𝐄𝐱 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞

40. It's Not Over Yet!

Payback is a bad bitch
And baby, I'm the baddest
(I'm the baddest, I'm the baddest...)
Now, I'm out here lookin' like revenge
Feelin' like a ten, the best
I've ever been

When Tahera walked out the villa, it was almost dawn. An eventful night had passed but it was still not the end.

Aaban groused unhappily, "Sis, even though Ruma and Black Three are going to receive justice, Selim and Riya are still out there."

Tahera looked beyond the horizon and said in her usual calm way, "No worries, it'll be their turn soon enough. Let's go, we still have things to do."

Indeed, they still had things to be done. Tahera needed to strike while the iron was hot.

Tahera herself had said earlier she was going to make sure every single one of them was punished and she wasn't one to go back on her words.

Unsurprisingly, Ruma voluntarily shouldered all of the blame.

Riya insisted she had nothing to do with the attempted murders and, since they already had a confession from Ruma, the police couldn't do anything against her.

After giving her statement, Riya wanted to rush home to get Selim Mirza. Only he could save her mother now. Or else she would lose everything. Even her claim to the Rahman Family fortune...

"Riya Akhter," Suddenly Tahera called from behind her. Riya turned, her eyes filled with a mixture of anger and fear towards Tahera.

Finally, she had learnt that Tahera was not someone she could take down easily.

Tahera looked at her icily but her words surprised Riya. "Due to the fact that we were once sisters, I'm willing to give you some advice. This is your only way out now, so you want to hear it or not?"

"You would be so kind?" Riya scoffed.

"Of course."

Doubts entered Riyas heart. Just what kind of tricks is Tahera playing? However, beggars can't be choosers. She was willing to take anyone's advice then.

"...What advice?"

"It's simple. Go back in there to surrender and accept your punishment," Tahera said plainly.

"B*tch, in your dreams!" Riya cursed angrily; she should have known Tahera couldn't have given her any good advice.

Tahera wants her to go down with the sinking ship? In her dreams!

"Tahera, don't be too happy. This is not over yet!" Riya turned to leave. She swore then to make Tahera pay even if she had to give up everything!

By then, the only card she could play was Selim. They were after all married and had a common enemy. She believed he would help her take on Tahera. Riya left in a terrible fit of rage.

Aaban said worriedly, "Sis, Riya looks like she is ready to die together with us. Did you purposely provoke her just now?"

"I didn't."

"You mean your advice was genuine?"

"Yes. Sadly, she chose a fate worse than the law's punishment."

"How come I don't understand what you're talking about?" Aaban scratched his head. However, he had gotten used to the cryptic way his sister spoke.

***

The moment Riya stepped into her home, she knew something was wrong. The sprawling villa was as still as the cemetery.

Normally, four or five housemaids would bustle about the house but now there wasn't even one of them. The living room's door was wide open but she was hesitant to enter because it gave her the feeling that it was an entrance to a monster's lair.