? ARIZONA ?
( His Crazy Queen… )
CHAPTER 42&43
By, Naomi Cindy B
★★★★★
TEN MINUTES LATER**
“How did you get into an accident?” Arizona asked as she cleaned the blood on Vince’s wound, they’re both sitting on the couch.
“When I was rushing to get out of the house, I hit my head on the door” he replied.
“It must hurt a lot” she said, attaching small plaster to the wound after disinfection.
“No I’m ok so far you’re ok” he replied and she looked at him.
He just said another word which made her heart thump.
He held her face with an hand and ru-bbe-d her ear-lobe with his thumb, making her close her eyes.
“I got so worried when I heard you cry, my heart ached immediately and I…. I didn’t even know I was wounded till I got into the taxi” he said.
She opened her eyes, smiling slowly as she hu-gged him.
“Don’t get hurt cos of me again” she said.
“Who was it?” He asked.
“Ella, the best student in my institute, the one I trust most”
“How did you get her?” He asked.
“All thanks to my Pepper” she smiled, standing up.
She walked to the cage and the parrot chirped happily.
Vince came beside her and she opened the cage, it flew on his shoulder.
“Wow!, Pepper likes you” she said.
“Really?”
“Yes, it’ll never make contact with anyone besides me, but it just flew on your shoulder” she smiled.
Vince stro-ked the bird gently.
“Thanks for saving this crazy lady” he said and Pepper chirped again.
It returned to it’s cage and Arizona took Vince upstairs to her room.
“Who do you think se-nt her?” He asked.
“I have just one person in mind” she replied.
“The Prescott guy?” He asked.
“Yes, but unless she says his name, there won’t be anything to nab him with” she replied, taking off her nightie.
He quickly turned his back on her and she smiled.
She put on her bathrobe and entered the bathroom.
Vince walked around the room, checking out everything.
The luck teddy he gave her earlier is currently sitting on her be-d.
He sat on her working chair and a book stood out in the drawer.
He opened the drawer and took the book curiously.
It’s the yearbook of Unicorn elementary school….2007… Meaning fifteen years ago.
He got overly curious and opened it, he started coming across various pictures of the students with their pictures and names.
His eyes wi-dened when he saw Arielle Lee.
He stood, his heart beating fas-ter than usual.
Then he saw pictures of all the boys that bullied the red-faced girl with her that year.
He fl-ipped the pages fas-ter, looking for the picture of the red faced girl but he couldn’t find it.
Chrissy Belmont is nowhere to be found too
He fl-ipped past a page but went back when he noticed something.
Arizona Andrews…. only the name is there, the picture has been torn away.
“Arizona Andrews?, Could it be Arizona Banks?,why is it Andrews and why was the picture torn away?, Was that supposed to be the red-faced girl sp-ot?, Is it Arizona?” He wondered restlessly and when he felt she’s already coming back, he returned it quickly.
“Tada!, I’m clean!” Arizona said, coming out of the bathroom.
She’s in her bathrobe again but this time she’s w£t, she rolled a head towel on her head.
Vince kept staring at her, wondering if she’s Arizona Andrews and even if she is, why did she become Banks?, Why was her face torn away from the yearbook and….is she the red-faced girl?
These are the various questions he asked himself as he stared at her.
“Vincent are you fine?” She asked.
He suddenly walked to her and held her shoulders then pushed her lightly to the wall.
Her back hit gently on it and his eyes hit her own.
“Vincent…” She whispered, folding her fists as she looked up at him.
Now that she’s not wearing heels, it’s obvious that he’s much taller.
He looked at her l-ips, maybe the fact that she just showered made it look softer and pink.
He started leaning in and she closed her eyes, expecting him..
Her robe suddenly came undone in the front and his eyes caught her na-kedbo-ob before she quickly held the robe to herself with her hands.
She looked at him again, feeling the dangerous thudding of her heart.
“Sleep ti-ght” he said.
