Lydia- The Pet Communicator (Wattys13- Finalist!)

Chapter 35

Lydia- The Pet Communicator

Chapter 35

Drake took the wild animals to the ‘Animal Peace’ and asked the Veterinarians to check their health whereas, he would go and look for a better place for their settlement, somewhere deep in the jungles, where they can be free and safe from the torments.

Our shelter was almost done. It didn’t have much work to do, as there were no rooms or cages to be made. So hopefully, Drake would be back anytime soon with my lovely pets, plus they might have some new fellows joining them in a few days.

A lot of people contacted me after knowing my communications skills with the animals, some asked me to find out their pet’s wish list, others asked me to find out their pet’s problems and other asked me to keep them with me in the shelter for their secured future.

Antonio wanted me to make Clara confess that she had a big hand in burning the shelter down, while he records everything, standing behind my bedroom doors. By doing that, he could easily send Clara to jail and have the case closed.

Now the plan, I asked Clara to visit me when no one was home. If she turned up on the exact time, I would give bail for Ricky and her father too without hesitation. I even got her missing earring with me.

As I thought, Clara came home exactly on the given time. She was acting like a bitch with no brains, her attitude or her way of talking to me was devilishly changed. I never knew my best friend of childhood would ever show such face to me.

I gave a smart sign to Antonio when Clara arrived, so he hid behind the doors in my room. He brought two other undercover officers with him, who were acting as if they were the shelter’s constructors.

I opened the main door, and asked Clara to follow me to my bedroom. She did whatever I said.

“Clara, are these yours?”  I asked her, while showing her the earring. She tried to snatch them from my hand, but I closed my fist quickly.

“Uh-huh! You will get them if you answer my simple questions.”

Her left eye twitched and she curved her lips egoistically, while folding arms over her chest.

“Why did you burn my shelter Clara? What did you get?”

She wasn’t replying and I couldn’t let our plan go as a waste right now.

“I won’t give bail for Ricky and your father, if you won’t reply me. Oh! You won’t even get the earring, which is from Ricky, I guess?”

She opened her mouth to reply, and closed it again.

“I thought you were my best friend, I cared a lot for you. Everyone whom I loved broke my trust, except my father. Why?  Where did I go wrong? If you would ask me once, I might have given you everything Clara!”

Clara started crying bit by bit, and then tears flooded down her cheek. She cried out loudly finally and spoke, “I had a crush on Ricky, since he joined our school but you got him started a relationship with him. My father had a lower post then your father in the same company, it bothered me too. You always scored well and every teacher loved you in school. I was jealous all the time, until you met with that accident.”

I tapped my feet, waiting for her to speak up more. I was amazed with her confessions.

“I didn’t want you to go into coma or die, but by chance, my life changed. I tried to make Ricky’s mines when you got into coma. I got more attention of teacher and students after your accident. My father’s post never changed but still, your dad got kicked out once without his fault. His reputation got spoilt after all!”