CHAPTER 34

It felt really weird hearing someone calling her that. She was really married and it made her heart flutter.
“Let's go downtown first, Sotherton village,” she instructed him.
“But……....”
“Just do as you are told,” she said coldly.
She didn't want to fight anyone especially at a time like this. She wanted to bid farewell once and for all that place that held so many bad memories. It took them thirty minutes to arrive to the correct street.
She climbed out of the car and stood right in front of the house that she lived in for almost eighteen years. So many awful things happened in this house she wished she could burn it to the ground but she already sold it to another. She just hoped something good will come out of it.
“Is that you Olivia?” a voice asked and she turned her head only to find her old neighbor. She was now old but lovely as always.
“It's me Granny. How have you been?” she asked smiling at the old woman.
“I have been good. You suddenly left and I couldn't say goodbye. I'm glad I finally get to see you once again. What are you doing here?”
“I came to look at the place one more time before I return.”
“Where are you staying now?” the old woman asked worriedly.
“In Mereen now and I got married,” she told her happily. This granny was her comforter whenever something bad happened to her.
“I'm happy for you, child. Finally, you can be happy. I just want you to forget everything that happened back in the past and move on.”
“I will heed your advice granny. I have to go now, since I saw you, I can leave in peace.”
“Wait! There is something I need to give you. Wait for me here,” the granny said as she rushed inside the house.
She waited for ten minutes before she emerged for her house. The old woman gave her a box and she took it.
“These are important, please look at them when you are free,” the granny told her.
“I will. Goodbye granny,” she said as she bides her goodbye and returned to the car.
“Let's go to the mall now,” she instructed the driver.
She sat in the backseat and opened the box. She choked as she sees the contents of the box. This granny knew her secret and never told anyone. She had gone to such great lengths and protected her all these years.
She was grateful and was going to show her gratitude one way or the other. The box had something she lost the other night after completing a job. It was a mask that had a rose embroidered on it. It was the only thing she used to cover who she really was and yet someone knew.
She couldn't dispose of her after everything she had done for her. There was also a pouch that contained poison ivy powder something she practically threw away four years ago but now had resurfaced. What would she do to that granny?
“Return back to downtown,” she instructed the driver who just followed her.
When she arrived, she went straight to the old woman's house and she was waiting for her.
“I knew you would come,” she said.
“So, tell me why you kept these?” Aurora asked the old woman.
“Please take a seat,” the granny politely said as she gave Aurora a seat.
“Are you threatening me?” she asked the old woman coldly and angrily.
“I would never do that. I knew you had your reason which is why I never said a thing even up to now. Those people were ruthless I wanted to do that myself but when I thought of you, I just couldn't do it. So, when I heard the news that you were all hospitalized that night, I searched through all your belongings and got rid of any evidence. I never thought you would risk your life like that. That was very foolish of you,” the old woman said looking very angry which shocked her.
“So, you knew and still acted like you didn't?” Aurora was just so angry listening to the old woman talking like this.
“I have seen a lot of things in this world. I knew how that couple was like before. When they took in an innocent child, I thought they have changed but who knew they would train you to become such a killing machine? I loathed them so much and couldn't do anything about them. You might not remember but the day you dropped this mask you saved my life. I was grateful that I kept it to myself and swore to protect you from any harm till your last breath,” she confessed and there was anger in her voice.
“I didn't know,” Aurora didn’t know what to say at this stage.
“I know but it was good that way. For a course of a year, I added a poison in your parent's favorite food. One day they were going to die anyway but you made it quicker. Because they had been poisoned for a long time the doctors didn't notice it and so you were never questioned. There was no evidence of any foul play and when you left, I was happy. Now that you are back and alive, I'm grateful. Don't come back to this place ever again!” the old woman was adamant about it and glad to see that the little girl was now happy and free from those toxic parents.
She couldn't believe that she wasn't the only one who hated her parents so much. She was glad that someone else wanted them gone.
“Thank you very much,” she said tears flowing down, Aurora was very grateful to the old woman and for everything that she had done for her behind her back.
“Be happy child and forget about everything. Don't cry now,” the woman comforted her sincerely.
“I will forever be in your debt,” she said as she stood up. She opened her bag and took out the wad of cash her husband had given to her.