Re: Stolen Life {3}
Chapter 3: Austin learns everything.
While Amber and Cameron wanted to leave, Selena stopped them.
"We got to talk, Cameron!", she started to yell.
"I'm calling a taxi for Samantha, grandmother. Wait a minute."
"NOW, Cameron! Samantha is pregnant, isn't she?!"
Amber and Cameron were both more than shocked. How did Selena even find out?
"Why are you such a cold-blooded person!? What kind of awful man are you?! Did you seriously just want to leave this poor girl?!", Selena furiously complained.
"I just--"
"I won't allow such a thing! If it's your baby, it's our grandchild!"
"Grandmother, there's a misunderstanding."
Selena looked into Amber's eyes.
"Is that so, Samantha?! Aren't you pregnant?!"
"I... I am--."
Cameron interrupted her, and whispered:
"Tell her the truth, idiot."
"Do you really want that?", Amber smiled at Cameron.
Suddenly, Thomas and Haley entered the room.
"We will have a baby. Samantha is pregnant.", Selena immediately told them.
"P-p-pregnant?", Haley mumbled.
"Cameron doesn't want the child! He told her to get an abortion."
"Abortion?! Don't you have any self-respect, Cameron!?", Thomas yelled.
"Uncle, it's--"
"Shut up! Samantha, you are not going anywhere."
Cameron furiously ran out of the house, when suddenly Marla was standing in front of the door!!
Marla ran into the Villa.
As Amber heard the voice of her sister, she quickly ran down to see what was going on.
"Marla, what is going on?", she whispered.
Marla immediately hugged her sister.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Sister..", Marla cried.
She didn't even know how to say it, so she just told her:
"Miley has leukemia!"
....
"What?! What are you talking about?!"
Suddenly, Thomas came down as well.
"Ms. Marla? Do... you know each other?", he asked as soon as he saw Marla, the girl he met in the hospital.
"Just tell him everything!", Marla complained.
Amber looked at the others.
....
"This secret... is starting to really bother me. My consciousness is not clear. Let's tell it all and get it over with!", she said while tears were rolling down her cheeks.
"I know Marla. Cameron knows her, too---."
"Could you just shut up?!", Cameron yelled.
"Now, we wanted to drive to your farm... when suddenly this poor girl and her sister Amber were hitchhiking. We felt really sorry and picked them up.", Amber lied.
"WHAT?!", Marla sobbed.
....
"The girl didn't look good at all. She seemed like she was running from something or someone.", Amber began to explain.
"Suddenly, she yelled at us! Stuff like 'stop the fucking car!'. Of course, Cameron stopped."
Marla looked at Cameron. She couldn't believe what was going on right now!
"The girl opened the door, began to run and threw herself down the cliff!!", Amber added.
.....
.....
"What the hell are you doing?", Marla asked.
"Why are you still continuing with this?!"
"Did... this really happen, Marla?", Thomas asked.
Cameron interrupted Marla.
"It... it did, Uncle! Everything happened exactly like that!"
"But... Marla was alone in the hospital. Cameron, why did you two not follow her into the hospital?!"
"We were scared and ran away!!", Amber yelled.
"Why did I come here?!", Marla yelled.
"What did I tell you a few minutes ago?! You should tell him that, too... Samantha!"
Amber turned towards Marla.
"You wanted money from us!"
"WHAT?!", Marla gasped.
"You see, her sister is sick and... they need money.", Amber told Thomas.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! NO, I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOUR MONEY--!"
"My dear.... I will help you. Don't worry."
"I don't want any of your money. Samantha…"
"Look, my dear. I am sure, if Amber was here, she'd want the same."
"Do you know what would have happened if my sister were still alive?"
....
"She would've come into the hospital with me. For Miley."
....
"I realized once again that she died.", Marla sobbed and left the house.
Amber followed her.
"Did the doctor really say it's leukemia?!"
....
....
"ANSWER ME, MARLA!"
"They will make some tests. It's likely leukemia.", Marla said.
"Fuck! Why is this happening to her, why?!", Amber started to cry.
"Oooh, look at you! Do you even care about Miley?!"
"What the hell are you talking about? Of course, I do! Miley means everything to me!"
....
"I saw your true colors! You are doing everything to live in that Villa--!"
"What does this have to do with the Villa?! I am doing all of these for us. For you, for Miley... for the baby in my stomach. How many times do I have to tell you this?! Look, Miley really needs that money. Do you know how much it will cost you?"
....
