FACELESS?
DEMON?
(A Life For A Life)
©️ Chidimma Christine✍️
EPISODE 49?
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I followed the guards out of chief Varma’s room… My heart was pounding ha-rd , and I was feeling very h0t despite the air conditioner in the lobby.
“A single tear from her eyes and your blood and the blood of everyone you love and cherish would flood the city…. Including the blood of whomever you are comparing with my daughter” chief Varma’s voice kept echoing in my head.
“Saying no to his proposal would just ruin everything I have worked so ha-rd for….”
“he might even find out my true identity and kill me including Rhea…..”
I definitely don’t have a choice…. If marrying his stupid daughter would help me achieve my aim then so be it….
Its not as if the marriage would last long anyway….
I looked around to take notice of my environment when I saw two armed men approaching with Rhea….
“I wonder what they are up to” I thought staring at her.
The guards st©pped to greet each other… I took my time to stare at her… “If only I could have a pri-vate time with her…. She would be great help to me”
Our eyes meet, her eyes was filled with pain, anger, hatred…. She was longing to be free.
The guards dragged her f0rç£fully when they finished exchanging plea-santries…. She gro-an ed in pain trying to prevent herself from falling.
I made to rush to her but the guards st©pped me “If you don’t want to be the Chiefs enemies… Take your eyes off that girls business” one of the guards said.
I withheld my anger and left with them..
After some minutes… We were now standing infront of Andris door.
One of them knocked but we got no response….
“Go in….” he said turning to me, I nodded taking a de-ep breath.
I opened the door and closed it immediately…. I looked round the house… Her room was beautifully decorated just like her fathers.
“You are here….” I heard her say, I turned and saw her standing close to the door.
She was putting on a short grown which st©pped on her th!gh.
“I didn’t hear you enter…” I said.
She smiled coming towards me, “Actually I didn’t go any where… I was hiding behind the curtain” She said crossing her hands over my n£¢k.
“Really…” I asked.
“Yes….” she said trying to k!ssme but I st©pped her.
“What’s wrong….” she asked staring at me.
“Nothing… Just that am not re-ady for this now” I said removing her hands.
She hissed angrily and walked to the be-d.
“This is sure going to be a long night” I thought shaking my head.
I walked to the arm chair and sat down… Thank goodness there was drink on t©p of the table…. I poured myself some wine.
“Aren’t you coming to be-d yet” she asked.
“No…. I want to drink” I lied sipping the wine.
“Okey… I would just join you, am hungry too” she said standing… She rang the bell at the wall and two maids walked in carrying plate of food.
They left immediately the finished setting the table.
“Drinking without eating isn’t good for the health…. I don’t want to be a widow yet” she said dishing out the food.
“Widow….” I spat out the wine in my mouth f0rç£fully suprised.
“Seriously…. She wants to marry me…. We just meet for Christ sake”
“Andris….. Why do you want to marry me” I asked staring at her.
“Why…. Daddy say you are a perfect match for me” she replied less concerned.
“So… You actually want to marry me because your dad thinks am your perfect match”
“Not just that Rocky…. I like you, you are handsome… ha-rd working, Rich… You are just perfect and am sure you are going to make a perfect husband to me and a perfect father for our children”
“Father indeed…. Who says we are going to have babies” I thought.
“I thought you said you like me Rocky” she said… I glanced at her astonished “I said that because I nee-ded information from you”
“Off course I do….why” I asked
“So won’t you marry me” she asked again.
“Don’t you think its too early…. We just meet today and we are alre-ady discussing marriage”
“It doesn’t matter…. Once you like me, it shouldn’t be a problem right”.
“Okey…. I think we should just change the t©pic, this is really ma-king me uncomfortable”
“Come on just eat… Okey, am going to marry you” I said smiling.
She smiled too and began to eat…
“Marrying her isn’t a bad idea, I would just use her against her father, she is such a fish br@in so it won’t be ha-rd for me to use her, besides she seems to be into me and am sure she would do anything to make me happy”. I thought staring at her.
“Also being Chief Varma’s in-law would definitely make him trust me and it would give me more opportunity to be close to him” I breathed out.
?SHAINA?
I kept turning from one side of the be-d to the other…. The image of Rocky’s real face haven’t left my memory yet…
The scars on his face, the things he said, everything that happened at that restaurant.
I quic-kly jo-lted up, I checked to know if Bhvana was asleep and off course she was asleep.
I ti-ptoed to my box and gradually brou-ght out the drawing mum had given me…. I made sure to be quiet so I won’t wake Bhvana up.
I ti-ptoed to Rocky’s cabinet, I to-re a sheet of paper from his note and collected his pen.
I began to draw his real face from the little view I had of his face at the restaurant.
It wasn’t that ha-rd for me…. I learnt how to draw from my mum when I was a little girl.
Few minutes later, I was done…. I picked up the other drawing and began to compare the both of them trying to sort out the difference.
“What are you looking at” I heard Bhvana say… I looked up to her, she was staring at me.
Gosh, I was quiet…. Why did she wake up.
“Nothing….” I lied folding the two drawings but Bhvana snatched them from me.
“Hmmm who is he” she asked.
“No one… Just people from my dream, I had a dream so I decided to draw the people I saw” I lied.
“Really… Don’t you think the dream is trying to tell you something” She said.
“I doubt… but anyways Do they look alike” I asked.
Well since she alre-ady saw the pictures she should help me sort the difference.
