"Let's go inside or your stepmother who has been desperately searching for Tony might cause a scene on your first day home after such a long time," Audrey said holding onto Joanna's hand.
"Does that mean, Little rice ball didn't tell anyone while coming outside?" Joanna asked pretending to be upset.
"I knew that they wouldn't let me come out to wait for you. And that's why I snuck out without getting seen by anyone," Anthony said without feeling any remorse for what he did.
Anthony knows that if he had told his sister or mother last night that he was going to wait for Joanna outside the gate, without any doubt they would have locked him up in his room.
They would have made sure he doesn't step foot out of his room and this way his plans would have gotten ruined.
"Don't worry, Big Sister here will help you to rub ointment if you end up getting spanked," Joanna said teasingly.
She held Anthony's hands and together they entered the gate.
Stepping foot into the gate Adhara was waiting outside like she had known that they were gonna enter the building.
The angry Adhara hurried to where they stood and violently pulled Anthony away from Joanna.
"How many times have I told you never to take my son out of the house without my permission, stupid girl?" Adhara shouted furiously.
"Are all my beating and tortures not enough? Are you craving more beatings? Is that why you dared to disobey me again?" Adhara said as she raised her leg to kick Joanna in the stomach.
Audrey who had superb reflexes pulled Joanna away before Adhara's leg could touch Joanna.
Had Audrey seen the evil glints in Joanna's eyes when Adhara tried to hit her maybe she wouldn't have intervened?
Instead of going down on her knees pleading like she normally did, Joanna looked unaffected.
"Bacon, stop fooling around and come here to say your greetings to mu stepmother," Joanna said deliberately emphasizing the word STEPMOTHER, a word she never dared to call Adhara in the past.
The moment the blackbird flew and landed on Joanna's right shoulder, Adhara who seemed to have forgotten what happened nights ago drew backwards.
Right there the memories of all the tortuous night replayed in her memory.
Her legs grew weak and her hands trembled when she recalled the terror she went through.
"Stepmother, I…,"
"Stop… stop standing there and come in," Adhara said to the astonishment of Audrey and the maids standing outside with her.
She held her son's hand and hurried inside without waiting for Joanna to reply.
"What had come over that stepmother of yours? Did she eat the goodness pill or did she lose her memory overnight?" Audrey asked, not believing that the woman was the same Adhara she knew.
Even at trivial things, she would cause a scene not to mention that what happened involved her son and yet she didn't only choose to let it go but invited Joanna in.
It was just unbelievable.
[I can see he was right when he said I had tamed them? I wonder for how long my taming pill is gonna last on her]
Joanna smiled as she stared at the entrance of the house Adhara stepped into not long ago.
"Maybe not seeing me for a long time has made her realise my worth and that is why her attitude has changed towards me…,"
"Don't be fooled because people like her never change even in their dying bed. Her type is the kind who does evil to the very end of their lives".
"I guess you are right about that," Joanna said playfully as she and Audrey approached the entrance of the building together.
Adhara stunned everyone again when she offered Joanna a sit instead of ordering her to sit on the floor like she normally did.
"Your father went out in the morning, I don't know when he is going to return," Adhara said.
With the way she talked it was very obvious that she was forcing herself to talk nicely.
An evil woman like Adhara suddenly talking softly made Audrey feel like she was sharing the same table with the Devil.
While Adhara talked she constantly stole glances at the bird. There was fear in her eyes and Joanna could see this but the wicked girl decided to have a bit of fun.
"Stepmother, I can see that you have taken quite a liking to Bacon. If you like her then I don't mind giving it to you…
"No, no, I don't want that devilish thing…," Adhara who jerked up in fright tried to compose herself when she realised how she acted.
"I mean the bird is yours so how could I ever ask you to give it to me," Adhara said trying not to look scared.
"Stepmother, I am not that selfish to keep the bird when my elder likes it so you can keep it ok," Joanna said as she signalled Bacon to go to Adhara.
The moment she gave the signal Bacon jumped on Adhara without any warning.
This single action of Bacon sent Adhara shouting in terror and jumping up from the couch.
As if that wasn't enough scare Bacon tried to jump on top of Adhara's head but Adhara ran away.
As she ran away Bacon pursued Adhara who values her image more than anything and was seen running around the sitting room trying to get rid of the blackbird.
Joanna the perpetrator sat down on the couch silently laughing at her stepmother who was acting like a crazy person.
"Since stepmother is afraid of Bacon then I will reluctantly take her back," Joanna said trying her best not to burst out laughing.
"Bacon, stop fooling around with an elder and come back here," Joanna spoke to the bird. And instantly, Bacon obeyed Joanna's orders.
[She knew how to stop the bird but she deliberately humiliated me in front of my workers, how dare she?]
Adhara glared at Joanna, her blood boiling in rage.
[For this embarrassment I am gonna make sure to make you pay dearly]
Adhara clasped her fists and smiled when Joanna turned to look at her.
Adhara was about to reach the couch when Laura climbed down the stairs.
The moment Laura lowered her gaze and saw Joanna and the bird she raced to the top of the stairs.
"Mum, why did you let that ghost into our house why?" Laura demanded angrily.
"I want her out of my house right now. I don't want to ever set my eyes on her," Laura said, her eyes becoming misty.
She turned to glare at the guards standing in the room when none obeyed her orders.
"What are you still waiting for, I said to get her out of here?" Laura ordered fiercely.
Two of the guards approached where Joanna and Audrey sat after Laura passed the orders.
Joanna stood up from where she sat when the guards stopped in front of her.
Joanna turned and glared at the girl standing at the top of the stairs.
"Laura, are you really sure you want to do this?" Joanna said as she folded her hand into a fist.
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A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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