💃DEANNA💃
Devils and angels
💃Author Viola 💃
💃Episode 9💃
{Will you still love me.. when you’ve met my demons?}
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The next morning, Deanna finished preparing for work and went to check on Moira.
“There’s no improvement” Deanna said to herself, staring at Moira who was still slee-ping. She couldn’t remember anything from the previous night, nor Courtney’s visit.
“Are you re-ady for work?” Vickie asked Deanna as she entered the room
“Yes” Deanna replied, not taking her eyes off Moira
“Am losing hope” Vickie said
“You shouldn’t lose hope.. She’s going to wake up”
“We can’t find a solution when we don’t even know what caused it”
Deanna let out her breath slowly “I wish I knew”. She could no longer remember that Moira had drun!kCourtney’s water.
“You have to go.. You’re running late for work”
“Alright Aunt..
Take care of yourself and make sure you eat”
Vickie f0rç£d a smile “I will”
Deanna shouldered her bag and walked out.
Vickie sm-irked and waited for Deanna to leave the house then she changed to Courtney.
“Hi slee-ping beauty” she bur-st into an ugly laughter and sat on the be-d beside Moira
“They still have hope” Courtesy drawled running her f!ngersdown Moira’s face “Poor cold thing”
She extended her f!ngersand her nails grew longer. Then she made a cut on Moira’s n£¢k and also made a cut her own f!nger. Courtney dropped blood from her bleeding f!nger to the cut on Moira n£¢k and Moira instantly turned gray.
“Let’s see what hope they have left” she sm-irked and vanished.
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Deanna remembered Moira’s condition and heaved a de-ep sigh as she slumped to the floor.
Hilda st©pped what she was doing and looked at Deanna.
“You’re worrying too much”
“I just can’t help it. This isn’t ordinary.. I can feel it” Deanna half yelled
Hilda smiled and sat on the floor beside Deanna. “No matter what it is, I believe she’s going to be fine”
“I know she’s going to be fine but does she have to go throu-gh this? Moira is just five”
“Most times we….”
“Hi Deanna” Stefan interrupted Hilda
“Hi” Deanna greeted faintly
“You look awful” Stefan said when he got to where they sat
“It’s about Moira” Deanna said
“Moira is slee-ping.. Not dead” Stefan noted
“It know but it’s like she’s dead alre-ady”
“I want to see her” Stefan said
“Vickie isn’t going to let you”
“I thought as much” Stefan said with a sigh. He looked around and finally noticed Hilda “How’re Hilda?”
“You finally noticed am here. I thought I were invisible”
“Am sorry” Stefan apologized
“You’re forgiven” Hilda said and added “But you owe me a k!ssfor that”
“Hilda?!” Deanna yelled
“What?” Hilda yelled back
Stefan chuckled “That means am not forgiven”
“You are” Hilda said
“Excuse us Stefan we’ve got works to do” Deanna said and started pushing Stefan out
“De..De..Deanna” Stefan tried talking but Deanna wouldn’t let him
“We’ll talk later” Deanna stated and pushed Stefan out the door
“Deanna?!”
“I love you too” She pe-cked him on the side of hisl-ips and slammed the door shut at him face “What the-?” Stefan sighed and walked out
“What was the meaning of that?” Hilda scolded Deanna
“Must you always flir-t with him?”
“Or course.. He’s my crush and he’s beginning to crush on me too”
Deanna frowned “Stefan isn’t crushing on you”
“I don’t care okay?” Hilda seethed, rolling her eyes “Now let’s get back to work”
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Clas-s was going on but Damon’s gaze was outside on the field.
“What are you staring at?” Courtney asked Damon in a whisper
“What do you want?” Damon asked back, not taking his eyes off the field
“We’re supposed to be a team Cipher
“Vivienne concentrated on the clas-s and leave me alone” Damon snarled. This time turning to give her a glare
“Courtney and Damon?!” The teacher called from the front of the clas-s “Stand up!”
