Silent scre-ms batch 2

SILENT scre-mS

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Sequence 2

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Leila stepped out of the taxi and walked toward the entrance. She pushed the gate open and walked in, she knocked at the door and Audrey herself opened it.

Audrey stood at the door and looked at Leila disgustedly.

‘What the hell are you doing here?’

‘I am here for Owen, is he home?’

‘I thought I made it clear on the phone that I want you to stay away from my brother.’

‘You have no right to tell me to stay away from Owen.’

She laughed, ‘Oh really now?’

‘Yes let Owen himself tell me to stay away from him maybe then I will consider staying away.’

‘You can’t see my brother,’ she slammed the door in her face.

Leila was dumbstruck she looked up at the door for few minutes trying to figure out why Audrey was treating her this way.

‘Something is wrong somewhere,’ she thought to herself before she decided to knock again, she wasn’t going back home without getting answers.

‘Open this door and face me Owen,’ she scre-med and pounded the door with her fists.

The door creaked open after a few minutes, ‘What is wrong with you?’ Audrey angrily asked

‘I have to see Owen.’

‘He doesn’t want to see you.’

‘Please allow me to see him and if he says he doesn’t want to see me, I will never come here again, please Audrey.’

Audrey didn’t respond she remained silent as she stared at Leila.

‘Please,’ Leila pleaded.

After a long pause, Audrey sighed and stepped aside to let Leila in.

‘Thank you.’

Audrey followed Leila as she walked straight to Owen’s room. Once upon a time, she had loved Leila but now she was disgusted by her mare presence.

Leila tapped on his door and walked in, Owen was lying on his bed covered with a blue blanket, she couldn’t see his face because it was buried in a pillow and he was facing the other side of the bed.

Leila cleared her throat to make her presence known, Owen turned and looked at her, a pained expression on his face.

Her mouth dropped open, ‘Owen!’ She exclaimed. ‘What the hell happened to you?’

Owen’s face was badly battered, he looked like was on the brink of death. His eyes were very swollen he could hærdly open them; there were several deep cuts and bruises all over his forehead and cheeks.

‘What happened?’ Leila asked again.

‘Chilufya happened,’ Audrey rudely answered.

‘Chilufya? Who is Chilufya?’ she asked with a confused look on her face.

Audrey rudely looked at Leila and clicked her tongue, ‘Are you going to stand here and pretend that you don’t know Chilufya?’

‘I am lost please explain what’s going on,’ she pleaded.

Owen opened his mouth to talk but he quickly closed it.

‘The man you have been f—–g did this to my brother you w—e. He attacked my brother and nearly killed him all because you couldn’t keep your legs closed. My brother has been faithful to you & this is how you repay him?’

‘Owen, what is she talking about?’ Leila looked at him with a hurt look in her eyes.

‘I thought you were different Leila but I was wrong,’ Owen said, his voice was shaky and it sounded as if he was crying.

‘This is all a big misunderstanding, I would never cheat on you I love you.’

‘Please leave, I never want to see you ever again.’

‘No Owen this is a huge mistake please listen to me.’

Leila could feel desperation welling up in,side, she couldn’t afford to lose Owen.

‘I don’t know who Chilufya is, I would never cheat on you please believe me, I love you Owen,’ she pleaded in a chocked voice.

‘Just leave,’ he said.

‘Owe…..,’

‘Your time is up Leila now you can leave,’ Audrey cut her short.

‘Don’t do this to us.’

Tears were now pouring down her cheeks.

‘Good bye Leila.’

‘It’s about time,’ Audrey said before she roughly grabbed her elbow and walked her out of the house.

‘It’s all a misunderstanding Audrey don’t do this to me please,’ she begged.

Audrey pushed Leila to the ground and stomped back into the house slamming the door.

Leila wanted to believe that all this was just a bad dream, she had never been this broken before, everything in,side of her ached, her heart felt shattered and the lump in her throat made it hærd for her to breathe.

