On arrival at the station. Mapendo was amazed with how the place was quite unlike how she thought it would be.
"What came over you little girl to do such an action", one of the officers questioned her taking her in an office.
She sat down, kept quiet like a dummy. She remembered how people in movies are always told. "Don't say anything until your lawyer arrives", She remembered the voices clearly.
"Why are you ignoring us little girl", one of officer busted out angrily.
" I am waiting for my lawyer to come. My mum will come with the lawyer", She confidently informedvthe officer with no fear at all.
"Yes that's it girl. You can do this", She thought comforting herself.
"You trying to play wise little girl", he glared at her with so much fury in his eyes.
"Just let her be. Lets wait for her mother and lawyer", the other officer seemed cooler.
"Baby what happened.....", Her mum asked as she entered the room panicking.
" He is our family lawyer", Her mum introduced the young guy who accompanied her. He seemed to be in his early thirties.
"Can you tell us everything that happened....", he instructed her. She narrated the whole story making her mum furious.
"Why didn't you tell me from the beginning? This couldn't happen..... we would use the right procedure...", she asked with concern in her eyes.
"I am sorry mum didn't want to disturb you", Mapendo muttered with a shaky voice.
"Am your mother Mapendo", she was heartbroken cause , She kept something so serious and deep from her.
" Am sorry....didn't mean it", Mapendo spoke slowly.
"Will make sure you win the case", the lawyer assured her giving them hope that they would win the battle.
"Am glad you didn't talk they would have bullied you so badly there", the lawyer was amazed by her action.
" Let me go to the washroom", Mapendo told her mum as they were talking to the officers.
"Calm down Mapendo", She spoke to her reflection, encouraging herself all will be well.
After an hour of them talking endlessly with the police. Mapendo was glad that she would go back home and sleep on her comfy bed.
"You have been released on fifty thousand bail. Don't worry your mum has settled the bill and you're free to go home. The court hearing will be next week", the lawyer informed her as he signed some documents.
"Thanks for this", She appreciated the lawyer shaking his hand.
"I am so sorry mum for the trouble. Didn't know it would go this far", Mapendo apologized feeling embarrassed of what she did.
At that moment she had mixed and confusing emotions. Was she supposed to be happy that she wouldn't spend the night in the filthy cells. Or be scared of what will happen after the court hearing.
" Relax no one is perfect and what he did to you is so bad", she said as we drove in our compound.
"Am so happy you didn't sleep on those filthy cells", Ashlee hugged her tightly.
" I was scared after what you did.....You would have told me the revenge you were talking about", Ashlee wasn't happy that she didn't involve her in her plans.
"You knew about this", my mum raised a brow at Ashlee.
"Yes...", she nodded not facing her mother.
"I am the only one who never knew about this", Mapendo's mum didn't believe they would keep that from her.
"Are you afraid of me...", she asked us.
They stared at her with that weird look not knowing what to tell her. Her mum is a good mother but they ain't close at all. Unlike her she was telling her dad everything going on including her first crush. He was more understanding than her and less judgemental.
"Stop giving me those weird looks. Am soft like your father. But I am not a monster either", she was disappointed that her kids didn't trust her or be open to her.
" We promise not to keep anything from you mum", Ashlee assured her.
"Yes, mum. I promise ", Mapendo repeated Ashlee's words.
It was not easy going to school regarding what had happened to her. Mapendo was supposed to go to court in two days' time.
"I admit it, I did actually regret what I did. I let anger take control of me instead of thinking it first but the pain in my chest blew up I couldn't control it. It's not that I'm justifying myself or anything but he really crushed me. My being, my pride as a woman and he humiliated me turning the table around. I had to teach him a lesson so that he couldn't repeat it to someone else the way he did to me. Seeing someone that used me and walk scot-free as nothing happened really pains me in the inside by now I'm sure Dylan is getting better", In her mind she hoped that in the end everything would turn out well.
Max knocked, "Hey bestie are you sure you're ok going to school cause of what happened yesterday", he asked Mapendo confirming if it was okay for her regardless of her status quo.
"Yes, I will do this", She assured him.
"I hope all goes well and I win the case", She told Max as they headed to his car.
"Yes definitely you will win the case. I'm sure the lawyer will make sure that you win", he told her as he started the engine of his car.
"Just tell me everything that happened at the station", Max demanded.
"Definitely will tell you about everything", She replied while in deep thoughts.
"Don't stress yourself. You did that cause of anger", Max tried to comfort her but she knew that she had to face the law.
" I will just tell you about everything after school. It's a really long story", She informed Max. As he continued driving to school.
" I feel so bad for what I did. The worst thing is that he made me look like a cheap slut around school. He made fun of it and was not apologetic about it. I couldn't accept that at all", She gazed thinking.
"Hey stop overthinking, you'll get through this", Max said as he drove inside the school's compound.
" Just relax", he finished.
"See you after school and I thank you for everything", She thanked Max as he highlighted his car.
"I'm your personal chauffeur Miss Mapendo", he replied bending down acting like a royal guard.
"You are so silly. You should join the school theatre club", She teased him as she headed to her locker.
"Do you really wanna know what really happened ", Mapendo raised a brow at May.
"Yeah just spill it all up", May eagerly waited for her response.
She went closer to her "this is what happened ", She grabbed her ponytail pushing her off her locker.
"Ouch..... you're crazy. Your a madwoman", May yelled.
"Just mind your own fucking business", Mapendo released her ponytail as she headed to where Katrina and Pearl were.
" Wow going to the cops really helped you. I love what you did to her it served her right. Shes too nosy", Katrina cheered her.
"Yeah definitely", Mapendo agreed in a bitchy tone. The class was boring as usual.
" I hope your calm now ", Max asked her as she entered his car.
"It was a long day", She yawned as she buckled the seatbelt.
"I know especially the clowns. I saw the way you handled them that was so brave of you ", Max tapped her shoulder giggling as he started the engine of his car.
She narrated everything that happened when she was at the cops he was impressed cause she kept quiet the whole time while at the police station.
"I'm sure that the lawyer will help you win the case so.... stop worrying", Max assured her.