“Huh?”
“Goodnight” he said .
“Oh….good… goodnight” she said awkwardly and he walked out of the room.
Arizona rushed to the be-d and jumped on it.
“He saw my bo-obs!, He saw it jeez!” She gushed, throwing up her legs.
She sat up and held her face, remembering how wistful he stared at her some minutes ago, his soft l-ips which she’d have loved to taste again.
“Gosh!!” She shouted, falling back on the be-d, p-ulling the duvet over herself.
****
NEXT MORNING, VINCE’S PLACE**
Blaze made breakfast already when Vince woke up.
He could smell rice as he walked out of the room.
“Good morning!” Blaze smiled, waving the scooping spoon at him.
“Good morning” he replied and Blaze came to him.
He tou-ched the plaster on his forehead and sighed.
“Who did you go out to meet last night?, To the point of hurting yourself?, Wait lemme guess…. Arizona?” He asked suspiciously.
“Yes” Vince replied and Blaze smiled.
“I knew it, when are you telling her?” Blaze asked.
“Maybe tonight, ion think I can continue keeping it in” he replied and Blaze’s eyes lightened up.
“jinjja?”
“Yeah, ion care if she slap-s me or choo me away, I’ll just tell her how I feel” he replied and Blaze hu-gged him.
“I love you bro!”
Vince pushed him away and he released a Na-ughty giggle as Vince went in.
“Brush and come out for breakfast!” Blaze shouted happily.
******
PRESCOTT’S HOUSE**
“She got caught?, How could she let that happen!” Prescott yelled when Javi reported to him.
Arielle left some minutes ago.
“I think Arizona is smarter than we think” Javi replied.
“Of course she’s smart!, And that’s why I planned to pene-trate throu-ghthe unnoticeable route but….is she a witch or something?, Shit!, What if that idiot mentions my name!” Prescott said.
“She won’t dare, her brother and mother are just in the palm of my hands, if she dare to open her mouth, I’ll eliminate them, I told her that before she went for the mission so you’re safe” Javi replied and Prescott inhaled.
“I knew there’ll be no other way to get Arizona than to get rid of that Vince guy, tonight right?” Prescott said, lightening a puff.
“Yes boss” Javi replied.
******
WEALTH GROUP OF COMPANIES**
Arielle finished her early morning conference and came back straight to the office.
She couldn’t even think straight during the conference, all she has in her head is how to kill Arizona.
She threw her bag across her office and remembered how she humiliated her yesterday again.
“I can’t take this anymore!, I’ll just use one of my cards!, It’s high time you get humiliated too .. with your past” she said and opened her drawer.
She brou-ght out Arizona’s pictures, red-faced her fifteen years ago.
“Bingo!” She called and Bing rushed in.
She gave him the pictures.
“By 7pm today, I want them in every social media, it’s high time I tell the whole world how ugly she used to be… Arizona Banks, plastic surgery doll” she smiled satisfactorily.
*****
HAESUNG UNIVERSITY, STADIUM**
The girls are sitting on the bleachers, waiting to start cheering for the pla-yers.
It’s English students vs Mathematics students.
Summer settled beside Chrissy and Chrissy made to stand but Summer held her.
“You were rejected, how pathetic” she said and Chrissy quickly looked at her.
“You were…..
“I heard everything in the computer room, how he said she loves Arizona” Summer smiled and Chrissy shrunk in embarr@$$ment.
“I wanted him before but he turned me down a million times, meaning I can’t get him, I love destroying what I can’t get and I can go any length to do that” Summer said.
Chrissy stood to go again.
“Since it’s obvious you can’t get him too, you can join me, let’s make him regret turning us down for Arizona, let’s make Arizona regret taking him from us” Summer said and Chrissy stopped.
Summer stood and left after that.
Chrissy stood where she is, thinking ha-rd till loud screams from the girls made her look ahead.
