The Next Tomorrow

THE UNKNOWN.

Mara's Pov.

" What do you mean?" I asked. I was shocked to see them. They looked good, but their faces spoke otherwise like they had been crying for days. Goldy was still crying, and Khloé was panting up and down. I had cancelled the meeting. I was currently in my office. I called my mum to come before I'd do anything stupid. Hence, we waited. "Mara, we don't have much time. Who are we waiting for? Please tell them to hurry up. " She said he had a rushed voice. I looked at her with a nonchalant face and tsked. I was typing away on my phone. The police had tried calling me but I was at the meeting. I texted the detective why, and he said it was a little complicated issue and needed a meeting before anything would come to place. Honestly, I had never seen the detective before, and I'm sure it's because he's a useless person.
Just then, Mom budged in. "Gosh, could you learn how to knock?" I said, smiling. "Gosh, could I get some respect?" She faked yawned and smiled. "What's happening? Who are these people?" She asked, looking at them like they could disappear in a moment.  "Well, I'm not shocked you don't know them. They are my ex-friends who left me two years ago. When my adoptive parents died," I said, looking them straight in the face. Their expressions changed to shock. I just looked at them like the pathetic people they are. "Oh okay, Hi, I'm Claire, you can call me Aunt Claire.  I'm Mara's biological mother," She smiled. "Hello, madam," they both said in unison. "So what are you here for?" Mom asked. Khloé cleared her throat. "Two years ago, on Mara's birthday, one of us had a bad idea. She felt Mara was selfish, and even if we told her, she'd just say we were bad friends and make life hard for us in school. That was our mistake. We were not going to stay in that school for life, and beauty queens didn't matter in real life," She paused and watched us and Goldy, who just kept sobbing. I watched them with dread in the depths of my stomach,  with the fear of what they were about to say. The unknown. Things that would hurt me all over again. I watched my mom, and she blinked at me with a soft smile. A little relieved, I turned to her. "A day before Mara's birthday, we met up at my house to plan something for our snobby friend. We thought and thought but we couldn't think of something that we could give to our rich friend who could afford everything. So we stopped trying and decided to have some alcohol. We got drunk, and that's when the idea came, Devi said it. 'Why don't we kill her? That way, we'd not have to ever worry about gifts or how she was always on our necks,' she said. We argued and fought about that bad thought she had until she convinced us about how mean you were and how undeserving you were. That's where Goldy and I momentarily agreed. We sat the rest of the night plotting that we'd poison you and blame the restaurant," She broke down. I was doing my best not to tear up. My mom was instantly behind me, holding my shoulders like I'd run away. I watched them shocked. Who did they say brought the idea?...
"The next day, Devi told us to get ready. For what, we asked. To kill Mara, she responded. We asked what she meant by that, and she played a recording of us saying everything and how we'd kill you, Mara. We were shocked and scared. She said if we didn't do it, she'd do it anyway and put the blame on us. And you know she was good at editing. She said she'd take her voice out. We got scared and kept quiet. You called us, and out of fear, we couldn't wish you, Mara. We were saved when your parents had an accident. We didn't have to kill you again. But Devi didn't back down, and out of fear,  we decided to leave and not get involved. We saw all that happened to you and couldn't bear it. But then, in the last three weeks, Devi came back. Looking rich and fancy. She offered our parents money to take us away. We cried for them not to accept, so they didn't. She came to us and threatened us some more. "Whether you follow me or not, I'll kill Mara and finally be free!"She shouted. Mara, she'll not stop until she's done. She has a partner too, a person called Klintin. He gives her all the information..."She talks to him like she's a love-struck puppy, Mara." Goldy spoke for the first time.
The tears in my eyes couldn't hold anymore. Did I do anything wrong anywhere? Why would Devi do this to me?...
"What are you doing here? Get out!" I shouted. "I'm here for you, Mara. I love you and can never leave you like they did," She said just that.
She never loved me. She never came back. My Devi was not Devi but some kind of black-hearted person. She came to destroy

Devi...

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Devi....
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