ATONEMENT (THE BOOK)PAGE 9

Gianna was devastated she sat at her desk muling about the incident preceding the activities of the past few days.The judge had died before arriving at the hospital,she had gone with them in the ambulance saying she was a relative.she held his hand as he continued to repeat thesame words incoherently 'Confutatis Maledictis' she had thought it was some password for one of his hidden case files,but had decided to google it anyway;'while the wicked are confounded' strange interpretation she muttered under her breath.Her colleagues occassionally cast sideways glances at her direction,knowing full well that she had wanted to be left alone.Gosh! She thought,she had actually liked the man,had wanted to advance to the next stage. She gazed over at Flora's desk, still vacant,hadn't showed up for days.Flora would definitely get a visit this time she concluded.... Gianna pulled up at the make shift parking lot,in front of Flora's flat,all the shutters were drawn,it was already dark,she took out her note pad and a pen from her purse,using her phone as torch,she quickly scribbled a few lines showing her anger and dissappointment,she got out of her car locking it.she got to the front door and bent to pass the note underneath it.To her amazement it budged opening slowly.'Couldn't even put a lock on her door,before rushing off with who knows who' she stomped in holding the note in her left hand. She stopped to think for a moment 'Flora must be with Seyi that sworn barchelor' Gianna laughed no wonder Flora had been solemn and distant assuming she would condemn the relationship,as if she cared. She heard a chuckling sound then silence.The house was pitch black she continued towards the living room and found the light switch,she had been here several times that shouldn't be a problem she thought.'Flora' she gasped sitting in an arm chair face pale ,eyes shut Flora wasn't alone,the two headed creature glared at Gianna with huge eyeballs,ready to pounce........