'Ken, you do not have to go just yet. Let us figure out a way to resolve this issue. I shall see if there is a place I can send Mirabel to. She is grown now and should not be living in this little room with us'
Mirabel could not believe what she was hearing. Had this man somehow hypnotized her mother? Had the alcohol taken over her senses?'Mother, what are you saying?''I shall find out which of the people you work for will be willing to keep you with them permanently. They will give you a place to live in their house since you shall be working for them full time'.That should make Mirabel happy but when she looked at Jen, he saw him wink.No! It would mean that Jen had won and she will not have that. She was going to expose him before leaving the house and maybe, then, she would not have to leave but he would be thrown out.'Okay mother but you have to ask them first because I do not think they have quarters for their helps. If any one of them had, I would have left here a long time ago. This room suffocates me'. she said.'I didn't know you felt like that before I could have done something about it sooner'.'Simething like what? Like throwing your daughter away? The child you bore in your womb for nine months and nurtured just for a man that you just met? You know, I am sorry that I thought that you knew me very well because you are my mother but for you to have taken the side of this stranger ibmver your daughter shows that you never knew me or the alcohol you take has eventually robbed you of your common sense or maybe you are just scared that you might not get another man to bed you and you are willing to tolerate anything even dehumanisation from this beast just to keep him in your bed? Very shameful'.Before she could finish her tirade, she felt another hot slap on her cheek.She had not wanted to say all that. In fact she had never spoken to her mother that way before but she was just angry at the turn of events. She who was the victim was being made out to be the villainess and it hurt badly especially since her mother seemed to have lost all faith in her.'Mira, if the people keep her, her pay package will be reduced and she would not be able to make the little contributions she makes towards the upkeep of this house. You know that I am unemployed at the moment. I do not want the burden to be too much on you. Let her stay. I believe that she has learnt her lesson and would not try such stunt anymore. When I get another job and can take good care of you, the may that you deserve,then you can send her to live elsewhere. I might even move is to a better place with more rooms. But we have to plan this very carefully and not take hasty decisions because of her indiscretion.Mirabel knew then that she had to kill the man when she saw her mother considering his words.How could her mother not know that he didn't want her to leave because he wanted them to continue slaving for him while he used their hard earned cash on himself and his girls? Was her mother really that blind or pretending not to notice?Then what had motivated her to save her that night? She just couldn't understand it.'You are right. She will have to stay for now'.Mirabel knew that things were going to get worst. If she was not afraid of sleeping outside because she knew that a worse fate awaited her since this was the worst neighbourhood in Soho, she would have run away but she decided to be on her guard. She had been taken unawares but it was not going to happen again, she vowed.Her mother went to the factory where she worked as Mirabel prepared to go to work as well while Ken lay back on the bed.Previously, he made a show of searching for a job but these days, he no longer pretended to do so. And Mirabel was sure that once her mother was unable to keep him any longer or if he found a woman with better means who was willing to have him, he would not bait an eyelid before leaving her mother for such a person.Not that the thought annoyed her. She prayed that it should happen sooner than later because she did not know how long she could restrain herself from killing Ken.As she was about to leave, he spoke.'If you leave this house without my permission or try again what you did last night, I shall kill your mother. It is better for you to know that your presence in this house is stopping me from doing away with your mother. If you as much as leave, then she is a goner and if you encourage her to send you away or convince her to run away with you, then I shall haunt the both of you down and kill you both but I shall make sure I kill her first with you watching so that as you go to the world beyond, you shall go bearing the guilt of her death but before then, I shall torture you in such a way that you shall beg for death and you know just how I plan to torture you. I shall enjoy every second of it. So you had better be warned!' And he laughed. The noise sounding so eerie and scaring that Mirabel hurriedly left for her housekeeping job filled with fright, not for herself but for her mother. She knew now that they were both in danger and did not know what to do. She realised that she had made the right decision to make him believe that she was the one and not her mother who had managed to knock him out that night. He would have harmed her mother in some way to get back at her.She would rather bear the pain than allow this beast to inflict pain on her mother because of her.She believed every word that beast had said. She knew they were not just threats but a warning but even then, she was determined to beat him at his game.She could not afford to be scared. She was not a Cole for nothing.Mirabel Cole would teach him that wisdom was better than strength in most cases and she was not her father's child for nothing.Mirabel went to work and though she did not really want to leave her mother in the care of that beast of a stepfather, she still asked the three people she worked for as a part time housekeeper if there was an accommodation for a housekeeper who would want to be employed full time.The first two did not have but the third said they could consider that if it became necessary.For two days, nothing bad happened. They slept peacefully but Mirabel was determined not to let down her guard. She could never trust Ken anymore.She never trusted him from the start but now her distrust of him had taken a more drastic turn.After a week though, Mirabel started thinking that Ken may have decided to forget about his lust for her and focus them elsewhere.That was okay by her. At least she could now sleep at night peacefully and not fitfully. Though the dagger she had acquired for the purpose of warding Ken off in case he repeated what he did the other day never left her body. She knew that she would
