Truth In Lies

🌗(Wilhelm Residence)🌗

💫💫(September 24)💫💫

In a room dimly lit by the rays of moonlight coming in through the partly opened curtains, Adria woke up with a start, seemingly just coming out of a nightmare. She was drenched in sweat as she looked around her surroundings, her eyes resting on the time which read 2:56AM. She knew she wouldn't have a peaceful sleep without those faces appearing again in her dream. She got out of bed and headed into her bathroom, intending to take a shower to wash the sweat of her body and in hopes too, to wash away her nightmares which lingered in her mind, haunting her.

In order to get her mind of her nightmare, she got dressed in her workout clothes and headed to the inhouse gym at the other end of the house. After two hours of intense workout, she headed back to her room to get ready for school. Coming out of the shower she went to her wardrobe and chose a white top and black jean as her outfit of the day, she then threw on her grey hoodie because the weather appeared a little bit chilly today.

Heading downstairs Adria met her Nanny Esther in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Nanny Esther had been taking care of her since the incident, she didn't leave like most people did after what happened and Adria was grateful. She saw her as the only family she had left. Adria walked towards her, kissing her on her cheek and greeted her.

"Good morning Nanny Esther" she said heading to the dining table to have breakfast.

"Morning young Miss, how was your night?" She asked studying Adria's expression carefully.

"I told you to stop calling me that." She told the woman she saw as a mother figure.

Nanny Esther smiled knowingly, " you didn't answer my question Adria."

"I slept well." Adria replied trying to sound convincing but the old lady could see right through her. She sighed, knowingly.

" Your grandmother called." She said gently trying to gauge her reaction towards the topic she just brought up. Adria paused in her action of dishing her food but continued not replying to what she heard. Esther continued

"She wanted to know why you didn't call her."

Adria's reply was short and devoid of emotion "let her know that I was and am still busy."

"I understand that you don't want to see her after what she did but I think she's being sincere with her wanting to be involved in your life." Esther was trying to make Adria see reason on why she should listen to her grandmother, but her decision didn't waver.

"I'm not interested in meeting her, if she really wanted to be in my life she's 16 years too late for that, she should have come when her daughter was still alive. All she wants is the money and I'm not going to give her a dime after what she put my mother through so you can tell her that I'm not going to call her nor intend in meeting her anytime soon."

Esther didn't push the topic further knowing how stubborn and hardheaded she is when she has made a decision, in her opinion Adria took after her late mother. Esther sadly smiled reminiscing how hard it was to often convince her mother before she got her to rethink her decision, like mother like daughter.

When Adria had finished with her breakfast, she kissed the old lady on her cheek before heading out. Before she was completely out of the door she heard her nanny's voice from the kitchen;