There are so many things that are hidden that u don't know of Zara things which are not meant to be said till the time is right Mrs Green tells Zara her first daughter I understand mom I really do but I really need you to tell me this things I can't keep on living my life based on a lie, or a secret just because you don't want to tell me somethings now I noticed since the day my father passed away a lot of strange things has been happening since dad passed away we have been having sleepless nights,and u have been receiving phone calls in secret and you told me it's because of something my dad had done when he was still alive if he has made some mistakes can't he be forgiven we can't sleep peacefully, walk freely around the neighborhood without us thinking that we might get attacked or kidnapped the most interesting part of it is that we don't even know what he had done, I am really trying to understand why you are hiding this from me, even my sisters can't go to school since my dad's died Mum I know you are thinking that if u tell us we would get worried or see our father as a different person, but mom he is no more and even if he was alive we can't anything to him nothing like that will happen atleast from my end here you can tell me if you don't want to tell my sisters and I promise I won't tell anyone all I just need is your sincerity and why those threat letters are always on our doorsteps Zara responded to her mother as her mother watched her with some much pity and told that it's only a matter of time then she would get know what happened
Then Zara started to look at her angrily and said a matter of time so that means you want us to wait longer? You want us to have patience while we are getting threats from the person we don't know, Our lives are at risk we don't have anybody to turn to or anybody to share our problems with.
At that moment Khloe walks in to ask her mum if she could go visit a friend and her mother replied her telling her a no
Khloe was so upset that she locked herself in her room refused to eat, or talk to anybody for the entire day then Zara went to her mother and started begging her to tell her the hidden truth
All Miss Green Could say is a little patience then she changed the topic to Zara's birthday which was coming up the next month they talked about the decorations they would use the outfits they would order,and how they will style their hair but when Mrs Green was saying all these Zara wasn't paying attention she was lost in thought about who the person could be that is always threatening them and what her father had done then she made up her mind that when next the letter arrived she would reply the person with a letter asking him who he is and what her father had done while she was still thinking about this her mother noticed that she was not there, that she was lost in thoughts
Mum you know my birthday is next month so I wanted to u to do something for me mum, on my birthday I want a birthday gift
What Gift Mrs Green replied
A gift that money can't buy a gift that is worth almost everything to me a gift that will make my life and that of my sisters normal again.
You know that gift mom and u are the only who can give me the gift I have always wanted mom please don't tell me you can't give me this gift
I know what you Are talking about Zara but the time isn't just right I can't tell you now because I know you will go looking fit the person I know all about the person who is giving this threats
You know all about the person and u are not saying or doing anything to stop the person Mom why are you doing this Why are you putting our lives at risk mom Things are not looking good at all its more like we live our lives on fear, Mom no matter how much you hide this I will eventually know Mum all I ask is your utmost sincerity to me please mum I beg of u we can't keep living our lives like this we can't keep living on fear like this If it's a mistake my father made can't it be corrected, did he something that terrible that it doesn't have a solution is he that terrible of a person
Mum please try to understand me put yourself in our shoes we can't walk freely my sisters can't go to school anymore because of this, things became so tough that u had to take Sabrina to my aunt's house and for what reason did u do that because of the fear of her losing her live mom we are so scared to the extent that if u just go it to get food for us to eat we get scared that you won't comwme home or someone would just come and take us away I understand that perhaps what u hiding from us might hurt us but mum the truth still has to Be said
Zara if u can wait till tomorrow you will get to know everything that had happened Mrs Green said
Zara smiled and thanked her mom few minutes after she went to her sister doorstep Khloe and started banging the door and asking Khloe to please come out but Khloe refused and said she won't come out until mom grants her permission to go out. And Zara promises her that if she should eat her food that she would convince their mother to let her go to her friend's house and she also gave a condition stating that she had to follow her or else her mom wouldn't let her go
Khloe kept mute for about 30 seconds and after the moment of silence Khloe agreed and opened the door for her,hugged her and told her she was the best sister and friend in the whole world then they both smiled and headed towards the dinning
On getting there her mother asked her how she managed to bring her out of her room because she knew anytime Khloe was upset she wouldn't listen to anyone until she gets what she wants.