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Back in the house pain flooded through every vein of Owen’s body. Leila’s betrayal stung in more words than one, he had given her his heart but she instead tore it apart and left him empty. She had made him believe she was pure and innocent yet she was sleeping around.

‘She is not worth crying over,’ Audrey softly said as she gently patted his back.

‘I loved her sis,’ he sniffed

‘Love hurts.’

‘But I thought she was different.’

‘Ya she managed to fool all of us with her innocent face, you will get through this.’

But Owen wondered if he would ever get over Leila.

‘I feel very tired,’ he yawned

‘I am sure it’s the medicine you need to rest.’

‘I think I will do just that.’

‘Alright, call me when you need anything, I will be in my room.’

‘Sharp.’

After his sister walked out of the room, he closed his eyes so he could go back to sleep. He was drifting to sleep when his room suddenly became dark and he saw it a dark shadowy figure standing right next to his bed, the dark figure was wrapped in a black cloak that covered most of his face.

Overwhelmed by fear, Owen tried to scre-m but he had no voice & no matter how much he tried to get up his body wouldn’t move. Then suddenly he felt a heaviness on him, he couldn’t breathe as he felt two hands tightly wrapped around his neck strangling him slowly.

ELLA

Sequence 3

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Audrey rushed to her brother’s room when she heard him scre-m though what she heard was more of a loud gasp than a scre-m.

She froze at the sight of her brother lying on the floor soaked in blood. He was jerking violently then suddenly his body went limp and his eyes rolled at the back of his head.

‘Owen!’ she scre-med but he didn’t respond, her heart pounded with fear, what if her brother was already dead.

She quickly grabbed his phone and called 911, Audrey paced back and forth as she waited for the ambulance that seemly took forever to arrive.

Finally an ambulance arrived Audrey watched as the attendants loaded Owen’s body onto a stretcher and hauled him away.

She prayed and hoped they would be able to save him.

*

Leila walked into the house feeling the weight of the world descending onto her shoulders. She looked miserable as hell, she had large tear stains on her cheeks and her eyes were so red & puffy.

‘Leila! You are back?’ Her mother asked

Leila answered her with silence, she was in no mood for any drama. She felt weak and so tired, she just wanted to sleep.

Her mother stood up from the couch, ‘Have you been crying? What’s wrong baby who hurt you?’

‘I am fine mum,’ she said in a low voice.

Her mother could tell something was wrong but she didn’t press her.

Leila hurriedly rushed to her room and shut the door behind her. She threw herself onto her bed before she covered her face with her hands and wept. She didn’t know breakups could hurt this bad, this was her first heart break and she had no one to talk to about it. Her only friend Abigail was out of the country on a business trip and she didn’t want to disturb her with such news.

She cried for hours until she had no more tears to shed. Her eyes throbbed painfully with the headache she had developed she just didn’t know how she was going to cope without Owen.

Minutes later, her sister came bursting through her door.

‘Leila!’ She glanced at her.

‘Oh my God you look awful.’

‘Not now Jada please,’ she said in a low tone.

‘Talk to me,’ she sat next to her on the bed.

‘You won’t understand Jada just leave me alone.’

‘I know we are not close but you are my sister and I love you Leila, please talk to me. What’s going on?’

A stream of tears silently cascaded down Leila’s cheeks and her lip was quivering.

Jada had never seen her sister this distressed she pulled her into an embrace and held her tightly

‘It’s going to be okay,’ she told her.

‘My boyfriend broke up with me, he thinks am cheating.’

Jada’s eyes shot up, ‘Say what?’

She cleared her throat, ‘don’t act too surprised.’

‘I can’t believe this, you went ahead and had a boyfriend despite everything mum and dad said?’

‘Yes we have secretly been dating for the past six months and now he doesn’t want anything to do with me.’

‘OMG, I can’t believe this.’

‘What?’

‘That you finally managed to disobey our parents.’

‘You know what? I regret disobeying them maybe if I had not dated Owen I wouldn’t be this broken.’

