Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mask She Wears: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Ivan||"I don't understand what you mean by saying we need to take care of her," I said, my heart beating wildly.I was scared because when I told her Debbie wanted her to leave the house and my life. She had looked so content with the term and was ready to take it.If she could not see that I was not ready to let her go, then she was the first blind woman with her eyes perfectly working.But telling her the other term, I had seen fear flit across her eyes.She was scared I was going to take the term and expose her, saving my ass.There was no way in heaven or in hell I was ever going to do that.All I was going to do was find a way to solve this mess so that we could go back to our perfect little world.But her saying we needed to take care of Debbie was making my desire to go back to our "perfect little world" look like a facade.She did not respond to my question about what she meant and it was starting to dawn on me."Wait." I said gently, taking a shirt cautionary step towards he

Debbie||I stomped my foot agitatedly as the telephone buzzed in my ear. I clutched the pay phone so tightly. I would have likened it to my savior but then, it indeed was my savior.It was the only means I would be able to secure my release from this hell.The line clicked as there was no answer.I stole a glance at the policeman who was hovering nearby and then I dialed the number again."839–629," I muttered under my breath, reciting the number I had memorized a long time ago.The phone started to buzz again and I closed my eyes, saying a prayer in my heart.A click from the other side of the phone made me fling my eyes open as I gasped with joy."Hello? Ivan?!" I said into the phone, happy that he had finally answered my call.I had been given the opportunity to call someone and I had been advised to call my lawyer. But I did not care for their advice. I already knew whom I wanted to call."Who is this?" He growled over the phone in his usual grumpy tone. "Ivan? It is me! Debbie!

Debbie||I spent the entire day inside that tiny prison cell waiting.—I waited for long, but there was nothing.Anytime I heard approaching footsteps, my heart lit up with excitement and I ran to the bars only for my excitement to be killed of by the sight of a police officer either coming to get another inmate, or leading a new one in.I spent a huge amount of time pressing my forehead against the cold, hard steel of the iron bars, trying to see if there was someone for me beyond the bars.I had never been one to be concerned about the crime rate in the city but as I lay on the thin, hard bed, I prayed that for my sake, there would be a reduction in crime.I did not want to share this tiny hell with another person. It was enough that I was locked in here. Having another would push me to be charged with an even greater crime.I paced the grey floor of the tiny room, taking the two steps needed to move from one end of the room to another, to and fro million times.I alternated this wi

Debbie||His eyes squinted a little as my words unfazed his emotionless face for a bit. But that was all I needed to help me garner my confidence."How come?" His voice grew deeper and he took me more seriously now.I turned my head around, sweeping every corner of the tiny cell with my eyes in a dramatic move."There is no way I am going to divulge such information while still a prisoner am I?" I said.His eyes narrowed on me, his jaw tightening as he contemplated the situation.I was nervous as I waited, my palms growing wet with sweat from the nerves."For your sake, this better be worthwhile." He hissed. Then he turned and walked out of the cell leaving me standing there alone, watching his retreat.The female guard who had been waiting a few feet away, hurried to shut the door.She did not seem as menacing as she had been earlier as she scuttled like a big fat rat around Nicholas.

Tania||"Fucked?" Marcus asked, his voice apprehensive.By this time, I had started to lose the little control I had on myself. My voice was shaking just as hard as my body was shaking."Where are you right now?" I managed to ask."I am at the office!" He replied and I could feel the unease starting to creep into his voice."Talk to me, Tania! What's going on?!" He shouted frustrated with fear."He knows everything." I whispered as a sob escaped my lips.Marcus was silent on the other end of the line.The tears I had been trying to hold back started to flow freely. My worst nightmare had come to pass. Everything had shattered down.I was not even back to where I had started from– I was worse than that.Now that Nicholas knew that I was alive, he would ensure that I was killed and this time he was going to do it himself to be certain I was not going to pull a trick on him and resurrect once again.I would have thought that Marcus had ended the call because of the silence but then, I co