BANE

CHAPTER FOUR

" One step at a time ,walk normally and keep your eyes to the ground . Who knows? We might find something ." He instructed, since they have already discovered that the missing girl was Sabiha ,they decided to search the crime scene for clues.

"I am really trying my best Zaid." She said through gritted teeth . She didn't know why he was being too bossy about it. If there is anything Banan despises ,is being bossed around ,especially not by her twin.

"The car must have come from here." He nodded towards Sheppard road, "to our own understanding, that was where the car waited for her ."

"Mr Ibrahim's window should be that one opposite the fig tree. Do you think that maybe her kidnapping wasn't planned but was just random ?" Zaid shrugged ,he thought about it as well,but somehow it didn't make sense .

"So,we will be right to assume that everything happened around this area ." He stopped at a spot not far from the fig tree ." She would have struggled ,but how come they saw no sign of it?"

"There are gravels here not sand ,besides people walk through here everyday. Let's try going back from here . Maybe if we try to walk back to her house,we would actually find something. " Thankfully,Zaid didn't try to argue ,because she wasn't in the mood for that.

She wasn't in the mood for anything ,that's was why her shoes decided to play a joke at her. " Stupid shoe," she mumbled before bending down to tie her laces properly .

"You never tie your laces well," he commented . he just had to .

"Thanks Captain obvious . You can teach me you know . I can't wait to be bestowed with your great knowledge . Oh wise one!" He chuckled. It really annoys her when her sarcasm turns out funny instead of harsh .

As she was about to rise up,something familiar caught her eye. It looked suspiciously like the brooch Sabiha stole from her ,because according to her,it fit her better . She picked it up and examined it closely . She was positive it was the one .

She called out to Zaid who was then ahead of her . "This looks like the brooch Sabiha took from me,I month ago . In fact ,I am sure it is the brooch she took from me."  He collected the silver and golden,butterfly shaped object from her .

"But if her hair was covered ,how could it have fallen?"

"There are many ways to die,Banan. " Some questions do not just have answers. At least they have something . If only they know what to do next.
          
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Naomi studied her bruised face in the mirror . She soaked the piece of cloth in the hot water and pressed her face with it ,she winced at the pain.

She remembered the look the girl gave her when she went to drop her food earlier . she couldn't blame her for staring . She looked at if she survived a ghastly car accident .

He beat the living day lights out of her the previous night ,she expected it anyway ,she knew being generous with the girl's portion of food will land her in trouble .

Maybe she should try to listen to her brain for often .

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It has been three days ,three miserable days . She had come to realise there is no point in weeping,so she prayed instead and tried to think of ways to escape .

But the problem is,there wasn't much to do ,and her heart was in pain . She kept thinking about her father and all the other loved ones she left behind . She was scared she would never get to see them again .

She was glad the man never came back again,her body still ached from the previous day. She had never been manhandled before and she didn't intend to make that her everyday life.