"Stop where you are all of you!"Cloe shouted after Stephanie , Beatrice and John got into the house , they all stopped and looked at her , they didn't understand why she would shout like that.
"Where are you coming from ?"Cloe asked the ,the three of them looked at each other and then looked at her,"at Grandpa's place ,"John answered ,"how gave you the permission to go there ?"Cloe asked , John left like dying because of anger.
"What do you mean who gave us permission to go there?"John asked her , his mother has finally come back to herself ,he didn't believe that the woman in the orphanage and the one standing right in front of him where the same person.
"You are trying really hard to annoy me John , aren't you ?"Cloe asked closing her arms on her chest ,"mother ,I have done anything to annoy you ,you are the one trying to annoy me instead ,"John replied , Cloe walked towards him and tried to pull his ear but John moved away.
Cloe was very furious when she saw her son's reaction ,she looked at the them and repeated her first question ,"I asked where the three of you are coming from ?"she asked and looked at them expecting one of them to answer but even after a few days has passed no one of them had said anything .
They weren't even looking at her,"haven't your heard my question , how many times do you want me to repeat myself?"she asked , they were already starting to get into her nerves,"aren't you going to speak ?"she asked but she got the same reaction as before .
She looked at Stephanie then at Beatrice and finally John ,"get out of my house and go back to where you are coming from,"Cloe ordered them when she realized that there weren't planning to talk to her but to her disappointment no one of them tried to move from where they were standing.
Stephanie looked at her and realized that she was wasting their time for nothing ,she couldn't continue standing like that ,she moved and walked towards the stairs ,"where are you going?"Cloe asked , Stephanie was pissed when she yelled at her but she wasn't going to show her that she was pissed.
She continued walking,"Stephanie ,are you suddenly done deaf ,am speaking to you , come back here this instance,"Cloe ordered her , Stephanie stopped turned around and looked at her for a moment before turning around again and walking to the stairs .
"Where are you going Stephanie ?"Cloe asked her, Stephanie was sure that even the helps who were outside would hear Cloe shouting ,"am going to my bedroom , do you have a problem with that?"Stephanie asked ,"how dare you talk to me like that , don't you know whom I am?"Cloe asked ,she walked towards Stephanie.
"Maybe I have forgotten ,why don't you remind me , I will make sure not to forget next time,"Stephanie said to her , Cloe couldn't believe what she had just heard ,"look ,see how rude she is ,you all say that am one at fault everytime , see for yourself now , how dare she talks to me like that , she doesn't respect me even one bit ,am trying to be a good mother but what do I get in return , tell me ,go ahead and tell me?"Cloe asked , talking to no one in particular.
Beatrice couldn't stand her mother acting as a drama queen ,she walked straight past her and Stephanie and walked to the stairs holding the railing ,"Beatrice , don't tell me that she has infected you with her stubbornness?"Cloe asked Beatrice ,she stopped turned around , looked at her mother , turned around again and walked away without saying a word.
"Are you happy now , you have succeeded in brainwashing my kids against me ,their own mother , wasn't that the same thing that you did with your grandmother , everyone is now against me and it's all you fault,"Cloe said shouting.
"Wow , wow mother ,I didn't know that you are a drama queen,you would have many rewards if you joined entertainment industry as an actress ,"John said while applauding, Cloe looked at her son confused , where did he get the strength to talk to her like that.
"John , don't ever forget that I am your mother, do you hear me?"Cloe asked yelling at the top of her voice,"what's happening here ,why are you yelling like that?"Stephen got into the house and was on the right time to find Cloe yelling , Cloe wanted to deny the fact that she has been yelling but she knew that that will only increase her offences ,she was sure that Stephen has heard her round and Clear.
"I didn't mean to yell like that but they all left me with no choice ,"Cloe said looking at Stephanie , Beatrice and John, Stephen also looked at them but he failed to understand what Cloe was talking about,"what happened?"he asked after observing the way they were standing .
Beatrice was standing on the stairs supporting herself on the railings, Stephanie was one step from the stairs while Cloe was a few steps from Stephanie and John near the entrance door,"they have just come in and I asked them where they are coming from,"Cloe answered and looked at her husband to see if he would believe her.
"Can't you ask them without yelling?"Stephen asked her,"isn't like I can't ask them without yelling but I asked them but they didn't answer me , Stephanie even attempted to walk away ,I was suprised when Beatrice followed the suit and do you know what was worse , John called me a drama queen , can you believe that?"Cloe asked trying to turn everything to her benefit.
Stephen looked at John , Stephanie and then finally at Beartice,"did the two of you try to walk away from your mother when she was still talking to both of you?"he asked looking at Beatrice and Stephanie , Beatrice looked away but Stephanie mentained eye contact with her father, the both of them didn't say a word.
"I told you , didn't I look at how rude there are , before moving in here , Beatrice was a very obedient girl , I can't explain what happened to her ,"Cloe said shooking her head ,"are you trying to say that am the one making her become disobedient?"Stephanie said looking at Cloe.
"You are the one who has said that and not me ,"Cloe replied,"I don't care what you think about me , Beatrice is a grown up and has the ability to make her own decisions without being influenced by anyone ,you aren't my mother so don't try to make me respect you,"Stephanie said ,she looked around then stopped her gaze at her father.
"She is your wife ,I don't know why you can't control her , talk to her and advise here not to try to piss me off next time , I might do or say something that you won't like and your won't be able to do anything to me ,"Stephanie said still looking at her father and then walked away.
"See , just listen to your daughter ,is that the right way to talk to her elders?"Cloe asked her husband looking at him ,"you don't know when to stop , don't you?"John asked her mother ,"I would rather spend my whole life a bachelor rather than marrying a troublesome wife like you ,"John said and walked away.
"My goodness ,am dead ,am definitely dead , Stephen come collect my body and take me to a morgue,I don't want to be alive anymore ,I hope you have heard how they are talking to me ,am supposed to be their mother , aren't I ?"Cloe said ,she was looking very sad ,if someone got into the house and doesn't know what happened they would end up that she was definitely hurting so badly.
"John was right all along, you are a real drama queen , the entertainment industry would suit you very well mother ,I think I will go to my room for now but I promise that I will take you there to see if you can get yourself a place ,I will be very proud when the whole world knows that my mother is an actress,"Beatrice said looked at her mother for one last time and walked away.
Stephen was left alone with his wife ,he didn't know if he was supposed to laugh or cry at the manner that the kids has spoken to Cloe ,he didn't wait to be told that she was the one at fault ,he thought of what Stephanie has said to him and felt like he has disappointed her daughter.
He was very tired ,he didn't wish to talk to Cloe now , he would first get a good rest and talk to her later,he looked at her and walked away, Cloe was left standing alone.