And Zara said it's a sister secret
Then later that night Zara's mother called for her and told her she wanted to speak to her when Zara arrived at the her mother's room her mother told her that what she was about to tell her that it has been a secret between her and her father
Then Mrs Green proceeded saying Zara your father is alive. "Zara was left in shock
Then she started stammering Wh-Wh-Wh-Why did u hide it from us? So where is dad? So who was in the coffin?"
Your father is alive but he is nowhere to be found I was actually planning in telling you this on your birthday but I knew it would really your heart on your special day, Zara i have been looking for your father, even the police has been searching for him, do you remember that evening when your father went for a walk in the park, he wasn't going for a walk he went to meet a man named Bryan. Your father was owing Bryan, the money your father collected from Bryan was what he used to pay the house rent he was supposed to pay back the money in a month time, but then things became really difficult for us, Alot of things changed Zara that both you and your sisters didn't know about the evening before your father disappeared I overheard him talking to Someone and telling the person not to hurt both me and your sisters he also said they could do anything they wanted to with him, but they shouldn't hurt us. Zara the person leaving us threat letters is none other than your Father's brother your father's brother is behind all the things we are facing right now he wanted to get revenge on ur dad over something that happened long ago a contract was given to your father's company and u are aware that you uncle works for your father, and because he was the oldest and his younger brother was successful before him, he became really violent, he started to hate your father, he always tried to do things that will hurt your father or his reputation.
So one day your father got a contract from his client who was in California so he had to fly to California, but he needed one person to come with him so he chose his brother to come along with him and he agreed on getting there." Guess what your uncle did?
While your father was in the hotel his brother left the hotel and told him that he wanted to go for urgent work and he would be back in an hour. Your father waited for him but he was a no show them few minutes to the presentation your uncle called your dad and started to say disgusting things to him your father was really hurt by the things he said because he said alot of things that your father started to think of what he had done, while your uncle was speaking to your father your father kept mute and at the end of all what he said your uncle rounded it up by saying he hates him and promises to make his life as miserable as he could.
"Mum how did u know all this?
"I have a secret informant she tells me what I need to know". Mum is that the reason Uncle Ben stopped visiting us
Yes Mrs Greene replied their are still other things that need to be said I told u this because you are no longer a child you will be 18 next month so I want you to have an idea of what's going on and my dear Zara there is still more information but ZARA dear I have to warn you if any other person should hear of this it means
Mrs Greene phone starts ringing and the number is an unknown number she picked up the call and the person tells her that her husband has been held captive
What? "My husband has been held captive?
Immediately she said that Zara looked in her direction and signals her mom to put the phone on speaker then the man speaking to her tells her that if she still loves her husband and wants to see him again that she should pay the price of $10000
$10000 how am I supposed to get that amount of money?
What do u mean by how are you supposed to get that amount of money you are stinky rich, if u share ur riches it won't kill you
"I don't have that much but I'll try my best to source for it
"Whatever
"Please can I atleast speak to my husband
"NO you can do whatever you want to your husband when I get my money in Cash and let me warn you the police shouldn't be involved in this case I'll kill your husband then after that I will kill your daughter Sabrina whose at your sister's house so don't try to mess with me
Ok I would do all you have asked me to do but please let me speak to my husband. Please let me hear his voice Mrs Green said in tears
"Ok you have 1 minute
"Thank you Thank you so much
"Hello
When Mrs Green heard her husband's voice she got more emotional and started crying on the phone her husband who was breathing heavily told her not to give the money to them
"Why shouldn't I give them the money?
"Do u know how much we've really missed you?
