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The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 2:49pm On May 02, 2018 |
THE SMILE Of TERROR . Story By: Mbulu Mundia . Chapter 1 . On a friday afternoon, she went down the river to watch the sun set. It was amazing to watch it go beyond the horizon. It relaxed her mind though it brought bad memories. So many years ago, she used to come and watch it disappear with her father. He would carry her on the shoulders and take her there. “We wish you a merry chrismosh and a wappy new year” she had sung enjoying the ride on his shoulders. “You got the words wrong again Cathy and its not yet christmas” he corrected her. “I know the words dad, it’s just that I don’t have my front teef” she defended herself She was six at the time and life was perfect. Now that was a good memory which however broke her heart. That wasnt the only memory though. Few years ago she had walked on that river bank with a man whom she loved so much, or should I say with a man whom she believed she loved so much. But love had played a trick on her and she would never forgive it for being so cruel. She sat down the tree trunk that had lied there for years. She had sat on it with her father and she had sat on it with the man she was in love with , who was she going to wit with now. It was early December and the sandy bank was very wet, she had her slippers in her hands , her legs were digging in the sand unknowingly. “Life is a gamble. Nothing changes except people and times and seasons” she said to herself. “What did you say” a shrilled voice came from behind. She screamed and turned “Oh Jame, you scared me” she said giving a sigh of relief and coming back to reality. “I’m not Jame am Jane” she gigled “Well your boyfriend is James so am just doing you justice” said Cathy “Point of correction he was my ex, no he was my childhood former crush not boyfriend” The two girls burst into laughter. “I heard you say something about life” said Jane “Nope, you heard wrong. All I said is that I enjoy watching the sun set” she answered. “You will always be a liar Cathy, and why are you here? ” . To Be Continued 2 Likes |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 2:59pm On May 02, 2018 |
You guys should kindly comment and sorry i didn't tag you all before starting to post it here.... Am sorry THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 2 . “Nothing” Cathy answered “I just came to think about my father” “And your ex” added Jane “Get out of here” she said hitting her friend on the shoulder lightly “you can never hold a conversation without mentioning boys” “Ouch that hurt girl” said Jane. “Go join karate if you are that strong” Cathy bent down and dug the wet sand with her hands, moulded it into a ball and threw it at her friend. ” Goodness Catherine, are you mad? my hair is…. ” but more sand found its way on her clothes. She filled her hands with sand too and threw it back. They started chasing each other, their voices echoing against the river bank. It was almost dark and the place was deserted. It had rained heavily earlier and people had decided to stay indoors. When they were tired enough , they lay down facing the heaven. “We did this a lot when we were kids” said Jane “Yes and mum always whipped me while yours never even muttered a thing to you, yet you are the one who liked initiating the game” complained Cathy “I ve always been smart” she said with a grin “Cathy Alfred” Jane blurted out. “No no, don’t go there, are you mad” answered Cathy “Well you need to give him a chance” pleaded Jane Cathy turned to face her friend and said” hell no, he is short but handsome I know. But he is flirtatious and has a million female friends. The last time I dated a handsome guy, he turned out to be a dog. ” “Don’t compare George to Alfred. George was a dog from the beginning” insisted Jane “Oh please Jame, forget it” she said standing up and brushing the sand off her wet dress but it was in vain because the sand was stuck to the dress as if magnetised. It looked like diamonds. She loved her dress. Pink and flaired and always made her look and feel younger and she loved that. Some foot steps were approaching and she couldn’t make out who it was because it was dusk. As it came closer she whispered to Jane “Some one is coming, any idea who it could be? ” Jane turned to see a figure approaching directly where they were and she said “Its some one you know. I go now” she stood up to leave. “No you did not set me up Jame” cathy said in a whisper gritting her teeth. “Yes I did love” she answered and disappeared in the dark “Stupid girl” Cathy muttered under her breath. But it turned out to be a dreadful nightmare 2 Likes |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 9:58pm On May 02, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 3 . The man moved closer to Cathy and said”you look hot” Cathy could feel the blood in her veins become hot, how disrespectful of him to say such a stupid thing, was he drunk “Well Alfred am not interested in your lines. You and Jane planned this I know but guess what, my answer is still no. And just a bonus, I ve already been deflowered, so you can get lost” she said rudely turning to leave. It had become very dark and the sky had no light to offer. It was quete, the only noise was coming from the norctunal birds that were singing out of tune. Just as she was leaving he grabbed her hand And pulled her closer to him. “So Alfred is the boy who has been running after you. I love girls who have already been deflowered” he said hoarsely It was at this moment that she paid a closer look at the man, straining her eyes to see his face, she discovered that he wasnt Alfred. Alfred never wore vests without putting anythiwore vests without putting anything on top. This man had a stench that was hard to describe. His body smelt sweat and partly rotten. Catherine felt a chill run down her spine. She stood petrified. She could not believe it. “Let go of me” she said brutally struggling to free herself but the man tightened the grip on her arm. He locked her other arm as much. He swayed his waist towards her and moved very close until there wasnt any space in between them. He pressed his body against her and she could feel the stiffness of his being. She was now breathing heavily. Her effort to free herself had proved to be in vain. He had wrapped her in his arms very tightly. She knew that shouting would not help at all. And no word could come out of her mouth as her throught was now blocked by a lump of anger and only tears streamed down. She said a thousand prayers in a flash. The man was now running his rough hands all over her body. “God save me from this demon ” she prayed silently She gathered her strength, raised her knee and kicked him in the groin. He immediately let go of her and he staggered backwards, wincing in pain. She stood there startled, her legs betraying her by refusing to move. She decided to just drag them along and as soon as she started running, she ran as fast as her legs and as soon as she started running, she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. But when a dark veil falls upon you even the oxygen that should save your life can take it. It wasnt long before she found herself down. The man had caught up with her. “You bitch! ” he roared as he slapped her across the face. Suddenly the sky was filled with stars so close that she could touch them. She tried to get up and she received another one, harder than the first. The stars continued dancing around her. She winced in pain as she rolled to face downwards. “You will give it to me baby” he said trying to make her face up. ‘Come take my umbrella oh little Cinderella’ Jane’s phone was ringing. “Any chances of me seeing Catherine before the day ends? ” it was Alfred. “But I left you with her at the river , what are you saying” she asked in a shaky voice. “I haven’t seen her today. I know I was supposed to meet you girls at the river but you saw how it rained heavily so I couldn’t move . I ve just dropped from a bus from home, hoping to see her ” he said on the other end of the line. “Oh no! Oh my goodness, Alfred Cathy is in grave danger” she answered her voice now shaking uncontrollably “What do you mean, did anything happen to her? ” Five minutes later, Alfred was at the river,she went straight at the scene according to the description that Jane had given him. The man was struggling to open Cathy’s legs that she had locked with her might. He was on top and she was below Alfred pulled him and hit him on the mouth. He gave him another on the face and he beat him until he was too weak to stand. “Are you okey, did he do anything to you.? ” he asked her, helping her sit up. Minutes later Jane arrived and she started crying. “Oh Cathy please forgive me. I had made an arrangement with Alfred to come here so that you two could talk and so when I saw that man coming I thought it was Alfred Thats why….. ” “Stop it Jane” interrupted Alfred “you will explain later. She can’t hear you now, she is still in shock. ” He dialed a number and a few minutes later, two cops arrived at the scene …… To be continued 1 Like |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:02pm On May 02, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 4 . “I will require all of you to come with us at the police station for a statement” said one of the police officers “Uhmm Ben can’t we just give it here” said Alfred his arms still wrapping Cathy where they had sat “We don’t want to attract people’s attention and we don’t want this to go public for her reputation” he added. Always Visit https://www.classicpluz.com for all your stories They agreed that the police officers would go with the man while the rest went back home. They took Cathy home. Cathy’s mother who was a nurse had gone for a one week workshop in another town. And being the only child, she was alone, home. Jane warmed some water for her bathe and went home. Cathy had stopped her from preparing food because she wasn’t hungry. Minutes later Alfred stood to leave too. “I’m going but if you need anything just call me” he told her, stretching her hand and kissing it. “No you can’t go” she said bluntly “you both can’t leave me alone here. I’m terrified, please don’t go” she pleaded. He stood for a moment, forcing his mind to think fast. How would he manage to control himself if he agreed to spend a night with the woman whom he was so much in love with. What if he misbehaved and did something stupid? , he would push her away and remain with no chance to be with her at all. But what if it was an opportunity? ” He turned to look at her and said” I’m sorry Catherine but I have to go, there is something I must go to work on” he said hoping desperately that his judgement was right. He opened the door and left. His mother had taught him that the best thing to do when tempted is to run away, that way you can’t do what you would regret later. “Its the right thing” he kept telling himself hoping to convince himself Minutes later there was a knock at the door. Cathy jumped from the sofa, deciding whether to move to the door or to hide in her bedroom. “Who is there” she asked from a distance “Alfred. Its me Alfred” he answered. Cathy was sure her heart laughed out loud while her lips simply smiled. She opened the door half way and there was Alfred . “Did you forget anything? ” she asked “No I will be with you until you sleep. that was one heck of a horrible evening. ” he said waiting anxiously to be ushered in. “So what are your hobbies” asked Alfred trying to break the silence that was becoming awkward after sitting in the sofa. They talked about everything, the weather, politics, education and their thrilling childhood experiencesthrilling childhood experiences. It so happened that they were both foolhardy but stubborn children. Eventually Cathy fell asleep and he carried her to the bedroom. Her house was a two bedroomed but it was very much up to standard. It had everything inside that a house basically needs. He put her on the bed and started watching her. She looked so pretty even in her sleep. Her big eye lids, an extended forehead, pointed nose and wet lips , opposite of his which were usually dry, overlooking the swollen face. He ran his hand through her hair and kissed her on the cheek. He wanted to move his lips on to her mouth but the inner voice loudly told him to stop and he stopped. He went back to the living room and fell in a sofa. Minutes later, there was a tap on his shoulder “Mum? Is that you? ” he asked as he stirred in his sleep. “Wake up” she smiled. He struggled to open his eyes and when he finally did he almost died of shock. It wasn’t his mother but Cathy. He quickly sat up. “Cathy you are supposed to be sleeping what are yu doing here in the middle of the night? ” . To Be Continued 1 Like |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:38pm On May 02, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 5 . Cathy stood looking at him.She gave him a cup of tea and sat next to him His palms were sweating. What had made this woman wake up in the middle of the night? He loved her so much but why would she try to do such a thing? What if she told him to follow her to the bedroom. He didn’t want things to move so fast. She seemed to be a decent girl,why would she be in such a hurry. How loose. “I hate loose girls” he thouhgt.How was he going to turn down her request to go to bed with her? . She sat there smiling charmingly,still with the cup stretched out to him. “Why aren’t you sleeping? It’s midnight” he said plainly “Well look at the wall,its already morning. Are you always such a sleepy head.?” she teased Oh goodness,he thought as he looked at the wall clock. It was already 6 o’clock. It felt as though he had slept for only a few minutes. He felt a sharp pain in the neck as he attempted to look for his shoes down. “I must’ve slept on one side” he mumbled touching his neck. “How stupid” he thought.”so embarassing ,how could I think that she came to ask me for sex,am I mad. How could I even think she is loose? How shameful,its this stupid mind of mine. She doesn’t even like me.” He got he cup of tea and sipped a few times “We better be going” They reached the police station early enough and found only the officer in charge. “That man was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had committed two rape cases. When they caught him,he pretended to be mad so he was instead detained at a mental institution. He escaped weeks later. They couldn’t find him. The next time they heard about him was after he murdered his wife after having a heated argumheated argument. They caught him and he pretended to be mad again. However at the mental hospitbe mad again. However at the mental hospital,they ran tests and observed him and he was found to be very normal. He was sent to jail but he managed to escape three days ago. He had been on the run since then” explained the officer in charge. After giving all the information they had,Alfred and Cathy walked back home. “Thanks very much Alfred,i can’t imagine what could have happened to me if you didn’t come to my rescue” she said holding back tears “You can’t cry from here Cathy,there are too many people around. They will think am dumping you” he said and they both laughed. She took multiple glances at him and she could see that he was really handsome. She discovered a lot of new things about him. Despite looking short,he was actually taller than her. His big intimidating eyes proved to be irresistible. Everytime he looked at her, she felt like she was being scanned. She could feel his eyes piercing through her from every direction. She fell in love with his habit of licking the corner of his lower lip after speaking . “He is so handsome” she thought They reached Cathy’s house and he removed the cloth she had used to cover her face. Her cheeks were more swollen than the previous night Alfred rubbed the cream he had bought in a pharmaceutical on their way from the police station on her face. Her skin was so delicate and spotless. How could an adult manage to keep the skin so soft. After that he picked the broom and started sweeping “Oh no Alfred you can’t do that. I will sweep” pleaded Cathy but he ignored her. “I live by myself Cathy, I do the chores all by myself, all you need to do is rest” he said after sweeping. “How old are you? ” asked Cathy. He laughed and he said 27 “Why are you asking” he inquired “Nothing” she said avoiding eye contact “was just asking” “I know you are 20” he said proudly. “I know more about you than you think I do” She just smiled not knowing how to respond. She was so much in love that she feared that he might see it. He said his goodbye and she stood to give him a hug. They remained locked in each other’s arms for some minutes. It was magical. “You took me to mum’s bedroom yesterday” she whispered in his ear. “I did?” He laughed He told her to call him if she needed anything and assured her of his call. And he left. He switched his phone on and there were 14 missed calls and 8 messages. He knew he was in trouble. He dialed a number and said “Please come to my house as soon as possible” and he hung up Cathy went to her bedroom and stared in the ceiling,hugging the pillow tightly. She saw herself walking hand pillow tightly. She saw herself walking hand in hand with Alfred at the river. Then they got married and grew old together. They were so happy. They had three kids. She saw herself die with him and they resurrected together and went to heaven and they were best of friends. Minutes later there was a knock at the door. “Oh yeah,you came back” she said running to the door with the widest smile ever which however faded upon seeing who it was “Jame” she said looking disappointed “come in” “Disappointed? were you expecting someone? and what time did Alfred go yesternight? ” and there was the smile on Cathy’s face “Oh my God Cathy,have you finally fallen in love with him? does he know? Look at your smile miss” exclaimed Jane “He didn’t go home,he slept here” she said calmly “Oh no Cathy don’t tell me you did,,,,,” “Shut up” she interrupted her friend.” We didn’t do what you are thinking” She told him everything and how he lifted her to her mother’s bedroom,how he swept the house. “He is romantic and handsome” she told Jane She spent the rest of the day very close to her phone,she didn’t want to miss Alfred’s call. It was evening and there was still no call. She became very anxious. Why wasn’t he calling to check on her. It was night and she kept tossing from side to side,searching for sleep. She only managed to fall asleep at 03 a.m The following day she busied herself with cleaning the house and later read a novel but she couldn’t concentrate. Alfred had still not called. She wanted to call him but she turned down the thought. ” He is the one who should call. He promised,is this how he is.Has he known that I have fallen for him and he now wants to punish me?” She abstained from eating that day and went to bed early but she couldn’t fall asleep. Four days had passed but there was still no call and Jane was too busy with work,she hadn’t come to visit her. Her mother came back and found her without a mark of harassment. she decided to keep it from her. . To Be ContinuedTHE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 5 . Cathy stood looking at him.She gave him a cup of tea and sat next to him His palms were sweating. What had made this woman wake up in the middle of the night? He loved her so much but why would she try to do such a thing? What if she told him to follow her to the bedroom. He didn’t want things to move so fast. She seemed to be a decent girl,why would she be in such a hurry. How loose. “I hate loose girls” he thouhgt.How was he going to turn down her request to go to bed with her? . She sat there smiling charmingly,still with the cup stretched out to him. “Why aren’t you sleeping? It’s midnight” he said plainly “Well look at the wall,its already morning. Are you always such a sleepy head.?” she teased Oh goodness,he thought as he looked at the wall clock. It was already 6 o’clock. It felt as though he had slept for only a few minutes. He felt a sharp pain in the neck as he attempted to look for his shoes down. “I must’ve slept on one side” he mumbled touching his neck. “How stupid” he thought.”so embarassing ,how could I think that she came to ask me for sex,am I mad. How could I even think she is loose? How shameful,its this stupid mind of mine. She doesn’t even like me.” He got he cup of tea and sipped a few times “We better be going” They reached the police station early enough and found only the officer in charge. “That man was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had committed two rape cases. When they caught him,he pretended to be mad so he was instead detained at a mental institution. He escaped weeks later. They couldn’t find him. The next time they heard about him was after he murdered his wife after having a heated argumheated argument. They caught him and he pretended to be mad again. However at the mental hospitbe mad again. However at the mental hospital,they ran tests and observed him and he was found to be very normal. He was sent to jail but he managed to escape three days ago. He had been on the run since then” explained the officer in charge. After giving all the information they had,Alfred and Cathy walked back home. “Thanx very much Alfred,i can’t imagine what could have happened to me if you didn’t come to my rescue” she said holding back tears “You can’t cry from here Cathy,there are too many people around. They will think am dumping you” he said and they both laughed. She took multiple glances at him and she could see that he was really handsome. She discovered a lot of new things about him. Despite looking short,he was actually taller than her. His big intimidating eyes proved to be irresistible. Everytime he looked at her, she felt like she was being scanned. She could feel his eyes piercing through her from every direction. She fell in love with his habit of licking the corner of his lower lip after speaking . “He is so handsome” she thought They reached Cathy’s house and he removed the cloth she had used to cover her face. Her cheeks were more swollen than the previous night Alfred rubbed the cream he had bought in a pharmaceutical on their way from the police station on her face. Her skin was so delicate and spotless. How could an adult manage to keep the skin so soft. After that he picked the broom and started sweeping “Oh no Alfred you can’t do that. I will sweep” pleaded Cathy but he ignored her. “I live by myself Cathy, I do the chores all by myself, all you need to do is rest” he said after sweeping. “How old are you? ” asked Cathy. He laughed and he said 27 “Why are you asking” he inquired “Nothing” she said avoiding eye contact “was just asking” “I know you are 20” he said proudly. “I know more about you than you think I do” She just smiled not knowing how to respond. She was so much in love that she feared that he might see it. He said his goodbye and she stood to give him a hug. They remained locked in each other’s arms for some minutes. It was magical. “You took me to mum’s bedroom yesterday” she whispered in his ear. “I did?” He laughed He told her to call him if she needed anything and assured her of his call. And he left. He switched his phone on and there were 14 missed calls and 8 messages. He knew he was in trouble. He dialed a number and said “Please come to my house as soon as possible” and he hung up Cathy went to her bedroom and stared in the ceiling,hugging the pillow tightly. She saw herself walking hand pillow tightly. She saw herself walking hand in hand with Alfred at the river. Then they got married and grew old together. They were so happy. They had three kids. She saw herself die with him and they resurrected together and went to heaven and they were best of friends. Minutes later there was a knock at the door. “Oh yeah,you came back” she said running to the door with the widest smile ever which however faded upon seeing who it was “Jame” she said looking disappointed “come in” “Disappointed? were you expecting someone? and what time did Alfred go yesternight? ” and there was the smile on Cathy’s face “Oh my God Cathy,have you finally fallen in love with him? does he know? Look at your smile miss” exclaimed Jane “He didn’t go home,he slept here” she said calmly “Oh no Cathy don’t tell me you did,,,,,” “Shut up” she interrupted her friend.” We didn’t do what you are thinking” She told him everything and how he lifted her to her mother’s bedroom,how he swept the house. “He is romantic and handsome” she told Jane She spent the rest of the day very close to her phone,she didn’t want to miss Alfred’s call. It was evening and there was still no call. She became very anxious. Why wasn’t he calling to check on her. It was night and she kept tossing from side to side,searching for sleep. She only managed to fall asleep at 03 a.m The following day she busied herself with cleaning the house and later read a novel but she couldn’t concentrate. Alfred had still not called. She wanted to call him but she turned down the thought. ” He is the one who should call. He promised,is this how he is.Has he known that I have fallen for him and he now wants to punish me?” She abstained from eating that day and went to bed early but she couldn’t fall asleep. Four days had passed but there was still no call and Jane was too busy with work,she hadn’t come to visit her. Her mother came back and found her without a mark of harassment. she decided to keep it from her. . To Be Continued 1 Like
