*No greater tittle can overshadow family*
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When Zaire left, she immediately started looking for the place she could get out from but to no avail as she was about to climb the table to check if the roof was move able.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you. "Zaire said to her as he placed her food on the table.
"How didn't I hear your footsteps." Adria asked as she became suspicious, if he really walked here she would have heard him coming.
She was very observant and she knows this guy was dangerous, than nightmare and even that kelt guy. Something was just off about this guy from the first time she met him.
"Yh, you're right actually." He said all of a sudden.
"Did you just." Adria asked astonished.
"Yes Adria, I did. I'm able to read your mind let's say I'm a psychologist." Zaire.
"That's not true your something else, more an alien or something." Adria retorted.
"Funny girl your right again, your really smart." He said taking a seat.
"So you could read my mind all this while huh." she said as she climbed down from the table
"Yes most of them." he shrugged
"Most? So why haven't you reported to nightmare about my plan." She sat opposite him.
"Because I don't feel like, secondly I have nothing against you and thirdly you can't kill him,you don't have the caliber." he said nonchalantly.
"Oh is that so.....then get me out of here. If you don't have anything against me."Adria
"I will, but not now." He said as he came close to her, he played with her hair for a while before trailing his fingers to her face line.
Adria closed her eyes as she felt this strange feeling, it felt somehow familiar to her. It felt so good like she was under a spell, there was only one person who made her feel this way...Ryan.
She shut her eyes open immediately and she called ever so gently "Ryan " it was almost a whisper.
Zaire looked at her for a while and stood up " there's a dark tile in the bathroom, you can escape from there and don't look back Adria."
" What do you mean! I'm not leaving till you give me answers!.....You can't just show yourself and just let me leave like that."Adria was getting on to something.
"We both don't have enough time." Zaire snapped back to himself.
"I'm not leaving till I hear everything. I don't give a dehm about any other thing right now ." She said as tears were threatening to come out.
"Firstly, I am not Ryan but he could connect with you through me. I grew up like that, is like a gift or should I say a cure in disguise. I was in the kitchen when his spirit invaded me but you don't have much time if you want to escape from this obsessive freak. Now do what you were told and take these stuffs with you." He handed the food and the other things he placed on the table.
Adria did as she was told and when she was about to leave, Zaire called her " Adria! Follow the northern port there you'll see Berlina and don't bother about Ryan, he says you should live your best life, he's happy we're he his." He said as he walked towards the door .
"Tell Ryan that I'll never forget him, thanks for everything Zaire your a good guy and tell Ryan I'll soon be with him." She said as she dashed out .
As she was about to leave she heard footsteps nightmare was approaching the room.
When she got far in the tunnel, she heard nightmare screams like he was about to kill someone, what if it was Zaire she thought, she hesitated for a while but eventually left.
She reached a point where there were 3 trails, she knew she was supposed to go the north but which was it, then she remembered the thing she received from Zaire. She dug her hand in her bag and she felt something like a little watch, she brought it out and it was a point detector. She placed it on her hand and she started following the part that was north from the help of the device.
After some minute she heard distant noises, she began to run as fast as she could. finally she reached trails of car as she spot her sister, she saw pain mixed with relief in her eyes finally she smiled as she passed out in Berlina's arm.
Waking up she saw a pretty roof, she realized she was at her mom's place she tried to get up but felt pain in her stomach.
"Don't move pumpkin "Berlina said as she help adjust the bed so she could see everyone .
Adria saw her mom, Berlina and some of there trusted associates she smiled " wow me, when did you realize something was wrong." Adria asked
"Well let me say when you left your house, I already knew something like this would happen so I placed a tracker on your phone." Berlina said simply as she began her narration.
PREVIOUSLY
Berlina was watching Adria's movement's from her phone, she saw nothing much was happening, she had not encountered any danger and by the way they were close to her mom's house
"Hmm seems nightmare has given up,finally he can move on." She stood up and walked to her dining room, she poured water and sat on the couch. When she turned on the tv there was a news of an accident but she paid less attention to the tv, immediately her phone rang and she saw it was her mom calling.
