Little White Lies
Two Queens without a King
A knock at the door startled a distraught Mrs. Marin. For a second she wasn't sure if she actually heard anything since she had been staring at nothing but bills for the past hour or so. There was another knock on the door, and Mrs. Marin pulled out of her trance.
When she opened the door, her daughter Hannah was standing next to a a very serious looking police offer, who looked like he was in his late fifties. "This belong to you ma'am?" He said in a sour tone. Mrs. Marin crossed her arms, and gave her daughter a dirty glare.
"Depends, what she do?" The officer told her that someone had spotted her shoplifting. "Yup, that belongs to me." Mrs. Marin apologized for Hannah's behavior then was told they would need to come down sometime for a statement at the police station. Hannah walked into the house and the door slammed behind her.
"What the hell Hannah?" Mrs. Marin screamed at her seemly oblivious to trouble daughter. "What would your father , I know what he would say, he would say how disappointed he is in you."
Hannah began to cry a little, but quickly wiped them away. "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Her mom came over to her daughter and hugged her.
"I'm sorry too, I know how hard it's been. You're father loved you very much, and was taken from us too soon. I didn't mean to snap, it's just we can't have attention drawn towards us."
Hannah looked down at her shoes, ashamed. "I shouldn't have brought that up, I'm sorry sweety. I know that was a hard night to cope with. But what happened happened."
Mrs. Marin's daughter mumbled something about a woman having a family. She just looked at Hannah for a moment and reassured her everything was fine. "She was old, and you heard what the news said. She had cancer, she was going to die anyway. In a way this was a small blessing. Now how about a smile for a change?"
Hannah looked up at her reddish brown haired mother and gave a pitiful smile. "Good, now how about some lunch?"
"Actually, Aria and I got some sushi at the mall." Hannah looked at her mom who had raised an eyebrow when she told her who she had lunch with. "Oh, you saw Aria? How is she holding up? You know with everything."
"She's fine. we didn't have much time to catch up. She had to go pick up her brother from the movie theater at three. But she did promise to sit next to me in class. We found out we have the same English period, which is awesome cause I need someone to explain to me what's going on." Her mom smiled at her. "Is that it huh, or do you just wanna gossip about boys?" Hannah blushed.
"Which reminds me, how's Sean doing? Is Aria seeing anyone lately." Sean Ackles was Hannah's crush since seventh grade and now they are finally dating. Hannah felt like she was in a Cinderella story when she was with him. "Geez, nosey much mom? Sean is fine and I'm not sure about Aria. I kind of interrupted her and a mysterious guy at a coffee shop.
"Mysterious, huh?" Mrs. Marin raised an eyebrow. "And cute, don't forget that. His butt wasn't bad either." The two of them giggled like little school girls on the playground.
"Tell you what? Let's go out tonight . You need new clothes for Monday and I need some Italian food in my stomach." Hannah agree, seeing as Italian food was their favorite." Do you wanna invite Mona as well? We can make it a girls' night out. " Mona Vanderwall was Hannah's bff since third grade. way before Allison walked in and transformed Hannah from a pumpkin into a princess.
"Yea sure, I'll call her up right now." When Hannah pulled out her pink little sidekick , she saw that she had one unread message, but hadn't recognized the number it came from. She hit READ to see what it had said, but she would wish she hadn't.
Hey Hannah! you and mommy dearest just can't stay away from trouble can you? What will people say when they hear about a murderer and a shoplifter in the same family! It's scandelous right?
-A
Hanna too a deep breathe, and whispered to herself. "Alison?"