SIDE OF EVA

Eva enters her father's office to find him standing, looking out the window lost in thought. She pulls out a revolver and points it at her father.

Eva: Dad!!

Mr. Moses turns in shock, surprised to see Eva pointing a gun at him, tears streaming down her face.

Mr. Moses: Please!! Eva, don't do this!!

Eva: Dad, what did I tell you about my family? What did I tell you about harming my mother or my father, both times you want to kill my parents, first mom and now dad.

Mr. Moses tries to move closer, takes a step, but Eva shoots him in the right leg. Madam Joyce hears the gunshot after Eva fires and rushes to stop Eva.

Eva: Don't come near me!! Answer me, why do you want to kill my parents!?

Mr. Moses: Ohh!! Eva, I love you, I love your mother and your father too. Understand me, I haven't done anything wrong to your parents. Understand, Eva, you are everything to me.

Eva: Dad, you're a traitor. (with bitterness)

At that moment, Joyce arrives at the door and enters. As she enters, she locks the door securely. Meanwhile, Eva points the gun at her father.

Joyce: Evaaa noooo, Evaaaaa!!!

But Madam Joyce is too late, Eva shoots her father in the chest near the heart, and Moses falls to the ground. Shocked and fearful after shooting her father, Eva drops the gun, and Madam Joyce rushes to hold Mr. Moses on the ground.

Mr. Moses: I love you, Joyce, I love you and Eva. (Moses dies)

Joyce: Mozeee!! Don't leave me, Moses, how can you leave me, I still need you, don't leave me, you promised you would be with me, how can you leave me today... (She cries)

Eva watches her mother crying for her father with deep sorrow and genuine love, feeling powerless, she falls to her knees.

Eva: Mom, tell me the truth because I don't understand!!

Joyce: Don't blame yourself, my child, it's not your father's fault or yours, but it's mine.

On Damian's side, he is still struggling to reach Mr. Moses's office because he doesn't know which floor the office is on. He is still being chased by the guards, and he descends to the third floor before reaching Mr. Moses's office, using the stairs.

Joyce: Your father and I loved each other very much, and we never knew that one day we would separate and cause so much trouble, but unfortunately, you didn't see it because you were too young.

: We lived loving each other, and together we worked in our PROUD company until a conflict arose.

Eva: What caused the conflict?

Mom: During the time our company was growing, many people joined our company, both men and women, and at that time, our company had fierce competition with the HIGH CLASS company owned by Mr. Damian. But we were superior due to the quality of our products. One day we hired a female employee named Vivian, and at that time, you were too young, so I had to focus on family matters and reduce my office responsibilities, so that employee had to take my place...

: That's when the conflict began. Your father used to come home late, busy with work, and he was always with that woman, and without thinking, I was also busy at work like your father, and I got jealous. When she realized it, she started using that situation to her advantage. She started getting involved in a relationship with your father, even though your father didn't need her, she set traps and tricks to get him.

: That's when Mr. Damian came to me and brought me all kinds of evidence, showing me that your father was in a relationship with that woman... At first, it was hard to believe, but as time went on and my love for your father grew, I began to believe. It reached a point where we argued with your father every day, and this lasted for a year until your father fired that woman, but it was impossible for us to be together again even though he fired that woman. Because it was too late, I also found myself in love with Mr. Damian.

: I was seeking revenge on your father, a revenge that I didn't realize wasn't true, your father fired that woman but I still asked for a divorce, and we separated, your father remained with you. We divided the shares of the company, and I started a new company called JOY with Mr. Damian, which we have been competing with your father's company for 13 years now. But all this time since we separated from your father, he has never married another woman, believing that he has already found everything, everything that is you... You were everything to him.

Eva: Mom...!! Who is that woman? And why did she come to ruin your marriage!?

Mom: Today I discovered who that woman is.

Eva: Who is it?

Mom: Today I discovered that woman is your stepfather's wife. I overheard Damian talking on the phone, I listened carefully, and in his conversation, I discovered their goal is to take ownership of both companies. Damian wants to take over all the shares of my company, and I also heard him say he found out you also have shares in your father's company, so the closeness he created with you was to take your assets as well.