Mrs Green said in tears after she said this Mr Green replied saying I will still die either way once you give them the money you wouldn't be able to see me
Zara who was the strong one was already getting emotional that she couldn't hold it anymore to the extent she had to interrupt the call between her mother and while the phone was with she cried out Saying Dad
Her emotions really got the hold of her that she started to cry amidst the tears she told her father we thought you were dead, we mourned over you, we didn't know you were alive. "Dad please come back home",
" We miss you dad please "
At that moment The unknown person said if u want to see your dad again tell your mum to pay the price
"Why are you this heartless?"
"Why are you doing this to us?
"What has my father done to you?
"What has my father done to you?
"What have we done ?
"What have we done?
Zara said these words in tears
You can ask your father this question if you end up seeing him and the man hang the call
Zara was sitted on the rug in her mother's room crying nonstop, Mrs Green who was also crying tried to console her daughter but all to no avail because they were both in tears
Zara cried saying Mom what can we do while using her hand to hit the floor mom it's over how do we get $10000 mum how do we get it mum my sister is not even safe where she is her life is at stake mom her life is at stake Zara said as she keeps hitting the wall her mother tries to stop her from injuring herself but she couldn't her mother was feeling so bad seeing her daughter in pain and couldn't do anything about it they cried through the night and Zara and Mrs Green slept off on the floor
Mom!!! Mom!!! Khloe tries to wake her mother up and saw she was deep asleep and she thought to herself that she would come back to wake her up Then she wakes Zara up silently.
Zara walks out of the room slowly, after she came out of the room she goes over to the living room and starts to stare at her father's picture she was so lost in thought about what happened to her father,Or what he has gone through. Zara was so angry and determined to find her father by all means she was also determined to find the person who was holding her father captive.Meanwhile Khloe was busy calling Zara but she wasn't in the right state of mind on hearing her father's voice she kept on replaying what happened the night before and got emotionally down, Khloe noticed this and asked her w
"What happened Zara why are you crying
"I am not crying"
Stop lying I can see it In your eyes I'm not blind I can see u are crying what happened did anybody mess with you?Who made you cry? Tell me and I'll deal with the person myself Khloe said
Khloe It's nothing everything is fine I was just thinking of dad that's why I got emotional
Ok I understand I think of him all the time and it really hurts me the way he passed away, he used to be so loving,caring,and a very good father and husband, he didn't like to see any of us sad,or down he was always there to cheer us up when we are go out of his way to make us happy though he loved us so much he never took sh*t from us, he even made u a neat freak because he knew you were so ignorant and didn't care about a lot of things he really love you when he was alive that I started getting jealous of you and when I would tell him that he is being unfair by loving only you he would say he loves all his children equally and would never try to cause argument between his children, he would say he loves us all equally and would give anything to see a beautiful smile on our faces but you if dad were here he wouldn't want to see u crying so please stop crying for dad's sake
Zara nodded her in a positive way and she hugged her sister
Finally there mum was awake she came into the living room when she met both her daughters having a hug she smiled and asked them what happened they both said nothing and smiled at their mother
Afterwards Mrs Green went to the kitchen to make breakfast and both of her children accompanied while they were in the kitchen Mrs Green told her daughters that
Sabrina would be coming home this evening
Really Zara said
Yes she will stay with us from now on
"Zara you don't look happy about this what is the problem why are u putting up this face aren't u happy to see your sister after a very long time
"I am, I really am something just came to my mind
Ok if u say so I will pretend as if I believe you
And your cousin is also coming
Why? Zara and Ashley ask their mother at the same time
"What do u mean by Why? your aunt is out of the country for a job she'll be back in 2 months
2 months Khloe replied her mother
"Why didn't she go with her mom, why does she have to stay here mum, she is gross,she looks really disgusting, she is the most boring person I've ever come across , she is always with her book and I find that so FAKE ND IRRITATING when she is less busy she just starts to interfere in my business. Mum, please I beg of you don't let gabby into this mum please I am begging you if you know how it feels having to live in the same house with her for two months, We were in the same house for two days and I felt so irritated and mum do u know the most irritating thing she does She farts a lot when I say a lot I mean alot
Enough! Zara I didn't teach u to talk to people like this most especially your cousin Zara you can't speak like this and Zara you are the elder sister set a good example for your sisters if you speak like this then u will start influence Khloe badly
I am sorry I was just trying to be sincere but I guess my sincerity isn't appreciated
