Chapter 51

"It's my turn."Sam says and with his might, pushes Abigail away from Irye and his mother. Irye manages to get Grams away from the two fighting vigorously.

"Wait here, Grams."She says. "Don't try coming any closer no matter what." She looks at her cousins and nods. They nod back, understanding what Irye means.

Irye goes to help Sam fight Abigail.

"RING, RING" the telephone sounds and Mirabel rushes to the study.

"Hello?"She puts the phone to her ear.

"Yeah, hello. Is this the McVenus' household?"A man asks with a thick voice on the other line.

"Yes, and who is this please?"Mirabel wants to confirm if she knows him or not.

"Thank Goodness"Mirabel hears the man sigh in relief. "I want to speak with Mr. Richard McVenus. Can I get to?"

"What is wrong?"Mirabel thinks. "What business again is he up to?"

After some seconds of thinking, she finally speaks. "Yeah, I will put him on. Wait a minute."

"Love!"Mirabel calls. Getting no response, she puts the phone back to her ear and speaks "Please stay on the line, I will put him on soon."

She leaves the telephone on the table and rushes out of the study.

"Richie, Richie...Love..."She calls again and climbs the stairs still getting no response.

Suddenly, she hears a loud sound and a scream.

Mirabel's heart drops knowing whom the voice comes from. She hurries up the stairs calling Bethel's name.

Bethel comes out of her room to meet her mother in the hallway.

"What's wrong, Mom?"Bethel asks, confused as to why her mother is shouting her name so frustratingly.

"Where's your sister? Did you hear her scream. Are you okay?"Mirabel holds Bethel's shoulder checking her every part if she is alright.

"Mom, relax. Am sure something like a spider is anything else must have frightened her. You know how she can be at certain little things."Bethel tries to make sense.

"Yeah I know"Mirabel says.

"Well, duh.."Bethel shrugs and goes back to pressing her phone.

"No I should check on her."Mirabel still disagrees with the first daughter and begins rushing her way to Anne's room.

Bethel sighs deeply and shrugs before following her mom, still focused on her phone.

On her way to Anne's room, Mirabel runs into her last born. She is coming from hers and Richard's room with tears in her eyes.

"Mom."She hugs her mother and cries.

"What's wrong, darling."Mirabel sweetly but anxiously asks.

"D...Dad..."Anne points to the room she comes out from.

"Are you okay?"Mirabel asks, checking around Anne's body.

"Bethel, look after her." she leaves Anne in Bethel's care and enters the room.

Truly, she finds Richard on the floor struggling for breath until he falls unconscious.

Sam and Abigail fight as if it's their last. Irye helps Sam which gives them the upper hand.

The relatives don't dare go close them. Blake, no matter how much he wants to go to Irye, stops himself.

What they are now looking at is a dog fight and it's better if they stay put until everything calms down.

Abigail is now on the floor, weak from the punches and throws and plunges she's recurved from her rivals.

Although she doesn't get hurt or anything like that, she feels everything they do to her and so do her rivals.

Irye is more at stake because she is human. So Sam tries his best to protect her from harm as much as possible.

Although it can't make the pain he's caused he's brother go away, he'll still try to protect his niece.

Abigail throws a huge stick Irye's way asa trick for Sam to protect her so she could get the chance to go the baby before Sam and Irye notice.

Her plan works and Sam is seen rushing to Irye. Abigail smirks and disappears. Her next stop of appearance is right in front of Mae.

Sam, fast to catch up with Abigail's plan, follows right after Abigail. As Abigail is about to take the baby from Mae, Sam appears and pushes her aside with his strength.

Abigail falls to a tree.

"Irye!"Sam calls. "Stay here and protect them."He shouts and with swiftness, appears beside Abigail.

He holds her up by her neck and squeezes it.

"You should learn to know your place. I guess you never learned to."Sam grits and tightens his fingers around Abigail's neck.

Abigail becomes weak and falls to the floor when Sam let's go. Abigail coughs several times, still lying in the ground.

Seeing she is out of strength, Sam goes to check on the others.

"Are you all alright?"He asks and they nods.

"We are okay."Grams says changing Gerrard's bandage.

Irye looks at Abigail on the floor.

"She is just weak for now. We must still be alert. She is very strong and I think she is becoming more and more stronger by day because she derives the energy from your fright and anxiety."Sam explains.

"We can't keep on fighting her every time. We must get rid of her before she kills us all."Irye says, anxiously.

"We will."Sam assures Irye. "In the mean time, it seem you are the on who created this boundary. Well, not you yourself per say but your sister. You have to figure out how to break it and send your family home."

"How? I can't even communicate with her." I tells Sam.

"You have to trust her completely. When she is out, allow her the full control. She will never hurt those you love as she doesn't only share your pain but your happiness also. When you hate someone, she hates them too and it's the same with love."

Irye sighs. "I wish I could but I can't help but think of what I did sometime again to my step sis."

Sam puts his hand on her shoulder. "It's a process. Try to..okay." He turns to look at Abigail but notices she's not there.

"Do you sense her?"Sam asks Irye and Irye also realises her mother is nowhere on the floor.

"Yeah but am not sure where she would be."She answers.

"Then be on the alert. She may be nearby."Sam warns and turns to the others sitting on the floor. "We'll protect you. Don't worry."

Suddenly Sam turns sensing Abigail and before he could think of anything, he turns to Irye eyes wide.

Abigail is standing behind Irye with a stick in hand. Before Irye could turn, she raises it and brings it down with force.

Sam rushes to Irye and covers her. The stick plunges through his back to his heart.

Abigail vanishes and Sam falls to the ground.

"Sam, Uncle Sam"Grams and the cousins respectively say in unison.

Tears in Grams eyes seeing her son die once more. This time, in front of her and he's not going to come back.

Irye kneels by Sam and holds him up.

"Stay strong and trust both you and your sister."Sam says for the last and looks at his mother as he vanishes bit by bit into thin air.