Bed Of Lies

Chapter 7: LIES 

Gianna sighed deeply as she stepped out of the car and headed straight to the house. It was already late. 

She had spent almost the entire day with Ranon, her baby father. Enjoying a romantic time with him. 

Gianna froze when she saw her husband seated in the sitting room. She had no idea someone was there. 

“Where are you coming from?” Landon questions his tone with a whisper. He was calm, which reassured Gianna that he hadn't suspected anything. 

“That's strange and sudden. Are you now interested in my daily affairs?” Gianna was concerned, even though they were a married couple and he had the right to ask her about her whereabouts, it still felt strange to her. All those years of marriage, he had never once cared about her. 

“I am your husband. Of course ,I have every right to know your daily affairs!” He shrugged at her. His tone was calm and soothing. Which was unlike him. 

Landon looked at her and shook his head in disappointment. 

“If you're tired of this marriage, just tell me. we will divorce and you can go ahead and be with your lover.” 

Gianna's heart raced in fear upon hearing those words roll out of Landon's mouth. Her body trembled as she stared at him, feigning innocence. 

“ Just be meticulous in doing your dirty work. I should never catch you,” Landon rasped in at her before walking away. 

A Wave of nervousness rushed through her body,and Her breath caught in her throat. 

She knew exactly what this was _ a warning from Landon. He seemed to be suspecting her movements. 

“!!! Damn it!!” She groaned in anger , kicking a chair as she ruffled her hands through her hair. She needed to be more vigilant from now on. She had to be careful, especially around him. 

All she needed was time, and everything would fall into place. She trusted that Ranon would help her with the killing while she approached the triplets at school, luring them into following her. Once that was done, she would kidnap them. 

Everyday, Gianna feared that Landon might discover the truth. Even if they got rid of the triplets one way or another, she feared the truth would still come out. 

Starting from her son, Luke. 

Luke looks nothing like Landon, and Gianna feared he might wake up one day and start questioning that. He could easily be triggered into doing a DNA test. 

But before that happened, she just wanted to fund Luke's account, by the time he's eighteen, he would be counted as a billionaire. By then, she wouldn't have any regrets, even if she divorced Landon.  

*******

“Mother, we are ready!” Ella shouted at the top of her voice, loud enough for her mother to hear from her room, 

They were waiting for her to come down so she could take them to school. 

“You boys shouldn't forget your boxes ”, their mother called out. 

“ I can't believe we have to Face Luke again, he's always reminding us of our father.” Evan said with a deep breath. His tone low

He knew what was going to happen the moment Luke saw them with their mother. He was going to ask about their father, he always did. 

“Mother said daddy travelled, I believe he will come back soon. Let's be patient.” Ethan assured them. 

Avery had overheard their conversation all through and when she saw they'd dead the conversation, she approached them. 

“Are you guys ready?” They triplets nodded and headed outside while Avery checked around for the house key. 

They arrived at the school within thirty minutes. “I should head back now. Ethan, Evan, take care of your sister.” Avery rasped in at them as they came down from the taxi which they've booked. 

“Mother, please escort us to our class building,” Ella said, making a puppy face. 

“I just want my classmates to see how beautiful and young my mother is.” She is grumpy. 

“ Alright, my princess. Your wish is my command.’ 

Avery couldn't resist her wishes, all she could do was to sign and follow her. 

She doesn't know when she will have the courage to sit them down and tell them the truth about their father. They need to know the truth before it's too late. 

Avery feared Gianna might want to silence her again, like she did twelve years ago now that they've come apart with each other, so they need to be careful. 

Because this time around, Avery will kill her or her children, so the truth doesn't surface. 

*****

Usually, if Landon doesn't take Luke to school, their driver would. but today. Gianna insisted on doing it herself.  

Luke had initially wanted his father to take him instead, but Gianna reminded him of the triplets he had once promised to show her that was the only reason he agreed to let her take him. 

Gianna and Luke sat around the class premises, waiting for the triplets to arrive. Luke knew they would be there soon, so he told his mother to wait. 

“There they are!” 

Gianna quickly turned to Luke and pretended to be ruffling his hair. She didn't want Avery to see her, she was just a few meters away. 

Gianna knew that if Avery saw her, her plan would be ruined. Avery would immediately warn the triplets never to return to this school. 

“I'll be heading back now. I'm late for work.” Avery said, kissing the three of them on their cheeks and walked away. 

“That seems like Luke's mother,” Ella suggested, spotting a woman sitting close to him. They look exactly alike. 

“They do look alike,” Ethan agreed. “But how come he never looked like his father, Robert Landon?” Ethan questions as they attempted to enter the classroom which led to their classroom, Luke called out to them. 

“Please wait,my mother wants to see you guys.” Fear gripped hold of the triplets as they approached the woman who looks like those evil stepmother in a Cinderella story.