‘Shut up, you are just saying that because you feel heartbroken.’

‘I miss him already I don’t know how I will survive without him.’

‘Time heals all wounds, you will be better as times goes by. Wipe those tears that jerk doesn’t deserve you.’

‘Thank you sis,’ she smiled.

‘You are welcome.’

‘And please keep this between us.’

‘My l-ips are sealed,’ she laughed

‘Girls it’s time to eat,’ their mother opened the door and paused in the door way.

‘I am not hungry,’ Leila responded

‘You father is already at the table, don’t keep him waiting,’ she walked out shutting the door behind her.

‘She is so bossy ahhh,’ Leila exclaimed

‘My, my, my I like the new Leila more,’ Jada let out a laugh.

‘I seriously don’t want to be around them today.’

‘Let’s just go before your father starts yelling,’ she stood up

‘Let me just wash my face I will join you in a bit.’

‘Cool.’

Leila lazily stood up and headed for the bathroom she washed her face with a damp rag and examined herself, then she walked back to her room then she changed into a T-shirt and a wrapper before heading to the dining room.

‘See who decided to join us,’ her father mocked when she got to the dining room.

‘Good evening dad,’ she greeted

‘What’s so good about the evening?’

Leila knew better than to respond, she slid into her chair and folded her arms on the table.

Leila and her father had no daughter/ father relationsh¡p, she knew her father preferred her elder brother Alfred and Jada to her, often times her father made her feel like an imposter.

‘I am starving, can we eat already?’ Jada said sensing the tension in the air.

‘Ya sure, her mother dished up for everyone and they started eating.

Leila wasn’t really interested in the food, there was a lot on her mind and food was the least of her worries, she had to find out who Chilufya was and why he had attacked Owen and claimed they were in a relationsh¡p.

‘Are you okay?’ Her mum pulled her out of her reverie.

She cleared her throat, ‘Yes.’

‘You haven’t touched your food.’

‘I am not hungry.’

‘You are not hungry?’ Her father asked. He was looking at her in a weird way which made her a little uncomfortable.

She nodded her head.

‘What is wrong with you? This food you are wasting here others don’t even have it,’ he asked, annoyance clear in his voice.

‘I said I am not hungry,’ she said a little louder than she had intended.

Her father laughed, ‘So it has come to this? Speaking to me in that stupid tone?’

‘Hun, just let it go,’ his wife pleaded

‘Your daughter is disrespecting me and you want me to let it go?’

‘I think I am done here,’ Leila stood up and tried to walk back to her room, her father caught up with her and grabbed her arm but Leila yanked away from her.

He looked at her with anger enraged eyes -ready to explode, this was the first time that Leila was standing up to him like this, he had managed to control her life for the past 24 years.

‘Leila what is wrong with you? Have you gone out of your mind? Her mother yelled

‘No I haven’t gone out of mind, I am very fine. I am just tired of you guys, you treat me like a child, you are always so controlling why can’t you let me be?

‘Calm down Leila,’ Jada tried to touch her

‘Just leave me alone, you don’t know how it feels to be me, you have all the freedom in the world to do as you please. You and Alfred you are the favored children, I am treated like a slave in this house,’ her voice trembled

Her father laughed out loud, ‘Oh so this is about a man?’

Leila shook her head, ‘Why am I not allowed to date? Jada here is four years younger than me and you are okay with her dating. You were never even this strict with Alfred before he moved out, why me?’

‘Alfred is a man, he can do as he pleases besides he is way older than you.’

‘And Jada?’

‘You really want to know why you are not allowed to date.’

‘Yes. Make me understand why,’ she said in a low tone.

‘Leila I know your father and I have been strict with you but it’s for your own good,’ her mother said

‘My own good? What good?’

Nothing, absolutely nothing could have prepared Leila for what her father was about to tell her.

‘You are practically a married woman and as soon as you turn twenty five your husband will come and take you home,’ he said.

Her eyes grew wide, ‘Married?’