Chapter 162: Just Call Me Hey
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After that earth shattering discovery, Miranda had lost it for a few seconds. She had to deal with suddenly remembering her previous woes that almost drove her suicide and the fact that she had been living a lie all this while.
Upon their discovery, she had been immediately taken to a hospital, the stunt that Heather pulled made them believe that this woman is truly Miranda.
The detective refused to acknowledge her belief in what she said until they did a DNA test and found out that Heather was the one with the kid and this is really Miranda.
The detective had went with her squad to further investigate the neighborhood where Miranda mentioned that she used to stay as well as finding out about the guys who raped her, the rich ones and the poor ones.
Remembering all of this all of a sudden made it seem to Miranda that all that happened took place recently.
'We are going to take her to our house when she wakes up in order to give her the maximum protection, I don't trust her staying right here in the hospital." Mr. Smith said and Mike nodded.
'Thanks for not leaving her here when she admitted to committing those awful crimes," Mrs. Smith said and Doctor Mike nodded.
'How on earth did she know about what Heather did all those times she was here?"
'Extreme Brainwashing. She spent more than a week at that house with only Heather, Jessica and the third woman who we still don't know. She had no memories and was desperate for it, she would believe anything and everything she wanted. Her body was no doubt eager to settle comfortably in wealth and luxury after going through hell for a long time, there was nobody right here to make her doubt all what those women told her, their stories align with what she saw when she got back here and she didn't happened to see anyone she used to meet because they were now two worlds apart," Emmy supplied, staring at the woman that was curled up on the bed pitifully, the woman moved under the scrutiny and Emmy eyes flickered to her face.
'Are you awake, Miranda?" She asked but was only met with sniffles. 'Or should I call you Heather instead," She added when the woman stiffened when she called her Miranda but she flinched even harder when she mentioned Heather's name.
'I . . . I . . . don't know. I don't like both names. They don't have good memories with me, I would prefer it if you just call me hey," she said with a small voice.
'Are you feeling okay now?" Mrs. Smith asked but didn't get a reply from her, she just curled up further into herself.
'Mom! Look at what Heather did! She . . ." Fiona said as she opened the door but trailed off when she saw all of them staring at Miranda.
She had her phone in her hand and was going through the day news.
'What's wrong?" Mr. Smith asked.
'I was going through the news now when I got a message from one of my acquaintances that they had been tipped off that we already found our long lost daughter, Miranda. She also went ahead to say that the tip all what happened to her, including the rape and the suicide. I have no doubt that is Heather's doing." Fiona said and everyone in the room glanced at Miranda but she barely moved, she just kept staring ahead.
'What does Sapphire plan to do?" Mr. Smith asked.
'Sapphire can't do anything at the moment because she had been shot by Oliver while trying to save Andrea, I doubt that she knows that her son had been kidnapped by Heather. Alexander had a talk with Zayn and Luci, they had hired the best of all trackers to find out their location but Heather is proving to be a tough woman, so they haven't been able to find anything. It is already night time, I doubt that they will get anything useful today." Mike explained.
'It would be for the best if you take her home, who knows who Heather might contact next, we are just lucky that the first person happened to be Fiona's acquaintance.
'Just what are we going about Miranda?"
'Obviously, we leave her to decide that." Emmy replied, staring at Miranda who was still curled up on the bed.
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'Gods, you have a lot of guts," Brielle said, staring at Venita who was staring at her with a defiant look, she didn't look sorry in the bit for killing off her own grandmother like she was some headless chicken.
'What would you regret doing in my situation? The deed had been done already. I am more than ready for my punishment," she replied in a curt tone, anyone could tell that she had resigned. 'I already failed my parents and my grandmother, I failed myself too."
'I get that you are not afraid of anything at this point. Tell me Venita, who are you working for? It is obvious that the person you just yelled at is the person that told you to kill my mother, what is your relationship with them and why do you have to obey their whims?"
'You think that I obey their whims because I want to. Look, Aunt Brielle, I am so tired of any question you want to ask, if you want to send me to prison, just do that already, I am not fighting what I don't know," she said in a tired tone.
'Who is that person?" Brielle asked again, holding her niece tightly on the arm, deliberately hurting her in the process. She knows that sending Venita to prison would be a big waste of time, the only way she can win this is if she tells the name of the person that forced her to kill her own grandmother.
'You think I know? You think I would tell you if I knew? You think that I would do everything the person says if I know who the hell the person is and what hellhole the person hides in? Do whatever you want to, it would be heaven to whatever the person plans to do to me for telling him to fuck off."
Brielle stood up releasing her hand harshly before she leaned forward and grabbed Venita's jaw.
'Look here darling. Since you are working for this unknown person, you must know that I know a lot more than I let out. You would work with me to find out who this person lurking behind the shadow is."
'Why on earth would I leave one captive to hold myself under another? Only a mentally incapacitated person would do that nonsense." Venita said with annoyed eyes and clenched jaws.
'You have no choice in this part, my dear niece. Either you work your ass off with me to find out who this person is or I do that myself and proceed to throw you back in their hands." Brielle said with fierce eyes and furrowed brows, looking nothing like the town gossip she view her as, she is not as carefree as she made it out to everyone that she is, she is radiating a very dangerous aura at the moment and Venita knew that she would be making a wrong choice by crossing her.
She should have known that something was wrong when she didn't threw a tantrum as soon as she discovered that she is the one that killed the old woman, any normal person and dutiful daughter would have done that and things more extreme than that, but here she is with calm and calculating eyes emanating danger.
'Wh… what would I get from working with you? I am not going to do this if I don't have something in it for me, I might as well go lay myself down at their feet,"
'You would get maximum protection until the person is discovered, is that good enough?" Brielle asked but it wasn't a question, she is making it clear that she wouldn't offer anything more than that.
'Good enough" Venita thought, that is a nice deal. For the meantime she would do everything on the low-key and arrange everything she needs, before pulling Sapphire's trick, which is, dropping off the surface of the earth.
'Now, tell me what you know about the person,"
'The person that is lurking behind the shadows is a member of the Conrad family and the person I suspect most is Uncle Felix"
