Chapter 280

"Did you know aunt is coming back today?" I say to Oakley, curving my lips into a smile as I figure out the lie so easily.

I'm guessing that it is time for me to realise that asking Oakley questions straight forward will get me nowhere, if I decide to keep on questioning her about what she's planning, about what she wants to do, she won't give me any answers and I will end up being frustrated for the rest of my life, and so what is the other solution, what is another way out, find something that she's scared of.

Find someone that she is scared of and use it to create a lie.

"She's coming back today?" Oakley says, her mouth snapping wide open in surprise.

I nod my head and stare into the distance, delighted at the level of my own acting.

I'm pretty sure that if not for father and mother's wishes, maybe I would have gone to acting school, maybe I would have considered becoming an actress but as for now, it is time for me to use those skills, it is time for me to put them to good use.

"She called me last night, said she would come back this evening".

 I take a quick glance at the clock and I make my eyes snap wide open in surprise. I hope I am not over playing this.

 "Gosh, it's almost time, she said she would be here by eight, and this is six already, we have to clean up".

I am thanking whatever foolish life I have that Scott isn't here, because if he was here, then this lie, this little lie will not get past him.

You would think that since I was the eldest, my aunt would call me and put things through me, but it seems I have also gained the reputation of reckless in her eyes, I am the eldest surely but I'm also the most reckless, I'm also the most reckless out of the little congregation that i and Scott form, and so most of the time she tends to pass things through him.

Plus, he's the one who knows how to handle all those sort of affairs the most, I don't think that I have the guts to shout at anybody, or berate at one for not carrying out a particular task but Scott seems to be up for it.

Well he doesn't shout at them as much as he berates them and makes them know how this place runs, but still

"We have two hours to get this place cleaned up, come on, get up, get up, what do you think you're doing sitting. She's going to be here this evening.

GoshbI don't even know why I forgot in the first place. We are in so much trouble, how are we to clean this whole house in such a short time!!???".

Oakley is sitting down and she's staring into the distance, her face looking destroyed like she had just seen a ghost, my lips curl up into a smile.