ANTONIO'S APARTMENT
Gina, Lizzy and Agnes entered the house, exhausted. Upon seeing them, Antonio and Natasha hurriedly approached them expectantly in frustration.
" Did you find her..?", they chorused worriedly." No, sir– we searched everywhere we could think of but still no sign of her anywhere".Gina cried with a sad look.Antonio faint sadly into the sofa, his mind felt blank for a moment as he stared with anxiety written all over his face. " How is this possible?– where could she be?"Natasha instinctively snarled, her lips curved in a faint satisfactory smile. "This is just the beginning, Antonio –Better sit tight for the trilling days ahead." She mentally mumbled, swiftly masking up a fake nervous gaze as she joined him in the sofa." Don't worry honey,I know she'll return safely–Trust me.." She consoled. Antonio glanced at her, his eyes clearing exposing his nervousness and frustration." Are you sure she'll return safely?" "Yes, love– I know she will because she's a strong young girl." Natasha nodded, wearing a forced smile as her eyes calmly twitted in assurance but within she kept cursing and praying she never does." I wish you never return– Gisel. " She whispered underneath her breath, gazing at the door in a cunning way.**********************************
GHOST HOUSE
After hours of endless walk, Gisella and Ransford finally stopped in front of an ancient mansion within the forest at the outskirt of the town. The place looked so dark and scary with no sign of people except the two of them. The Woods were so sensed and huge. Gisella just lurked around with curious eyes. She was a bit scared but warm and composed as well as she took closed up paces behind him.
" So, finally, here we are now– my house." Ransford spoke up first, breaking the tensed and quite atmosphere." What is this place?" She expectantly queried, looking so pale and exhausted." It really looks so strange and quite– you leave here alone..?"" Yes, why you don't like my place?" Sorry, I didn't mean that. Can we go in now?– I'm really famished at them moment ." she cried. He just glanced at her and smiled." Alright, over here– follow me."He lead her into the house and made her sit by the dinning table which was already served with different types of meals and desserts. Gisella with slacked jaw, just stared at the table, exploring. It looked a banquet for a royal ball party." Wow" She faintly eluded after finding her voice. "All these for just the two of us?"She gazed up at him quizzically and he nodded with a bright smile, chuckling." Yeah, you can have anyone you want" he swiftly added and Gisella jumped into one of the chairs over the table in a flash. "Cool" Gisella instinctively picked a plate of rice and chicken, in no time, she had already dived into it. Ransford kept starring at her from time to time while she ate. She slowly raised her head from the plate only to find those fixed gazes on her. She paused, her mouth packed up with some food. " Why?– ain't you eating? , she asked." Oh, don't worry, I'm fine– just go ahead with your food. I'll go fetch you some water"He replied and left to the kitchen. Gisella kept enjoying her meal when Fiona appeared from nowhere and sat beside her without notice."Gisella?", Fiona called, causing her to chock on her food. She involuntary started coughing." Mum?– you scared the hell out of me", she shouted, startled." I'm sorry dear. I was just worried about you and so is your dad– Just came to take you home. Everyone is worried sick about you."Fiona worriedly cried. Without looking up at her, she angrily shouted.
