"Enough!"
A new feminine but familiar voice entered the argunt as a smile automatically ca on to my calculated face.
It was Samantha. She was standing there in her armor as if already prepared to give judgent to a certain fat person.
I knew it had to be her, who else could Alia trust with such sensitive information.
Jacob? The guy was in his bed, still moaning about the pain I gave him.
So other than her, I didn't know anyone else that she was close to, at least not in this group of n.
"I said stop this imdiately." Samantha repeated her order again when she saw Alia still struggling in her half mad state. Eventually she listened to her and stopped, but there was still anger.
"My-My lady, don't believe any word that he said. He is lying… he- he's a scumbag and malicious enough to weasel his way out of this." Alia said pointing at .
I really wanted to laugh at this scene. Alia was angrily blaming and her outfit which was always graceful and stiff, now had glasses between her eyes to nose and her hair completely crumpled.
Instead of doing that, I put on the face of disbelief, "Nonsense! She is completely out of her mind."
I look at Samantha with a tired but fearful look, "Sam-Samantha yo-you-you got to believe , I don't anything about what she is talking about."
"Liar!"
"YOU'RE THE FUCKING LIAR!" I say with overwhelming rage of soone being scamd, "You followed while I was peeing and then when I caught you, you bla of doing…" Eyes turned down, face wrinkled up to disgust, "Sothing so horrifying to a woman."
"How can I... even... dream of such wretched things."
I swear to Goddess, the face of Alia at this mont was priceless. PRICELESS!
Seeing give such fluent lies, even Alia was struck whether I was really saying the truth or not. At one flicker, she even thought that I might have a doppelganger, but quickly threw that thought away as Jacob's agonized figure ca to mind.
Alia went and fell before Samantha's legs and begged, "Please madam… you have to believe ." Pointing her index finger, "This guy… I don't how… how he's saying all of that but it's all nothing but lies… Complete Lies!"
"Shut up!" I scream down at the girl on her knees, "You are saying all of this lies to humiliate and extort , aren't you! Tell who put you up to this? Was it one of my father's enemies… was it that kid? TELL !"
Samantha put her hand up and stopped from taking this any further. She saw that Alia was already crying ruefully as she looked at her with desperation, "Madam… believe ."
Samantha racked her head around this and couldn't co to any conclusion. Both sides had words to say but one was only accusations and the other was oblivious about this.
In the end, only one side was able to persuade her.
"Henry, is she telling the truth?"
At that mont, I could see everything depended on my next action.
"What! Of course not." I said flaring my dramatics that I learned from sixth grade theatrics.
"Why would I do anything to her, especially knowing that she is your maid... wait that ca out wrong," I repeated before shaking my head, "Okay, forget about that, the real thing is I didn't do anything to her."
She looked at for a mont before nodding. Alia's eyes lost their light as she heard, "Alright go, let take care of this."
"Thank you for believing , Samantha." Then angrily said, "Make sure to get out all the culprits behind her." I said and start to walk away. Behind I could hear, Alia begging constantly, trying to change Samantha's mind.
After walking for a mont, I suddenly stopped and mumbled, "Wait a second!"
Both of them turned and saw my large back, "Samantha… why are you here?"
"Hmm… what do you an?"
"What brought you here?"
"Well… I heard so argunts and got cautious, so I ca to see what it was." She lied. Bad for her, she wasn't a good one.
"So you appeared after we started arguing."
"Yes"
"Hmm… so you weren't here before Alia ca?" I said and looked at her and there was a flicker of guilt in her eyes.
"No… I wasn't here. Why are you asking that?"
"Well," I say while walking towards her, "You see, I have a good sense of my surroundings and before Alia ca, I could feel soone lurking around ."
"Strange thing is, when we started, you ca way too fast, so either you were close to this place when we started or… you were here already."
At this mont, I had closed our distance enough to be called inappropriate.
I looked down at her eyes sharply, "I am going to ask you three things and I hope for our friendships sake, you won't lie to ."
Samantha gulped at my large figure over her and eyes looking into her soul as she felt the great pressure.
"Were you in on this?"
"No, I'm not."
I nodded, "That wasn't a lie… another one."
"Did you follow here?
"...Yes"
"Hmm... last question."
"Did you know she would do this?"
"…I …Henry you need to understand tha-" I stopped her there.
"Enough, you've told all I need to know." I said and turned away.
"I thank you for all the help and guidance you gave before… but I think it would be best if we go our separate ways now."
"Henry, please listen-"
"Goodbye, Samantha." I walked away as she didn't even had the courage to call anymore.
As I walked away from there, I stopped for a mont.
That back there, was my finest act. But sohow I didn't feel the excitent I thought I would, instead there was sadness.
I shook my head at a thought, 'There is only one person.'
I walk into the tent and see Anna sewing my cloth.
'She's the only one I can trust.'
"Anna"
"Yes, master." She said and continued her exquisitely entangled but perfectly aligned cobweb sewing technique.
"Pack our stuff, we're leaving this camp."
"Oh!" She looked up, "I've already packed it, master."
'…Huh?' I was confused for a mont before I smiled, "As ticulous as always."
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