Mummy I got you a new husband

SOPHIE’S POV

As the car came to a halt in front of Karl house and I couldn’t but hope he wasn’t in. I got off the cab and the driver drove off. I watched as the car drove away, leaving behind a trail of dust.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

” What do I do now?” I thought to myself as I looked for a way to get into the house without being noticed. “I hope he is not in.” I muttered quietly as I looked around before entering.

Knowing I had to have a very good excuse for not being home when I claimed there had been a robbery, I had to make sure no one saw me go in, since I have not been able to come up with a perfect excuse for leaving.

I sneaked back in hoping the security wouldn’t see me and I rushed back into the house. ” Karl” I called out, my heart was thumping so hard it seemed like it might burst out of my chest as I frantically looked around the house for Karl.

“Thank goodness!!” I remarked with a sigh of relief as I observed Karl had not arrived yet. The universe must have been on my side to have delayed him till I arrived. I got into the room and had a change of clothes. I had made a little altering in the house to make it seemed like someone broke in before I left for Eddy place. Now I needed to harm myself to make my story believable.

” What would i do?” I asked myself as I picked up a glass to hit myself, I was not sure it was the right thing to do, and I wasn’t sure I could hurt myself. I took a glass, I intended to hit myself with and shattered it on the ground, scattered my hair to making it look shabby and tore my clothes.

” I guess he would believe me.” I murmured as I sat down, pretending to be saddened by the robbery, just as Karl came with the cops.

As Karl stormed into the house with the police, I quickly glanced around for any signs of panic on his face. Surprisingly, he seemed calm and composed.

I couldn’t help but wonder if he believed me when I told him about the robbery. “Sophie,” Karl called out, concern evident in his voice as he walked to where I was sitted raising me up and gazing at my face. “Are you okay? What happened?” I hesitated for a moment before answering, carefully choosing my words. “I don’t know exactly what happened, Karl,” I replied with feigned confusion. “Someone hit me from behind and everything went black.” I hoped my acting skills were convincing enough to throw him off track.

The cops who had been with him tried to look around the house, they picked up the broken pieces of the glass I had shattered and kept it as one of the evidence of the crime. I hope nothing was traced to me and I gazed at Karl with tears welled up my eyes.

” I dnt feel safe here Karl, and my daughter too.” I said as I gazed at him crying uncontrollably. I leaned closer to him and hugged him tightly. As I wrapped my hands around him, I smiled mischeviously, I had acted so well and I watched Karl’s face contorted with a mix of anger and worry. He let go of my embrace and paced back and forth with the police officers observing his every move.

I knew I had to remain composed, despite the guilt eating away at me. “Sophie,” he said, his voice trembling slightly. “I can’t believe this happened while you were here.” His words pierced through my heart like a dagger. How could I deceive him like this? But it was too late now to turn back. I couldn’t afford Karl finding out the truth.

I took a deep breath, steeling myself for the next part of my plan. “Karl,” I said softly, stepping closer to him. “I think we need to consider the possibility that someone close to us might be behind all this.” His eyes widened in surprise and confusion. “What do you mean?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper. I leaned in closer, making sure no one else could hear our conversation.

“Think about it,” I whispered. “Who would know about the security details in the house? Who would have access to our home and know exactly when you wouldn’t be there? It has to be someone who knows us well enough to pull off such an elaborate scheme.” Karl’s face paled as realization dawned on him.

Karl’s eyes widened in realization as he processed my words. His face turned pale, and his hands trembled slightly. “You’re right, Sophie,” he whispered hoarsely. “It must be someone close to us.” The police officers watched our interaction closely, their suspicion growing by the second. I knew I had planted the seed of doubt in Karl’s mind, but now we needed evidence to catch the real culprit.

As the realization sank in, Karl’s face hardened with determination. He turned to the police officers and said, “We need to thoroughly investigate everyone who has access to our home. No one can be trusted until we find out who is responsible for this.” The officers nodded, sensing the urgency in his voice.

” We would need a statement from you ma’am, everything you know about what happened. The officer said as he walked to where I was.

“But I dnt know anything.” I responded in defense not wanting them to interrogate me and notice any inconsistency. Karl tried to calm me down insisting it was protocol to do so. ” Just tell them what you know.” He said and I decided I need a new ploy. It was time to go throw the cops off the trails leading that all of this were lies.

” Karl”I called out for him again as I leaned on him closely. ” You should arrest your ex wife, besides she used to live here.” I said as he gave me a confused look. “Claire!!! He said she wouldn’t do something like that, I mean she was many things but she wouldn’t hurt me.” he said nodding disagreeing with me. ” I am sure if she didn’t want to hurt you, she would have been here.” I said again softly.

He didn’t seem to want to believe Claire could send people to his house. Growing annoyed he responded to me in a hoarse voice.

“Don’t you ever say that about Claire you have no right.” He said again. “I guess we should investigate everyone to be sure.” one of the officers who has been listening on our conversation said. He turned to face the officer frowning.

“Dnt ever talk when you are not asked.” He said and turned to face me. ” With Claire involved, everyone would know the truth.” Karl muttered to me quietly.”Let me handle her.” He muttered again. I went over to the officers and told them about the potential suspects we had excluding Claire. They plan to gather evidence and interview potential suspects.

” Yes!! ” I mumbled to myself delighted about what I was able to achieve. Karl had totally belived me ” I was indeed a great actress.” I smile at myself mischeviously.

” But we should checked the CCTV, I have cameras all over the house. Karl exclaimed seeming to have just realized we had another way to find the culprit.

“emmh I asked unease about what I just heard. We have cameras around the house?” I added growing agigated.