Vince is just entering the stadium with br@nson and though they both look hot but Vince’s hotness will always outshine .
Girls are even snapping his pictures secretly, he hates snapping.
A lot of girls made his unaware pictures their wallpaper.
The Jersey is just his spec, it fits him so much and the black bandana on his head added to his se-xiness.
Chrissy fell as she stared and some girls laughed at her.
She stood and walked out of the stadium.
Arizona will be having this hottie all to herself, the guy whom all the girls of Haesung are crushing on including her
His heart beats for Arizona and it’s annoying.
She was about to enter the cl@$$ when someone pulled her.
“Vince” she said surprisingly.
“Are you really the red-faced girl like you claimed?” He asked, looking suspicious.
“Wae?”
“Why is your name and picture not on the yearbook of that year?” He asked and she looks shocked.
“Huh?, My name?” She said se-nselessly.
“Answer me Chrissy” He said and she quickly released herself from him.
“I.. don’t want to talk about it” she said and rushed away.
*****
FLOWERS HIGH**
Havana suddenly dropped a bottle of jui-ce on Adam’s table and he looked up.
“Havana?” He smiled.
“Thanks for taking me to the clinic for treatment yesterday” she said.
He took the jui-ce and drank from it, Havana smiled.
“It’s fine, be careful while in the gym” he winked and she shone her teeth as she walked back to her seat beside Blaze.
“Is that really necessary?” Blaze asked.
“What?, Giving him the juice?, He took me to the clinic when I fell at the gym yesterday remember?, So….
“I could have carried you!” Blaze interrupted loudly and everyone looked at him.
“Blaze…” Havana said surprisingly.
“I’m sorry” he replied slowly.
Trevor looked at his poor friend and sighed.
“I told him” he muttered.
Lunch came as usual and the cafeteria welcomed students.
Havana sat with Blaze and Trevor and they ate while chatting before Adam joined them, sitting beside Havana.
“Hey Adam!” Havana waved.
“Hey” he smiled and Blaze dropped his chopsticks.
“We’re enemies right?, Find another table” he said.
“Blaze..’ Trevor called beside him.
“You should be the one to find another table if you’re not comfortable” Adam replied, eating already.
Blaze made to stand but Trevor pulled him back.
“Can’t believe a guy who’s getting sponsored by my sis is talking back at me” Adam said arrogantly and everyone turned to their table.
Silence prevailed in the cafeteria.
“Adam..” Havana said and he looked at Blaze who looks hurt.
“Oh is he hurt?, Sorry!” He said.
Someone hit Adam’s head from behind.
“Ouch!” He winced, looking back to see C@$$idy.
“Must you always prove that your head is void of br@in?, Stop hurting his feelings!” She shouted at him.
“Was that why you sma-cked my head?, Am I the se-nior or you?” Adam stood.
“Just get lost!!” C@$$idy yelled and went to Blaze.
“se-nior Blaze let’s get out of here” she said, p-ulling him out of the cafeteria.
They got to the back of it and she hu-gged him.
“Sorry about my brother, just forget about what he said” she said.
“C@$$idy” Blaze said, surprised at how ti-ght she’s hu-gging him.
******
4PM**
C@$$idy got to Havana’s house but met her in a poor condition.
Her face looks tired and she’s holding her stomach, sitting on the ground in the living room, her mum is beside her.
“She has been purging since she came back from school and it won’t stop”Mrs Smith said.
“What do we do?” The audition is in thirty minutes time” C@$$idy said.
“Just leave, I’ll be fine” Havana said.
“But you’ve been practicing for today since long ago” C@$$idy said.
Havana rushed into the bathroom to purge again.
“See?, Don’t be late you should go” Mrs Smith said.
C@$$idy waited for a while before rushing out of the house, wondering why she’s suddenly purging.
*****
7:10PM, KRYSTAL GROUP OF COMPANIES**
Ella is still refusing to confess at the station no matter the torture and that’s making Arizona worried.