Damon sh0t Courtney a glare as he packed up his books and stood up to his feet.
“Young lady, I can’t help but notice that your grade in this clas-s isn’t what it should be” The teacher scolded Courtney
“Am not as dumb as you think” Courtney retorted
“Alright then.. Tell me, what’s the shape of a cone?” The teacher asked
Courtney thought for a while but nothing was coming into her head.
“Say something” Damon urged Cortney
“I don’t know the answer” Courtney blurted out and the clas-s roared in laughter
“Good. Now the both of you.. Leave my clas-s”
Damon sighed then packed up his books and walked out first
“Hey! Damon am sorry” Courtney called, going after Damon who was walking ahead. Damon ignored her and increa-sed his pace.
“Damon am truly sorry.. You’ve got to forgive me”
“Just stay away from me” Damon hurled and walked off and Courtney st©pped at her track. She didn’t follow him again as she stood transfixed staring at Damon.
Damon walked to his locker and kept his books in the locker. He proceeded to walk out when he saw Deanna standing behind him.
He said nothing as he just watched her, waiting for her to move.
“Aren’t you going to move?” Damon asked impatiently
“You’re.. Stepping on my mop” Deanna stammered
Damon looked down at his feet and realised he was really stepping on her mop.
“You put it un-der my feet” he said and moved his leg “Can I go now?”
Deanna smiled wi-dely “Sure”
Damon looked at her suspiciously and started walking out. “Why are you staring at me that way?” he st©pped and asked when Deanna wouldn’t st©p smiling at him
“Nothing” Deanna shrugged and walked out
“Crazy” Damon chuckled and also walked out
FEW HOURS LATER
“We’re done for the day” Hilda said, cleaning the last piece of furniture in the boiling room
“It’s a good thing we fished on time. I’ve got somewhere to go” Deanna said
Hilda dropped her towel and sat on a chair “There’s a show tonight. Wanna come?”
“I’ve got a re job and I’ll be starting today. I don’t think I can make it” Deanna said
“But I’ve alre-ady gotten our tickets” Hilda drawled
“Am so sorry Hilda. You should have informed me earlier”
“I had no idea you’d be busy tonight.. I wanted it to be like a surprise”
“Am sorry”
“But it’s a late night p@rty. You’ll be done working by then”
“What’s the time for the show?”
“10pm”
Deanna thought for a while and said “I’ll try to make it but am not promising you. Moira is sick and Vickie nee-ds me at home”
“I un-derstand” Hilda said with a grin
“So I’ll call you if am chanced at 10”
“How about I come help you out in your new job?”
Deanna smiled “Thanks but that’s not possible and….”
The bell started ringing, interrupting Deanna.
“Finally” Hilda breathed out and they rushed to the janitor’s office giggling.
They signed out and hurried to the gate.
“We’ll go our separate ways from here” Hilda said when they got to the gate
“Alright then.. See ya tomorrow” Hilda waved at Deanna and proceeded to leave. She had taken few steps when she st©pped and whirled around to face Deanna.
“Don’t tell me you’re going with Stefan”
Deanna rolled her eyes “I’ll just bid him goodbye and leave.. That’s all”
“Oh!” Hilda mouthed but she didn’t appear really convinced. She turned and continued walking out
“Boo!”
“Agghhh!!!” Deanna shouted and made to run but someone gr@bb£d her arm
“Hey! Calm down! It’s me Stefan”
“Stefan?!” Stefan’s pulse calmed and she turned to look at him “You scared me”
“Am sorry.. I did it on purpose”
Deanna faked a frown and sl@pped him on his shoulder.
