"Mr Niall?!" Sarah called him out as soon as she entered his hall.
The lights were off and though she was afraid of darkness she didn't dare to turn them on cause who knows what will make him furious. But still, she could see the surroundings a bit as the thin blue curtains weren't able to block the sunlight fully. It looked like a dawn time sky, not so dark, not so illuminated.
"Are you there?!" She asked as she kept walking towards the staircase a few steps behind the white sofas.
"Emma..." She was panting a but.
"Told me that you don't even receive calls."
"I'm...here to ask if you're alright."
She was about to walk past the white sofa when her feet hit into something. As she looked down she gasped.
"Mr Niall?!"
She said as she realised that she had bumped into the outstretched leg of him. He was half asleep and as soon as he heard Sarah's voice he flickered his eyes.
"You-you're alright?" She asked as she tried to make him sit alright.
He has been lying near the sofa since last night. Thinking about his mother and all those things he drank two bottles of beer and even had the pills given by Flora. He has been driven crazy by now, he can't even remember where he is right now. He whispered something so low that can't even be heard by Sarah.
Sarah took her ear near his lips and he spoke again in a hoarse voice,
"Help me get up."
Sarah nodded and quickly made him stand as she gave him her shoulder to lean on. It was quite hard for Sarah to handle him in this state but still, she managed it and said,
"Let me take you to your room." She said while grunting.
She took some steps further towards the stairs when he mumbled,
"No."
"What?" Sarah asked politely.
"No! I said!" He repeated and jerked her back.
"But Mr Nial-"
"Shut up!" He yelled again.
Till now Sarah was used to his temper and so she didn't mind even if he was yelling at her without any reason.
"I want you" He pointed his finger on Sarah.
"To answer my questions first!" and stabbed his finger in his chest.
"I'll answer whatever you want to know but first let me take you to your room." She said and tried to get hold of him again. But again as she touched him he jerked her up making her hit her back onto the wall behind her.
Tripping over a few times Niall went stable and yelled,
"I won't go!"
"So...answer me!" He said.
Sarah's back ached a bit but she bore it. She took a deep breath as she needed air to survive this deadly situation. She had never seen him this much furious.
"O-okay I'll answer." She said stuttering a bit.
"Be honest." He said and Sarah nodded.
"Did you know that-" He paused a second.
His lips trembled not able to say it, what if it was true she told him last night. What if the answer is really yes? Such thoughts resist Niall from speaking.
He catches a small amount of air and said,
"That my mother Merylin Carter is alive?"
As he completed Sarah's eyes went wide. She didn't know that this question will arrive in this situation. Now what she should do? If she answered yes it will be presented as a betrayal in front of Niall, but she can't even be all quite right now. Her legs trembled and her throat went dry due to the fear she was facing right now.
"Why are you quiet?" He asked as he feared that the answer was yes.
"ANSWER ME?!"
Yelled with his hoarse voice which echoed in the whole house. His yelling made Sarah shiver more. Her dilemma was making her go crazy about what should she answer.
"Did you know?!" He yelled and Sarah decided.
"Yes." To be honest.
Niall's mouth gaped as his eyes got filled gradually with tears, he looked at Sarah with a great disappointment. He looked down to his right and then left he wasn't able to believe it. Sarah went quiet as she looked at Niall who was standing all quite now.
"No, it's a lie." He kept whispering.
Sarah reached for him and said,
"I can explain this Mr Nia-"
"No!" He pushed her back and her head hit the wall.
He walked over to her and her right hand with his left and embedded it behind the wall with all his power. His other hand was pointing a finger at her,
"I don't need explanations, you understand that?" He said and Sarah nodded slightly as she stood their all quite.
"Now tell me why did you hide it from me?"
"What did you think? Hiding it will solve everything?"
"Hm?" He asked as he kept glaring at her.
Sarah's lips trembled and her eyes were filled with unshed tears as she kept looking at the man in front of her.
"Or did you think I won't understand, Like others?" He asked again.
Sarah gulped as she wasn't able to answer any of those questions.
"Mr Niall you-you're scaring me out." She finally whispered lightly.
"What?!" He yelled again as Sarah's trembling voice didn't make any sense to him.
"Please come to your senses. You're not like this." Her voice was quavering while a tear dropped by her eyes.
"Why? How am I acting like? Uh!" He asked his gaze was too scary now.
His eyes were red no one knew if the reason was too much consumption of alcohol or the unknown pills given to him by Flora which he had been taking all this time.
"Say it out loud, Sarah" He whispered in a deadly voice.
Sarah gulped again not knowing what will happen next.
"Say it out loud Sarah. How am I behaving? Am I behaving like a psychopath?" He said and Sarah shook her head slightly which was not even noticeable.
Sarah wanted to make Niall understand everything but in this state, she wasn't able to breathe properly let alone explaining something.
By now the pills Flora had prescribed him had taken over him completed. He was now, slowly turning into a psychopath without his knowledge and it was dangerous for only one person and that was, Sarah. He gradually took his left hand towards Sarah's throat and got a tight hold of it while Sarah just stood there slapping and trying to get rid of his grip continuously so that she could catch a breath.
"What do you think? Am I a psychopath Sarah?'
He asked in a gravelly voice. Gradually, tightening his grip more and more on Sarah's throat.
"Say something, Sarah. Why aren't you answering me?" he asked again in that same, chilling voice.
"Tell me before I lose it!" He yelled suddenly which made Sarah's eyes teary. She started to breathe heavily to survive this scenario and with all her energy and breath left in her, she said in a wheezy voice,
"I'm not able to breathe Mr Niall ..."
Before he could torture her any further he came to his senses when someone yelled,
"Niall leave Sarah alone!..."