Greed-3

Martina’s Betrayal.

One day the doorbell rang, When Keith opened the door, he was shocked to see Henry standing outside. 

He immediately tried to slam the door but Henry pushed the door backwards.

“I knew that you were a greedy person but I didn’t know that you could take anyone’s life for your own concern! I will not let you live until I see you in the prison” 

“I didn’t kill him! it was just an accident” Keith started hesitating.

“Stop lying you greedy man! You’re a thief and a murderer! All you love is money!” Henry accused.

Keith slammed the door and went back in. 

“You didn’t go to work today? Asked his little daughter Victoria.

“No.”  

“Why and who was on the door?” Martina came and sat beside Keith.

“Leave me alone” Grumbled Keith.

“I need money! Bring me grocery if you want food.” Martina stood up and took Victoria along with her.

Keith was so disturbed that he didn’t want to pay attention to his daughters and his wife. The greed in his heart caused all the problems. The thought of having more even when he had enough. He wanted to hide or run away. 

He decided to go to the shop because he wanted to see if the matter was sorted out or not. Keith didn’t go inside the shop but passed in front of it because he thought the shop must be closed. 

As he passed by he noticed something odd, He saw that the shop was open and there

were customers inside.

“Who must be dealing with the customers when I’m here.” He whispered to himself.

Keith tried to look carefully but he couldn’t see anyone properly. 

“I’ll come to work tomorrow”

He started to walk towards his home and noticed people. People who would look rich. He saw a family in a car who was waiting for the signal to turn green.

Keith remembered that Martina asked him to bring the grocery so he had to arrange money from somewhere and of course this time these poor people were his target.

He reached out his pocket and checked if he had the weapon (Knife) which he almost had every time he snatched things from people. Once he confirmed that he had the knife, he decided to move forward. 

The people seemed like a wealthy family.

He walked towards the car and knocked on the front car window. 

The man rolled down the window and asked him…

“Is everything alright buddy” 

“Yes, would you mind parking the car at this side. I wanted to talk to you.” Keith said while pointing towards the side of the road.

“Umm… Sure…” The man hesitated but thought that Keith was a poor guy and needed help so he parked the car at the side. 

The man came out and there was a woman inside the car.

“See… I like being straightforward and I hate arguments.”

The man kept quite and seemed confused. 

“Give me all the money you have. And before you say a single word don’t have a look at this.” Keith kept the sharp pointy edge of the knife at

the mans stomach.

The man was strong and tried to push Keith but Keith didn’t miss a second and stabbed the knife on his shoulder. 

The man fell down in pain and Keith ran away with his valet. His wife came running to him and cried for help. 

Keith turned around and laughed loudly and ran away.

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“Martina!! I’ve bought the grocery.” Keith called Martina and kept the grocery in the kitchen.

“A man came when you were away” Martina said as she checked all the paper bags.

“What man?” Keith’s tone changed and he got concerned.

“What do you mean by “WHAT MAN?” A human of course. He said he was a friend of yours and he wanted to meet you. He came in and….” 

“And you let him in?” Keith interrupted Martina. He was afraid that Henry came to his house and told the truth to his wife.  

“Can you f*****g calm down please! Let me speak Keith!” Martina busted in anger. 

“He was a tall handsome man. He seemed really rich so I let him in thinking that he must be here to talk to you about some business. He was wearing a Rolex watch, Adidas shoes and branded clothes as well.

He had a driver waiting for him outside. He sat for 10 minutes and left immediately.”  Said Martina. 

“What did he say?” Keith inquired.

“Nothing much. Just about your job.” 

“Never let anyone in when I’m away.” Keith said in a concerned way.

“Okay” Martina ended the conversation and continued her work. 

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The next day Keith went to the shop and as he entered, a young man called out his name. 

“Keith?” 

“Yes, That’s me. But I didn’t recognize you” Keith seemed confused.

“Where were you? Do you know my dad passed away” Said the young man.

“Oh...

You’re John… I was…. I was out of town!” Keith mumbled.

