Something in return

Jasmine

“Where exactly do I start from?” That was the exact question that played out in my head ever since the guard walked into the room with what would have been a good news, if Lisa’s well-being was not necessary for my mother’s survival, but now a bad news and my lips could not part to even release any words.

“What?” Russo was the first to blurt out, “Lisa is dead? How?”

“She definitely killed herself!” He added, as it was obvious that none of us knew the answer to his first question.

“She was such a vile woman, I hate that I even trusted her in the first place,” Hardin finally spoke, and as my eyes wandered between the both of them, I was left wondering if any of them was actually talking about the real issue at hand.

Lisa had killed herself, and we still had not gotten hold of the antidote for mum, or at least had an idea of whatever could help erase the poison in mom’s system.

“How about mom?” I managed to speak out, asking no one in particular. My eyes were wet, and I had