Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Olivia stared back at the figure who was staring blankly at the food in front of him, it was obvious he wasn’t in the mood to eat anything or talk either..

She recalled the night her dad died, that was the most traumatizing night of her life, his condition was totally relatable to her..

“Damien.. please take a bite or say something, you’ve been quiet the whole time”

She was greeted by another minute of silence from him again, fortunately, her ringtone broke the silence in the room..

“Uh.. I’ll be back”

She excused herself and left the room afterwards to accept her call..

“Hi Bianca, I’m so sorry I couldn’t come back home last night, Damien was really-

Bianca touched her forehead trying to think of a way to tell Olivia how strangely her mum was acting..

“I know, Stay around him for as long as he needs you alright?, I’ll take care of Kelvin.”

Olivia sighed in relief, that was the huge benefit of having a friend like Bianca, she was always understanding and willing to help out..

“Thank you so much”

“That’s not a thing… Uh Olivia, do you have any idea what your mum might be up to? I know I might be sounding weird but she has been acting kind of unconcerned about Mrs Sterling’s death”

Olivia arched a brow, it sounded weird indeed, but as far as she knew her mum, the latter had different ways to vent..

“I guess she still hasn’t come to accept the fact about her friend’s death, they have been pretty close in the past few weeks”

Bianca hummed in reply, they both said their good byes before the call was disconnected..

***

Later that night…

Rihanna dabbed her face gently with a white face towel, her face was still red like a tomato and her once perfect nose had a plaster on it..

She stared at her reflection in the mirror which looked nothing like her previous self, those three managed to ruin her beautiful face and her hair in a span of five minutes!

“I hate them!” she gritted rising up to her feet, maybe if she slept things might be different by the time she woke up tomorrow..

She walked to her bed and lay down gently on it, her bedside lamp suddenly went off on its own which made her frown a bit..

“It seems like it’s faulty”

The darkness around her was suddenly brightened by the lamp startling her a bit..

She sat up from the bed and turned it off completely..

“Jeez! that was creepy!?”

Her back made contact with the bed again and slowly she drifted into sleep..

At exactly 12 o’clock in the middle of the night, her phone buzzed underneath her pillow..

She reached out effortlessly and placed it against her ear, ten seconds passed by and all she heard was the sound of a piano playing at the background..

“The heck?!” she tucked her phone back underneath her pillow and returned to her slumber..

Her eyes flew open for the second time after a tune coming from the piano reached her ears, she sat up suddenly feeling scared..

No one else was at home at the moment other than her, Tracy was currently at the hospital with Asher and Bruce was at New York for one of his business meetings or something else entirely…

So who was playing the piano? could it be one of the servants?

But they don’t stay in the main building..

Her room’s light flickered on and off adding to her fear, she grabbed her phone making her way out of the room..

It appeared to her that not only her room’s light was faulty, the lights around her flickered on and off continuously as she walked further..

Rihanna suddenly tripped over a vase lying on the way, a scream left her lips as her eyes fell on the bloody white rose next to her..

“Arrrghhhhhh!!!”

She sat on her buttocks moving away from the rose, a loud lady like scream reached her ears sending more jolts of fear down her body..

“Who’s there?!”

Everywhere suddenly turned dark except her phone which lit up next to her, she turned the torch on and scurried to her feet..

Her feets moved towards the stairs when the strange screams grew louder and nearer no matter how far she ran..

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, why was this happening to her now? was she finally losing her mind gradually?

“Rihanna!!”

“Just shut it!! who are you?!” She screamed at no one in particular placing her hands against her ears..

Her heart pounded wildly when a part of the living room lit up, she snapped her head to the direction of the light which was mainly focused on the piano..

How did it get there?..

The lights went off again and about a few seconds later, it came on and this time, someone was seated in front of the piano..

A scream left her mouth at the sudden appearance of a lady like figure, on a white long dress stained with blood, her black hair was messy and out of place which gave a creepy vibe..

“Who are you?! do you think you can scare me?!”

The lights went off almost immediately and when it came on again, the figure wasn’t on the seat anymore..

Rihanna’s eyes widened in fright, she touched her head hearing strange and familiar voices calling out her name..

Maybe this was all a dream, she chanted continuously in her mind..

“It’s all a dream, you can’t scare me”

“Think again!”

The voice rang out behind her which made her hair stood on ends, she slowly turned to see the horrifying figure of the same lady on white with a stain of blood on her chest..

Her left hand held a knife dripping with blood and the other held a gun to pointing to Rihanna’s chest..

A shriek left Rihanna’s lips as her knees weakened and she felt herself falling to the hard floor..

A devilish grin crawled up on the horrifying lady’s face..

“You will die Rihanna.. I will kill you!”

The sound of the trigger going off had Rihanna screaming out, the eery looking lady raised the knife ready to strike her only for the latter to lose her consciousness..

***

The distant murmuring around Rihanna made her snap her eyes open, she sat up with a loud gasp touching her chest..

“Don’t kill me!” she yelled out..

Tracy and Bruce were startled by Rihanna’s sudden movement, they exchanged gazes with the nurse who was about to inject Rihanna..

“Careful ma’am” The nurse warned..

Rihanna’s eyes darted around her surroundings which looked like a ward to her..

“She’s-going to kill me”

Her hands pressed on her chest where the strange woman from last night shot her..

But surprisingly, she felt no pain at all, everything seemed totally normal with her except for her face which still hurt from yesterday’s brutal treatment from Bianca and the rest..

“Relax, no one is trying to kill you, the servants found you unconscious in the living room” Bruce relayed hoping it might relieve her, but it didn’t, instead it only made her anxious and scared..

She was found in the living room?, which meant what she saw last night was infact real, that strange lady did try to kill her..

But who the hell was she? her brows shot up in a disbelief, could it be Anita’s ghost?

Her pounded hard, it could be..

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Rihanna shuddered at her name being called by her mum, Tracy had a look of amusement on her face when she saw the way her daughter reacted to her name being called out..

“What is it?! stop calling my name!”

The nurse took a step back once Rihanna stepped out of the bed, she pulled the needle connected to a drip out of her wrist shocking everyone of them..

“What are you doing?!” Bruce demanded trying to stop her from leaving the ward only to be shoved aside by her..

The door made a harsh bang which left them in a daze..