STRAW OF HOPE

STRAW OF HOPE

Dora did not sleep a wink not even doze, no matter how much she try to sleep, sleep just refused to come her way the night till this morning and all Ash can do is to accompany her silently by her side and keep praying for good news when the morning comes

It already seven in the morning Dora phone and Ash phone are died and no matter how many time she wants to ask the maid to lend their phone to her Ash will stop her and when she see a maids by chance and ask for their phone they all gave different excused

" Am sorry ma, my phone is lost"

" Sorry ma, my phone fell in water last week I haven't give it to engineer yet because I don't have time to go out"

" My child came here yesterday, and I gave my phone to her because she lost hers"

Given her different excuse Dora is not an idiot and she know they are keeping something from her including her friend but she can't point out what they are hide from her and she is very confused and want know what they are keeping but keep praying that is not about her husband "

" curious kill it's better for her not to be curious"

she keeps repeating is in her mind to prevent herself from asking

At ten in the morning her personal assistant come by because she promised her boss yesterday to spend the time with her today because her husband and son have went to his parents house, after the morning news she heard she grab her car key from the coffee table in her room and head to Wright mansion without changing her pajamas

At he same time Ash and Ella have been trying their best to make Dora have her meal but Dora is adamant in her decision of not eating anything till hear from her husband while Ella feel sad for eating and blame her self for not waiting to hear from her father while her mother do so she scold herself

" Bad Ella" she blink her tear away

" No Ella is good, a very good Ella, Mommy just feel like she should to hear daddy's voice before she eats"

She rub her head affectionately " Ella will eat for Mommy and Mommy will fast for Ella then both of us will wait for daddy's call, right?" she asked

She nod her head yes and hug her mother " Ella will stand and stay with Mommy till Daddy call and come back, he say he will come back home as fast as he can" Ella understand that her mother is sad since yesterday that her father left home and wonder why her mother is sad then she came to final decision to make her mother happy and follow what she said and do so she won't make her mother sad

When she get to Wright mansion everyone set their eyes on her but she did not know what the her staring at so she walk into the Wright mansion with her head up, when the women saw her they have the same reaction as the staff in the mansion

" OH Clara, what is so urgent that you have to come here in your pajamas" Ash asked as she and Dora rushed to her"

" What wrong?, Everything ok?, Where is your husband?" Dora asked as they both hold each her hand in theirs

Only then did she come to her sense and release she herself is still in her pajamas her face turn from concerned to embarrassment, seeing her face Dora know something happened that makes her rush here and think looking at her

" Based on her expression is not about Clara but about me, did something happen is that why everyone is been careful around her" she thinks as her mind run wild Ash have to use her eyes to communicate with Clara which the lass perfectly understand and Dora did not notice their strange strae

" Give me your phone, Clara" she speaks with authority

" Ma, as I rushed here I forget my phone"

"Don't give me that shit, hand your phone over" she shout

" I really don't have my phone with me ma"

" If you all refused to give your phone to me , I can go out"

" you can't leave this place Dora" Ash reply

" stop Ash, who do you take me for, an idiot" she lost her cold and she shout for the first time making everyone tremble in fear " I know you are hiding something from me since yesterday, the light in this mansion that have never blink once was gone since yesterday night till now no one have come to check it"

" I want to wait just like you, I want to believe nothing happened to him but I can't just sit here knowing nothing about my husband" she cries seeing her mother crying Ella feel like helping her mother from this bad people that make her cries

" waaaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaa" she cries louder than ever the three adults rushed to her they were surprised to see her cries this much even when she was an infant she never cry this much

The crying girl that they are worry about cheers in her mind " You big bulls bad aunties, you think I will let you bully Mommy, no way, I will protect my mother from you with my own weapons"

She stare at the women in her mother's hands as she think these, the women panic see the way she is looking at them like predator look at his prey so they tried their beat to confuse that they are not bad thankful Dora come to their rescued

" Baby don't worry mommy is fine, mommy and her friends are just have a conversation, they are talking they are not fighting so Aunties are not bad"

" Aunties are not bad" she repeat her mother's words and nod " I know they are not bad but they make my mommy cries so they are bad since they are your friends I will forgive them" she think then give the adults her beautiful smiles which earn the women to felt relief and gave her their beautiful smiles as well

" Clara give your phone to me, and Ash call an electrician to come here and fixed what he destroyed" they both nod and Dora went back to her room with her daughter

In the accident scene after finding for more than seventy two hours the rescue teams, firemen, police and sailors find no survivor so they make their report to the men who refused to leave them alone for a minute

" We have done our job and follow your instructions and we search more than thrice but our report is same we found no survivor not even their corpses" the chief of police pause

" Am sorry, but the only conclusion we come to is they are burnt in the fire