“Alright am sorry” Stefan apologized with a broad smile
Deanna turned to the direction Hilda had taken. She was alre-ady out of sight. “I think Hilda likes you”
Stefan laughed “You can’t really be sure”
“She gives me stomach cramps”
“But she’s your friend”
“I know and I like her but….” Deanna trailed off and face paled herself
“Aw, you’re jealous. That’s sweet. You have nothing to worry about”
“I never mentioned about being jealous”
Stefan threw his head back, laughing “You look sweet when you’re jealous”
“Stefan am not jealous”
“Let’s talk about your last statement while you were pushing me out”
Deanna’s cheeks turned red “Am in a hurry” she said pretentiously and proceeded to wake out
“I know” Stefan gr@bb£d her arm “Give me 2 minutes”
“We’ll talk tomorrow” Deanna yanked his hand off and ran away
“I’ll be waiting.. Tomorrow” Stefan shouted. Deanna didn’t st©p. She just waved, and continued running.
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“Thank you” Deanna paid the cab man who drove her to the president’s mansion. A wow escaped herl-ips as she stared at the gigantic gate in front of her. There were a lot of securities guarding the mansion and she couldn’t get in
A young lady walked up to Deanna smiled broadly “You’re Deanna right?”
Deanna nodded a “Yes”
“I’ve been waiting outside for you” The young lady said and took Deanna’s hand “Come on in”
They got to he first gate and the the securities examined them before letting them pas-s. When they got to the last second gate, they had to go throu-gh a device for the security to be sure they weren’t armed. When they got to the last gate, the securities were robots.
The lady who was with Deanna placed her ID card in the robot and the gate opened then they walked in.
“This is magnificent” Deanna said admiringly as they entered the compound
“You haven’t even seen anything yet. When i first c@m£ here, I didn’t want to ever leave and my prayers got answered. I got employed as a full time maid” the lady said and laughed
“You haven’t told me your name yet”
“My bad!” The lady giggled “Am Onikka”
“Onikka?! You must be my aunt Vickie’s friend”
“No. Okay maybe” Onikka giggled “But am actually your aunt Vickie’s friend’s sister. That makes us friends too right?”
Deanna smiled and said.
There were a lot of buildings in the compound and Onikka led Deanna to one of ’em.
“This is where all the maids lives” Onikka said, pointing to the two sto-rey building they were heading to
“Wow! It’s really big for just maids”
“It’s nothing compared to the president’s mansion”
“Where’s the mansion?”
“The one over there” Onikka pointed to the tallest and most gigantic building
“So Stefan lives in there” Deanna grinned “It’s like a castle”
“Who’s Stefan?” Onikka asked
“The president’s nephew”
“Wow! I haven’t seen him before”
“Don’t you work in the president’s mansion?”
“I do. But the mansion is too big and you got to mind your business that your ba-rely know who comes in nor who goes out”
“It’s stressful right?” Deanna asked when the got to the building
“Not really. You’ll love it here” Onikka said and pressed the door handle down and the door opened.
“Come in.. Mrs Arthur is waiting”
Deanna stepped in and asked “Who’s Mrs Arthur?”
“The head maid. She’s in charge of employing maids and as-signing them to duties. But she doesn’t really join in the houseworks” Onikka replied and shut the door.
They took the stairs to Mrs Arthur office. She was sitting behind her desk when they walked in. Onikka had a brief discussion with Mrs Arthur while Deanna watched them.
“You’ll start work as soon as possible” Mrs Arthur told Deanna when she finished discussing with Onikka “But not in the main mansion yet”
Deanna nodded
“I thought she’ll be replacing Esther in main building” That was Onikka
“Not until the first lady comes” Mrs Arthur replied and added “Get her a clean uniform from the locker”
Onikka nodded and walked out
FEW HOURS LATER
6:16 PM
“The first lady is coming” Onikka announced and all the maid arrayed themselves in two straight files, facing each other. They were 56 in number. Mrs Arthur cl@pped her hand immediately Suzanne walked in and all the maids greeted in unison.
Suzanne nodded in reply and examined all the maids.
“Who’s the new maid?” she asked
“Me” Deanna replied from the end of the file
Suzanne walked up to her and frowned “A nerd” she looked at Mrs Arthur “Who employed her?”
