ARIANA
I hate how close Elena and Mahira were but no one was protesting about it so I couldn't say
anything. I had to maintain the image of the good daughter in law who has a kind heart and shit.
I'll deal with Mahira today and get rid of her.
I am sick and tired of trying to impress this fucked up family. I only married Thane for his wealth.
It took me three years to make my plan work. I'm not going to let Mahira and Elena ruin that for
me. Mother in law already likes me, Thane has no problem with me,in fact his whole family loves
me.
I need to get rid of Mahira but first I must kill that old hag, in order to get Thane's inheritance.
Once Alf dies, all the wealth will be passed on legally to Thane then I will simply manipulate or
even poison him, I'll come up with something when the time comes,
Mahira brought Elena back home as usual.
'Fairy, please come with me, I want to introduce you to my daddy, mom said he would be here
tonight.'
Mahira tried refusing but Elena convinced her to accompany her. The whole family was sitting in
the dining room. Thane's cousins, relative's, uncles, everyone was there. They were all
gracefully dressed in luxury clothes just for dinner. Elena immediately let go of Mahira's hand
and ran to hug her father.
Mahira looked at herself and felt completely embarrassed and out of place with her yellow
saree. She turned around prepared to leave quietly but Elena wasn't going to let her go away so
easily.
I wanted to stop her from leaving because I needed her here to execute my plan.
'Fairy, where do you think you are going? I haven't introduced you yet. Only mommy, brother
Thane and witch Ariana know you, I am yet to introduce you to grandma and the rest of the
family.'
Mahira looked at Elena silently pleading with her to not make her do this. Common Elena, make
yourself useful and convince her to stay. I need her here today. Mahira sounded hesitant. 'Elena, actually I can't stay. It's a family occasion, I wouldn't want to meddle or interfere with
your…'
Mahira's sentence was cut off by Thane's grandmother.
'I've heard a lot about you young lady. Join us, my granddaughter seems to like you so much.
You won't deny this old lady now will you.'
Well, the old hag made herself useful once ever since I came here. Mahira bowed her head as
she walked to the dinner table. The only empty seat was the one next to Thane so she had no
choice but to sit there.
'Nice of you to actually join us for dinner tonight, I mean whenever you come over, it's either
you're taking Elena or dropping her.Tell me, what do you do for a living? I mean the diamond
necklace Elena is wearing is expensive,custom designed isn't it.'
Mahira nearly choked on the food that was in her mouth. I rolled my eyes and continued eating.
It's a simple question mahira. I mean, Elena always comes home with something new, be it
clothes or shoes, I haven't seen her wearing any of the clothes we bought her ever since you
came into the picture.'
Rose sets down her fork and knife and clears her throat to get our attention.
'Grandma, why would you want to treat this obsessive stalker like family hmm. You know she
made your grandson's life miserable. She doesn't even deserve to.....AAAH!'
Elena threw an orange at Rose which hit her head.
'Cousin, the last time I checked grandmother was talking to Mahira, not you and I'm pretty sure
your name is Rose not Mahira.'
Mahira stood up and took her bag.
'Grandmother, I don't think I should be here, like I said, this is a family occasion and I shouldn't
be here. Your family is…'
The nerve the bitch has to call Alf grandma when she is not even part of the family. Alf cut her
sentence short.
I'm the one who invited you to dinner, young lady, so I don't think it's disrespectful to leave
without my permission.'
The old lady looked at Mahira, her wrinkled ugly face enough to scare anyone without even
trying. Mahira sat down quietly.
'Now where were we? Ooh yeah, what do you do for a living.'
'Actually I'm still looking for a job, I mean I'm under my best friend's care but as soon as I get a
job I won't have to rely on her.'
'So you're a free loader using your best friend's money to buy things for my niece. Just a poor
girl trying to lure my granddaughter into your nonsense. Do you even have a dream, a passion
or anything you want to do?'
All eyes were on Mahira which made her feel uncomfortable but she answered regardless.
'I want to work in the film industry and I'm a really good writer so I hope one day my stories will
be transformed into movies, hopefully I'll be the director of those movies and many more.'
'Don't you think it's inappropriate to be hanging around your ex lover's little sister as if she's your
own, I mean you guys never dated, yet here you are shamelessly going out with my niece.'
Mahira slowly looked at Thane and looked down at her plate.
'Grandmother, you know that this woman is a slut. She is obviously after Ariana's husband and
she's using Elena as her scapegoat. She is such a…' Rose's statement was cut short by Elena. 'Can you at least be nice,all of you please.'
'Elena sweetie. A woman who has eyes for a married man is called a homewrecker. This
woman right here tried to seduce my husband and make his life miserable which means she's a
bitch.' I said.
'I agree with my sister in law.' Rose responded.
