~ Flashback ~
* * * 6 Years Ago, Planora * * *
" Nice to meet you Lily." Morticia said with a smile.
" Liliana, why don't you take Morticia to her room." Anika said with a beautiful smile, while Liliana nodded.
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It only took a few days before Morticia got acquainted to the Prescotts. Things ran smoothly and Morticia was thankful for that. Liliana and Gregory were very nice and kind to her, till envy began to set in, at least for Liliana it did.
The Prescotts obviously sponsored Morticia's university education. She wasn't the best, but she was very much above an average student and by far above the glam queen, Liliana.
The cousins were never compared to each other in any term, but Liliana couldn't help but feel envious, which advanced to Jealousy. From jealousy, it graduated to anger and from anger, hate.
But Liliana was careful not to show it, although she would occasionally freak out at the slightest provocation.
Liliana had friends who of course, added salt to injury. Driven by the passion of hate and Jealousy especially because Wills, her father would occasionally remark Morticia for her intelligence which was not limited to her studies alone, Liliana decided it was time for Morticia to leave. Typical.
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On a faithful evening, Liliana decided to make a phone call. The phone call that was to result to no good.
A friend of hers, Gwen, had suggested setting Morticia up, in a way that would tarnish her image and what better way than setting her up with the college hotties.
Because of discretion, Liliana left her room for the least frequented room in the mansion. There, all the toys and beautiful pieces of their childhood, and other things in general, was kept.
Pushing the door forward with the intention of twisting the knob, it opened to Liliana's surprise. For a moment, she was startled. The maids had done the weekly clean up the previous day. She made sure of that. So why was it opened already?
Liliana walked in and closed the door with caution. Just as she was about to shut the door, she heard a whisper.
Frightened, she tip toed to an old wardrobe in the room and hid behind it. Thankfully, there was nothing on her way.
As she stood there, it was as if the person had suspected her presence in the dark and quiet room.
About twenty seconds later, the person still kept mute and the room, eerily quiet.
By this time, Liliana already had goosebumps all over her body. She was sure she heard someone. Or, was it an illusion? Maybe it was because she was also being cautious, so as not to get caught by her nosy brother or by any house help.
After a while, she decided she was thinking things. As she was about to switch her phone on, she heard the whisper again.
No! She wasn't alone! She had company! But who?! Was it her brother? Maybe he was trying to play a prank or something.
But neither did Gregory nor anyone else know about her plans or that she was going to the room to make a call. The person would've seen her coming in since the reflection from outside the door shone in the room for a while. Besides, Gregory didn't really like toys or something, he wasn't a kid anymore for Pete's sake! Or was he up to something himself?
" No, I'm not." A feminine voice was heard, the voice that left Liliana petrified.
" I said no baby. Listen to me, I'm not coming over. Sometimes I wonder how you think. What do you expect me to say if I'm not around by that time, especially to him.'' The owner of the said voice replied to the person as Liliana managed to hear. After a while, the person continued
" I know. Don't you know I love being with you? But we just can't. We agreed to three times a week and three times a week it is." The voice said as it started becoming clearer and louder.
' Whoever this is, I must have evidence against her. I must show this to Mom. ' Liliana thought. That prompted her to turn on her phone's voice recorder as swiftly as she could, not without adjusting it's brightness.
'Click'
Another door that seemed to be in the room, latched.
' There's a door in this room?' Liliana thought inwardly. But before she could comprehend the it, the person spoke up again, that was after shutting the door, as Liliana had heard correctly.
" I have to go baby.'' The owner of the voice Liliana heard from the secret room said.
" Yes I know. You know I do hon. I love it when I'm under you, but we have to keep our games unsuspected. We can't risk suspicions. So you had better stop acting like a kid in need of candy" The woman who had stopped taking further steps said.
Now, that voice was all too familiar for Liliana.
A giggle was heard from the woman, as the person on the other end, had seemingly replied something nasty.
'' I love you too. Bye.'' The woman said before dropping the call.
Moments later, the door was opened by the said woman. But the light reflection on her face as she stepped outside helped Liliana confirm her suspicion.
After she was sure the woman had left, Liliana slid down the wardrobe, releasing the breathe she actually knew she was holding.
