Chapter 11

Today is the day. I cooked amazing food for our lunch. I prepared everything that would please them. The confetti, my welcome greeting for them and even some of the balloons that Echo blew. I will hold the lunch in our backyard for them to see the flowers that nanny Silva planted. I put the long table and the chairs at the top of Belinda’s grave because I know they are too dumb to notice. I put all the foods well presented on the table for the girls to enjoy, for their mouths to water so that they will be excited to eat the food that I cooked, and of course, I get the bible from nanny Silva’s room and put it on the table beside the food. I checked everything if I missed something before they arrived, and I think everything is set now. WE WILL HAVE A PARTY.

“Everything is set now, babe?” He asked and waited for my answer; maybe I still needed help from him.

“Yes,” I answered with excitement for our party. My smile is indescribable because I am imagining what will happen later.

“Just call me if you need me,” He said

“Good luck” He wished me luck, kissed me on my lips and went inside the house.

I am waiting for them to arrive. It is almost lunchtime. I hope the girls will come so that I will do my plan. After thirty minutes before lunchtime, finally, the girls arrived. I open the gate and let them in one by one.

Jean is wearing blue jeans, a pink blouse and sandals, while Irene is wearing a short t-shirt with her hair tied and slippers and Shirley is wearing a plain white dress with her black hair that almost touches her butt.

“Hi”, Irene greeted me and kissed me on my cheek. With a cute teddy bear paper bag that she handed to me.

“I hope you like it,” She said with a smile.

“It’s lingerie”, She whispered. I smiled and said “Thank you” to her.

“Wow! is this your house?” Shirley asked with amazement when she saw my house.

“Yes”

“It’s big; it’s like a mansion”, She said as if she was mesmerised. Her jaw dropped while looking around.

“Are you living alone here?” She asked, Really mesmerised.

“Of course not, I am with my parents, but they are out of town.”

“You’re a princess, Helena,” She said, still mesmerised.

“Nah! I am an angel,” I said. The last person who told me that I am an angel is already dead now.

“Come on, let’s go to the backyard,” I said and brought them to the backyard.

“Wow!” Jean said, seeing the food that was set on the long table.

“Have a seat”, I offer them, and they sit next to each other while I sit in front of them so that I can see them clearly once my plan has already started. I looked at the girls one by one. their faces are full of excitement and amazement seeing the flowers, balloons, my welcome greeting for them.

“You prepare this for us?” They asked while looking at me. I didn’t answer, but I smiled at them. I feel weird to have them at home, but I need to do it for the mission.

“The flowers are so beautiful and so colourful; you’re like in a fairy world,” The girls said while looking around the garden. I smiled at them and “Yes, nanny Silva planted those flowers”, and I began to remember nanny Silva again. That makes me a little sad.

“Yeah, we heard about her; she’s the one who planted those flowers in the chapel,” Jean said.

“She loves flowers; she loves gardening,” I said

“You are lucky to live in this big house, Helena.” She added while looking around like Shirley.

“Yes, indeed”, I lied.

“I love the confetti and the balloons. It matches the colourful flowers,” Jean said while picking the balloons on the ground near her. One is pink, and the other is blue.

“Can I have these balloons?” She asked, showing me the balloons that she’s holding.

“I want to bring this home for my kids”, She added.

“Oh, sure”, I answered.

“But what is that smell?” Shirley asked while covering her nose

“It smells like a dead rat,” She said while still covering her nose.

“Don’t mind that. Maybe it is just because of the wind from the vacant lot outside,” I answered.

“So, how’s everybody?” I asked to divert their attention.

“Not good because after the worship yesterday I went home and I found my husband not home. He’s with his mistress again. The kids are hungry, and he’s not home,” Jean answered.

“That is sad, such a very irresponsible husband. If I were you, I would leave him,” I told her.

“I wish I could do that, but we have kids, so it is not easy,” She said with regret.

“And how about you, Irene?”

