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ARRIVAL OF THE UNCLE

It was around evening now . Sophia heard someone shouting then she went out of her room and looked down from upstairs . '' Who's shouting so much ?'' she asked . '' So you finally came out hearing all that noise huh ?'' asks her uncle . '' What are you doing here ?'' she asks .

'' Why aren't you happy to see me ?'' he retorts smirking . '' No i am glad to see you in a while '' she tried to smile . '' Anyway come down first '' he demanded . She nodded and slowly came down the stairs .

Mom and Dad and everyone came down the stairs hearing all the noise . '' What happened ?'' demands her Dad . '' Oh big brother , it's so much nice to see you again '' says her uncle . '' But were you not supposed to arrive tomorrow ?'' her Dad asks . '' Yes that was the plan but i arrived early cause the next flight would be at tomorrow at night and i wanted to come early so here i am '' says her uncle .

'' But you should have at least called '' says her Mom . '' Aren't you glad to see me ?'' her Uncle asks . '' Yes , i am George , but on this occasion i can't be happy cause the loss i have suffered is too huge '' laments her mom .

'' I rushed because of this i feel sorry for you '' grief's her Uncle . Meanwhile , Grandmother and Grandfather had also arrived at the scene . '' When did you came George ?'' asks her Grandfather . ''' Ten minutes ago , i had been calling the people but no one came only Sophia came down '' says her Uncle .

'' I guess you have heard about what happened to Samuel '' says her Grandma . '' Yes , brother had told me , that poor child he had to die at an early age , who dares to kill him huh ? what did the police say ? how's the investigation going ? '' George asks .

'' The forensics report hasn't come yet ,we are waiting for it to arrive , then we can learn whether it's suicide or crime by someone '' says her Mom looking at Sophia .

'' This can only be a murder , i think cause he had no reason to die ''' George says . '' And he had no reason to steal the hidden treasures also which were in his pocket '' says her Mom .

'' This is all nothing but a mystery '' says her Uncle . '' Leave all mysteries aside now , you have come from a faraway place take some rest '' says Grandma . '' Ah yes , is my room ready upstairs ?'' asks George . '' Yes , i have it cleaned by the maids '' replies her Mom .

'' Where are the servants by the way? there was no one when i came '' remarks George . '' They are all under custody that's why we don't know who's the killer yet so i have told everybody no to come '' says her Mom .

'' That' good to take some precautions or else we don't know that whether he's the only one who would be killed yet nothing to predict for now anyway , i am going to my room '' says her Uncle .

'' I will prepare dinner for everyone then '' Grandma remarks , going towards the kitchen . '' Go and help Mom '' says Sophia's Dad to her Mom . '' I don't want to i have never cooked in my entire life '' her mom retorts angrily .

'' It's okay i will go and help '' Sophia says , then heads towards the kitchen . Sophia's mom and Dad both sits in the living room turning on the tv, along with Grandpa . '' The news now , the most richest man in the town Harry Johnson's son , Samuel Johnson has died the night after christmas , in the morning they had found the dead body in the garden hanging , what could be the reason for his death ? suicide or murder ? police are still investigating about it ''

'' How did all those reporters found about it all ? i had told cops not to inform anyone '' Sophia's dad shouts out in rage . '' It's also saying that , the family members could also be the killer '' says her Mom . '' They think that we have killed him ? have they gone nuts ?'' her Mom shouts .

'' Calm down , people will make fuss about it obviously '' remarked her Grandpa . '' Yeah , no point in getting angry over this '' her Dad calms down . '' How can i kill my own son '? we are the murderers ? '' her Mom freaks out .

'' Calm down dear , we won't watch the news '' he turns off the news . Hearing all that shouting Sophia came from the kitchen . '' What happened ?why are you all shouting ?'' she asks hurrying down .

'' Oh it's nothing just the news , the reporters were saying some bad things regarding Samuel's murder , framing us for his death '' says her Dad . '' What how can they do this ? '' she retorts . '' They are the media they can do anything , but how did they all learn about this ? i had told the police to keep it confidential '' her Dad demands .

'' They must have heard about it from somewhere else , who's sharing all that news though ?'' Sophia asks . '' Don't you know ? you maybe the one who did this out of hatred for my dead son '' her Mom accuses her .

