and broke free from her father embrace. She was dying to know who were the other two contestants."Mr Yui Chang, Brian Hamilton and Meridith Miles." Mr Levitt announced." Apologise for the number count. Originally we had anticipated to have five finalists, but our last two contestants have dropped out of the event."A loud aaahhhh came from the crowd but Mr Levitt's dismissed the sad expression from his audience and continued to make announcements.Ella smiled at her father. " I guess there will be two people prancing around in an embarrassing outfit tomorrow."Back at the mental health institute, Brook and her brother Jason sat in the eating area watching the gladiator games."There wasn't supposed to be a game. Tomorrow I was supposed to be the captain. I would have proved dad wrong." Jason spat out venomously. Brook patted his hands which were now balled into tight fists. " Don't worry brother, I will get our r