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( The Beauty Inside… )
CHAPTER 82&83
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★
★(PANGS OF ANGUISH)★
Justus bit his tongue immediately he said that.
It wasn’t part of the plan to tell Juliet about Michelin’s child but maybe his desperation made him spill it senselessly.
“She had a daughter for him, he ra-ped her and pretended not to know, I think I’ve done more than enough, don’t fall into his trap” he said and Juliet ran away from him immediately.
“Juliet!” He shouted but she kept running with tears in her eyes till she found a taxi and got in.
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B4 SKY LOUNGE
Romeo ran in but couldn’t find Michelin.
He dipped his hand into his shinny hair and started running around.
“Michelin!”
“Michelin!”
He called out for her but she’s not answering or coming out.
“Michelin!!!” He screamed again .
Michelin kept hiding behind the cellar, expecting him to grab a bottle of cognac from the cellar and drink to calm himself down but he’s not doing that.
She has actually spiked all the drinks.
“Michelin!” He shouted again, loosening his tie.
When she sensed he’s not gonna drink, she came out of her hiding place.
“Here already?” She smiled and he swiftly faced her.
He ran to her and held her shoulders, slamming her back harshly on the wall.
“What in the holy hell were you talking about!, What!” He demanded with a sweaty face.
His body is shaking as he bored his eyes into hers.
“You ra-ped me seven years ago, that night when Avril dumped you” she said.
“Stop saying trash Michelin!!!!” He yelled.
“I’m not saying trash so get it straight!!, I had a baby for you!” She yelled and his eyes wide-ned again.
“What!’
Michelin released herself from him and got a small remote from a couch.
She pointed it at the TV and pressed on, it came on and the video of how Romeo truly ra-ped her started playing.
Romeo almost died the moment he saw how he was tearing off her clothes, forcing himself on her.
This was exactly the shirt he wore that night, and he could still remember Michelin came to visit but he suddenly slept off only to wake up the next morning to meet himself on the ground, feeling weird…
He looked at the video again and more sweat ran down his face
“No….no not me!!” He shouted, holding his head.
“I kept it from you all these while, waiting for when you’ll remember what you did to me but you never remembered, and you think you can have another girl?, No Romeo!, You belong to me and our daughter!, Krystal misses you a lot and is always asking of you!, She wants to see you so badly so please!, I promise not to show this to anyone else, come to me Romeo” she said pathetically and started crying.
“No…..no I didn’t do it….I didn’t do it!’ he shouted in confusion.
If confusion could make one run mad, he’d have gone mad right now.
“Listen to me Romeo!” She shouted, walking to him.
She held his face.
“I love you, I do!” She cried and he pushed her away.
She fell on the couch.
“No, no this isn’t me!, It’s not possible!” He shouted, finally breaking down in tears as he went for the door but shockingly, Juliet is standing there with tears on her face too.
“Juliet…. Juliet…” He stammered.
Michelin smiled secretly.
“Tell me it’s not….true…tell me Romeo Spencer….tell me everything is fake, tell me you’re not a rapist…tell me.. just say something please!!!” She cried loudly, looking at the heartbreaking video that’s still playing on the TV.
“Juliet…I…. I’m…I don’t know how this happened trust me I….I’m….
“You don’t know how it happened?, You really ra-ped her, it doesn’t look like it was photoshopped Romeo, what’s happening?, What’s going on!” She yelled tearfully.
“I don’t know Juliet, I swear I don’t know what’s going on, I don’t know what’s happening trust me I…
Juliet started shifting back.
“No Juliet don’t leave… Juliet…
She turned back and ran out of the place.
“Juliet!!” He ran after her till they got to the front of the lounge where Reid’s car was just stopping.
She opened the door and went in, still crying so loud.
“What’s happening Juliet?, Juliet why the tears?* Reid asked shockingly.
“Take me away from here please, just go!!!” She cried loudly again.
Romeo came rushing out of the lounge with tears in his eyes too, confusing Reid more.
“Take me away from here please!!!” Juliet cried again and Reid quickly drove down the road before Romeo could get to the car.
Romeo ran after the car till he couldn’t see it anymore, he sat on the ground and started crying, shedding hot tears.
“I’m ruined!, I’m screwed!!, I’m Fu-cking doomed!!!”
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Reid drove Juliet home and she got down from the car immediately.
She ran in and entered her room, then she locked the door on herself and started crying inside.
“Juliet stop scaring me!” Reid banged on the door.
“Juliet!!” He banged again but she kept crying.
“Shit, this ain’t working” he said and got his phone.
He dialled Merritt’s line.
“Missing me already?, I miss you so badly, I wish we’re together right now but don’t worry, tommorow night is for you, we’ll have a steamy night together sweetheart” Merritt said immediately she picked.
“Juliet is not ok” he said.
“What!, What happened to Juliet?”