No Zara pls don't misunderstand what mom said she just doesn't like you speaking like this to people especially Gabby
Ok understood
Then Zara gets a phone call and excuses herself to the living room
"Hello
"Wassup
"Fine
"You sound down are you okay
"Not really
"Do u want to share what's on your mind
"NO its something personal to me it's a very fragile topic to me
"Are u sure u don't want to share it with me
"Yeah
"Ok if u say so I just wanted to check on u
Cus I haven't seen you in school
"Thanks I will be back in school next week
"So how do u plan on Celebrating your birthday
"I haven't even thought about that
"Wow that's new cus you are party lover that means you must be thinking about something so delicate that your forgot your birthday that's really strange"
"Yeah I know I'm kinda busy at the moment I'll call you back I'll see u tomorrow
"Can I come to your home tomorrow
"NO I'll call u later I'm kinda busy at the moment
"Ok see you
"Yeah thanks
Zara goes back to the kitchen to assist her mum and her sister asked her who she is talking to she said it was no one and her mother seeked their opinions on what they should have to eat in the morning
"Maybe toast with salmon and cream cheese
"NO let's have grilled bread with avocado cream and poached egg
"You girls should make a decision
"Zara you are aware that I don't like cheese please lets have the grilled bread and avocado cream and poached egg Please Zara
"Fine but just this time the next time I get to choose
" thanks I know you wouldn't reject me Khloe said happily
So what should we have for dessert
"Can I say my opinion
"Sure
"Ok let's have linzer cookies
"Mom what do u think of my ideas
It's okay Mrs Green said lost in thought
Mum why did u look so lost you and Zara has been looking so sad since morning and I am starting to think that the both of you are hiding something from me, like both of you are keeping me in the dark, it feels weird seeing the both of you looking down and I am the one who is looking normal, Mom if you are worried about something or someone you can share with us we are family and we shouldn't hide anything from each other, we should be there for each other through thick and thin, we are supposed to share both our happiness and sorrows with each other and if you think telling us would get us worried, we would not be worried, Mom I really hate seeing you and Zara looking so lost now I'm feeling bad that something is going on between the both of you and you are not telling me I'm starting to think that you don't trust me that's why you arehiding things from me
"We are not hiding anything from you Khloe
Yeah right it's so obvious that something is going on that I don't of.
Mom please let's just tell Khloe about it the more we hide it from her the more she gets more curious to know about it mum you know how Khloe can be when she becomes suspicious" Zara said to her mother sadly
"I knew it, I don't know what Zara is trying to tell you but I know it's a secret
"
Ok you can tell her
Mom please can you excuse us we will be back in the next ten minutes
Sure
Khloe come with Me as Zara holds her hand and leads her out of the kitchen
Khloe what I am about to tell you I need you to have a cool head please
Cut to the chase
Ok dad is alive
What do you mean by dad is alive if u are joking with me I'm not liking it all
"Who said I was joking I'm telling the truth, yesterday after dinner mom called for me and she told me some things while we were still chatting, an unknown number called my mom and the person told mom that dad was held captive, and he would need$10000
"Is he crazy? $10000 and I don't even believe that he held dad captive cos I can recall that we were at dad's funeral "
Khloe I heard his voice yesterday night he sounded like he was in so much pain he was breathing so heavily, that I got emotional and mum too but the few words dad said on the phone were we shouldn't give the money to the unknown man, that whether or not the money is given to him he is still going to die anyways and I also have something to tell you about uncle Ben
Sorry to cut in but you are telling me now that dad is alive but they are asking for me which we can't afford currently and the man said that If we tried to involve the police that he'd kill day and Sabrina
How did he find out about Sabrina? Khloe asked
He said he had his men everywhere and Khloe It's really dangerous for us to go anywhere now, do you remember one morning when dad came back home really sad and told us he lost a contract
Uncle Ben was behind it, it happened to be that uncle Ben never liked dad he had always hated him
Zara I don't care about anything that has to do with that man
But I can't believe all this while he used to hate dad he was just using him to get revenge
Whatever what are we going to do now how are we going $10000
Mum only has $4000 dollars and it's not really enough for anything she has to pay house rent which is going to be due in the next two months that man is so cruel and heartless why would he rob people of their hard earned money that man is so greedy how would he feel if someone holds his wife captive
Did u just say wife? Zara asked her sister
Yes I said wife
I doubt he would even have a wife no one would want a greed, selfish man as a husband
Yeah whatever
I think I have a plan on how we can help mom
What's your idea
We get a job
A job
Yes a job
We can earn money by working and pay dad's ransom
That'll take months
No it won't take months I will call some friends to lend me money
So how would you repay it
Somehow
Somehow?
