BIG FIGHT

"Why are you all looking at me? You think I told her those things?"

"You are my number one suspect young lady." Darifa says looking at her straight in the eye.

"Darifa!" Asma calls to caution.

"If you want us to stop suspecting you then stop doing suspicious things." Ella adds.

"Seriously? See who is even talking." Asma says and faces Ella directly. "I wasn't expecting you to say anything at all ma'am. We are all in this mess because of you, I hope you know that."

"Asma, mind what you say." Abdullah cautions.

"Or what?!" She asks loudly and faces Abdullah too. "Why don't you all tell her the honest truth. Ever since she walked into our lives, everything became more miserable. Because of you, two people went to jail and now I have to live in hiding because of you. If I knew it will turn out like this, then I have willingly chose to continue being a victim of bully."

"You are an animal Asma." Darifa hurls insults. "How dare you say those rubbish out of that gutter you call mouth? After all Ella did for us? Especially you! Have you forgotten how she saved your mom being shamed publicly, have you forgotten how she paid for your father's heart transplant in India? Have you forgotten how far she went just to help you out when you had issues with your results in the college?"

"She did those things willingly, I never forced her to do so." she faces Ella and asks. "Did I?"

Ella can't believe all the things she is hearing from Asma. "What have I done to deserve this from her? Have I offended her by any means?" She asks herself in her mind.

"Say something Ella! Did I force you to do those things?" She asks again.

Ella shakes her head. "No you didn't."

"You shouldn't be doing these things Asma." Abdullah whispers. "Ella is our friend."

"Well, maybe it high time we stopped being friends." She says and shrugs her shoulders.

"Leave this house!" Darifa says fired up and her eyes burning in rage.

"Stop it Darifa." Ella whispers. "Let her be, sending her out of this place now will make her more pitiful, helpless and hopeless."

"What is that supposed to mean now?" Asma stands and asks but no one replies her, everyone quickly fixed their attention on the showing movie. Words can't explain the spite she felt in her heart she rush into the visitor's room to save her face.

Lola had rushed down when she heard the noise from upstairs. She sees Asma rush into the room and looking very annoyed. "What happened?" She asks approaching the kids. "Did you guys fight?"

"We will sort it out mom." Ella whispers to her mom.

"My daughter, how are you feeling now? Did you sleep well?" She asks again and sits close to her daughter.

"I feel very much better mom."

"Jessica called again ma'am." Abdullah cuts in changing the topic.

"When did she?"

"Just a while ago." He replies.

"What did she say?" Lola asks again.

"She just said she heard that we are all here now and that doesn't stop her from doing whatever she wants to do." Darifa replies.

"Let's wait till my husband get back from work, he promised me earlier that he is going to come up with something before the end of today."

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"I told you not to cook." Jessica nags gently as she squeezes her self to pass behind Emerens and go over to the fridge then pulls out a bottle of alcohol. "We can just eat out today you know." She opens her bottle of alcohol and sips some of it. "Aren't you tired of homemade food?"

"Eating out is a waste of time and energy. Let me cook the best if what you can ever imagine and let's enjoy ourselves." She pauses and takes her eyes off the food she is storing and looks at her friend. "Or don't you like my cooking anymore?"

"Of course I do, but I only wanted you to take a day off the cookings today. You know, you are the only one doing the cooking all this while."

"But at least, I am not complaining, or am I?" She asks and turns her gaze back to the food she is cooking.

"Thank God your mom taught you how to cook, if not only God knows how we would have survived."

"What about the girl? Any news from her yet?" Emerens asks changing the topic.

"She told me they are all at Ella's house at the moment. No doubt, they are pretty scared of what I might choose to de next."

"That's some sort of good news, at least we know where they are. But I am afraid that alone isn't enough to strike and attack them." She picks up a bowl of water on the kitchen cabinet and adds little amount if the water into what she is cooking. "Don't you think so?"

"Let's give her more time to figure more things out, she just got rehired yesterday. She delivered well last time."

"She just have to deliver well, with that amount of money she collected. I am not expecting anything less than the best from her."

Jessica goes silent for a while and stares at her friend.

"Why are you staring at me?" She asks even though she didn't look at her, she felt it that Jessica was staring at her.

"Don't forget she is human too, mistakes are allowed and again she is walking on eggshells where she is." She says and walks out of the kitchen giving no room for replies.