Beautiful mask episode 19 & 20

Beautiful Mask
Episode 19

Caroline:

“kelvin?” i whisper and he raise me up to a sitting position on the ground.

“Caroline are you okay? Thank goodness i followed you when i saw you at the hospital. Why didn’t you get off the road? Wasn’t that Simon’s car?” he bombard me with questions but i cant help but remember Beatrice’s advice. ‘stay away from kelvin.’ how did he know i was at the hospital before he followed me here?

His time of appearance is too perfect to be a coincidence. I wouldn’t have thought of the absurdity of his appearance if Beatrice hadn’t said all those things.

I am almost sure that Simon wasn’t the s£nder of that text though. My last message was a test to know if it is really Simon. Simon never told me he loved me. No, he just said he has de-ep feelings for me.

Whoever has his phone wouldn’t possibly know that. I may be wrong about this though. If Kelvin is really the evil master mind like Beatrice said, shouldnt he be the driver of the car rather than my saviour?. This is all so confusing.

Two things i know for sure are, i can’t trust Kelvin right now and i nee-d to speak with Simon face to face.

“I am fine. Lets get out of here” i say and try to stand up. If kelvin is really evil, i don’t want to sit here in this dark and lonely place with him. Kelvin gr-ab my hand and drag me down. I am able to start screaming for help when he smile at me.

“i alre-ady called an ambulance so you better stay here before you do more harm to yourself” he says

“But i am fine. The car didn’t hit me”

“But you fell and something might be broken” I am about to argue when i hear the distant wailing of an ambulance. That was fast. Are ambulance usually this fast in this secluded place or was all this alre-ady planned?. Atleast now i am as-sured.

The ambulance arrives and we are both carried to the hospital. When we finally arrive at the hospital, i notice that it isn’t the same hospital where i found Beatrice. We get taken to the emergency room where we are checked.

Thankfully, i only have a few cuts and bruises on my hand. I was given some pain relieve and soon, i fall asleep with thoughts of meeting Simon and telling him about the baby tomorrow as soon as i wake up. I plan to wake up early before Kelvin who is lying in the be-d beside me, so he wouldn’t know when i leave.

I am woken up by a light tap on my shoulder. My eyes fli-cker open and meet the steady gaze of Kelvin. My br@in wakes up and i remember how i got here and my plans of meeting Simon. Well, i don’t think i can do that with kelvin wi-de awake and watching me.

“Hi sleepy head” he says and gives me that cute smile that i used to like. Now, it gives me the chills.

“hey. What time is it?” i ask.

“About 10:00am. You were slee-ping so soundly so i didn’t wake you. Here the nurse brou-ght this and i offered to give it to you when you wake up.” he offers me two tablets and a glas-s of water.

“Thank you” i mutter then swallow the tablets.

“Gkod girl” he says and smile again.

“We nee-d to talk about last night. We both know Simon almost killed you last night. Do you know why?” he asks after a moment of silence and

i shake my head in the negative.

“What i am about to tell you should remain between the both of us okay?” he asks and i nod.

“I never knew my cousin has a heart as cold as ice until the day Beatrice found out he was the one responsible for her family’s death years ago. I watch with my very own eyes as he pushed her off the stairs.Right now, Beatrice is in a coma. We have to st©p Simon before he kills more people.”

“i don’t un-derstand. How does all this concern me?”

“You are Beatrice’s twin! Ofcourse, he would want to kill you too.”

“what?!.That’s not possible. Beatrice cant be my twin. Look at me! Do you see any resemblance.”

“i alre-ady confirmed it. I have the DNA results. Here” he says and bring out a file which he hands to me. I collect it and glance throu-gh it. I see my name and Beatrice’s on the file and at the bo-ttomit says; 99.9% match.Miss Beatrice Williams and Caroline pius are blood related. My eyes bulge at this.

“is this real?” i ask

“yes”

“so am Beatrice’s sister?. Her twin?”

“yes and that’s why i nee-d your help”

“my help? How can i help?”

“i nee-d you to replace Beatrice and marry Simon.” he says

“what?! That’s absurd. Even if what you say is true and i am really her twin, we don’t look alike in any way. Cant you see the mas-sive scar on my face. Are you going to magically make it disappear?” I ask all at once.

