"Welcome to our house, miss Brianna." Said, Patrick who helped her into the house. Mrs Patricia had already prepared a room and food for her.
"Welcome, my dear." She received her in.
"Thank you Auntie. I can not see the house, but the air which is hitting my nose is great to explain it beautiful." She smiled as always. Both Patrick and his mother burst into laughter.
Everything went well that day. She explained how she got blind. Her story touched the family emotionally.
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Weeks later, Brianna was taken back home to her parents. Her mother had already lost hope for her return. Seeing her was something she never expected, knowing very well in which hands she was being hostage.
Gabriel heard about her return and felt at peace, but very sad to know that she will have to marry doctor Marcos, unknowingly of the the story about him and her being cousins.
Now that everything is back to normal, after her kidnap, Mrs Kumwenda saw it as her right to know about her true father, but how to do it is what they don't know. Sitting and cracking jokes with her three friends, Mrs Kumwenda came in and signaled her friends to go out, so they walk out quietly.
"Hey, where are you going?" She asked when she heard their footsteps.
"Dear, I asked them to go out, because there is someone who would like to talk to you." Nervously said while looking at king Edmond who was standing aside.
"Who, mum?"
by this question, Mrs Kumwenda swallowed hard. She let go of her hand and stood aside, giving way to King Edmond.
She waited to hear from this visitors when king Edmond took her hand in his. "How are you my dear?"
With shocking look on her face she asked, "King Edmond, are you really the one?"
He looked at Mrs Kumwenda sadly then answered, "yes my dear. I want to apologise on behalf of Shelly, will you find it in your heart to forgive her?"
Elizabeth was there, standing aside looking nervous for what she would say. For a moment, Brianna kept silent. "I hold no grudge against her, your majesty." Sadly spoke. "She is so lucky to have a father, so kind as you, sir. I wish she could give up her ways and follow your steps."
The king is dismayed by her speech. Now his self esteem is lowered, as to how he will start explaining himself, thus he allowed Mrs Kumwenda to speak out.
She took a deep breath and then open her mouth and said, "Dear, there is something you must know about..." She stopped for another breath.
Now Brianna is curious to know, "mum, please say it. What do I need to know?"
"Dear, I know you will hate me for hiding this truth from you. This is because I never wanted you to know about this bitter fact, that Reuben is not..." She paused and started crying.
"Mum, what's going on? Are you crying?" She begin to search for her face with a hand and when she finally reached her, her fingers landed on the drops of tears. "Mum, Why are you crying?
Grace went on crying until she finally said it out. "I'm sorry honey that I kept it away from you, all these years that king Edmond is your real father, and not Reuben."
Brianna didn't seem to believe what she just said, "Mum, please stop it. I don't like this joke, at all!"
"It's not a joke honey, it's the truth, King Edmond...
"Enough mother!" She pull herself up, furiously. "Don't you dare utter such words again. I only have one father, and that's, paper, my hero!" She shout as tears kept rolling. "What you are telling me is impossible, and can never, ever happen! Where were he when you let me know of Reuben as my father, huh?"
"Please calm down, let me explain my self." The king plead with her.
She lowered her voice now, "With due respect, your majesty, please stay away from this. I need my mother to explain this, I beg of you." She sit back in tears.
Mrs Kumwenda narrate the whole story of the past, what happened really shocked her. She became devastated and asked to be left alone Which everyone obeyed. The king apologised, but Brianna was not ready to listen to anything that he was to say at this moment.
Daniel later came to offer her a shoulder to Cry on.
"Calm down, Brianna." He said as he wip out his tears. "With me, nothing has changed, you will always be my elder sister. My motivator, my idle."
They embraced and weep together for a while, then she requested her brother to take her to the cemetery, on her father's grave which was not very far from their grandparents place.
When she was taken there, she fell on her knees, beside his grave and she wept heavily, releasing all her sorrow. "Why didn't you mention this to me, papa? I thought we were best friends and couldn't hide any secret from each other, but you hide this from me, why dad?" She cried. "Even so, papa, you will always be my dad, my hero, my everything. No one can take up this space from you, cause you will always be my dad. I don't care what you had, what you didn't provide for me, to me, you where, because I will always love you and have you as my hero!!!!!" She screamed.
Daniel hurried over and hugged her. Allowing her to use his shoulder to cry on. She never wanted to come out from there, but Daniel insisted that they go back home and she finally agreed.
Days has passed, Brianna made it possible for the doctor to see and realize the real feelings of doctor Christine for him. He accepted her as his fiancee and a mother to be for Nelly. It was during their engagement party that Manoah spoiled everything because she turned her back on him when he needed her to help his mother escape the prison. Very angry with her betrayal, manoah used Shelly to reveal Christine's true nature. She called Marcos, her cousin and revealed everything she has ever done against him. The crimes she committed against him where so many, only to find out that she was involved in his wife's death. She was the one that poisoned his wife.
He came out from the bedroom looking tearful and very low. Doctor Christine didn't know what has just happened, but from his look, she sensed that something was fishy
"Son, did anything happen, you look disturbed."
He did not utter a word when suddenly the police came by and he pointed at Christine, "Officers, take her, she is a criminal."
Everyone wondered what the doctor was doing. His mother had to confront him, "Son, what are you doing?" She whispered.
Everyone started questioning his action. "This woman you see here is a monster, a killer!" Yelled. "How dare you taking my Sofia's life!" Give her a hug slap on a right cheek and another one on the left.
They all screamed in fright. " This woman you see here was the one who gave gas that Shelly poured on Brianna! All these years she lie to have been a friend, yet she is a sniper, a rifle, she conspired against me with Manoah, to ruin my life!" Once again screamed in shock.
"Officer, take her away or I will kill her, here and then!" He shout
The police drag her with them in handcuffs. It was something unbelievable to everyone who knew how humble the doctor Christine was. Her fake honest left everyone in shock. After everyone left, Marcos closed himself in his room, recalling all the good times with Sofia and also they times he spent with Christine since high school, he failed to accept that she did all that to him.
Brianna took concern about her cousin's well being. She decides to go up to his room and offer him a shoulder to cry on. He cried his sorrows out until he fell asleep in her arms. It was when he slept that Brianna left.