Anna quickly sidestepped, hoping her mother hadn't seen the police car pulling in.
"I need to stall" she thought.
"Mother, please, you've got to rethink this!" she blurted out.
Sara gave her a shove and said "No, little girl, you're the one who has some thinking to do. Now get moving."
"Mother, I just don't think I can take anymore of this. Do you have any idea what kind of hell the last two days have been for me? I pissed off this entire town when I bought the pin, even though I gave the rest of the junk to Lily. I have had an insane monkey-like man jump out at me. That was just the beginning."
Anna quickly glanced outside, wondering who was in the police car and what was taking so long.
"On top of that, someone left a gross message on my front door, then cleaned it up before anybody else could see it. Now people are starting to think I'm the crazy one!"
"I've been in a car crash, which I am sure gave me a concussion because I had the strangest dream last night. After that, an 8 year old broke into my house, tried to steal the pin from me, and according to you, has been conning me from the get-go."
"Well I'm not sure she's been totally conning you. I am positive she has her own agenda, though." Sara interrupted.
"But I believed her" Anna wailed, "Mother, she's just a little girl."
Sara looked at her in disgust. "Pull yourself together, we've got to get going."
Anna was getting desperate. It couldn't be Kaelin in the car, he had been in surgery last she knew. Who was it? Where were they?
"Oh no, you're going to hear me out, Mother! Lily told me the most amazing story, which I thought was about my ancestors. But no, you had to ruin that, didn't you? This has been the worst day ever! I fell down my steps, hit my head, when I came to, I thought Lily had been kidnapped. On the way to look for her, I got hauled off to a murder scene by someone I thought was becoming more than just a friend. He had even brought the files on the old case for me to read."
"Please let someone come soon, I don't know how long she'll listen to me whine" thought Anna.
"I know, I read the same files" Sara interrupted again. But Anna was on a roll, not truly listening to what Sara had said.
"The absolute worst, was witnessing Deputy Kaelin being shot. I still have his blood on my clothes. And who do I find lurking around? You, of all people! Only we don't get a chance to even talk, the electricity goes out and I get kidnapped. As if enough hasn't already happened to me!"
Anna was beyond desperate. There had been more than enough time for the cop to show up. And knowing her mother's lack of patience, Anna knew she was running out of time. The only thing she had left was to keep talking.
"Mother, the strangest man took me. He claims that he is a paid killer, working for John, trying to find the true heir to John's fortunes. Only John turns out to be as looney as those two monkey-like men who now I'm told might be my brothers."
Sara laughed "Yes, he is, isn't he".
By this time Anna was getting pissed. "Mom, he told me that you are not Sara, you are not the heir, and he implied that you killed my dad...Mother you need to start telling me the truth. Are you Sara? Did you kill my father? Mother, please..." Anna was beginning to choke up, overflowing with anger and sorrow.
Sara was still laughing "You really think you can handle the truth? Well, let's start with a little question of my own..."Why do you keep calling me that?"
Anna looked confused "Calling you what?"
"Mother..."
to be continued...and ended
Posted by captainhoof
at 10:58 AM CDT
