Isabella P.O.V
I couldn’t take my mind off that dream. Was it even a dream? I was currently in my room; we just returned from Lara’s house, mom said Stella would be fine, notting is wrong with her.
I could still hear her voice echoing in my head, Lara's voice was there stuck in my head. The sentences she spoke that I can’t seem to forget. Those words were written on my head, I could hear them over and over again. It’s like everywhere I look, I see Lara. Her brown skin, her pitch-black eyes, her pointed nose, Her face was what I saw every time I open or close my eyes. I returned to reality when my mom came in.
“Isabell, Lunch is ready. Come downstairs,” she said. She was about to leave when she spotted something. “Isa? Are you okay? Why aren't you saying anything?."
“Hmm?”
“You burnt your arm. How did that happen?”
I scrunched my brows. What was my mom talking about? I checked my arm until I discovered the scar. I didn’t know what to say. I was about to say something, but nothing came out, I still couldn't speak, it was like my lips were sealed, I couldn't move them or it hurt when I tried to open them.
"Hmm."
“Isa, answer me, what happened?” my mother asked.
"Hmm."
"Why aren't you saying anything, darling are you okay?" My mother asked.
Even if I could speak, I didn’t know what to tell her? I had no idea what to say?. Quickly, I grabbed a pen and a paper, and wrote the following:
I’m on a vow of silence for some days. I’m asking God for a huge favor, and I want him to accept it.
I gave mom the paper. She studied the note and nodded.
“Ok. I hope the Lord grants your wish, May you be blessed my child.” She said, she was about leaving when she stopped as if she remembered something to tell me.
"Isa please don't be late for prayers again, your father wasn't happy when you missed it today." My mother said, I nodded a yes then she left.
How did I burn my hand? My mind went back to the dream and Lara’s word. Maybe it wasn’t a dream, but how? If that had been the case, how am I alive? I could remember the dream clearly every single detail that happened? I wanted to know how Lara knew about the dream. Was it even a dream? Those questions kept replaying in my head I couldn't stop thinking about everything and how it happened?.
Meanwhile at Lara’s house:
Lara was happy for scaring Isabella. She liked it when people feared her. Isabell thought she saw Lara, but it wasn’t the case. What Isabell saw was someone formed and shaped like Lara. She was powerful, but Isabella was stronger. Lara wanted to destroy her, but she couldn’t come close to her, let alone touch her, Lara hated that Isabell has much power over her, Lara wanted her death, she wanted to destroy her life, She needed to find a way to come close to Isabell, Lara could remember clearly when she went to Isabell's house, there was something powerful that was stopping her from entering the house, something more powerful than her, She had no idea what it was? Lara wanted Isabell's doom but she needed to find her book first. She needed that book to solve all her problems.
Lara sat on her bed. She needed to find her book, to see him. With his help, not only would she become more powerful, but also eliminate Isabella and she will be able to take care of her step-parent especially Stella. Lara was in deep thinking when Stella came into her room.
“Lara, lunch is ready!” she said, but Lara didn’t say a word nor move. “Lara! I said lunch is ready” She was about to raise her hand on Lara when she heard footsteps.
Stella headed to the living room door and peeked through the peephole. She opened the door, where two men wearing black suits greeted her.
"Good afternoon ma'am." The first man said.
"Afternoon, who are you?". Stella asked.
“Can we come in, ma’am?” the first man said.
“Who are you?” Stella asked.
“Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI ma'am. We’re here to search the house,” the second man explained.
Stella hid her vexation. Couldn’t they knock on the front door instead of barging in? “Start with the room by the left, I will be right back”
Stella returned to Lara’s room while the men continued doing their job. It was quiet. Lara still didn’t say anything neither did Stella. An FBI officer was outside the doorway, occasionally glancing at them to make sure all was well.
“Why are the officers here?” Lara asked.
Stella didn’t want to answer, but she had to pretend to be a good stepmom. “The nice officer wanted to search the house. They suspect your parents’ accident was planned. They’re looking for evidence that could’ve led to your parents’ deaths,."
"Did they find anything?." Lara asked.
" Yes they did, they found a weird book in the house the last time they came here. They believe the book has a key, and it’s hidden here, so there are here to find it” Stella answered her in a fake sweet mother voice.
Lara didn’t say anything. Her book was with the officers, and she had to get it. She has to get it before things go wayward.