NOT GUILTY?

Dead

Episode 1B & 2A

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Episode 1A

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'You killed him!' she screamed and I hit her on the head making her collapse.

If he was dead, then she killed him. I placed her body beside him and made her hold the knife before walking out of the house with my bloody clothes.

I got inside and drove off after calling the cops on her with an unknown number. I felt better, maybe that's what I needed. I should have killed him a long time back ago. 'Rest in peace dear hubby. I am NOT GUILTY after all, you made me do this.'

I smiled as I drove to my house. He is now dead and I am in charge. Tomorrow I will be a widow.

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Episode 2A

Pretense, something I wasn't even good at but I had to shed some tears for them to believe that I was hurting. 'Them' I mean his family and mine.

To be honest I was hurting, not because I had killed that bastard but the words he said to me before I ended his life.

They all felt sorry for me. I was the victim. Kate had been arrested for murder.

The news headlines read 'MAN MURDERED BY HIS MISTRESS'.

You should have seen my smile when I had read it on my phone.

I had to excuse myself because I was tired of being offered condolence messages. I wish we could just bury him today, get it over and done with but then that won't be fair to some of his relatives abroad. They were also attending the funeral.

'Are you okay?'

My mother-in law startled me.

The hell was she doing in my room. I hated her too for raising that dog. She should have known how to raise his son with manners. b***h, I could strangle her to death right this minute.

'I am okay mother, you don't have to worry about me,' I said weakly, 'how are you holding up?'

'I am so ashamed of myself right now.'

'Why so?'

'My son was cheating on you. You were his wife, the mother of his 2 sons. I am so sorry Rita. Why didn't you tell me that you were unhappy with him?'

'I was happy with him mother. When I found out several times that he was cheating on me, I thought maybe he will come back right on his senses, he will think about me and our children. God knows how much I loved your son,' I said that with a hint of honesty in my voice, 'I don't know what to tell my kids but their father is on the news now. How are they going to cope at school?'

'I will be here with you Rita. All I can do now is to help you take care of the kids. My son didn't deserve you if he used to treat you that way.'

'And he did deserve to die, oh mother of that imbecile.' I said to myself in my mind.

I hope they sentence that woman to life in prison. She took my husband and their dad. I don't know why she killed him but he didn't deserve to die.' , I said in my crocodile tears, she hugged me.

If only she knew that I was faking it. He deserved to die after treating me like rubbish.

She stayed with me in my room. I had no problem with her. One thing I knew is that she loved me and we got along very well. She was like my second mother if you know what I mean.

My husband was finally buried. I saw him sleeping in his white casket and faked my breaking down asking him to come back to me.

Never in a thousand times would I want that jerk to be with me not in our next life.

People felt pity for me and my kids. They sympathised with me.

I often appeared being the good woman in front of family and friends. Many people often told Jason that he was lucky to have me as his wife. I wasn't the lucky one after all because of Kate.

I did everything for that man, washed his boxers, clothes and socks. I cooked for him and ironed his clothes. I respected him so much that he felt like a King. The promises and vows I made at our wedding, I kept each one of them. I never looked at any other man with lustful eyes. I was beautiful and plenty of men, good ones actually were hurt when I chose to marry Jason thinking that he would love me until death do us apart. After having our 2 kids, he changed and often slept out. I used to cry myself to sleep every time he walked in the house the next following day without any explanation of his whereabouts.

I never asked about his girlfriends until I got interested in Kate. He was with her for long and even bought her an apartment. I actually believed his words, he had fallen in love with her. If Jason was still alive, he would have been telling you all that, I was the problem always nagging and trying to control his life.

I was never like that.

In my spare time I used to read my bible like any other wife who wanted his husband back. I talked to God everyday but he had abandoned me when he let that man cheat on me again.

Letting that man fall in love with another woman while still married to me. I couldn't let him take another wife, even if she had agreed to his crazy proposal.

The good news was that no one was suspecting me.

Kate hadn't told the police that I killed my husband. I bet she was feeling embarrassed of dating a married man. Anyway who was going to believer her?, if she had told them that I murdered him. Her fingerprints were on the knife and the police caught her holding it. She made a mistake of waking up on the right time.

Quite unlucky for her, but I care less.

I was supposed to go and see her in the afternoon after driving my kids to the airport.

Yes, I thought about it several times.

My sister was in South Africa. She offered to look after them and I was to send money for their school fees.

'I am going to miss you mum,' said the older one.

I hugged him. It was going to be hard to live without them.

'I am going to miss you too my tiger. Auntie Rene will take good care of you. Take good care of your little brother for me. I love you my prince.'

I said goodbye to them and asked my mother to call me as soon as they arrive.

'Are you going to be alright?' she asked.

'Yes mother. Take good care of my kids. The only good thing Jason left for me.'

'I will be helping your sister to take good care of them. Take good care of yourself. I will come back when the trial has started,' with that said, she kissed me on the cheek.

At least I had friends and family supporting me in the upcoming trial. I had to make sure that she rots in jail. She was just the unlucky one.

....some hours later..........

I was feeling nervous walking in that place. Prison, never loved the place. I last came to such kind of place when I had visited my later father. He used to beat my mother and almost beat her to death until she got him arrested. Men!

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I sat down on the chair waiting for her.

The guard thought that I would attack her but I came in peace. She came in with handcuffs and scars on her face. She was shocked to see me because I could see the sudden change on her facial expression.

'You weren't expecting to see me,' I said as soon as she sat down.

The female guard excused herself.

'What do you want?'

'You still have the guts to talk young lady.'

'I am leaving,' she got up wanting to leave.

'You not going to tell them the truth. Are you?'

She sat down.

'I see now you ready to talk,' I smirked, 'plead guilty.'

'I am not guilty!' she shouted, startling me, 'you killed your own husband. I am the victim and not you.'

'You are the victim?' I laughed out loud.

'You were sleeping with a married man. Even if you try to act all innocent and get out of this place, you will never have a normal life or finish that law degree. You killed someone instead of you keeping other people out of prison. If you had kept your legs closed, none of this would have happened. You had a good career but now it's no more. Back to zero.'

'I am not pleading guilty for something that I didn't do lady,' she got up.

'Her name is Karen, your young sister. She is blind and lives with your grandmother just outside the city. It's just the 2 of you. You wouldn't want anything bad to happen to her. Would you?'

'I will kill you!' she started strangling me.

The female guard quickly came in.

'You not innocent Kate,' I shouted back at her with a cough.

The b***h almost killed me.

'if you hurt her, I will kill you'

'I will pass my greetings Kate,' I said with a laugh as she was being taken away, 'b***h!'.

She had messed around with the wrong woman. If they thought I was a saint then they were wrong about me. I was going to destroy each one of them for sleeping with my man. They didn't call me Rita for nothing.

I drove to my house with so much confidence in myself. I just needed a bath and rest. It was a long day for me. I had drove in my yard only to find my sister-in law standing at my door. I never liked her and so did she.

'What do you want?' I asked getting out of my car, 'your brother is dead now, no more visits.'

'You framed Kate. I know you killed my brother. Kate would have never hurt Jason. I know her.'

'What do you mean you know her?' I asked walking to her,' answer me!' I shouted making her jump.

She must have underestimated me.

'She was my roommate before Jason bought her that apartment.'

'Ohhhhh so you introduced her to my husband?' I asked her with raised eyebrow.

She didn't reply.

'Get out of my yard before I kill you. You disgust me. Get out!'

She ran to the gate. I should have killed her too. She just ruined my mood.

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