CHAPTER SIX

CLARA'S POV

I stood there in shock listening to their conversation.

“What do you mean kill her??? Like actual kill??” Jerry asked.

“Of course or don't you want to get her out of the way??” Jerry asked.

“Well I want to but killing her wasn't a part of the plan.”

“Are you in on it or not??? If you aren't, just let me know and I will do everything myself.”

“Okay, fine….what is your plan??” Jerry asked.

“First we wait till when mom and dad leave the house and then we take her and throw her into the pool..she can't swim and so it will be easy as we watch her die and when mom and dad get back and ask what happened, we will tell them she jumped inside herself.” Julius said.

“Well that is not a bad plan…but when are we going to do this?? Remember Julia is always spoiling our plans.”

“Don't worry about Julia, I will take care of her and this is going to be done tomorrow.”

As I was about to tiptoe my way back, I mistakenly hit something earning a gasp from me.

“Who is there??” Julius asked.

I gradually tiptoed away as I ran straight to my room and locked the door.

The last thing I ever imagined was my step siblings planning my murder.

I thought they only hated me but I didn't know they wanted me dead as well.

Immediately, I arranged the little things I had left and planned on escaping from the house at night because the following day might be too late.

To avoid any form of suspicion, after I was done arranging my things, I went to the kitchen to cook.

“Is the food ready yet bitch!!!” Julius yelled from the living room.

“N..no…I am still on it.” I said as I avoided stuttering out of fear as much as I could.

“Hurry the fuck up!!! I am starving!!”

I quickly prepared it and served it on the dining table as I prayed there should be no complaint about the food.

“Are you eating with us??”Julia asked.

“No dear…I am not hungry.” I said with a forced smile on my face.

“But why not?? You have barely eaten??”

“I promise I will be fine.”

If there was anyone I was going to miss more than anything, it was Julia.

Tears dripped down my face as I reminisced on how she has always treated me like her older sister.

After serving the food, I washed the dishes and proceeded to clean the whole house because that was the last time I was going to do it.

 I finished everything before evening and locked myself up in the room.

Luckily for me, when my step parents came back from work, they didn't ask about me because I was obviously invincible to them.

At exactly 9pm when I was sure everyone was already in bed, I took my things and gently sneaked out of the room.

To avoid any noise, I removed my shoes and tiptoed barefooted to the door and gradually opened it.

After opening it quietly, I walked out and shut it back.

I gently wore my shoes and took to my heels.

I don't know where or how long I ran for but I ran so fast like I was being chased by a ghost.

At some point, I got tired and exhausted and decided to rest.

The only reason I wasn't too scared was because of the street lights which helped me a lot to see where I was heading to.

I sat down beside a car packed across the street and it looked like it was an abandoned car because of how dusty and rusty it looked and so I felt safe and comfortable as I rested my back on the car and closed my eyes.

Some seconds later, I suddenly heard some noises like people talking and I opened my eyes in fear and peeped through the side of the car I was sitting behind.

“Are you fucking playing with me!!! Where the hell is my package because I know that Don is the one behind it!!” I heard one of them say.

I couldn’t see their faces because they were backing me but I knew they were three in number and one of them was on his knees and it looked like he was pleading for mercy.

“If I tell you, Don is going to kill me.” the one on his knees said.

“Oh so you are scared of your boss killing you but not scared of what I will do to you?? Is that it??”

“Please I have nothing to do with this…just let it go because anything that Don takes, it can’t be taken back.”

Suddenly the one who looked like their leader and the same one interrogating the one on his knees burst into laughter.

“Sergio, can you hear this fucker??” he asked.

“Boss, what should we do with him??? It seems like he isn’t ready to talk.”

“If he isn’t, I will make him talk myself.” the leader said as he brought out something that looked like a gun and placed it into the mouth of the one on his knees.

I opened my mouth wide open in shock and at the same time in fear because if they found out I was hiding behind a car, I would be done for.

“Are you ready to talk??” the one with the gun asked.

“Please, I just told you what I know..Don has an inner circle which I am not part of and so he doesn’t tell me anything.”

“Okay, I believe you.”

The next thing I heard was a  very loud bang making me scream in fear as the one kneeling down fell to the ground.

I suddenly hid and closed my mouth as I shivered in fear and tears started dripping down my face.

“Did you hear that??”

“Hear what boss??”

“I heard someone scream.” 

Suddenly there was silence for about a minute and I thought maybe they left and so I tried checking if any of them were still there but I couldn’t find them anymore.

I sighed in relief as I turned around, I saw them standing in front of me.

“There you are"