Chapter 54

"How much longer are you going to keep this on huh?!"Mirabel yells at her husband who's busily drinking.

The doctor had told him to stay away from alcohol and even draws a diet plan for him.

Mirabel makes sure to follow the plan exactly and stops Richard from drinking.

But this day, she sees her husband getting completely wasted. He is sitting on floor at the edge of his bed drinking on a Saturday evening.

Mirabel looks at those empty bottles on the floor and hitches a breath. She had just gone out for something and he goes to buy alcohol to drink, and this much.

Her eyes trails to her drunk husband, who's about drinking from a new bottle since he's done with the previous one.

He opens the bottle containing alcohol and puts it to his mouth.

Mirabel seeing this, walks to him in fury and snatches the bottle from Richard. She takes steady breaths, not wanting to tell at him. She thinks of what the children may think if she is heard yelling at their step father.

"Richie, you have to stop this attitude of yours. It may be hard but try hard to control yourself."She kneels beside him and places her hand on his shoulder.

"I never paid attention to her."Richard whispers. He is looking into the air. His eyes show deep regret. Even though he doesn't she'd tears, his eyes show the amount of pain he's feeling.

"Although I saw how hurting life was for her, even though she needed me.....I never helped her. I never stayed by her and made her hide in darkness."

Hearing this from Richard, Mirabel notices the amount of regret he is feeling.

He must have had a change of heart or maybe he already really cared for his daughter and is now realizing it.

This piece makes Mirabel a bit jealous and unhappy. She has never seen Richard so miserable in all the years of his drinking habits like the way he is now.

To think he is like that because Irye hurt Mirabel a bit. Irye's his daughter but she can't help but feel hurt.

Richard's never been like this, even when they have a fight. He always drinks but is a lot reserved when drinking.

"How much longer are you going to keep this on huh?!"She yells at Richard.

She doesn't want to yell at him because of her children but this does it.

"Are you going to sit here and drink yourself to death? Is that what you want?"Mirabel continues.

"Look at you...just take a good look at yourself. You should be out there looking for her instead of soaking yourself in alcohol."She walks out angrily .

Blake sits Irye down under the tree and sits beside her.

"So."He simply says.

"So?"Irye doesn't get him.

"What happens to you? What's wrong?"Blake asks.

"Oh, that"Irye looks down. "It's nothing really. I just became a little too sensitive with all these happening."

Blake somehow know she is telling lies. Not wanting to bother her any further, he chooses to take that as the truth. She must have had a reason to hide it from him.

Late in the afternoon when both Blake and the family are sitted and are having a quiet time, a trouble causer comes by.

Irye sighs and her people know what's wrong.

"How many times are we going to do this?"Evie asks frustratingly. "Can't we just do something to get rid of her?"

"It's not that easy...Talking of her being a spirit and a strong one at that. We have no way to kill her yet. So we just have to stick took this till we find a way."Irye replies helping than hide safely before going to face it off with Abigail.

"Haven't you had enough with this?"Abigail sneers. "You know I have a lot of time on my hands. Understand and hand in the baby."

Irye glares at her mother. Her eyes pitch black and her face showing how scary she can be.

"You sure are one to talk. I really don't fr why you are still after this baby."Irye walks closer, making sure not to put her guard down.

"You know you are dead"She smirks and looks her mother in the eye. "Dead people don't belong here. You should go and recognise yourself as a dead woman"

With this, Abigail throws her hand at Irye and she dodges. In return, Irye punches Abigail hard on the face and she falls back.

"I think it's high time we helped her."Blake suggests and they turn to look at him. "I mean instead of hiding here, why don't we just go and help her. We can't be hiding every time, waiting for Irye to protect us. What if one day she is not around or she is unwell? What will we do?"

"He makes sense though."Claude turns to look at Irye and Abigail fighting. "We may be just humans but so is Irye. It's just that she is bit something else but she still is human. We can help her fight Abigail. Although we might get hurt, we can still try something before it's late."

"And I don't think she can fight all of us at once. It's a good idea."Evie acknowledges, nodding her head. "I think I will consider admiring you again"She smiles at Blake.

Before that could prepare to go and fight along side Irye, they hear a sound, Irye's voice.

She is on the floor and in pain. She tries standing up but falls again. This time she's been hit hard.

The family is dumbfounded. They don't know what to do next as they watch Abigail walk slowly to Irye.

"You should also know your place. I may be dead but you are no match for me"Abigail chuckles while Irye forces a stand.

She feels a sting at her elbow and her hand rushes there. Feeling something around her elbow, she raises her fingers to her face and her jaw drops.

She is bleeding and as she looks at it, she notices a deep cut on her elbow.

She sighs deeply as Abigail also closer and closer to her. Irye shakes her hurt arm and suddenly, Abigail screams.

The sudden scream make startles Irye until she finds that Abigail is busily scratching her arm.

Irye notices a blood stain on Abigail's skin before she wipes it. Right there, an idea comes into Irye's head.

Her blood somehow must have sprinkled on Abigail when she shook her arm.

And looking at the way she is screaming and scratching the spot where it touched, it must be a lead to get rid of her once and for all.

Irye wipes the blood on her elbow and with swiftness, smears it on Abigail face.

Abigail screeches and falls to the ground, disappearing.

Irye has found a lead to get rid of Abigail and she has to explore to understand this new information.