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Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 3:35pm On May 03, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 6 . “It’s your birthday tomorrow girl,what are your plans?” Asked Jane when she went to see Cathy “Huh I don’t know, Alfred hasn’t called from that day” she said “You lie,that’s not possible. The guy is dead in love with you” “He hasn’t called” she said sadly Jane called Alfred, the phone went unanswered. She called him again “Jane I’m sorry but I can’t talk now, I ll call you later” and he cut the line “Let’s just be patient and wait to hear what he has to say” said Jane “I don’t want him anymore. I don’t want to see him again. There is no excuse for what he has done. He couldn’t even spare a minute to ask if I had recovered” she lamented At the other side of town, Alfred was having a heated discussion with his two friends Frank and Kelvin “Man your story is funny” said Frank. “I think I’m quite behind” complained Kelvin. ” You know I was away from town thats why I couldn’t come to see you as soon as you wanted.” “Yes man I know, you mentioned that ” said Alfred The three bachelors had decided to go to Safaris lodge in Senanga. Senanga is among those towns that testify of the Lord’s supernatural design. The upper land is a town with a scattered forest. On the lower land is the river,flowing through the trees and across is an island where the fishermen have settled. It is a beautiful site, in the morning the river sparkles from the reflection of the sun and in the evening it grows calmer and darker. The men had decided to go to Safaris lodge, but decided to go down the river under the mango trees just at the river banks. “You know Cathy” Alfred started ,putting down the bottle of Heinkein. Kelvin nodded . “The girl whom you have stupidly and madly fallen in love with, the ‘decent girl in town’ ” he said “Yes she is also madly in love with me now” said Alfred sadly “Man is that true?” said Kelvin hitting his friend’s shoulder. “That’s good news, you should be smiling, why the long face” “Fool,its because he is now dating Isabelle” shouted Frank. “So?” Said Kelvin in I dont care tone “Two days after Isabelle accepted my proposal, even Cathy fell in love with me I don’t know what to do. The truth is that I have come to love Isabelle as much as I love Cathy. I don’t want to cheat but I want both of them” “Man you proposed two women at the same time ? And now you want both of them but you don’t want to cheat?” Said Kelvin. He laughed so hard that tears almost came out “Kelvin now is not the time”said Frank angrily. “What we want now is a solution” The men drunk until they got drunk. The following day as usual, Cathy’s mother gave her a present early in the morning. “Happy birthday sweetheart” she kissed her on the forehead. Inside were some diamond bangles and a gold hair ribbon and a nice pink dress “She surely knows how much am in love with pink dresses” she said trying it on. It suited her perfectly. In the evening, she received a text from Alfred asking her to meet him outside her house. She jumped in excitement and started preparing herself. She tied her wig neatly and added some powder and lip gloss. However something came to mind, he had abandoned her for five days why would she so happily go to meet him. She decided not to go but on second thought she thought she would go and listen to his explanation. “Alfred what are you doing here”? said a very familiar voice. He turned and couldn’t believe his eyes ” Isabelle what are you doing here ” he asked his heart thumping. He tried to hide his nervousness but it proved too difficult. “I came to see a friend but she isn’t around” she said giving him a hug. “What’s that you are carrying? Will you walk me to the bus stop” she asked, her hand around his shoulder ‘Woman remove your hand from my shoulder,’ he groaned in the heart “I… I came to… It’s the birthday for my friend’s girlfriend but he is not in town, he asked me to give her a present on his behalf. Am sorry babe I can’t escort you” he said beginning to sweat “Oh so can I wait with you here until she comes?” “Oh no! I mean its not necessary, its late baby, I ll see you tomorrow . l love you” he said. She looked at him suspiciously and gave him a light kiss on the lips. She left him standing there frozen prayinleft him standing there frozen praying that Cathy had not come out of the house “Cathy you should have told me that you would fall for me, see my life now. I thought you would never be mine. ” he said “What was that you said? ” He turned and there was Cathy, looking more stunning. Her inviting eyes glittering . “Oh my I didn’t know I was thinking aloud. You look so great Cathy” They went to sit on a log under the tree away from the road. Oh my she was so much in love with him, sitting next to him was all she wanted. He gave an explanation why he hadn’t contacted her for sometime but she didnt care. She wasn’t listening. All that matered was that she was seated right next to him. “I can’t believe you are finally mine” he said sighing. “I didn’t accept your proposal” she chuckled “Alright let’s make this official” He went on one knee and said “Catherine will you be my girlfriend” “Yes, yes I will” she said excitedly He stood and hugged her. He moved very close to her and she thought she would die. Every nerve inside her seemed very alert. He planted a soft kiss on her lips. And there they stood enjoying the magical moment. That was falling in love. The electricity between them was so strong that they felt like opposite poles of a magnet put in the magnetic field. He escorted her back home and gave her , the gift. He kissed her before they bade goodnight. Cathy went inside joyfully. She was in a deep fantasy and couldn’t see anything around her. . To Be Continued 1 Like |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 3:38pm On May 03, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 7 . The following day was no ordinary day. Alfred and Cathy spent the entire day exchanging texts. Life was so perfect. Since the death of her father when she was very little, she had a void inside her. Her mother was very loving and doing all she could to compensate for the loss of her father but the vacuum inside her remained unfilled. From the fading memories of him, she remembered that he was the sweetest person in the world. He played with her, he taught her how to draw, he told her so many stories of little girls and monsters. It seemed Alfred was the missing part. He had somehow erased every pain in her and filled the void. They arranged to meet in the evening again. “I’ve won scholarship to go and do nursing and later do midwifery at Delslake school of midwifery in Lusaka. Isn’t it great? ” said Cathy “Wow when is that and when did you receive the letter? ” asked the Alfred who didn’t know whether to be happy or not. Separating from the love of his life would be very painful. “I received two months ago. We are opening in January towards the end” “And you never told me? ” he asked squeezing her hand a bit tighter “Because you weren’t my boyfriend then and I saw no need” she defended herself “So we have like only a month to ourselves. We will utilise it” he said absent mindeabsent mindedly Alfred was an accountant and had hoped that he would influence the woman he was going to marry into venturing in business. He loved business so much. He had a few small businesses running succesfully around town and outside. But Cathy had already got that sponsorship and he would let her go for it. It’s not like he could stop her even if he wanted. Back home Cathy’s mother receivBack home Cathy’s mother received an unexpected visitor. They had just finished having their drinks when she brought a subject that brought tension. “When do you think you are going to tell her the truth? ” said the visitor “Tell who the truth? ” asked Cathy’s mother. She had prayed against a day like that. She was the only one who knew her secret and she was like a thorn in the flesh. She was a cancer in the bone. The last time they had a conversation, it had ended very bitterly, they had exchanged very foul and strong words. Cathy’s mother had hoped that she would never meet her again in life. “Melody did you come all the way from your husband’s house to ask me that foolish questime that foolish question? ” Cathy’s mother was breathing heavily now and she could feel the temperature of her blood go up. “You relax” said Melody , ” I didn’t come to your home to pick a fight. But you see I think Catherine deserves to… ” “So that what huh, so that what? ” she shouted. She lost control and she felt it. She couldnt keep her voice down. “Cathy could walk in just now, and be surprised to find her cool mother boiling” said Melody calmly. She seemed to be enjoying each moment of it. “There is no secret in this world, in one way or the other, she is going to find out. Imagine the shame if she finds out on her own”. She whispered ” she won’t find out if you keep your tongue inside your mouth”she hissed. “And if you dare tell her anything, I will rip you apart, open your skull and feed your rotten brain to vultures.” Melody looked her in the eye. She had changed, she no longer looked cool and reserved as everyone had known her to be. For the first time she seemed capable of killing ” you are a fool” said Melody, her temper rising. “Thats my brother. You did that to my brother. You are a witch” she said sobbing. “Dont Judge me Melody” said Cathy’s mum. “Don’t. You dont know what was happening in this house. I loved him. I loved my husband very much” “You loved him huh, then why did you do that to him, how could you do that to the father of your daughter, my brother loved you, you were his angel, he was a good man. But see how you repaid him” she broke into tears “Dont judge me Melody” The two women sat there , Melody sobbing silently and Cathy’s mother engrossed in her own thoughts. She remembered how she met her late husband. He was the most popular guy on campus and every girl’s talk. His ability to play basketball was a bonus to his looks. Trying to look him in the eyes was as hopeless as looking at the sun. Cathy’s mom crushed on him the first day she saw him in the basketball jersey with a band round his head. She had only heard rumours about him and she saw for herself that day, that the guy was really fine. She knew he could never be hers, so she convinced herself that she didn’t like him because he was proud and a womaniser, so she avoided any contact with him and stayed away, as far from him as possible. However the first time he spoke to her, he proved her wrong, he was very humble and very polite. He didn’t try to flirt with her. And her feelings for him became stronger, she could almost not cage them. But she swore that she would never let it be known to him that she loved him so much. He probably had a girlfriend , she had convinced herself. She remembered how she sincerely prayed to God to let him have strong feelings for her and love her. After few interactions, he proposed to her. She couldn’t believe it. They were so happy together even unto marriage. They had their first born daughter. She brought more happiness and love to the family “We shall call her Catherine, after your grandmother’s name right honey? I know she’s gone but she still dwells in your heart. When our Cathy grows up I want you to look at her and remember your grandma. ” he had told her He wanted only one child so that he could shower her with all the love in him. But the devil had finally visited them and brought calamity unto their home. Melody had gone back to the days of primary school. Coming from a poor family, the pupils often ridiculed them. Her elder brother had protected her from the bullies and risked being on expulsion twice in attempt to protect her. When their parents died, he became her father. He had worked so hard to make life easier for her and live like normal people “You will always be my number one woman in my life Melody. I will always be there for you even when you get married. ” he had told her And he was no more, to see how good her life had turned out to be, all because of the woman who was seated just across the room. “You two are so lost in your thoughts. You didn’t even hear me enter” said Cathy to the two women who had sat so silently. . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 3:44pm On May 03, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 8 . “Oh Catherine, my favourite niece, you have really grown. Come and greet me” said Melody forcing a smile The following day , Melody left quet early “Aunty you just came yesterday, why are you already leaving” complained Cathy “She has a lot of things to do sweety” answered her mother who seemed happier that she was leaving. “I will come to see you again with something thrilling dear. Always Visit https://www.classicpluz.com Am sure your mother has not told you a lot about how she and your father were in love” said Melody. “Does she tell you about your childhood? ” Cathy’s mother sent her a warning look “Yes actually mum refuses to tell me anything about her and dad, how they met and got married” “I dont like reminding Cathy about her father” she said trying to control her temper. “You and I will have a little talk one day darling” said Melody ignoring Cathy’s mom She picked her bag and left. Cathy wanted to escort her but her mom stopped her “You dont seem to like her that much mum, is she a bad woman ” asked Cathy “She is a beast my dear, pretending to be all caring. She is trying to tear this family apart. She never liked me from the time I got married to your father Two weeks later, Alfred invited Cathy to his house. ” Am so glad you came here, I thought you were going to refuse. You have to familiarise yourself with this house, its yours too” said Alfred. He led her to the sitting room and offered her some juice drink. They updated each other about every single detail. The spark and the magnet between them was becoming stronger “Am feeling sleepy will you escort me to bed? ” he whispered in her ear. Cathy giggled “That tickles” she said. “You should never bring your mouth close to my ear again” He leaned towards her and whispered in her ear”is that so? ” she chuckled and pushed him lightly “Believe me am very harmless. Am like a dog without teeth. ” He pulled her up and lifted her to the bedroom “You are the most beautiful woman I ve ever seen” His hands were already flooding her trembling body. “You dont need to be so tense baby, just relax. You told me that you did this before” he said He bent and kissed her , like a starved lion on an impala. His hands searching her body. Before she knew it, she had done it. She didn’t know how to feel, but she would not let him know that she was worried ” you were great baby. I love you even more now” he assured her. The last time she did that was with George, the handsome guy who had turned out to be a dog. “It’s almost getting late, I have to go home” she said quietly. He escorted her to the mini market just nearby and booked a taxi for her. She was in the taxi trying to bring herself back to reality and let herself feel her innerself. She wasnt as excited as she had fantasied. “Am I disappointed or what? ” she asked herself , looking through the window, the small buildings of the town racing backwards “I love you babe”. Alfred had sent her a text She reached home and her mother was not around. She knocked off at 8. P. M that week. She went to her room and sat on the bed starring at the pillow ” Cathy why did you do that, didn’t we agree that you won’t do that again till you got married? ” she said to the pillow. She grabbed it and hit it hard against the wall. “You are a fool, a very big fool. Fool” she shouted as she continued hitting it. The following day Jane went to visit her. “You ve totally abandoned me Cathy, I think am jealous. Alfred has taken all your attention.” “Silly, you are working, you are busy” “Hmm being a secretary for a female, you can’t do anything to seduce her” They both laughed out hard. “How are things for you two? ” asked Jane. Cathy looked away and said” I want to dump him” “Are you mad? Or maybe joking right? ” “Am serious Jame, I want to dump him” she said firmly and Jane could see the serious look on her friend “But why? ” “We did it yesterday, we slept together” she said looking away “And so? Wait was he bad? He wasn’t better than George was he? ” “You know you are very stupid Jame, I wonder what your employer saw in you” Jane giggled “You know that you can’t keep breaking up with people becau”You know that you can’t keep breaking up with people because you slept with them. Why then didn’t you tell him that you didn’t want? He is a gentle man, he wouldn’t have forced you? ” “I know he wouldn’t have. But I lost control of my body when he started touching me. I just couldn’t stop him. The attraction was deep” explained Cathy. Her friend gave her a sly smile “You are in love with him Cathy, don’t blow it away. Just make sure you make it very clear to him that you don’t want that again. ” She felt lit up. She switched on her phone that she had switched off in the taxi the previous day immediately after receiving Alfred’s text. It was flooded with messages and who calls all from Alfred. Immediately he called and she told him that it was a battery problewas a battery problem “I was really worried baby” he told her. In the evening he brought her a latest brand new phone. “We should never have a communication breakdown because of a battery again. ” She couldn’t believe it. She was so happy, she jumped in excitement and hugged him. Suddenly she was filled with so much sadness. “You look unhappy baby, don’t you like it? ” he inquired “Ofcousre I do” she answered “but am afraid I can’t accept it” she said sorrowfully “Why baby? ” he asked more sorrowfully “Because I won’t be able to sleep with you again. It was great but I want to wait till I get married”. She said looking down. He held up her chin and told her not to worry ” I love you very much baby and I want you to know that nomatter what, I will never leave you. Its not just about us sleeping together its about us loving each other. I will respect whatever you tell me. As long as I see a smile on your face” Those were the sweetest words she had ever heard. “Now keep the phone, no more communication break down” he kissed her on the forehead. And she knew he was the one. The following week she went to his house again at his request. They sat in the living room chatting. Talking about everything. When Cathy was about to leave, there was a knock at the door. “I ll get that” said Alfred. He opened it and to his dismay it was Isabelle “What are you doing here” he whispered “Honey what do you mean? ” asked Isabelle, a bit confused “My parents are here” he hissed “Really? ” said Cathy behind him. . To Be Continued Tomorrow morning ...... Please kindly comment guys 1 Like |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 11:59am On May 04, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 9 . The town’s top 3 prominent bachelors sat in the cool shade of the Butoya trees near the river. It was a very hot day and the world seemed very busy. Two of the men were drinking it down in gulps. “Are things going well man? ” asked Kelvin. Alfred had been unusually quete that afternoon. “Fridays are great man” said Alfred. He had not touched the beer . “Man you are troubled. What troubles you” asked Frank. Picking a little stone and throwing it in the river , he turned to his friends. “I don’t know if things will ever be the same again with Cathy. She came to my house last week. We were having a good time. Then Isabelle appeared from nowhere.. ” “Oh no, you hosted a third world war in the 21 st centuary” interrupted kelvin “No there wasn’t any world war” said Alfred cooly “You mean the ladies didn’t fight, Isabelle? ” asked Frank, amazed “Thats what ate me up. I thought Isabelle would kill me and spit on me and insult me but she did not. She just sat there crying when I told her that I was in love with Cathy. She left very disappointed. I wish she had atleast slapped me. Both ladies were disappointed in me” “Did you tell Cathy exactly what happened? What led to your cheating” “Hey man I wasnt cheating, I was simply trapped” he defended himselsimply trapped” he defended himself. “I told her and she seemed to understand but things between us have been different. Sometimes she doesn’t pick my calls or text me back. I love her still” “Stanley is a pig” lamented Jane “Are you mad, you said he has been a perfect gentleman from the beginning” said Cathy Jane had invited her to her house and it looked brighter than the last time she had visited her. The walls were covered in apple green wall papers, the kitchen display was cream