“What chat do we possibly have in common?” Joanna asked.
“A chat about Francis but first, have this drink” Evelyn said stretching the orange juice to her.
“Why should I accept that from you?”Joanna asked.
“Take it as a peace offering cause whether you believe it or not. Am here to make peace with you” Evelyn said.
“About Francis, I believe have done a lot of terrible things to warrant your h@ťě and am very much sorry. I now realise that what you and Francis share is a real thing that not even a girl like me can ruin”
“And….” Joanna prompted.
“And have decided to give up pursing Francis. I should love myself more and not some one whose love will never be mine ” Evelyn said looking very sincere.
Evelyn has rehearsed her speech severally hoping it would be convincing to Joanna and now hearing her self saying it, it sounds convincing in her own ears, she thought wondering why she felt that what she’s saying to Joanna is the truth.
“Well am glad to hear that and I hope that you stick to your words and choose to love yourself rather than to chase after some one who will never love you back” Joanna said as she took the glass from Evelyn.
Evelyn hadn’t been expecting her to take the glass and now that Joanna had it in her hand, she felt guilty and wanted to stop her from drinking it but then she’s planned it with Linda.
If she wants Francis back then she’s got to do it and…..
“Don’t!”
“Joanna!”
Evelyn and Alice said at the same time which stop Joanna from drinking the juice.
“You need to come with me, I think some thing is wrong with Mirabel” Alice said.
“Mirabel? I was just about to call her,do you know where she is?”Joanna asked handing the juice back to Evelyn before walking off with Alice.
Evelyn stared at the juice in her hand with guilt, she might be cruel at times but she isn’t cruel to the extent that she would be willing to do harm to her fellow mate, she thought.
“If you aren’t drinking that then you can give it to me” Theo said taking the drink from her but Evelyn quickly pushed it out of his hand when he was about to drink it.
“Are you crazy? How can you just take it from my hand?” She yelled at him.
“To see if you still have a bit of good left in you. That drink was spiked right?” Theo asked startling her.
“How did you know that?” Evelyn asked.
“Have been watching you. You never gave anyone the drink and you also didn’t let anyone touch it and when you saw Joanna, you picked it up and went straight to her offering her the drink” Theo said.
“Were you sent here to watch me?” Evelyn asked.
“I wasn’t. I was watching out for everyone and I happen to notice you” he replied.
“If you had gone through with it and had let Joanna take the juice then you would have been branded in my head as a very cruel person but am glad you stopped it and also stopped me from drinking it , it shows that there is still some good left in you” Theo said ruffling her hair which got Evelyn pushing his hand away.
“You know nothing about me, so just mind your business!” She said before sauntering off leaving him there.
*****
Joanna and Alice found Mirabel in one of the rest room crying her eyes out.
“What’s wrong?” Joanna asked quickly moving towards her crying friend.
“It’s Nicholas” Mirabel said in between tears.
“What’s wrong with Nicholas?” Joanna asked.
“I don’t know. Jessica told me some thing about him and I confronted him about it and now he doesn’t pick my calls and neither does it he reply to my message” Mirabel said.
“Have you tried talking to him In person?” Joanna asked.
“I planned on doing it tonight but I saw him and Jessica together and when I went to him , he ignored me” Mirabel said remembering when she went to him to talk about it.
“Now what’s wrong with Nicholas? I thought he’s very much interested in you” Alice said.
“That’s what I thought too but it seems like he just wanted to use me for a while and as a distraction from his real girlfriend who is Jessica ” Mirabel said wiping off her tears.
“So what are you going to do?” Joanna asked.
“Am not going to do a thing,since am no one to him in the first place then he’s nothing to me too” Mirabel said as she washed her face with water.
“I want to go home, I don’t think I want to be in the same place as Nicholas and Jessica, will you walk out?” Mirabel asked Joanna who nodded.
“See her off, I will just go back to the party. Take care Mirabel ” Alice said as she gave Mirabel.
Alice let out a sigh as she wondered why Pierce and Nicholas are so frustrating.
She left the rest room and was heading back to the party when her ears picked on some people conversation.
She move towards a door only to see Linda and Evelyn talking.
“You threw the drink away on purpose!” Linda said.
“I did, I don’t think I can do it again” Evelyn replied.
“Why are you suddenly feeling guilty, we both planned on splitting Joanna and Francis and this is the perfect place to do that” Linda said.
“I know we planned on doing that but then I don’t want to do it again” Evelyn said.
“You can’t give up now! Not when I have it all ready, not when we can get Joanna out of the way for good” Linda said and that got Alice gasping out alerting them of her presence.
“Who’s there?” Linda asked and on hearing that Alice took to her heels.
She was ran until she got to the pool side, she had lost her way during the run but that didn’t stop her from pulling out her phone to call Joanna.
She was standing beside the pool and was dialing Joanna phone when someone pushed her into the water.
Alice who couldn’t swim began calling for help while Linda stood there watching her.
“No one must know that am the fox amongst them and since you heard what you shouldn’t have heard, you need to disappear” Linda murmured watching Alice struggling in the water.
To be continued ✌️✌️✌️