"Miley needs her sister... she needs Amber. But hey, the poor girl died, right? She jumped out of your car and threw herself down the cliff, right?! When have you grown to be such a liar--?!"
"Marla..."
"I don't even know you anymore! Are you really my sister?! Now go. Go and sleep on those silk sheets. I can look out for my sister."
Marla left. She stepped into the bus and left...
- - - -
"Thomas, you talked to Cameron, right? He'll marry Samantha, won't he?", Selena asked him.
"They'll marry, mom. Don't worry."
"I don't want anyone to know this. Only us.", Selena declared.
"And Haley, please don't tell any of this Daisyree.", she told Haley.
Some minutes later, Selena went into her room.
-"Thomas, they don't have to marry."
-"Is there really another option, Haley?"
-"Look, honey. You guys don't have the right to force Cameron to be a father. Maybe he doesn't feel ready? Maybe he really doesn't love the girl?"
-"He should've thought about that earlier."
-"You know him. Okay, he has done a mistake, that's possible... An abortion seems fitting."
Thomas looked at his wife.
-"I can't believe you. How can you, a woman.... a woman that lost her own child... expect Samantha to get an abortion?"
-"Are you comparing our child to hers, Thomas?! They aren't even married!"
-"Are you really that conservative, Haley?"
-"You don't even know her! I don't want to! I don't want her to raise her child here, in the Villa where we killed our child, where my poor girl couldn't live!"
-"I really don't understand you."
-"WHY, THOMAS?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
Haley started to cry.
-"I... don't understand."
"Why do you always have to remember me?! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER ME ABOUT HOW I LOST MY CHILD, THOMAS?!", she sobbed.
-"It was us! We killed her! Me and you. I HATE BOTH ME, AND YOU!!", she yelled while tears were rolling down her cheeks.
-"Haley, calm down. Stop giving us the fault for this! We were just---"
-"SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!", she yelled while she held her head with both hands.
-"HOW COULD WE KNOW THAT SUCH A THING WOULD HAPPEN?!", Thomas yelled at her.
Haley cried even more...
. . . . . . .
A few days passed.
Even Piper felt sorry for Miley.
The whole Family visited doctors, there were many therapies...
"Sister... am I going to die?", Miley asked with great discomfort.
"Don't say such a thing, my darling!", Cora complained.
"Look, you will take your medicine, you will have many treatments and therapies... you will heal.", Marla calmed her sister down.
----
-"Ms. Selena.."
-"Don't call me like that. From now on, it's grandmother and grandfather.", Selena smiled.
-"Grandmother. You and Haley talked about needing an assistant to help Jade and Hanna, remember?", Amber asked.
-"I do. Haley is searching for someone, but..."
-"I actually know somebody. I know her for a long time now, and... I'd like to introduce her to you today."
-*-*-
Amber convinced Marla to work at the Villa.
"You really can't find someone better than Marla, grandma.", Amber smiled.
"Do you have any... references?", Selena asked Marla.
"Grandma, I am the reference.", Amber smiled.
"I know her really well. She's like a sister to me. And..."
Amber started to whisper.
"I told you about her.. situation. She really needs the money."
"Well, you really do seem to know her, so.."
Selena turned towards Marla.
"You can start today!", she happily announced.
Amber immediately hugged Selena and Marla.
Selena called Hanna.
"Yes, Ms. Selena?"
"Marla will work here from now on. You can tell her what she has to do, right?"
"Come on, I will show you the house.", Hanna smiled.
Suddenly, Haley entered the room.
"Um, who is this, Hanna?"
"The new housemaid, Ms. Haley."
"You... took her without me agreeing--?!"
"I accepted her, Haley.", Selena interrupted her.
-"But why didn't you ask me, mother?"
-"Selena know her. I didn't feel the need to ask you."
-"Stop dragging this, Haley. Besides, I am a daughter-in-law, too, you know?", Amber threatened.
Haley told Hanna and Marla to leave the room.
-"Look, her sister is sick. We wanted to help out.", Selena explained.
Amber didn't let anyone command Marla around.
- - - -
Some hours later, Amber and Cameron were discussing something, when suddenly Marla brought them coffee.
-"Leave, I am not hungry.", Cameron commanded.
-"Hop, hop. Don't talk to her like that! You do know that she is my sister. I didn't bring her here just to let her be commanded around.", Amber complained.
-"Cameron. I wouldn't want any of this to happen, either. As soon as the therapies of Miley begin, I'll leave. So don't worry.", Marla explained with great pain.
She left the room.