white with the plates neatly packed inside “Come to the bedroom” she led the way The bed was covered in coffee brown sheets. She jumped on the bed “This is so nice. I wonder how many men have enjoyed the comfort of it” said Cathy plainly. “I wasn’t expecting that from you, you are very unpredictable with words. But I can make a list of the guys if you need it” The two girls burst into laughter “Stanely is a pig” said Jane “He won’t sleep with me” she continued Cathy laughed very hard, she thought her lungs would burst “What kind of stupidity is this, a man respects you so much and here you are whinning about it” “Cathy you are still very young” she said giving her that look that she liked, making her feel intimidated. “Haha you are very funny, there you go with the parent role you always try to assume on me” “Cathy listen, if your man doesn’t demand, it means he is getting it somewhere, or he doesn’t find you attractive” said Jane, falling back on the bed “Well Jame none of your theories have ever been found true , just say you have problems with keeping those legs closed” The two girls fought with the pillows “We did this a lot when we were kids” said Jane falling back on the bed. They both lay on the bed watching the ceiling. “You remember everything from our childhood” said Cathy. They both got lost in their thoughts. Cathy could not believe that the man whom she loved so much had cheated on her “Not really cheating” she corrected herself. However Alfred had gone out of the way to prove his honesty. He had handed his phone to her for the entire weekend so that she could monitor his calls and even initiate conversations with anyone if she wanted. Therefore the trust had been restored Days passed and turned into weeks. Christmas passed and Alfred and Cathy had a special celebration. “I really love you Cathy” said Alfred when he escorted her back home. Soon it was January and Cathy went to the University. “Look after yourself Darling” were her mother’s last words. “Always remember that l love you very much, I will miss you and I will wait for you. ” were Alfred’s last words “I will miss you so much, please come back to me as soon as possible” were Jane’s words Those three were her closest The bus started off around 10 pm. It was raining heavily and she felt was raining heavily and she felt very alone. Away from the people she so dearly loved. Starting a journey with absolutely new people. They had discussed it with Alfred. He was going to wait for her and he had asked her to take care of her sweet self. She dozed off and only woke up when she reached Lusaka. Delslake School of Nursing and Midwifery It was a very clean university with good tall buildings, painted pink She went to her assigned hostel and found her new room mate already in. “Am Cathy” she introduced herself t “I am beginning my first year” “Wow, good to meet you Cathy, am Kay” The two girls got along pretty well. They unpacked their clothes and displayed the plates and other kitchen utensils. Alfred had not stopped texting and calling her, re-assuring her of his love. Cathy together with other first years spent the entire day doing the registration. They were all very excited about it. “Am totally exhausted” complained Kay back at the room. A week later Cathy’s mother was standing in her living room, listening to the best news ever. There was a report that Mrs Stevenson who had been missing for two days was found floating in the river, caught among the reeds. She looked away as they warned that the picture which was about to be showed was disturbing. However she gathered the courage and looked at the tv. Her body had bulged and the eye sockets were sunken. Her skin was white and she looked nothing like looked nothing like her. “I feel sorry for you Mrs Stevenson, but maybe you deserved it” she laughed. “You had really become a pain in my life. Whoever did that did a great job” she said but suddenly tears begun to stream down her face. She felt pity for the poor woman. Mrs Stevenson the wife to Mr Stevenson was Melody. The sister inlaw to Cathy’s mother. Yes Melody was dead. It pleased Cathy’s mother and it also made her sad. Their last meeting was bad. She sank in the sofa watching the cup of coffee in her hands. She didn’t know what to feel. . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 12:00pm On May 04, 2018 |
Chapter 10 . “So what are your plans for the poor guy? ” asked Lucy, Isabelle’s best friend. Isabelle and Lucy were two closest friends with absolutely different characters which left people to wonder what bonded them to one another. Isabelle was tall and light skinned, very thin with love for boys, or should we say men? Yes she liked men though she had never been in love before. Not because the guys she hooked up with were not good enough but because she believed that men are very unstable. “You can put a man in the palm of your hand and toss him in whichever direction you want and he will obey. Any woman has that power but only few know it” she had explained to Lucy why she would never settle for only one man “He is in your bossom today and tomorrow he is in another woman’s” Lucy on the other hand , never took life for granted, being brought up by an aunt and an abusive uncle had taught her to be very hard working and hate men. Partly because of how ill Isabelle spoke of them that she had concluded that nothing good can come out of a man. She had started working at a Spar as a general worker after completing school to raise money for college. “You know what” Isabelle started “I’m going to teach Alfred a lesson. He embarrassed me so much in front of that girl and made me look like a loser. He has no idea what he has put himself through, and you know I think he is scared of karma, he has been texting to ask how I am. ” she told her friend and before she could say anything , her phone rang “Its him” she said excitedly as she put her finger on the green button. “Hello,,, am fine Alfred, how are you,,,, , yes I know,,,,,,,, I already forgave you, am happy that you are happy, we dont have to be enemies, we can be friends,,, alright bye” “He has signed a death sentence” muttered Isabelle, “as long as I act cool, all will be well” “You must be really crazy man, you can’t continue doing this, she already forgave you, why are you still chasing her around? ” Frank had been against the idea of Alfred begging for forgiveness from Isabelle. He always prided himself in his ability to know what women are up to. “She will seduce you until you give in to her, then she will make sure you get her pregnant, and everything about you will be ruined. Think about the future you ve planned with Cathy” said Frank. But to Alfred he was just being over imaginative because he would never give her chance to seduce him and he was very content with Cathy, no woman had ever touched his heart as Cathy had. Cathy had found school work to be harder than she had expected, lab works, tutorials, and long lectures. Sometimes she didn’t have time to prepare food. “I was that busy in first year” said Kay her roommate. “I honestly admire you, you look so young and yet you are almost completing, ” Cathy said with young and yet you are almost completing, ” Cathy said with so much admiration. Communication with Alfred had been very intact despite her busy schedule. “I think Tom is in love with you” said Kay. The words took Cathy by surprise, she had never expected such to come from her friend. Tom was a monk and everyone knew that, Thats the reason they had actually nicknamed him ‘monk’. He never wanted anything to do with women. To him women are vipers, atleast thats what his father taught him. He was abandoned by his mother when he was still very young because his father had left all the responsibilities on her shoulder. He was always drunk and never wanted to work and earn some money. However his father had left that part in his narrations and Tom only heard it from his aunties. From that time his father was forced to quit drinking and start working very hard for his son. “Women always want something for them to form a relationship or a friendship” Tom had always told his friends. This had become even more evident at the university when the females begun flocking to him, looking for answeres to assignments and solutions to past paper exams. Its like the more he wanted to stay away, the more he attracted them. He was very intelligent and he won the popularity on campus. Few girls had openly confessed their love but he greatly despised such behaviours and he had bluntly rebuked them and told them to keep off. “Everyone knows he is a monk” exclaimed Cathy. She had managed to form a friendship with Tom , she did what no other girl did. Tom was in his second year but Cathy had called him buddy after two times of meeting accidentally. He liked the idea and felt that Cathy had no evil intentions and therefore qualified to be his friend. “How did you even manage to make him your friend. Every girl on this campus has an eye for him but the way he rejects proposals would scare you to death” explained Kay. Cathy too didn’t know how they had become friends. He was frequently visiting her and there were murmurs that they were dating. “So aren’t you anxious about what will happen if she disvirgins you? ” Tom ‘s friends teased him. He had told them that Cathy was just a friend but no one would believe that because he never had a female friend before. He however had come to learn that there was a good side of women. “Even if he proposed I wouldn’t accept because I have Alfred” said accept because I have Alfred” said Cathy. Kay had been against her relationship with Alfred after she had told her about Isabelle. She had tried to make her believe that in her absence, Alfred had gone back to Isabelle. In as much as Cathy hated the idea, her mind entertained it and seemed true but she vowed to suppress such ideas as much as she could because they were fake. “One whole year without closing and you think Alfred will wait that long without getting a kiss. Just find one here so that incase Alfred misbehaves which is very obvious, you won’t commit suicide” Cathy knew that her friend had the right to say anything against Alfred because she was in a better relationship. Kay’s boyfriend was one hell of a dude, dark, masculine arms, broad chest and coffee black complexion. Cathy had never stopped wondering how Kay got so lucky and found such a man. He took Kay out for movies and dinners and picnics on weekends . it was like love in movies. She was very shocked to learn that they had dated for two years, the love was so alive. A week later, Isabelle decided to visit Alfred but she wasnt allowed to get in the house. She got very emotional and begun weeping, lamenting about how unfair love is, loving the people who hate you, the people who came to your life uninvited, placing your heart in people who couldnt be trusted. Alfred recalled what Kelvin had once told him “When your ex gets all emotional and tells you how much you disappointed her, its the morden way of seducing you, she is trying to get you through pity, she wants you to lift her, hug her and apologise, promise to do something about it and that will be the end of you” he almost laughed out loud when he remembered how his friend had emphasised on that. “Am sorry Isabelle but am on my way out, I ll see you some other time. ” said Alfred Isabelle shamefully dragged herself out of the house yard and left. Plan A had failed to work, the fool was smarter than she had thought. “But plan B will work. TBC |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 12:02pm On May 04, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 11 . A month had passed and Tom had grown so fond of Cathy. He felt great when people started speculating that they were seeing each other. However he could see that Cathy had surrounded herself with a strong wall that seemed hard to penetrate “You are a man and you have to tell her how you feel” his friend had advised him. However it wasn’t that easy with Tom, he had never proposed love to a woman before, what if she turned his proposal down and come to hate him, what if it would cost their friendship, he couldn’t imagine losing her completely. Just when the guys had finished pushing him to take a step, there was a knock on the door. It was Cathy. His heart beat very fast upon seeing her. “I didn’t expect you here” he said ushering her in “Does that mean am not welcome? ” “No it means am very happy” he said “Well I have come to invite you for a movie this evening” she said. He looked at her in disbelief “I hope you can stay away from books for just an hour” she added This was the time, his friends had told him to utilise it. He started preparing himself three hours before the appointed time. He wore his favourite blue jean and a white T-shirt with white sneakers. Cathy wore her pink birthday dress. “Oh my you look so handsome, I can’t believe I ve been hanging around such a handsome man, nowonder every girl has their eyes on you, its not just your brains but your looks too” said Cathy and she meant it. Tom had nothing to say, hearing those words from the woman of his life was the best thing to have ever happened to him. He simply smiled and said thank you. He had such a bright smile. Cathy feared that she was falling for him. They watched the movie and Cathy could not take her hand off his arm and Tom froze through out the movie. His mind was just on the hand that had held his arm so well. After the movie he gathered the courage and told her what he felt for her. “I’m very sorry Tom if I was giving you any hope. I had no idea you felt that for me. I would have loved to be with you but I have a boyfriend” she said Tom had never asked if she had a boyfriend or not and allowed himself to blindly fall for her. He blamed himself for that. They walked without talking for some minutes, then Tom started narratiminutes, then Tom started narrating how interesting the movie was. “Next time its me to invite you also. We still friends right? ” He asked Cathy smiled and nodded her head and they parted ways after he escoted her to her hostel. There is no doubt that she felt something strong for him. She wished she was single, Tom didn’t drink while Alfred did, Tom was committed at church while Alfred was not and Tom would never cheat while Alfred had cheated on her. The character of Tom seemed to outweigh that of Alfred but she had to be loyal and faithful to Alfred nomatter what. Around 11 pm Alfred called Cathy but the phone went unanswered. He called again and there was no response. That was very unlike her. When he called for the third time, he sighed when she picked up , all the anger had vanished and instead he felt very happy but his happiness was short lived. It wasnt Cathy answering but a man. “Sorry Cathy left her phone in my room” said Tom hoping it wasnt her father Alfred hang up and went to the nearest bar. Cathy must have had unknowingly put her phone in Tom’s front pocket of the T-shirt at the movie and he had not felt it. “My oh my, is this how prayers are answered. Before I could even put to effect my plan B” said Isabelle when she saw Alfred entering the bar. He came to sit right next to her though he didn’t recognise her “Wooh what a face” shouted Isabelle against the high sound of the music He looked at his right and saw her, he quickly stood to leave but she pulled him back “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to chase you” she said “about last time , please forgive me, such a thing will never happen again” she added He ordered for some beer and he finished four bottles within minutes. He then turned to Isabelle and said “Do all women do that? Do they all leave their phones in men’s bedrooms” Isabelle had no idea what he was talking about but she was sure it was in reference to Cathy “Taking your frustrations on the bottles won’t help. You need to calm and call her tomorrow, Cathy is a good woman and you should not be too quick to conclude on things you have little information about” said Isabelle Alfred looked at her for some moments and then laughed out loud. “You are very funny” he finally spoke “On whose side are you? ” But she simply smiled He drank as much as he could until he could not even open his eye lids. “I can’t believe I wanted to commit my life to a drunkard like you” said Isabelle walking Alfred back to his house, with her hand around his shoulder to support him. They reached home with difficult, she searched his pockets and found the keys, she opened the door and led him to his bedroom. “A man who finds solace in the bottle is not good for a husband. Mum always told me that” she told him but he was already snoring. She went to the other bedroom and slept. The following morning, Alfred could not remember much from the previous night. “You forced yourself on me, if I fall pregnant be ready to be a father” said Isabelle Suddenly Alfred was filled with panick, he forced himself to remember but all he could remember was that he was at a bar drinking and sitting next to Isabelle. He had an idea that Isabelle had taken him home but it wasn’t vivid. whatever happened afterwards he couldn’t remember . Everything was like a story told in sleep. “I’m joking” she said “I could have raped you though if I wanted to. You were a mess yesterday. What exactly happened to you? ” Alfred narrated how a guy had picked Cathy’s phone the previous night . Isabelle laughed at his jealousy and told him that it could have been something other than her cheating. Just then he received a call from Cathy apologising and explaining how she had forgotten her phone in Tom’s room. However she was careful not to mention about the movie. Even though it wasn’t convincing enough, he decided to accept the story A couple of weeks later Tom and Cathy were having some snacks in the school park when Tom burst into a very wide smile which shocked Cathy. “What’s that? ” asked Cathy “I think I have found someone who is similar to you Cathy” said Tom. “I have a girlfriend now” he said excitedly “Oh really? So quick, congrats buddy” said Cathy. She couldn’t hide the disappointment. For some reason, she had some hope that they would end together. “She liked me but I always ignored her. I decided to give it a try and she is awesome” he said now sounding like a school boy who just got everything correct for the first time. Cathy smiled but it was a smile of hurt. She knew she had fallen hard in love with him. “You have Alfred be happy for Tom, you have Alfred be happy for him” was ringing in her head but she couldn’t help feeling sad. “Escort me back to the hostel, I think I have forgotten my phone again” she told him. When she got back she found a lot of WhatsApp messages from a strange number with loads of pictures. “This network can make you commit suicide” she complained bitterly as she tried to download the photos but the network was bad. Finally she managed to download them and she wished she had not, she wished her phone had gotten lost and she wished that she wasn’t on WhatsApp. . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 12:04pm On May 04, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 12 . Cathy struggled to download the photos that the stranger had sent on WhatsApp. Her heart was beating very fast “I don’t understand why am so nervous and this network is tripping” said Cathy Kay glanced at her. “Are you suspecting anything? ” Cathy shook her head. “Then why the panic? ” Cathy decided to go to the school library and use the school wifi. It was very strong and as soon as she reached there, she downloaded all the pictures. She held back the tears as she zoomed them to be sure they were not pic mixed. It was Alfred her dearest boyfriend, in bed with a girl, half naked. ‘Who is this girl’ wondered Cathy but her curiosity was satisified by the last two photos. ‘I know this girl, I saw her somewhere, who is she? Then she remembered who it was, it was Isabelle. “I knew this would happen , I knew it would, Kay warned me” She went back to the room where she wept and mourned. “Cathy you are crying like you just lost a relative, its just a break up for christ’s sake” scolded Kay. “I loved him Kay, I did. Its as bad as death ” Cathy had abstained from eating and books and classes. She could not believe it. They had made strong promises to each other, it was hardly 3 months and there was already that drama. She forwaded Alfred all the pictures and texted him to be online. As soon as he turned on the data bundles, the messages flooded his inbox, messages expressing her pain, sorrows, disappointment . He went through each and every message twice and slowly to make sure he got every word. His heart missed beats after opening the photos. “That bitch! That bitch” he said in gritted teeth. “I will kill her, I will crush her” Isabelle on the other hand was priding hereself to Lucy about her ability to take revenge within the given time. “By now, I suppose they are not talking to each other” she said. And she was right. Cathy had blacklisted Alfred and gave herself a week to mourn her loss. “Am the loser, yes it turns out that am the loser. ” she muttered to herself. On a Friday afternoon Tom came to see her. He hadn’t visited her the entire week. “You have abandoned me” complained Cathy “aren’t we friends anymore? ” she forced a smile. “Ofcousre we are, I could never abandon you, it was just school work. However I have decided to make it up to you, so I want us to go for a movie today” he said. “Oh really” she said with so much excitement and involuntarily gave him a hug. “Your eyes are a bit swollen Cathy, anything the matter” asked Tom tracing her eye lids with his finger. “Oh yes, I haven’t slept for days, I had so many assignments which kept me up all nights. ” she lied “You are so hardworking” complimented Tom. “Come to my room, at 7pm we go, you are the one to choose the movie today. ” said Tom. He went back to his hostel and Cathy walked him out “Oh thank goodness. He still likes me, he likes me , oh he likes me. ” she said to herself as she bathed in the shower. “Alfred go to hell and never come back. When one door closes, another opens. Such good timing. Oh Alfred I loved you so much” and she started crying, letting the water from the shower wash away the tears. Kay was shocked to see her friend so live. She wore a beautiful blue dress and put some make up. “I got your foundation ” Cathy told Kay. “You look too good, is all this just for a movie or you will have dinner afterwards” asked Kay. Cathy looked at her friend and laughed “Your smile is really captivating” said Kay “Oh no, even women have started noticing that. Hope you have no intentions of raping me” they both gigled. Putting on a much serious face, Kay said “Do you think Tom still loves you? What about the other girl? ” “Well its either there was never any girl, he just wanted to make me comfortable with our friendship, the guy doesn’t want to lose me. or the girl was there but disqualified, Tom doesn’t tolerate certain levels of stupidity that most girls posses” Cathy started off to Tom’s room. She could feel that she was looking extremely beautiful, she couldn’t help notice the guys staring at her” She knocked at the door and Tom opened the door. He