The Devil Wears Pink (Ben Hargreeves) [discontinued]

CHAPTER SEVEN - MOMMY DEAREST

lilith prayed that she'd have one normal day when she woke up in bed, still in her old room in the academy

she does her morning routine, being an owner of fashion industry also requires the best out of your face, but she couldn't care less about people's opinions

she takes a shower and wears something that had no effort whatsoever, just a simple pink cashmere sweater, blue jeans and no shoes, she was in no mood to go outside and hoop earrings

yes it was a lazy day, but it was her lazy day. and no one was to ruin it

lilith walks into the kitchen and is greeted with the sight of her mother, handing her tea and french toast "good morning my dear"

"morning mom" she smiles giving her mother a quick kiss on the cheek before sitting next to allison

she notices that allison and luther were glancing at each other nervously and lilith raises an eyebrow "if you two are sluething please spill the tea" she says, sipping in her tea

"mom? we need to ask you some questions about the night that died dad" lilith chokes on the tea and glares at luther before shaking her head, but luther avoids her gaze "do you remember anything?"

"of course." mom says, fully turned around with a smile on her face

"sunset, seven thirty-three p.m. moon was waxing crescent, dinner was cornish hen, wild rice, and carrots."

"no. no, uh...later that night." luther said. lilith eyed luther carefully, not breaking her gaze from him any time soon

"in his bedroom. did you go and see him?" lilith squints her eyes, not liking where this was going

mom lets out a chuckle "i don't recall" she says, before turning around to continue cooking breakfast

lilith shakes her head "luther, it's pretty early. please just stop" she says, giving luther a look who gives her a glare in return

from the corner of her eye, lilith sees luther and allison nod at each other and having their silent conversation before allison asks mom a question

"were you ever...i don't know, angry with dad?" lilith raises an eyebrow at allison as she watches mom serve the two with their breakfast. lilith was slowly catching onto their plan, and she didn't like it one bit

"your father was a good man." mom replied, turning to face them with a smile

"a kind man. he was very good to me." lilith knew that everything their mom did was programmed, even her smiles
but even her programmed smile couldn't hide the fact that it was all a lie

"yes, but after we all left, it must have been difficult." allison stated

"oh, there were days." mother chuckles as she recounts all the memories

"you kids kept me oh so busy, and then..."mom stopped suddenly, a frown appearing on her face. she looked at us sadly

lilith narrows her eyes, but it was of concern and worry "mom?" she asks, putting down the tea

"what?" luther leans forward from his seat, seemingly interested on what mom was to say

mom turns around and gives us another grin "mom, what were you going to say?" allison asked