“I got bored at home and found the location of the sky lounge, so I decided to go but on getting there, I met her running out of the lounge with much tears on her hellishly red face, Romeo was in tears too but she told me to take her home and immediately we got home, she locked herself in and has been crying” he explained.
“Oh shit!, I’ll be there in a jiffy!, Wait for me!” She replied and hung up.
Reid continued trying to persuade Juliet to open the door but it was futile till Merritt arrived.
“Bestie!, Bestie open the door!, Bestie!, Juliet!” She banged at it as she heard her loud crying sounds.
“No extra keys?” Reid asked and Merritt ran to Gina’s room.
She got it and ran back to open it.
“I’ll go in alone” she said and Reid nodded as she rushed in.
Juliet was sitting on the ground with propped up legs, then she buried her face on her knees, crying hurtfully.
“Baby what went wrong?, Bestie!” She ran to her, kneeling beside her.
Juliet kept crying without looking up.
“Should I pack my things and leave your house then?, Is that what you want?” She said and waited for a minute before Juliet slowly looked up.
Her face is just like Reid described, hellish red.
“Juliet!, What the hell happened to you!” She asked shockingly, holding her face without minding the tears.
She opened her mouth to talk but she couldn’t.
“Calm down baby, calm down and talk to me” she said gently, holding eyes with her.
“Romeo…. Romeo…
“What did Romeo do?, What did he….
“He has a baby with Michelin, he…
“He what!, Baby?” Merritt’s eyes wide-ned.
“It….was…a product of…
Juliet stopped and cried more at this point.
“Talk to me baby” Merritt said gently.
“Product of…. ra-pe” Juliet cried.
“Huh?, Come again” Merritt sat on her bu-tt.
“He ra-ped Michelin, I saw the video!!!” Juliet continued crying and Merritt’s mouth wide-ned too.
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NEXT MORNING**
Baby’s car came to an halt in front of Michelin’s place and she rushed out of it with Naomi.
They both barged into the house and met her eating breakfast
Baby hit his leg on the dinning table and it fell heavily, crashing on the ground.
“di-ckson!!” Michelin yelled, standing up.
“What did you do?, What ru-bbish are you trying out you obsessed bi-tch !” Baby shouted at her face.
“What!, He ra-ped me and I was kind enough to keep it to myself all these while!, I was protecting him while waiting for him to remember but he never did, what were you expecting!, I just had to let him know that his baby is alive and i love him!” She shouted.
“So …. When you travelled to England to spend a year after Avril jilted him, you were pregnant?” Baby said.
“Yes, I delivered over there and came back to Mexico, leaving her for my friend to take care of, Krystal is alive and well!” Michelin shouted.
Naomi went closer.
“Romeo….ra-ped you?”
“Didn’t you watch the video?, I left it on the lounge TV” she replied.
“How did you get the video of the ra-pe?, If a girl gets ra-ped, the only thing that’ll be on her mind is how to escape, not how to get the footage” Naomi said.
“I didn’t get it immediately, I rushed home after he ra-ped me but when we saw each other the following week, he acted as if nothing happened, he became cold and harsh so I secretly went back to his house and got the footage from the living room camera” Michelin replied.
“Why have you been keeping it then?” Baby demanded.
“I was protecting him cos… cos I fell in love with him after he ra-ped me!” Michelin breathed.
“Fu-ck!!!!!” Baby shouted.
“Romeo is not a rapist, he can’t ra-pe you, B4 started since we were in highschool so tell me why he’d ra-pe you in his right senses” Naomi said.
“Then did I Photoshop the video?” Michelin replied.
Naomi drove her fingers into her hair crazily.
“Krystal is coming today, you can decide to believe me or not after the DNA test” Michelin said.
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THE HAYES APARTMENT
Romeo rang the doorbell and it was Gina who opened the door.
She’s not fully ok but she insisted to be discharged this morning cos of Juliet.
“What are you doing here Mr Spencer?” She said without an ounce of likeness.
“Mother-in-law…
“Don’t call me that after everything!, Don’t!” She snapped.
“Is Juliet ok?, Is she…is she ok?” He asked at the brink of tears.
Merritt appeared behind Gina.
“You’ve done enough Romeo, go away” she said and shut the door on his face.
Romeo bent beside the door and started crying.
Everything is just not making sense and he’s already insane.
How can he ra-pe a lady and not remember how it happened when he wasn’t hypnotized?
No one is ready to listen to him.
di-ckson are Naomi wanted to listen but what will he say?
There’s obviously nothing to say when he doesn’t even know what’s going on.
“Ahhhh!!!!!” He cried more bitterly as he continued squ-atting there.
Juliet will surely see him as shit right now, Gina and Merritt lost their trust in him already and…..
A car stopped in front of the house and Justus came out of it.
Romeo stood and Justus walked to the door.