stood there speechless. Cathy smiled and Tom could feel his insides melt. “Won’t you let me in” “Oh yeah, please enter, you look very beautiful, I would think am taking you to a beauty contest” Cathy smiled again and wondered if she had over beautified herself. His roommates greeted her and their admiration looks towards her were very clear. Tom offered her some juice and after minutes she asked if they wouldn’t be late as they only had 10 minutes before the beginning of the movie. “Okey just a minute” he told her He made a phone call and minutes later, there was a knock at the door. “Oh you may come in” said Tom to the lady who stood outside. She was wearing a simple black flared dress and a pink jacket on top. “Baby this is my friend Cathy, Cathy this is my girlfriend I told you about, she is Leah” Cathy’s stomach churned at the words. “Hai nice to meet you” said Leah but Cathy wasn’t hearing her. Her vision was becoming blurred and her hearing had become impaired. She closed her eyes tightly. “Are you okey? ” asked Tom Cathy opened her eyes and smiled. “Yes I am” she finally answered opening her eyes. “Those sleepless nights have left me with a headache” she answered. After giving her a cup of water, they started off, she had told them that she was very fine. All the time Cathy was trying to nurse her second heartbreak and at the same time analysing Leah. She was tall and very light. “That doesn’t look like her natural complexion” thought Cathy “she is so skinny, and the ears are so big, what exactly did Tom see in her. She also looks older than him and she is taller than him” “Cathy” called Tom She came back to reality only to find that they had almost reached. “Are you sure we shouldn’t just cancel this date and come some other day? ” Cathy told them that she wasn’t feeling too well and needed to go back. They all went back . Leah had her hands locked in Tom’s “So clingy” thought Cathy. She went directly to sleep and ignored all Kay’s questions. No Alfred no Tom, how could life be so cruel. “I will be going to bae’s house this weekend, I will see you on monday” announced Kay . When Cathy was finally alone she gave herself time to cry, for her first break up which was hurting so much now and her second disappointment which almost took her life. It was a week from the day she had received the messages and she had ignored any strange call or calls from Jane. She wanted to get over Alfred as soon as possible but with Tom being with another woman, she was gripped with so much loneliness. She tossed from side to side bringing into remembrance the early days of her relationship with Alfred, the love, the kisses, the promises. She let herself feel all the pain and cried until she fell asleep. Sobbing in her sleep. The following day, she romoved Alfred from the blacklist and unblocked him on social media. He had written her several texts apologising and asked her to hear him out. It made her quete happy but did not heal the broken heart or erase the pain. He immediately called and gave his explanation. It was the most unconvincing explanation Cathy had ever heard. “Your phone was picked by a man, so I went to drink beer, I found Isabelle there, I got too drunk, she took me home, and took pictures of us without my knowledge” she repeated after him after the conversation. “He can’t even come up with a better lie” She had refused to forgive him and ended the relationship. Everything about her changed, she bacame very aggressive and impatient and couldn’t concentrate much on school work. Only the name Tom brought her happiness mingled with pain. “Am sorry but I don’t like your girlfriend” she had genuinely told Tom. . To Be Continued |
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Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 6:56am On May 05, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 13 . Tom was becoming less and less available for Cathy and every time she saw him he was with Leah his girlfriend. However one afternoon he decided to visit her, she was very happy. “I thought you had completely forgotten about me” she said. Tom looked at her and assured her that such would not happen. She felt happy. “You are my friend, now tell me, what do you like about Leah” she asked. “Are you sure am really supposed to answer that? ” “Ofcousre ” she answered “Well” he said clearing his throat “she is sweet, loving, caring and very understanding, I ve never met an amazing woman like her” She sent him a questioning look and he added “Ofcousre you are amazing” She chuckled and hit him lightly on the shoulder. “And she loves me very much” he said “And you? ” she asked “do you love her or she dragged you into the relationship” she said deliberately knowing that Leah is the one who made advances towards Tom “Yes, I love her very much” he answered quickly. Cathy hid the disappointment in the smile. “Well I dont like her that much, guess I will get to see her good side when I interact more with her” she said bluntly. Tom could see jots of jealous in her eyes and he laughed inward. “So how is your boyfriend? ” he asked deliberately seeing that she seemed to be giving him some greenlight “Well” she said giving a deep sigh, “we broke up” she used the opportunity to tell him how single she was and how she was not going to forgive him. Tom sympathised with her and told her that she would find a better guy somewhere somehow in the future. And that was the clear indication to Cathy that Tom felt absolutely nothing for her and she had to give up on the hopes she was clinging on to. Shortly he received a phone call and minutes later there was a knock at the door. “That should be Leah” said Tom “You told her to come here? ” asked Cathy and reluctantly went to open the door. Leah entered and sat next to Tom. “Cathy I have come to ask for your calculator” said Tom “Alright” answered Cathy sharply “you want to use it for how long? ” Tom turned to Leah and whispered ” babe for long? ” “Ohh I lent it to my friend and she didn’t bring it back, I forgot” said Cathy quickly before Leah could answer. Tom looked at her suspiciously and she looked back at him. After leaving her room , she threw herself on the bed. ‘I hope they didn’t notice that I just didn’t want to give them my calculator ‘ she sighed ‘Why wouldn’t they when it was so clear that you just didn’t want to help them because it’s Leah who needed it’ said an inner voice “Well who cares” she said loudly rolling on the bed “is it my fault that he proposed to a girl without a calculator, am I a charity organisation. What does she always use? ” In the evening she received a phone call from Alfred. It was the same old story of apologising and asking for a second chance. With Tom having slipt through her fingers, she decided to give Alfred another chance and he was very happy. An hour later Isabelle received a call from Alfred but she was too scared to pick it, not knowing what to expect. They had not communicated from the time she sent the photos to Cathy. Her phone rang again but this time it was a message from Alfred “Come home as soon as you can. I am done with Cathy, she doesn’t trust me and I think she has another boyfriend at school and she is a hypocrite” Isabelle could not believe it. “Ehh you look happy, what’s the good news”, asked Lucy when she came back to the living room with a cup of water ” I dont think I still need that water, I have to go home now and prepare, Alfred and I are back together, he has just confirmed that he has broken up with Cathy” she said proudly “I have to go and wear my beautiful black dress” she said rolling her eyes “Wow thats good news my friend” she said sadly. She wasnt for the idea. “But why do you want to wear a long dress? ” “I have to look marriage material” she answered. Lucy could not help but laugh “Have you fallen in love with Alfred? ” “Well yeah, if you put it that way” answered Isabelle. Lucy could not hide the shock, hearing her friend talk about love and marriage was a miracle. Isabelle called love a weakness and said marriage was for losers and now she wanted to prove that she was a marriage material to Alfred? She went home and prepared herself, she looked beautiful , her complexion glowing against the black dress. She started off for Alfred’s home. She stood at the door making sure she looked perfect before she knocked Alfred opened as soon as she knocked , as if he was standing at the door waiting for her knock. “You look so gorgeous baby” he said as he pecked her cheek. He led the way to the living room. “Be comfortable, its your house” he told her. He opened the fridge and asked what she wanted. “A soft drink” she answered “Hmm what happened to hard drinks, dont drink anymore? ” he asked “Yep, I stopped” she said biting her lower lip. He brought two bottles of Savannah dry “This is the softest drink in the house”‘ |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:00am On May 05, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 14 . Alfred moved closer to Isabelle “You are so beautiful” he said and she blushed “Do you mind if we finish our drinks from the bedroom? ” he asked standing up. She winked and smiled. He led her to the bedroom. He ran his fingers through her the bedroom. He ran his fingers through her hair which had a very pleasant scent. She tilted her head and kissed him. One thing led to another. An hour later, Isabelle came out of the bed sheets and put on her dress. Everything had gone according to what she had imagined. Finally he was all hers. She had fought a big battle “That was great honey” she said putting her hand around his shoulder, he was seated at the edge of the bed, not moving, like a statue. He threw her hand and turned to her. “Leave my house right now! ” he growled. She jumped back with a frightened smile. She couldn’t understand the change in mood and thought he was teasing her. “I never want to see you again, you are a LovePeddler. For your information, Cathy has forgiven me and even if she had not I would never be with a person like you. You are a snake! ” he shouted fiercely. Isabelle could feel her blood getting cold. She grew numb and her head froze. She stared at him to figure out if he was serious or maybe it was just a sily joke “Wa,,, wai,, wai,, wait” she stammered not knowing how to express herself. “You called me here, had sex with me and now you are telling me that am a LovePeddler. You used me, did you just want to use me? Why can’t it be me, why can’t it be me that you love. Why did you do this, why didn’t you just tell me that you dont want me? ” she whispered “Used you, are you sure I used you,with you anyone can come in and go as they wish. You can never seperate me from Cathy, now leave my house and never come here” It was around 9 pm and Isabelle silently picked her bag and left. At Safaris a week later , the three bachelors were having a drink and catching up. “Frank did Alfred tell you that he slept with a girl just to take revenge on her” asked Kelvin “What! ” exclaimed Frank “Yes, he slept with Isabelle and dumped her immediately after sex” explained Kelvin “Woh woh Alfred tell me its a joke” “Well yes, she is stupid and I had to hurt her as much as she hurt me, she almost seperated me from Cathy man. ” the two bachelors laughed at him “And you feel no fling for the girl? Is she really great in,,, ” “I don’t know, maybe she is or not, I really dont care, am just happy that I managed to take my revenge” he answered. “Hope you used a condom” said Kelvin “Ofcousre man, am not careless” he answered “Just be careful” said Frank “women are dangerous, she might be planning something evil for you right now. ” Soon It was June and it was time for mid year exams. Cathy became very busy with school work just like every other student. Alfred reduced on calling to give her time for studies. They finished writing in three weeks and were given a one week break, only those with homes near went home. It was during that time that Alfred decided to visit Cathy. He arrived early in the morning on friday and Cathy went to pick him from town. They came to campus together. They were so happy to be together again. “You are still handsome” said Cathy “You are more beautiful” answered Alfred. As they entered campus they met Tom “Come greet my hubby to be, his name is Alfred” said Cathy. Tom hesitantly brought fourth his hand and greeted him. “Honey this is Tom my friend” After the brief introductions, Tom left with a heavy heart. Cathy had told him some time back that she had broken up with her boyfriend, was she just lying or maybe they had gotten back together? . He realised how much he loved Cathy. He was stuck with Leah because of somethings but right there he realised that Cathy is the one he loved. He didn’t see himself getting marrieHe didn’t see himself getting married to Leah in the future. In the evening, Kay left school for weekend. “It was good seeing you Mr Alfred, hope to see you again. Enjoy your stay here, I am going home. ” She called her boyfriend and went to his house for the weekend. “I can’t believe that am finally seeing you. I love you so much” said Alfred. They had the whole night to themselves, chatting about everything and updating each other about alot of things until they were too tired to talk. The following day they went to Ibis garden for their picnic. They connected with other couples and had a lot of games. They went back to campus in the evening. They spent the following day in the hostel, re-exchanging promises and vows. The love had been rekindled and Cathy wondered why she almost left him. He was still the sweet romantic Alfred whom she had known at the beginning of their relationship. “I think I was just infatuated with Tom” she thought. The following day monday morning, he left for town to go back home. She escorted him and went back after the bus had left. She met Tom on her way back. “Where are you coming from, without books? ” he Asked “From escorting Alfred” she answered “Oh I see, so you didn’t break up? ” “We did but I decided to forgive him” “And all this time, I thought you liked me” he said. “No, you are my friend, thats not possible” she laughed ‘Friend zoned’ he thought. ‘So I misinterpreted her actions, she felt nothing for me. to her am just a friend.”he muttered to himself’ Isabelle was thinking critically on how to punish Alfred as much as he had punished her. Lucy had told her to drop the fight but she said she never gave up in war. “He will one day sit down and remember that there used to be Isabelle and at that thought he will shed tears” she had told herself. Cathy’s mother was becoming more and more isolated from people. She spoke less to friends at work and only spoke to Cathy on weekends unless she called. The death of Melody her sister in law had brought a drastic changThe death of Melody her sister in law had brought a drastic change upon her life. She remembered how her late husband had emphasised on his love for his sister. “I love her more than I love myself. I love you more, and she is my number two woman, our daughter if we will have one, one day, will replace you and you will be on second position” He had told her years ago before they even got married. And now both her husband and his sister had died. The diary had become her best friend, she scribbled words in it , everyday . each day the handwriting becoming very bad and hard to read. Two months from Alfred’s visit to Cathy’s University, on the 8th of September, Alfred recorded the most tragic incidence of his life. Not only him but Jane as well. It was on a very good sunny Sunday afternoon. Jane had coincidentally bumped into Alfred who was having a drink at Arizona bar and restaraunt. Jane had gone to meet someone and decided to pass time chatting to Alfred as she waited for her friend . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:03am On May 05, 2018 |
SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 15 . Jane pulled a chair next to where Alfred had sat. “You have to buy me a bottle” she demanded “You sit first” he said. It was around 3 pm. They had not seen each other for sometime. The last time they talked was when Alfred had asked her to talk to Cathy, when they had the problem. However Cathy had ignored her calls knowing that Alfred might have asked her to convince her. They started chattering about a lot of things, updating each other on so many things. Jane was very happy to learn that Alfred and Cathy had gotten back together. Jane had gone to wait for a friend who seemed to have a problem with keeping time or maybe had decided not to show up, she decided to wait a bit longer in the company of Alfred. “They are here, both of them” said a voice in the phone “at Arizona bar and Restaurant” Isabelle kept quete, it was all too good to be true. She had hoped and wished for a day like that, she knew how hard it would be but she was determined to wait for the opportunity, she left everything to chance. “Do the right thing” she hissed. “You do the right thing” she repeated on the phone. “I dont want excuses” The young man cut the line and turned to the waiter behind the counter and whispered something into his ear. The waiter went to the table where Jane and Alfred were and asked if they needed anything “Two bottles of Castle” said Jane. “The bill is on you” she said turning to Alfred. There were few people in the bar, a couple in a corner, a small group of teenagers chattering loudly near the entrance of the bar. Alfred assured her that he would pay the bills and should take as much beer as she wanted. The waiter took them their bottles. They ordered more beer and begun to get drunk. “I love you very much baby” said Alfred looking at Jane closely. She smiled and put her hand on his shoulder. “I love you too honey” she said “Let’s go and get ourselves a room” he suggested. He beckoned at the waiter and paid the bill for the beer. They left the bar through the back door which served as the entrance to the guest house right behind the bar. They were struggling to walk normally as it was still daytime and few people were looking . “We are not drunk right baby” he asked. She laughed out very loud. They went to the reception and were given a room. They went to the room and began kissing. “I can’t wait anymore” he groaned as he pulled down his trousers. Jane rolled up the dress and threw herself on the bed. Tom was complaining to his friends about how he had thought he had lost feelings for Cathy and only for them to resurface when he found her with a man. “You are now whinning and sulking, you sound just like a woman” his friends teased him “The guy is good looking and I bet he is working, and there is no way Cathy will leave him for me” he said. Leah had been great, she didn’t seem to want a big commitment, he had believed that he loved her very much. When Cathy had begun to show some greenlight, he psychologically pushed her away by hanging around with Leah at any given chance. But seeing Cathy with Alfred made him realise how much he loved her. Leah had been an escape route, a shield from the hurt of finding out that Cathy had a boyfriend. ‘If only I had made use of that opportunity’ he thought to himself ‘when she told me of her break up and when she started showing some intrest in me’ he blamed himseland when she started showing some intrest in me’ he blamed himself Then there was a knock at the door. The guys went quete, none of them was expecting a visitor. Tom opened the door and there stood Leah “Oh its you” he said disappointedly “Yes its me”she answered. ” are you disappointed? were you expecting someone else? ” she asked coldly “No,,, I ,, I wasnt just expecting you, I was almost leaving for the library, but since you are here, it’s was almost leaving for the library, but since you are here, it’s good. ” The guys in the room busied themselves with studying, flipping the pages every second but paying attention to the couple’s conversation. “I have come to tell you that I have bought us two tickets for your favourite movie” she said ‘Without asking whether am intrest’Without asking whether am intrested or not’ he thought. “Well am sorry not today, I have a lot of things to do” he said “But I already bought the tickets and its just an hour” “An hour is enough to do a lot of constructive things” he answered. “But if it was Cathy,,,,,, ” she stopped. “No dont stop, go on. If it was Cathy what? ” he asked with a shaky voice “Nothing, I will go and watch it by myself” she said as she stood up “That was very rude and very harsh. you better run after her” suggested one of the guys. “She got on my nerve, we can never hold a conversation without the mention of Cathy, how does she start making programmes for me” he said trying to keep cool. They persuaded him to follow her. “Poor Tom, stuck with a woman he doesn’t love” said one of the guys. “It must be hard ” said the other. Cathy entered the room singing loudly, she found Kay preparing food. “You have such a pathetic voice” she said and Cathy smiled “Whats the goodnews? ” asked Kay “Nothing” she answered ” I’m just happy that am back with Alfred, I still laugh when I remember that I literally cried when I learnt that Tom had a girlfriend. I love Alfred and its him alone I love. I think I was blinded by anger” she narrated “Well he is quet charming and good looking, who wouldn’t fall for him” said Kay. “Just make sure that he doesn’t cheat on you again. ” “He didn’t cheat. He was just framed” she answered Cathy’s mother had got a leave from work. She had stopped eating food and lived only on tea. She carefully opened the diary and ran her fingers through the words in it “My baby, one day you will know the truth, the whole truth and then you will know that am a good mother and I was a good wife to your father” she mumbled The death of Melody had left her devastated. The one woman whom her husband loved so much before he met her. Jane woke up and looked around. She was in an unfamiliar room. She sat up and tried to remembere how she had found herself there but could not remember. She almost died when she saw that sleeping next to her was Alfred. She shook him violently and he woke up. “What is this, why are you waking me up” he protested, facing the other side “You wake up” she shouted. He slowly opened his eyes not recognising where he was “Where am I” he asked “I have also failed to figure out” she told him “I only remember that I was with Stanely drinking beer yesterday but I dont know how I ended up here with you” said ,Jane “I think I remember something too” he said. “I can’t remember everything but I was with Cathy yesterday this must be a guest house, I came here with her” “Are you mad” exclaimed Jane ” how can Cathy be here? ” It was then that he realised that Cathy was at school and there was no way she could be there. Then who is the girl whom he went to the gust house with . Jane? The thought made him shiver. They were covered in bed sheets. Their clothes were scattered on the floor “Oh no” criedJane. “Alfred do you think we,, did we,,,? ” the words could not come out. They were both naked, how it had happened, they couldn’t remember. They were both confused and didn’t know what to do. They shamefully picked their clothes and put them on. Isabelle sat in the chair laughing uncontrollably. She