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SHATTERED GLASS

Nora sat in her room analyzing the series of events carefully , nothing made sense yet, she had a strong and certain feeling about it. She couldn't report to the police yet because it had not been up to 48 hours since Rachel got missing. She rubbed her head pathetically as she remembered her conversation with her father, that man did not even care if she was dead or alive , all he wanted was to sustain his marriage and when he had gathered enough, break up with his current wife.

Nora heard a knock on her door. She walked towards it to answer whoever was there. To her greatest surprise, no one was at the door . Her eyes widened in disbelief. She ran to her parents room and forcibly opened the door . Her father was fooling with a maid and she wished she didn't even have to see that.

" What the...." Her father shouted disgusted and the maid covered her self with the sheets

" Did you knock in my door , Dad? "

" Why the hell will I have to do that ? " He answered rudely " lock the door and never come in " he ordered

Her father was so brazen, he cheated on her mother not only in private but in there house on their matrimonial bed. He didn't even care if her mother will show up now and see them, he just disregarded her mother's feelings.

Nora could not sleep alone in her room tonight, she ran down the stairs and went to the dining to get water when she met her mom at the wine bar drinking

" Mom " she called and ran towards her , bringing the cup down "

" Mom , stop" she begged teary eyed

" Why?" her mother looked at her " why can't I drink when your father does whatever he pleases? Am I a pushover? Why?" Her mother shouted and threw the glass at the wall, the glass shattered loudly and the contents spilled in the ground. Nora covered her ears and looked in the direction of the shattered glass, if she had not dodged it, she could've gotten hurt.

" It's because of you" her mother screamed holding her " your father started cheating since when we had you. Why didn't you come out as a boy, why? " She screamed crying " maybe your father would've loved me still if you were a boy"

" Stop it mom" she freed herself from her grip " Did I choose to be born this way? I'm just a child , I don't know anything"

" You evil child" her mother said and slumped to the ground, she was heavily drunk. Her mother's words cut her deep. This was what she had been going through in this house for years, she was tired.

" Take me to my room" came her mother's voice " let me go and see that cheating bastard"

" Mom, you can't" nora Said " let's go to my room instead

" Don't be such a good child. I'm not asking for it" she forcibly pulled away from her grip " call me another maiden " her mother ordered and a maid came and took her to the guest room

Nora looked at the shattered glass in anger

" That stupid maid in my parents room will clean this " she shuddered

“ That maid in my parents room will clean this “ she shuddered as she watched the maid take her mom away.

Nora sat quietly on the chair her mom once did , she was thinking about a lot of things and had no answer to all. Why was there so much pressure on her? She’s just 18!! Would things have really been different if she was born as a boy . That moment, a maid walked in with a trash bag attempting to clean the shattered glass when she shouted almost immediately.

“ Leave it “ she shouted startling the maid “ the one in my parents room will clean it “

“ B-but miss” the maid stuttered

“ It’s fine “ she gave a reassuring smile

“ okay miss “ and she left

It was already a minute past one in the early hours of the morning but Nora was still awake thinking deeply about her parents, herself and her friend. She heard footsteps and saw the maid her dad was fooling around with descend the stairs. The maid did not notice her and went to the kitchen to drink water. Nora got up and stayed at the entrance. As soon as the maid turned she met Nora s standing there and she immediately choked on her water.

“ Done having fun?” She asked with a brow raised but the maid did not answer “ I asked a question “ she said louder but the maid still did not reply “ Are you dumb, you w***e “ she said and squeezes her shoulders

“ I’m not a w***e “ she said and pushed Nora back “ keep your hands off me “

Nora scoffed in disbelief. This lady probably thought she was above everyone simply because her father gave her attention

“ You foolish thing “ Nora laughed “ you think my dad loves you or favors you? Keep joking, he’s using you and when he’s done, he’ll move to another and I need not remind you that you’re nothing but a slave in this house “

“ I think your mom suits that description more” she said and Nora’s eyes widened in disbelief “ Isn’t she nothing but that? Or can you explain to me why your father would comfortably cheat without any regards to her? Looks more like a slave to me “ she laughed and backed Nora

“ You w***e “ Nora said and pounced on her heavily beating and hitting her everywhere. The maid screamed and then searched for something to defend herself . Luckily, her hands got hold of a frying pan and with it she hit Nora hard on the head . Nora stumbled backwards and the grip on the maid loosened. The maid hit her again, this time on the back and Nora stumbled against the kitchen counter. The maid held Nora’s hair, turned on the tap , covered the sink and attempted to drown her. There was a huge grin on the maid’s face as she shouted “ Die you young fool, you’re pretty strong huh?”

Nora was still struggling, her hands searched desperately for something, she got hold of a knife and without thinking or hesitating, she drove it straight into the woman’s body. The maid’s grip loosened instantly and she felt her stumble backwards. Nora coughed instantly, she coughed so hard, she nearly died . This maid was nothing but crazy. After calming herself down, she opened her eyes but the most gruesome sight was there, right in front of her . Nora screamed so loud , her screams resonated in the walls of the house.

The head maid woke up instantly, her room was not too far from the kitchen . She raced to where she has heard the sound and her eyes widened in shock. The other maid was on the ground, with a pool of blood surrounding her and a knife driven into the left side of her neck , she died with her eyes opened. It was gruesome indeed .

Nora ran to meet the head maid and hugged her tightly.

“ Miss Amy, help me. She was trying to kill me, I swear it was self defense “ Nora said and cried very hard

“ Ssssh, don’t cry . Let’s find a way to sort this out “