THE TRAGEDY

                                                 CHAPTER ONE                                                           

Bianca got home late,  heavily drunk as usual, she stood at the door acting weird. Unlucky for her today, her father was having a meeting with his friend at that moment, whose supposed son was she to marry.

On a regular day when she gets drunk, she always drank to her limit and always knew how to control herself when she gets back home. But today she was dared by her friends to drink three bottles of vodka, which she did just to prove to them that she was stronger than them in taking alcohol, but she flopped.

 She also wanted to forget about the fact that her dad wanted her to marry a stranger against her own will, just for his selfish benefits,  without thinking of his daughter's happiness. 

Today was just an unfortunate day, she wasn't informed about her dad meeting with her fiance's dad. She staggered while walking to her room, mumbling some words which were not audible. She was immediately noticed by her dad who was in the dining room with his friend.

" Oh! There she is. That's my angel, Bianca come over here, where have you been?" her dad asked her immediately after he saw her, putting on his wolfish smile on his face. 

"Hey dad" she replied almost falling on the floor, she held the chair immediately and ended up sitting on it. After some minutes, she got up to walk again "Am I your angel dad? "

" Of course you are darling, come greet your father-in-law to be, the one I have been telling you about, you remember?" He said,  still putting on his wolfish smile, wondering why she was asking,  although he doesn't call her his angel but she should have kept quiet rather than asking. 

"Dad! I told you" she paused for a few seconds " why are you even asking me? Who is that dude with you?  Why is he staring at me? That's is rude  " She shouted before falling again but this time on the floor.

" Wow! I finally got to my room, good night dad" She removed her black heels and threw them on her dad, while her bag followed suit. Bianca laid on the floor with her legs spread apart. 

" Bianca!!" Her dad shouted with embarrassment " Did you get yourself wasted at Elisa's house?" 

" OMG!!!, Can't you see I am trying to sleep, Mister? Point of correction I didn't go to Elisa's house I went to school,  school dad." She shouted at the top of her voice before closing her eyes.

Her shouting drew her mum's attention who was in the kitchen, She left the vegetables she was cutting and went living room where the noise was coming from.              

                              

" Why are you shouting?  If you want to sleep go to your room" Her dad retorted. 

"What is going on here? " her mum asked before going to meet Bianca. As she got near she perceived alcohol, she didn't want to believe it was coming from Bianca.  

But it was confirmed, that Bianca rigged of alcohol. " Have you been drinking? Go to your room now" Her mum shouted lifting her. 

" Woman leave me alone before I break your skull"  Bianca began to cry." Can't you see I am in my room? Please leave me. I want all of you out with immediate effect." 

"Bianca do as your mum says now before I come there." Her dad was trying his possible best to be calm because of his friend who had been watching with disgust.

Bianca's dad looked at her in fury,  biting his lip as his eyes narrowed.      

                                                  

Bianca's mum tried to lift her again, but she pushed her forcefully causing her to fall on the glass table which was in the living room.

The table broke, diving into two, blood was beginning to gush from her left arm, and she also sustained some bruises on her head.  Bianca was laughing profusely unaware of her actions, she was wasted indeed.

"Mr. Ace, I would be leaving now, I guess this is a family issue to be solved.  And just to be clear my son can't marry your daughter I'm sorry. Good night" Mr. Zacheo  said and left without looking back. 

Immediately, Bianca's dad  went over to her  and slapped her really hard on her cheek. His five finger had left a terrible mark, looking like a map on Bianca's  face .

" How dare you slap me, you must be crazy you old hag. What's " She received another slap just before she could complete her sentence, her face had turned red.

Her dad who has had enough of her chagrined behavior turned her to his punching bag, he was beating her mercilessly, while she also tried to fight back. He picked up her shoes, and began dragging her, walking towards the door.  

Her soft skin and the cold tiles  on the floor merged, rubbing each  other, making an offensive noise while she was feeling the  pain and tried to resist but she wasn't strong enough. He threw her out of the house causing her to tumble over the stairs.

" I disown you today Bianca, from today you seize to be my daughter. I don't have a daughter in my life anymore " He  said pointing his index finger towards her before slamming the door.

Her mum pleaded for him to change his mind but all her efforts was futile.            

                               

Bianca stood at the door shouting, instead of begging, she kept on insulting her dad, picking up stones and throwing it on the door. Truth Is Bianca  and her dad never got along.

 He  would always shout at her,  beat her for no specific reason, treating her like a slave while she would always apologize. But today she wasn't apologizing due to the effect of the alcohol.

" Would you stop that before I kill you " Her dad shouted angrily from the window.

" Yes,  that's is exactly what I want you to do,  kill me, I wouldn't be the first person you would kill anyways, Would I ? you murderer." Bianca retorted loudly.

She kept on throwing the stones on the glass  windows  causing some  to shatter. While growing up Bianca  had always believed that her dad murdered her younger sister.

 On that particular day her sister died, the poor girl  wasn't feeling too well when she woke up that morning unknown to her dad.

He came back that day angrily and  requested for a cup of water, her mum who was supposed to serve him  the water had  gone to the market. Bianca was washing the dishes as her mum has instructed before leaving the house.  

She told her sister to serve the water to him . While the little girl was taking the water to him,  she became dizzy and the cup fell on the floor and broke into pieces as it was made of glass.  Out of anger her dad got up and hit her sister so hard and she fell  flat on the floor and became unconscious.

 Before Bianca got to the scene her breathe was dropping rapidly, she screamed and shouted for help but there was no one around to help.

Her dad left for his room after demanding that she keep her mouth shut because she was making noise and he needed to rest. She sat on the floor holding her sister tightly, looking dumbstruck. Her mum eventually came back but her sister had died a couple of hours ago.

That's scene never left Bianca's  mind and it flashed back again, when her father talked about killing her. 

Her dad, who could no longer hold his anger took out his gun. While he was about to open the door, her mum kept on begging him, crying profusely asking him not to kill her but all her pleading fell on his deaf ears.  His mind was made up, he opened the door forcefully.

" Bianca since you want to die then die happily now!" He said getting ready to pull  the trigger but  Bianca  kept on throwing stones at him.

He finally pulled the trigger the first time but missed it, then he pulled it the second time. Instead of Bianca dropping dead as expected, his wife dropped dead.

 She had ran to push Bianca but the bullet pierced through her neck.