HORRIBLE EVENTS

CLARA'S POV
Spending about twenty two hours with mum and Jenny eased a lot of stress for me, I was so relieved and happy about the decision they made to pick me up yesterday night. I and Jenny spent the whole night talking about everything we had missed, but I never mention anything about Leo to her and I felt bad for hiding it from her because we never keep any secret, but it was for the best. My room was still the way it was, my bed had my favourite bedsheet placed on it, Jenny corner had just changed a little because of the pictures she placed on the wall. Mum didn't go to work on Sundays same as Jenny so we ended up spending the whole day indoor, I didn't want any of friends or classmate to see me, but stubborn Danielle got to know one way or the other through Jenny and dropped by the house while coming back from the store. No doubt I had lot of fun and was close to forgetting about going back to Leo's magnificent mansion. Mum, Jenny and Danielle escorted me to the park where I boarded a bus and had to bid them goodbye. While heading back, I wondered if Leo even noticed my absence but I hoped he didn't, the traffic on the road was way too much than I expected it to be on Sundays. We had been on the same lane for an hour and now it seems like we weren't even moving at all, I became worried.
"What will I do if I eventually get back and wasn't allowed to go in by the security men" I was really bothered, I just had to hope that no matter the time I get back the security guard will let me in. Few minutes later, we began to hear gunshots and everybody in the bus began to scream loudly and mine was the loudest. Fear shot down my spine when I looked up and saw a masked man pointing a gun at a small girl of about five years, he kept on shouting at the girl's father to provide some money he stole from them but the man kept on pleading, saying that he doesn't know where are money is and that he didn't betray them. The masked man instructed his other men to search the car and they obeyed immediately, they found an envelope one of them looked into it and nod his head. The masked man placed the gun on the girls head and her mother kept on pleading but the man shot her, which made the woman almost run mad, she ran to attack the man unharmed but got shot on the head. I closed my eyes and felt tears dropping down my cheeks, the sight was so horrible. It was my first time of watching someone get killed and the scene kept on repeating itself in my head. I raised up my head slowly after and hearing another gunshot, the man had been killed. They were the ones that had caused the traffic, they had been waiting for the man. Like what they had done wasn't enough, they began to shoot at anyone and anything, people began to run for their lives, some got lucky to escape while some where not. A man was about to open the door and run outside but was stopped by a nurse who suggested we all stay down, bending our head or if possible lie down flat.
I took the woman's advice and bend down my head, placing my hands on it with my two eyes closed tightly as I was shivering in fear. "I don't want to die" I kept on whispering these words until one of the bullet hit our bus and I screamed loudly. I thought I was dead for a moment, the bullet hit the bus window and broke into pieces injuring a lot of people including me. I sustained an injury on my arm but I didn't notice until I saw blood tripping down to my finger, it was really painful. Few seconds later I heard the screeching sound of a vehicle and the gunshots stopped. People began to weep, there where loud mourning every where as ambulance began to troop in in their dozens and police surrounded the whole area.
" Those men stole that poor man's money, killed his family and innocent people. Why are they so heartless" I said to the man sitting beside me, he also had a cut on his leg. I kept on holding my arm tightly as blood kept on gushing out, the cut must have been deep.
" They are Mafias, the man they shot supposedly betrayed them and they killed him amd his family, that's the penalty" The man said, trying to nurse his injure leg. I have have heard of Mafias when I newly came to Italy, but I have never seen one. My classmates had told me how dangerous and brutal they were and I wished never to come across one. But today I did, maybe I didn't wish well. A police officer opened our door, instructing everyone to get down gently and go to the ambulance so that we could be attended to. Everyone let out a cry when we noticed that the nurses who had advised us to stay in the bus was dead, the bullet had hit her on the head. The last time I saw a corpse was my dad's. And today I am seeing score of people on the floor, lying lifelessly in their cold blood. It was really horrible to see, my phone began to vibrate in my pocket and I took it out with my blood stained hand, it was mum calling. The news must have gone viral as media personal were seen in different corners of the road.
" Mum, I'm fine. " I said trying to fight back the tears that was threatening to drop as I didn't want to make her worried, but I couldn't hold back and began to cry.
" Oh, I thought we had lost you. Jenny and I are watching the news currently and I saw the bus you entered on the television, it was damaged. I almost died of an heart attack, If you"
"Mum, don't worry Okay I am fine now. I would soon leave here don't worry, I will call you when I get back." I interrupted her because I knew she was going to go on and on if I didn't stop her and it was almost my turn to get treated by the medical practitioners who were sitting inside the ambulance attending to people with minor injuries. I had to do a lot of convincing to mum before she agreed to end the call promising to call back later. A journalist approached me with a man holding a camera, he was obviously videoing. She was about to ask me a question but I shook my head, telling her to remove the camera off my face but she resisted. How was she expecting do an interview with her in this condition I was in? I raised my hand to cover my face, revealing my injured arm, blood was still gushing out severely. Out of annoyance, I shouted at her to leave and she did, moving to another person. While I was being attended to, the nurse family arrived at the scene and were crying when they saw her part of the lifeless bodies laid on the ground, covered in white clothing. Hot tears began to rush my eyes again, my lips quivered while the doctor attending to me tried to calm me down, but it wasn't working.
My cloth was stained with blood while I walked down the road to get a cab, by now everywhere was getting dark. Journalist kept on running towards me at every corner as me questions, but I didn't respond to any. My mind was lost, I was imagining how mum and Jenny would have felt if I was part of this dead people. It didn't take long for me to get a cab and I was grateful because lot people were staring at me with pity while I was waiting for a cab. By the time I got to the mansion, everywhere was already dark. The cab man insisted that I shouldn't pay him and left, now one problem was still on ground and that was convincing the security guard to allow me. Just as I expected, they didn't let me in stating the fact that time was fifteen minutes past ten and nobody was allowed to either go out nor come in once it clocks ten. They were so heartless even after seeing the state I was in. I tried explaining to them as I had no where else to go but they didn't answer. One of them later offered to call Leo body guard so that he can tell Leo about my condition, I heaved a sigh of relief and hope that Leo answers. Few minutes later, Leo's guard called and said that he had been knocking on Leo's door but he wasn't answering and there was nothing he could do. I sat on the floor crying profusely.