Living Again

Kendra's POV "Defendant, on Friday the 23rd of September, 2022 at 5:15pm, the victim, Mr Duru, ended his relationship with him in a public area and, consumed by rage, you rushed after him and pushed him towards a moving vehicle and he ended up dead as a result of this act. These are the charges presented against you, Miss Ibeh. Do you accept this charge?" I am a victim too, but somehow I became the villain of this story. No one understands how I feel right now, everyone gathered here right now only wants to see me get a guilty verdict and be put behind bars, but no one here wants to think in my shoes. A victim turned villain. How did all this come to be? *** It all started on Friday morning. Yes, that Friday morning, on the morning of the final result announcement for the script writing contest, and I was among the lucky finalists who awaited the final result. I was super excited about the result. Somehow I knew I was going to win because my lecturer had given me a little hint about her actions earlier this week, but it was only a tinny winny hint, nothing to make a fuss over. "Kendra, won't you come down and say goodbye to your Dad? Have you forgotten he is traveling today"? My Mom said as she walked downstairs. Gosh! Today is Friday and Dad was traveling today. How could I have forgotten that? "Coming" I shouted back and hurriedly finished up. I threw my bag over my shoulder and started heading downstairs. "Here comes my star girl" Dad said as soon as I joined them on the breakfast table. Just like every other family, the fathers are usually drawn to their first daughters and in this family I am the first daughter, not just the first daughter, but also the only daughter. "Hi dear silly old goose" Someone said behind me, slapping the back of my head. "Ouch" I cried in pains. But unfortunately, I am not the only child. I have this annoying brother who has a very sour personality. Thankfully he is neither my elder brother nor my younger brother. It's confusing, right? Well, to cut the long story short, we are twins but somehow everyone forgot to take note of which one of us came out first and as a result of this mistake, we have no hierarchy. So we are just twins with no hierarchy nor resemblance. "Were you able to clarify the issues you have with the lecturer?" Mom asked Kenta. "Well, she is bent on making my life a living hell Mom. Just yesterday we saw the script with my name boldly written on it but she keeps insisting that I never submitted it", he explained, irritated. "Seems like we will have to pray because this is no longer an ordinary matter" Mom said, dropping eggs on her plate "how about you Kendra, has the result for the script writing contest been announced?" "No Mom, but they are doing that today and I am almost late" I said, glancing at my watch "Dad. have a nice trip I love you, Love you too Mom. Bye Mom, Bye Dad". Unlike other families, our family had a special bond which kept us together, unknown to me, today was going to be the last of this special bond and I was going to be the cause of it. If I had known that me leaving this dining room right now would change my life forever, would I have stayed back? *** "Do you accept the charge, Miss Ibeh?" The judge asked again, bringing me back to reality. "I didn't kill Nelson" I said between sobs. "I didn't kill my boyfriend. I would never do that, so why does everyone keep asking me to admit to a charge I didn't commit?" I asked with a raised voice. "Defendant please refrain from shouting in the sacred court", the judge said, giving me the same look everyone else except my family and friends had on their faces. He also sees me as a murderer. No matter what I say, I would still be a murderer to all of them. I didn't do it... But he died and I was there. "Defendant, due to insufficient evidence, you will be confined in your home until the next hearing and also be monitored with an electronic anklet. This court hearing has been adjourned until the 29th day of September, 2022", The Judge said and the court was dismissed. To everyone here, I am a Criminal who murdered her boyfriend. Marcella's POV In as much as my achievement requires a celebration, this was just too much. Kelvin went overboard with this party but who am I to say no to such exclusive party thrown in honour of me. Speaking of Kelvin, I haven't seen my boyfriend since I got here. Well it's obvious I don't need to search too far because wherever there's a crowd there lies my fantastic boyfriend. Kelvin aka Light up. Just as his name implies brings every social gathering to life and people just love being around him and that makes me really proud. Do you know that feeling that comes with dating the guy that every girl would kill for to have? Exactly that proud feeling, so yeah I was proud and as of today I became even prouder because I was selected as one of the designers that would be prepping the models at the National Fiesta a rare opportunity that anyone would kill for and I am the girl who got them all without scratching myself. I got to the front of the gathered crowd and just as I had said my boyfriend was dancing and everyone had gathered to watch. As if on Cue, he lifted his head and his eyes seized mine in the midst of the crowd and he stopped dancing and held my eyes with his for a little while and then he covered his face with his hands smiling like a shy child. "Come here jor" he said running towards me. As soon as he got to me he lifted me up and in reflex my legs wrapped around his waist and my hands around his neck. His hands were firmly around my waist keeping me from falling. "Why didn't you call me when you arrived?" He asked looking up at me "I figured you would be too busy to answer the phone, and I guess I wasn't wrong" I replied and he chuckled "Want something to drink?" He asked and I nodded a yes to him. He dropped me and we started heading to the bar section, I can't still believe he rented this entire spot just for me. "Well I reserved your favourite drink for you" he said and I almost squealed, Almost. The bar attendant passed me a glass of Mirinda Apple Green, I so much love that drink and looking at it a a tumbler made my love for it grow even more. "While you are enjoying every sip of your drink, I will be on the dance floor" Kelvin said and pecked me before heading to the dance floor leaving me to some alone time with my drink. I had the first glass, then the second and then the third, then the fourth, I was almost done with the fifth glass when I noticed my heart beat reducing and then I could no longer feel my legs on the chair and then my hands became numb. I almost fell off the chair but Kelvin was quick to catch me. He lifted me up and started walking to the dance floor. The strangest part was the fact that he never asked what was wrong with me. What is going on? On getting to the area that was once a dance floor but now a big couch was placed there he dropped me on the couch and started addressing the crowd that was gathered. I couldn't hear anything he was saying, not just him; the entire party hall had gone silent, I guess my ears had also gone numb together with my body. As he was still speaking six guys emerged from the crowd and walked towards the couch that I was lying helplessly on. And few minutes of talking to the crowd, Kelvin turned to the six guys standing close to the couch and said something to them and the started undressing themselves. Then it dawned on me what was going on, it became clear to me what this whole thing was all about. I was about to be gang r***d and my boyfriend was leading the act. The entire revelation weakened me more than the drugs I had consumed. I close my eyes and every other thing that followed was history.