always got luck with everything she did. She couldn’t remember the last time she was that happy. . |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:07am On May 05, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 16 . Alfred sat in the sofa of his living room thinking very hard, he was happy that Jane had not accused him of raping her in her drunken state. She saw it herself anyways how he panicked when they discovered that they had had sex. He knew he had drunk but not to the extent of having sex unconsciously, with Jane especially. There was this missing link that the two could not figure out, Jane remembered having a drink with Stanely and nothing else while Alfred remembered going to the guest house with Cathy, so that missing link was the great mystery that they couldn’t unlock. Was it all a hallucination? Jane on the other hand was very frustrated, she had unconsciously slept with her best- friend’s boyfriend but she didn’t blame him, she placed the blame on Stanely whom she was going to meet but had decided not to show up and couldn’t even call her to explain why. If he had showed up she wouldn’t have ended up in bed with Alfred They had agreed not to tell anyone that they had sex, because it was like something in a dream, something unreal and non of them had enjoyed even a small part of it, so it was as good as people who had not done it. Isabelle on the other hand was very happy and eager to share the good news with her bestfriend Lucy. She had promised to come to her house and hear the goodnews but 15 minutes had passed past the appointed time, so Isabelle decided to follow her to her house. “Hey, you are here” called Lucy upon seeing her “Yeah,” she answered with a very wide and bright smile exposing the ice white teeth. “I couldn’t wait” she added. Lucy had just been given clothes by her aunt to wash and Isabelle understood her delayal. “So what’s the news? ” asked Lucy, offering her friend the chair she had sat on and moving to the rock which was a few inches away “Alfred, ” she said excitedly “Ehe, what about Alfred” “He is dead” she smiled “Oh no, Thats not possible! ” exclaimed Lucy , now looking at her friend angrily” Is that the goodnews you couldn’t wait to tell me? ” “Yes” answered Isabelle “but Thats not the best part, the best part is that he is not aware that he is dead” Lucy looked at her friend bewildered, trying to digest her words but she couldn’t understand “I have torn his life in shredds but he has no idea, he will dearly pay for everything he did to me” she said firmly “So you mean he is not physically dead” said Lucy and Isabelle nodded her head. “What have you done? ” “Haha I have made him sleep with his girlfriend’s best friend” said Isabelle very happily “He slept with Jane, they were having some drinks at Arizona, Roy who has been stalking him for weeks called me as soon as they sat together. They ordered beer and hey am so happy girl, you know like everything happened so perfectly” she said excitedly “What do you mean, continue, what happened? ” Lucy said impatiently. “Okey” she said sitting very comfortably in the chair “of all the places it had to be Arizona where Roy’s young brother works as a waiter , so he told him to put a little bit of a something in their drinks,,, you know that stuff I bought from agogo, which made them dizzy and slowly increased their sexual appetite, after a few bottles they had become very sexually aroused and their vision became blurred and forgot everything, the only thing on their mind was sex” Lucy’s mouth was hanging open. She knew that her friend was very crazy but not that wicked and she was even boasting. She looked at her with wide opened eyes. “Isabelle how could you do that, did you have to go that far? ” “What are you saying? ” she asked with a low pitched tone which was hiding loads of anger “You wanted me to forgive him,? he came after me , begging me to be his girlfriend, dumped me a week later without pity, called me again and apologised but wat did he do, slept with me and immediately broke up with me. I will destroy Alfred until he becomes a nobody” Lucy could see that her friend was really determined, she could see that in her eyes was so much hatred and seemed to have the ability to kill. Some months ago Isabelle had asked her to escort her to Agogo for something, she gave her the same powder for sex appetite and told her to use only a small amount . she wondered if the man who had put that stuff in the unlucky friends’ beer had put the correct amount. Isabelle had photos of them having a drink at the bar and of them in bed at the Guest house as they had not even locked the door Tom had rehearsed a speech that was to be delivered to Leah. She had become obsessed with him and he thought if he didn’t break up wirh her she would soon introduce him to her entire family. He had tried ignoring her but she never complained, she was dedicated to keeping her relationship. The previous ones had failed to work because of the mistakes she made but she had learnt a great deal of things from magazines ‘How to keep a man’ ‘How to make him love you more’ and other related articlemore’ and other related articles. When she went to visit him that evening, his heart begun to race rapidly. He realised that proposing is easier than that breaking up. ‘I didn’t propose her anyways’ he thought “Honey, did I tell you that next weekend we are having a little party at home, I told them that am going with you, please dont say no my love” she said grasping his hand and putting her head on his shoulder. ‘Now is not the time to tell her,’ he thought “Yes we will go” he told her. She kissed him on the cheek and hugged him “You are the best” she said. After minutes she went back to her hostel. In the latest magazine she had learnt that spending too much time with your boyfriend if you are the one who initiated the meeting was a turn off for men. The dilemma continued for him, if he went to the party, it means he would be introduced to her family which would be the worst mistake. He decided to go to her hostel and tell her that they needed to break up. He knocked on the door and Leah opened the door. She couldn’t believe it, so the magazine was right, meet him for a short time and he will follow you to spend long hours with you. “Come in please” she said calmly. The magazine said that don’t show too much excitement when he does something very good because its his duty to do so, celebrate in your heart but not outward, so that he doesn’t think he is doing you a favour when its actually his duty. “Can we talk outside” he said. Leah’s heart begun thumping very loudly, she didn’t know if it was something bad of which she had a feeling it was. He had sounded a bit serious and that was very uncomfortable. “Alright let’s go” she said quietly, leading the way. They decided to sit on a concrete just outside the hostel “I hope all is well my love” she said. “Yeah all is well, only a small problem, Leah you are a great person and I want you yo know that I will always adore you” These words could have flattered her and leaving her hanging on the moon but they made her very sad, anticipating what would follow “I’m very sorry that I started something with you, that bond that held us together seems to have been cut loose on my side” “Just say what you came here to say” she said harshly “Alright, am sorry but I would like us to go seperate ways” he whisppered “Are you breaking up with me” she asked amidst sobs He put his hand on her shoulder but she threw it “Why, why are you breaking up with me” “Uhmm well feelings” he said trying to choose his words carefully, “they are gone” “Then why did you propose to me? ” ‘I never proposed to you’ his mind screamed but he wasn’t going to say such a harsh word “Feelings” he said indignantly “they were there. ” ” Tom did you love me? ” He opened his mouth but no word came out, he knew that more questions would simply hurt her. “Answer me, are you suddenly dumb? ” she shouted “Yes,, no ” he said “I mean , yeah , I thought I loved you, when Cathy told me that she had a boyfriend I was very heart broken and you were like an umbrella in the storm that,,, ” “So the storm is over and I ve become useless” she interrupted “No its not like” “Shut up” tears were now streaming down her face uncontrollably “dont try to deny it” Tom’s friends had told him that if a woman beats you and insults you when breaking up with her then she won’t bear a grudge against you, but if she just cries then expect more, he now didn’t know what to expect. He hopefully waited for a slap but it never saw his face. She stood from there and went to Cathy’s room. Her friends had taught her that what you can’t get by talking use pity, if pity still doesn’t work, use force and she was going to do just that. She knocked on the door and Cathy opened it. “Leah, you are crying ” she said asking her in. Tom went back to the room with a heavy heart and confused head. “This is why I never wanted this dating stuff, its complicated” he said . To Be Continued Once I See About 10 Comments.... Please comment Kindly visit [url]Classicpluz.com[/url] for more stories |
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Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:17am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 17 . Cathy made some coffee for Leah whose dress was almost soaked in whose dress was almost soaked in tears. “You need to calm down and tell me what the matter is” she said offering her the cup of coffee. Leah wiped her eyes and nose with the bottom of her dress, sobbing softly. When Cathy finally managed to calm her, she told her what Tom had done. In the past Cathy would have put her arm around Leah’s shoulder, then look away and smile. But those days were long gone. The days when she was deeply in love with Tom, but now she felt sorry for Leah. “But how could he be so heartless to tell you that to your face? ” she said more to herself than to Leah. “He said that you are the one he loves and not me, he used me. He said that for as long as you are here I can never be his, and he made me sleep with him, making me believe that he loved me. ” she said bursting into tears again. “He had sex with you?” exclaimed Cathy unbelievably “such a pig” she muttered. She imagined what she could have done if Alfred had done that to her the day she slept with him. She comforted Leah and swore that she was never going to date him, not only because she had a boyfriend but aslo because he had acted very immature. She also promised to talk to him and maybe convince him to get back with her since she still loved him. Tom went to his room and wrapped himself in the blankets, very unusual for a nerd to sleep without touching a book. His friends knew that all was not well, they had given him a step by step tutorial on how to break up, but he had forgotten everything the moment he had seen Leah, and the fact that she did not slap or insult him ate him up. Too bad for a first relationship to end that way. The following afternoon Cathy went to his hostel. His heart still beat the same way it did whenever he saw her. He invited her in but she asked if they could find a better place to talk from. He told her that he was alone in the room and hence very safe to talk from. “You look lovely” he complimented, silently regretting not having had proposed her at a time she desperately wanted him ” Dont say that Tom, you disgust me” she said “how could you do that to Leah? You sleep wirh her then dump her” she said lowering her tone which was full of anger “What are you saying,? I never slept with Leah” he answered “Really, okey, did you tell her that you dont have feelings for her” “Yes I did” “Did you tell her that she was like an umbrella in the time of storm? ” “Yes but,,, ” “Did you really fail to answer when she asked if you really loved her? ” Tom looked down speechless “See, all that she said is true, Tom I thought you were an angel in disguise, I thouth you simply put on the human form, how could you do that to a girl? How could you sleep with a woman when you know you don’t love her” “Cathy thats not what happened, I needed to ler her know,,, ” You were using her for your own selfish reasons? ” she interrupted. She walked up to the door to leave but she came back remembering something “You are a coward Tom, you are a coward. Never you dream that I could ever be yours, am for Alfred, my boyfriend” she said pointing at him, if her hands were guns, Tom would have been a dead body She banged the door behind her, very furious. Tom fell back on the bed “you are a coward Tom? ” he said loudly. “And she never even botherd to hear my own side of the story, how was I supposed to keep dating a woman I dont love, what I did is courageous, and she thinks am a coward” A month had passed and Isabelle was taking her time before revealing the real shocking news to Cathy, she wanted to see her facial expression when she’d see the photos of her boyfriend in bed with her best friend. That facial expression is what had prevented her from watsaping the photos to Cathy, she was going to exercise some patience and wait for her to come back home Alfred’s life was beginning to get back to normal, he had not told his bachelor friends what had happened to him. It was going to remain a mystery because he had failed to explain to himself how everything had happened. Jane’s life however was beginning to take a new route, a route that was too scary to embark on and she seemed not to have control over it. She was a week past her cycle and the thought of being pregnant lingered in her head all the time, getting pregnant before marriage and to her bestfriend’s boyfriend was getting pregnant before marriage and to her bestfriend’s boyfriend was the worst that could happen to her. However it was not the first time that she missed the cycle but this time she was sure there was something breathing in her belly, the more she tried to push the thought away , the more it stuck to her mind. She picked the phone and decided to call Stanely “Stan I think am pregnant” she said casually “You can’t baby, we’ve ,,, we’ve never slept together, thats impossible” “Come over to the house” said Jane Stan went to her house very sure that she was joking “We were supposed to be getting married soon” he said after she “We were supposed to be getting married soon” he said after she told him what had happened “My friends were right, you were getting it somewhere” “I have never been unfaithful to you” she yelled But he was too furious to listen to the tale. He drove off to his house with too many thoughts. Jane sat back and started prayinJane sat back and started praying against being pregnant and made promises to God if she was going to find that she wasn’t pregnant. Stanely was the one good man she had ever dated and she wasnt willing to lose him over something she knew nothing about. She decided to visit the hospital the following day. She wondered if really Alfred would accept the pregnancy if it came To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:19am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 18 . Jane woke up very early, swept the house and prepared custard porridge. She had no desire for any food but she knew she needed the strength, so she forced a few teaspoons to her mouth. She started off for the hospital, each step she took made her very nervous. She arrived quet early and there wasn’t a queue. She went to the doctor’s office who gave her a little plastic container and told plastic container and told her to collect some samples of her urine and take to the lab. She did as directed and minutes later she found herself sitting on the bench outside the lab waiting for results. It wasn’t long before she was called to the table to get her results. Her heart was thumping and each step she took was very heavy, she was silently praying for the resultswas silently praying for the results to be negative. She had not ceased from that prayer since the previous night. “You may take a seat madam” said a man in a white labcoat She sat and tried to act as normal as possible. He handed her a paper with some writings. “It came out positive, congratulations madam” he said with a smile. She smiled back, but it was a smile of pain, pain that she couldn’t express in words.Pregnant for Alfred, ‘How did it even happen and what exactly happened that day’ she thought. The doctor could see that her smile was on pose. “Is everything okey? ” asked the doctor “Yeah” she answered quickly and got up. She left the paper just there and rushed back home. She took a cold shower to calm her nerves but it only helped a little. She picked up her phone and called Alfred “Hey Jane, its been ages, are you fine? ” “No am not” she answered ” Do you think we were drugged? ” It had never occurred to Alfred that they could have been drugged. But if it was so, then it explained it all. “Yes I think that explains it, the mystery I’ve failed to decode” he answered “but who? ” Jane too could not answer that, it was a new mystery, Jane could not think of anyone who could do that to her, she had no enemies. Alfred thought of all the possible people who could have done such an evil thing. No one came to his mind, his brain kept nagging about Isabelle. But he brushed it aside, Isabelle was crazy but she wouldn’t go to those lenghts to take revenge. Besides she loves him very much and there is no way she could have set him to sleep with another woman, it would kill her with Jealous, and if she did , she would have gone to Alfred to brag about it, but Isabelle had remained mute. He knew she was impatient and she wouldn’t have waited over a month before disclosing that she was responwaited over a month before disclosing that she was responsible and spit it all to his face. Alfred concluded that, they had been drugged by accident. However Jane was very convinced that they were drugged on purpose. “Let’s meet at lunch” she said “No, I ‘m busy, let’s do weekend” said Alfred “Its emergency, you better show up at exactly 2 pm at Safaris Lodge” and she hung up. Alfred had wanted to stay away from her as much as possible. He had to protect his relationship with Cathy and he wasn’t willing to take More chances. Leah had become the quetest in the room, the jokes and the stories had vanished. Her roommates had warned her against dating Tom who was quete younger than her but she had told them that age is just a number and that it didn’t really matter for men. So they comforted her while exchanging looks of what they had anticipated. Alfred showed up at the expected time and found Jane waiting for him under one of the trees by the river “You are so good at keeping time” he said hiding the anxiety in him “Sit here” she said “You look gloomy, anything the matter? ” “Yes, I am pregnant for you Alfred” she said bluntly. Alfred looked at her horrified, eyes and mouth wide open. He could not believe it “How,, how,, how is that possible, how did that happen? I mean how did you know” “I went to the hospital, I missed my cycle. ” she answered. His mouth was open but no word could come out. “How do you know its me, didn’t you say you have a boyfriend? ” “Yes I had, but I never slept with him” They sat there staring at each other, with no words at all “Cathy” he finally said. “What are we going to do? She can’t know about this” Jane was equally worried about Cathy, she would be so broken if she found out. Isabelle’s health was beginning to deteriorate , she had become very choosy with food and she became very hot tempered. One afternoon when she fainted and taken to the hospital, she was found to be pregnant. Her mother was not very surprised, she had expected that along time ago, when her daughter begun spending less nights at home. “Who is responsible” asked her mother “I dont know” she answered quetly “How can you say that” “Because I sincerely dont know ” she answered She was angry with herself, firstly for allowing herself get pregnant and secondly for finding out about it in such a manner, her mother must never have known about it. When Lucy came to check on her, her mother excused herselfher mother excused herself. “You look very weak girl” said Lucy and Isabelle smiled weakl”You look very weak girl” said Lucy and Isabelle smiled weakly “How are you? ” she asked “Lucy, I ‘m pregnant” she whispered Lucy moved closer to spare her the energy of shouting “How do you know that? ” “The doctor, he told me today” “Oh really wow” she said not too sure of what to say “and who is responsible? ” “Alfred” she answered “Are you serious? I thought you were using protection” “Yes he wore the rubber but I tore the tip of it without his knowledge” When Alfred had told her that he was done with Cathy, Isabelle wanted to bind him to her and she knew the best thing to do was getting pregnant for him, that way, he would be forever bound to her but after knowing that it was used as punishment she decided not to have anything with Alfred anymore, except take her revenge which was mid way accomplished. “Wow, so is it goodnews or bad” asked Lucy “Its bad, I wanted to finish him, ” she said moving her right hand over her belly. “But dont tell mum that its Alfred” Jane was loaded with a lot of ideas, terminating the child seemed a good choice, that way she would save herself the embarasment of getting pregnant for her bestfriend’s man, also it will help prevent breaking her friendship with Cathy who had become like a sister over thr years. On the other hand, in as much as she wasn’t a church girl, she had been brought up in a christian home and she knew that her conscious would haunt her for a lifetime if she aborted. She had not asked Alfred his opinion, she was glad that he didn’t deny being responsible. Chapter 19 . Alfred was in the living room,thinking about what to do with Jane’s pregnancy when there was a knock on the door. He had to choose between the baby and Cathy,he could encourage Jane to abort so that everything goes back to normal. He stood and went to open the door and as he had guessed it was Jane. “You may come in” he said opening the door wider She entered and he followed her behind. He tried to read her mind but it was quet hard, she didn’t look sad or angry,neither did she look happy. “What do I offer you?” “Nothing” she answered ” I have just come to tell you what I have decided to do with the pregnancy” Alfred’s heart begun racing with very loud beats ,he feared she might hear it thumping. He thought they would both have to decide what to do with the child and not only one party deciding. “Okey” he said holding his breath “Yeah,I am going to terminate it,its an abomination” Alfred could not believe it,that was his exact thought and hearing her say that almost made him hug her but he had to keep his cool. “Oh ,,are you sure? did yu think this through?” He said concealing his joy,lest she should change her joy,lest she should change her mind. She nodded her heard ‘solved, no baby,Me and Cathy will still be together’ he thought “I agree with you,what has happened to us is an abomination which should not be disclosed to anyone,let alone having evidence of a baby. ” She was about to leave when there was a knock at the door. “Expecting someone?” asked Jane sitting back “No” he