C4 The Call

The Call

The food is cooked inside the pot inside the kitchen with its vapor evaporating its fumes upward the kitchen’s roof as the delicious smell of the food lingers inside the kitchen but lacking the appetite of the people inside the house.

Marcella is at the kitchen walking around with her phone on her hand, thinking through things as the food is on the top of the kitchen’s gas stove, evaporating its warm vapor upward as the food is getting cooked.

Marcella furrows her brows,” I need to report this matter to Mrs. Jonathan as soon as possible, but what I’m supposed to do. I don’t know if they will believe me or not since the person involved here is the daughter of the owner of this house.” Marcella asks herself countless of questions on her inner thoughts, without getting the right answers as she walks around the kitchen with her phone on her hand.

As Marcella is walking around inside the kitchen in her deep thoughts, suddenly a palm of a person’s hand falls upon her shoulder from behind which causes her to startle with shock.

“Aah!” Marcella exclaims out louder with terror in her voice while her eyes are wide open as she turns and looks at the person from behind her.

Jane knits her brows with bewilderment look on her face. “Why are you screaming? Have you gone mad or seen a ghost?” Jane asks.

Marcella shakes her head with disagreement. “No madam, It’s nothing.”

Jane takes a glance and looks at the kitchen’s gas stove and then returns back her gaze. “Are you going insane?!The food is about to burn out and you are here standing doing nothing?” Jane says.

Marcella startles and takes a glance at the kitchen’s gas stove.

“I’m so sorry madam.” Marcella says.

Marcella rushes towards the kitchen’s gas stove and takes off the food pot, putting it aside the kitchen’s gas stove with a piece of cloth on her hand.

Jane walks towards the kitchen’s cupboard and yanks the door handle open, followed with the popping sound as she scans while looking inside the cupboard for the cup of the tea.

“Where are the cups?” Jane asks.

Marcella follows Jane from behind. “The cups… I haven’t washed them yet but I am going to bring to you one of the cups to you.” Marcella says.

Jane facial features harden with the anguish burning inside her heart. “You haven’t washed them? Uh! Forget it.” Jane slams the kitchen’s cupboard with force and leaves the kitchen immediately, leaving marcella standing while looking at her from behind.

“Jane wait for me. There is something very important that I want ask you.” Marcella calls Jane, rushing from behind before she leaves far away from the kitchen.

Jane stops in the middle of the way and looks at Marcella while rolling up her eyes.” What is it?!” Jane asks.

Marcella walks closer towards Jane’s space.” Madam I want to ask you something.” Marcella says.

Jane nods. “Yeah okay, what is it that you want to tell me now?” Jane asks.

“I just want to know if Mrs. Arianna is okay and how she is doing right now. Has she been released to the hospital?” Marcella asks.

Jane knits her brows. “How am I supposed to know,” Jane holds her hand up. “Please stop talking about this crap, I’m going right now.”

Jane leaves the kitchen room, leaving Marcella looking at her from behind.

“After all these years I never thought that you were a really monster masked with innocence on the face but don’t worry about that, I will expose your dirty little secrets as soon as I get the chance.” Marcella speaks to her inner thoughts with the anguish burning inside her heart.

***

“This is bad, this is really bad.” Mrs. Jonathan says while moving around the hospital’s corridors with nervousness look on her face.

Mrs. Jonathan take a glance at David while David is leaning besides the wall thinking on what to do concerning the issue of the missing of her son Brian.

“Why are you quiet son? Have you figured out the way on how you are going to save your son?” Mrs. Jonathan asks, blinking her eyes nervously with the trembling hands.

David stands up straight and walks towards his mother’s bench, approaching closer her space. “I don’t know what I’m going to do mom, I’m still lost up to now.” David says.

David sits down beside his mother’s bench and sighs. “It’s like things in my life now are starting to falling apart; First it was the issue concerning my wife Arianna and her scandal concerning the photos, and then now it’s an issue concerning the missing of my son Brian… it feels like,” David face contorted. “There is something fishy around here that is going which I haven’t figured it out yet. “David says.

David phone rings inside his pocket.

David plants his hand inside his trouser pocket and fishes out his phone outside of his pocket and answers his phone immediately.

“Hello, who is speaking?” David asks.

“You are speaking with the kidnapper who took your son today at school.” The kidnapper replies.

David stands up from the bench in a rush with the anguish burning inside his heart and a contorted look on his face.

“You bastard! Where the hell are you right now? And where did you take my son?” David asks, his face red fumed with anguish inside his heart.

Mrs. Jonathan looks at her son with a blank face, narrowing her eyes while listening the conversation between David and the person through the phone.

“Listen and do not talk. I’m going to give you the list of instructions that you need to follow in order to get your son back or else we are going to get rid of him as soon as we get a chance.” The kidnapper says, his voice sounding serious.

David’s heart explodes with his eyes wide open.

David nods. “Okay I’m listening, what is it that you want me to do for you?”