The next day, Miranda was still in that state, staring off into space. It was her mother who woke first and with a hangover could not believe what she was seeing.She went to the washroom and washed her face to satisfy herself that she was seeing right.She came into the room again and still saw her daughter sprawled on the floor, blood and semen on her thighs, her eyes focusing only in one direction. She was motionless and at first Mira thought that she was dead.Mira went to her and felt her heartbeat. It was very slow as though she was gradually moving away from this world.She looked listless and stoned like a statue, as though she had lost the will to live.Mira needed no fortune teller to tell her what had happened to her daughter.She wept. She knew who had done this. She had suspected this for a long time but had hoped that Ken would overcome his perverse desire for her daughter.Even the other day, when Miranda had complained to her, she had not totally disbelieved her but sh
Mirabel had not wanted her mother to leave but she understood that she had to and had made no comment. She was afraid of staying in the house alone but she could not go anywhere because the pain in her thighs and vagina was excruciating.Now that she was getting over her shock,her body was no longer numb, she had started feeling the pain and knew that she could not possibly walk well without everyone guessing what must have happened to her and she didn't want to be a laughing stock.If only her mother had agreed and they had left,this would never have happened. She was still pondering on all this with tears streaming down her cheek, when Ken came into the room.Her heart skipped a beat, once she head his heavy footsteps. She had assume that he won't be back till night of that he had become remorseful and had run off.Mirabel could see that she was sadly mistaken.'Oh, darling,you have had your bath? That's good. You did not go to work but stayed home to wait for me? You enjoyed the ex
'You beast! You monster! You took advantage of my poor innocent daughter last night and left her to die. If I had not woken when I did and taken her to the clinic where I could not even pay for her treatment because you stole my hard earned cash and yet you have the heart to still do this to her? She was supposed to be your daughter. You were supposed to be a father to her, not her rapist'.'Her father? Are you delusional? Was I the person who made you pregnant before you gave birth to her? How are we then related? Daughter indeed.Did she tell you that she did not enjoy every moment of it? Do you know how hard she screamed with pleasure last night? But no, how could you? You were drunk and had passed out and could not hear your daughter's scream. Someother you are.And today, she did not even svream because she had hot used to it. Go to her, she is merely pretending because she heard your voice.She delibrately stayed home so that we could be alone and continue what we did last night
Mirabel slumped on the floor from the exertion of stabbing Ken with all her might.It was such a brutal attack that the whole of the dagger was buried inside of him.She did not regret what she had done. Ken, that beast had had it coming for a long time now. If she had not killed him, he would have ended up killing her and her mother. Though she did not feel that she had done anything bad ridding the world of such a beast as Ken, she knew there were consequences.Her mother ran to her and wrapped her arms round her as though to protect her from the sight.It is already too late for that mum, Mirabel thought to herself. You should have been more protective of me by paying more attention to me but you trusted your dear husband more than your daughter. This is the outcome. Now, I have lost my childhood and have become an adult overnight. An adult with a criminal record. Not just any record but a record of murder. Will I ever be the same again?'It is okay, my daughter. You do not have t
Mirabel started living with the MacDonalds. She was in charge of the housekeeping. She did the laundry, the scrubbing and general cleaning.She made sure to do her job without complaints because she did not want to be found wanting.That MacDonald s were happy with her, especially the wife. She loved the fact that she was hardworking and was not prone to stealing like other people they had employed did.Mrs Emily Macdonald had set alot of traps for her but in each of those cases, Mirabel had come to her with the supposedly missing items which were either jewelries or money.'Ma'am, I suppose this jewelry belongs to you?'The first time Emily had been shocked be ause coming from the poorest and filthiest part of Soho, Miranda was supposed to have taken the jewelry and found a way to pawn it for money or something but she was here returning the jewelry to her.'Eh, yes. Yes it is mine. Where did you find it?' Emily asked.'As I was s rubbing the house just now, I found it under the bed.
Since she had to go back to work the next day, she got her mother ready and they went to the doctor's.Looking at the woman, the doctor already had a fairly good idea what the problem was but she did not want to alarm them unnecessarily. Other ailments had been known to exhibit same symptoms though she was almost 90% that the woman was suffering from a heart disease.She took samples from her fir the test and asked them to come back the following day for the results.'Doc. could you not get the results ready today even if it is by evening, so that we can start her treatment immediately?''It does not work that way Miss Cole. Getting the results by midday tomorrow is fast enough but I shall advise that you allow your mother to rest more. She should not be allowed to put herself through undue stress. Anything that would give her shock should be avoided. She should be surrounded with things that bring her happy memories. I would have prescribed some drugs but since the results will be o
Mira went to see her daughter. The Macdonalds were not home but that was just as well.Mira needed time to convince her daughter of her bubbling health without someone interfering.'Mum, good day, you are here. Where is the result? What the doctor say? I have been restless since morning'.Mira laughed merrily and stopped as soon as she felt like crying because she knew she was about to lie to her daughter and that she might be leaving her soon, all alone in this cruel world.'You worry too much about everything.The doctor said that there was nothing to worry about. She said the weight loss I'd genetic. Come to think of it, I remember my mother losing weight consistently' at this age but she never fell ill and she continued to be healthy though I must tell you that it bothered us at the time but there was really nothing to worry about".'But mum, I thought you said that your mother died of a heart disease'.'Yes but that was later when she started taking some substance she was not sup