For moments, I have been struggling, really struggling, virtually, smacking my head to try and remember if this face rings a bell to me, but no. My memory is bent on affirming that it's totally screwed."Do I know you?" I ask after moments of screaming silence.She manages to close her mouth for the first time in ages, but she defeatedly shuts her eyes to some kind of a masked twinge, heaving out a bitter puff that tickles my skin. "What happened to you?" She asks as she peels her eyes, signs of tears evident in her hazel eyes.Now this is deep. I am also feeling awful for the fact that I don't remember her. I am about to join her in tearing up and if this continues we might explode into sobs. Weird!"How can you not remember me, Ella? What happened to you? And this?" She painfully scans my face as if she shares my pain, then finally, a tear drops from her right eye as she averts her gaze from my wounds. She can't take the site of the wounds. "What...what is happening? What happened?
"I can't believe that cursed monster! So, he is obsessed with you?" My sister asks as she does the final touches on my wounds."Yes." I respond."I knew he was a monster but not to this degree. I mean, him killing our parents just to have you, and then sleeping with both of us? He is entitled to nothing but death." She curses, packing the bandages back into the kit."Then you understand why I have to do what I am doing, right? It's for you and me, and our parents, and everyone's sake." I state, hoping to change her mind."That is as good as gambling your life on a losing bet, Ella. What if...""There are no what ifs and buts, Aida. We need to do this. We need to end this. We need to attain justice for our parents before we can bury them." I say."They aren't buried yet?" She queries."No. Deep is keeping them in the morgue." I retort."Okay. If you are doing this then we are both in it together. But this has to work, Ella!" She says, sitting beside me."It will work. It will." I assur
We have been driving around and through these bizarre streets for the longest decade according to my apprehensive self. I'm a nervous wreck right now, but I am glad I can still curb my anxiety from showcasing itself. I can't let this jerk see how much he is freaking me out.Unlike his norm, today we are not chaperoned by his squadron of goons. No. It's just him and the driver. Weird. So odd! One would think that we are going somewhere intimate, but that inkling itself is humorously ludicrous. It's revolting by nature.The drive has been crammed with nothing but a pure fluster lull. He is devilishly raw and life-threatening as usual, -his signature demeanor, his all-time amour, while I am striving to cope with it, as I have always done, hoping that this mischief isn't about his evil gimmicks. But how cliche can that be? The irony in that hope alone is fussing."You want to say something?" He softly barks, wrecking the peace in my ears. I don't know whether he glimpsed me gawking at him
I watch this proud pompous bitch as she ambles down the stairs. The way she is walking, the way she is cruising around my face with her eyes, she is the same old-annoying bitch I knew days ago. I thought that the dungeon would change her even just a little, but I guess I was dead wrong.And now we are under one roof? I knew that monster can never do anything good for me. Now I think I know why he brought me here. He must have realized that his obsession with me can't allow him to kill me, so he brought me to this witch so that we can strangle or infuriate each other to death. He knows we don't get along even for a second.My!"I thought I will never get to see your face again." She fires the moment she descends the last staircase, racking before me.I can't say less about her either."Too bad. I am back, and I see that you've been promoted. I mean, I left you in the dungeon three days ago and I thought you are gonna rot there. And now out of the blue, I find you here?" I mock, becau
I peel my eyes, sloping my body on this bed and yawning after realizing it's morning already. Funny! I didn't know I would fall asleep with the devil and the witch in the same house. Their presence must have magically buried me into a dreadful sleep.Speaking of the devil, didn't he say that this was his and my bedroom? Why isn't he here now? Don't get me wrong, okay? I would be barfing forth my lungs out if I woke to his ugly suffocating face and scary eyes and dreadful giant body beside me. I'm just wondering. He didn't come home the whole night? Or maybe they are just screwing somewhere in this house with that witch! Yack! Whatever the case, I am glad I didn't get to see any of their faces when I peeled my eyes. They both are bad omens! Souls of Doom!My fuss hikes my lethargic legs to the door, and I open it slightly. Popping my head out, I cruise my eyes outside, and when I don't get a glimpse sight of anyone, I lock it behind me again, and stroll back to the distant corner of th
The deafening rambunctious bang of the door railing against its frame creeps my lazy body from the bed as I spring to my feet, my phone almost tumbling from my feeble hands. Gandly, I was nimble enough to catch a hold of it before it hits the floor, and I ladle it into the back pocket of my jeans.The heck!I spin around, my furious gaze crashing with the sharp arrows from this witch's stare. I pucker my face, the fierce urge to slit her throat clogging up at my core. The heck with this bitch!"What...""What in hell did you do again this time around, Ella!?" She cuts me off, waddling towards me.Hang on! When and where did she learn to call my name like that, huh? I have always been a bitch to her and I am damn contented with that. She is no less to me too and I am not contrite about that. And why does she look this sick worried? Wait...why is she meddling again? "What the fuck are you doing here, Terris? And what are you yapping about?" I query, hoping that she really has a decentl
"I must applaud your hard balls. You turned out more smarter than I could have imagined." He says after ages of shrieking stillness and life-threatening staring. "But you and I, can never be equal. You are nothing, Ella." He adds, dropping the gun and scratching his head with it.Ooh, we are not? Definitely not. But my guts are something that he can't stand nor believe. That is beyond doubt."I don't think so, but it's alright. If that is what you want to believe, I won't try to hurt your ego." I retort."And you can go ahead and think that you have won, but I can tell you for a fact, Ella, I can get rid of you in a snap of a finger." He argues.Smirk! How comical is that! He should have done so a long time ago."Then why haven't you done so?" I challenge."I didn't know until now, but with what you have done, I want to make you bleed before I finally send you over to your parents, while I take over everything that belongs to your family. That will be your punishment." He affirms, bu
One week!It has been seven good days since the news about my plea for justice broke out. Seven days since I became the talk of the nation, and seven days since the country declared war against all aspects of inhumanities. My speech has touched millions of souls in the country. It's not just the government that is fighting this, but the citizens too. I am happy. I am beyond overwhelmed!Yesterday was the acme of all the seven days. There was a protest precisely for justice for my family. It was a pure bang of sensual euphoria to see people walking and crowding the city streets with flags flying high, my family's name scripted on them. If only I had a way, I would have joined the riot, or even just thanked them. But I am caged here. But not for so long, according to my plans.For those seven days, the monster has been a total mess. He has not been his usual monster self since the news came out. He stays here for just a few minutes, but those few minutes drag like eternal hell. He never