said walking to the door. He opened the door and he stood there petrified. It was Isabelle looking very old and pale “What are you here for?” “Let me in,there is something you should know” “There is nothing i want to know from you” he said fiercely but as quet as he could. She pushed him aside and found her way in the doorway. She went directly to the living room where she found Jane on the chair. “Woh woh, what’s this am seiing, I hope am not disturbing you guys” she grinned mockingly “Are you guys doing something crazy behind Cathy’s back? Oh poor Cathy” “Just shut up and spit what you are here for and leave,that is if you don’t want me to drag you out of my house” said Alfred. He detested her so much and her looking so pale made him hate her even more “Why would you do that to the mother of your child?” Alfred and Jane looked at each other in shock and thought their ears were betraying them by relaying false information. “Sit there and explain why you are here” said Alfred “I prefer we discuss it in the bedroom, away from strangers” she suggested “Jane is not a stranger ,it’s either you speak from here or you go back” ” Really?” She smiled slyly.” You two seem to have a stronger bond,does that confirm the rumor around town?” “What rumor” asked Alfred indistinctly. If the whole town knew that he had impregnated Jane, then it would be their doom. Isabelle saw the desperation on their faces and decided not to disclose their secret, so that they die of impatience “So are we talking here or bedroom” she asked “Tell me the rumor first,before we talk about anything” “Alright, that you two were seen together going to a guest room, but I dont believe them though, Jane is like a sister to Cathy” she said It was a relief that Isabelle considered such an incident a false rumor. That confirmed that Isabelle was not the one who drugged them. “Alright,t that’s just a fake rumor from some lousy people with nothing to do” said Alfred. ” Now tell me why you are here” Isabelle never struggled with words,they could naturally and swiftly flow from her mouth without any struggle. She explained how she had never had had unprotected sex with any man before and how she tore the tip of the condom when she slept with Alfred and disclosed the motive behind. Jane and Alfred sat there shocked. She said everything with so much ease as if she was speaking words of prosperity. ” You are not just a LovePeddler monger but a dog, you disgust me Isabelle. You are a curse in my life. But this you must know,you cannot trap me,because you know why, whatever you decide to do with the dog in your womb is up to you. I have nothing to do with it or you, you have slept with a thousand men and you deliberately tore the condom, everything is your fault and don’t involve me in that stupidity.”roared Alfred “I haven’t yet told my mother that you are the one responsible,but when i do,she will be your guest very soon” she said Alfred looked at her unbelievably,she was very cool and calm while he was there shaking with rage, he had to switch off most of his senses just so he doesn’t beat her. “Look at Jane” said Alfred” she is carrying my baby” Isabelle looked at her and laughed very loud,it sounded very funny coming from Alfred. But when she digested the words, she realised that it could be true, aware that they had slept together, her countenance fell “Is that true?” “Yes” answered Alfred. He was very desperate to get Isabelle away from his life Isabelle burst into laughter and said” well you will be a father of two,you are so blessed” She stood to leave then turned back to Jane ” Does your best friend know that you have betrayed her?” She left the house, she promised to come back with her mother and Alfred warned her against coming to his house again. “You didn’t have to do that you know” said Jane “telling her am pregnant” ” I was desperate to keep her away, she thought she had me trapped with the baby thing,now she knows she has some competition.” “And on second thought” said Alfred moving closer to Jane ” I think you should keep the baby, we might not have planned for it but it’s a gift” Jane could not believe it, she moved away from him in disgust ” Did you drug me on purpose so that you could rape me and let me have a child for you?” Alfred did not expect such a response, he tried to calm her but she was already boiling. she stormed out of the house and went to her own house. “Goodness what am I going to do?” She grieved Cathy could detect the emotional distance between her and Alfred, he still called but not as much and the conversations had become less romantic and had become very general and ordinary. She concluded that it was because of distance. Only three months remaining before closing and remaining before closing and she would finally be with her Alfred and Jane and her mother. She had missed them so much. Her big three persons Alfred sat down to think about what he had told Jane “Total nonsense, how could I ask her to keep it,that will be the end of me but thank goodness she won’t heed to what I said” he said with a sigh “I’m in a total mess, what have I done to my life” he said. Inviting Jane to that drink had been a big mistake and sleeping with Isabelle was recorded the worst mistake of his life, he thought. Jane threw herself on the bed starring at the ceiling. The pregnancy had stressed her so much,with no one to share her grievances with, she always confided in Cathy on such matters but how could she now, when she was a victim. She replayed the events of the day in her mind. Isabelle had known their secret and she would mouth it to every soul in town, so aborting it would not really be a good solution, she thought. “Alfred is right,we should keep the baby, what if I die while aborting or what if my womb gets destroyed and I can’t have a baby again in the future. There are more dangers in aborting it than the embarrassment of the public coming to know what I ve done, Cathy will understand when we explain to her that we didn’t do this willingly” she spoke to herself. “She will still continue with Alfred” . To Be Continued Always Visit www.classicpluz.com for All Your Stories |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 7:21am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 20 . Isabelle reached home and found Lucy waiting for her “Your mum told me that you were not around so I decided to wait for you” said Lucy “Where are you coming from, you look extremely weak and pale” she added “Do I look that bad?” asked Isabelle “Yes you do” answered Lucy. Isabelle looked at herself and smiled “Then he must have had ridiculed me in his heart” “Who ?” Asked Lucy Isabelle told her about the unfruitful journey “I knew he would not accept the responsibility” said Lucy ” but you can’t bring up a child by yourself,what are you going to do? Why don’t you just give it to Ben” suggested Lucy Ben was desperately in love with Isabelle. He was a middle class business man with the ability to Carter for all a woman’s needs. He had not stopped following Isabelle despite the insults she leashed on him. Isabelle was more into older men, sugar daddies, for she never liked commitments. Ben however had showed more interest than she desired. The only likeable thing about him was his money, every other feature on him was a nuisance to Isabelle. Out of desperation to avoid him, she had lied to him that she harboured multiple STIs but he had genuinely told her that such could not be a barrier. ” That sounds like a great idea, he wouldn’t hesitate to take the responsibility ” said Isabelle excitedly ” but I don’t think I can do that, I can’t be stuck with that man for a lifetime” “Then what will you do?” “I will remove the baby?” She answered “Remove the what?” exclaimed Lucy ” are you mad, have you thought about the implications, what if something goes wrong” Isabelle starred at her friend for seconds “It’s not like it’s going to be the first time” Isabelle had aborted twice and without many complications. The first time was when she was still at high school, very advanced but with little knowledge about sex. Her lover boy had impregnated her and forced her to abort it. He had told her that their future was very bright and that they couldn’t allow a baby to come in between as they weren’t ready. Out of love he had gone ahead and aborted. It was more painful than she had expected. Her lover boy however had gone ahead and left her weeks after that. She had felt so stupid and she vowed never to fall in love. She had succeeded in that until Alfred showed up. The second time was when she was was waiting for grade twelve results to come out and she fell pregnant for a married man, it was a pregnancy that she still failed to explain because she had used protection. She had to abort the child as he ordered her to. “Don’t you think Alfred will come around once the baby is born ? You know, men do that alot,he is probably shocked by that fact, once he thinks it through, he will come back” said Lucy Isabelle looked at her friend and laughed ” You don’t know Alfred, the guy hates me with dignity,he hates me with passion, he hates me with every blood in his vain, nomatter what, he will never want anything to do with me,besides there is some good news” she said lighting up “Say it” said Lucy impatiently ” I don’t know if it’s true but it can be. Alfred has impregnated Jane” she said triumphantly “You lie” said Lucy ” but how can that be, have they been dating” “You are so dumb, “said Isabelle “the same day they slept together at the guest house, she got pregnant” Lucy could not believe it, it was too interesting but in a moment she felt bad for them,she imagined herself in Jane’s shoes, it must have been very hard, especially that they didn’t know exactly what had happened to them “I now understand why you should have been a journalist, where did you gather all that information” Isabelle just looked at her and laughed. “From the look of things Cathy is not aware, once I remove this baby,there won’t be any connection between me and Alfred, then I can Finnish him off. ” She said in a matter of fact tone “So you see why this baby is very irrelevant?” She posed ” but even if Jane aborts, I still have evidence of photos and videos of them in the guest house, which I can either leak to the media or I show Cathy,so either way, their relationship is headed to destruction.” “Not leaking to the media, that’s too cruel” said Lucy “Who cares” answered Isabelle “Who exactly do you hate between Alfred and Cathy?” Isabelle laughed very much at the question. “Is it funny?” “Yes it is, very” she answered amidst the laughter. “I never really asked myself that,and now that you have brought it to my attention, I think am stuck. But I think I hate them equally” “Cathy never did anything wrong to you,” “She stole Alfred from me” Lucy didn’t comment anymore. She was tired of correcting her that Alfred was not stolen by Cathy, he just chose her over Isabelle because he loved her more and so Cathy was not to blame. But Isabelle had argued that Cathy must have backed off after knowing that Alfred had a girlfriend. The following day Jane called Alfred and told him about the change in mind. “Just as you suggested,i ll just keep the baby” she said Alfred was not expecting that,he had been relieved from the burden of being father. He decided to go to her house. He told her the benefits of aborting but Jane was not going to change her mind. She was fixed to her new idea. Alfred’s efforts proved useless. At the end he gave up. ” I love Cathy very much,so dont think that by doing this,yu can separate us” Jane could not believe her ears, he was the one who had come up with the idea of keeping a child,why would he change his mind so quickly. A month passed and Jane was still with the idea of keeping the baby. Isabelle on the other hand didn’t want to be caught in the web of Alfred’s drama. She sat on a chair outside the house reflecting on her life. At high school ,she was among the popular girls whom other girls admired. The boys had the eyes on her and each one of them was lusting after her, but at the time ,she had not known that there was such a thing. Even when she had chosen Mr lover boy,it had seemed like true love. When she sat there remembering how her lover boy used to treat her, she then realised that she had been such a fool not to have had seen through him. She thought about the guy who had been so much in love with her but whom she had humiliated so much in front of other pupils, telling him that he was of a low class and not on her level ‘I was such a fool, by now I would b married to a handsome doctor. He genuinely loved me but what had mattered at the time was dating a fellow popular pupil’ she said to herself “Who are you referring to?” Isabelle looked up and was interrupted by Lucy “Ummm nothing, I will be removing the thing in my stomach, won’t you be there with me to help ,Incase something goes bad” “Isabelle are you still going to do this, just keep it, don’t rush to make that decision” “If I wait a month longer,i won’t be able to remove it, this is the only safe time” she answered. “I have to let Alfred know what I am doing” She got her phone and sent him a text ‘Alfred, I have decided to remove the baby, but am not yet done with you’ Alfred received the text and his anger was more stirred. ‘i have no business with whores who go around town trapping men,i told you that I have nothing to do with you’ “Exactly what I had imagined” she told Lucy. Lucy agreed to be near Her at the hour of abortion. She felt pity for her friend who had suddenly looked older than her age and seemed so tired of everything. She told her aunt that she was having a nightshift at the other shop where she had found another job. She met with Isabelle at the appointed place. It was very dark and shadows of the trees moved majestically as the wind blew hard. As they moved away from the city lights,they took a right turn which led to a narrow path at the far West. It was very quiet and the only noise was coming from the grass they were treading on . “Isabelle are you sure about this” whispered Lucy “Ofcourse,lets just keep moving” she whispered back. After 30 minutes of walking in the dark,a wretched hut was finally in view, Isabelle took the lead and went inside the hut. The hut looked monsterous from inside. However it was much bigger than it looked outside. There were shackles of fire in the middle with a woman sitting beside it. They sat on the mat near the red coals of fire. The woman made no movements. After starring as them for minutes she finally spoke. “Enter the room at your far right. Mix the powder on the shelf with the water in the jug.” The two ladies looked at her without a word. “Go!” She commanded. They stood and looked at their right. There was a room,they entered it and there was a candle burning in the corner. Isabelle got the powder on a half fallen shelf and unwrapped it very carefully then put it in the jug and swirled it “Isabelle, are you really going to drink this?” . To Be Continued |
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Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:09am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 21 . Isabelle stirred the concoction and took a sip. Lucy could read how bitter the concoction was from Isabelle’s facial expression on the silhouette formed on the wall against the candle lite. Isabelle looked at the jug and took a long gulp of the mixture. She felt some movements in her stomach which tightened her entire intestines into knots. She sat down and as the pain increased,she lied down. “I can’t breathe” she said in a whisper,tossing from side to side. Lucy moved closer to her and placed her head on her lap “You will be fine” she said stroking her hair “No Lucy,am dying, I am going to die” she said gasping for air “No you will live” she assured her.”should I take you outside so that you get some fresh air?” But Isabelle couldn’t talk, the pain had spread all through her body,she could feel her liver and kidneys melt, her heart was shrinking. She was groaning and whimpering in pain “You will be fine my dear” said Lucy tears streaming down her face. The thought of losing her friend was more scary than she had ever imagined. She was the only friend she had. While she was a nobody at high school,she had been saved ridicule from other teens when Isabelle befriended her. No one ever understood why a beautiful up-to-date arrogant Isabelle would make friends with a poor ugly naive Lucy.Actualy even Lucy herself never understood and probably even Isabelle never understood because that’s the one question she had not clearly answered everytime Lucy would ask. However it had turned out that after failing at high school, all Isabelle’s friends vanished and the only one who still thought she was as worthy as she had been, was Lucy. She had managed to convince her that life was not all about passing high school exams. Now there she was ,lying almost lifeless in her arms,away from everyone. She put Isabelle’s head on the mat where she was lying and went to explain to the old woman that her friend was dying. “There is nothing i can do, the concoction doesn’t work well with everyone” said the old woman calmly. “How can you say that? and so casually ,my friend is dying, you do something” cried Lucy. “There is nothing i can do young lady. If she lied about the real months of the pregnancy, then it’s her fault” she said coldly. She could see that the old woman was not going to help her. She rushed back to where her friend was, she was not moving. She shook her violently and she begun to groan again. Lucy fumbled for Isabelle’s phone in her Jean pockets, she switched it on and searched Alfred’s name but it didn’t appear among the contacts. “Oh Isabelle how did you save Alfred please” she said with frustration. He seemed the only one who could help. She was becoming very impatient and ran out of ideas. What do I do now, she cried. She quickly went to her inbox and there was a message from Alfred saved as ‘ Mr dog’. She almost laughed but it wasn’t the time. When Isabelle got better, they would laugh about it together. “Oh thank goodness” she gave a sigh of relief. She dialled the number and it was then that she realised that there was no network. The fear for the old woman had miraculously escaped her, she didn’t care what she would say or do, she rushed outside in search of network. The old woman glared at her as she left the hut. She finally got to call Alfred. traaaaaaaaa dialing Mr dog’ “I really hope it’s him” she said under her breath. The phone went unanswered and it drove Lucy crazy. “Answer the phone fool” she said desperately. She dialed again and he answered. ” Isabelle are you mad,why are you calling me this time?” He sad angrily “This is not Isabelle, this is Lucy, Isabelle is in,,,,,,” “Do you know what time this is, I told her never to call me again” he said fiercely. “She is dying, I need your help,,,,,” And the phone cut. “No he didn’t cut the line” she said bitterly. How cruel. What was she going to do with Isabelle. She called him again and the phone was off. She went back inside not knowing what to do. She found Isabelle still lying on the mat. “Isabelle, Isabelle” she said panting. “I’m dying” she said slowly. She breathed in heavily and breathed out and she was gone. “Isabelle! Isabelle! Isabelle! ” She wailed. ” No please don’t do this to me” Isabelle was covered in blood, she had had no opportunity to remove the jeans and wrap herself in a chitenge after drinking the medicine. Lucy got her in her arms and forced open her eyes. “You can’t die Isabelle, what will I tell everyone?” She lay besides the dead body and screamed and wailed and weeped. The old woman had not attempted to enter that room. When Lucy decided to inform her, she found her still seated around the fire, very still, and not dozing. “She has died, Isabelle has died” said Lucy. The old woman looked at her without a word. “aren’t you going to say anything,?” She screamed. ” You have killed my friend you wicked woman,why did you volunteer to help her when you don’t know anything? Did you intentionally kill her, why ? Why did you do that? What do I do now?” She growled “Get out of here and carry the body, if it Dawns and it is still here, you will follow her and you will both disappear.” She said fiercely. Her coolness had vanished and it was replaced by suppressed anger. Lucy pulled her friend’s body outside the hut, leaving heavy trails of blood behind. She had no choice but to call Isabelle’s mother. She shakingly dialed her number. Alfred on the other hand was in total agony, from the shaky voice on the phone call, he was sure that Isabelle was not trying to play a trick on him. It could have been a move to try to see if he cared about her or try to get him to be with her at such an awkward hour but there was so much desperation and fear in the voice of the caller and he thought it was genuine. His phone which was already battery low as power had gone had automatically switched off even before he could finish the conversation with Lucy. What if Isabelle was really in danger? He got up and went to Frank’s house, which was a kilometre away. After knocking for several hours, he finally opened the door. “Man is everything okey, you scared me, do you know what time this is” complained his friend as he opened the door “Am in desperate need of your phone man” answered Alfred “Yeah, please may I make a call?” His friend invited him in and he made the call but the number was off. He called several times but still it was off. He narrated everything that had happened to his friend. Alfred knew he didn’t like Isabelle but that doesn’t mean he hated her, even unto the point of death. However his friend comforted him and told him not to worry, he proposed that Isabelle had deliberately conived with her friend to see if she still stood a chance to have him in her life. This erased the guilt he was beginning to feel. He went back home. The following day he called Isabelle but the phone was still off. He brushed the events of the previous night aside and went on with the daily activities. Everything was normal and he laughed at himself for having had panicked so much last night. He knew Isabelle’s craftiness so much, she could really be crazy sometimes. There was a knock at the door just after 9 am. “Your friend is dead,” said a horrified looking young man. “Who?” asked Cathy “Tom” said the man. His face was very familiar and Cathy instantly remembered that she had seen him in Tom’s room. Yes ,he was Tom’s room mate “No that’s not possible,that can’t happen” she said breathlessly. She had ignored Tom in all ways possible and had never cared about his whereabouts. She didn’t mean for their friendship to end That way. She didn’t hate him, she was just upset with him for using a girl. Cathy felt a sharp pain cut through her heart, it ripped part of it, and she sat down just there in the door way to recover from the pain. “How ,how did that Happen,I never heard of his sickness” she finally said “He didn’t fall sick, he never fell sick. He just committed suicide and left a note for you,you might want to read it” he said more cooly now. Cathy’s heart had started beating even faster, had she caused the death of someone, who was so dear to her at some point. She remembered how happy he had made her,before she had rejected him, and also before he started dating Leah, how much she had loved him. Everytime they had shared together was replaying in her head, each and every moment very clear as if it was just the previous day. Without waiting for the bearer of the bad news, she ran to Tom’s room to see the note for herself. . To Be Continued Cc: Lalasticlala |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:12am On May 06, 2018 |
