Chapter 34 Marissa is in a coma

Chapter 34 Marissa is in a coma
Anna glanced at Alex from time to time.

He was dressed professionally in his work attire, his eyes focused on the road as he clutched the wheels tightly. 

Anna took her gaze off him and stared out the window, slipping deep into thoughts

‘Annie…’

The voice replayed in her head over and over and over again. 

After a while, a hand snapped in front of her face, breaking her out of her reverie.

She stared around to see that the car was already parked at the underground parking lot while Alex was beside her, his brows raised in questions.

Ignoring him, she got down the car and walked hurriedly to the reception table.

As per daily routine, she was given a card pass and she took it, smiling before heading for the elevator.

The elevator dinged open and she came face to face with sienna who had a cup of coffee on one hand, a to-do list on the other and a little scowl on her face.

‘’In my office. Now!’’ She said, turning her back and Anna followed behind her, confused.

She heard murmurs from her co-workers as they stared at her skeptically, murmuring from time to time.

‘’Is something wrong?’’ She asked, walking faster to meet Sienna’s pace.

‘’Ohh..,everything is wrong.’’ Sienna said, turning around.

Her arms where crossed over each other as she stared at Anna in disdain.

Anna stared back, puzzled. 

After their little staring contest, Sienn’s scrunched up face faltered, replaced with an ounce of… pity?

‘’Your mother is in my office.’’ She breathed out, making Anna’s eyes widen in shock.

She shoved past Sienna and hurried to her office, series of thoughts filling her head.

Had her mother somehow caused a scene at her workplace?!

Was that why everyone’s gaze followed her as she marched into Sienna’s office?

Without knocking, she barged into the office to see her mother pacing from left to right. There was a hot capuccino in a cup, placed on the table. 

‘’You vile witch!’’ Elizabeth shouted immediately her gaze landed on Ann. 

Without so much as another word, she marched towards her and smacked her right on the cheeks.

Anna gasped as tears stung her eyes, the burn of the impact crept up to the remaining area of her face. 

Wincing, she felt the metallic taste of blood in her mouth. Probably because her step-mother’s ring had grazed her lips harshly, bursting it.

Anna chuckled, making Elizabeth’s hand go rigid from shock.

She had planned to smack her across the face the second time but seeing that maniac look in her eyes, she backed away slightly, not losing her cold font regardless.

‘’You planned it didn’t you?! To rile up my daughter and make her end in a coma!’’ She shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Anna.

Anna paused, the words throwing her off guard.

Coma? Why would marissa be in a coma?!

She still had no idea that Alex had pushed Marissa into the water after she left. She just stared at little old miss Elizabeth, tell her some gibberish.

‘’I didn’t touch your daughter!’’ Anna snapped.

‘’I don’t care about that! You would have to compensate us for damages.’’ 

Anna laughed, finally knowing the reason for her step-mother’s sudden appearance. She was here to leech off her again. 

They had probably spent all her father’s insurance and was using Marissa in a ‘coma’ as some kind of way to extort money off her.

Who cared if Marissa was in a coma or a psychiatric ward?

She was not going to spend a dime on neither Marissa nor her step-mother.

‘’Damages?’’ She scoffed.

‘’I don’t think I got compensated after what you, your daughter and your daughter’s lover did to me. Why should I compensate you for something I have no knowledge about?’’ She continued, eyeing the older woman.

She was a tad bit taller and she stared down at her step-mother, her stance intimidating.

Elizabeth cleared her throat.

‘’I forgive you.’’ She said, making Anna’s eyes widen. 

Forgive her?!

‘’I’m done with all the back and forth. At the end of the day, I am your mother and Marissa is your sister. It is not nice that we are at loggerhead all day long! Your father didn’t want this of us.’’ She said, her face sad as she cleaned a stray tear off her eyes.

She moved closer to Anna and grasped her arms, a smile plastered on her face.

Warmth filled Anna’s heart at the feeling. Even though her step-mother’s choice of words were outrageous, she still felt…cared for.

Perhaps, she had always craved for this.

‘’Your father’s business—

‘’Stop!’’ Anna interrrupted, pulling away.

Why had she not thought about this part? About the switch up? About how two faced this woman was?

She yanked her hands off Elizabeth’s hands and stepped back, her eyes bloodshot.

‘’Get out!’’ She commanded, making Elizabeth flinch at the harshness of her voice.

‘’Anna it’s not—

‘’I said get the fuck out!’’ She shouted again, sure that the whole office had heard every single conversation she had with this….Godforsaken woman.

‘’Is something going on here?’’ She heard a thick voice bloom just outside of Sienna’s office and panick flooded through her.

It was Alex..

She heard the employees scrambling away, their shadows that were glued to the wall, eavesdropping on she and her mother’s conversation were now erased completely. 

‘’You think I came here to play around?’’ Elizabeth chuckled when she saw the panick in Anna eyes.

She had perhaps thought it was because of her.

‘’If you don’t convince him….’’ She said, gesturing to Alex whose voice had gone quiet, as if he had gone back to his office.

Her worry lines eased up.

‘’I would make sure to post this all over the internet!’’ She said, a smirk gracing her lips as she stretched out her phone to show Anna the video.

Anna squinted her eyes properly as she stared at the video.

It was a video of her tied up to a chair while she begged to—

Her throat tighten as the incident replayed in her mind. 

Her chest constricted painfully and she stumbled back, clutching it.

Elizabeth smiled. 

That was the kind of expression she had been expecting from Anna.

Who would have thought she would have to threaten her just to get it.

‘’Now tell me…’’ She stepped forward, increasing the speaker of the video.

‘’No please!’’ Anna begged, sobbing as she held her ears tightly, trying to block out any sound.

But she could still hear it clearly.

‘’Make Alexander DiCaprio invest in your father—No. Jeffery’s business.’’