"Hello mom."Berlina
"Berlina I just tried calling your sister. I was having an uneven feeling and what's wrong is she didn't pick up and you know she never does that."
"Hmm." Berlina tried to process what her mom was saying, she's probably worried over nothing maybe Adria just wants to create something crazy as usual. " what about your driver did you call him."
"I did Berlina and he didn't pick up too, I'm really worried about your sister please check on her." madria said worriedly.
Berlina's eyes shifted to the tv immediately and she saw the new which had been on for a while now. shit! her hands began to shake slightly, she picked her system to see the tracker, it had stopped.
She cleared her throat " she's fine mom I'll go check up on her, don't worry about it ok.....we'll talk later ok, call me if you receive any information at all bye." She ended the call and dashed out of her house she called up her people.
They arrived at the place where the accident took place and she ordered them " team 1 spread out and ensure you find clues, team 2 take your weapons and head to all of nightmare houses in these areas, team 3 your coming with me."
"Yes ma." They replied
Berlina steered at the car which was already burnt she studied it for a while " it turns out the driver is the one holding her down, look at the blood stains trails." She tried to look closely but the harsh ray of sun kept distracting her.
"There's also blood stains at the back it might be possible that these are little madams blood and not the drivers." Her right hand man said.
"Hmm your right, but the driver is the one holding her down. Look over there that's her phone." she pointed "she made it out and tried to save the driver, they got to this place before someone hit one of them, which might be Adria because she's the only one who's conscious and then another blood who's blood is this? if it's Adria's blood then... she wouldn't make it." She said as she gulped hard her throat was dry and hurting due to the dry sun
"Get resident of this area immediately."Berlina ordered
After some minute of inspecting the whole thing Berlina came to the conclusion that the last blood stain wasn't Adria's and who ever took her away headed towards the south or northwest bridge.
She spoke to few resident people they didn't say much, guess they were scared .
" we are headed to the south side " Berlina said, immediately she received a call from her mom.
"Hello mom I've told you to sto-" Berlina got interrupted her
"Berlina, Adria called." Madria said with an uneven feeling
"Really what did she say "
"She was saying things I didn't understand, she spoke like she was drunk or something. But I was sure she wasn't drunk at all, she never drinks. "
"What did she say? " Berlina asked curiously.
"She said something about being with her friend and." Madria hesitated to speak further as fear began to consume her.
Berlina noticed the reaction and put the pieces, they both said together "she doesn't have friends."
"And wat else?.....did she say any other thing or was that all? ." Berlina asked.
"She talked about document graphs, she was supposed to get from the house and there's no document here apart from her drawing stuffs. Berlina something is really wrong with Adria, please go check up on your sister I'm having an uncomfortable feeling." Madria's eyes began to water.
"Hmm probably she's just joking around ok, mom I'll talk to you later ok." Berlina
"Berlina tell me the truth is she ok."-madria
"Mom she'll be fine ." Berlina said and ended the call.
She began to think about the word " with my friend?" and " document graph she left."
"Wait a minute the only real friend she had was Ryan and the day he died, was the day Adria wanted to retrieve her document graph from nightmare through a court sited at the north part of this same area that means they took the north route not the south or northwest hmmm smart girl." Berlina thought
"Change of plan we head north "she ordered her boys.
When they got there they became confused, they didn't see any trace of car trail or something. There were only abandoned houses and the place smelled like dead animals. But she ain't falling for this.
"Attack nightmares place when I give order, you understand! but first let know if she's here." She ordered
They stayed there and searched the whole place but there was no clue at all it became so frustrating.
After a while she gave up she wanted to leave but got a text saying 'stay were you are' it came from an anonymous number.