'' I will never do anything like that , i never hated him enough to kill him '' she protests . '' And why should i believe in you huh ?'' her mom retorts . '' Why are you accusing her without any proof ?'' hed dad protests .

'' I know it she must be the one behind everything , i know it '' her Mom shouts in panic . ''' No , i did nothing , believe in me '' Sophia protests . '' Why would i kill ... him ... i can't even imagine killing him ''' she utters .

'' Enough '' her Dad yelled . '' Sophi , go back to the kitchen '' he commands . '' And dear you go back to your room i will take your dinner for you in your room '' . '' I don't want to hear anything about that matter untill the forensics reports come '' states her dad .

'' I am leaving anyway '' her Mom grunts and leaves towards her room . Sophia goes back to the kitchen . Her Grandpa remains silent and goes to the dining table . '' What happened ? '' her Grandma asks from the kitchen .

'' Her mom was blaming her for his son's death what did this poor girl had done to deserve this ?'' her Grandpa laments . '' That woman resents her daughter i know it , who know's she must have killed her son too '' her Grandma comments .

'' No point in talking about it blaming me won't give her son back to her '' Sophia says , her voice as if it was cracking up .'' Let's have dinner and go to sleep i am tired from all of this '' her Grandpa remarks .

''' Dinner is ready , i have made steak along with salad wait i will serve '' her Grandma replies . '' I will help you '' says Sophia taking the dishes and serving them in the plates . Grandpa has started eating and Dad had arrived by then . He took one plate for Mom and went upstairs .

Granpa and Grandma both sat down to eat . In the mean time her Uncle George has arrived . '' What's up for dinner ?'' he asked casually after sitting downonto the table . '' Steak along with salad '' her Grandma replied .

'' The meat looks juicy '' he remarks looking at the meat . Sophia hands his plate over to him .. After taking one bite he exclaimes '' This is cooked so much well , did you made this Mom ?'' . '' Yes , '' her Grandma grunts .

'' It's been a while since i ate your cooking , two years i guess , after i had left for Italy '' he mumbles .'' Anyway finish eating '' Grandpa grumbles . '' Why are you all so quiet ? hey Sophia how's school ?'' he asks reluctantly .

'' It's going pretty much well and i'm in college now '' replies Sophia . '' And what about your boyfriend ? do you have one ?'' he asks while laughing . '' Welll .... i ... ''she stutters . '' I know you don't have one , who would want such a boring girl like you ?''' he bursts out in laughter .

'' George '' her Grandma hissed . '' I am sorry if i had hurt you ..... still you don't have to atek my joke seriously '' he says , still laughing . '' I am done eating , i don't feel like laughing under these circumstances '' says her Grandpa getting up from his seat .

He headed towards his room downstairs . '' You pissed him off , why do you do this always ? this is the reason why your father doesn't like you at all , for your casual attitude towards others , all you do now is travel all the time'' her Grandma remarks .

'' Why can't he takes my jokes as jokes only huh ? that's his problem not mine to concern '' her Uncle retorts . '' I am done eating too , should i help you washing the dishes ?'' Sophia says getting up . '' Yeah sure , i am finished eating too , what about you George? '' asks her Grandma .

'' You ruined my appetite still i forced myself to eat '' her Uncle said getting up . He had an annoyed look on his face . '' Don't throw tantrums like a child as you don't earn anything for the family , only wasting Harry's money '' her Grandma remarks .

'' So why should i ? all of this wealth it doesn't belong to big brother only it belongs to me too so i spend what is part of my share '' George shouts . ''' We are still alive yet , if you wanna talk about share you can talk about it after we are dead '' her grandma remarks .

'' So , i won't get anything at all untill you are alive ?'' George protests . '' No you won't , enough about this matter, wash the dishes Sophia '' her Grandma orders . Sophia takes the dishes and goes to the sink .

'' You want to give all of your wealth to your son and granddaughter only huh ? is that what you want ? '' George remarks . '' I want to . Do you have any problem ?'' her grandma replies '' now get out of my sight i don't want to see your face '' .

'' I hope you and your husband dies sooner so i can get part of my wealth '' her Uncle mumbles . '' Your curse won't do us anything '' her Grandma retorts . George leaves at that instant . Grandma helps Sophia washing the dishes .

'' Don't mind what he said '' her Grandma says . '' It's okay i don't mind at all '' Sophia replies . ''' That man never changes i am ashamed to call him my son but that's not my son he's my step son '' says her Grandma .

