Erica's Pov
A fresh day and a fresh start for me. I have decided to wash my hands clean of every messy act from now on. I was just so tired of running my whole life, it was time to live and not just to live but to live rightly if not for anything but at least for my family. Talking about my family, Deborah called yesterday to say that dad had been buried, that gave me a of relief to an extent as I now knew that at last my family was safe since only dad was involved, or were we?
I decided to clear my head a little and so I got up and decided to take a shower first before going out to get any legal work I could do so as not to depend on my family for money besides, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with dad's money which I wasn't sure was from a pure source. I got up, took my bath, when I was almost done dressing, I heard a knock on my door. Who could it be at this early hours of the day?
Mrs Joanna's Pov
I woke up feeling so confused as I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere. How I wish my husband were still alive as he was one of those who kept me going although I never realized until after his death; you never know the value of what you have until you lose it. How was I to bond with my kids whom I have never age like a mother to not until Eben started to bring us together
(Flashback)
The birth of Terry was one which I would call unprepared for as I was just a young girl in search of a life void of stress not until Terry was born. He was so chubby and hairy and took the face of his father. I tried my best to be a mother to him as best as I could but I just couldn't sit at home all day nursing a baby and so my husband offered to get me a nanny. I would spend some time with Terry and then go spend some time with the girls leaving home in the care of his nanny. Once he clocked two, I got my total freedom. Just as I was about to start enjoying this new found freedom, another bomb dropped, I discovered that I was pregnant with another child
Terry's Pov
I woke up the next morning feeling so tired and stressed out after the previous day's activities. I think I heard the door bell ring but I decided not to bother myself with they and besides we had the maids to attend to that.
I sat down on my bed for sometime thinking on where to continue life from. Dad was a businessman and I a doctor, how was I supposed to run the company with absolutely no idea about business management. I had never been too keen about anything business. I loved science and the whole fact which it was able to prove but I guess chemicals won't be able to bring an answer to this situation I found myself in. I began to wish that there was actually a chemical to solve all problems as I laughed to myself and my wishful thinking. If only Erica were here then maybe she would be able to take over the company as she showed more interest from when we were little. I could recollect when I saw her last, after an argument with Dad, packed her bag and said she had to leave the house to clear her head. I asked dad and he said it was just a little issue which would be sorted out soon. I tried calling Erica but to no avail instead she replied with a message saying she was alright and still needed time. I wonder what went wrong
While I was still trying to put things together in my head, I got a call from the hospital and upon receiving it, the caller said " Mr Terry, your dad was murdered, he was poisoned", I froze on hearing this with no idea on what to do next..
Debby's Pov
I opened the door and to my surprise, I found a box with no sender's name or anything. I guess it's from someone who cared to sympathize with us but couldn't make it to the funeral. But why would the person not put a name ; I guess he forgot or it's inside the box.
I made my way upstairs with the box and upon getting to my room, dropped it on my bed with no intentions of opening it. I sat down on my bed and began to think of what I could do for the day, after much thinking, I came up nothing and decided to face the box. I opened the box and found a box inside the box. Upon opening the second box, I found a white paper with the picture of a mischievously smiling clown and the words "PERFECT TIMING,ELIMINATED"on top while at the bottom " CAN YOU PLAY"