¤KEEPING UP WITH TRISHA¤
<Mission Impossible>
Author~ Remio Viola
EP31
TRISHA
“Are you alright?” Cindy asked
“I think I am” I gr-unted
“Maybe you nee-d to rest”
“no I’ll be fine” I got up and continued dancing
“I’ll give you a 20” Cindy said cheerfully when I was done
We were arranged in our positions and the music started. The boys started the dance and Davis led the dance and he was awesome. The boys paused and Davis did a moon walk dance to me then I led the girls in our step. I shut my eyes and tried to concentrate then the girls paused and the light went off with the sp©t light on I and Davis.
The second step
I still couldn’t concentrate and I fell
“Trisha we don’t have time” Cindy scolded
“Watch me!” She said then got into Leo’s arms as they did the second step. She moved her h!ps rhythmically and let the music flow in her
“Daphne would do that better” Miss Tatiana said
“Let’s see you Daphne”
And with that, Daphne stepped out gleefully and I stepped back.
The music started and she did awesome with Davis
“That was better” Cindy breathe out
“Then Daphne should do it”
“No I was asked to train Trisha” Cindy protested then took my hand and led me out
“Why aren’t you dancing well?” Cindy asked me when we were alone
“Cause I can’t concentrate with Davis”
“Why? Is he your b©yfri£nd?
“No
“Did you get into a fight
“Kinda
“Then apologise
“I can’t
“Pride?
“sought of
Cindy heaved a sigh
“The steps are easy just block off your mind from your problems”
“It’s ha-rd ”
“On the day I first did this dance, I had a fight with Leo cause I caught him k!ss!ngmy bestfriend but I didn’t let it affect me”
“Am trying”
“You’re not”
“Well I think I am”
“I think you’re not”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Do you like him?”
I was quiet “Do I?”
“Maybe that’s why you can’t focus”
“I don’t know Cindy”
“Do you want Daphne to take your place?”
“No way”
“Then go in there and apologise to Davis, tell him about your feelings if possible”
That’s gonna affect my mission
“Okay let’s go” I simply said then we headed back to the acting room
“Are you re-ady now?” Cindy asked me a a whisper
“Yeah I think so”
“Then go apologise”
“Later”
I stepped on the dance floor and the music started. Davis led the boys then when it got to our turn, I did better but just as I was about to go in for the second step I stumbled on Daphne’s left and fell
“Trisha!” Miss Tatiana yelled furiously
“Daphne how could you?” Cindy yelled at Daphne. Guess she saw what happened.
“Daphne didn’t do anything” Miss Tatiana defended
“Don’t stand up for her for an offence she’s guilty of” Cindy retorted
“Everyb©dy take five” Leo announced
“I can’t do this” I said to Cindy
“You can”
After the short recess, we continued with the practice till evening.
“We’ll meet tomorrow” Cindy said then everyone started leaving
“Come her Davis and Trisha” Leo called on us
“you did well” Leo commended
“but you nee-d to put in more effort”
“Leo is right you should be practice at your free time” Cindy supported
“Maybe after practice or before practice Davis can go over to your building”
“The males…”
“yeah blah blah blah” Cindy cut in
“we were also told that when we were MMN lead roles but Leo managed to carve a p@rt of my ceiling open where he sneaks in throu-gh”
I remembered the ceiling Davis c@m£ in throu-gh
“and you practice?” I asked
“Did we?” Cindy glanced at Leo and they bur-st into laughter
“maybe we did maybe we didn’t” Leo laughed
“I get it” I smiled
“Davis knows the opening, we taught him when he first trained with Daphne which was five years ago but we he never tried it” Cindy said
“We got a movie to see bye guys” Leo said then took Cindy’s hand and they walked out.
I turned to Davis and he just watched me. I opened my mouth to apologise but– pride.
He di-pped his hands into his p@n-t pockets and walked out.
I watched him leave then I headed to my building. When I got to my room I la-id on my be-d and took out my phone. I swallowed my pride and called Davis.
“Hello”
“Who’s this?” Davis asked and his voice sounded like he was close
“don’t pretend like you don’t know who you’re speaking with”
“What do you want Trisha”
“Listen am sorry about her I acted earlier”
“you’re not forgiven”
“plea-se Davis”
“you’ll have to cook for me”
“fine”
“Should I come over?”
“yes” I grinned and he popped his head out of the opening
“Have you been here?” I was startled
“Maybe” he shrugged and crept out
“you’re a criminal” I chuckled
“Go to the kitchen am so hungry”
“you’re gonna give me something in return for my meal”
“It’s an apology meal”
“I don’t care”
“what do you want in return?” he asked
“I’ll tell you when am done” I replied and ran into the kitchen.
