118 Stuck Inside (1/2)

Agni came into the house as if she was a wild elephant on the run from the circus.”Olivia!!! Your Master is home! Where are you, you, you, you c*nt!” She roared into the house.”Is that the type of language a lovely, young lady should be using?” A jolly voice called out from above. Agni bared her teeth and looked up towards the owner of the voice.

The murder she had in her eyes suddenly extinguished, her jaw slacked in horror and sweat started to collect on her temples as she looked at Officer Reenie's smiling face. To the left of him was a line up of men, who hung their heads low as the descended the stairs. ”Officer Reenie... what do I owe the honour of you visiting my home?” Agni asked awkwardly as she started to smooth her hair down.

Officer Rennie placed an elbow on the railing and propped his head up as he lazily sipped his tea. ”Madam have you forgotten our conversation yesterday at the celebration of life service for your late husband? You asked me to come and see Olivia's progress with things.” A vein appears above of Agni's left eye as she tried her best to hold her angelic demeanor. ”Oh... I don't recall this conversation, I do apologize.”

Officer Rennie waved away the apology and looked back down at Agni's forced smile. ”My dear it seemed you were rather intoxicated. I tried to talk you out of me visiting but you grabbed my arm and insisted that I look at Olivia for who she was. You wouldn't take no for an answer and then I remembered that you are pregnant! So I took your drink away and made you promise to see a doctor in the morning if I agreed to your request.” Agni's smile dropped and she moved her gaze toward Olivia.

”So what did the doctor say? Is your child okay?” He asked innocently. Agni gave Olivia one icy cold glare causing her to involuntarily shiver before she fixed her gaze and looked at Officer Reenie properly. ”No harm has fallenthe child.” She answered flatly then turned her gaze back to Olivia.

”Olivia did Officer Reenie see you in an unrefined manner?” Agni asked sweetly but the underlying contempt could still be heard. Olivia shook her head. ”I'm sorry mother, I was in my cleaning clothes when he came knocking on the door.” Agni was ready to explode but she swallowed back her words and started to smile instead. ”That's ok dear, I know how committed you are in maintaining the house.How can anyone get upset over something like that?”

”That's right no one can get upset over some cleaning clothes... Anyways these fine gentlemen have installed the cameras upstairs, I will be following them downstairs to make sure everything has been installed properly.” Officer Reenie said as he started to move towards the stairs.”Oh I wouldn't want to trouble you.” Agni started to protest but Officer Reenie wasn't going to let her have her way.

”It's no problem! I will trust that you have spoken with Chief Wilhelm and will even allow us to watch the surveillance feed.” He said nonchalantly.Agni paled as Officer Reenie descended the stairs.

”Why would...” Agni started to say but Officer Reenie had already reached the landing. He happily went up to Agni and place a firm hand onto her shoulder.

”You my dear have gone above and beyond to prove your daughter Innocence! What a great way to show the people and the court that she is not the person she is painted to be by the media and nasty rumours! I mean... she is... cough... still under house arrest for the possible murder of your late husband and she has that ugly law suit pending because of those men but you! Being the wonderful mother that you are, proving your conviction by setting this all up, it just... sob... moving! Honestly it brings a tear to my eye.”

Angi was dumbfounded, she had no words to say as she stood there with her jaw slacked. Officer Rennie pulled out his handkerchief and blotted his tear away. ”Well enough of that!” He shouted as he slapped Agni's back. ”I need to get back to supervising those fine fellows, so I will give you ladies time to talk.” He said as he started to walk away.

Agni gritted her teeth, she couldn't believe that Officer Reenie's timing was coincidental.She turned her menacing gaze towards Olivia, who was still standing at the top floor, looking down on her.”Get down here.” She hissed.Olivia internally groaned as she moved away from the railing and towards the stairs. Each step feeling heavier then the last until she made it to the bottom of the steps.

She gave her a sly smirk and moved forwards. She raised her hand up into the air and Olivia flinched. She closed her eyes waiting for Agni's punishment but nothing came. Instead she felt Agni's hand gently placed onto her cheek, she dared to open her eyes and saw that Agni had moved beside her ear.”Do you know how your Cheshire cat is doing?” Olivia tensed up as a pair of copper eyes and wide smile flashed in her mind.

Sweat started to collect on her forehead, it was theone person she didn't have the nerve to ask about but now she was going to find out. ”Mr. Cheshire seems to have had played a little too hard for his own good and is now sleeping his life away.” She said as she watched Olivia from the corner of her eye.

”Don't touch him!” Olivia hissed as she clenched her fists. Agni placed a kiss onto Olivia's cheek. ”Seems like my little kitty still has a temper but you know what? I don't care anymore.” Agni said as she straightened up her back.She faced Olivia head on and crossed her arms. ”I may have surveillance cameras going up but there is no audio and honestly there are more pressing matters that I need to attend to.” She said nonchalantly before she started to walk away.

Olivia stood her ground and tried to drill a hole in the back of Agni's head with her glare. ”I thought torturing me was the highlight of your day.” Agni stopped in her tracks and turned to face her. She gave her a gentle smile. ”I'm sorry sweetie but mommy has no time to play with you.... Now I will going into my study, oops I'm sorry I mean my late husband's study. Please call me when dinner is ready.”

Olivia could only clench her hands into fists as she watched Agni walk away.Once Agni was out of her sight she turned and walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner. She needed to preoccupy her mind.

....

It was peaceful, the sun was shining brightly and there was a gentle breeze in the air that carried the smell of summer.I couldn't help but stretch my arms out and crack my back.

I lazily laid my back down onto the plush grass, hoping to catch a glimpse of a fluffy cloud. No luck, the sky was clear and a great shade of blue.I roll my eyes as I sigh. Even if I saw a cloud what would I do with it? Nothing, a cloud was a cloud and I couldn't pull it from the sky to sleep on it, so it was useless.... but I had a nagging feeling that the world actually had more beauty to it.

It wasn't just a place that I could lazily idle my days away. I roll onto my stomach and shove my face into the grass. It may be peaceful but it was boring, the world never changed... well that's not true it changed against my will.For an undetermined amount of time, my world would shift to something surreal and it only happened when I heard sweet whispers, causing my heart to stir.