CHAPTER 220

" Why would I even want to release your mother? After everything she has done to me? She shot my mama and made it look like you and I were the ones who shot my mother. I wouldn't dare release her knowing truly well that my mama has been hurt. Why are you looking for her anyway? Have you forgotten that she used to drug you in the past and that made you stab me. If I hadn't known the truth, you would have spent the rest of your years in jail" said Ruth angrily.

Faith leaned on Ruth as she began to cry. She was really in a deep state of confusion and had no idea of what to do and who to truly believe. All she wanted was Tere to come back to the closer gates and face Akeshia.

" My mama wants the ancestral vase and she has threatened me through all means and several ways to come here and steal the ancestral vase from you simply because you and I are close. That's why I felt that the only person who can help me to face my mama would be Tere. So I decided to go to jail and wanted to release her so that she would come back home only to be surprised that she and Haggai were realeased a long time ago and the policemen claim that you are the one who released them" said Faith as tears welled down her eyes.

" Please get into the house and relax. I know that you are such a good friend and I have no any right to judge you. Yet I am begging you not to slap me again because you think that I have done something wrong without having investogated and known the whole truth . Please do not worry. We will track Tere down and being her to the closer gates. The only thing you and I can do right now is to rest. To be honest, I am too tired after everything that has happened in this house" said Ruth who suddenly rested her head on Faith's shoulder and fell asleep.

Faith watched her fall asleep like a little baby till the next morning when they felt cold water running through their veins that caused them to wake up a bit astonished.

" Girls! What are you doing here on the couch? Why don't you go to Ruth's room and continue resting? This is a living room and not one of your numerous rooms. Go and sleep" shouted Naomi at both Ruth and Faith.

" I guess we unwillingly fell asleep here mama. Yet you did not have the right to pour cold water on us. Now I am feeling cold and it's all your fault. Let's go to my room Faith" shouted Ruth at Naomi.

" Wait! What is she doing here?" Asked Naomi a bit curious.

" Something bad has happened mother. Tere has been released from prison and the policemen have told Faith that I am the one who released Gaoth from prison. How can I even do that mama? Somebody is doing this to confuse us. I wonder who the person really is" said Ruth and after she finished speaking, they heard a knock at the door. 

Nelly who had just woken up and heard the knock at the door decided to go and open the door. She was surprised to find out that it was Tere and Haggai. 

They hurriedly entered the house and webt towards Ruth bit were astonished to see Faith seated beside Ruth. 

" What are you both doing here?" Asked Ruth a bit astonished.

" What are you talking about? Are you not the one who has released us? After releasing us, you told us to come here at this time in order to help you protect the ancestral vase" said Tere smiling.

" Why are you lying? I have been sleeping here with my mama and Nelly. When did I go and release you both? Why would I even do that?" Asked Ruth a bit tensed. 

Ruth was tensed simply because she could the anger on Faith's and Naomi's face. There was a big confusion and everybody was too selfish to understand that there was. 

Filled with lots of anger, Naomi webt close to Ruth and slapped her. She was truly disappointed in Ruth. She wondered how she could dare do such a thing. 

" This woman and her spouse conspired against me and shot me. They kept their case hidden for a long time but we took them to jail the moment we got a chance. How could you help them? Couldn't you have even tried to consult me about it? I understand that Evelyn is to dangerous and has so much power. Yet that is not enough reason to release them" shouted Naomi at Ruth. 

" They are plotting something against me mama. I haven't realeased any of them from jail. Why can't you believe me at least once?" Said Ruth in a pellucid voice as tears of sadness welled down her eyes.

" It's really hard to believe you Ruth. It is better that you get out of my sight right now. We have nothing more to discuss after that huge betrayal. You better get out of here before I hurt you. Go to your room. I will deal with you later. I still want to deal with Tere and Haggai right now" said Naomi who signalled to Ruth to leave. 

Ruth immediately left the living room. She wrbt to her room and locked the door. Naomi on the other hand went towards Tere and slapped her. It seemed she had grown fond of slapping people. This made Tere to move towards her and slapped her back. That was when they began fighting against one another not until Tere ran to kitchen and brought a knife, she wanted to stab Naomi bit stabbed Nelly instead who had come to defend Naomi. This made Naomi to fall on the ground as blood oozed from her chest. 

Nelly suddenly fell unconscious. This made Tere and Haggai to run away from there whereas Faith ran to Ruth's room to inform her of what had happened. 

Ruth hurriedly got out of her room and went towards where Nelly was lying unconscious. All she knew was that she wanted to save Nelly and the only way to do that was to rush her to the hospital and ensure that Tere and Haggai were arrested. 

" Nelly! Nelly! Please talk to me. You can't do this to me. What will I tell your brothers Ryan and Lawrence?" Said Ruth in a pellucid voice as tears welled down her eyes.

" Why should you wonder what to tell her brothers when you know the answer? You will just tell them that you have killed their sister. And how did you even do that? You got the people who shot your mother some years back out of jail. Just get out. You have no right to be here or come up with any conclusion" said Naomi who pushed Ruth away. 

Ruth sat on the couch a bit sad. She had no idea of what to do to prove to her family that Tere and Haggai had lied to them. All she knew was that she wanted to search for them and have a private conversation with them. She wanted to find out the person who had really released them from jail. 

" We can call the ambulance front the nearest hospital mama. Our house is too far from town and I do not really think that we will make it to town" shouted Ruth who tried to state out her own opinion and did not really care if she could be heard or not. 

" Shupt up! I do not want to hear anything from you. You are the main reason why your sister is the way she is. Why did you even release both of them from jail? Have you forgotten how dangerous Haggai and Tere have always been? At least for my respect and dignity, you could have asked me first before making that decision. Look! They wanted to stab your mother but luckily, Nelly has come and saved me. You better find out how we are going to take her to the hospital" said Naomi who suddenly went to the kitchen to drink water. 

She was not in her right stare of mind and therefore felt that drinking water could calm her down in order to stop saying regretful things to Ruth and think clearly on what to do with Nelly. 

For now, Naomi felt that the whole thing was good if it was kept hidden fron the entire world and Nelly's brothers. 

She finally came to a conclusion that she should trust Ruth's words. There was only one person she felt that could have done that. That person was the one and only Evelyn. Maybe she had done that in order to create a rift between her and her daughter. Maybe she had done that for the ancestral vase. Time would definitely tell. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN