Lakshmi’s POV
“Officers, you are making a mistake…I am sure there is a mix up somewhere. You mistook my husband for someone else” I heard my mom screaming from the living room.
“What is going on?” I asked Scott who sat beside me on his bed.
“I don’t know…I think we should go check” Scott suggested and we both ran out of the his room at once.
“Dad!!!” I ran towards my father who was being handcuffed by some police men.
“Officers, what is happening here?” Scott separated me from my father as I kept on clinging onto him.
“Your father here is under arrest for buying and selling illegal drugs. He is a drug trafficker and reports of him using children for his drug trafficking has also reached us” the officer explained before he carried my father along with him.
“Lakshmi you have to stop now…acting like this won’t be of any use to us” Scott held me down as he dragged me away from the living room.
My mom looked very shocked…I know what she must have been thinking, never did she expect that her husband would be accused of drug trafficking let alone be using children for such disgusting activities.
“Where are you going mom?” Scott asked my mum who and dashed out of the house in a hurry but she was reluctant to give him an answer.
“Mom!!” He tried to stop her but she pushed his hand away.
“I am going to get your father…you two should stay here, if there is anything I’ll let you know” my mum ran towards the car with her car keys before she drove off immediately.
“Scott…” I stammered and shivered at the same time.
“Dad is going to be fine okay…we just have to wait here like mom said” Scott’s voice was soothing, it calmed me down a bit but it wasn’t enough to stop me from thinking about it.
Here I was being happy about the fact that Emily and her father had finally left the house and I could have more time to spend with Scott without Emily coming in between us…only for me to start facing another kind of trouble.
Mara’s POV
“Hello Keren” I picked up Keren’s phone call and the way she was breathing over the phone made me realize that the phone call wasn’t going to be so pleasing.
“You have to take your things and get out of your house with your family as soon as you can…meet me at the address I will send you and we will leave this country.
I am doing this because I care about you but if you don’t come in the next one hour then I am going to leave without you” Keren sounded very shaken and scared over the phone.
“But why?” I was questioning her but I didn’t get any response.
“Hello hello…”I kept on repeating but it was obvious that she had ended the call.
Whatever it is that made Keren to panic like this would surely make me lose my mind.
She has given me only an hour to come and meet her…whatever it is I will have to do as she has told me before it is too late.
“Mum we have to go now” I dragged my mum and sister at once.
“What is wrong with you, Mara? Why are you dragging us like we are just your school bag or something?!!” My mum scolded me.
“Mum my boss has instructed me to leave now with the little things we can pack so we have to go now” I ran upstairs and my sister and Mom ran after me.
“Mara are you crazy or something? Your boss instructed you to pack your things and leave so you decided to drag us along.
By the way, who is she to tell you what you should and should not do after your work hours? What exactly is going on?” My mum gave me a tight slap but that didn’t stop me from packing my stuff.
“Mum…my…my boss works for the FBI and she has informed me that…that some kind of danger is approaching us and we need to get out of here.
Do you understand now mum…we have one hour” I grabbed my mum’s shoulder and shook her.
“She paused and looked at me for some time…when she noticed that her words and the slap had no effect on me she also started to pack her bags.
“Charlotte hurry up…you will have to pack your things as well” I instructed my little sister as she ran out to go get her things as well.
We were about to leave the house when we heard gunshots coming from outside.
“I told you mum…we have to take the backdoor” I hurriedly took my things and we ran outside…we were lucky enough to get a taxi on time.
“Driver take us to Lan Lily estate at once” we jumped into the car with our bags.
“Land Lily?” My mum was shocked.
“You better step on it!!” I shouted at the driver once the gunshots got louder.
I wiped my sweaty face with my palms…. one hour was almost up and I could hear the gunshots getting closer, what if she had left without us.
What danger could she be trying to warn me about? Dear Lord please protect me…. I have no idea what is going on and I had to lie to my mother. I hope I find out soon.
“Why are you so slow? Drive faster” I kept on slapping my palm on the back of the driver’s seat.
“I am trying my best young girl and you don’t talk to me like that…I am older than you” he shouted at me.
“If you don’t drive faster then we are all gonna die and we would see if you would still be looking for respect in the world above” I nodded my head sideways.
“I don’t know why you are in such a hurry Mara…you just have to calm down. Please forgive her sir…just drive” my mum tapped me and brought my hand from the driver seat.