'' Just like Samuel ?'' Sophia asks . '' Yes , like him that's why he thinks that we don't care about him at all , that's the reason he still resents us and thinks us of as his enemies '' Grandma replies . '' But Samuel was quite different from from Uncle , no matter what happened he never told mom or dad or anyone to die '' Sophia remarks .

'' I wonder why does he hate us so much ? we tried to give him all of our love even if he's our step son , but he was always angry at us cause we took his mom away from him when he was little since then he started calling Harry big brother , but now he even hates Harry , why does he hold so much hatred towards us ?'' Grandma says witha sigh .

'' Must be because he's still childish enough to throw tantrums '' Sophia remarks . '' That' the reason even though Harris is younger he calls him big brother and still hasn't married yet when he's old enough to be the father of a grown up lady like you '' her Grandma says .

'' This is the lat of the dishes you can go sleep now '' says Sophia wiping her hands with the towel . '' Yeah i am going '' her Grandma says '' good night '' . '' Goodnight sweet dreams '' she replies .

'' Guess i should go and read the book now '' she mumbles and heads upstairs . While she was heading towards her room she noticed the door of her Uncles room is slightly open and he heard talking to someone .

She didn't wanted to overhear his conversation but she couldn't help it so she decided to take a peek . She tried to listen who's he talking with . '' Samuel is dead and now only Sophia is the sole successor of all the wealth and treasures we can make a large amount of money with selling those things '' says her Uncle .

'' After the old man and old woman has died i will take over after them and won't give any part of property to Harry , he's my step brother so i should be the one who should acquire all that wealth , i hope the geezers would die soon or we can kill them making it look like heart attack '' he said .

'' Yeah , talk to you later we can plan our strategies carefully '' he says . '' Anyway good night '' he hangs up finally . Sophia tried to get up and ran upto her room . The vase which was in the hallway she bumps into it and it falls down .

'' WHO IS THAT OVER THERE ?'' George asks over the door . Sophia tries to put the vase to it's original place and leaves from the sight . George open the door and lookes around . '' There doesn't seem to be anyone around here then what was the sound about ?''' he mumbles .

'' Some cat maybe ? but there aren't any cats around here '' he thinks '' then was someone listening to my conversation ?''' . '' If that is i need to find who it is '' he mumbles , he goes inside and locks the door .

Sophia hurries to her room and closes the door . '' Uncle , so is he the killer of Samuel ? '' . ''' What is he planning against us ? he wants to kill us ? i have to tell others about this , but i don't have any proof , then ?'' .

'' What will i do i heard about about all of this ? what if he tries to harm any of us ? '' she thoughts . '' Calm down me , i need to be cautious about it all or else something may happen to us '' she stutters .

'' I need to save everyone , or else Uncle will kill all of us , from today onwards i will keep an eye on him 24/7 hours , yes i will keep track of whatever he's doing '' she thinks . '' From tomorrow onwards you have duty to save others yes '' she reminds herself .

'' I won't let anyone get killed anymore longer i need to gather proofs against him now . '' '' Why do i feel like an detective though ?'' she thought amusingly . '' Guess i need to read the whole book of Agatha Christine '' she mumbles to herself .

'' Miss Sophia , you are the detective now , you have to solve all the mysteries by yourself now '' she mumbles to herself . '' I will tell Edward about it all '' she thought . Right at that moment her uncle's saying comes to her mind '' Who would be interested in a boring girl like you ?'' .

'' Does Edward feels the same thing as Uncle does ? am i really boring ? '' she thoughts . '' If that's the case i won't disturb hima any further . If he's really bearing with me just because i am rich i will stop him to talk with me '' .

'' I was all alone to begin with . Only my Mom , she;s the only one who's by my side all the time ''. She goes to her desk and takes the picture of her mom in her hands . '' Mom , don't you worry , i will take care of dad and Grandpa and Grandma also don't you worry only you give your blessings from heaven '' she utters .

'' I won't let any evil man destroy our life and our family , i will take revenge against him if i find his guilty i won't forgive him and hand him over to the cop '' . '' Good night mom '' she says to her mom's picture .

Then puts it on the desk again and goes to bed thinking about the al the stuff that has happened lately . '' My duty starts from tomorrow '' she says to herself .