Suddenly, Samantha got a phone call.
--"Samantha's householder is calling."
--"You still have that phone?!"
--"Dumbhead, I am Samantha, right?! I have to know who calls her and such! Look at me. We have to empty that house before anyone gets skeptical."
They immediately left and drove to Samantha's house.
Cameron looked around if someone was watching.
--"Why are you acting like a thief?! We are friends of Samantha, so stop.", Amber explained.
They took all the personal things of Samantha. Stuff like posters, pictures and such.
They called somebody to empty all the furniture and bring them to orphanages.
As everything was done, a young woman approached Cameron and Amber.
--"Umm, hello. I wanted to visit Samantha... is she at home?", she told them.
--"Uhh, she flew to.... Lon...don?", Amber lied.
--"What do you mean she flew to London? She never told me anything like that. And why isn't she emptying her house herself?"
--"I think you don't understand. She found a new place to work there."
--"Fine, but why didn't she tell me? We are best friends since I can remember."
--"Seems like you aren't, honey. Looking at how she called me: 'Could you please empty my house, Amber?' I seem to be her best friend. Come on, Cameron, we're leaving."
The girl looked at Cameron.
--"I remember you. Samantha showed me many pictures and told me stuff about you."
--"She gave the keys to Cameron, too. That's how we got in, after all.", Amber smiled.
--"Sorry, but who are you anyways? I know all of Samantha's friends, but she never told me anything about an 'Amber'."
Amber laughed with great discomfort.
"Oh my god, what the hell are you, a police officer?! Let's leave, Cameron!", she said while walking away.
As they approached their car, the girl went away.
-"Is it done? Can we return to the Villa now?", Cameron asked.
Amber looked at the girl.
-"Seems like she won't give up. Let's follow her."
Cameron sighed.
It was as Amber suspected: The girl went to the police station.
"Fuck.", Amber complained.
"We have to run away--."
"Oh, shut up, Cameron! What kind of pantywaist are you?!"
--
In the police station.
The girl was talking to an officer.
--"Now, do you want to report her as 'missing'?"
--"I, um, I am not sure. She suddenly disappeared. She's not answering my calls, she isn't answering my SMS'..."
--"Maybe she was angry with you?"
--"N-no, I don't really think so. She didn't come to work for several days. I couldn't just wait, so I went to Samantha's house. You see, she had this rich boyfriend. He and a girl named 'Amber' were emptying Samantha's house. They told me that she flew to London and found a place to work."
--"Maybe her family knows where she is?"
--"Umm. Samantha's parents died. She has a grandmother, but they are not talking to each other."
Suddenly, the girl got an SMS.
-"It's from Samantha!"
-"So... what's it saying?"
'Hey there! I found a great place to work here in London! I'm working all day. Amber and Cameron wanted to empty my house, could you please take a look by any chance? I'll call ya later! Kisses!'
The girl laughed.
--"Seems... she really is in London."
Amber and Cameron watched how she left the station.
Samantha got an SMS.
'Holy god, I went to police because I thought something happened to you! That Amber was really strange, btw. Ugh, whatever, I'm gonna tell you all of that later. I'm happy that you're fine! Kisses!'
Amber laughed.
"Such a fool."
Back at the Villa, Amber gave Marla 5000 Dollars for Miley.
-"Just tell them you got advance payment."
-"Where did you find that money?", Marla asked.
-"My dear fiance gave it to me."
-"No, I don't want it."
-"What do you mean, you don't want it?! Isn't Miley my sister? You need that money! Take it or I'll really hurt you.", she said while she pressed the money into Marla's hand.
-"Girl, they spend 5000 in one day. I am taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor. Like this one man that existed."
-"Oh, you're talking about Robin Hood.", Marla laughed.
-"Yeah, Robin.", Amber laughed back.
Amber and Marla went into the kitchen.
Amber took a bag and filled it with lots of things.
-"Look, this honey is something special. Cameron's grandmother says it 'heals illness'. I don't really believe in such things, but hey."
Then, she opened the fridge and out cheese and bananas into it.
-"This is all for Miley. Don't let that Piper see it."
-"Sister, I can buy all of this for Miley! We aren't thieves."
-"What are you talking about?! They can buy all of this again."
Marla didn't want the bag, but Amber insisted.
Back at the neighborhood, Marla met Austin.
-"How's Miley doing?"
Marla didn't answer.
Austin showed Marla a ring.
-"Wh..what?"
-"Take it. I actually bought it for my proposal but you need it now. For Miley."