Sofia set down her utensils as well, 'mother, inviting this woman was a mistake. Now look,the
family is not comfortable with her.'
'Grandmother, she is trying to use Elena to steal the wealth of this family.'
Mahira stood up again, this time hitting her hands against the table as if she owned the place. I
think she forgot she was just a beggar leeching on everyone and anyone she could to survive.
'Enough Ariana! I'm not that kind of woman. I love Elena just like my own child and I'd
never use her for my own benefit. I'm not like that.'
Alf, 'Shut up! I heard you make a good servant, care to make dessert for us.'
'Okay.'
Mahira looked at me before leaving, clearly pissed. Here's the thing I had noticed about mahira,
no matter how angry you made her, no matter how wrong you did her and no matter how much
you provoked her, she wouldn't retaliate.
I won't argue she was one of a kind, girls like her were hard to find and a character like hers
was hard to find. She was easy to take advantage of.
After an hour we all finished eating and mahira was still in the kitchen. I excused myself and
pretended to go to the bathroom when in fact I was going to the room to get the poison my
brother had given me.
If I managed to get Mahira to leave the kitchen for a second and put this poison in Alf's plate, I'd
be able to kill the old hag and get away with it. The blame will be shifted to Mahira because
she's the one who prepared the food and their fight just now will be the motive.
When I got to the kitchen she was reaching for a tray inside the cupboard and I took that split
second opportunity to spill the poison inside a random bowl.
'Let me help you with serving everyone.' I said as I took the bowl with the poison and another
random bowl to make it look and sound convincing. She just smiled and placed the other plates
in the tray.
I served Alf the desert that had poison. Despite not liking Mahira, everyone enjoyed the dessert
and complimented her cooking skills. After finishing the dessert, Alf started gasping for breath.
The poison had already started its effect. Sofia immediately called the family doctor.
The doctor came 15 minutes later and examined Alf. When he was done with whatever he was
doing to her in the room he told us that she was poisoned but thankfully the poison didn't get to
her heart when he came so he could drain it out and she was alive.
Her health was stabilized.
I was disappointed that Alf was still alive. Thane turned to look at Mahira, blinded by whatever
discovery he had pieced together in his mind.
'It's you isn't it.'
He strides to where Mahira was standing and slaps her.
'It's you who tried to kill my grandmother. How could you stoop so low huh? Is that why you
gladly made dessert? You tried to poison my grandmother.'
'No I…I didn't I…' She was silenced by another slap on her cheek by me this time. I just enjoyed the idea of
humiliating her even though I knew she was innocent.
'How could you stoop so low Mahira? Don't you know that Thane can't live without his
grandmother? How could you try to kill her?'
Mahira sobs,'I didn't. I made the desert for everyone, I didn't even…'
I slapped her again.
'Shut up witch. I should've known it was you. I can't believe it. I knew you were evil but I didn't
think that you would do this to my grandmother.'
'I didn't poison anyone.... I…'
She was slapped again with greater impact. She bowed her head in tears then looked up again
to try and defend herself.
'I want you to leave this house and never come back.'
'No! She won't be punished that way. The law will punish her for attempted murder. I'll make
sure she ends up in jail because a murderer shouldn't be left roaming around freely.'
I volunteered to call the police. This turned out better than I expected. Although that old hag
didn't die, I'm going to get rid of this Mahira once and for all.
Mahira kneeled down in front of Elena holding Elena's shoulders.
'Elena please, please....tell them..tell them that I didn't poison grandmother....tell them that it
wasn't…'
Once again she was silenced but this time by Elena's slap. Now that must have broken her
heart. I looked at Elena who was now blinded by rage and decided to keep my mouth shut.
Being slapped by a kid is embarrassing,a whole different level of embarrassing.
'How could you Mahira?'
Elena's hands were trembling and her eyes tearing up.
'Mahira, I trusted you and the moment my family let you in you decided to poison my
grandmother.'
The police officers arrive.
'Mahira Riley, you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Alf Carson. You have the right to
remain silent. Anything you say or do will be used against you in court.'
Mahira looked at Elena in disbelief. The look on her face was priceless. I felt a little sorry for her.
I mean she must be devastated. Her heart must be aching. Her eyes were swollen, her nose
slightly red and her lips were trembling. Tears kept rolling down even as the police handcuffed
her and dragged her out.
'NO.'
Elena's ear piercing scream caught me off guard, she sounded as loud as a goat.
Her elder brother Jordan, and her cousin Zack hugged her.
It's been three days since the poisoning and Mahira's arrest. The poor girl must be so lonely in
that prison cell. Well as for everyone else,they were all acting like someone died. I haven't seen
Elena for 2 days now, I doubt she even left her room ever since she went to it.