Tara went back to her room fuming. She didn't like the fact that she couldn't remember a single thing about what happened at the party coupled with the fact that she woke up in the wrong room. The silence Lakan towards giving her an explanation about what happened was the most frustrating aspect of the whole thing. It was the second time she was waking up in his clothes without a proper explanation. She was thinking her present forgetfulness could be related to the fact that she traveled back in time.
A single knock on the door and Tara knew Sarah was at the door. It was their agreed code for whenever she was coming around.
"Come inside " Tara commanded her immediately. She was already looking for someone who would give her a proper explanation about yesterday.
Sarah came in with a cup of tea in her hand to the surprise of Tara who was not expecting that.
"This is black tea ma'am, it helps with hangovers " Sarah informed her as she passed the tea to her.
"Hangover? Why will be having a hangover? Tara asked looking at Sarah with a confused look on her face.
It was Sarah's turn to be surprised, she couldn't believe Tara could not remember anything.
" You had a lot of drinks yesterday and became drunk...
"I can't remember taking more than one glass of wine " Tara cut her short as she tried to remember the event of yesterday.
"I think you had more than one, you put up quite a show yesterday Lakan had to save you from further embarrassing yourself " She informed her.
Tara could not believe what Sarah was saying. She wasn't a fan of alcohol hence she was glad when she saw non-alcoholic wine around her. She only had a drink from one and that's all she could remember
As Sarah was about to give her a proper breakdown of what happened another knock landed on the door.
Tara and Sarah exchanged glances because they were not expecting anyone else.
Tara signaled Sarah to reply.
"Who is that? Sarah asked curiously.
" It's me Grace" They heard a soft voice reply from outside.
Grace was one of the cooks in the house. She was a young girl eighteen years old. In her first marriage, Tara made her a special cook to herself as she was one of the best in the kitchen. Hearing her name now Tara remembered she was one of those people she would want around her.
"Open the door for her " Tara instructed Sarah who did so without wasting time thinking maybe she came with food.
"Good morning ma'am" Grace greeted without lifting her head her eyes focused on the ground.
Tara was not surprised to see her that way. She was always quiet and respectful but was a source of information on anything that was happening. She was very good at getting information. There was almost nothing happening in the house that she doesn't know of. That was what Tara knew her for.
"What is the matter? Sarah asked looking at her suspiciously.
" I thought you will like to see this," She said bringing out her phone as she passed it to Sarah who opened her mouth in shock when she saw what was inside.
"What is it? Tara asked
Sarah passed the phone to her without saying a word as she was still yet to recover from her shock.
Tara's jaws fell open when she saw the video. It was a video of her at the party yesterday acting funny. The sound from the video was removed but one can tell from just looking at it that she was heavily drunk and must be saying things that are not supposed to be heard. The caption of the video is " New bride disgracing her husband in public. Tara felt enraged at what she was seeing before her .so this was truly what happened yesterday and Lakan must have watched in shame. She put her hand on her face trying to digest all she had just seen
" Where did you get the video? Sarah asked looking angry.
"It's on the internet, people have been posting about it " Grace replied with a shaky voice.
"Thank you, you can go" Sarah dismissed her immediately after she saw that Tara was not going to ask her any questions.
Grace went out of the room quietly, she wanted to say something but stopped herself. She wanted to ask for her phone back.
"What was I saying in that video? Tara asked
Sarah narrated all she could remember saying the exact words she could remember them.
Tara was shocked to hear she said those words. calling the Blackwaters murderers in public was a completely foolish thing to say. She knew the crime they committed but that was not the way she wanted to go about it.
" What did Lakan say? He seems to have said something before taking me out " Tara asked to point to the video.
"Jezebel asked that he should defend your words but he refused to tell her you are drunk and would not say those words in your right sense before he took permission from his father to take you home" Sarah replied
"We will need to trace who posted this video, we need to find the source," Tara said clenching her fist. She knew she will also need to apologize to Lakan for everything she said to him
"No matter how we want to hide it I know this must have been done by someone from the Blackwaters family," Sarah said with a lot of confidence in her voice
"How are you so sure of that?
" let's look at the facts," Sarah said as she started making calculations with her fingers
"First of all, it is a Blackwaters party everybody there is from that family. Second, you took only one glass of wine meaning someone must have put something inside. Third this video, the audio was removed so people will not hear what was said to protect the family image. Fourth the caption here refers to just you and Lakan nothing to bring the family inside. I am convinced it was done by someone from that family we just need to find out who"