Immediately she heard noises from the forest, they pointed there guns towards the source of the noise when the someone ran out, it was Adria. Berlina was shocked and told her guys to stand down.
But immediately Adria was close they saw nightmare's guys at her back, Berlina grabbed Adria and entered the car immediately And gave the order to kill them. There was battle of gun shots and Berlina's boys were more skilled so Berlina drove away with Adria.
When they were a bit far, Berlina spot nightmare's car approaching them with force. She tried to evade the encounter but nightmare shot her side window slightly penetrating the part Berlina sat, but she tried her best to dodge the attacks, she looked at her little sister who was still unconscious and anger took over her as she brought out her gloak 43 and aimed at nightmare, she shot his shoulders and then the tyres and shot thrice and moved her car at full speed.
Berlina drove for a while and at times she would check and adjusted her sister who was still unconscious and she noticed she was still bleeding badly, the bleeding should have started again due to the running.
After some minute she arrived at her mom's place, she had already texted her mom so everything was ready as she was taken to her room in her mom's house and treated there.
"That's it end of story."Berlina said as she walked to the table and returned with a cup of water. "Drink." She offered Adria the water as she took few sips she handed the water and looked over to her mom and gave wink she knew her mom must have been very worried and it pained her that she was the cause of all this again.
Madria sat close to Adria she stared at her for a while before she felt relieved.
"Stop looking at me like that mom, you make me want to cry that I'm not this pretty."-Adria
"Oh shut up, you should be bitten you know. Your lucky that your alive and also that you didn't play some of those old pranks, I would have hurt you myself." Madria said while patting her hair.
"Oh come on."-Adria
"I think Adria need rest now, if you don't mind I'll see you guys off." Berlina ushered her associate out.
"Alright then, goodbye Adria hope to see you when your better."one of the associates said as they walked out
Adria and her mom chatted for a while as madria feed her fruits.
"I hope I'm not still leaving tomorrow ." Adria said with a tinge of happiness.
"Well it's only Berlina who could decide that." Madria answered.
"But I'm hurt it's not advisable you know and no one is going to take care of me there." Adria squeezed her face.
"So tell me what your going to do when you go over there."
Madria tried to talk about something else's while waiting for the doctors or Berlina, who ever appeared first.
WHILE OUTSIDE
"You have to ensure her safety and be careful they are traitors within." The first guy said calmly.
"What do you mean." Berlina.
"He means someone is giving information out to nightmare and the person is one of your people "the second guy
"What?!" -Berlina
"Yh we found out when we carried out an investigation, but we still don't know who it is ." The lady said.
Berlina frowned trying to figure out who would dare to defile her.
"It's also advisable for Adria to leave as soon as possible to ensure her safety." Another person said.
"Alright thanks a lot,I'll look into this." Berlina said
"We would leave now, take care and see to it that your sister travels safely." They said as they left.
Berlina stepped inside and immediately the doctor came in and did some observations.
"How's she." Berlina asked paying attention to the doctors movement.
"She's stable for now, she just need to rest more and take her drugs regularly." The doctor said
"What about the injuries?." Berlina asked
"They are healing ." The doctor stated shortly.
"Can she travel with this" Berlina asked as she bit her lips trying to be patient.
"What! Berlina, how can you ask that, I can't leave, I'm still recovering." Adria said angrily.
"Yes she's right ma'am." The doctor said.
"Alright please excuse us." Berlina requested.
The doctor left.
"Why would you suggest I leave, when I'm in this condition." She said pointing to her stomach.
"Cause you need to go....for....for the Lu cooperation party." Berlina said trying to make up an excuse.
"What! mommy!! can you hear her?" She starred blankly "This is rubbish!! you want me dead? Then just say so."she scoffed.
"That's enough Adria. Berlina why do you want her to leave so urgently, speak to me dear." Madria spoke trying to calm them down.
"So she can get familiar with her new surroundings." Berlina said nonchalantly.
"But the party is still in two weeks time, tell me the truth what's wrong my love." Madria spoke softly.
