ENCHANTED LOVE, VOLUME 2 - Season 10 Episode 5

“Girl, this is none of your business. I suggest you steer clear of this,” the fat woman snapped at Sheryl. She looked sore and intimidating as she charged ahead, fixing her gaze at Sue. She clenched her teeth and pointing her finger straight at Sue said, “We’re looking for Sue, not you. Just move away.”

Anthony heard this and hurried to turn to Sue and said, “Go upstairs now. Let me handle her.”

“What happened?” Sue asked instinctively. She creased her brows as she tried to recognize the woman. She searched for all the people in her brain, but couldn’t find a match. She had never seen this woman before. Why would she be here? What did she want from her?

“Who is she?” Sue asked again after she failed to receive a reply from Anthony. The vindictiveness in the woman’s eyes was extremely unsettling. The woman looked at Sue as if she just wanted to burn her alive through her violent stares.

Sue removed her eyes from her and turned to Anthony waiting for an answer from him.

“I have no idea,” Anthony answered as he shook his head. “I feel there’s going to be a trouble. Sue, go back to your room now. Promise me to stay there no matter what you hear.”

“But…” Sue was still hesitant, as she wanted to figure out the reason behind the abrupt and unexpected visit of these people.

“Stop hesitating now,” Anthony ordered as he pushed Sue gently. “Just go upstairs and stay there. Now! If not for yourself, we can’t afford to cause our baby any harm.”

Touching her own belly in a motherly manner, Sue finally decided to heed Anthony’s advice. Sue turned homewards taking one last glance of the woman who still stared at her.

Invariably, at the moment, the only priority for both of them was the baby. Regardless of what was going to happen later, Sue had to protect the baby.

The moment the woman saw Sue move back into the house, she narrowed her eyes and yelled distorting her face, “Sue, stop! Pay me back the life of my daughter!”

“You are Doris’ mother. Right?” Hearing her last few words, Sheryl had no more confusion about who the woman was. It was clear that she could not find Allen, who happened to be the main suspect in Doris’ murder. Hence she had come to vent out her anger on Sue.

How ridiculous that was! What happened to her daughter had nothing to do with Sue. Sue was not even close to Doris. Why some people were just so absurd and refused to see the truth with their open eyes.

The mention of Doris’ name in Sheryl’s mouth, made the woman turn her blazing glance at Sheryl. “Who are you?” she asked in a croaked voice. Though she refused to answer Sheryl’s question, her gestures proved that Sheryl had guessed it right.

“I am a friend of Sue. As for what happened to Doris… I really feel sorry about that.” Throwing the woman a disdainful look, Sheryl tried to reason with her. “But I think you should get one thing very clear. The person who killed, or at least who was suspected to have killed Doris, is Allen, not Sue. Don’t you think you should look for the real murderer instead? Why are you here?”

“Girl, let me tell you. This is between me and Sue. It’s none of your business,” the woman claimed in a cold tone. Sheryl did not expect her to understand or cooperate. She gave an unbothered smile and refuted, “Sue’s business is my business.” The woman looked muffled as Sheryl obstinately countered her.

After making sure Sue went into her room, Anthony walked out of the door and questioned with a fierce look, “What? You want a fight here? If you dare step inside this house, I will call the police to arrest you for trespassing. You can try if you don’t believe me.”

The people outside were stopped by Anthony’s threat and his firm stand. They looked at each other, each of them hoping that someone else would find a way to reply to his threat. Anthony eyed the crowd with a stern look, seething with anger.

Doris’ mother scoffed at his words and said disbelievingly, “I’m not a child. You can’t just scare me away with that. I won’t move even if the police come. Call the police. I urge you! I’ll see what they can do with me. My daughter died because of Sue. Today I have come to avenge my daughter’s death.”

Casting a nonchalant and cold look back to the woman, Anthony stated, “We are extremely sorry for your loss, but this shouldn’t be the reason for you to look for us. You should look for the one who committed the crime. It is Allen, not Sue. If you keep crowding at my house and make noise here, I will call the police to drive you all away.” He gestured his arm towards the gate for them to leave. “Stop it now! I do not scare at your threats,” the woman sneered. In an attempt to prove her point, she continued, “Allen is Sue’s younger brother. They are so close to each other.

