IN LOVE AND WAR::CHAPTER 21

IN LOVE AND WAR::CHAPTER 21**She stared at herself in the mirror. She couldn't let her beat her up again. They were broke andsoon will lose their mansion. The last thing she wanted was to lose her daughter."What do you mean she is pregnant?!" she heard her daughter shouting in the sitting room."That is what I heard. You should just forget about him. Look at you. You look miserable and nowtaking drugs. Your father I am dying. We are broke," responded her husband.She listened to them standing by the passage."I am not yet to give up daddy. You HIV positive because you were sleeping with many women.Does mummy know about your status?" asked Amy.All the while they thought Sarah was out. Since she always spend most of her night at hermother's"I found out today and you were the first person I have told so far. I am not planning on telling her.Let's keep it between us.""I will keep quiet if you only you help me get rid of Diana. Now I need to go and get some fresh air.I will come back then we talk. Being in this house makes me go crazy," she said and walked out ofthe house.After what she had heard. She needed to get out of the house as soon as possible."What should I do?" she whispered to herself still standing.Her daughter had become dangerous and so is her husband. She waited for him to go to his studyroom like he always does. The Mayor walked to his study room as usual. A place where he felt atease away from what was happening around him. Losing the campaign broke his heart. Now morethan ever he felt useless. He used to have power but now he was powerless. After finding outabout Raphael's identity he knew he would not do anything to him. He sat on his chair afterpouring himself a glass of warm water, since Amy had sold some of the furnitures in the houseincluding the refrigerator. He was about to drink it when he heard sounds outside. He looked onthe window and saw his wife running which surprised him.Where the hell is she going?" he asked himselfIt was around 7pm*Miriam and Raphael were happy to see Ray and Diana at their house."It had been a while since we last saw each other," said Miriam as she sat down beside Diana."So true I had missed you a lot. How is baby Keisha?""She is okay and very naughty. I heard you expecting. Congrats.""Thank you so much!" said Diana.He walked in the sitting room. He looked different. A handsome man, almost looked like hismother. She stared at him in disbelief. It had been long since they last saw each other."Admire!" she exclaimed and immediately stood upShe held him tightly in her arms. Tears started falling down. She had missed him a lot. Hereminded her of her mother."Sister Diana. You squeezing me. Be gentle please," he said, funny as always. "I am not your lostlover.""You idiot!" she pinched him. "I missed you a lot more than you can ever imagine.""I am glad I didn't miss you. Can we sit down. There is something very important I need to tellyou," said Admire with a serious look on his faceThey sat down and he started."After so many years. I had been trying to protect a killer. Actually I was very scared that she wasgoing to kill the only sister I had. Thou I didn't love my sister which is false deep down. I wanted toprotect her. Be the man my father never was," he paused."What is it Admire? You scaring me!" said Diana holding Admire's hand."That night when our house was burnt. Mum got me out first before Alex. As I lay down on thegrass. A woman walked up to me. She wanted to strangle me but because the neighbours werealready coming to our house. She couldnt," he went on. "She threatened me saying that she wasgoing to kill you if I let anyone know that she is the one who started the fire."."What! So someone started the fire. I knew it. Who is she?"Admired kept quiet for a while looked at her sister, tears already streaming down on her cheeks.He wiped away her tears and smiled."I love you sis a lot. You the best thing that ever happened to me. I always wished I could bringmum to you when you fell into depression. I wanted to protect you even though I was young.People called us poor and I wished I wasn't. But from you I learnt something. Never mind whatpeople say about you do your own thing. Knowing the person who killed our family hurt me a lot,"he wiped a tear that had escaped.Everybody in the room got emotional staring at the two."It was Amy's mother who sat that fire," said Admire."No no no!" screamed Diana. "But why her. Why did she do that?""Shhhhh don't cry sis. It's not good for the baby."Ray was about to get up when Raphael stopped him."Let them be!" he whispered. Admired held her sister tightly in his arms as she cried. Suddenly they heard a bang on the doorand it frightened them all. Ray slowly walked to the door and opened it. She immediately got insidethe house."What are you doing here? How did you find this place?" asked Ray."I need your help. Please help," she begged on her knees.