Marla didn't know what to say. She had tears of joy.
-"You didn't have to give me this. Thank you."
…
-"Um... there's no young man in that Villa, right?"
-"Seriously?! Austin, why?! Why do you keep asking this?! I told you to trust me! I have to go now."
-"Huh? You just arrived! Let me drive you there."
-"To the Villa?"
-"Yeah, I want them to know that you have a boyfriend."
-"Austin, please."
-"I won't even step into the house!"
-"I don't want you to drive me there! I don't want you there!", Marla yelled at him while she walked to the bus station. Austin followed her. He stepped into a taxi and told the driver to follow the bus.
As she entered the Villa and talked to Amber in the living room, Amber saw Austin through the window!
-"Shit! AUSTIN IS HERE!", she yelled while she hid behind the door.
-"DID HE FOLLOW YOU?!"
-"I... think so?!"
-"Do you think he saw me?! Marla, send him away!"
Marla furiously ran out to talk to him.
-"Why?!", she cried.
-"Stop crying, I just wanted to check this place out."
-"Didn't I tell you to trust me?! To believe in me?!"
-"Marla. You're exaggerating this."
-"You shouldn't have come.", she cried.
-"Why are you not trusting me, WHY, WHY?!"
-"OH SHUT UP! What's going on in that Villa?! What are you hiding from me?!"
-"Austin, we shouldn't see each other for a while."
-"What?", he gasped.
-"IT'S OVER!", Marla yelled.
-"Don't ever follow me again!", she sobbed as she gave Austin the ring. He threw it away.
Meanwhile, Haley told Thomas that she will fire Marla.
-"I don't like her attitude."
Thomas sighed.
-"Haley, please."
-"What? I don't like the new housemaid, so I am firing her. Is that so unusual?"
Thomas left without a word.
Amber heard all of it, so she confronted Haley.
-"What is it with you not wanting Marla?!"
-"What is it with you wanting her?", Haley hastily answered.
-"That girl will stay here. Did you hear me? Don't dare to dance with me."
-"That child... is not making you the owner of this place. Know your level.", Haley said as she walked upstairs.
Amber secretly took Marla's phone and texted Austin to meet her in the woods. Of course, Austin thought it was Marla. (Amber knew that Marla and Austin broke up because of her.)
As they met in the evening, Austin couldn't believe his eyes. His heart was extremely fast.
-"D-d-don't look at me as if you saw a ghost!", Amber tried to begin explaining.
-"I didn't die, can't you see?!"
-"How could I know? They literally buried you!"-
-"I already told you. I had to die."
-"That girl that really died... you didn't kill her, right?!"
-"No, I'm not a killer. Her boyfriend did it. I just recorded it. I wanted to post it, I don't know."
-"Your father... Miley... your grandmother. Do you know how much they cried?!"
-"I stabbed Benson, I was pregnant! My dad would've killed me anyways!"
-"And that guy... you said that he did it."
-"Yes. I am hiding his secret and he... is hiding mine."
-"So you're blackmailing him."
-"Oh, whatever! I'm doing what I'm doing! Miley's sick, we need money."
-"So... Marla's helping you?"
-"Look, that's why I even told you this! Marla broke up with you because she didn't want you to see me."
-"I... thought she fell in love with somebody."
-"You really love her, huh?", Amber smiled.
-"Now... don't you dare to tell anybody that you saw me! And tell Marla that you are sorry."
Austin walked away...
-*-*-
The next day, Marla talked to Austin.
They talked about Amber and their secret.
-"Austin... now that you know everything.. can we--"
Austin interrupted her:
-"I will not become entangled with your secret!", he yelled as he walked away.
As it got dark, Haley and Thomas were making out in their bed, when Haley suddenly had a 'vision'.
~ ~ ~ ~
Haley brought her 3-year-old daughter in her bedroom.
"Have a good night, my dear.", she whispered and left the room.
Thomas asked if Mary, their child, was sleeping.
They kissed each other and were making out...
....
"Mommy?"
....
Mary saw her balloon hanging way up at the chandelier.
She stepped on the stages and tried to reach the balloon.
As she managed to push the balloon down, the balloon fell...
Mary smiled as she tried to grab the balloon, when suddenly...
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!"
"MARY!"
~ ~ ~ ~
Haley cried. So did Thomas...
[PHEW! This was a long chapter! And it was really full with dialogue, so I am really sorry! The next chapter won't be as filled with dialogue as this one.
Also, I felt really uncomfortable while writing the making-out scene, so, uh... yeah.]