" I'm not going home, mum– just let me be, I want to stay here."" No, Gisella, you can't stay here and you can't be with him. He's not who you think he is." She stuttered, nervous as she tried her best to get Gisel to understand what is going on." He's a bad and dangerous spirit sent by Natasha to harm you. Let's go now, please, before its too late.."Shocked by her mother's revelation, she quickly dropped the food and stood up to leave."Not so fast , dear!! " a voice roared coldly behind them " where do you think you're going? "She swiftly turned and was astonished at the transformation of Ransford from the innocent, kind loving ghost boy she met at the park to a mysterious scary creature." Oh– my– goodness " She screamed, as she swiftly wrapped her arms around her mother and his herself behind her in frigt." Don't you dare touch my daughter!! ", Fiona shouted with a wild look. He roared in a thundering laughter. "Watch me!! " the beast exclaimed.His eyes suddenly turned red like blood , his hands started glowing with a splash of fire and lightening. He furiously attacked Gisella with the mysterious magic but Fiona stood in front of her daughter defensively." Get behind me, Gisella.. "She exclaimed, throwing a mysterious magic at the beast. The force of her white magic made the beast fall to the ground ,groaning in pain. Without waiting for another second, she grabbed her daughter's hand." Let's leave here...now..."She uttered and pulled Gisella out to safety.****************************************ANTONIO'S MANSION
Gisella stood at the entrance, afraid to enter the house. She looked at her mother's face nervously and panicked. Fiona faintly smiled as she crunched before her, curbing her face with her hands." Don't worry, honey, i'm always with you– Just go in for now. Everything is gonna be alright She assured.Gisel nodded with a faint smile and slowly pushed the door open, drawing, worried Antonio's and the others attention. His face immediately lighted up with great joy on noticing her." Gisella? – Oh, my God, Gisel!!!" He cried, his vision blurred with tears as he rushed to the door. He immediately wrapped her in a hug which made her hug him back, drenched in tears." I'm so, so sorry, dad...",she cried."Also sorry, baby– daddy is truely sorry. Hope you can forgive me?" He queried and she nodded.Natasha who wasn't so happy of her return, glared at her with rage in her eyes. " Be ready for the ride because, this is just the tip of the iceberg,honey– You may have been fortunate enough to escape this time but I promise the next won't end so well with you if you dare interfere with my marriage" She low whispered with a faint chuckle but swiftly masked it up with a worried and nervous look as she trod to them." Honey? , you're finally back. – We were so worried about you..", Natasha called in a pretentious manner.TWO DAYS AFTER Finally, Antonio and Natasha's marriage ceremony was on. The house was beautifully and heavily decorated with blue and white colours and flowers, making the place glitter with beauty like the heavens. People kept trooping in and out of the mansion for the ceremony.Gina, Agnes and Lizzy were extremely busy with the arrangement and meals for the ocassion. Gina swiftly paced down the stairs, carrying a tray of mugs and wine glass. She trod into the kitchen, calling out Lizzy's name.Lizzy hurried into the kitchen with quite a pale and stressed gaze. "What's it, now, Gina?– why are you calling? I really got to rush to the bakery for the cake and pasteries before the ceremony begin so kindly be fast about it." She lamented." I need you to pass by the super market for some foodstuffs, please?" Gina pleaded. " I can't go at the moment else things would get messed up over here."" But Agnes can take charge while you rush over and return in a
TWO YEARS AFTER THE BRILLIANTS SCHOOL COMPLEX It was a sports day at " The Brilliants School Complex". All the students were happily and busily getting ready for the match between the "Roses" and " Dandelions " of the school and Gisella's class was no different but no one was ready to mingle with her because of her nature." Come on, guys" Loretta mumbled as she trod pass Gisel along with her friends. " Let's join the rest at the field and leave this wiredo here– the sight of her alone disgust me" She chuckled as she pushed Gisella' s head, which made Bianca and Paola teased, giggling." Sure– such a bad luck she is." They all laughed as they sauntered out of the class.Gisella gazed at their back, pained and desolated. She was the only person left in the class with her ghost friend, Annabel." Is okay,Gisel– Just know that i'll always be your friend and will be by your side whenever you need me", Annabel consoled. She tickled her which made her burst out
ANTONIO'S OFFICEAntonio sat behind his desk, lost in some document he was busy with. Just then a knock from the door drew his attention, he instinctively gazed up." Come in." He eluded and turned back to the documents.Gideon slowly pushed the door open and trod in. "There's a bad news, sir". He mumbled, nervous. Which made Antonio swiftly gaze up, tensed." What is it? Tell me, Deon?– whhat happened. "" The main quarters,sir– where all the products are kept , just caught fire." He answered in a single breath. Antonio sprang up, shocked. His face suddenly went pale as if the colour in his face had dried out." What?" He roared. " How is that possible?– what do to mean!?"" I don't know sir" He stuttered. " But we couldn't retrieve anything from there."He added. Antonio suddenly felt numb. He sauntered back and slowly faint into the chair, devastated. " God, this can't be happening."He exclaimed. Without further thoughts and hesitation, h