He rang the doorbell and Gina opened the door.
“Justus?”
“Hi ma’am” he bowed and looked at Romeo before going in.
Romeo walked dejectedly to his car and leaned on it before resuming his tears.
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7PM≈ ROMEO’S ISLAND
Romeo drank again from the bottle of cognac and smiled like an idiot.
Juliet is not picking his calls or talking to him, Baby and Naomi came knocking on his door but he refused to open the door for anyone.
Mona came too but he has no strength to even open the darn door.
He smiled again and tears fell from his eyes as he drank again.
If there’s something bitter than gall, then it’s what he’s pas-sing throu-ghright now.
Confusion, frustration, negligence, hurtfulness, agony!
His whole world turned upside down overnight.
His life shattered in front of him and he was helpless about it .
He made to drink again but the bottle fell from him and he pressed his palms on it, knowingly hurting himself.
“I don’t know what to do….I don’t…I don’t know” he cried silently as his blood stained the ground.
He cried till daybreak, unable to stop the flow of tears till another day came.
His doorbell rang but just like he did yesterday, no strength to go get it.
He closed his eyes but a familiar voice made it open.
“Daddy!!!”
His eyes flew open.
He definitely knows the voice.
He rushed to the door and opened it at once only to meet Krystal, the girl who saved Juliet in England.
“Uh!, Romeo!” Her eyes brightened up.
“Your dad” Michelin said behind her.
“Uh?, Romeo…. Romeo is my….dad?” She asked shockingly.
“Yes, did you meet him before?” Michelin asked.
“Yes, once in England” she replied and quickly hu-gged Romeo’s wai-st.
“My wishes has just been granted all at once, I can’t ask for more , never knew I’ve even met my dad when I was busy craving to see him” she smiled, ti-ghtening her tiny arms around his wai-st.
Romeo felt his world crumbling over and over again, this can’t be Fu-cking real.
Everything is happening so fast and he can’t even breathe.
“But what happened to your hands?” Michelin asked as she looked at his wounded hands.
Krystal quickly broke the hu-g.
“Dad?, Your hands are wounded what do we do?” She started crying.
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MONA HOSPITALS≈ AN HOUR LATER
As Romeo waited in front of the lab with Michelin and Krystal, he hoped and prayed that a miracle will just happen and make it unreal.
Krystal kept clinging unto him but he’s not even seeing her.
His eyes are almost blind right now as a result of much tears.
“Dad I love you so much” Krystal said again for the twentieth time, ki-ssing his cheeks.
Mona came out of the lab with Baby and Romeo spranged up.
She handed the results to him and he opened it with shaky hands.
His tears dropped on it when he saw it’s true.
The paternity test is positive
He’s really Krystal’s dad, meaning he really ra-ped Michelin.
The paper fell from him and he ran out of the hospital immediately.
“Dad!” Krystal shouted.
“Romeo!” Michelin called.
“Romeo!” Baby yelled after him but he ran till he left the hospital and got in his car.
Tears bathed his face as he drove out of the hospital rou-ghly.
Justus came out of his hiding place, he actually messed with Romeo’s br@kes.
“Bye… Romeo” he smiled evilly.
Romeo cried loudly as he drove down the busy road, he surely has no chance with Juliet anymore right now.
No chance!
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!” He shouted as he drove, his tears blinding him.
He tried stopping the car to come out and cry out his heart but it didn’t respond.
The car kept moving on its own even after he left the steering.
He smiled sadly and rested back on his seat.
“I love you….. Juliet” he whispered and closed his eyes as another tear sli-pped out.
The car faced the bridge ahead and hit it ha-rd, breaking the bricks.
It fell directly into the river below it and sank immediately.
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THE HAYES APARTMENT
“The paternal tests is over, Romeo is really the father of the baby” Merritt said, coming back into Juliet’s room after receiving the call from Baby.
“He really ra-ped Michelin?” Reid said.
“How could Romeo….” Gina replied, stro-king Juliet’s hair.
Juliet is sitting beside her, her head on her shoulder.
Tears sli-pped out of her eyes again.
“You can’t start crying again please, you’ve done enough” Merritt said as Gina wiped the tears.
“Romeo can’t be a rapist” Juliet cried again.
Merritt sighed and thought about her suspicions again about Michelin.
If only she could get the six fingered guy again, it’d be so easy.
Her phone rang and she sighed before picking the call from Swan.
“Detective Swan?”
“You nee-d to come to Lenovo close right now, we sighted the six fingered guy!” Swan said.
Merritt didn’t reply before running out of the house.
Juliet suddenly raised her head from Gina’s shoulder.
“What?”
“I want to throw up” She blocked her mouth with her palm and ran into the bathroom.
Reid saw the news about Romeo and the phone fell from him immediately.
“Romeo no!!!!!”
TBC