“ma-king your scar disappear isn’t a problem Caroline. I alre-ady made preparations abroad to have your scar re-moved. It would take up to three weeks and you will be identical to your sister”

“really?” i ask dumbly. I shouldnt be considering this absurd proposal but the thought of having my scar re-moved is just too appealing. But cant sign a deal with the devil aka Kelvin just for that. No matter how badly i have wanted it in the past.

“you should just report this to the police. I cant help you” i say

“Caroline. I un-derstand that you are scared. You probably don’t want to live with a man as evil as Simon but cant you do this for your sister?For your family?” he asks.

“i don’t even know this family you are talking of and Beatrice has always hated me.”

“it would just be for a month. We just nee-d some do¢v-ments from him which only his wife can have access to so as to put him in prison for life”

“Won’t he just try to kill me again If he thinks i am Beatrice?”

“i have a tape of Beatrice being pushed down the stairs by him and i alre-ady s£nt it to him with an unknown number. If he tries to kill you again, i threatened to s£nd the video to the police”

“why don’t you just s£nd it to the police now?”

“Because his punishment wouldn’t be as severe as he deserves because Beatrice didn’t die. Come on Beatrice, do this for the world. Because a world without Simon will surely be a safe world”

I am about to say something when an intense stomach cramp as-sail me.

“ah!” I scream in agony and clutch my stomach.

“What’s wrong” Kelvin ask but i just stare numbly at my bloody th!gh.

Oh no! My baby

Beautiful Mask
By Ameh Juliet
Episode 20

Caroline:

“Call the doctor! No no no!” i grip Kelvin’s right arm with all my strength, my nails digging in. I want to atleast draw blood from this devil. I am positive that this has everything to do with the bastard in front of me. Stupid stupid me.

“Caroline, you have to let go so i can get the doctor” Kelvin says, his face twisted in pain. I let go but only to gr-ab his longish hair and pu-ll on it.

“It hurts!” i scream in his face

A doctor and two nurses rush in and they try to pry my hands off Kelvin’s hair. I give it one more tug before i let go. I am carted to another room and thankfully, they don’t let kelvin in. One of the nurses roll in a weird looking machine.

I am asked to take my go-wn off and I do so without complaint. When the doctor takes off my bloody p@n-ties and try to pry my legs open i cant help but clamp my legs shut.

“We suspect miscarriage and we have to use this to be sure. its too early in your pregnancy to see with the typical ultra sound machine so we have to in-sert this inside you. You have to re-lease your legs okay?” the doctor says and i reluctantly open them.

Its been hours since the doctor confirmed that there is no baby. I still cant process this. Kelvin hasn’t visited since the doctor kept him out of my room. He s£nt a message telling me something c@m£ up at work. I am thankful that he isn’t here right now or i would possibly be locked up for committing murder.

I asked a nurse earlier about the pills this morning and she said they didn’t give me any pills this morning. That just confirms it. Kelvin is responsible for my miscarriage. The doctor isn’t even sure if i was ever pregnant.

Just thinking about everything i have gone throu-gh since i met Kelvin is ma-king me boil with immense anger. The near r@p£, losing Simon and probably our baby. This has to st©p. Kelvin has to be st©pped. The person i want to talk to the most right now is Beatrice.

I better leave right now before kelvin gets back. I quic-kly sl!pout of the hospital go-wn and put my clothes on. I still have mild cramps but i can manage walking out of the hospital and getting a taxi. All the way to the hospital where i saw Beatrice, i look out the window to make sure that i am not being followed.

After paying the taxi, i walk nimbly into the hospital. I quic-kly find my way to the pri-vate rooms. I sp©t beatrice’s name on the second door when i hear a familiar male voice inside.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of your dumb twin sister while you are in this state. Come to think of it, i like this plan better. Simon getting betrayed by the love of his life. Just brilliant. I should just cut you off these machines right now but i may nee-d you to keep Caroline in line. Speaking of Caroline,” There is silence for a while and peek throu-gh the keyhole. Kelvin is typing something on his phone.

My phone starts ringing in my hand and i see him turn toward the door.