"One of our own betrayed us." Berlina said tightening her hand in a fist.
"What do you mean, someone did this to me? ."Adria asked as mischievous and demonic taught flashed in her eyes
"Someone from here is giving information to nightmare ." Berlina continued to explain ignoring the look in Adria's face.
"What! who's that?." Madria asked as she stared at Berlina.
"I don't know yet, but who ever it is the person is as sly and conning as a fox." Berlina said while calculating something and looking around the room.
"So what do we do now." Adria asked
"You need to leave the country when they least expect and that will be now since they think your still unconscious."Berlina said still searching for something with her eyes.
"Urrgh but I don't want to leave."Adria said.
"Don't worry, we'll always come around to see you when we're less busy." Berlina said nonchalantly.
"But nightmare can figure out where I'm going." Adria asked worriedly.
"He won't, I ensured that no one had an idea you were going to turkey." Berlina said while looking at a doll in Adria's room
"What I thought it's-" Adria was cut shut.
Berlina place her hand on her lips to make her stop talking, she approached the doll and inspect it. She drew out the eye and found a video camera.
"Found you." Berlina scoffed as deadly rays appeared in her eyes
"Oh my goodness, that was my favorite doll. How dare that person." Adria eyes shone.
"You mean nightmare? how dare nightmare! because he sent the person, he or she didn't do it on their free will." Berlina said as she shut Adria a zany look.
"Mom come with me, I need to know the people who are In charge of the maintenance of Adria's room." Berlina and her mom left.
Adria steered at the doll, she recalled all the memory she shared with the doll. Then a specific memory flashed through her eyes.
THE PAST
"You know staying here wouldn't change anything right." Ryan said as he walked into Adria's room.
"Leave me alone." Adria said as she turned around and hugged her teddy.
"Just go and apologize." Ryan said as he took a seat.
"This means you believe I'm wrong too," Adria sigh as pain flashed through her eyes " who even let you in here?."
"Your mom." He sad flashing his teeth at her.
"And why would she trust a stranger? ." Adria said trying to mock Rayn.
"I'm not a stranger durrh!!! I am your bodyguard and only friend, so for sure they won't want you to be alone when your mad at all of them." He smirked.
"Oh ok then, make yourself useful I'm hungry." Adria said while sitting up and crossing her arms.
Ryan chuckle "foodie you'll end up getting fat. I'll be right back." He said as he left to get food.
Adria received a call immediately from nightmare.
"Hello." -Adria
"Hey little doll." -nightmare
"I told you, stop calling me that." She smiled slightly.
"Ok, how are you doing."-nightmare
"I'm good wbu." -Adria
"I'm ok" -nightmare
"Hmmm so why did you call? you don't seem like someone who would call out of the blues you know. " -Adria
Ryan walked in with the food, he shut the door and came to sit next to her.
He used his hand to ask who it was but Adria ignored him.
"Well I just felt like knowing how the troublesome child of the family is...stop being childish and listen to them." -nightmare
Adria brows knot " how did you know I was..."
Nightmare smiled "you were what?...never mind ."
Ryan collected the phone immediately he saw Adria's face, he ended the call.
"You shouldn't pick calls that will make you pissed or worried." Ryan warned
"You really growing balls huh,Do you know who that was how could you do that? " Adria said looking at the human at her face.
"Who?."-Ryan
"Nightmare."-Adria
"Well I don't give a dehm." Ryan said nonchalantly.
"Your dog meat if he hears that." Adria laughed.
"I work for you not him ." Ryan shrugged.
"Oh really."Adria said while rolling her eyes in a not impressed manner.
"Uhh." He said challengingly, they stared at each other for a long time and rushed each other.
They began to play around and ended up falling to the bed Ryan was above her smiling exercising dominance.
"Your such a weakling "Ryan scoffed as Adria tried to break free.