Eva: How did you know the woman he was talking to was her?

Joyce: After Damian finished talking on the phone, I asked him for his phone to get the number of the person he was talking to, luckily I succeeded, then I investigated that number to find out who it belonged to... That's when I discovered it belonged to that woman, your stepfather's wife. And at that time, I wanted to inform Mr. Moses. I wanted to tell him what I discovered, the cause of our conflict and who really caused it, I wanted to tell him that our enemy is Mr. Damian but unfortunately I failed, Moses died (she cries)

Eva: Forgive me, Mom!! (crying), I didn't know what I was doing, I took my father's life, the one who considered me everything to him, father was betrayed by everyone he loved, first his wife and now his daughter... What have I done, what have I done.

At that moment, Damian managed to reach Mr. Moses's office, trying to open the door but failing because when Joyce entered, she locked it from inside. The guards behind him were chasing him.

Damian: Oh!! What's this, the door is locked.

: Eva, Joyce, it's me Damian, open up. (knocking on the door)

There was silence, no one answered him.

Guard1: Hey!! Stop right there, surrender yourself.

Guard (big): Stop it man!! What's going on, why are you chasing us like kids. (Tired, kneeling)

Damian: (Raises hands) Okay, I surrender, but listen to me, your boss might have a problem inside because I knocked on the door, but no one is opening it or answering me.

Guard1: That doesn't matter, what we need is to get you out of here.

Guard (big): The boss is dealing with family matters, it's none of your business. (Sitting down exhausted)

Meanwhile, Eva and her mother were inside, they heard the door being knocked, but they didn't know who it was or they didn't care because they were in deep conversation. Joyce picked up the gun lying on the floor.

Eva: Mom, what are you going to do!?

Joyce: Eva, your father deserved to live, not me, but how can I live without him now? How can I live when it's my fault... (Joyce puts the gun to her head)

Eva tried to stop her, but Joyce fired the gun, the bullet went through her head, and Joyce died.

Eva: Momaaa....!! No!

The police and Damian heard the gunshot. They were surprised...

Damian: Didn't I tell you guys, there's trouble inside.

Guard (big): Hurry up, let's break down the door!

They took a gas cylinder hanging on the wall and began to break down the door. Meanwhile, guard1 called the police station to report the incident.

Guard1: Hello!! from PROUD offices, I'm reporting a crime in progress…!!

Phone: Okay, we're coming right now.

Inside, Eva was holding her parents, crying.

Eva: Dad nooo, Mom nooo...!!

Damian and the guards managed to break down the door and enter, finding Eva crying, holding her parents. Everyone was surprised, and Damian was afraid to approach Eva, he stood a little away from the window built with glass from the floor to the ceiling.

Damian: Eva, are you okay!?

But Eva didn't answer him.

Damian: Eva, what happened my child!?

Eva remained silent, tears streaming down her face. Damian looked at her hands and saw she was holding a gun.

Damian: (Thinking) Eva may know the truth! Why isn't she answering me!?

Eva looked at her stepfather with anger.

Damian: Eva, don't worry everything will be fine, my child, I'm here as your father. (nervously)

The guards couldn't approach her because she was holding a gun...

Guard1: What should we do!?

Guard (big): Let's listen to her, maybe she'll listen to her stepfather, let's not force her, she might shoot again!!

Guard1: Okay.

Damian saw that Eva was incomprehensible and wanted to remove her gun to calm her down because it seemed Eva had found out. As he was trying to take away Eva's gun, she was quicker and shot him in the chest, but due to the recoil of the gun that hit her in the chest, her bullet lost its direction and hit the glass, breaking it, Damian fell onto the glass and broke it, falling from the 43rd floor to the ground, landing on a car parked outside and losing his life...

Eva: You were right!! When you aim to be careful, don't lose your target. I've done it, Damian.

After doing that, Eva put the gun to her head wanting to kill herself, but she realized she had run out of bullets...

Eva: Oh no!! there were only four bullets.

At that moment, the police had arrived at the scene, they took Eva and the bodies of her father (Mr. Moses) and mother (Joyce) and Damian's body for further investigation... As they were leaving those offices, there were many journalists outside, Eva and some witnesses were taken, but before they left, the police chief received a report…

Police: Chief, we have identified the person who planted the bomb in Mr. Damian's car.

