What a shame

Remi still waiting in the hospital Lobby for a transportation that was promised by Felicia that will picked her up. The mother and daughter pair leaving her as soon as their driver arrived.

Looking around while waiting in her faded dress that was brought by Mona, she cursed that old hag and swore to settled the score when she is home later. She spotted a telephone on the wall for a patient usage. Secretly joyful, she walks slowly as to not aroused suspicious and dialed a number she has been thinking about calling.

" Hello...who are you calling at this time!!! dont you know this is a night time!!!" the sound of the voice was woken up unhappily.

"OH YEAH?? DO i DISTURB YOUR SLEEP BALDIE??" Remi threaten Baldie that immediately fresh and in tears listening to his big Sister voice.

"Big Sister!!!!Big boss!!!" Baldie looked on his phone screen to see the number area code is in Arlington.

"Baldie..i am fine! tell everyone do not worry! make sure everything is fine over there, once you settled everything. Come to Arlington, meet me at the Little paris cafe 1 week from now at 11am, i have to go, remember...lay loww" she hang up the phone when she saw her "father" came out of the car at the entrance. She hasten her steps to reach him before he screams or did anything to raise everyone attentions on her.

To her knowledge, her "father" only stood there quiet and showing her the back seat to come in. During the entire car ride, he keeps his quiet and did not even utter a single words. He keeps glancing on her occasionally and turn towards the main road view at times as if he is the one driving.

She then remained her silent as well, since she is not wanting to make a conversations either. She recognized the entire area of Arlington, she came here few times in the past to scout the riches and sold few items to underground dealing pawn shop. However this time, she has realized her coming back to Arlington for one last job has changed her entire life forever.

The back of her throat felt like a shara dessert, she keeps clesring her throat feeling uncomfortable. Conrad handed her a bottle of water from the seat pockets followed by her nodding thanking him.

He does not seem to be as bad as she has taught, but it does not mean he is also a good person. The torment and verb abuse Clarissa received has to been known by him. They are all under the same roof, for him to not even let out a squeak after Arianna's antique of assaulting proven more that Conrad Henson is just a father in name.

Arriving at the Henson Villa, Remi saw the wither bed of flowers entering the main entrance, a group of gardener now has been working on it to replace it with a new flowers that she knew was not native to Arlington. Yes she sold rare flowers as well, anything to raise a fund for charities and orphans.

Wasnt Henson in financial difficulties? How does they have funds to plant hundreds of flowers let alone shipping one from overseas?.

She took a quick glanced on the old man that is now her father quickly. He seems to disapproves the spending and yet still remain silent about it. She needs to rest for now, too much informations in a day has almost explode her brain. Feeling like her soul is sucked into a whirpool of telenovela.

The driver parked the car in front of the villa main entrance, a carved H symbol placed in the middle of the wooden door looks out of place. The villa does look a little run down compare to the villa in the neighborhood however, the Henson is lucky that it is the biggest villa as well therefore it becomes like an illusion to deter neighbors from talking behind their back regarding their old and run down house.

Walking in, Mona that is side eyeing Remi fake a smile infront of Conrad, she led Remi to her bedroom that is located at the back of the house completely not in the same house. Her room located in one of the small cottage at the back of the garden hidden among the bushes, to go to her bedroom, one must past a series of unkept garden that is covered in dried thorny roses. Are the Henson really hate Clarissa? . What exactly has this girl do?.

Entering her room, she saw a woman quiet old laying down on a metal frame bed next to another empty metal frame. Its a side by side by with a night stand separating the Twin size metal bed.

The sound of dry coughing from the sick old woman triggered her to rush and pour her a cup of water..

"My risssa, is that you?" She asked laced with her coughing fit.

Remi was taken aback when she realizes that she is the Rissa this lady was calling. Mona pinched her nose gagging, everytime the old lady was coughing, it was not a normal cough but rather one that followed by wretching sounds as if the lungs trying to come out with it.

"Come here child, come to me..." The old lady stroke Remi's arm and keep stroking it gentley..

"Let me take a look at you?" She said again.

She tried hard to sit leaning on the headboard. Remi helped propped her back so she can still be in a comfortable position.

"Clarissa...a beautiful child like her mother, twisted cruel fate that was not anyone fault but Conrad. What a shame..he has beautiful family that he abandoned for his ambitions. Clarissa was treated harshly, poor girl only has me in her life, i was just an old nanny send by the Old Madam to raise her, when Old Madam beg Conrad to take Clarissa to the mountain, Felicia refuse, she wants to raise all the children, but promise is just another words. Clarissa become the thing hated the most when she grew looking more and more like Suzanna. Jealousy is an evil thoughts" The old woman keep an eye contact with Remi while continuing her story. What puzzles her is the way the story was told as if talking about a Clarissa and not her as the Clarissa.

"Aunty, my memory is a little shamble after i was attacked, so i am not sure about the story you told".

Remi is dealing with someone who knows Clarissa well, like her..if Someone is impersonating Baldie, she can sensed it from the minute she saw the person.