Chapter 68

Riella stormed out of the house with a silent aura around her. Martha trailing behind her with a bag. Earlier she had told Martha to come with her and bring the things she needed because she wasn't going to step back here as long as she lived.

She had given her father her warning as they wept over Grace's dead body.

Now in the car, Riella grabbed her steering wheel thinking as Martha spoke,

"Where am I going to go now, Gabriella?" She said as Riella turned to her and smiled,

"Home with me. All my life, you have looked after me like a mum would especially after Edwards took my mum from me. And seeing the disrespect you were being treated there, made me realize how awful those people could be. I don't want you there anymore. So you will be coming with me." She said as Martha nodded her head trying to wrap her head around everything.

"What about the cops? Won't they come for you?" She said a bit fearful. She knew that Gabriella now was not the same sweet innocent girl she knew and she wa