Police (chief): Okay!! Take a team immediately and arrest him, he may also be involved in this incident, try to bring him alive, he might help us because until now I don't understand.

Police Officer: Understood chief, we'll get it done without fail.

Across the country, news is spreading about the incident that occurred at the PROUD offices, and here someone is watching TV, it's the woman who is said to be Mr. Damian's wife.

NEWS REPORT

Reporter: Reporting live from the scene at the PROUD offices where the murder of three people, owners of major clothing manufacturing companies, has occurred. They are known as Mr. Moses, owner of PROUD, Joyce, owner of JOY company, and her husband and partner Damian, who narrowly escaped death from a bomb planted in his car and shortly thereafter met his demise by gunshot at this location, the PROUD offices. The main suspect in this case is their daughter, Eva Moses...

Vivian: Oh! Now this ending has gotten even worse!?

At that moment, there was a knock on the door of Vivian's room, and when she went to open it, she found a group of about ten police officers holding guns, all pointing at her...

Police: Madam, you're under arrest. (They handcuff her)

TWO WEEKS LATER

Two weeks later, the police have gathered enough information from Eva, and on that day they asked Eva to go to the police station to tell them if she knows that woman, and she explained to the police who the woman was. But the police also took statements from that woman (Vivian)...

Police (Unit): Why did you set a bomb for your husband when you knew he was in your alliance!?

Vivian: I felt betrayed, he was dragging his feet because it had been a long time and he hadn't completed our plan, and every time I talked to him he wouldn't give me the right answers, so I decided to set a bomb to kill him.

Police: So, you admit that you were the one who did that.

Vivian: Yes, it was me who did it.

Days passed and it was the day of sentencing, with Eva in the dock.

Judge: Based on the evidence we have gathered for a long time, it has been discovered that Eva Moses is innocent of the charge of murdering her stepfather, Mr. Damian... Where two witnesses, security guards of the PROUD company, testify that Eva was at the scene trying to protect herself from Mr. Damian, who is now deceased. And with the authority given to me by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania, I declare Eva free.

Meanwhile, the second defendant, Vivian, is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to murder Mr. Damian with a bomb, on the date... 2021. Along with attempting to harm the PROUD and JOY companies in collaboration with her husband, Mr. Damian, who is now deceased, all of which failed.

THE CASE ENDED THUS.

After turning 18, her biological father's lawyer and her mother's lawyer handed over the legal documents for the ownership of the company and her parents' assets to Eva. She returned to school to finish her studies, and later, at the age of 22, she decided to merge the two competing companies and create one company that would produce clothing for both genders. She named the company PJ, taking the first letter from her father's company and the first letter from her mother's company. The main idea she envisioned was "PLACE FOR JOY," meaning a place of happiness. Then she invited journalists to the launch of this new name.

Eva: It's been 5 years since the death of my parents, who were also the owners of two competing fashion companies, PROUD and JOY. Today, we are making history by merging these two companies into one called PJ (PLACE FOR JOY), and now it's one company instead of two... But also, now we will be involved in producing clothing for all genders. I welcome any questions...

Reporter: Thank you very much, Madam Eva!! People say you killed your parents to take over their wealth for your benefit.

Eva: People say, and I can't stop them from saying, because they don't know the beginning of this story, they only know the end. They know that I killed my parents, but let me remind you, my father is now portrayed as a hero, having died in righteousness, but do you remember at the beginning you portrayed him as an abuser, cruel, corrupt because you didn't know the beginning of the story that led you to give him those names, but at the beginning, you called him a hero... You don't know how that information affected him and his family, maybe that's what led to everything you saw and heard today. My father always told me that we make mistakes to learn, meaning if you get hurt, you'll find a way not to get hurt again, if you cry, you'll find a way not to cry again. For me, I believe this won't happen again, not because I have lost, no, but because I know.

Eva continued to answer questions, and in the end, she launched a new line of clothing, one called Father and the other Mother. People bought them a lot, breaking sales records.

THE END