“I did” Mrs Arthur replied “She’s competent and also working as a cleaner in Sparkles High School”
“A nerd” she looked at Mrs Arthur “Who employed her?”
“I did” Ônikka replied “she’s competent and she works as a cleaner in Sparkles High”
“Then if she’s going to work here then she’s going to nee-d am make over” Suzanne titled Deanna’s head up with her index f!nger “Damon hates nerd and I wouldn’t want him screaming round the whole house” she added and took of Deanna’s goggles “Don’t ever wear this to work”
Deanna nodded
Suzanne smiled and turned to Mrs Arthur “Take her to the make up artiste”
Minutes later, the make up artiste finished giving Deanna a make over. Deanna couldn’t even recognize herself. She wasn’t wearing her glas-ses and she was wearing a wig with her face painted.
“This can’t be Deanna” Deanna said staring at her reflection in the mirror
“No one should know you’re Deanna who works in Sparkles High. I don’t want Damon to leave the house” Suzanne warned “As long as you work here, you’re Bonnie, and Damon’s personal maid”
“What?” all the maids, including Deanna g@sped
“you heard me right” Suzanne stated “your work starts now.. Damon is back from school alre-ady”
💃 DEANNA 💃
Devils and angels
💃 Author Viola 💃
💃 Episode 10 💃
{Will you still love me.. when you’ve met my demons}
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“You can do this” Deanna said to herself trying to calm her nerves as she stood before Damon’s door. She took in a de-ep breath and started practicing a speech on how she would introduce herself when Damon opened the door.
“Good evening.. Am Bonnie” she shook her head “That sounds lame”
She cleared her throat and straightened up “Hi am Bonnie and am your new maid” she stuck out her ton-gue “That’s dumb”
“Good….”
The door opened interrupting Deanna and she froze at the sight of Damon. He studied her from head to toe and his gaze fell on the glas-s of milk that was sitting on the tray Deanna was carrying. He took the milk without saying a word then entered his room and slammed the door shut at her face.
Deanna’s jaws dropped “What the-?” she huffed loudly “My first day at work is pretty bad”
Deanna sighed but didn’t move from where she stood. The door opened again and Damon appeared at the door way with the glas-s cu-p he had taken earlier, empty. He replaced the glas-s cu-p on the tray and walked into his room then shut the door again at her face.
“Rude” Deanna cussed and walked out.
Deanna walked into the kitchen and met Jessica, one of the maids doing the dishes.
“Lemme guess” Jessica said when Deanna walked into the kitchen looking gloomy
“You won’t believe it” Deanna said and kept the glas-s cu-p in the sink
“Damon was arrogant right?”
“He’s more than arrogant” Deanna huffed loudly “I can’t believe I’ll be working as his personal maid”
“Cheer up Bonnie.. Damon is arrogant and that’s usual” Jessica said “You’ll get used to it”
Deanna sighed and started arranging the wash plates in the drain board.
“The first lady won’t be plea-sed if she sees you in the kitchen”
“Why?”
“Cause you weren’t as-signed here. Every maid has a duty they’re as-signed to and you aren’t allowed to interfere with a duty that you weren’t as-signed to” Jessica explained
“But Damon doesn’t nee-d me”
“You have to stay close to his room in case he nee-ds you”
Deanna sighed and st©pped arranging the plates “Am not sure i can do this”
“I know it’s really stressful but beggars aren’t choosers”
Deanna shrugged “Maybe.. But I hope on being a chooser someday”
“We all hope for that.. Now run along to your master’s chamber”
Deanna laughed “I hope I don’t die while serving my master”
“You won’t” Jessica grinned wi-dely and Deanna walked out.
Deanna took in a de-ep breath and knocked on Damon’s door. Damon opened the door and stared at her quizzically. Waiting for her to spill whatever trash she had to spill.