“You were one of the closest persons to him. And you never went out of town. You were always around him” John complained.

“He… Died.. I didn’t know.. When! How! I cant believe this” 

Keith turned around and pretended to cry.

“He passed a week ago. I’ll be looking after this place from now onwards and if you want to work here then you better start working right now.” John commanded.

“Sure.” Keith talked to him and picked up the accounts book. John came and took the book from Keith’s hand. 

“Hold on! What do you think you’re doing?” 

“I'm doing what I do every day.” Keith smiled 

“Sorry but you won’t be doing it from now onwards. There were already a lot of errors in the book and a lot of missing amount. Don’t worry. I’ll take all the amount from you.” John winked at Keith and walked away. 

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Days went by and Keith got worried because John deducted his salary and didn’t tell him the reason and on the other hand, Martina stopped taking interest in Keith and ignored him whenever he was home.

John made Keith’s duty tough and didn’t allow him to go home till late nights. 

One day Keith went home tired and got shocked to see John at his home. 

Keith threw the keys on the floor to grab the attention of Martina who was chatting with John in the living room. 

“Won’t you welcome me?” John said while he took a sip of coffee. 

“Welcome. But im surprised because Mr. Paul never visited me in the all these years and never asked me for my address. Who told you the address?” Keith said with a serious face and kept standing. 

“Your shouldn’t be concerned about that because I’m your guest for now. Well. The coffee was amazing Martina. I must get going now” 

Martina nodded her head and smiled. John got up and shook hands with Keith and left his house. 

Keith glared at Martina with anger but before he said anything, She went inside her room. 

“Such a beautiful necklace” Martina held the shiny diamond necklace in her hand and hid it under the bed immediately. 

“Why was he were” Keith questioned Martina as he untucked his shirt. 

“He… just came… And you came at the same time.” Martina stammered.

“Then why didn’t he say anything to me?”

“I don’t know!” Martina got up and left the room. 

This behavior of Martina made Keith concerned. 

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The next day Keith decided to go home early after John and check up on Martina. 

John left the shop around 10’o clock and Keith left the shop at 10:30PM. 

Keith waited for half an hour so that John wouldn’t doubt on him. He went to his home and tried to unlock the door with the key but the door was locked from inside for the first time ever. 

Keith didn’t ring the bell and went from the other door. He attempted to open it and got succeeded. 

He looked into the bedroom and the door was open and the girls were asleep. But, when he turned towards the kitchen he saw Martina in Johns arms while she was lost in him and they both were kissing each other. 

“YOU MOTHERFUCKER” Keith ran towards John and pushed Martina away from him and grabbed his collar. 

Martina ran out of the kitchen. 

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!?” Keith shouted. 

“What did I do what? Oh… that kiss with Martina? Ah! You ruined the entire moment!” John laughed and pushed Keith away.

“I’ll kill you just like I killed your father!” Keith shouted and Martina entered the kitchen with police. 

“Hands up Mr. Keith! You’re under arrest!” A police man shouted and pointed the gun towards Keith.

Keith couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw Martina standing with the police. 

“Martina! I loved you so much and you betrayed me!” Keith shouted while the police surrounded him and Martina left the kitchen. 

“Oh, poor Keith! I knew that your greedy wife would leave you looking at how rich and handsome I am! I wore expensive clothes and shoes to impress her. And guess what? I succeeded. She became a way for me to reach you! I gifted her expensive things and she told me every little detail of this house and all the necklaces and gifts you’d been gifting her! Thanks to Henry for reaching out on time and helping me to take revenge from you. What did you think? You’ll steal things from people, kill my dad and nobody would know? I saw the CCTV footage and saw all the times you stole money and jewelry from our shop! You fooled my old father!” John said with teary eyes.

“Well... I must say that your wife is a beautiful woman with amazing lips but unfortunately, she’s not a keeper! She’s getting married to me next week.” John laughed and adjusted his shirts collar.

“You bastard!” Keith shouted.

“Take him away” John commanded to the policeman. 

The police dragged Keith out from his own house and he rested in prison for the rest of his life.