Chapter 186 - Accused
After returning from Oscar's house, Lisa laid her aching back on the bed. She didn't get to meet William in person but she was satisfied. Her heart was immediately relieved.
When she was about to turn off the light to go to sleep, suddenly her cellphone rang!
Lisa grabbed her cell phone from her tote bag and answered the call. "Hello, why do you call late at night?"
"Sis, don't play around with me! You traitor!"
Bella's voice across the phone sounded very angry and fiery. Lisa's sleepy eyes were now wide open. It looked like she wouldn't be sleeping fast tonight.
Lisa leaned her back against the wall near the bed, holding her cellphone tighter. She sharpened her hearing while the expression in her face became very serious.
"Bel, you're not drunk right? Why are you suddenly angry like this?" Lisa asked, her brows knitted.
"Don't play dumb! You don't need to pretend you don't know what you did! I know you didn't want me with Rangga because you liked Rangga, right? Fortunately, I still have my patience with you! I still want to call you at this hour!"
Bella's unwarranted accusation made Lisa even more astonished. As far as she could remember, she didn't plan anything evil to prevent Bella from dating Rangga. It's true that she asked Bella not to approach Rangga because of age gap and lifestyle differences. But she was hella confused with what Bella said tonight!
Lisa was very surprised by the accusation that Bella said about her. The vile words that Bella spewed from across the phone made Lisa's patience run out.
"Hey, speak clearly! I don't really understand what you said just now. You snapped at me and accused me for no reason. What do you mean by this, Bel? Are you asking for a fight?" She raised her voice, feeling both annoyed and irritated with her sister's accusation.
"Stop playing with me! I'm telling you, I know you and Rangga are talking about bad things about me behind my back, right? Rangga hasn't answered any of my phone calls, nor replied to my SMS. You must be the one behind this, right? You talked smack behind my back with Rangga so he won't get close to me, right?"
Lisa was at loss for words from hearing what Bella said. She really made no sense at all. "Bel, what the hell is wrong with you? Why do you keep accusing me?"
"Alright, fine. I know you are really bad. You did it on purpose, you have the heart to prevent me from dating Rangga because you actually still like him!" Bella answered from across in a voice full of anger.
Hearing that sentence, Lisa felt very insulted. She had never spoken ill of Bella to Rangga so that the man would not approach her. Not at all!
Lisa only wanted to protect her sister who still had a better chance of living than her. She didn't want her younger sister's life to end like his. Getting tricked by men and suffered in misery next.
Lisa's throat felt like choking. She didn't know what to say to Bella. She held back her tears because anger and sadness were mixing up in her heart.
She gripped her cell phone tightly, almost seeming like she was about to crush it with her fingers. Her face was grim and without realizing it, tears rolled down her blushing cheeks.
"Bel, I don't really understand your way of thinking. You suddenly call me and accuse me of deliberately badmouthing you to Rangga so you don't go out with him? Seriously, are you really my sister? It's like I don't know you at all, Bel!"
Lisa felt her heart broken. She was disappointed that her little sister didn't believe her and didn't have any trust left for her!
"For real, I prefer not to have a sister like you!" Bella replied coldly and curtly from across.
"Listen to me! I didn't play any games with you and Rangga. Try to think about why Rangga doesn't text you or call you? He's the president! He has two companies for god sake! Dude is busy as hell. Please, understand him a little!"
"Sis, you are like a snake in the grass. You just seem fine with me now but actually you are evil! You think you can fool me? You think I don't understand that you tried to grab Rangga from me? Why did you do this to me? Are you so lonely when your rich ex-husband left you? Do you miss a man's touch so much that you will do anything to snatch Rangga from your own sister?"
Hearing Bella's accusation made Lisa's whole body tremble. She couldn't believe her own ears. She could not believe what she had just heard.
"Bell, I did my best to protect you from having a bleak future! I don't want you to mess up your study just because of a man! I want you to be more successful than me! I swear to God I'm not playing with you! I'm not trying to grab Rangga from you. What's the use for me anyway? I've given up on being in a relationship now! Please, understand a little," Lisa explained at length. Her eyes were teary.
Bella's attitude tonight disappointed her. Her troubled heart had just calmed down but now it fell into anxiety again because of her younger brother.
Lisa felt both sad and angry with all of Bella's baseless accusations. Even worse, her younger brother was very stubborn about it.
"Bell, seriously, stop talking nonsense like this. You're like a drunkard, you know!?"
"You should apologize to me, Sis! Because of you Rangga doesn't want to have contact with me anymore!" Bella snapped from across the phone.
Lisa gripped her cell phone tightly. Her patience was up.
"You should be the one to apologize to me! I'm clearly not at fault here! You even accused me while you don't have any evidence! I've had enough with your nonsense!"
Bella snorted. "Apologize to you? I don't want to! I'm calling you so you don't have to interfere with my personal matters, especially my love affair. I have my own life, you don't have to nag me every damn time! You weird sister!"
"Bella, if you keep talking like this, I will..."
Tuuuut... tuuuuuut ...
"Damn it! She cut the call!" Lisa threw her cell phone on the bed. She was on the verge of exploding with anger. The woman then slammed her glass to pieces.
Today was a very hard day for her. Her younger sister suddenly called her and yelled at her with an absolutely absurd accusation.
The woman rubbed her haggard face then cried.
She reached for her cellphone again then made a call to her mother.
After the call was connected, Lisa suddenly hung up on the call. She hesitated to tell her mother about Bella and Rangga. She knew that her mother would stand up for Bella no matter how wrong her little sister was.
Lisa didn't want to risk fighting with her mother.. She chose to keep quiet and let this problem resolve itself.