Elizabeth was a bit restless as she sat in her room, there were a lot of questions on her mind that her mother needed to answer but she had no idea where she could be in this huge mansion.
As her mind ran through the possibilities of if she could remember exactly the way to Coco's room and if she did know she wasn't sure her mother was still there. There was a gentle knock on the door.Elizabeth didn't say a word as she waited."Lizzy? Hun? Are you in there?" Maria's voice rang through, Elizabeth couldn't help but be thankful for the miracle that had just occurred.She stood unto her feet and with one swift move she was already at the door, she opened it ushering her mother in. Maria was happy to she her daughter welcome her in such a matter."It's good to see you settling in pretty well" she voiced as she walked in while Lizzy closed the door behind."Yeah settling" she repeated, rolling her eyes."Do you love your new room? I made the decorations myself?" She asked with a smile as they both sat on the bed together.Knowing her mom was the one the decorated her room made her feel irritated but then she did a nice job, Maria's smile was what irritated her the most, this wasn't a mother-daughter bonding moment.Maria had a sit on the bed patting the side, indicating that lizzy should have a sit."Why Louis mom?" She asked ignoring her mother's gesture."What do you mean?" She asked not sure what her daughter meant by her questions."I want to know mom, why on earth are you together with Louis?" Lizzy needed to know from the obvious reasons money was the answer but she needed to hear it from the horse's mouth."Elizabeth we love each other" she answered still trying to make sense of the question she was asked."You love each other? Really? Is that the lie you tell yourself so you'll be able to sleep at night?" She asked once more."What the hell are you are about?" Maria was beginning to feel irritated by Lizzy's question."Why are we even her mom? You work, you could support the both of us and not need a man, so why the hell are you getting married to him, wait I think I can answer that. It's because of all this, fame? money? What exactly?" She inquired staring at her speechless mother."Elizabeth!" She called out as a sign of caution. Her daughter's words reminded her of Shakar's."What mom, I just don't understand why? Why on earth did you ignore all the taunts and insults from a man who she could have easily shut up. You kept quiet just to have a good face in front of them, that's disgusting mother, you aren't a good mother but you're trying to pretend to be one." She addressed."You're wrong, Shakar is also wrong. I could easily move us back home and take care of you but I won't not because of money but because I love Louis and I want to share the rest of my life with him."Elizabeth could feel her skin curl."Love? If Louis love you then why didn't he stop his dump son from talking to the love of his life that way? I can answer he doesn't give a fuck about you or your self respect. But no he did nothing but watched the entire Fiasco."Maria knew more than anyone Louis could have ripped Shakar in little bits but didn't want that to happen on the first they of their moving, Lizzy's words made her angry and she was trying her beat to suppress her anger with Patience. All this was new to her and she needed time to digest it all."If only you put this type energy in your marriage, Dad would still be with us and they would be no on......" Maria slapped Elizabeth across the face ferociously, stopping her from finishing her statement.She had endured enough of her attitude, nothing, absolutely nothing gave Lizzy the right to speak to her in such a way. Her father was part of the reason she decided to move on, to forget him and here she was been reminded."Don't you dare!" She pointed a finger towards Lizzy with shaky anger."Never a word about that man ever, you have no idea what I passed through, the amount of assurance I had to give myself just to get better" she added.Elizabeth's hand found their way to her cheeks, as a tear dropped down her face, this was the second time in a week she was slapped by Maria."Everything I do Lizzy is for you, all for you. And one day you're going to realise it all. I could have left you with your pathetic father so you would suffer but I didn't. I took you because I love you""You should have given me to him, I would have been happy but you didn't, you want to know why? It's because I was the only thing you could use to hurt him. I was the only person he only ever truly loved and you knew this that's the only fucking reason I'm with you." She replied still with her hands on her face which stinged a lot."Lizzy that's not true I love you" Maria said, regretting her actions immediately. She tried to approach her daughter but Lizzy took steps away from her."I would have been living happily with dad than being here with a selfish woman like you" she spoke."Lizzy?""Get out!" Lizzy's calm but anger voice echoed across the room."I'm so...""Get out!" She spoke more angrily.Maria knew she wasn't welcomed anymore and turned to leave.Elizabeth on the other hand fell on the bed and cried into her pillow, how much longer would she have to put up with this?.Maria left Lizzy’s room with a heavy heart, She regretted raising her hand to her daughter. Lizzy was her baby, her daughter, yet it was as though they were strangers and Maria was beginning to get tired, they have never gotten into a reasonable conversation ever since the divorce and Maria wasn’t happy about it.She stared at her hands as she took a seat on the bed, was bringing Lizzy along with her a wrong move? She asked herself trying to get the clear picture or was she really a terrible mother. At the same time she felt bad for thinking the way she did but Lizzy wasn’t giving her much of a choice with her behaviour.“Mum!” A cute tiny voice spoke, Maria wasn’t aware of her presence until she spoke.“My love” she voiced gesturing for the little girl to come into her arms, which she did.“What’s the matter?” Maria asked“May I sleep with you and daddy tonight, I’m scared” “ Oh my princess there is no need to be scared” she encouraged hugging her tightly against her chest. Maria