ANTONIO'S MANSIONGisella sat by the window in a daze. Her mind flash over the earlier incident with Natasha . Tears welled up in her eyes, she wished there was another way to end this pain and suffering she was going through at the moment.Her eyes lurked through the window and Antonio's car drew her attention. The car drove through and pulled up infront of the garage. She instintively felt her heart wrecked apart." I wish you could feel the pain I'm going through right now" She eluded, her voice trembled admist sobs. " I wish you could see what I saw to make you realize" She paused, her throat chocked with tears."To make you realize what you've brought upon us, dad" She cried. Antonio slowly opened the door and got down car. He looked so devastated and miserable as if his whole world had come to an end.Gisella kept his gaze on him as he weakly sauntered out of the car like a corpse and leaned over it. She flinched at the reaction of her fa
GISELLA'S ROOMGisella sped into her room and shut the door. She leaned over it, her face soaked in tears. It felt like her heart was being wrecked apart while the words of her father kept replaying in her head. Her troat felt chocked with tears.She screamed as she crunched to the floor, burying her head in both hands. " Wish you could listen to me for once, dad– Just once" She stuttered.She felt totally helpless and hopeless, wishing there was a way she could make his father understand her.**************KITCHENNatasha sat over the table with a wolfish glare as she stared upstairs at Gisel's door with fixed gaze, sense of fury rushed through her." Stupid girl!! bastard! "She cursed underneath her breath. "How dare you interfere.?– I'll so deal with you. Just wait"She gave a faint snarl. Antonio slowly lifted his head from his plate only to find her, spacing out without eating. He thoughtfully stared at her but Natasha was too lost to notice. He sighed,
It was already 6:00 in the morning. Gisella still laid on the bed with a pale face, unconscious. Lizzy and Gina left to the mansion for their chores while Antonio stood by her bed completely shuttered. He had to rush back to work but he was so desolated that he didn't feel like moving an inch from the hospital.Choked up with tears, he slowly took Gisel's hand in his as he gazed down at her while the tears he fought back dropped down his eyes."Daddy is still waiting for you, honey–please wake up, please" He whispered. "Waiting to see those beautiful smiles again" A faint smile dazzled on his face while he chuckled admist tears. "i'm so sorry I never told you– you were the prettiest when you smile."He mumbled on. Natasha slowly pushed the door opened and trod in. She instintively paused at the door as she watched the father and daughter moment. She smirked, a satisfactory smile dazzled on her lips." Is time to go dear" She eluded while she sauntered over towards
A WEEK AFTERIt's been a week after Gisel's incident but yet no sign of her waking up. Natasha on the other hand, tried her possible best to end her life but it all failed drastically due to the constant visit of Desmond who mostly spent all day beside her.Meanwhile, Antonio's health had already started deteriorating due to Natasha's constant poisoning and this had made it impossible for him to visit his daughter often. He stood at his library, his gaze fixed on some files on the shelf when Natasha trod in with a tray." Coffee?", she called from the door. Antonio instntively nodded without looking back at her. His eyes locked on the files. She smirked, placed the tray on the table and drew out a mini bottle from her pocket." Antonio, i'll like to visit Gisel at the hospital today with some flowers and a teddy bear" She stuttered. "What do you say about that.?" She consciously glanced from time to time to make sure he wasn't watching while she dropped the contents of t
ANTONIO'S MANSIONLizzy was busy as usual, attending to her chores in the kitchen when a ring from the door bell invaded. She groaned in exhaustion and yelled out at Agnes who stood at the hall with Lola, Natasha's cat." Agnes, please get the door." Agnes whined in hesitation" Why should it be me?" She cried. "I'm very busy at the moment– can't you get it yourself or ask Gina to do so and stop bordering me." She roared back which made Lizzy bursted out in anger." Silly head!" She cursed. " Can't you see I'm busy at the kitchen and Gina is still attending to Mr. Antonio at his library? – By the way what are you so busy with that you can't get the door...."" Taking care of Mrs. Natasha's cat. It hasn't eaten since morning and I don't want it to starve to death." She swiftly cut in. Lizzy's jaw slacked in awe." What?" She howled, tilting her head. "Gosh, Agnes, I will so kill you before the cat if I get there." She threatened whic