black marriage episode 17
Mr. Williams paced his sitting room slowly with a wine glas-s in his hands. His thoughts were in disarray. Thinking back, he was not happy with what he did. When he had planted that c@m£ra, he hadn’t expected to find something so pathetic. The couple had portrayed the act of close intim-acy when he saw them. The look in his son’s eyes when he stared at his wife was one of longing and de-sire. It had been so perfect. Little did he know then that it was all a script. That his son could act so perfectly was so unbelievable.
Love. He remembered that Andy had mentioned something about being in love with Jessica. ‘He’d better not’ he thought firmly. He knew that that woman was so stunning and that any man would fall s-en-selessly for her. Even he himself was floored when he saw his daughter-in-law, but he later realized that the little wench was using her exquisite beauty for other means. How perfect it is to make Andy fall for her; it would be easier for her to extort money from him. 20 million was nothing but he could not allow a woman to toy with his son’s heart. The poor boy hadn’t been able to get over the death of his love, it would be terrible if he falls in love with the wrong person this time. Mr. Williams drank from his cu-p slowly.
He felt a little guilty for turning the tables, ma-king the girl to bear all the consequences by publicly disgracing her but he had no other option. He didn’t want his family name to get soiled, so he decided to coin a believable lie out of the truth. The mere fact that the contract was alre-ady known by an outsider like Sonia, made Mr. Williams know that it was only a matter of time before everyone found out. He had to quic-kly find a solution and…
The door bur-st open, ma-king Mr. Williams turn instantly.
“Where is she?” Andy growled as he stormed the mas-sive sitting room, moving to his father and covering the space with charged long strides.
“Where is who?”
“Don’t pl@ycoy with me dad, I am warning you. Where is Jessica?” Andy barked.
“She is your contract wife, shouldn’t you know her whereabouts?”
Andy’s dad threw back.
Andy fisted his hands and gritted his teeth. “D–n it dad” he hit his fist furiously on the bar stand. “If you have done anything to Jessica, I promise not to spare you. What did she do to you to deserve this? I proposed this contract, not her; why can’t you carry out your frustration on me?” He yelled. “Tell me dad”.
Andy faced the exit and walked towards it. He paused and turned. “If anything happens to Jessica” he breathed and pointed at his dad. “If ‘anything’ should happen to ‘my’ Jessica” he looked like he wanted to say more but just stood, fuming and pointing at his father. He dropped his hand and stalked out.
Lizzy marched into the small building with anger roaring inside her.
She couldn’t recall ever being this angry in her life. Sonia had betrayed their friendsh!pin a very disheartening manner. She had suspected Sonia’s jealousy when she would not st©p ranting about how rich Jessica had become but Lizzy had shrugged it off. If she had been told to guess what the quiet Sonia was capable of, not in a thousand years would she as-sume that Sonia would do something as grievous as this.
Lizzy had taken Jessica and the other girls like sisters but she saw Jessica as more of a sister to her even though Jessica seemed to like quiet Sonia more than everyone else. But even at that, Lizzy had always wanted the best for Jessica.
When Lizzy got to the door, she paused for some seconds and took three calming breaths before raising her hand to knock the door but the knock was still ha-rder than she had wanted. She swallowed and waited, hearing nothing. She raised her hand again and pounded the door ha-rder because the lights made her know that the house was not empty. She tapped her right foot restlessly as she waited.
“Who is it?” Lizzy heard Sonia’s voice loud and clear, just behind the door and decided to keep quiet.
The door opened slightly and Lizzy pushed the door f0rç£fully and it went ajar, ma-king Sonia to stagger backwards.
“Lizzy” Sonia g@sped, frightened.
Lizzy rewarded Sonia with two resounding sl@ps on each cheek and the sound echoed round the room. A startled cry escaped Sonia’sl-ips and she f0rç£fully shut her mouth.
“You” Lizzy grounded. “How dare you” she said throu-gh clenched teeth. Lizzy gr@bb£d Sonia by the n£¢kline of her dress, shaking her like a ragged doll.
“Let go” Sonia g@sped out.
Lizzy laughed and held Sonia’s cloth more firmly in her arms, ma-king Sonia struggle. “And if I don’t, are you going to beat me?” Lizzy laughed the more. “You see b—h, unlike you, I cherish the people I call my friends and I don’t stab them in the back, but when they betray me, like you just did to Jessica, I bounce back. I can squee-ze the living daylight out of you” Lizzy shook her head in disgust and pushed Sonia away, leaving her cloth.
Sonia tried to regulate her breathing and Lizzy look around her for the first time. She saw travelling bags and packed things. She smiled ti-ghtly and glared at Sonia. “There is no peace for the wicked, is there? How perfect of you to destroy someone’s life and run away. Tell me, how much were you paid? Say it Sonia; how much are you worth?”
“None of your business. At least we know that Jessica is worth 20 million Naira” Sonia croaked out.
“I am very sure you are worth less than that” Lizzy returned, astounded that the filthy girl could still open her mouth……..
TBC
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