Scarlett POV
I didn't know what to do, my mind was totally blank as I stared at my mom on the floor, I tried lifting her up but I just couldn't because I was too small compared to her size, mom was soaked in her own pool of blood.
"Mom, you can't do this to me, please mom get up, you can't just leave me like this, mom please stand up and stay with me" I held unto her body as I cried my eyes out.
Dad only stood there, folded his hand against his chest and stared at us not minding the condition of my mother.
"Dad, look at what you have done to mom, and she's not moving" I stated but he only hissed loudly.
"And so what? What has happened to her that have never happened to anyone before?" He asked and I stared at him in disbelief.
"Is that all you have to say about this?" I asked as hot balls of tears streamed down my face.
"Hmm-hmm" He hummed in response.
Immediately, I got up and ran to the kitchen and picked up a kitchen knife then hid it in my back pocket just incase he tries anything stupid, then I picked up mom's phone which was on the kitchen counter, went to the living room and fake called the police just to see his reaction.
"Yes, am I speaking to a police officer?" I asked, immediately he heard me say the word 'police officer' he snapped his head sharply towards my direction and whispered softly "Don't you dare try anything stupid" I ignored his warning and continued speaking.
"I have a complaint to make"
He walked swiftly towards me and tried snatching the phone away from my hand, quickly, I brought out the knife from my pocket and stretched it out to him.
"If you take any more further steps towards me, I am going to kill you". I screamed in tears.
Leonard POV
I was so scared to the bones as I watched Scarlett stretched the knife at me with blood shot eyes. To ever think a day like this would come, I would disagree, who the heck taught her how to handle a knife like that.
"Scar honey, it hasn't gotten up to this, we can still settle this amicably, just drop down the knife, remember it's dad" I said as I pleaded with her with soothing eyes.
"Dad my foot, you are no longer my father, from the moment you started maltreating mom and I, you cease being my father, I only have a mother, my dad is long dead and does not exist to me" She said with rage visibly shown in her eyes, my eyes widened both in shock and fear.
I can't actually believe that my own daughter wants me dead.
"I thought you weren't scared, so why did you panic earlier? This time around am calling the cops for real, Leonard" She said still glaring hard on me, wait a minute, did she just call me by my name and at the same time also threatening me? No this just can't be my daughter.
"No baby, please don't, okay, am going to take your mom to the hospital" I said as I raised my hands up to prove that I was going to do it.
"Better, now hurry up and carry her!!!!?" She yelled.
"Okay, okay, am going to do just that, let me get the keys first" I said as I scurried over to get the keys.
"Hurry! You're wasting precious time here!!!" She shouted.
"Okay!!!" I yelled back immediately I got to her.
I carried Caroline, I so much detest her even her body disgusts me, but I just have to comply and do this because am not so sure of what might be running through Scarlett's mind and what her next actions might be.
"Wait a moment, am coming, and mind don't you dare escape cause my eyes are one you and I will call the police on you and it would take them a couple of miles before you are caught, I promise you that" She said as she climbed the stairs.
I just can't believe that am being tortured by a little girl, she has just turned into a witch overnight just like her mother, no, she more worse than her mother.
Minutes later she came down "Now to the car and hurry up, because if anything happens to my mother, you would also follow her, I promise you that, now to the car!!!!" She ordered.
I shuddered slightly both in fear and surprise, I entered the car and drove off to the hospital.
When we got to the hospital, Scarlett came down from the car and rushed into the hospital and came back outside running with some nurses who were holding a stretcher, they carried Caroline and took her into the building.
I just can't believe that am suffering this much because of that worthless woman.
I was about driving out when Scarlett opened the door and said, "Hey mister, where the heck do you think that you are going?".
"Home, where else? You should know by now that I hate hospitals" I replied.
"Really Leonard? Hope you're just joking? Like seriously you hate hospitals but you used your hands to send my mom to the hospital, you are going to stay here whether you like or not, because you are the mastermind behind all these, now out of the car" She said.
Oh gracious Lord, I just feel like strangling the living daylight out of her, well, we are in public and I wouldn't want to attract unnecessary attention to us.
I quietly came down of the car after parking the car properly.
I walked into the hospital and sat on one of the available seats and I cringed immediately at the smell I was perceiving, oh I hate hospitals.
After hours of sitting down endlessly and doing nothing, the doctor came out and Scarlett rushed to him and said.
"Doctor, how is my mom doing?".
"Well, young lady, how did all these happen?" The doctor asked her.
She looked at me and smirked, immediately I gulped down in nothing, was this little twine going to expose me?.
I started sweating profusely despite the air conditioner that was present here in the reception, I was growing nervous when she wasn't saying anything, then she broke the killing silence and said.
"Doctor, she fell down the stairs and I happened to see her when I went to the kitchen to drink some water".
I breathed out in relief, gosh, I never knew that I had been holding my breath all these while.