I freeze for just a second before my br@in kick start and i quic-kly push the next room’s door open and sl!pinside. I close the door quic-kly behind me as my heart beat accelerates and it takes alot to not pee in my p@n-t. I hear beatrice’s door open then close and i press my hand to my mouth before my sob alert him to my pres£nce.

Few seconds later i hear footsteps walking away. I spy throu-gh the keyhole and see Kelvin walk pas-s. I let out the breathe i didn’t realise i was holding until now. That was close. I count to twenty then i turn the handle of the door to leave but i freeze yet again when i hear a manly gro-an .

I turn back slowly and come face to face with no other person but khalifa. The bastard who almost R@p£d me. What is he doing here?. The hvge bandage around his head kindof answer that question but how is he alive? In a room beside beatrice’s.

“Khalifs?” i say but he just look at me dumbly.

“Who are you?” he asks and I scoff at his feeble attempt to act like he doesn’t know me. The anger festering in me for weeks now flare.

“Maybe this will remind you” i say and attack him with my teeth. He screams but i don’t let go until a nurse rushes in.

“get this crazy woman away from me, plea-se” he begs. The nurse tries to free him but i just gr-ab her hair instead. I think i am going crazy with anger but i cant st©p now.

With my teeth clamped to khalifa’s disgusting arm, i use my right hand to pu-ll on the nurse’s hair. It is total chaos in here that even the door opening does not st©p me.

“Caroline! St©p it” My head wh!pup towards the door thereby freeing khalifa’s arm and i see Beatrice standing by the door.

“Let go of the nurse, Caroline” she command like am a little child. I reluctantly let go and the nurse falls to the ground while holding her head.

“Who made you the boss over me?” i ask.

“Nature. I am the older twin afterall” she says and smile at me. I cant help it though, i lose control of my emotions and bur-st out in tears.

Beatrice is enveloping me in a hvg in seconds and i cry on her shoulder.

“It’s okay sweetheart.” she coo while she ru-b my back. After crying my eyes out, i finally pu-ll out of our embr@ce.

“Just because i don’t remember doesnt mean you can deceive me about being the s£nior” i pout and she smile.

“I take it, your being here means you believe me” She says and i nod.

“Okay lets go to my room” she says.

“But what about that bastard?” i ask

“I’ll explain everything. Come on” She pu-ll me away to her room and i nod an apologetic to the innocent nurse i just attacked.

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I ponder everything Beatrice told me awhile ago. Seems like i have to pretend to work with Kelvin until khalifa regains his stupid memory so he can testify in court against kelvin.

Beatrice’s pri-vate investigator found him almost dead behind his(khalifa’s) house when he went there to get evidence that would exonerate Simon of murder.

According to Beatrice, he has been there for days without anyb©dy finding him. We are lucky we got to him first and once he gets his memory back, we can confirm how he got to be lying almost dead behind his house.

‘Simon, just wait. I’ll get you out of this mess my sister created’

Time to get our Plan un-derway. I bring my phone out of my pocket and dial kelvin.

“Oh my God Caroline, where are you?. I have been so worried. Why haven’t you been picking your call?” he asks his voice seeming like he really cares. He can’t fool me anymore though. I inhale a de-ep breathe then switch my actress mode on.

“Am sorry Kelvin. The pain was just too much. I just went out to think.” I bur-st into fake tears.

“I can’t believe I fell for his lies. I loved him and what did he do? He tried to kill my sister and I. He succeeded in taking my baby away from me. He must pay. Even if its the last thing I do.” I sob out.

“I promise to help you get justice for your family and For your baby” he says

“Thank you so much Kelvin.”

“Its the least I can do. So are you re-ady for this? Dont you nee-d a few days to at least mourn your child?”

“No. I am re-ady. When do I leave to get my scar re-moved?” I ask

“If you are sure that you are okay, we can leave tomorrow afternoon”

“What bout pas-sport and tickets?” I ask

“I’ll take care of it”

“Thank you again” I say.

“Its fine. I am so sorry for your loss Caroline” he says and it takes everything in me not to scream liar.

“Gotta go. Meet me at osubi airport tomorrow by 10 okay?”

“OK” I say and the line goes dead.

It was Beatrice idea that I agree to go abroad with Kelvin to get my scar re-moved. It would give khalifa time to regain his memory and I would be able to get rid of my scar.

Well, let’s see how this pla-ys out.