103 The Basemen (1/2)

Olivia looked at the tuna that was placed into the bowl.It was protein and honestly the baby needed it.She gulped back her saliva, pushed back the urge to throw up bile and started to eat.

Agni was completely bored and kicked the bowl across the room.Olivia heard her mutter under her breath ”No fun.” before she walked away.Olivia sighed a breath of relief.If this is how she could curb Agni's twisted personality she was willing to play until Agni got bored of tormenting her.

She quickly cleaned up the mess and made her way out of the kitchen.Once she was in the foyer she felt as if someone was watching her.She looked around but the whole house was covered in darkness.Olivia took a couple of steps forward and waited for her eyes to adjust.She looked around again and she still couldn't see anyone.

She gave up her search and ran towards the backyard.Once she was in the backyard she fumbled around in the dark trying to find the hose, she didn't want to turn the backyard light on just in case Agni was spying on her.She found the hose and started to fill up her basin.

As the water was slowly rising she ran towards her bedroom window.When she noticed the light was turned on she pushed her body against the wall and tried not to make a sound.She stretched her arm as far as it could go and grabbed the small bundle that laid on the ground.

She placed it against her chest and tried to move away from the spot as quietly as she could.She took one step with every second heart beat that pounded against her chest until she was back at the hose.She placed the bundle next to her belongings and started to scrub herself clean.

Her hands moved quickly as the night air was freezing and the water from the hose was just as cold.Soon enough she dumped out the water and packed up her stuff.As she was heading back towards the foyer when she heard the tinniest of whispers calling out her name.”Olivia!”

She turned towards the voice and smelt something delicious.”Over here quickly!” the voice urged her.She started to take cautious steps until she say who was calling her.”Laila?!” she questioned when suddenly a small hand covered her mouth.””Shhhh! That witch just ransacked your room and just went upstairs.” she whispered as loudly as she dared.

Olivia slowly removed the hand from her mouth and just quietly stared at the girl in her white, night gown.”Olivia... I'm so sorry for what you had to watch...” Laila started to say sorrowfully but Olivia made no effort to stop her.”If we didn't do it she would have attacked you more furiously and we... Eli couldn't bare it.So for now we are going along with what she wants.” Laila whispered.She then tried to pass her a mug.”Warm milk.” she muttered with embarrassment.

Olivia grabbed the mug out of Laila's hands and thanked her but she couldn't stop herself from sounding resentful.Laila sighed and wrapped herself in her arms.”I'm sorry this is happening but we don't have a choice, not with you under house arrest.... also... your going to see something shocking tomorrow but I swear it's an act.Just trust us util the end that is all I ask.” Laila pleaded.

Olivia waited a few moments and finally agreed to Laila's request.Laila bent over and picked up another two mugs before she started to climb the stairs.Olivia watched her until she could no longer see her.She chugged back the milk and felt her whole body warm up.

She then walked into the kitchen and quietly washed her mug, put it away and grabbed a small parring knife before she went back into her room.

Her room was a disaster.The drawers of her dresser were pulled out, her small amount of clothes were tossed every where, the small end table was toppled over and the mattress was flipped.She thanked the stars for having the hindsight for hiding the phone outside but the mess also confirmed her suspicions that Agni was watching everyone's email accounts.

Olivia grabbed her PJ's from the mess and got dressed before she started to work on cleaning everything up.When she finishing putting the drawers back into the dresser she realized the dresser wasn't completely against the wall.

It was as if it was caught on something and Agni couldn't topple it over.She quickly cleaned the rest of the room so she had the extra space and tried to shimmy the dresser free but it was no use it would not budge.

She started to inspect the dresser more carefully and saw a fine line in the shape of a circle under the lip of the table top of the dresser.She had to push it inwards with her pink as any other finger was too big for the task and soon enough she heard a click.

Olivia tried to move the dresser again but this time the dresser moved side ways with very little effort.She looked towards the floor and could barely see the outline of a door.With shaky hands she moved to touch the outline and noticed a small opening.'Maybe a key hole' she thought but she had no key.

Then she remembered she had the parring knife that she grabbed from the kitchen.She grabbed it hoping she could cut out a small whole in the bottom of her mattress to hide the phone but Agni thwarted that thought the moment she flipped her mattress.She plunged the knife into the whole and gave it a little jiggle but it didn't open.