RACHEL

THIRTEEN

"You witch!" I yelled as I made for her
She smiled and shrugged calmly, so calm that it infuriated me.
"You can remove the w and add a b" she just said "it wouldn't make a difference"
"What are you doing here?" Mum asked vividly aggravated.
She allowed her mouth open for a while, like she was just seeing her for the first time now. "Oh my! Mum!"
Mum walked up to her and as she about to make her stupid utterances, mum's palms shut her mouth. I smiled within myself.
"Wh..at th..e h..ell" Anna stuttered, holding the cheek which had now turned red from the slap.

"That is for insulting me" Mum said "never open your maggot infested mouth to call me your mother anytime!"
Anna stared at her, obviously taken aback by her rudeness. I was too, I had always known that Mum hated her but she wasn't the type to go around hurting people with her words.
"Any mother would be cursed to have you as a child" she pointed out.

Anna's eyes popped out in both shock and horror. I saw her mouth open and close in shock.
"You could be arrested right now for raising your hand on me" she informed her, trying so hard to keep her voice strong. I didn't know if it was the slap that shocked her or the words that hurt her to the point of tears.

"You're going to explain to the cops that you walked in proudly into the house of someone you claimed raped you?" Mum asked clicking her tongue and shook her head "so daft"

Anna opened her mouth to talk but Mum raised her hand and she closed it immediately. I was loving the show.

"You want to know what else you are? You are not just a whore but a selfish lying bitch!" Mum yelled "I will leave it to you to pray that child doesn't belong to my son because if it does, I will make your life a living hell Annabel" she stressed the name. "Of course the baby would be well taken care of but for you? I will reserve the card till when the game starts"
Anna stared at her in total puzzlement but I could see she was trying to gain back her stand which I was sure that mum was making sure she didn't.
"Mrs Alsina, I..."
Mum smiled "that seems like a good start" she said "now what the hell do you want?"

This time I stepped up "Mum" I said holding her and patting her back gently. She understood and stepped back. Then to Annabel I said "What is it? Is going on TV with my picture glued to your stomach not enough?"
I could see that mum had already ruined her mood and I too wasn't in the mood to mess with her.
"I a..m pre..gnant for yo..u K.en..." She began to stutter.
I moved closer to her "so when did that become a case for national news!" I yelled at her "when did that become the problem of the public!"
She shuddered, surprised that I had actually yelled at her, my face was already red with rage.
"Do you even know what you have done? Everyone I know, all my neighbours... I mean every single person is going to avoid me! Not like I care but you went damn too far!" I yelled at her, it took all my will power not to slap her. I knew it would give me internal peace but I resisted. Not like she gave a damn about accusing me of one of the greatest crimes in the country. She just cared about her silly self

She drew back a bit before she said "if you don't want me running about saying more about you, then better man up to your responsibilities"

I snarled "man up to my responsibilities? You think you're my responsibility! As far as I know you might not even be carrying my child at all" I barked at her "when you were seeing me, how many other guys were you seeing?"
She frowned "that's none of your business Ken"

I shrugged "so is that thing in your stomach" I snarled
"Ken I..."
I moved up to her and held her throat, I thought Mum would stop me but she knew I couldn't even harm a fly "shut up and listen carefully, you have played your little games enough. The life of a child is nothing to play about, so the game stops now"
"Bu..t I rea..lly..." She stuttered.

I tightened the grip on her neck "I said you should shut your lazy mouth up! We will do this my own way. I really pray you aren't carrying any child in there Anna because it would be unfortunate for any man to have you as a wife and even more bad news for any child to have you as a mother" I loosened my grip and she moved back immediately grabbing her reddened neck.
"You don't have any right talking to me that way!" She yelled.
I moved closer to her "let's get started shall we? We will go for a test to run the necessary tests" I said.
She frowned "I already have the results Ken"
"We are doing it again Annabel and this time together" I snarled "I would be a fool to believe you"
She nodded, I could see that she was finally broken today and it satisfied me.

She bent down her head for a sec, then raised it and glanced from mum to me before she said "I agree with you Ken, I will be ready when you are"
I nodded seriously "good girl, now get out!' I ordered, pointing towards the door.
She stared at me like she was really daft, so this time I yelled
" get the hell out of my house!" I yelled "next time when you come to this place, I will get you arrested for trespassing on private property and you know I mean it"
She turned and began to leave but stopped at the door and gave me what looked like a small smile before finally walking out.

                     ***

I was beyond happy because of my new salary increase that I called Josh back and begged for us to take the seafood during my break at the office. He was more than glad so he agreed. I was fantasizing on what a great meal I was going to have and I knew I couldn't just wait to see Josh's handsome face again when Mr Miles walked into my office.
"Rachel?" He called.
I looked up and when I saw him, I immediately stood up "Mr Miles"
He dropped a file and a big brown envelope, in front of me "I need this delivered to Mr Price" he said, tapping the file and envelope.
I stared at him "Mr Price? Is he newly employed here?"
He hid a chuckle "he is the CEO of another group Rachel"
"But Smiley is..." I began to say. Smiley was the company's messenger.
"After what you did today, you are the only one I can entrust this with" he said "please"
I nodded "give me the address, please"
He bent down and wrote it down "thank you very much" he said, before turning to leave immediately.
I dabbed my face with brown powder and wore more mascara, before I bent down and picked up the envelope. I read the address and gasped in shock. "No no please Mr Miles no!" I said shaking my head. There in a scribble that was a handwriting to Mr Miles, was the address to Ken's office.