43: IT'S YOUR DAD!
Daniella was busy in the living room flipping through the channels to get to something good after sometimes she decided to move back to Netflix and watch a movie. She flipped but didn't see anything interesting.
"You don't feel like repeating the movie we watched yesterday?" asked Vin while joining her in the sofa.
Daniella looked at him and turned her eyes back on the screen, "no hon, let's look at something else, kissing booth part three maybe," she said as she tapped on it.
"You mind some popcorn? I've asked them to prepare some when I saw you looking through the tv.," said Vin as he pulls Daniella close to his embrace.
"Sure, why not?" replied Daniella plainly while looking at the movie.
Vin walked to the kitchen but was stopped in the middle by the doorbell.
Daniella popped her head up looking at him inquisitively, vin in return glared at her with a questioned look.
"Did you order anything?" Asked Daniella
"No, did you?"
No, that's why am asking you," Daniella replied.
Her mother was in her room working on her stuff no one will come to their house at ten pm knocking.
The door rings for the second time and Vin moved to open it, but before peeping at the keyhole to see who was knocking.
Vin slowly turned back, moving to Daniella,
Daniella: what's wrong, who is at the door?
Vin: policemen, what happened? I thought the issue about your dad has been solved.
Daniella did not respond and picked her phone to call her mother who was upstairs. Amanda after receiving a call from her daughter, she quickly canes running downstairs to find the two love birds with a worried look on their face.
"What's wrong?" She asked noisily.
"The police are the door mum they have rung the bell two times already," said Daniella.
The doorbell rang for the third time, Amanda quickly opened the door ignoring the look on Daniella's.
She found two police officers, a man and a won standing by the door. She faked her smile and allowed them in but they couldn't come in they stood by the door.
A second glance at them, Amanda realizes that their face said something else, they had a message that they wanted to share with her but they didn't know how, she raised her eyebrows and glanced at them.
"How can I help you, officer?" She asked fixing to get a trenchcoat.
"Mum, can we talk to you outside?" They asked while signalling her to come out.
She nodded and closed the door following them to the seats a meter from the main door.
Daniella and Vin looked at each other, ", what was all that about?" Asked Vin while throwing some popcorn into his mouth.
"I don't know," shrugged Daniella before throwing her eyes back at the TV.
They were enjoying the scenes on the TV when they heard Amanda raise her voice,
"How did this happen? How did it happen? No, No!" Sobbed Amanda.
Daniella threw the remote and rushed to the balcony when her mother was sitting. She accidentally threw the popcorn down and it scattered on the floor while the bowl broke into pieces.
She saw how her mother was crying, tears flowing from bet eyes,
"Mum, hats wrong," asked Daniella as she shakes her mother to look at her.
"What have you told her now?" Asked Daniella charging towards the police. "My dad is in the hospital in pain, but you don't know that and you come in and give her another bad news, she will break down and shut everything off," shouted Daniella with tears threatening to pour out any second.
"We are sorry mum, we are truly sorry,"
Daniella thought that they were apologizing for making her mum feel devastated but no, they came in to give her and her mom the news that will devastate her completely.
"Don't worry me, the that to her, she is crying," said Daniella pointing at the mother.
Daniella's mother stood up and looked at Daniella who was trying to defend her from the cards of the police.
"Baby, let's go inside I need to speak with you," said Amand as she placed her hands on Daniella's shoulder.
"Mum, are you okay?" She asked with a concerned voice holding her mom's cheek.
"Yes baby, let's go inside," Daniella helped her mother towards the sitting room and Vin was there talking to someone on phone, but when he saw them, he moved towards them.
"Mrs Clanks, are you okay ma'am?" He asked while moving to her wiping the tears from her eyes using his handkerchief.
"Please sit down I want to speak with you," she said her voice holding sorrows and pain.
"Daniella baby, look at me," Daniella looked at her and she felt sad seeing her mother cry.
"What is it, mama?" Asked Daniella.
"It's... it is your papa," Amanda sobbed while holding Daniella's hand.
"What about her mom?" She asked.
He, he is dead, baby am sorry," said Amanda while she was sobbing continuously.
Danielle did not look frustrated with it, she didn't break down, shed a tear or even display a shocked face. She looked at her mom and she was the only one making her sad. The way she was crying for her husband,
"You should be happy mum," said Daniella while sipping her tears. "Vin told me about the bad things he did to you and am not sad that he is dead, am happy that he won't harm you again or someone else," spoke Daniella confidently.
Amanda was shocked by her words. As much as she wanted Brown to die and rot in the filthy graveyard she didn't expect her daughter to support her when it comes to this. She tore her look at Vin who in turn winked at her.
"Thanks, Vin," she said while stretching her hands at Vin. Vin grasped it and squeezed it agreeing with her.
"Just don't show that face at the police baby, they might think we killed him or wanted him dead," Amanda said while still sobbing.
Ma"am, I think you should come with us and help us identify your husband's body," requested the female officer while standing at the door.
She nodded and bade Daniella goodbye after asking Vin to keep her safe.
"I will Mrs Clanks." He replied.
Amanda drove her car while following the police's car.
"Are you okay?" Vin asked Amanda.
"Mmh, he is dead and I wanted him to die, Vin, I can't live with a rapist inside the house, I wonder how my mother kept up with him, plus I won't be surprised to hear that she raped my mum and that is why I was alive," scoffed Daniella going on with the movie.
"I think I don't want to watch the TV anymore, am going to sleep." Said Daniella walking to the stairs.
Vin followed her to her bedroom. Daniella changed into her pyjamas and got inside the sheets.
"You don't take your medicines nowadays?" Asked Vin with a glass of water in his hands.
"Ooh, sorry babe," she gulped the water and the pulls down her throat and jumped into the bed.
Vin joined her and spooned her.
"You know your mum always loves you and everything she does is because she wants the best from you, she has alsyws wanted you to inherit the business and become famous," said Vin while rubbing her hair.
Daniella turned her head and looked at him, "I thought that she never wanted me, but all this time she was the only one who wanted me, I now get why she would reprimand me every time and want the best from me."
Daniella slowly kissed Vin's lips and said good night before turning to the other side.
"She does Daniella, just liten to her because she knows what's good for you, and I love you, don't forget that," said Vid while holding her right.
Amanda arrived at the city morgue. Her eyes were puffy. She carefully packed her vehicle in the parking lot before joining the officers.
"This way Mrs Clanks," directed the officers.
She walked slowly, wondering how her husband looked when dead. She wanted to see his sunken skin, she wanted to see how his eyes were but safely that wouldn't be achieved.
"Here we go mum," said the officers. The morticians were standing next to Brown's body with their gloves. They removed the white sheets from his body and left her to look at her husband.
Amanda's tears were flowing, without her even initiating them. They moved as if they had been hidden for so long.
"Babe, how did this happen? Just the other day I saw you and you were okay, why baby? Why?" Amanda questioned brown's lifeless body.
Behind the glass mirror, someone was busy looking at her, throwing her a glance waiting for the right time.