"How dare you, I'm not a weakling I'm just a bit emotional right now. That's all I would have beaten ya stinking ass any other day." Adria claimed.
"Oh really, show me then huh." Held her both hands staring down at her lips.
"Get off me." Adria screamed
"No" Ryan said with glint of desire visible in his eyes.
"I said get off me I won't repeat myself Ryan." Adria tried keeping a straight face.
"Let see how you can escape, huh." he said as he lend in and placed a kiss on her lips, immediately her phone ran. Ryan saw it and ended it before Adria could realize, he slipped his hands beneat her shirt as he tried to explore but he caught sight of the teddy bear staring straight at him.
"This teddy bear is creepy." he said while trailing his hands on her stomach.
"That's not true,It was a gift from my dad." Adria said
"Hmm is that so, well I don't want to taint your little doll." he said as he placed it on the floor where it was out of sight and went up to lite up stars with Adria.
Adria was lost in everything that she ignored the calls coming in caught in estacy she groan. Ryan took the food in his mouth and placed it in Adria's mouth, biting and kissing aggressively as a knock interrupted. They both stared at each other in shock as they heard madria's voice.
"Shit shit mom is coming." Adria said as they began to arrange themselves.
Madria came in and smirked they really thought she had no idea they were in a relationship, Stupid childish Adria. She thought.
"Adria your cousin is her to see you." Madria said.
"Oh! ok mom, I'll be there in a minute." -Adria as she tried to act calm.
"I thought you were mad at me and you said you won't speak to me and Berlina for making legal reports for you against that trespasser." She smiled
"Well Ryan talked me out of it, I was being Irrational."-Adria
"Oh he sure did." she smirked Adria looked at her mom in confusion.
"Don't go downstairs looking like this tho." -Madria
"What? What's wrong with me?." Adria said as she touched her face.
"Yh you look like shit go wash your face." Madria teased. Adria stood up and was about to go to her bathroom when she remembered.
"Oh yh mom, my soap is finished, I was going to tell you but I forgot can we get the caretaker get a new one." Adria asked.
"You can go to my room, get my own soap and you can use my bathroom." Madria said
"Ok"Adria said as she left.
Madria looked at Ryan "Don't break her heart, she has been through a lot already and I'm sure you know, I wouldn't want this if it was me but her happiness is everything for now. If you hurt her or cross the line I'll watch your body burn am I clear?"
"Yes ma, I won't hurt her." -Ryan
"I know you won't, she'll kill you if you do, she will get you before I even can." Madria said accessing his reactions.
After some minute Adria rushed in and saw her mom and Rayn looking at each other.
"Umm mom your still here?" she asked as she felt the rise in temperature in the room.
" I was just leaving sweetie, hurry up." she said as she left.
Adria turned to Ryan "I hope your ok."
"Yes I am." he grinned, as he was happy she cared about him.
"What did she say to you." Adria.
"She just gave me her concent." He said as he walked slowly towards her.
"What? Your joking right ." She said surprised, not because her mom let her date prevail, cause she was already 19 and an adult by law, but cause her mom spoke to him without steering up any problem.
"Nope" he said as he lend forward and captured her lips as he slowly sucked on them, Adria's phone ran again interrupting them.
"Urrrgh! who won't let us be." Ryan grunt.
Adria giggles "let me check." She strode toward the bed and picked up her phone she looked at the phone in surprise.
"Who's that." Ryan asked seeing her expression.
"It's nightmare." She said with a strange feeling tingling in her.
"So?" -Ryan
"24 miss call Ryan." She said still feeling surprised.
THE PRESENT
"So that's how he found out huh, asshole." she stood up and went to the doll and tore it apart and went to her glass cup and threw it to the ground.
Berlina busted into the room with fear "what's wrong."
"Nothing just cooling off steam." Adria shrugged.
"Don't stress too much is bad for you. If you really wanna get better this shit your doing is not advisable. So you can walk huh? that's a good improvement." Berlina said looking round the mess Adria had created like she always do.