I will work and the money I earn working will be used to pay up the debt and I doubt they'll want me to refund the money Zara responded to her sister confidently afterwards Khloe said perhaps she'll go get a job too
But how are we going to get a job Zara said sadly
I don't know but what I know for sure is that if she gets to find out she'll kill us for sure
Maybe you but not me well I think we shouldn't tell her so we don't get her worried cos you aware that mom gets worried over little things so let's keep this as our secret
This plan can work on one condition
And what condition is that?
We would have to work at the same place
Ok deal
But if we want to get a job We'll need to find an excuse to leave the house
Hmmm Hmmm I have an Idea how about we tell mum we're gonna look for decorations and instead we get a job and on our way back home we get the decoration but before Sabrina and Gabby arrives
Ok it's no problem Khloe said and they both head out in search of a job, on their way they found a restaurant who were in need of waitresses urgently they went into the restaurant but the owner of the restaurant was not in the country so the manager was the one who could make the decision so the manager Mr Jeremy Miller asked them if they could start today and Zara spoke for both of them saying they couldn't start work today but they could start work the next day the manager agreed on the day they has mentioned then Zara asked how much they would be given as their salary the manager told them how much they would be given as their salary they agreed and they headed for the store that sold decorations then after 45 minutes of shopping for decorations they arrived home at exactly 2:00 pm but on getting home their mom wasn't around, then Zara tried calling her but her phone was switched off then the both of them got really worried they waited for 3 hours, but their mom wasn't home yet, Few minutes after 5:00 Zara got a call from her mother's phone telling her that her mother was involved in a car accident and she needed treatment immediately
and has been admitted to Lifeline hospital. Zara was in shock that her phone dropped out of her hand Khloe asked her what had happened and Zara told her everything, Khloe was also shocked and started crying saying her father is held captive and now her mother is involved in a car accident, while all this was going on they heard the doorbell and Zara checked to see who was there and she met Zara at the doorstep smiling at her, then Zara whispered to Khloe telling her to watch over Sabrina and Gabby and she also mentioned that Sabrina shouldn't know about anything that has happened and about her mother's accident, the doorbell rang again and this time Zara opened the door and smiled at Sabrina
Sabrina hugs Zara saying I've missed u a lot and what took u so long I stood close to a minute Sabrina said
I am sorry but I have to go now I'll be back before 9:00
Welcome home
Then Zara went out the door Sabrina said nothing and looked at Khloe saying what's up with her and where's mum
Khloe lied saying she went out Saying she wanted to get something for you and she also told me it was a surprise
Wow! mum is unbelievable, so she went to get me a gift at this time,
Yes Khloe replied
You sound cold whatsup with you and Zara
Nothing we are fine we've just been really stressed out lately
Ok
Hey Gabby how are you doing and how is aunt
I am fine and so is she thanks for asking.
ok I was also thinking of suprising you but I couldn't but I promise to get something for you, I have really missed u alot