Later that same evening, the house again sounded so lively as everyone had gotten back from their various business. Elizabeth stood in front of her window, her thoughts lingering on what had happened today, she thought long and hard and could blame no one but her mother.Elizabeth had already taken care of her wounds. She didn’t want to create a scene not after what happened between her and her mother.There was a knock on her door, Lizzy didn’t want to let anyone in, let alone see anyone but the second knock was followed by a tiny voice.She opened the door and there stood Coco with a bright smile, she found it hard to believe that she shared the same blood with Shakar. “Hey sweetie” Lizzy spoke politely returning her smile. “Mum asked me to fetch you, we went shopping why didn’t you come?” she asked observing her sister to be.“Well, I wasn’t feeling too good and I wanted to rest” she lied.“Are you sick? Y
12 November 2023 at exactly 12pm, Maria had her wedding gown in the mansion, it was the day she had been waiting for, she looked at herself in the mirror and a smile crept on her face, the gown fitted her just perfectly, it was from her favorite designer.“You look beautiful ma” the makeup artist spoke with a smile, indeed Maria was glowing.“Money can get you the very best but love brings out the glow and beauty” she replied still with her eyes on mirror.Meanwhile in Lizzy’s room, she was thinking of ways to escape the ceremony, she didn’t want to be part of it in any way. A knock on the door distracted her from her thoughts, she opened her door to see Coco standing in front of her in a beautiful pitch gown.“I couldn’t fix this” she spoke handing over her tiara to Elizabeth.“Oh come in let me see if I could fix it up” she replied with a smile to the sad child.“Mom bought that for me and I ruined it” she voiced as sadness took over her. “She’s going to be mad isn’t she?” she asked
Elizabeth stood with Shakar right in her face, she looked into his eyes and could see the angry written all over his expression.She didn’t want to start any form of argument, she wasn’t in the mood. Elizabeth slow backed away from him wanting to leave before a scene happened.“Your mother is nothing but a gold digger, looking for money like a cheap whore. That’s the only reason she wants to get married to my father isn’t it? Oh let’s not forget about the fame and power that comes with being a Manga, tempting” he spoke not minding what his words would do to Elizabeth.She couldn’t defend her mother either, she had no reason why she would quit her job and move all the way here just to get married, she would have said love but her mother was incapable of loving anyone but herself.“You know Mr. Louis, my father is nothing but a fucking cheat, he was the sole reason his wife, my mother died. You want to know why?” he asked turning away from her and walkin
Elizabeth finally closed her eyes letting the water take her.“Elizabeth” Coco screamed as she rushed towards the pool, she stood at the edge of the pool and could see her sister drowning….“Elizabeth!” she called out one more time as she saw her sinking, she immediately ran back to the party, Maria was busy as she was being introduced to the guest in at the party.“Mom!” she shouted running and out of breathe, Maria and Louis rushed towards her.“Honey, what’s wrong? calm down” Louis spoke holding her and letting her breathe before talking..“Elizabeth…… is…. In ….. The…. Pool” she voiced breathlessly “What? Why would she be in the pool? She can’t swim, it’s impossible” Maria spoke thinking Coco was joking, Elizabeth had tried her best to stay away from pools ever since she was young but why on earth was she in the pool? she asked herself.“She can’t swim?” Louis immediately stood to his feet and racing towards the pool as he realized what was going on, he dived in and grabbed Lizzy
Louis went to bid the rest guest goodbye, he sat on one of the chairs trying to make sense with everything that just happened, if what Shakar was saying had any truth Elizabeth wouldn’t have the look she did in her eyes. She was scared and he was sure he saw right, Coco walked up to him in her pajamas.“Dad!” she called out with a bright smile, Louis immediately smiled back before picking her into his arm. “Are you ready for bed love?” he asked.“Yes”“Let’s have dinner first, you can bring food to your sister as well” he voice knowing Maria and Elizabeth need to talk. Coco nodded as they proceed to the food stand.“Mom?” Lizzy called out with her voice shaking, her tears were on the verge of fall but she knew she had to hold back.“I’m going to ask you this question just once Lizzy and I want an honest answer” she spoke without looking at her daughter who was dying a few minutes ago.“Tell me, how did you, fall into the pool?” she questioned not minding Lizzy’s feeling.The tears Li
The next morning, Coco was already up, Lizzy woke up to an empty bed. She couldn’t believe she actually had a goodnight sleep because of her little sister, Coco didn’t give her room to think about her problems. The little angel had cuddled her tightly like a stuffed animal. Thinking about it brought a smile to Lizzy’s face. She stood to her feet, taking a deep breath before getting ready for the day, her mother was someone she actually didn’t want to see but she couldn’t be in her room all day when Coco sacrificed her school day just to spend the night with her. She washed up and got dressed, stepping out of her room gave her chills. She took a step back as she replayed her struggling to get out of the water yesterday.She opened her eyes but could still here the water rushing into her system through every possible entry point, “Lizzy!” Coco’s voice rang through the hallway, Lizzy immediately opened her eyes to sees Coco in a cute apron which had a lot of stains on it, it made her wo
Not quite long after Shakar stepped out, Coco rushed in with Maria – she was at the verge of tears but they were both surprised to see Elizabeth was standing on her feet, dressed and ready to leave for school.“Lizzy are you okay, Coco rushed to inform me that you were sick.” She spoke not knowing how to address the issue.“I’m perfectly fine, as you can see there’s nothing wrong with me.” She answered.“But you were shaking” Coco’s voice echoed making the two ladies realize she was still standing there. Elizabeth gestured to Coco to come, she let go of Maria’s hand and walked towards Lizzy.“Coco, I’m sorry for scaring you. I honestly didn’t mean to, yes I was ill but I’m fine right now see, I can even go to school and the outfit you chose is badass” she added, making Coco smile.“I don’t like it when you fall sick” she voiced“I know and I’m sorry, forgive me?”“Of course I do” Coco replied before hugging her. Maria couldn’t say anything as she just watched the girls, Lizzy picked h