"When will I be leaving?" Adria sat down looking at the mess she just made.
"7 days from now" Berlina said looking at Adria to see her reaction.
"No, make it 5." Adria said.
"Lol what's the rush?" Berlina was surprised by Adria's reply.
"This place keeps reminding me I let a good guy die." Adria said while tossing her chain round.
"Hmmm is that so, actually it's 3 days from now." Berlina said smiling.
"What! When I said I want to leave a bit early this isn't what I meant tho." Adria said with a little disgust
"Calm down it's not a certainty yet." Berlina said as she was about to leave but a phone rang.
"Who's that? you don't need these disturbance, give me the phone." Berlina requested.
"Naaah don't worry is just my helper at home." Adria said as she picked up the call. Berlina took a sit as she got a little curious.
"Hello ma." Gloria's voice sounded from the other end.
"Hey how are you doing dear." Adria asked as she smiled sheepishly.
"I'm fine ma, I heard what happened to you and I was a bit worried so I decided to call." Housekeeper
"Oh thanks dear but I'm good now I'm stronger than ever." Adria said looking at Berlina who came closer to listen.
"That's a good thing ma'am. So when will you be leaving." She asked curiously.
"Ummm I don't really know tho." Adria replied while accessing Berlina.
Berlina snatched the phone and shunned Adria silently, so she doesn't say anything.
"But why do you ask huh, you didn't even bother to come over to see me, but you decided to call?. Even Sammy I least expected to even care came with gifts, so why didn't you come?." Berlina asked mimicking Adria's voice.
"I...I....I'm so sorry I ~coughs awkwardly~ I was sick too."she claimed.
"But when I asked Sammy about you, he said the last time he saw you,you were ok?." Berlina asked
"Ummm I...I was at the hospital that's why." She lied.
"What hospital?" Berlina as immediately not giving her space to think.
"Umm mam it was...it was Maryland hospital." she started feeling uneasy.
Berlina noticed her uneasiness, she handed the phone back to Adria as she has already gotten what she wanted.
"I almost died you know you really claim to see me as your daughter you really should have come over but it's fine we'll talk later ok." Before she could get any reply she ended the call.
"Explain." Adria said
"Explain what?" Berlina shrugged.
"Why were you investigating her in a shady manner." Adria asked
"Well nothing much, I have interrogated everyone who was in charge of you except for her and all of them seemed to be innocent." Berlina said.
"People could pretend you know right."-Adria.
"Well luckily I can detect lies." -Berlina.
"I know, but I don't want you to take a legal action against her like you did to that poor guy who was only a mere beggar." Adria spouts.
"You know what's fishy everyone kept suggesting her as the person who cleaned you room and never needed assistance when ever she came around." Berlina said.
"Who?" Adria asked.
"Your personal maid!. And that guy was really not a beggar, I did my research he owes nightmare some money and I put the pieces together, he probably was assigned to watch you and report back to you know who." Berlina said.
"Oh! but this doesn't mean she's also one of nightmares pons." Adria defensive Sid came to light.
"I didn't say she is, but while talking to her I realized she is hiding something, she kept faking sympathy and that's why she has been able to fool you all this while." Berlina kept her explanation short.
"Get ready you leave in 2 days time." Berlina concludes.
"Bu-" Adria tried to argue but got shunned by Berlina.
"Don't even try to argue, you just told her your stronger than ever. They would start cooking up something, probably she would want to visit now with a new video camera as a gift." Berlina said.
"Berlina I'm scared if I leave he would come for you." Adria said with worry written all over.
Berlina laughed out loud " I'm going back to my family abroad with mom once you leave, your the only person holding me back."
"Alright." Adria said as she stepped out to her drawing room.
Berlina picked up her phone and dialed a number "Get me all the information about Adria's housekeeper." She ended the call immediately. She left Adria's room, she called a cleaner to get rid of the mess she made and went to her room to rest.