Then she looked at me again and her stares were clearly saying 'Don't you think that you have escaped from this, am coming back at you'.
"Okay, where is your dad, and you are not supposed to be here since you yourself are just recovering" The doctor said.
I wanted to stand up and present myself as her dad when she replied.
"Yes doctor, I know that am just recovering but my mom needs me now, and secondly, my mom is a widow, my dad had died since when I was 5 years old, I don't have a father".
I was greatly shocked, what the hell is wrong with this child for Pete's sake.
"Is that so?" The doctor asked.
"Yes doctor" She replied.
"Okay, who is that man seated over there if I may ask you?" He asked.
"He's our neighbor who offered to help us when I ran to him for help" I no longer know my daughter, she has changed and has totally become a different person.
"Young lady, can you please come to my office with me?" He requested.
"Yes doctor" She replied almost immediately.
The doctor left and she said to me "Don't you dare move from here" Then she left.
Scarlett POV
I sat down and stared at the doctor with impatience clearly stated in my eyes.
"Young lady, your mother has lost a great amount of blood" He told.
I gasped loudly, I knew that she would loss blood but I never expected it to be as much as the doctor called it.
"What! What can we do doctor? I don't want to lose my mom" I replied in tears.
"Well, we would have to conduct a blood transfusion and what we need now is a donor" He said.
"Can I be the donor?" I cried.
"No, you can't, there's no way that could be possible, but don't worry, by tomorrow, we would have found a solution to it, but we have been to remove her from danger, she's in a more stable condition, do remains now is the blood" He said.
"Doctor, please what ward is she?" I asked.
"She's in ward 27, just take the elevator to the 2nd floor and you would easily spot the room, just make sure not to disturb her" He advised.
"Yes doctor, I promise" I said as I took my leave.
I left his office and went as he had directed me, and I was able to locate the ward, I entered the ward and met my mom in a bad shape, her head was bandaged, j cried as I walked towards her bed and sat on it.
I know that you guys might be wondering why I didn't report my father when I had the chance, well I was only doing it for me because I know that she wouldn't want that, I didn't do as not to worsen her health.
I held her hand and rubbed it gently.
She slightly opened her eyes and smiled weakly when she saw me.
"Baby" She called.
"Yes mom, how are you feeling now" I asked.
"Super, since you're here with me" She said and I smiled slightly at her response.
"Baby, I need a favour from you" She added almost immediately.
"Anything for you mom" I replied.
"I want you to go to my room and gather all the files in the wardrobe and hide them somewhere safe, my credit cards are all in there, hide them too, the files are all to the properties and businesses that I own, the password to the safe in my office is your date of birth, in there you can have access to all my bank accounts" She requested, but why is she telling me, I hope it's not what am thinking, I thought as I started crying.
"Baby, please be safe for mommy okay" She said.
"Yes, I will mom" I replied.
"You know that mommy loves you right?" She asked.
"Yes I know and I love you more mom".
"I will always be with you, right here in your heart, close to you, continue to be mommy's good girl" She said in a croaked voice as her eyelids started closing gradually.
I shook her but she wasn't responding "MOM!!!!!!!!!" I screamed.
She's not gone right, I screamed then rushed to the doctor's office and literally dragged him to check up on her.
He examined her and was putting on a sad face "She still here with me right, she's not gone, please say she's still here with me" I cried as I dragged his cloth.
"Little tigress, she's not going anywhere, she's still here with you, she slipped into coma" Coma, now that's bad, but am happy that she's still here with me.
He assured me that she would be okay and that I should go home and rest.
I went home and thought about all what my mom said to me.
Unknown POV
"Hello, I heard that she was admitted in the hospital that you are working in, so I want the both of you to have her killed, finish her up and feed me with some good news tomorrow" I ended the call as I laughed evilly.
She thought that she could have it all to herself, surely he who laughs last, laughs best, I thought as I laughed out again.
Mabel POV
I and Rachel both went to the ward where we were directed to, I really needed the money, we were able to get into the ward since we both worked as janitors in the hospital.
As I was about to inject the poisonous substance into the drip, I decided to look at the person I was about to kill.
But immediately I stared at her face, the injection dropped from my hands, no it can't be, nooo!! I can't do this, I just can't, not anymore.
"Hey granny, let's finish her up, what are you doing? Having cold feet now, huh?" Rachel asked.
"No, we can't do this anymore" I replied.
"What are you saying? We were ordered to kill her, move if you can't do it, it's like you no longer need the money, I can have your share, you know" She said as she was about injecting it directly into her vein when I grabbed a fire extinguisher and hit her hard on the head.
Immediately, she fell to the ground unconscious.
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Sorry guys for the long delay.
I was hospitalised, just got discharged
I ought to be resting but I needed to update you guys.
Double chapter today guys
Expect another one soon.