Due to the shivers, trembling and fright Liliana felt greatly exhausted. But what she had just discovered was too much information for her to not be exhausted. Tapping on the screen of her phone twice, Liliana opened it and turned the recorder off.
The owner of the all too familiar voice and the person she intended to play the audio for, was one in the same person.
Liliana didn't bother checking out if there was a door in the room or not. She just needed to return to her room and take a cold shower.
She didn't and could not make the call anymore.
But wait_
'What was the need of the call anyways'. Liliana thought with a smirk as a devilish idea struck her.
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~ A few days later ~
After Wills left for work and Anika, for the gym, someone snuck into their room!
When Anika returned from the gym, she saw a white envelope lying on the bed. As she went over to pick it, she saw ' ANIKA PRESCOTT ' written on it.
When she opened it, she saw a note and an audio tape.
The note read
~ Dear Anika Prescott, please consider
this, a present from a fan who loves,
appreciates, have seen and heard your
beautiful hidden secrets. Like I said, I'm
only a fan.
000785679 FTB. You know what to do.
Your truly devoted fan,
07.06. ~
Anika went ahead to play the recording, which of course, was the conversation she had with her lover. Oh, it wasn't just from that day alone, it also contained a few more recordings, which had a lot of NSFW contents for a one sided conversation. Liliana was smart enough for that.
Trembling from rage, Anika was tempted to tear the paper into pieces, but she needed to find out who '07.06' was and what it meant.
Minutes later, Anika's phone dinged. It was a message from the 'mysterious' person who told asked to wish her daughter, Liliana, a happy birthday.
Liliana, who was obviously behind the scenes did that so It would seem as if she was trying to let Anika know that she the 'anonymous' person knew her family members up close to expose her secrets to them.
But the actual reason was to tip Anika off. By doing that, it would most certainly cross Anika's mind that the code might be a birthday number. And it was actually, it was Morticia's birth date to be precise.
Liliana knew how smart her mother was. So all she had to do was wait a couple days or hours even, and watch the drama unfold.
And so it did.
What Liliana didn't know, was how Anika would handle it.
But being the sly woman she was, it took Anika nothing to uncover the 'masked' identity of the blackmailer and deal with it.
She eventually framed Morticia up for something as serious as attempting to poison Wills who loved and trusted her a lot.
Painting herself to be nice and kind enough, she kicked Morticia out without sending her to jail since she would've done that with the invented evidence. After all, Morticia had nothing and no one to defend her. She had just bagged her degree in petroleum engineering and had nothing on her because she spent all she saved on her final project. She didn't want to be too much burden for the Prescott couple.
The day Anika kicked her out, she made sure Wills was not around. She only broke the 'news' to him after she had done what she pleased with the innocent Morticia who was looking forward to becoming an independent woman after she graduated.
The previous night, she didn't allow Wills to eat the meal she had asked Morticia to prepare, because it smelt like spoiled food. She did that because it was only the two of them who ate that night. Wills returned home late and the children were already asleep by the time he came back. By the next morning, the surface of the meal Anika 'suggested' be kept for the hefty dogs, had changed to grey with swarms of tiny worms.
Liliana got to see how sly her mom could be.
' It's no wonder you're so cunning.' A voice rang in her head, reminding her she wasn't any better.
But Morticia, oblivious to most part of the backstory, believed Liliana was behind the poisoning, since that was what she told Jenna.
~ Flashback Ends ~
'' I'm so sorry ticy.'' Jenna said.
'' But are you sure that's all there is to it?" Jenna asked almost immediately.
" I don't know Jenna. I really don't know. I've thought about it in different ways, but the only idea I came up with didn't make sense. Because, my Aunt had no reason to do that if she truly was behind it. I didn't do anything wrong to anyone for he or she to go as far as manipulating the CCTV footage. Only Liliana told me outrightly that she hates me after I was kicked out. So what is that supposed to mean?" Morticia asked as she face palmed, trying to prevent the incoming head ache.
" It's okay Ticy.'' Jenna said patting Morticia's shoulder.
" Thanks Jenny". Morticia said with a small smile.
" You haven't called your mom yet you know." Jenna said as it crossed her mind.
" Oh, that's right." Morticia said.
" Let's call mom" Jenna said as they both laughed.