chapter 7 episode 2
I couldn't bring myself to believe all Andriana had said, i know nellie isn't capable of killing anyone,still i smell something fishy and i must get to the root of this thing.
"my lord the doctor is here "
"let him in " i said as i watch nellie face for any change of expression an it was just the same.
"greeting your grace" the doctor said to which i just nodded.
" skip the pleasantries doctor and get down to business there is sliver borne in the tea right "Andriana asked
"yes,miss the tea is a mixture of lemon and silver borne "he said
"and my system "
" your grace your system is clean "
"believe me your grace i have nothing to do with this , i swear i have no idea you are allergic to sliver borne " nellie pleaded
" brother believe she didnt do i believe there is a mix up somewhere "maya said making nellie to turn and look at her am sure finding out this way that maya happens to be my sister isnt going well for her
"brother?"Nell asked
"yes nell his grace is my brother" maya said bring her head low
"well nell darling the jokes is on you , too bad the only friend you thought you have also lied to you "Andriana said mockingly
"silence every where"
" i want nellie kept under house arrest until i get to the root of this"
(Nellie Pov)
when the doctor announced that the tea was indeed poisoned with silver borne i was dumfounded how didn't happen, i was very sure i was been set up but by who my brother, i know he hate the king but he cant do anything that will be of risk to me, then there is Andriana she will gain a lot from this but if his grace had drank it he would have died, while i was still trying to put my thought together i was blown away by the next word that came from Maya mouth
"brother believe she didnt do i believe there is a mix up somewhere " maya said
"brother?"
"yes nell his grace is my brother" maya said bring her head low
"well nell darling the jokes is on you , too bad the only friend you thought you have also lied to you "Andriana said mockingly
that minute i wanted to give up no one here wishes me well, maya was the only one i thought had my back but now it obvious she was only with me because his grace, her brother asked her to spy on me
"Shawn man , do you have anything to say before the investigation commence" lord shark asked
if i have to go down i will have to go down honourably not this way
"yes, your grace "
"speak "
" i will have to investigate this case too" i said surprised at my own words but confident as ever making everyone to take a deep breathe
"yes your grace, " i spoke once more "i know am innocent here and there is a mix up some where, and i also know to the shark man our family doesn't have a good name but this time i will do my best to prove you wrong"
"fine we shall provide you all you need to carry out this investigation of yours and darain will work closely with you to avoid you going out of line " lord shark said
"okay my lord"
" you may all go" lord shark said as we all started leaving "Andriana stay back"
( lord Shark pov)
" so now you have time for me " Andriana said like a spoilt child who needs to be spanked
"quit all the act Andriana i hope you don't have a hand in this " i said grabbing her by the elbow , "if not for the seek of your person i pray you dont"
"huh you find it had to believe she did it but you seriously want it to be me huh huh elos " she said angry perhaps she wanted me to believe nell was guilty.
am just warning you "
" jodete" she said and slam the door in my face.( fuck you)
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phone rings
"hello"
" hello , do away with all the evidence, and remember if this end badly , you go down for me"
"yes ma, it will be a pleasure "
"good" (line cut)
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"nell believe me i wanted to tell many times but i didnt want you to look at me differently"
"still it doesnt change the fact that you betrayed me and lied to my face maya" nell paused " or is your name really maya "
"i didnt lie to you and yes my name is maya "
"i thought you were my friend "
" enough of this ladies, what we should be trying to do is prove that lady nell is innocent and not argue about who lied and who didnt" darain said " maya might have hidden her true identity from you yet she stood up for many times in the secret and in the open , isnt that what true friendship is all about"
"am sorry nell i really am"
" it okay maya,we all have one thing or the other we have hidden from our loved once" nell said " now darling will you please help me out"
"sure"
"now lets see lady nell is there anyone else who handles you dishes other than maya"darain asked
"no " nellie answered "but there was once that xena served me but just once"
"isnt xena the maid who was with Andriana when the tea was declared poisoned" derek asked trying to put pieces together.
"yes, she is " maya answered
"but i still don't get how a sliver borne which is good in building the bones serve as poison here excepted there is something everyone is still keeping from me " nellie said as she looked between maya and Darain
" his grace is in the position to tell you that " darain said" what we should focus on is how it was smuggled into this land and into the tea"
"the closet place to give a sliver borne is about kilometers away from here and still it wouldnt be fresh " maya said
" i bet it wasnt fresh that why his grace could detect it's smell immediately" nellie said " darain is it possible to to get a list of all the stores within this region that sell such"
"yes my lady"
"good , i would have love to do this myself but i am on house arrest" nellie said as she turns to maya" i believe you are my friend and i will need your help more than ever"
"sure"
"go with darain find out who sold a silver borne of recent "
" okay but how will we know which is which, am sure majority of them sell on daily bases"
"whosoever is behind this whats it to look like i did it so it either they register with my name or anything connecting with a Shawn man"
" that true his grace made sliver borne contraband , they will definitely be a record of buyers" darain said
" let just hope they are stupid enough to act as we have guessed they would "
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Thanks for staying with me , am sorry for the break ,school really took much of my time. for your patience and commitment i will be doing a give away to the first two person to answer this question
In what chapter did we come across the name ARETHA?
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