Chapter 111

Chapter 111


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\[Nadine's Place\]

With a loud yawn, Nadine stood from the couch she fell asleep on, and she pushed her harrumphed hair away from her face.

She had fallen asleep on the couch together with Anfisa last night after they played several snooker rounds and got drunk.

The bottle of their wine is still on the ground, and Anfisa is still asleep on the other couch.

Nadine didn't want to disturb, so she picked her phone and dialled Ixora's line to ask how the cinema date was, but her line is off.

"That's odd" she muttered, but then her phone buzzed with several notifications at once, and she strained her eyes.

"My WiFi is on?" She rubbed her eyes to expell the lingering sleep, but the sleep flew off willingly when she saw what the notifications are all about.

California news is burning with different articles and news. A lot happened last night.

• A maid known as Matron Lula Ford is a criminal child trafficker who sells homeless kids to foreign countries.

• She was killed brutally last night at Penny dork by an anonymous someone known as Young Lord.

• Her burial is today.

• Ixora Rhodes murdered Grace Ortega in her mansion last night.

• Ixora Rhodes got arrested and is currently in the police net, definitely preparing for jail.

Nadine spranged up at this point, and the phone fell from her.

She didn't even bother to wake Anfisa or wear her slippers before running out of the house.

The slamming of the door woke Anfisa up, and she stood from the couch, sighting Nadine's phone on the ground.

She picked it up, and as she read the news, her shock was limitless.

What has her devils' done?

What the hell!

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\[A Graveyard\]

The site is not far from the alley, it's where they bury any of the alley occupants who dies.

The alley people are kind, so they always attended the burial of any dead neighbor, but it's not the same with Matron's.

Everyone watched the news on TV and knew the kind of person she was, so it's only Romeo, Bethel, Clover and Mr. Ford at the burial.

The rain is still pouring, it hasn't stopped since last night, but they just have to bury her since her head is not on the body anymore.

It was Clover and Romeo who did the digging and burying, and currently, they're shovelling wet sand into the grave, covering it up.

Bethel is beside Mr. Ford, both still crying in their black clothes. They're sitting on the bare ground, not minding the mud.

An additional person joined the burial, and no one even tried to look at her.

It's Tina.

She was still with Monty at the hospital when she head the news, and she had to rush over.

When she saw Romeo shovelling sand into his mother's grave in tears, she began crying too.

She kept her distance though, and soon, Monty joined her.

Monty didn't cry, she'd never cry for a child trafficker, she just stood beside Tina with her umbrella over her head and her second hand in her baggy jean pocket.

She won't get drenched for a child trafficker.

She was smirking as she watched the cursed burial.

"It's like different tragedies decided to go down last night, can't believe Ixora got arrested too...for killing Mrs. Ortega? Bullshit" she muttered to herself, but Romeo heard.

His ears are sharp, actually.

"What did you just say?" He faced Monty with sorrowful reddish eyes.

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\[Police Station\]

In the history of that division, this mayhem has never happened before.

The station is filled, so much, even the outside.

Rafael has been here since last night. He picked his call immediately the cops called him about his daughter's arrest, and he's drenched from running around in the rain.

Ixora is not present in the outer station, she got locked up in the cell already, and no one is allowed to see her.

The commissioner of police is present, mighty on his seat as he evaluated his documents.

"I'm telling you...my daughter is incapable of murdering anyone! Xora is my baby I know her more than anyone! Why would she kill Grace! What's her motivation!" Rafael shouted in front of the office.

"Her fingerprints are on the knife, Mr. Rhodes. She was found at the crime scene, and there's a witness! What else is needed!" The commissioner slammed his palm on the table.

"Doesn't prove anything!! She was framed!! Why aren't y'all seeing this from the right angle? My daughter was framed!!" Rafael argued.

"Gather your attorneys, Mr. Rhodes. You're a good person, but this case is a case of the state. The court decides" the commissioner said.

"What! My Xora is stepping court?" Rafael's eyes widened.

"She killed someone, Mr. Rhodes. She killed someone! Mrs. Grace Ortega isn't just anyone" The commissioner said.

"My daughter killed no one!!! Y'all should better put an end to this drama or all hell will break lose!!!" Stonia shouted, bursting in and looking mad in her nightwear.

Her slippers are gone from her feet, so she's barefoot.

"Get my daughter out, now!!!" She slammed the commissioner's table.

"Violence won't sort this, madam Stonia. It's a court case" the commissioner coolly said.

"Put an end to this drama! What do you mean court case? Why would my baby kill that woman!! What's her motivation!!! And I heard there's a witness? What if the witness is a fraud? I have a lotta enemies!!!" Stonia yelled.

"Fraud? Mind you, the city people are eager to see where this is going cos that same daughter of yours gave a fake testimony against someone four years ago" the commissioner said.

"What! So is this retaliation or what?" A hot sweat fell from Stonia's face.

"We meet in court, madam Stonia Martinez" the commissioner said.

"No one is going to court!! Get my daughter out!!! Get her out!!!! Yaa!!!!" Stonia pushed the commissioner's desk away and was about to pounce on him when Rafael held her back strongly.

"Let go of me jerk!!! Let go of me where the hell is my daughter!!! Where is my daughter Rafael!!!! Where!!!!"

She was throwing her legs as she got dragged out of the disorganized station.

Nadine who has been by the door wiped her tears with shaky hands, then she walked out of the station.