They’re really torturing her so much but she’s being stubborn about it, she just kept saying sorry and it’s not working.
She stopped working on her laptop and Yang rushed in with a tab.
“Boss!!!” He screamed, scaring her.
“What?” She asked, standing up quickly.
“Boss..” he said pathetically and gave her the tab.
Immediately she saw her childhood pictures, she almost fainted.
An article was written below it.
**ARIZONA BANKS HAS BEEN LIVING WITH A PLASTIC FACE, THIS IS HOW UGLY SHE WAS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, HAVE YOU BEEN WONDERING WHY HER CHILDHOOD PICTURES AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WASN’T ADDED IN HER BIOGRAPHY?, HERE’S IT, YOUR UGLY ARIZONA BANKS**
“It’s everywhere, reporters are outside, the pictures are trending” Yang said and Arizona fell on her chair.
“Arielle, you won’t stop anytime soon right?” She muttered with shaky l-ips.
All the scenes she has been fighting to forget came back all at once and her b©dyshook more.
“My sweet candy….where are you….I think I….I nee-d you again” she mumbled as gooseb-umps arou-sedon her b©dyand when she made to stand, she fell back on her chair, p@$$ing out immediately.
“Boss!!!!” Yang screamed
*******
MADAME PARK’S PORK RESTAURANT**
Vince looked at the anklet he got again and smiled.
Though it’s cheap but he’s hoping she’ll accept it, it’s what he could afford.
He’s still planning to confess tonight and he can’t wait for her to come.
“Vince a new customer!” Madam Park said and he quickly pocketed the anklet.
He was about to go serve the new customer when he saw something shocking in the restaurant TV.
The tray fell from him as he watched the news.
Arizona Banks, plastic surgery doll with a fake face.
Her red face was displa-yed on the TV then her current face.
“What’s this?” Madam Park said shockingly.
Vince’s hand shook as he took off his ne-cklace and opened the locket.
It’s her!, Her!
He stepped on the tray and it shattered as he ran madly out of the restaurant.
He was almost crying as he ran.
“Why did you keep it from me…why didn’t you tell me” he thought as he ran but when he ran past a car, something was suddenly hit on his head and that was all he could remember.
****
Vince woke up when water was poured on his face.
He found himself beside a river with unfriendly guys around.
A small fire is burning right there.
His hands were tied behind him.
Immediately he woke up, the guys pounced on him and started hitting him.
Punches and kicks poured on him and his face became bloody within minutes.
He bled from the nose and mouth too but they still won’t stop.
They hit him till he has almost lost his breath before letting him go.
He held the ne-cklace with him very ti-ghtly, making sure it doesn’t fall off.
Prescott finally showed up and bent in front of him.
He hasn’t said anything when he shoved a knife into Vince’s stomach.
“Aarrgg!!!!!” Vince screamed out agonizingly, blood dampening his shirt immediately as Prescott started turning the knife in his stomach.
“Arrggg!!!!!!!” Vince screamed excruciatingly again and Prescott smiled wickedly.
Vince’s blood escaped his l-ips and Prescott laughed.
“You think I was joking when I said she’s mine?, No one toys with what’s mine, in your next life…stay away from Arizona” Prescott snarled and re-moved the knife rou-ghly from Vince’s stomach.
Vince fell on his back and Prescott placed his shoe on the stabbe-d area, pressing it ha-rd.
Vince screamed out again, feeling like dying already.
Seeing his life sl-ipping out of his b©dyis the worse experience as Prescott kept pressing the wound wickedly.
His blood continued draining on the ground and flowed till it entered the river.
Prescott re-moved his leg and got his gun.
He shot Vince twice on the che-st and Vince finally stopped breathing.
Prescott smiled and shifted back.
“Dispose him” Javi ordered the guys and two of them jointly carried Vince’s b©dyto the river
They threw him in and his lifeless b©dydrowned immediately.
TBC.