“Off course…. Just that one is a little boy while the other is a young man and the scars on his face but aside from that they have the same eyes, nose everything are just the same”
“Really…..” I asked and she nodded.
Then Rocky is Mr Phogat’s son, he is definitely here to take revenge for his father’s death.
“Is anything the matter” Bhvana snapped me out of my thought.
“No…. Am fine… Can I have the drawing back” I asked.
“Yeah….” She hesitated for a while before responding.
I collected it from her and hide it inside my box “Looks like I would be visiting mum tomorrow… I nee-d to know more about Mr Phogat’s son, his name and everything”
I glanced at Bhvana, she was staring at me superstitiously…. I smiled at her and la-id down.
FACELESS?
DEMON?
(A Life For A Life)
©️ Chidimma Christine✍️
EPISODE 50?
*************MUMBAI****************
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“Seriously Andris st©p this…. St©p it” I said removing her hand off my b©dy.
“Why are you behaving like a baby, come on darling… Am re-ady” she said carelessing my b©dy.
“re-ady for what excately…. plea-se leave me” I cooed removing her hands f0rç£fully.
She gro-an ed in pain eyeing me “What do you mean re-ady for what…. Are you a baby Rocky… re-ady for what couple do” she snapped.
“re-ady for what couple do…. Tell me Andris, are we couple” I asked.
“Soon to be….” she snapped.
“Well everything should wait till we become couple…” I said turning the other side of the be-d but Andris won’t just let me be.
“Its okey if we do it…. Besides we would be couple right” she said coming close to her.
“I know but I think we should wait till then” I said but she kept disturbing me.
I just re-moved her hand off my b©dy and left the be-d.
“Gosh…. You are just something else” I hissed walking to the armchair.
“Really…..” she snapped angrily.
I didn’t say a word to her, it would be a total waste talking to her.
@The_Next_Morning
I woke up very early re-ady to go… Andris was still slee-ping on the be-d.
I yawned stretching my b©dy which was aching like mad, I had sle-pt on the armchair just to avoid Andris steady t©uçhes.
I cracked the door open and left the room closing it gradually.
“Good Morning Sir” one of the guards greeted.
“Good Morning….. Can you show me the way out plea-se” I said.
“Not yet… Chief Varma s£nt for you” He said.
“s£nt for me…. I don’t un-derstand”
“Come with me” he said and left, I followed suit feeling very nervous.
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“Good Morning sir” I greeted bowing.
“Its dad, son… You should call me dad” Chief Varma said smiling.
“Good Morning dad” I repeated.
“Good Morning son…. How was your night, Great I guess” he asked.
“Yeah… You wanted to see me” I said.
“Yes…. Since you alre-ady agreed to the marriage, inform your parents about it…. I would like to meet them” he said
“My parents…. Meet them?” I asked suprised.
“Offcourse…. I nee-d to meet them to plan the wedding with them”
“You look suprise, is anything the matter?” He asked.
“No… I will bring them over during the weekend” I said feeling very nervous.
“Gosh who do I introduce to him as my parents now… Such, I just hope Siddarth sort things out”
“Okey…. Inform me before coming….” he said now standing.
“I will… Can I go now” I asked.
“How is Andris?” he asked.
“Fine… She is still asleep” I said praying within me he just let me go and quit asking questions after questions.
“The guards would see you out…. We would discuss your business and your position as the fifth knight after your wedding with my daughter” he said.
“Thank you sir…. I mean dad” I quic-kly corrected and left.
I boarded the next taxi back to my house…. I nee-d some breathing space and think of the next step to take.
?SHAINA?
I woke up very early and f0rç£d Bhvana out of the house…. I won’t want Rocky to come back and meet her.
I tidyed up the be-d like it was before and arranged the cabinet very well, placing the l@pt©p on t©p of the cabinet.
I was almost done with tidying up the house when I heard a knock on the door….
I hesitated for a few minutes before I opened the door.
“What kept you…. I knocked for almost 30 minutes” Rocky yelled pushing the door against me. He seems to be in a very bad mood, I wonder what happened.
He stared round the house, I guess he suspected something fishy.
“Are you looking for something” I asked getting uncomfortable with the way he was looking around.
“No… Am fine” he said just then his phone beeped…he reached for his pocket and brou-ght out his phone.
He went throu-gh it for a while and shaked his head virogrously… He dropped it on the be-d and headed for the bathroom.
I waited till I heard the shower run before I reached for his phone.
I went straight to his recent activities, he had received a text message from Siddarth.
“Meet me at the amusement park…. We nee-d to sort out the storms you created in Chief Varma’s house” I re-ad within me.
“What storms are they talking about??…. And what business does this Siddarth have with Chief Varma” I thought.
I heard the bathroom door crack open and I quic-kly dropped the phone and rushed to my box pretending to be picking out some cloth.
“So…. Why didn’t you come home yesterday” I asked pretending to be busy with my box.
“Its none of your business clumsy” he fired angrily.
“Wow…. He must be very angry, I wonder what happened at Chief Varma’s house…”
“Am sorry, it would be nice to call next time…. I was worried something bad had happened to you” I said but he didn’t say a word.
I turned and glanced at him, he was alre-ady dressed up re-ady to go meet the so called Siddarth.
“Am definitely going to follow him, I nee-d to know the storm he created in Chief Varma’s house”
“Am off…” he said and left.
I quic-kly gr@bb£d my phone and followed him immediately.
To Be Continued………