"Now I am tearing up!" Asma says using her palm to stop the tears.
Malik walks in and is looking very bothered about something. "Hi kids." He whispers and sits.
"Welcome sir." The friends greets.
"Dad, are you okay?" Ella asks.
"I went to that restaurant to see if I can get any footages that can give me an inkling of how that lady looks but something amazing happened."
"And what is that sir?" Abdullah asks.
"The CCTV camera is always on and effective in that restaurant, but yesterday the camera was off for about ten minutes." He pauses and looks at the kids consecutively. "From 2:10 to 2:20."
"I still don't understand you father."
"The last thing that was caught on the camera was when Amsa got her food and is about to start eating, then the camera went off for ten minutes and when it started working again, Asma was no longer in the restaurant."
"So, Jessica wasn't caught on camera?" Asma asks.
"Yes." Malik nods.
"What a coincidence!" Asma exclaims.
"It's no coincidence Asma." Darifa retorts.
"Someone turned off the camera purposely to avoid being exposed, I can assure you Jessica did that on purpose." Abdullah concludes.
"I am afraid that is what actually happened, she turned off the camera on purpose. If that girl can do that, then I think we are in deep trouble." Malik says not too sure of the situation of things.
"What do you think we can do now father?" Ella asks still.
"First of all, let's make an official report to the security officers and police officers, and you all have to stay here for the main time until everything is settled. I will have some of underling guide this place every time."
"I am so scared right now, I thought she should have gotten over the whole secondary school drama." Asma whispers with fear.
Ella's phone rings and everywhere grows silent and tensed. "Is that my phone?" She picks it up and sees it is a private number again. "It's a private number." She whispers.
"It might be Jessica." Abdullah suggests.
"Answer the call and record all she says." Says Malik.
She answers the call and click on the record button leaving the phone on loud speaker. "Hello."
"Ella!" Jessica calls sternly.
"Yes, how can I help you and who are you by the way?" Ella asks even though she is a bit scared.
"You did it! Just know anything that happens to you and allies happened because of you."
"I don't understand what you are talking about, can you please calm down and explain better." She whispers looking at her father as he gives her the sign to continue and tries to lengthen the conversation. "What did I do?"
"Even after I begged you, you didn't listen, you still sent my mom to jail and you ruined my life you miserable bastard!" Jessica says yelling.
"Who is this? Jessica?" Ella asks with a lot of confidence.
"Yes! This is Jessica. Now, my mom died today all because of you. I promise you I won't let you live. You will also have a taste of the kind of miserable death my mom had." She threatens.
"I can't believe you have this much confidence to say the rubbish you are saying right now, after what you and your mom did to me then? I expected you to even feel sober. It's not my fault she died and again, she didn't go to jail because of me, she went to jail because of her terrible character." Ella fires back.
"Let's see how long you can continue to run that mouth if yours when I expose your sec-"
Miss Smith quickly ends the call as she sensed that Jessica was about to mention the word 'secret'.
Both Malik and Abdullah understand the reason for her actions so they turned blind eye to it.
"Why did you hang up?" Darifa asks.
"Nothing, I am just tired of listening to whatever rubbish she has to say."
"You shouldn't have spoken to her in that manner, at this point I think we should be trying to pacify her by all possible means." Asma whispers with fear as always.
"You are too naive Asma." Darifa whispers and pulls her friends cheeks jokingly. "Begging Jessica can't and won't solve anything on ground. All we can do now is to fight back,once Jessica puts her mind to something, she will surely get it done."
Ella exhales deeply and says. "I actually feel sorry for her, I think she is right, it all happened because of me. Her mom and grandfather went to jail and along the line her mom died. It's devastating, and it's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself for any of those things Ella. Come to think of it, what would have happened to you if Jessica's mom had her way that day? After making your videos and posting them online, will you still be sane?" Asks Abdullah.
Ella shakes her head gently. "I won't be sane but at least I will be alive." She stops and Looks at everyone in the room. "Jessica's mom is dead and gone for good."
"So what are you driving at now?" Darifa asks.
"Are you planning on surrendering yourself to her?" Malik asks too.
"I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me, I am the one she wants."
"Will you just shut up now Ella? You are spouting nonsense out of your mouth. Jessica has the whole four of us in her black book because we tried to fight against her not because you came into the picture." Abdullah retorts.