12

The last day bride

Episode 12

"Who the hell are you speaking with?"

Clifford shouted

The phone slipped from her hand

He dragged her hand and pinned her to the wall,

"You are speaking with your boyfriend right?" He shouted

"You are hurting me cliff, am not talking with a guy."

Rissa said

He slapped her cheeks,

Rissa held her face as tears fall from her eyes

"Did I look like a fool to you that you will look at my face and lied to me?"

"You are pretending to be innocent but you are just a bitch."

Clifford shouted and pushed her off his way,

Strands of hair fall over her face

They heard a knock,

Clifford look at her with a suspicious look,

"Are you waiting for me to open the door?"

He shouted

"Am so..rry," she stammered

She headed to the door and turn the knob, the door opened

Mrs Elizabeth, Tracy, and Billy appeared at the other side of the door

Seeing her red cheeks made Mrs Elizabeth suspect something,

Rissa noticed that too and quick smile,

"Welcome mum, you haven't told me you are going to visit."

Rissa said

"I was about to tell you on the phone when the line switched off, where is your phone? Mrs Elizabeth inquired

"Oh sorry about that, I guess am not used to using smartphones, while talking with you, the phone slip and fall from her hand."

Rissa lied

"Am just teaching her how to use it, Rissa is such an old lady".  Clifford cut in and chuckled

"Wow, my son is even smiling, all thanks to you Rissa, hope he is not troubling you?"

Mrs Elizabeth asked

Not at all mum, I got the perfect wife, Clifford said immediately and hugged Rissa from the back pretending to peak her cheeks

"If you let mum find out about what happened, I will kill you."

Clifford whispered

"Am glad to see you both like this, can we come in?" Mrs Elizabeth asked

"Yes please, come in".

"Tracy, billy," Rissa said excitedly and hugged them

"Girl, hope he is not been a jerk ass?" billy asked

Rissa forced a sad smile,

"He is not". she replied and they noticed the fingers on her face,

Billy almost screamed but Rissa pleaded with her to keep quiet using the eye method

Rissa! Where are you?"

Mrs Elizabeth called

"Am here mum,"  Rissa replied and they settled down

"I will go get you some juice please". Rissa smiled

"I will go with you baby," Clifford replied

"Such a naughty boy, you are not even shy of me."

Mrs Elizabeth chuckled

"Cliff you can just stay with mum, don't worry I will be right back."

Rissa said 

"I still insist, let's go, see ya, mum

Clifford said and take Rissa's hands into his and dragged her to the kitchen,"

"I don't want my mum to find out what happened yesterday night and today."

Clifford said

"Are you scared?"  You don't want to hurt your mum, huh, but you don't care about me, what if I decide to tell her everything to her?"

Rissa asked

"You won't do anything of such, and if you let my mum find out what happened between us, I swear I will kill you."

Clifford half yelled and pushed her

"All you can do is to treat me, am not going to tell your mum about what happened, not because am afraid of you Clifford, but because is my duty as a wife to hide her husband's wrongdoings".

Rissa replied

"You are not my wife, you wanna act brave right, sure go-ahead

And see what am going to do."

Clifford said and left the kitchen

Clifford returned to the room and sat with his mum,

"Clifford, am not satisfied with the way I saw Rissa, are you sure you not hurting the innocent girl?"

Mrs Elizabeth asked

"Look mum,  not doing anything to her, she is just ungrateful".

Clifford murmured

"Did I just hear you calling Rissa ungrateful?"

Mrs Elizabeth asked

"No mum, why will I say that when you saw how happy I am with her, you haven't tasted her food, is so delicious, am so lucky to her a wife like her".

Clifford lied

"I hope so, Mrs Elizabeth replied

Rissa arranged cups of juice on a round tray and returned to the seating room,

"Thanks my dear, cliff just told me about your cooking skills, am impressed."

Mrs Elizabeth said

"Not to brag but our friend can cook very well."

Tracy said

"Oh, big surprise, she used to cook in the prison back then right?"

Clifford asked and they all stare at him annoyingly

"I mean, even in the prison, she remains the best cooker, when I tasted her food in the morning, I licked my plate."

Clifford said eyeing Rissa

"Aunt Elizabeth, if you don't mind can we talk to Rissa for some minute?" Billy asked

"Yes, of course, you can".

Mrs Elizabeth replied

"What are you girls going to discuss, you don't have to go anywhere."

Clifford cut in

"Girls stuffs so stay aside". Billy replied

Clifford is scared of Rissa might tell them everything since she is their friend

"But we are now one, you can talk to the both of us together", Clifford said

"Cliff, calm down, just for some minute."

Mrs Elizabeth said

"But_ " Clifford try to say

"No buts cliff, let the girls go".

Mrs Elizabeth ordered,

Rissa, Billy, and Tracy walked together to Rissa's room

"Wow!" Your room is so big and beautiful, Billy said

"To say is beautiful is an exaggeration". Tracy replied

Rissa's mind is not with them,

"Hey, are you hearing us?" Billy asked

And they noticed a drop of tears in her eyes,

"Rissa, something is wrong with you, I knew that devil is not treating you good,

He slapped you, I saw the mark on your cheeks, we are you, friends, don't lie to us please".

Tracy said and hold Rissa's arms

Rissa winched in pain, that's the same place Clifford poured the coffee at

TBC