Chapter 22 . Catherine knocked on the door but there was no response. She pushed open the door but it was locked. She knocked harder and finally the door handle was moving up and down. “You may enter” said a guy with swollen bloodshot eyes. She entered and her eyes swept the entire room in a glance, there was Tom’s roommate on the bed and two little boys at the far end with a much older girl in the middle. The guy who had opened for Cathy directed her to sit. “Where are other people?” She asked sobbing “They are all at the hospital. They took the body to the mortuary.” Catherine burst into tears. No one consoled her, everyone was weeping and their eyes were red. After sometime the guy who had gone to call Cathy entered. The room was dead quet. “The letter” said Cathy He went to the other side of the room, separated by a curtain and came back with a Small brown envelope with the writing ‘dear Catherine’. It was Tom’s hand writing. She quickly opened it, wiping the corner of her eye with the sleeve of her blouse ” I know I shouldn’t have done this but my life has become worthless. My life has never been the same since you ended our friendship. I live like a zombie, I was fine with you being with another man but ending our friendship killed my inner self. I have lost concentration in class and if I continued living I would simply disappoint my family by failing. Yours best Friend Tom.I never slept with Leah and I didn’t use her because all the time I was with her, I felt something strong for her. NB don’t show this letter to anyone. Tear it as soon as possible.” Cathy held the letter motionless. She read it again and her vision was becoming blurred. It was too hard to believe it, even as she was rushing to his room, she had hoped that his friends were tricking her. She wailed even louder not minding the people in other rooms There was another knock on the door and the guy who had opened for Cathy walked to the door and opened it. “Since when did you start locking the door” complained a voice that Cathy suspected was for Tom. “Shhhhh keep quet and go back” said the guy “Why? Let me in” he said pushing his way ” oh did you bring a girl, this time” Tom entered the room and was astonished by the scene, little children crying, everyone sobbing with swollen eyes “What’s this, what’s happening here?” He asked. Cathy screamed and moved to the wall as if to escape through it. “You you you are dead Tom” she said pointing at him and cautioning him not to come near Alfred was about to take a nap when he received a call. It was from Kelvin asking him to meet them at Safaris. He reluctantly woke up and put on a Jean and a short sleeved shirt. “Am not in the mood of drinking, will just watch them” he muttered to himself In Less than 30 minutes,he was with the bachelors. They looked as gloomy as Kelvin had sounded on the phone. “What’s the matter yoh” he said trying to lighten the mood. “Don’t tell me you were waiting for me to buy you swallows because I haven’t come with any cash” “Sit down man, is it that you are happy about the news or you haven’t heard about it at all ?” Said Kelvin “What are you talking about” asked Alfred. The two bachelors exchanged looks and Frank whispered “I told you he hasn’t heard about it” “Heard about what?” asked Alfred “”Sit first” said Kelvin. He sat down, angry that they were taking time to tell him “You remember yesterday” said Frank “Yesterday what? Just say it man, you are making me nervous.” “Okey your friend is dead” said Kelvin “Which friend? You are both here and well” he said “Isabelle” said Frank “It turns out that the call was genuine. She was trying to abort and she lost her life in the process” Alfred’s face went cold. He couldn’t feel his face anymore, it was as if it had turned into ice. It had become stony and he could feel the wind blow hard against it , making it even colder . He looked at the two men and they looked sad. He knew they weren’t lying. “It’s my fault,i should have helped” he said with great regret “I don’t think it’s your fault, I doubt if you were even going to find her because they had gone to some place away from town” said Frank “Tom how are you here, did you plan all this, to make a fool of me?” Said Cathy angrily “What are you talking about, I don’t know anything about what’s going on here, that’s why I need an explanation.” he said. The two roommates calmed them and explained to them why they had decided to do such a thing. “Tom you are dead” said the first guy “No am not” he answered “Yes you are. You are very dead, actually you ve been dead for sometime now” Tom and Cathy couldn’t understand until he explained about how Tom’s performance was going down in tests and assignments just because Cathy had ended their friendship. For sometime he was getting very low grades and on several occasions his lecturers had called him to ask what was affecting his studies but he lied about it and said it was some family problems. Cathy was very surprised to know that the end of their friendship had affected her friend in that way. So the guys wanted to know if Cathy still cared about Tom, hence they put their plan into action when Tom decided to go home for a night. They had hired the street kids to come to mourn so that it could be very convincing to Cathy, and forged Tom’s handwriting to write Cathy a letter. Tom felt embarrassed to admit that his school work was declining but he didn’t try to deny it. Cathy rose from where she had sat and hugged Tom. She apologised for not believing him and for taking Leah’s word over his. “How about a movie at 7 pm” she asked “”It’s great” he answered. She thanked his roommates for reviving their friendship and Tom’s smile said all the words . The two guys remained laughing at their skill. They paid the children and let them go. ” It had to take you my death to know how valuable our friendship is” said Tom and Cathy gigled. Throughout the afternoon Alfred was thinking about Isabelle and how she had died. What a poor finishing. He recalled the last time he had seen her, she looked pale and old. Poor Isabelle,killed by his pregnancy and not rescuing her. “Maybe I could have saved her life if I had listened to what Lucy was telling me.” The night was the worst nightmare, Isabelle appeared in his dreams, carrying the baby and covered in blood. He woke up with heavy drops of sweat. He slept again and this time Isabelle came with a knife to kill him, she cut his throat and as he shouted, he woke up in scream. He decided to remain awake till dawn but he fell asleep again. She appeared and her body colour was bloody red and her eyes were burning with hatred and she was approaching him, to consume him. When he finally woke up and it was dawn, it was a relief. He knew it was only his fearful mind that was playing with him since he convicted himself of the crime of killing her. He looked at the clock, he had woken a bit late ,he rushed to brush his teeth and have a cold shower, dressed up and stepped out of the house. Only to find Jane with her mother and two uncles. He greeted then and they asked if they could talk to him. He invited them in. “Am sorry but I explained everything to mum, how it happened. She said it’s either I was lying or that you deliberately got me drunk. She called my uncles and forced me to come . It’s qeuet embarassing” said Jane Alfred was beginning to forget about Jane,his days had been quet occupied. Her uncles started talking about how he had to marry her before she gave birth,so that people would not mock the family. They said if he wanted to avoid going to jail he should heed their words. They told him that they wanted to meet his parents and discuss the bridal price. Alfred could not believe it. How was he going to enjoy marriage with a woman whom he didn’t love? He told them that he would pay the damage but not marry her but they said he should have thought about the consequences before engaging in the act. He tried to convince them and when he realised that he was running out of time, he told them that he would think about it and call them. Jane seemed not to be on any side, she didn’t seem to dispute the idea of getting married and she didn’t seem to support it, she was just getting her mother to stop talking so much. It was a day ruined for him. He had anonymously contributed some money for Isabelle’s burial but did not attend it. The friendship of Tom and Cathy became very strong as if to compensate for the time they were not talking to each other. Alfred had tried to convince Jane to persuade her family not force them to get married. She said it would be hard but that she would try because she was an adult and so they couldn’t just start making plans for her “What happened to you is beyond your doing, if your parents want you to marry him, go ahead. Forget about what Cathy will say or do. That has been your worry all through. To me it looks like you like the guy and Cathy is the only obstacle. Otherwise you wouldn’t be carrying his child. You marrying him is the same as you having a child for him. So you think Cathy will rejoice when she finds out that you have a child for her boyfriend?” Said Jane’s workmate. Two months passed without a word from Jane’s relatives and Alfred hoped that they had come back to their senses and seen that forcing people to get married is not the best solution. However Jane’s pregnancy had become evident and a few people were whispering about it, wondering who the father was,since she had quete a chain of exes. Cathy was coming back home and her mother had waited anxiously for her return. The whole week she was emphasising to her on how much she loved her and how much she would sacrifice everything for her. Wait for the next chapter and learn the horror behind Melody’s death. . To Be Continued Cc: Lalasticlala |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:16am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 23 . Cathy was very excited about going home. Kate too was happy. The one year had seemed longer than it was supposed to be. The last days had been hectic, their final exams were harder than the mid year exams,but that mattered less,everyone was happy that finally they could be with their families. Tom had done his farewells the previous night but he still went that morning to see her off. She board a bus that was leaving at 07 am. Cathy sat by the window wondering what her mother had kept for her. She had told her that there was a hidden wardrobe in her bedroom which was in the wall. It had been designed by both her parents for keeping secret documents and writings. Cathy’s mother told her that she was old enough to read some of the secrets of the family. Cathy was nervous as well as anxious. She felt she knew everything about the family, were there some secrets? Or maybe they were just ordinary books and diaries and papers. After greeting her mother, she would go and look at the secret wardrobe in the house,she had planned She had called her mother that morning bt her phone was off. She had promised to pick her from the station, she couldn’t wait to see her daughter as much as Cathy couldn’t wait to see her . She thought about Alfred and Jane, how happy she would be when she finally meets them, she had called them earlier and they had not sounded as happy but she knew how happy they were inside. She knew they pretended not to be overly excited by her coming meanwhile they were as happy as she was. After 8 hours of bumps ,the bus finally reached its destination. Everyone got off and Cathy moved her luggage to a shelter where they sold tickets and begun zooming the crowd to locate her mother. She looked from every direction but her mother was nowhere to be seen. After sometime, she decided to book a taxi to take her home,her temper was rising, why would her mother promise to pick her and then later switch off the phone. Just then ,two police officers in uniform approached her. She watched them move towards her talking to each other. “Are you here to arrest me for standing here for too long ?” She asked as they stopped where she had stood. “No miss” said one of them with a grin “We just want you to accompany us to your house” “Is anything the matter?” The two policemen exchanged looks and shook their heads. The first thought that crossed her mind was that the police had discovered the secret wardrobe and had found the secrets which made them put her mother in a cell “Do you know where mum is” she asked but they didn’t respond. ‘well whatever,as long as am getting a free ride and if mum is fine then we are cool ‘ she thought to herself but that didnt drive the fear out of her, alot of crazy thoughts crossed her mind. They drove silently to her house. She couldn’t believe her eyes, the house was surrounded with a yellow tape. “What’s happening here?” She said opening the door of the car but the doors were locked “Can you unlock the doors” she shouted furiously “Miss there is some information that we would like you to know and some that we want to get from you ” answered the police officer who was driving. “What for? What’s this ,what’s happening? Where is my mother” “When was the last time you talked to her?” He asked ignoring her questions “Just tell me where my mother is ” she said “If you don’t want to speak then we are afraid we can’t tell you the state in which your mother is” “Is she ill” But the police officer didn’t answer. “Alright I spoke to her last night,since then her phone has been off” she said “What were you talking About” he asked Cathy blinked a million times in a minute, they had talked in details about the secret wardrobe and there is no way she was going to disclose its existence “Well just what a mother would talk about with her daughter” she said “Don’t lie and just say the truth” “Alright, she was telling me about how much she loves me” “Does she always tell you that?” “Yes she does but yesterday she emphasized so much on it” The police officers sighed. “Well maybe that can explain it, we couldn’t find any clue” “What clue?” She asked “why don’t you just say what it is instead of keeping me in suspense like this?” “Well we are sorry to tell you this,but the case is still under investigation. Your mother was found dead this morning, most likely it was death by poison. Its either she took the poison or someone else did put in her food” Cathy’s head was spinning very fast and she was caught in a whirlwind and she was swirling so fast, eventually she couldn’t see anything and everything went blank. Everything became dark and she could feel her heart gradually stop beating. Alfred was aware of Cathy’s coming but she had not called him and yet it was almost getting dark. She had not responded to any of his calls or messages and he begun to be filled with fear, what if she had finally found out the truth about him and Jane and had decided to do away with him without even waiting for his explanation? He decided to go to her house and he was told by the police that she had been admitted in the hospital but no visitor was allowed to visit her. Alfred felt a relief but he was annoyed by the fact that Cathy had lost her mother but he was not allowed to go and console her. Cathy woke up in the middle of the night, she squinted and she saw a police woman sitting by her side. She smiled when she saw her awake. “Where am I” she asked looking around the room “Hospital” she told her “Doing what” she asked “Well you were brought here after collapsing” “I did? Why? And where is my mom?” Upon saying that,the earlier events flooded her head and she remembered what the police officers had told her “Is it true? Is she really dead? My mother” The police woman looked at her sorrowfully and immediately she was caught in a whirlwind again and she collapsed again. She went to call a nurse. The whole night Alfred could think of nothing but Cathy. He still loved her so much and he couldn’t imagine the betrayal look she would wear when she would find out about Jane. The following morning he went to the hospital and he found Cathy in the blankets. “Baby” he said holding her hand “Honey” she answered lazily tears coming from the corners of her eyes “Don’t cry,am here for you” he said and she smiled. Later in the evening,she was discharged and allowed to go home. There were quite alot of people in black,most of which she didn’t know, maybe her mother’s workmates. A few who knew her greeted her and the others looked at her sympathetically giving their condolences. “She was almost going crazy” said one woman “She was drowning in her sorrows until they consumed her completely” said another “She didn’t think about her daughter,did she” “She is selfish” All these were said in whispers ,Cathy could pick a few words from their comments and she felt a sword cut through her heart. How could they say such things about her mother “Take me to your house” she told Alfred “I think you should be here, all these people are here to comfort you” he said “No they are not,are you taking me or not? ” At Alfred’s house,he made a cup of hot coffee for her and she wept and cried and he consoled her. She slept in his arms and he could feel her pain. He watched her fall asleep after giving her a goodnight kiss. “You are all I have now” she told him She was so pretty even in sleep. She had not changed much, the eye brows were curved the same way, her cheeks chubby as always and her hair thick. Her skin very spotless and he seemed not tired of touching it. “My wife to be” he said and she shifted in her sleep. He kissed her on the forehead. She woke up in the middle of the night wrapped in his arms. “I missed this so much” she said and he looked at her with a smile “You are not sleeping?” She asked “How could I when I had not finished watching my girl whom I haven’t seen in a long time” They talked about how they missed each other and how they had patiently waited for each other. “Nothing should ever come between us, please promise me that you will never leave me nomatter what. Am nothing without you baby and my life would be so miserable without you. If anything comes in between us,lets stand together and stick to each other” he said “You know I love you sweety, and I can’t allow anything come in- between us. Even If you say you don’t want me anymore, I won’t let go” she answered and Alfred felt very happy and relieved. He was going to fight for the love of his life. The mourning period was over and Jane had visited Cathy a few times. It was confirmed at the hospital that Cathy’s mother had been poisoned. The police had looked for any information that could help identify who had poisoned her but there was none. The murderer must have had been very smart in killing her. Cathy could not think of anyone that would murder her mother. The pain became so intense knowing that her mother’s murder was somewhere celebrating. Alfred, was her strong arm. Alfred took her to places just to make her forget about her late mother, but memories of her always crept in her head in the night. Alfred always accompanied her. They had been given a festive two week break at work and he dedicated his time to being with Cathy. Jane went to visit her again a week after the burial. It was then that Cathy noticed that she was pregnant. “My oh my, what am I seeing here,am I becoming an aunt already” she teased running her hand on Jane’s belly “Seems so” said Jane “Wow so stanely is fertile after all,finally he broke the no sex policy, you had to make him break it didn’t you? And when is the wedding if I may ask, the child needs to be raised by both parents” “Well that’s true but this is not Stanely’s child” she said “What? Did you guys break up? Don’t tell me it’s because of the policy” “Ofcoures not” she said in a more serious tone. “The father is someone you know very well. You will know him at the right time and we are getting married. Our parents have already arranged everything” she said “Eeeeew look at you friend,am so happy for you” she said hugging her “you are always followed by good luck, you are already working and now you are about to have a child and then get married. You are lucky girl” she said to which Jane said nothing . When she had left for home, she went to her mother’s bedroom in search of the secret wardrobe. She removed the wall curtains but there was no single sign of a wardrobe. She searched through the wall and there was nothing. She sat on the bed frustrated,the secret wardrobe could help answer the many questions that had developed in her head. She searched and moved every little thing on the wall but there was no sign of a wardrobe. She gave up and decided that her mother had given her wrong directions and a wrong room. She did a quick search of the walls of the house but there was nothing Alfred came to visit her in the evening and she told him about Jane’s pregnancy and preparations to get married “Does she look happy about getting married?” Asked Alfred “Yeah I think so but then there was some elements of superiority and pride as she told me about it. Anyways she is pregnant and we expect mood swings in that state” she said “Any idea who is marrying her,? Am dying to know who the owner of the pregnancy is” she said “Well baby,am sure she will tell you at the right time,just as she told you” A week later the preparations for Christmas celebrations begun. Alfred was committed somewhere so he failed to spend the night at her house. She decided to clean her mother’s bedroom. She swept the room and mopped the floor and fixed her clothes neatly. She dusted the wall and there was a slight pale patch near the bed. She tried to remove it and there it was, the wall seperated into two and there was the wardrobe. She quickly opened it ,there wasnt as many things as she had hoped. There was just an old looking book with supposedly some missing pages in it. At the bottom of the wardrobe was a small book. She picked it and went through the pages. She stood still with he book in her hands. The title on the first page read; ” the truth about what happened at the hotel” the next one read; “the truth about your father’s death” the other one read; “the truth about Melody’s death” And the other: “the truth about my death” Cathy held the diary in her hands petrified It was her mother’s ‘s handwriting Each title bore a date in the right corner of the page. Cathy got the book and closed the wardrobe. She touched the patched wall and he wardrobe disappeared. She rushed to her bedroom and switched off her phone. She didn’t want any disturbances, she wanted to find out the truth about everything. Her questions could maybe be answered in the book . