THE REVENGE

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"I never assaulted that police officer, Pedro did in innocent" I tried talking to the police officer but it fall on deaf ears, it seemed like they were not going to let me go no matter what

"Shut up young girl, you are going be an example to the rest of the teenagers who think can cause problems and go away with it" he said as his eyes burned with pure fury and anger

"I didn't do it please I'm innocent, I kept protesting hoping they would listen to me but alas everything was going haywire.

"I said shut up, stupid kid, you think you can get away with what you did to that police officer, there were street cameras that caught you so there's no way you going to escape this" he said and pushed me into the awaiting van, I couldn't believe in a snap of a finger, everything had just turned out to be in a mess.

Just as the van was about to drive off the compound my mom came running to where we were, and that's when I knew my mama had genuine care about me and i wasn't just going to take it for granted, I was going to make sure I make her proud

"I didn't do it mom, I'm sorry" I said with tears streaming down my face as my eyes welled up.

"I know baby, I'm going to get you out don't worry" she said and I felt a sigh of relief knowing that she was going to make sure I didn't go to jail. The ride to the police station was the longest ever, I kept thinking about my life, how drastically everything had changed and I was feeling like I was already a failure, I had failed my parents and it hurt me so much, I was hoping I would be there for my sister when she woke up but I was there in the police custody, I didn't see Pedro for all the while that I decided to ask the police officer

"Hello was the any boy aged around 17 years old brought in?" I asked the female officer but she ignored me and at one time i felt like an i***t

I sat on the cold floor for hours before I could see any of my relatives, I knew my dad was so disappointed in me and there was no way he was going to come and check on me. Mom came I later, she was accompanied by grandma, I had missed her, ever since we moved to that place, I had only seen her once when she came to visit us.

"Baby how you doing" was the first thing grandma asked and i felt like my eyes were gleaming with fresh tears

"I feel sorry for everything but honestly I didn't do it, I swear"

"I know baby, you can never do such a thing so tell me what happened?" Grandma asked with a concerned look, mom had gone to work on my release and they said I was paying cash

"It was Pedro, I was equally surprised by the turn of events, I didn't even get time to question him because when we got home no got a call from mom that Talia was shot so we rushed to the hospital"

"Is he always the violent type?" Grandma asked and I shook my head in disagreement, for the longest time I had known Pedro he wasn't the violent type, I always saw him as a quiet, calm and composed guy

"No grandma, he has always been calm and composed"

"It's okay don't worry about that, everything is going to be fine, your mother is going to get you out on bail"

"I feel bad for putting her through this, I shouldn't have gone out" I say burying my head in my hands

"Don't worry my dear, from here we going home and we going to have a long talk about it, just try and relax all is going to be okay" she said and I felt better. "How is Talia? I feel bad I haven't been there for her"

"Talia is okay, she is to be discharged tomorrow, she is recuperating and it's a good sign"

"Thank God, I was worried about her"

After going through the long talk with grandma mom family came by, she said they weren't going to let me go so she had to give some cash to a police officer for them to accept the cash bail, I had a serious offense

"Thanks mom" I said while hugging her tears streaming down my face, the big deal was now going to be my dad but I was less worried about it since the first problem was already solved.

"You welcome baby and don't worry about the money I gave them, it's my joy to see you happy and that what I promised to do for my two lovely babies, but I want you to be more careful next time and stop getting yourself in trouble that will save us all"

"I will mom I promise"

"Great now let's get going, I think we should visit Talia first before we go home or what do you think?" Grandma asked

"Nope I think we should go home first, her need to take a shower and eat something, being in s police custody is not that easy, so we will go home you shower, change, get something to eat then we can all go to see Talia in the hospital" mom said and we all agreed.

She drove us home, it wasn't and something funny I hadn't heard from Pedro all the day, I tried calling him but his phone was switched off, my mind was in turmoil what could have happened to him? Or was he kidnapped? Or maybe something terrible had happened to her that I wasn't aware of so I decided to ask mom if she had heard anything about him

"Mom did you see Pedro, or was he not arrested?"

"Ooh about Pedro, I tried asking about him and I was told he was released even before he was brought here, the father and mother are great people in this country, and there is nothing that could be done to him"

"Ooh I thought something bad happened to him because I've been trying to reach him to no avail, his phone is off"

"Or maybe he just switched off his phone or maybe it went off we can never know, he will call you if he really cares" mom said and it kind of made sense, he was the one that made me go through hell so it was his responsibility to check on me and not the other way round.

"He bought me a car for my birthday" i decided to blurt out, i had wanted to talk to mom about it but i didn't get the chance.

"What!" Was the first reaction i got from mom they were all surprised at what i had just told them

"You mean Pedro bought you a car!? Is that what he said he had a surprise for you?" Mom asked and i nodded

"Whoa that is new, like it's just crazy, are they that rich?"

"Yes mom they are loaded"

"And where is the car, if I may ask? Do you even know how to drive?"

"No and yes, he has been teaching me how to drive from a while now and it's just that I'm still a minor i don't know if I'll be allowed to drive a car without my ID"

"Then in that case we will get you a chauffeur before you reach eighteen, he will be taking you around, to school and anywhere you want to go Is that okay?"

"Of course mom thanks"

Before she could respond, her phone rang and she put it on loudspeaker

"Honey where are you?" Was the first thing dad asked?

"On my way home, I'm with Danelya and my mom" mom answered

"Don't come home, go anywhere else but don't come home"

"Why?"

"I will explain everything when we meet but whatever you do don't come home, make sure they are safe and tell my baby I'm sorry for overreacting I love her" and with that he hung up