Tragedy

While on our way back I ask Mia how she got rid of Fabe.

“Oh, I just slipped him a powerful laxatives.” Mia answers.

I immediately imagine Fabe suffering the consequences of that and can’t help myself from laughing.

“I think I just learned never to piss you off, Mia.” I tell her.

As we are both laughing, we come across my mother. She asks us if we have seen Alice anywhere. Apparently, mom was supposed to make good on a promise she made with Alice and have a few drinks with her, but Alice is nowhere to be seen.

Then suddenly, we hear a woman screaming. We all look at where the scream came from and we see a large crowd gathering there. Did someone get hurt? The three of us try getting over there, but we can’t seem to get through the crowd.

“You could have kicked the knife out of his hands!” Someone yells.

A knife? Did someone get attacked?

“He’s a drunk! You easily could have pushed him to the ground!” Another villager yells.

A drunk? The only drunk I know is Noah.

“A stab in Noah’s arm or leg would have been enough! There was no need to stab him in the chest!” A third villager yells.

Oh, no. Please, don’t tell me somebody died.

Eventually, Mia and I manage to get through and I did not like what I saw. Mr. Enzo was standing with the sleeve on his right arm sliced open and his arm is all bloody. Close to him is one of his maids wielding a bloody dagger. In front of that maid laid Noah. He too had a knife with him and his shirt was covered in blood. There was also a woman of similar age to Noah crying next to his body.

“His son attacked yours, Ilene! Why are you protecting him!” I hear someone in the crowd yell.

I look up and see my mom is standing with Mr. Enzo and she is trying to keep the angry crowd away.

“That was Kase’s doing. Not Mr. Enzo’s. Each person is to be judged by his own actions.” Mom calls back.

“Then his maid needs to be punished! She committed ****!” Another onlooker yells.

“Then she is to be put on trial at a tribunal.” Mom replies.

In the meantime, Mr Enzo and his maid are slowly backing away towards the mansion. I jump in to follow my mother’s example and try to keep the angry mob away form Mr. Enzo and his maid. Mia joins in too. Soon after, a few more of Mr. Enzo’s other maids come join in as well. Then also Jax.

As we are trying to keep the crowd away from Mr. Enzo, him and the maids are walking backwards towards the mansion. Eventually, Mr. Enzo is able to enter his home where he is safe. It takes another while until the crowd loses its energy and people leave. Oh, boy. What a night.

“Thanks for helping, you two.” Mom says to me and Mia. “I don’t know what would have happened if I had been on my own.”

“To be honest, mom. At the start I didn’t quite know what I should have done. I just figured you knew the right thing to do and stood by you.” I explain.

“Mr. Enzo might be in the wrong.” My mom explains. “But if the crowd gets to him, we will never know for certain. If it turns out he wasn’t in the wrong, the crowd would have killed an innocent man. At least now, everybody is safe enough for a tribunal to take place. There we’ll find out the truth.”

Like I thought, mom had already figured it all out.

“Well, I was just here because I was supporting my Darx.” Mia says as she grabs hold of my arm.

Ok, Mia. I love you and all, but I am not quite ready to act like we do in front of my mom.

“You really like my son, don’t you Mia?” My mom asks.

“I do, Miss Ilene.” Mia replies. “In fact, I think we’ve been close enough now these last few days, that I think I can be called his girlfriend.”

Miaaaa!!! You’re embarrassing me!

But mom just smiles warmly and says, “I see. Well, I’m happy my son is with someone who is willing to stand with him.”

Oh, thank god. She didn’t make it awkward.

“Just be sure to stay safe you two.” Mom continues. “I was already a young mother, I don’t want to be a young grandmother too.”

And she made it awkward.

After that, Mia and I each went home. It has been a very stressful night and we all are getting tired.