Beautiful Mask
By Ameh Juliet
Episode 25
Kelvin:
“I asked you a fv¢king question!” I yell at her and she g@sp. I knew something was off when she called me and i confirmed it when i felt her sl!pmy phone off my pocket. I didn’t react then and pretended to really go to the restroom to wash the stain off my shi-t so i would know what she wants with my phone. She thinks she can outsmart me, well she has another thing coming.
Now, i have to find what she was looking for in my phone. I walk over to where my phone is on the floor then pick it off the floor. “since you don’t want to tell me what you were doing with my phone, i guess i have to find out myself right?”i smile at her deviously.
“i was just checking for-” she goes to say but my glare shut her up.
“No nee-d to tell me. I can find out myself” i say. Thankfully, the phone is still on so i just check the last app that was opened. Its my contacts.
“Contacts. Now what were you looking for in my contact?. Before you lie to me, just think about what i can do to you here. Right now.” i ask
“Kelvin, you are scaring me” she says and i smile.
“That’s what i am aiming for. Now tell me!” i gr-ab her arm and yell inher face.
She whimper probably because of the pain i am inflicting with my f!ngersbut i don’t care.
“Kelvin. You are hurting me” she cries.
“That doesn’t answer my question. What were you looking for?” I ask and ti-ght£ñ my hold on her arm.
“i was just going throu-gh your phone. You left it here so i just pla-yed with it for a while. I swear, i didn’t have anything in mind. I just– ah! plea-se st©p” she cries out. I re-lease her arm and land a sl@p across her face.
“i told you to think about what i can do to you before you lie to me you bit-ch!” i yell and fling the phone against the wall in anger.
“i am telling you the truth. What would i be looking for? You have saved me multi-ple times. I would never betray you” she sob out while ru-bbing her cheek.
I look at her with narrowed eyes and a little remorse. I really don’t enjoy doing this to her. I expected so much from her. I was even thinking about the possibility of being with her when all this is over. My phone starts ringing and i re-lease it from my belt holder.
Caroline looks at me shocked and i smile. Of course, i wouldn’t leave the important phone in plain sight. I see bullet’s name on the screen and connect the call.
“what is it?”i ask immediately.
“boss, we have a problem. Two actually” he says.
“What’s going on?”
“Simon was at your house this night. He was shouting about you paying for what you’ve done. I think he now knows about you.”
“$h!t! How did he get to know?” i ask and my eyes go to Caroline. The bit-ch must have told him. I shouldnt have trusted a stupid woman in love.
“No nee-d to answer that. I think i alre-ady know who the snitch is. Now, what’s the second problem”
“its Beatrice”
“Beatrice? Isn’t she still in a coma or has she woken up?” i ask. I notice how Caroline’s eyes go wi-de when i mentioned Beatrice’s name.
“Boss, i saw her entering your compound this night. She looked fine fine, so i decided to go to the hospital to find out if my eyes were deceiving me.” he says then st©p.
“Then?” i ask impatiently
“She wasn’t at the hospital boss. At first the doctor and the nurses didn’t tell me anything. I had to persuade the stupid doctor by threatening him” he says then st©p again.
“Would you go straight to the point you fool!”
“Am sorry boss. Turns out, Beatrice was never in a coma. She has been deceiving all of us.” $h!t! I cant believe i fell for her manipulations. Could she be the one Caroline’s working with?.
“I want that stupid doctor dead before the day breaks. Do you un-derstand?”
“Yes boss” he says before i end the call.
“so, which of them are you in cohorts with?” i ask Caroline as i start stalking towards her and she starts moving backwards.
“what are you talking about?”she ask and i laugh dryly.
“Simon or Beatrice. Which of them are you working for?” i ask calmly.
“Isn’t Beatrice in a coma? How can i work with her?”she ask.
“Simon then?”
“why would i work with someone who almost killed me?”Caroline st©ps walking when her back hit the wall and i walk till i am in her personal space.
“Do you take me for a fool?” i ask
“no. I am not lying. plea-se don’t harm me” i pleads
“Then st©p lying to my face, you bit-ch!” i land another sl@p across her face then gr-ab her hair.
“you know what? I don’t care which of them you are working for. What i know is the both of them are going to die by my hands. Do you hear me?” i pu-ll on her hair and she nods while sobbing.
“Hey come on. Don’t cry. I won’t kill you. Atleast not until after you have watched me kill them both. Now get re-ady. We are going back to Nigeria.” i say and re-lease her hair. As soon as i let go of her hair, she gr-abs a fork off her be-dside table and point it at me.
“i cant let you go back to Nigeria. You won’t move an inch while i call the police or i would stick this fork into your n£¢k. Do you un-derstand?”she says. I nod slowly and watch as she types something on her phone. When she finish typing, she dials a number and place the phone to her ear.
“hello. I am been-“i don’t let her finish. I sl@p the fork off her shaky hands and she drops the phone in shock. What an amateur. I gr-ab her head and hit it against the wall. She falls limp on the floor.
A nurse rush into the room probably because she heard the noise.
“oh thank God you are here. She just fell and hit her head on the wall. Come and check her” i say feigning panic. The nurse rush to Caroline’s side and i quic-kly gr-ab the fork on the floor. I gr-ab the nurse’s hair and place the fork close to her n£¢k.
“what are you doing?”
“just shut up and do what i tell you. Now, i want you to get some bandage and clean this girl up. Then i want you to bring me really strong anesthetic. Something that would make this one sleep throu-gh out a long flight. Do you un-derstand?” i ask and she nods.
“Now, I’ll go with you. Just to make sure you are cooperative”i say and she nod again.
“Now, move” i hide the fork behind my back as i follow the Nurse out of the room.
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After successfully sneaking Caroline out of the hospital with the nurse’s help, i hail a taxi and go straight to the airport. I wheel the drugged Caroline into the airport without paying any attention to the weird looks thrown my way.
The flight back was free of any incidence. I just explained to any of the airport authorities that asked why Caroline was in a wheel chair that she just un-derwent a surgery and she was too weak to walk.
Caroline sle-pt throu-gh out the flight while i plotted my next step of action. I no longer care what means i use to get the company and Simon’s life. He alre-ady knows am against him so no nee-d for sneak attacks.
As soon as we get out of the airport, bullet has a car waiting for us. I wheel the slee-ping Caroline into the car and i drive straight to my house. My gate is wi-de open when i get in which is weird. All my s-en-ses stay at alert as i drive into my compound. I notice an unfamiliar hilux parked inside and i quic-kly get out of the car to find out who is in my house. As soon as i step inside, a police man point a gun at me.
“Skr, you are un-der arrest for the possession of illegal drugs. You are advised to remain silent for anything you say will be used against
you in the court of law.”he says
“what drugs?. I don’t know anything about any ha-rd drug” i say confused because i really don’t deal on drugs. This is just absurd.
“We found this in your be-droom drawer.” he shows me a white substance
in a transparent bag and i just look at him more confuse.
“Handcuff him” he says and i look back to find another police behind me. I am put in handcuffs in seconds and dragged out of my own house into the hilux. I don’t un-derstand anything that is going on until i see Beatrice and simon talking with the police men. I cant believe this. They set me up!
*******Tbc