Chapter 61 ANN PAST(13): WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!
Silver held Ann’s hand and lead her into the small restaurant then took a seat close to the transparent glass so Ann could feel comfortable without people noticing her present. Ann quickly took the menu which was on the table and buried her face inside while pretending to be scanning through the list of food in the menu.
“Ann, there is no need to do that when I’m here”. Silver said when she noticed that Ann was just trying to hide her face from the people around. “It’s just a small restaurant and there are only old people here”. She snatched the menu from Ann’s hand and looked Ann in the face, she was looking so scared,”Look at me Ann”. Silver demanded and Ann did immediately. “Do you trust me?”. She asked, staring intensely into Ann’s eyes.
Ann stared back at Silver, she could see the pains in her eyes. She was indeed hurt after all she had passed through without telling her. It was enough to leave her alone to suffer but Silver is not like that. No matter how bad she had treated her, Silver will always have her back and always will.
“Yes, yes, I do trust you”. Ann responds then Silver grasps her hand.
“There is no need to be scared when I’m here”. Silver assured her then Ann smiled as she was convinced.
“May I take your orders”. They were both interrupted by the waiter in front of them.
“Sure”. Silver released Ann’s hand before she turned to face the waiter. “Do you have coffee?”. She asked.
“Yes”. The waiter responded.
“Okay, get me a coffee with macaroni and cheese for me and my friend here”. Silver said and the Waiter scribbled down her orders on a small note before he left their present.
Ann looked through the transparent glass as she stared outside the restaurant, thinking of what would have happened to her if Silver didn’t showed up to rescue her. She owned her life or else, she would have been dead by now. She lived in a small environment where almost everyone is judgmental and hypocritical. Whenever women make any slightest mistake and it goes viral, they will pull the woman out from her home to disgrace her in public. Most women who couldn’t bear the embarrassment of being humiliated in public would kill themselves.
“Ann!”. She felt Silver tapped her hand as she called her name. Ann quickly jolted out from her daze and turned to look at Silver. Silver was deadly worried as she stared at her face. She wanted to speak but was interrupted by the waiter who came in and arranged the food they ordered on the table.
“Enjoy your meal madam”. The waiter said and left.
“Silver can you do me a favor and not talk about whatever happened to me today, because i don’t wanna think about it”
“Sure”
“Thank you”. Ann grabbed a cup of coffee from the table and took a sip from it.
“So what should we talk about then”. Silver raised a question as she began to eat.
“I seriously don’t know”. Ann said as she wasn’t in the mood to talk right now.
Silver phone beeped with an incoming caller and she brought out her phone to check who the caller was but it was unknown. She looked at Ann then back at her phone before she declined the call and dropped her phone on the table.
“Why didn’t you answer it?”
“I won’t answer any call till the police inform me that Lorenzo has being caught”
Ann forced a fake smile then said,”I just wanna say thank you for everything”.
“Don’t mention it Ann, just eat so you can regain your strength”. She said. “Shhh”. She hushed Ann when she tried to speak. “Just eat so we can go home, we are already getting late”. Silver said before Ann joined her and began to eat the food on the table.
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It was evening already when they were finished and Silver paid the bills before they left the restaurant. They boarded a taxi which took them to Silver’s house before they alighted and paid the cab-man. Just when they arrived home, Silver got a call from the police and quickly answered it.
“Hello?”. Silver placed her phone in her ear as she spoke.
“Just want to inform you that Lorenzo has been found”. He said.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Silver let out a shocking gasp of excitement while Ann looked at her, trying to figure out who she was talking to. “Okay, I’ll be in the station right away”. She said but the police stopped her.
“No, it’s already late now. You should show up tomorrow morning”. He suggested.
“Thank you so much sir”. Silver said before she hung up the call.
“And who is that?”. Ann asked.
“Is the police. They said they have found Lorenzo”. She responded. “So we will be going there tomorrow”. Silver added and Ann didn’t seem to show any sign of excitement.
“I’m sorry Silver”. Ann apologized and Silver briefly hugged her before they disengaged,
“You don’t have to. Come on, let’s go in”. Silver said and compelled Ann into the house. Immediately they got in, their gaze first met with Silver’s mother, Garcia. She was seated on the coach with an angry look on her face but her expression soothed when she saw Ann.
“Oh my god, Ann”. Garcia stood from the coach then walked towards Ann and engulfed her in a warm hug. “I can’t believe that you could ever do such a thing after watching the video”. She disengaged from the hug and cupped Ann’s face.
“Mom Ann is innocent. She was set up and Lorenzo was the mastermind behind this”. Silver explained before Ann could even open her mouth to speak while Garcia eyes wide opened in disbelief. “I reported him to the police and he must be in jail by now”.
“What?!”. Garcia exclaimed then turned to look at Ann. “Please honey, go upstairs. I need to talk to Silver”.
Ann knew something was about to get hot between them as she would always tell her to leave whenever she wanted to scold Silver, She doesn’t like her watching them. She turned and looked at Silver to be sure if it would be okay for her to leave without her and Silver nodded, telling her to go. Ann climbed the stairs and went into Silver’s room then locked the door and waited until everything was over.
“Silver, what the fuck did you do?”. Garcia asked.
“I reported Lorenzo to the police, that’s all”. Silver repeated and that was the worst mistake she ever made as she ended up receiving a slap from her mother.
“Why would you choose a friend over your own family?. You don’t even know if she’s lying about Lorenzo being involve”
“Stop being a hypocrite mom, you know Ann can never lie about a thing to me and apart from that, Ann can never do such a thing for money”. Silver retorted as she was surprised at her mother’s outburst. It was shocking to her that her mother was really saying all this after knowing the kind of person Lorenzo really is.
“What’s going on here?”. Pedro descended from the stairs and asked.
“Dad please talk to mom because she’s being a hypocrite!”. Silver yelled in rage while her mother gazed fiercely at her.
“I’m sorry Silver but your mother is always right”. Pedro said as if he was uninterested in their argument.
“If that’s it then I guess I no longer belong here because I can’t choose evil over good”. Silver said angrily.
“So are you trying to say that I’m evil?”. She asked but Silver ignored her and ran up the stairs.
“SILVER COME BACK HERE I’M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU!!”. Garcia yelled out but Silver slammed her door shut immediately she entered her room.
Silver bit her lips to hold herself back from crying as she sniffed in. She looked at the bed and saw Ann sitting down at the edge.
“I heard everything Silver. Maybe she’s right, you shouldn’t have filed a case against Lorenzo”. Ann said. She had overheard their conversation downstairs and she wasn’t happy at all that she was the cause of their problem.
“Please don’t”. Silver said dryly then walked and sat next to Ann on the bed. “Once Lorenzo is in jail, we will leave this place”. She said, “Please don’t say a word right now, I don’t want to cry”. She said then Ann pulled her head down to her lap and began caressing her hair.
“Don’t worry, I won’t say anything”. Ann said calmly. She wanted to give Silver some time to be herself before anything else.