Flora got herself locked up in her room for days, she was growing lean. Her mum and sister were really worried about her sister and mother kept knocking everyday.
"Flora come out now please, stop hurting yourself, take your mind off him. Said Rose soberly
"I'll stay here till he comes".
"This guy has left you, don't you get it?". She wrinkled her face. Her mum came and slammed the door.
"Flora come out now, don't kill me". She shouted
"Sister please come out, we are here for you". She was about to cry.
Flora stood up and opened the door. They both were shocked how lean she's grown, tears rolled down on their cheeks. Flora's eyes were red and swollen, she could stop crying.
"Flora, please stop all these, don't hurt yourself anymore". Rose drew her closer and held her hand tightly.
"Just let it go and start anew, you've been to work since you left your apartment. Pull yourself together, pick up the pieces and move on, you've got this sis; turn that frown side upside down and chin up okay?".
Flora nodded her head positively with tears all over her face. Andrew who was shy to enter the room stepped in and moved closer to his mother.
"Mummy why are you crying?".
Flora hugged him firmly
"I'm sorry, honestly sorry for leaving you". She sniffed
Obviously, Andrew only understood a bit of what she said.
Few days after, Rose went to Flora's apartment to pack her bags and baggages, Flora decided to live with her family again. When Rose was back, she saw Flora getting ready for work and she moved closer to her.
"Hey". She smiled
"Hey". She smiled and took a deep breath.
"You are over it now?"
"Yes, I'm over it and I'm not brooding anymore, thank you very much for standing by me".
"You made me realize that"
They both laughed and hugged. Their mother who has been peeping through the door entered.
"Hey girls"
"Mum, I'm grateful for everything you've done, I'm so blessed to have you both".
"I'm going to work now"
"Okay, have a nice day"
"Rose, I'll pick my son from school when returning from work"
"Alright, bye"
Here in Roberts' house, Mrs Roberts was fussed about her son whom she has been calling but to no avail. She asked Tony if he was able to reach to his brother but he couldn't. While she was still talking with him, her phone rang, it was Craig and she picked it immediately.
"Hi mum"
"Hey, where have you been?, I've been calling you, your line wasn't reachable.
"I'm at my friend's house and about my line that wasn't reachable, I guess it's network issue.
"Okay, which of your friend's place"
"Joe"
"Alright, take good care of yourself okay?"
"Alright mum"
"When are you coming back?"
"As soon as I'm done with what I came here to do"
"Okay, bye". She hung the call. Joe stepped into ask him questions
"Craig, something has been bothering my mind since I saw your fiancee's picture on your mobile phone yesterday.
"What's that"
"It's about your fiancee, Flora"
"I don't want to hear anything about her". He stood and headed to his room.
"No, no, no". He said with haste and held him back. "Hear me out, this is quite different".
Craig stared at him for few seconds, cleared his throat and went back to his seat before Joe did.
"I believe you still remember we were once thieves"
"What did that has to do with Flora"
"Can you recollect the exact place we robbed where we met a lady in that house whom you raped after taking a bag of money, that was about six years ago.
Craig closed his eyes and scratched his head.
"I can only recall I raped a lady but I can't hearken back to the exact place and the lady herself".
"Throughout the times we robbed, you only raped one lady and I guess the lady is Flora"
Craig laughed. "Hey, I'm not in for this joke"
"I'm damn serious"
"Why did you say that?"
"When you showed me her picture last night, she was quite familiar but I was still doubting whether she's the one. So I thought about what you said and later realised that it was Flora.
"She can't be the one. He stood up and walked away.
"I hope you realise sooner"
Craig stood on a spot for a minute and turned to Joe.
"Are you sure of what you are saying?"
"I'm certain"
"Her some and I will go for a DNA test to be completely certain.