Sue must have some information on Allen’s whereabouts. Now that we can’t find Allen, we have no choice but to look for Sue. I will not leave this place without talking with Sue.”

Anthony clenched his teeth out of anger and said, “It seems that we cannot come to an agreement so easily. Okay, so be it.” Anthony jeered at the woman and started dialing. He wasn’t really trying to call the police, but just to scare them away. However, to his surprise, the woman suddenly lay on the ground and began throwing her limbs up in the air.

She shouted out loud, “Oh my goodness. How ruthless this family is! My daughter is dead now! And they are covering the real murderer up! Where is justice?! That’s utterly unbelievable! How can they do this?” She started wailing at the top of her voice which startled both Sheryl and Anthony.

It was just the peak hour with the office crowd heading homewards. In no time, a large crowd had gathered around them and shot their judgmental glances at Anthony.

Evidently, Doris’ mother wasn’t ready to see reasons in what Anthony and Sheryl tried to reason, nor was she ready to leave without settling the matter with Sue. Both Anthony and Sheryl hadn’t faced such a situation or come across such an unreasonable person ever in their life. Both of them were indeed at the end of their wit to find out a way to stop her from creating a scene.

Meanwhile, Laura returned from the market. Startled by the crowd that had amassed outside her house, she made her way slowly through the crowd into the house. Upon reaching the front door, she was flabbergasted to see the woman rolling on the ground and Anthony and Sheryl standing there with a completely blank expression on their faces.

Laura creased her brows as she cast a glance at each one of them individually and said, “What’s going on here?” She looked at Anthony waiting for his answer.

“Mom, this is Doris’ mother. She is hell bent to take revenge of her daughter’s death and since she can’t find Allen, she wants to take it out on Sue,” Anthony replied helplessly. He wanted to call the police, but was skeptical at the same time thinking of the unpredictable behavior of Doris’ mother who might cook up some even more ridiculous story, which would help win the neighbors’ sympathy and add to their trouble. So he gave up this thought.

Laura marked the dilemma in her son’s face. She walked up to the woman on the ground and asked in annoyance, “What do you want to do here?”

“Tell Sue to come out. Otherwise I won’t stop,” the woman jeered.

“That’s impossible,” refuted Laura firmly. “My daughter-in-law has nothing to do with the murder. The murder was committed by her brother. Why don’t to go and find him instead? Moreover, she is pregnant now. If she suffers a miscarriage due to your misconduct, will you be able to pay back the little life to us?”

“Pregnant?” The woman sprang up immediately as she heard the word. Suddenly her red swollen eyes mellowed down and she lowered her face and covered it with her hands. Evidently, the word “pregnant” reminded her of something even more painful. Then she lifted her head and spoke slowly, “My dear daughter was also pregnant when she was killed. She did not get spared for being pregnant. Have you ever considered that? I warn you. Give me that woman, or else I will not move my step today!”

“Ms.…” Sheryl tried to convince the woman to cease. “This accident really had nothing to do with Sue. We won’t give her to you whatever you do or say.

Right now, we also have no clue where Allen is. But we can promise you that once we have any news about where he is, we will inform the police immediately. The police will definitely do the justice for you and Doris. Please understand that there is no point harassing Sue and her family over what her brother has done.”

“You are lying!” The woman refused to believe what Sheryl said. With a scornful look, she continued, “I know what you plan to do. Don’t ever expect me to fall for your lie. You are trying to harbor him and give him sufficient time to escape. Probably as we are arguing right now, he is on his way abroad. Isn’t it?”

Shooting a vengeful glance at the family, she continued, “My daughter was perfectly fine when she moved to Allen’s place. How long has it been? Why is she gone now? I have to get an answer from you today.”

“Currently we are also investigating into this case and trying to find out his motive for committing the crime. But we haven’t found anything yet. After we find him, we promise to give you an answer to your question. Okay?” Sheryl again tried to strike a deal with the irrational woman. No matter how she explained, the woman just refused to listen and insisted on seeing Sue.