Shadows of deception

''I don't know what you're talking about, Ivy,'' she was fumbling with her words as she spoke. And I knew fully well that she was trying to deny the fact that she was hiding something.

''Dan Stewards told me everything,'' I told her, making her understand that I knew she was having a thing with him. Her eyes widened in surprise as they stared at me, with her eyelids blinking in disbelief.

Her lips parted to speak, but only a silent gasp could come out. Had she lost her words? Now, I knew for a fact that she knew something about it.

''Dan told you?'' her tone asked in disbelief, ''And what exactly did he tell you?''

''Everything regarding my father's death,'' I responded, leaning towards her with her hands crossed above her chest firmly, ''He told me my father had ingested poison a few hours before he died. And, in fact, the poison was what killed him, and not the bullet. So, tell me what you know about it, Elena. How did my father ingest poison?''

She gritted her teeth at me, refusing