"How could you, Zoey?" Liah ask fresh tears forming in her eyes. "How could I what?" Zoey asks, her voice harsh and cold. "How could you betray me like this?' Liah's voice trembles as she struggles for self-control. "And how exactly did I betray you, Liah?"
"How can you even ask me that after everything you have done? You're my little sister. How could you team up with David to frame Moses and to hurt me? Your own blood." Liah demands her voice, still trembling.
"David wanted to help you, so he asked for my help." "Help me?" Liah demands in utter disbelief. "Yes, my dear big sis, help you, help you to see the error of your sinful ways." "Are you freaking serious right now?" Anthony growls.
"Yes, I am, both of you are acting as if I'm the bad one here, but I'm not, the only thing I'm guilty of is trying to help you, Liah." "And how exactly were you trying to help me, Zoey?"
"What do you mean by how? You were a model girlfriend, daughter, big sister and child of God before Michael showed up, then all of a sudden you were being escorted to Razor's base where you ended up doing all manner of sinful things with god knows how many men."
"As if that was my choice." "Maybe not at first, but you surely adapt to the lifestyle quickly, didn't you?" Zoey sneers. "I saw the change in you when you came back home, you weren't happy to be home, oh no, it's as if you couldn't wait to run back to that placeand David and I knew right away, that change had something to do with Michael, and you prove us right with that little scene in the town square where you run across a busy street just so you could throw yourself at him...
Then all your secret prayers were answered when Michael came to stay at the house. You would have jumped his bones that very night if you had gotten the chance, and David and I both knew that you skip work the next day just so you could jump his bones." She snorts in disgust.
"Night after night, you couldn't wait for me to fall asleep so you could sneak out of our room and into his and oh, how frustrated you would get when I refused to fall asleep. Some nights I stayed up late on purpose so that you wouldn't get the chance to go over there
David and I were beside ourselves with worry about you. We feared that your soul would end up in hell, so we decided to save you from yourself." "Alright, I've heard enough of this bullshit," Anthony growls, moving towards Zoey.
"No, it's okay, let her finish, I want to hear what else she has to say," Liah says, taking a deep breath. "Damn right you should listen to what I have to say because you know I'm right, it's as if you went crazy with sexual lust...
defying the word of God, lying to your family and sneaking around all over town with this complete stranger. You were not acting like yourself, so what the hell were we supposed to do?"
"Okay, I'll give you that, I wasn't acting like myself, and I'm indeed guilty of some of the things you mentioned, but how does your getting pregnant for David and framing Moses for it helping me?" Liah also asks, folding her hands across her chest.
"Me getting pregnant for David was an accident, but it happened because I had to step in to fill the position that you abandoned, base on what we know Razor's men are capable of and you being there for so long meant that you were no longer fit to fill the role of David's wife, which leaves me," she say smugly.
"Now, when you returned home, it was hard for him to keep pretending that he was still interested in you, but he did it so that he could come visit me, and even though he was no longer sexually interested in you, he still wanted to save your soul, which means getting you away from that sex crazed Michael..."
"Are you really trying to justify your disgusting behaviour?" Anthony barks, moving towards Zoey. "Anthony...." Liah began, but he cut her off. "No way in hell am I going to just stand here and listen to this bullshit!" "Play it cool, remember." Liah hiss narrowing her eyes at him, he growled deep in his throat, but said nothing more.
Zoey snorts, straightens her spine and continues. "The reason I named Michael as the father of my child was to protect David from Mr trigger happy over there, because let's face it, you may be my brother, but you're no match for Michael." Anthony's fingers fold into fists, but he said nothing.
"David is a weasel, he told you that he wanted to save me, but the truth is, he wanted to kill me because I had the nerve to walk away from him. So he played all of us, including you, for a fool while putting his plan in motion."
"Liar! He planned to save you!" "No." Liah snaps. "His plan, which he carried out perfectly, was to kidnap me from the retreat, cut both my wrists, leave me in a house to die, where no one would find me until my body began rotting. He then fled the country. He got away, but thank God Anthony found me before it was too late."
"Liar, David would never harm you, or abandon his child and me..." "But he did, and I certainly didn't cut my own wrist," Liah says, holding out her wrists before Zoey. "No, you have to be lying, David would never do something like this, he wouldn't, he loves me, and he's going to marry me." Zoey cries.
"Get a clue, Zoey, he used you and lied to you." Liah snaps. "No, this is all your fault; you drove him to this. He would never have left me on his own accord." "Alright, jackass, you keep believing that, but never forget that every action comes with a reaction, so I hope all this is worth the reaction that will be coming your way." Liah snort.
"And the wages of sin is death, you almost dying is just the beginning of your reaction, I hate you, because of you, David is gone. I wish he had killed you..." Storming towards Zoey, Anthony slapped her hard across her face.
"Disgraceful little bitch, you should be ashamed of yourself, get the fuck out of my sight. Hey Spider! Take this twit back to her room." He growls as a man appear form outside, grabs Zoey's hand and drags her away.
"Hey, you alright?" Anthony asks as Liah double over in the chair. "She's right, none of this would have happened if I hadn't gone after Moses like that." She cried. "Hey, relax, in case you haven't realised it yet, going after Michael was the smartest thing you've ever done...
Because you went after him, you're now officially a part of the royal family of Saudi-Arabia, so come on, pull yourself together, we have one more stop to make before you leave this town for good.
Thank you for reading
words of encouragement
God always has something for you
A key for every problem
A light for every shadow
A relief for every sorrow
and a great plan for tomorrow
Riddle from the last ch: What can be taken before you can have it?
Ans: Your picture
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What is the biggest problem a giraffe has with its laundry?