“Oh.. Actually.. Am Bonnie”
Damon raised his brows in an I-don’t-even-care way.
“Am your new personal maid” she went on and f0rç£d a smile with white, sparkling teeth.
Damon nodded then walked inside and slammed the door shut.
“Oh! LORD! Help me” Deanna prayed with her hands up in the air. The door opened immediately and only Damon’s hand appeared at the door way. He gr@bb£d Deanna’s hand and dragged her in.
“Thank you for finally letting me….” Deanna trailed off as she admired the beauty of his room “Your room is ‘wow’ ”
“Were you employed to admire my room?”
“No” Deanna replied and straightened up
“Can I ask you a favour?” Damon asked and Deanna’s heart skipped a beat. What could Damon want from her?
“Go on” she managed to say, but her heart was actually screaming ‘NO!!!’
“Have a sit” Damon said
Deanna stared at the sofas in the room but couldn’t make up her mind to sit on any.
“What if I get it stained?” she asked
“Then you’ll wash it” Damon replied and said “Sit down”. This time it was more like a command than an offer. Deanna nodded obe-diently and sat on one of the sofas. Damon walked to the sofa opposite hers and sat down, facing her.
“promise you’ll grant my request” Damon demanded
“I can’t promise that”
Damon frowned “I want you to resign from your job”
“Is that your request?”
“yes”
“but why? I just started at the few hours ago”
“What’s your name again?”
“Bonnie”
Damon nodded “Bonnie, I don’t want a nanny, am too old for that”
“I wasn’t employed as your nanny. Am too young for that”
Damon frowned “How much are you being paid? I’ll double your pay”
“No”
“Then I’ll triple it”
“Still no”
“Then I’ll pay you seven times your pay for your whole life time”
“I don’t want to resign” Deanna stated
“But I don’t want you to work for me”
“Then tell the First Lady, cause I don’t want to work for you either”
“Listen! I’m really really rude and you can’t handle it”
“But I can manage”
“Let me tell you something if you insist on working as my maid” Damon adjusted on his seat “Am your boss and I have the chance of being nice or super rude, your attitude determines that” he went on without giving her a chance to reply “But most times, am super super rude and I plan on s£nding you away with that”
“I can manage” Deanna stated when he was done. Though she knew she was lying. She couldn’t manage.
Damon shrugged and rested back on the sofa “Get me a cu-p of coffee”
Deanna nodded and hurried out. She returned almost immediately with a cu-p of coffee and a saucer and placed it on the coffee table.
“Black or white?” Damon asked
“Black coffee” Deanna replied
Damon rolled his eyes “Didn’t anyone tell you that am obsessed with sugar? How do you expect me to drink black coffee?”
“Am so sorry” Deanna apologized and hurried out with the cu-p of coffee. She returned shortly with another cu-p of coffee.
“White coffee” Deanna said and placed the saucer on the coffee table
“Why would I drink coffee when it’s late? You want me to lose sleep?” Damon hurled
“But you….”
“But you don’t know you job” Damon cut in
“Am sorry” Deanna apologized and bowed her head “What do I get you then?”
“Just get me tea”
Deanna carried the coffee and walked out of the room. She returned almost immediately with a cu-p of tea. Damon’s eyes were fixed on a newspaper when she returned though he wasn’t re-ading it.
“Tea” Deanna said and placed the cu-p of tea on the coffee table.
Damon dropped the newspaper and took the cu-p of tea. He took a dainty sip and spat out.
“What is this?”
“Tea”
“There’s too much sugar in it” Damon yelled “I’ve got worms young lady so I don’t take sugar.. At all”
“But you….”
“But you don’t know your job” Damon cut in
Deanna sighed and took the cu-p of tea “I’ll make another one” she said and walked out. Immediately Deanna slammed the door shut behind her, Damon bur-st into an outrageous laughter.
Deanna hurriedly drank the tea and made another cu-p of tea for Damon. This time, sugar free.
