MY KILLER

CHAPTER 27

I was seated in the same car that took me to and from Sahib's house as it drove me back to the hospital with Lady Ameena sitting with legs crossed beside me.
I said nothing and she indulged me.

There is an awkward silence as the car moved in a slow pace trying hard not to attract attention. It was almost morning and they probably didn't want Sahib knowing that his drivers were out here, driving his car without his knowledge and worse, using it to betray him.

All this while, I had thought I was the only one who wanted to kill him. But I was naive. At least, I was the only one who made my intentions known. I was not one to hide in the shadows or go about stabbing people in the back. I couldn't do it even. Once I hated you, I hated you. I was not such a good actor to act all nice, supportive and loyal in front of you while sharpening a knife behind your back.
I felt the idea was simply ridiculous.
It was too hectic, too time consuming and too stressful.

Lying continuously and lying more to cover up the previous lies while being cautious so as not to be caught was not something I was accustomed to.
These people however, were different, horribly different.

I hated the bastard and it made me angrier that I was sympathizing with him. He trusted them, I knew he did. The both of them where people that were close to him, so I had heard.
He even defended Fawad when his loyalty was questioned. It was on the first day I bumped into Sahib and got my first punishment.
I wanted to kill him so much but I didn't want him to die in their hands.
It would be too painful to bear.
I imagined dying in the hands of Yara after she had betrayed me.
I shuddered at the thought of that.

I had always known that I had to be weary of Lady Ameena. She had always seemed like she had another side to her, a darker side, an evil side.
Still, I had never thought she too would be in support of killing Sahib, even after defending him so many times in my presence.
Still, why not do it immediately and get it over with since they seemed to be close. She could do it without anyone suspecting her.
So why did they need me instead to do it and still offer to protect me.
There was something else involved, Ameena was doing something else.
There was a deeper side to the story Fawad told me.
Something else was going on.
I just didn't want to believe they'd do this, try to kill the man who trusted them with his life.

"We're here Sahiba,"  I heard Ameena say. To me, they no longer deserved respect, at least not from me.
I tried to open the door but it was locked.

"Let's talk Sahiba. You seem to have a lot on your mind," she said as I turned to look at her and noticed we were alone in the car.

I turned back to the door, unlocked it and tried opening it again.
The child-lock must have been activated because the door still didn't open.
I turned to her.
Her legs were still crossed.

'Let me go,' I said. But she didn't hear me. She was facing the driver's seat in front.

Then I made a sound with my mouth and she turned to look at me. I gesture at her to let me go and she said.

"You know, I can read lips."

'Suddenly, everyone are now lip readers,' I said moving my lips.
But she ignored my statement.

"I'm sorry Sahiba. I didn't expect you to find out this way. I was in the vicinity when I saw the car the nurses said took you to meet with the Sultan. That's when I knew you were there."

'You don't have to explain anything. I knew.'

"What?" She seemed surprised.

'I knew you were not to be trusted but I always pushed the thought away. Now it has been confirmed. I was right in doubting you.'
Ameena smiled.