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 10:21am On May 06, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 24 . Cathy turned off all the lights in the house except in the bedroom “Mum was poisoned,how is it that she wrote the truth about her death” she said trembling The book had quite a few written pages. She begun to read the truth about her father’s death which was on the first page. ‘My dear Cathy you must be old enough to read this. Read everything to the end. Your father and I were real love birds. Your father was the most handsome and romantic and responsible man I ever met. My marriage was filled with so much happiness and joy. We had you and we were exceedingly happy but when you were just five everything took a turn. I had gone for a workshop and there was a man who had ignored the fact that I was married. He pursued me for sometime and I pushed him away. But at the workshop, he put some drugs in my drink at dinner as we were from the same section. He then walked me to his hotel room where he had sex with me, then when I was almost gaining conscious he took me back to my room. I woke up and I felt wrong and uncomfortable but I couldn’t figure out what it was. A week later I found your father hanging on a rope right in our living room. There was a brown envelope on the table containing pictures of me and the man in bed. Unfortunately for me, Melody had gone to visit us and we arrived almost at the same time. In the letter he explained that he couldn’t bear the pain of seeing his wife with another man. He blamed himself for my actions and apologised and told me to tear the photos so that no one from his family should see them. But Melody had seen them first and that’s how the hatred was brewed up between us. It pains me alot that he died without knowing the truth, that that man had drugged me and took pictures just to end my marriage and disappeared, that’s how wicked he was. I hope he suffers terribly for that act.’ Cathy closed the book and fell on the bed. She related to how Alfred had been set up by Isabelle . Some people could really be heartless. She was suddenly filled with so much rage,if only she knew him ,she would kill him with her own bare hands, she would strangle him. She read the next which bore the title, the truth about Melody’s death ‘Sweetheart, Melody had been a pain in my flesh, she still believed that I was responsible for my husband’s death. I explained everything but she put the blame on me and attempted to tell you her own version of the story so that you could turn against me. I loved your father, I really did. Melody had started frequenting this place in attempt to tell you how she thinks your father died, but what I have told you just now is the Truth. I had to stop her from poisoning your mind, I warned her several times to stay away from us. One day while you were gone to school, she came. She called you and put on loud speaker, she wanted me to hear how you were going to tear me with words, she seemed to enjoy it, I told her that I will tell you the truth about your father at the right time but she was in such a hurry to let it all out. Fortunately your phone was off. So I got a pan, crawling behind her, I hit her on the head . She fell and I hit her even more. I raised her up and took her to the vehicle. In the night I drove to the river and disposed off her body. She was still breathing at the time but after drowning her, she finally died. She deserved it, nothing will separate you from me.” Cathy placed the book on her chest. She couldn’t believe that her own mother was capable of killing. She had known her to be very calm with everything under control. How had she lost it and ended up murdering her sister in-law. Her eyes were becoming waterly but she held back the tears. She had mourned her mother so much and she couldn’t start crying again. “The truth about my death, a few people will expect my death and a few others will not. My life has become empty , it has no purpose anymore. I still miss your father so much. I regret killing Melody. My nights are full of evil dreams and thoughts and night mares. Am scared to live. You are the only reason I live but you have now found your future and I can safely say goodbye my baby. Am not selfish, am just tormented day and night. I cant take it anymore. Look after yourself and don’t cry too much. Am very much ready for my death, let me go and rest. This world is nolonger my home. I love you very much my baby” “She killed herself” exclaimed Cathy “she poisoned herself” She wept for hours. She had no relative or parent or sibling. She was alone with only Alfred and Jane by her side. The following day she went to visit Alfred, she had missed him so much and she wanted to share the newly discovered secrets with him so that he could comfort her. “You dont look very fine baby, but you still look beautiful” he said lifting her “Put me down ” she gigled “oh my God Alfred, I will fall” He took her to the living room and put her on the sofa “Can you agree to be a step mother? If my ex came with a child and said I was responsible ,will you still be with me?” He asked laughing “What kind of question is that, is your ex pregnant?” “Nope just asking. Okey my point is, if I had a child somewhere would you gladly accept it and continue with me?” He asked more serious “No I wouldn’t” she snapped “Ahh baby why?” “Because I can’t be a step mother” “Sweety what matters is our love” Cathy burst into laughter “I wish you could hear how yu sound. Is there something you are trying to tell me?” “Ofcoures not” he answered quickly wondering if he had lost his only chance to tell her the truth. Just then there was a knock. “Ooh an appointment? ” she asked “Not any that I remember, let me go and see who it is” he said and stood quickly praying that Cathy doesn’t follow him He opened the door and there stood Jane “What are you doing here?” He hissed “Am here to see you” she answered plainly “For what? Cathy is here” he whispered ” Hey Jane, you are here, hmmm what a surprise” said Cathy behind Alfred ” what are you guys talking about here” “Ahh well baby,its ah,,,,,Jane here wants to take you out but am not gonna let her do that” he said quickly “Yes Cathy, you ve been spending too much time with Alfred, what about me, me and the baby need you” she said Cathy walked to where Jane stood and put her ear against the belly “Ooh the baby is saying hello to me, I really can’t wait to be an aunt.” “Yes i cant wait to be a mum too. Cathy excuse us a bit,me and Alfred have something to talk about, we have to decide who is spending this night with you” she said. “What? are you guys going to be fighting for my custody, oh am so honored but I choose Jane” she said and everyone grinned. “On a serious note Cathy, give us some time” said Jane “Alright go ahead” she said going back to the living room “What do you think you are doing,you are driving me crazy” said Alfred “I can see you are having a good time with her, I think it’s time she knew the truth, the earlier the better, ” she said “No Jane, I will tell her, just keep out of this?” ” Really? So how do I stay out of it when am also involved, do you think am proud to carry a child whose father I don’t love? Listen I know you love her and am okey with it, but you have to be responsible enough to look after me and the baby, I stay alone and it’s dangerous with my condition.” “What are you trying to say?” He asked angrily “That you have to be spending nights at my house, am pregnant you know” “You refused to terminate it, it’s not my fault, you wanted it, I think you ve been jealous of my relationship. Listen, am not going to spend any single night with you. You caused this on yourself” She slapped him hard on the face “You are a fool, you raped me and now you have the gut to say all that? I refused to abort not because I love you but because I care for my health” she whispered angrily Cathy rushed to see what was happening. “What’s happening here?” She asked but they both looked away She was sure they were discussing something much more serious than arguing over who should host Cathy in the night. While Jane and Alfred were still thinking of the excuse to give, a lady approached the house and found all the three outside. “Am Lucy,late Isabelle’s friend and am here for you Alfred” she introduced herself to them ” How do you know me?” Asked Alfred puzzled . To Be Continued Tomorrow ....kindly comment guys |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by Nobody: 9:33pm On May 07, 2018 |
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Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 6:11am On May 08, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 25 . “Lucy well, would you like a private talk?” Asked Alfred sweating “Oh now you want to talk huh,you want to talk now” she said furiously “Who are these people anyways ,this one I recognise” she said pointing at Jane “you must be Jane,am Lucy” “Alfred you must have heard about the death of Isabelle, I never saw you at the burial” she said looking at Jane “If you had come to help at that critical hour, she was going to live” she said furiously “Wait is Isabelle dead?” Asked Cathy shocked ,”what happened?” “Well she got pregnant for this man called Alfred but he forced her to abort it and she died in the process” “What?!” exclaimed Cathy. “Baby is that true? You impregnated her and you really forced her to abort?” “Ohh you must be Cathy” said Lucy “No baby it’s not like that, she trapped me, she did it to herself, she,,,,” “But you told me that you only dated her for a week, did you sleep with her in that week?” “What week? They broke up when you came into the picture but they continued when you went to school” said Lucy “I can’t believe this” said Cathy “Honey is it true? You told me the night you got drunk that Isabelle had framed you but that you didn’t sleep with her” “I didnt sleep with her” he answered “Then how the hell did she get pregnant for you?” “It wasnt my pregnancy” he said rudely “Well your so called boyfriend has been extremely unfaithful to you dear Cathy, has he told you that he has impregnated your friend, you seem blank about a lot of things” said Lucy haughtily “What,,,,what,,, what are you saying?” She asked Her whole body was now on fire, Lucy handed her a brown envelope. Inside were photos of Alfred at the hotel with Jane, drinking beer, leaving the bar, entering the guest house, standing at the counter, going to their room hand in hand, undressing, naked on the bed and then the real act. “Just there there is a disc, of the whole act” she said Cathy dropped the envelope and sat down. She was telling herself to calm down but everything on her was boiling “Alfred is this true?” “No honey, I can explain, I was going to tell you how everything happened” “Jane did you do this?” “Cathy just calm down and we can give you the details of what happened.” She said Cathy got the envelope and rushed home, she needed to be as alone as possible. She locked herself inside the house. There was only one thought on her mind ,to commit suicide. She searched the house for anything that could easily kill her but there was nothing. “Mum please where did you put the poison?” She searched going through her drawers. Finally she found some pills in a paper “Oh thank God” she said rushing to the kitchen to get water “I hope they are enough to kill” she told herself She sat in the kitchen crying quietly Alfred looked fiercely at Lucy and said “did you see that? Did you have to give me your package Infront of her?” He roared. “You destroyed Isabelle, you ended her life, she was doing you a favour by aborting that child but you couldn’t come to her rescue?” She answered angrily “It wasn’t my business, your friend was a fool and very stupid. However I was very willing to help her but my battery phone went off and when I went to ask for my friend’s phone,her phone was already off” he said “Oh so you were willing to help her, and you expect me to believe that huh? You are a wicked man” “If you don’t leave my house right now, am going to beat you to death” he growled Lucy looked at him and he looked beastly. She decided to leave. “Wait, tell me the truth about what happened between me and Jane at the guest house” he said “I don’t know anything” she answered sharply ,walking away quickly but Alfred ran after her and pulled her back. “Am not a fool, you have the photos and videos of what happened, you must have been there, it was planned.” He pulled her inside the house and Jane entered too. “It’s either you tell me the truth and I let you go, or I rape you right now and kill you if I manage” he said and he seemed to mean it. He got her phone and threw it to the floor. The screen broke “Nooo my phone” she cried. She had worked so hard to raise money to buy that phone, she had sacrificed her lunch and transport allowances to raise money to buy it. “I will destroy you the same way I have destroyed your phone.”he said “Alright Isabelle planned it all” said Lucy. She told them everything that had happened and it made sense. “That’s why I think and hope that your friend is rotting in hell. she has caused us so much pain and trouble” Alfred let her go. He left home immediately. Cathy was in the kitchen filling a cup with water Just then there was a knock at the door. She slithered to the door and peeped through the key hole and saw Alfred at the door “Fool” she cursed under her breath and went back to her bedroom. With the cup of water. She sat on the bed and continiued crying. “I ve been a fool, a very big fool. And all this time I had no idea Alfred would do that to me. Jane has been like my sister, why would she do that?” There was a knock on the window to her bedroom but she kept silent. “Where could she be then?” He said moving away from the window He needed to explain everything that had happened. That he had deliberately but stupidly slept with Isabelle not out of love but to take revenge and that Isabelle had deliberately gotten herself pregnant. And Jane,,,,,, he was very confused. However he had hope that Cathy would understand after explaining the photos, with the newly found information. Cathy threw the pills in her mouth and grabbed the cup of water with a frown on her face. She raised the cup to her mouth and spit the pills in the water. “Very bitter” she mumbled. “I can’t kill myself. I have to crush them to pieces before I leave, am not as stupid as they think. I will show them” She got her mother’s diary and read what she had earlier read. “I wont take the path you took mum but I will have to follow some of your steps.” The following week ,the attempt by Alfred and Jane to talk or see Cathy was in vain. She always shut herself in the house and her phone was constantly off. She never opened the door ,everything was in the house and having no friends at all, she opted to simply stay indoors until their university opened. Time moved slowly but finallyit was opening time She went to school and reunited with her friends Tom and Kate, she told them about Alfred and Jane, they sympathized with her but she seemed to have gotten over it. A new life, new start and new everything . . . To Be Continued |
Re: The Smile Of Terror By Mbulu Mundia by cyberprince8(m): 6:15am On May 08, 2018 |
THE SMILE OF TERROR . Chapter 26 . “So which hospital have you chosen” Kay asked Cathy during lunch “What do you mean” she asked with a spoonful of rice “Silly, swallow first then you speak” said Kay “Alright, I have swallowed, now tell me” she said “Didn’t you receive the letter?” “Which letter” asked Cathy shocked “And you think you are still a Student here? Ahh then you are the only one who didn’t receive” She said and stood up to go and brush her teeth “Sit down here and tell me what those letters are for” demanded Cathy as she forced her down on the bed “Okey, second and third years go for attachments for six months and letters were sent to everyone who passed the exams . So upon opening, people were submitting their hospitals of choice to the registry” In the afternoon Cathy went to the registry office to find out why she had not received the letter. She found a qeueu of people going for the same and she felt comforted. When it was her turn she was just given a form to fill in where she indicated her hospital of choice. “I wonder why we had to waste our money for transport coming to school when there isn’t anything serious happening” complained Cathy “We came to submit the names of our hospitals of choice, so it was necessary” answered Kay. Three weeks later, Cathy was on her way home thinking about what she was going to do to Alfred and Jane. Thinking of the best way to hurt them as much as they hurt her. There were so many options to take, she could pay some people to rape Jane, she could organise people to rob Alfred, she could give Jane something that could lead to an abortion. Or she could just get back with Alfred and be a step mother. She shifted comfortably at the thought. Alfred still loved her, he had told her so and he had made every effort to apologise to her but she wasn’t willing to forgive him. All these choices seemed quete hard but achievable. Tom had advised her to refrain from taking revenge because revenge belongs to God alone She missed Alfred so much. She reached home and it was exactly the same way she had left it except for the pile of dust that had collected on the veranda and the window sills. She opened the door and turned on the lights. How happy she would be if her mother just popped up and gave her a hug and tell her how much she had missed her. But she was all alone. The house was dead quete. She entered her mother’s bedroom and it was just the way she had left it, she touched the pale scratch on the wall and the secret wardrobe opened, there lay the diary which she had brought back and the other old book. She got the old book and went to her bedroom. She had no appetite to eat anything, so she decided to sleep. On her mind was Alfred, she would meet him and talk about it, it wasn’t a big deal, they would let Jane have the baby and then they can keep it afterwards. She wasn’t going to be the first step mother n the world. What mattered was Alfred’s love. The following day she tidied up the house and later in the afternoon went to Alfred’s house. When Alfred saw her ,he couldn’t believe it. She had lost a few Kgs but she looked even more gorgeous. However he was grasped by so much fear, there was terror in his eyes But Cathy could feel that he was looking admirably at her, she knew the battle was over She had deliberately worn the dress that Alfred had bought her for her birthday. The curves were more clearer in that slim body and Alfred could not help admiring “Ahh hi?” He said in a trembling voice reading each expression on her face. She smiled and said a hello. He knew that it was a peaceful visit and moved towards her ” I wasn’t expecting you , oh Cathy I can’t believe am seeing you, aren’t you supposed to be at school?” He said hugging her tightly. She had missed that embrace so much and being in his chest felt so much at home. “I came back, we are doing attachments” she said “Wow I really can’t believe am seeing you, we never really talked, you just disappeared, your phones were off and your house was always locked.” He said “Yes I know and I shouldn’t have done that, it’s just that I didn’t know what to do” Alfred could not believe it “So you mean we are cool? No grudges?” “No grudges” she answered. Alfred hugged her again he whispered “I missed you so much, I thought I would never ever see you, and my life has been miserable” he said sadly “Well you don’t have to worry” she told him “everything can be sorted out, nomatter how big a problem is” “Am so happy to hear that” he said joyfully. “Aren’t we going inside?” She asked “Ahh well, why don’t we go somewhere nice and celebrate our reunion?” Cathy agreed and just as they were about to leave, someone cleared their throat behind them. Cathy thought it was Alfred’s mother so she quickly moved away from Alfred “Hey Cathy” it was a voice that she very well knew ,she turned and despite recognizing the voice, she was too shocked to see Jane. “Hey Jane,” she said rage highly suppressed almost leaking out Her belly was so big and she wore a maternity dress, “Where are you taking my husband?” She asked as she smiled slyly Cathy’s heart missed some beats. Were they married? Her blood had become so hot but she had felt that way several times, it wasn’t new,so she breathed in heavily and smiled. ” Well he is just escorting me , I came to see you but I thought you were sleeping, so I decided to come and see you some other time” she lied. “Oh great, come in then” she invited her. She turned and walked towards her and put her ear on her belly “Little baby can you hear me?” She stood upright and asked if she knew the sex of the baby “No but am hoping its a boy” said Jane “Oh really? Ahhh how lovely junior Alfred” she said “Jane, I missed you so much, you are the only relative am left with in this world” she said and she hugged her “Am sorry for everything Cathy, please forgive me” said Jane Alfred was watching from a distance. He had expected a third world war but Cathy had acted so mature, he was very impressed but he feared that he was going to loose her. Jane invited her in the house and served her some snacks. They chatted and talked about old times and and their laughter echoed through the walls of the house. When it was evening ,Cathy said her goodbyes and went back home. “Well I have to go now, if you were still unmarried ,I would spend the night with you and talk about everything.” Said Cathy. Jane gave her a warm hug. Cathy had missed that hug too On her way to the bus station Alfred escorted her “I admire you girls’ friendship, you had such a great day “Yes we did, I love Jane like my own sister, nomatter what she does to me, I always have to forgive her” “You are a woman and half Cathy” he said She could hear the tone of regrecy in his words. “Am just surprised that you got married and I had no idea, ” she said “Am really sorry but her parents dumped her at my house and I just want the baby” he said Soon Cathy was home, she made herself a cup of hot coffee. “Our parents arranged our marriage and we had little say over it” Cathy recalled what Jane had told her. “Adults ,and you allow parents to make decisions for you” she said throwing a glass cup to the floor She opened the old book and found that it was her father’s diary. He had written about his love for Cathy’s mother, he had given the details of how much he loved her. He had explained about how much he loved Melody his sister. Then he explained how much he loved Cathy. It was as if he had planned how Cathy’s life should be. He loved her more than the two most beautiful and valuable women in his life and he had pledged to make Cathy’s life as peaceful as possible. “Such love” said Cathy closing the book “very pure and true ” If her dad was still alive, she would be the princess he had meant for her to become. She slept with her father’s diary on her chest. The following day she went to report for work. She was welcomed well. When she came back home she called Jane and they had a long conversation which was filled with laughter and chuckles. . To Be Continued ... Kindly tag your friends Cc: Lalasticlala |
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