“I am trying to look for a job, a decent one”, She answered.

“Can you offer me a job for me? Even to be your gardener?” She asked.

“Or adopt me instead”, She added. That makes me laugh because I don’t know if she’s serious or not.

I looked at them and told them that I had a game ready for everybody that could enjoy, but I let them choose if they want to eat first or they wanted to play first, and of course, they chose to eat first.

“Well, you can have food now while I will share some bible verses with you,” I said, excited about my plan because I am nearly accomplishing it. I watched them get the food that I cooked, ensuring that they were already eating.

“How about you Helena, You don’t want to eat first?” Shirley asked while eating the food that I looked like a hungry wolf.

“I will read you a bible verse first, and then I will eat”, I answered while still watching them eat.

“Oh, we love bible verses,” They said while getting food and preparing themselves to eat.

“That is good,” I said while still watching them eat. I get the bible in front of me while watching them eat and open it to the verse that I will read to them while they are eating.

“This is so delicious!” Irene said with her mouth-watering full of food.

“Yes, it is delicious,” Jean said while putting some more on her plate.

“Matthew 5:1-3 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” I read to them, and I paused for a moment and watched them eating.

“It means based on my understanding that those who are poor in spirit are lucky because you can easily enter the kingdom of God; the kingdom of God is yours,” I explained while they were still eating like hungry wolves. They almost finished the food that I cooked.

“What kind of speciality is this, Helena? It is so delicious,” They asked, but I didn’t answer. I look at the plastic garbage that I intentionally put beside them to see all the opened beef flavoured

dog food cans. They look at the garbage I am looking at and compare it to the food they are eating, and they realise that the one in the photos looks like the food they are eating. They look around if I have a dog, but they don’t see one, and they suddenly spit the food inside their mouth. They also tried to vomit the food that they ate. I want to laugh to see them sick as f*** forcing themselves to vomit, but I stop myself. I know I will offend them if I laugh, and I know they will get mad at me.

“This is not funny, Helena,” Irene said while still forcing herself to vomit. Her face looks disgusted, and she wants to cry. I never said a word; I am just watching them because I know there is more. I can hear them puke, but I don’t care because it is a part of my plan. I put a cigarette and a lighter in my pocket and lit it while they drank the strawberry juice that I made to wash the taste of the food that they ate. I thought it was delicious, but why are they vomiting now? I’m smoking my cigarette while watching them die one by one because of the juice that they drink. It contains oxalic acid because I know humans have an instinct that they will drink to wash the taste of the food they don’t like out of their mouth, and that is what I did. I intentionally cooked dog food and let them know it was dog food to force themselves to vomit and drink the poisonous juice I made. I threw the cigarette beside me and stepped on it. I call Echo, and together we pray for the safe passage of the girls. ANOTHER MISSION IS DONE. GREAT!

I am singing the christian song “Give thanks'' again that energizes me while dragging them one by one to the house. Like John, we made them sit in the dining room with mama and daddy. They’re sitting next to each other. I continue singing while cleaning them. I let them sit still while wiping their dirty faces.

“You are evil, Helena”, Irene said while humming the song and cleaning her.

“Why did you do this to us, Helena?” Jean asked, almost crying but I didn’t mind her because I am serious in cleaning them and I don’t have time for their drama.

I looked at her and answered, “I freed you from your pains and sufferings.”

“No, you didn’t,” She said

“I have kids, Helena; they need me”, She cried.

“Don’t worry, they will forget about you”, I answered and looked straight into her eyes.

“Probably by now, they already have a new mom”, I added pertaining to her husband’s mistress.

“You are evil!” She shouted, but I didn’t mind her.

“I thought the food was delicious? Why did you suddenly puke?” I asked them. While still cleaning the food that messed up their faces and the juice and the mud that got into their clothes when they fell to the ground. After I cleaned them, I looked at them one by one and said with a smile.

“Welcome to the family, girls.”