I didn’t want to waste much time so I prepared noodles and dished it into a plate then arranged it on a tray with a glas-s of water and chopstick. When I was done, I served him in be-d
“Thanks” he said and tried taking the chopstick but I took it first
“hey!”
“you have to pay” I sm-irked
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EP32
TRISHA
I smiled then asked “Who’s Sophia?”
His countenance changed “You don’t nee-d to know her”
“Why?”
“It brings painful memories”
“Is she your mum?”
“No”
“Ex?”
“No”
“Is she dead?”
“Yes”
“Then who’s she?”
“My daughter”
“You had a daughter?”
“Yes, two years ago but she died after two weeks”
“What about her mum”
“You’re her mum” he bur-st into laughter
“I knew you were kidding”
“Give me the chopstick”
“Who’s Sophia?” I asked again and started beating the chopstick on his head
“Our daughter am damn serious”
“What led to her death?”
“I don’t want to talk about it it’s really painful”
“How did you have a child when you aren’t even married and at this age?”
“How did you get pregnant?”
He laughed again and snatched the chopstick from me and started eating
“You keep hiding things from me” I frowned
“You ain’t my mum
you ain’t my wife
you ain’t nob©dy so why shouldn’t I?”
“Serious? But am your housemate”
“And friend” he added then laughed
“Friends shares secret” I said
“Listen it’s boys stuff” he stated and I scoffed
“You should’ve known that friends share secrets before you started hiding things from me” he added then continued eating
Silence reigned in the room till he was done eating
“Done!” he exclaimed then dropped the chopstick
“Where’s your own meal?”
“In the microwave” I replied
“Seems you’re not hungry go get yours so I’ll eat”
“You’re selfish” I said then walked out with the tray and he followed behind
“Tris…”
“Don’t talk to me” I snapped then dropped the tray in the sink
“Why?”
“You don’t wanna tell me about Sophia” I said then washed out the plates
“Let me tell you something else” he said and sat on the breakfast stool
“What?” I asked as I dried my we-t hands with a towel then sat beside him
“Why I live alone”
I smiled and balanced my jaw on my palms as I stared at him “Tell me”
“Can I trust you?”
I paused, can he trust me?
“Yes”
“It’s my greatest secret and it’s about my dad” he began
“It all started two years ago when I found out my dad was a drug dealer, I saw a video of him ma-king transactions with another drug lord
I got heart broken and he warner me to keep it a secret which I did but I couldn’t bear seeing him pay thvgs to sell illegal drugs
I ran away and…” he trailed off as he bec@m£ emotional
“two years ago, was that when you had Sophia?”
he smiled “You wanna know what happened two year ago?”
“Yes”
“Come closer”
I moved closer
“Closer, I don’t want to shout”
I moved closer till our faces were inches ap@rt then we locked eyes. He pu-ll-ed me closer and lowered his mouth to mine
“I want to k!ssyou”
My heart started beating fast as he took myl-ips in his. And as usual the crazy beat started pla-ying in my head. I don’t know if I really like you or am just doing this to win you over. I don’t want to believe I like you
“Was this what happened two years ago?” I asked in a low voice as we unlocked
“maybe” he replied with a shrug
“After two weeks I returned and I forgave him–”
He still skipped that detail
“We lived together but not as father and son anymore
The relationsh!pwasn’t there” he paused to observe me then continued
“After two years which was exactly 3 months ago, Mr George found out about his drug business and threatened to report him to the police. Dad hates threat so he killed him and to cover his sins, he made a face mask of Mr George and I saw the video. I was more than shocked, I could live with a drug dealer but not with a murderer
I left the house and changed my name to my grandfather’s name”
“What did he do to Mr George’s corpse?”
“I have no idea”
I heaved a de-ep sigh
“Satisfied?”
“Kinda” I nodded then took a de-ep breath
He didn’t mention the do¢v-ment
“But that wasn’t enough reason to kill Mr George”
“He didn’t only find out he also got evidence”
“What evidence?”
“A do¢v-ment containing all my dad’s transactions
when I left, I took the do¢v-ment and videos and locket it in a room in my house. I can’t let anyone get a hold of it that evidence is enough to bring my dad to book and as much as I hate him he’s still my dad and I want to protect him cause he’s the last person I have left Grandpa is old alre-ady”
I swallowed ha-rd and stared at Davis.
Am so sorry but I got to do my work
we talked about less important things then he left throu-gh the ceiling.
I returned to my room and took out my jotter then wrote out necessary points I got from Davis. Being a spy, you must never trust, you must never love. The heart isn’t involved in our job.
But I got my heart involved, I made a mistake and now am caught in a web.
How can I hurt Davis now?
I can’t even reach dad
But a crime is a crime and Mr McDonald must had killed other persons and not only Mr George. Letting him go because of pity for Davis sitii gonna cause more risk and increase the rate of crime which I should be reducing.
What do I do now?
TBC