The Night it all Ended

The night was filled with nothing but laughter, peace and joy music blasting every angel of the compound left right and center, people chatting happily and freely walking around with drinks in their hands.

Ladies wore bun shorts patrolling the environment looking for men to absorb their millions.

It felt safe for everyone but for Daniella it didn’t.

She sat quietly inside the car, her tiny hands placed carefully on the car window, she just stared outside, looking at everyone dancing and laughing.

“Stay here” her father had told her earlier “I won’t be long” he added and walked away with Gideon.

She had only nodded and sat down inside the quiet dark car without making a move to come out.

Seconds turned into minutes and then an hour had gone, Daniella was getting tired of the boredom that was almost eating her up.

She looked out the window trying to find her dad with her eyes

“Papa” she called out softly but couldn’t see or hear him

She looked further again and then her eyes landed on him.

He stood a few steps away from the main crowd talking with someone. Daniella couldn’t see the outline of the person clearly, only their figure.

Something about it made her uncomfortable because she could see her father raising his voice a little bit.

She shifted in her seat trying to get a better view of what was happening.

And then everything happened so fast, it felt like the world ran as fast as it could from Daniella’s point of view a shadow appeared from nowhere and within a blink of an eye a blade went straight into her father’s chest.

Daniella’s body went still, her eyes popped out, her breathing seized she opened her mouth but nothing was coming out she was mentally suffocating.

Her father didn’t scream, he didn’t shout, he slowly turned around his eyes landing straight on the car window watching his precious daughter struggle with what she just saw, he smiled, his eyes pure red, his heart bleeding and within seconds something crazy happened.

A hand from behind digged into his chest and harvested his heart and just like that Derrick went still.

The world paused, the music faded, everything went silent, all she could hear was her heart.

Then the rain began, it started with drops and then it grew heavier Daniella slowly reached out to the door handle pulled it open and stepped down.

Her legs fell on the wet ground as she walked towards him

“Papa?” She called out, tears building in her eyes

No answer, no movement nothing

Her legs trembling as she walked towards him placed her hands on his still body. He was cold as ice blood clot everywhere.

“Papa” she said, shaking gently.

“Papa please wake up, you’re so cold you’d catch a cold” she called out again her heart beating.

Her vision grew blurry, the tears were now pouring out

Her papa who always responded whenever she called was lying still ignoring her.

She shaked him even harder. He didn't flinch let alone move; he was gone, really gone.

And just then she felt it, a presence behind her she turned slowly and just then she saw him a young man around 19 years old more like a boy holding a heart, blood dripping off it he was traumatized shaking down to his bone marrow as his eyes stayed fixed on the dead body, his hands dripping from the dark red blood. He held her father’s ripped heart in his hands.

At that point nothing else mattered, not the rain, not the people at the extreme end just the young man she looked at him from head to toe making sure to to forget his face he’s the one who killed her father!.

*BACK FROM THE FLASH BACK*

“Aharhhhhh!” She shattered the table lamp beside her, her heart beating heavily as the trauma from her childhood blazed her memory.

After a whole 13 years there he was the man who murdered her father, he was well strong and healthy she scoffed angrily staring into thin air her heart beating, her mind blazing the world REVENGE to her brain.

She could never forget that face of "Christian Harper” , her father’s murder.

A knock on the door brings her back into reality

“Uhm are you okay?” The woman’s voice screamed from the other end

“Yes, yes” Daniella twisted her voice a bit

“Alright, get ready madam wants to see you”

Daniella stood up, put up her usual fake smile and opened the door following the lady who had come to call her.

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Christian’s mother walked ahead of her showing the her around without slowly down

“This is the main hall, you’re not to enter here without being instructed”

They moved her legs blazing fast

“And here this section restricted do not ever come in here” she looked at Daniella with all seriousness and she nodded her face still.

They moved into another hallway.

“This is where you’d work most of the time.”

“That’s the lobby and over there is the library, you’re to clean it daily” she moved further and then stopped

“That’s my son’s room, you’re not to enter it without permission and never go in when he’s around, is that clear?” She warned.

Daniella nodded but her eyes lingered on the door for a while before shifting her gaze.

They walked down the stairs and headed to a different section.

“That’s the kitchen, and over there is the party hall” Mah’s pointed

The tour was getting Daniella confused but she didn’t care she only smiled staring at the woman

And after a while the tire ended.

Soon the house went silent, From Daniella’s window she watched his mother get into one of the cars parked outside the house and was driven away which simply means she was home alone.

A smile lingered in her face as she stood up from the bed

It was time to get to work, the main reason why she was in this house.

She walked outside and followed the trail earlier trying to look for Christian’s room and luckily she found the door.

Looking both sides and checking for cameras she found none and quietly slipped into the room.

“Hmm wow…” her eyes popped out on hitting the huge magnifying view. The room was something next after heaven, it was huge, expensive and looked adorable.

“Not bad for a serial killer” she thought

It was already getting late she needed to search the room to find any documents that could implicate Christian and then she started.

It was already 30 minutes now and all the documents she had scroll through she found nothing and just when she was about to pack up the documents back she heard Christian’s voice just outside the room

“What! He’s back?” Her heart started to beat and just when she could move an inch she turned the door knob spines around and in that moment the door flew open….