She rushed into Damon’s room and froze on seeing him standing in front of a full length mirror. He tied only a short towel around his w@!st and his che-st was ba-re, while he dried his hair with another towel. Immediately she barged into the room, Damon covered his ba-re che-st with the towel he was using to dry his hair.
“Why did you barge in? You’ve got no manners at all” Damon yelled
“Am sorry. I had no idea you… Were… I mean… Just….”
“Just shut up Bonnie!”
“I didn’t mean to… I was bringing you the tea”
“And you couldn’t knock”
Deanna shifted her gaze to her feet and muttered “Am sorry”
“Just get out!”
Deanna nodded and she didn’t notice the tears that slid down her cheeks as she walked out. Immediately Deanna was out, Damon threw himself on a sofa and bur-st into laughter.
“She’ll definitely get frustrated” Damon laughed “Let’s see if she can manage”
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TWO HOURS LATER
Deanna gazed out the window as the driver drove her home. Her first day at work was one she would never forget. Damon had given her the worse stress in her life and all she wanted to do was resign. But she really nee-ded the money.
She had been too busy that she didn’t even get the chance to see Stefan. Onikka was right when she said ‘you’ll be so busy that you ba-rely know who comes in or who goes out’
The car st©pped a few distance from the Bruce’s ap@rtment and Deanna got down, She didn’t want anyone to know where she lived. Deanna watched the car drive into the night then she took off her wig and walked to the house. She tried the door knob and the front door opened. Deanna walked into the living room and slammed the door shut. It was alre-ady after nine when she got home and the candles were still on. She headed for Moira’s room and that was when she inhaled the smell of burning incense.
“Aunt Vickie?!” Deanna called, walking into Moira’s room. Vickie was sitting on a chair beside Moira’s be-d. Her head was ducked in her palms and she was sobbing quietly.
“Aunt Vickie?!” Deanna called walking close to Vickie
“Thank God you’re home Deanna” Vickie said, looking up for the first time “I’ve been really scared”
Deanna glanced at Moira and was shocked at what she saw. Moira was no longer like a slee-ping human. She had gotten more waxy, her face was grey and her head was hairless, withl-ips shriveled back from grinning teeth.
“What happened to her?” Deanna asked
“I c@m£ in this morning and found her this way” Vickie replied “She’s getting worse Deanna”
Deanna sighed and asked “Did you call the priest?”
“No. Meredith called and exorcist and he said it’s a torment from an evil spirit and Moira might not survive it”
“Then why didn’t he make the evil spirit leave?”
“The exorcist said the power is too strong and it can’t just be ordered out”
“Then what do we do now? Does that mean Moira is going to die?”
“No” Vickie shook her head sniffing “He promised to return with someone who would help”
Tears trickled down Deanna’s cheeks as she knelt beside Moira’s be-d “I wonder how she c@m£ in contact with an evil spirit”
“The exorcist suspects she took in something from an evil spirit and the evil spirit has control over her from her system”
“If that’s the case then the evil spirit was here” Deanna stated “How are we sure it won’t come again for any of us”
“The exorcist thought as much” Vickie said “He gave us some incense to burn to keep off the evil spirit”
Deanna noticed the incense that was burning in a plate on the table. Then she un-derstood why the house had the smell of burning incense when she first walked in.
“There are more incense burning in every room in the house. The exorcist said we have to be very careful” Vickie added
“I don’t like the sound of this” Deanna said to herself. She kept Vickie company for a while before going to her room to rest. Two of the candles in her room had gone out and the last one was threatening to go out too.
Deanna searched the drawers for a lighter and when she found one, she lighted the two candles that had gone out and rekindled the third one.
Deanna took off her jacket and shut her window, she was scared of the thought of the evil spirit returning for any of them. Deanna had a quic-k shower and jumped into the be-d in her pajamas. She said her night prayers and hid un-der the sheets as she drifted into her dream land.
TBC