Silver1996:
POHB
EPISODE 9
"I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS"Mary blared out the moment they were few paces away from the house.... "He is dead... "She added in a faint voice....
She sniff as tears drip down her cheeks...
"He is dead, he committed suicide.... "She said, sniff and again and begin to spun around slowly...
"Ya i saw him, but i don't understand why he wiLl commit suicide"Jacob said
Mary eyes shifted to the side and became glazed with a glassy layer of tears. As she blinked, they dripped from her eyelids and slid down her cheeks. She bit her lip tightly in attempt to hide any sound that wanted to escape from her mouth.."All our efforts to find him was a total a waste, we still have no clue if Manny is alive or dead... "
Jacob gritted, wondering why she was crying, she doesn't know that guy, why was she crying for him... "Well i think this will give us a lead... "Jacob said bringing out a paper from his pocket....
"What's that....? Mary ask anxiously
"Well i think it's a letter probably stating the reason he committed suicide... "Jacob said
"How did you get it? Mary ask
"Well i took it from the table when everyone was crying and pulling the rope from his neck, i hope whatever he might have written down gives us a clue or something"he said as he unfold it, he crackled his throat, exhales shapily and begin to read the letter
[/color]"My dear love, i may be probably dead before this letter get to you, i couldn't take the heartbreak you gave me, i tried to forget everything, forget i ever meant you, but i couldn't, everything i try keeps reminding me of you, since you left me, everyday has been like hell, i can't do this anymore, you killed me the day you broke my heart, i can't live without you, life is worthless without you.. Maybe you can feel the guilt if what you do to me with my death, you will drown in your guilt that it will tend to make you make the decision i made today, hope you never find love...
Even in death, i will always love you Maggie..
Your love and always be... Jeremy"[color=#000099]
Her lower lip quivered as the last words drip from Jacob's mouth...."Did he say Maggie? She ask shocked
"Yeah... Could Maggie be Manny?
She bit her lip and took a step forward and made a brooding face.... "I don't understand, why won't he say Maggie, i thought it was Manny"
"It doesn't make any sense, maybe he made a mistake in writing the names, Maggie, Manny, they kind of sound alike.. "
Her doleful Express etched on her face....
"It's quite quizzical if you ask me"Jacob added....
"Could he have been dating someone else....? Mary ask anxiously
Jacob scoffs... "The woman who gave us the address recognized Manny as his girlfriend, the girl he planned to marry..... "
"But he wrote Maggie not Manny...."Mary interjects...
"Look, maybe Manny is Maggie, who knows, maybe she told him her name was Maggie"
"Why would she lie about her name.. "She snap..... "It just doesn't make any sense.... "
"We have seen a lot of things that doesn't make sense, like her not telling you she was going to get married.... Her not even mentioning his name to you..... "
Mary took a deep breathe... She doesn't understand anything... Who really is Manny?
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It was already 5:45pm when she got home, she realise the door was locked after knocking several times....
She frown when she realise she didn't take her key, she pick out her phone and dial Sharon's number... She waited patiently for her to pick but she didn't....
She huffs as she thought about the whole thing that happened..... Jacob has gone home on their way back, though he has asked he followed her here but she insisted he should go home and rest....
She put on woebegone face as the memory Of jeremy resurfaced in her head....
She thought they were a step closer to finding out what happened to Manny or knowing wherever she is... But their efforts all turn fruitless as they find out their lead, the person they leaned on to tell them, to help them, to give them a clue is dead..commited suicide....
She thought she knew Manny, thought she know everything about her but it all turns out she know nothing... Sharon was righy, she know nothing about Manny... She wonder who Manny is in reality....
Instead of dialing Sharon's numbet, she decided to try calling Manny again praying and hoping in her heart she picks, she answers.....
She inhale deeply as the phone begin to ring......
She clenched her fist when the call wasn't answered... She called again but no one answered...
"Where are you Manny...?she muttered to herself....
She hopes and prays she isn't dead.... She quivered in her spines and quickly put the thought away, her friend cant be dead... She shouldn't have such thoughts.. She need to be hopeful... She is optimistic her friend is okay..... She is doing fine....
Her face sullen when her inner minds keep ringing to her that Manny wasn't okay, something could, must have probably happened to her....
She quickly tap the screen of her face whe'a message came in... She huffs when she realise it was Sharon, a message telling her Where the housekey is... She quickly check the place and pick up the key...
For a moment, she just stood thinking of the possible places Manny could be hanging out in.....
She quickly insert the key on the door when nothing came to her head...
She open the door and push it wide open...
With a huff she drag her feet inside... Close the door back and threw herself on the chair....
She wonder where Sharon could have gone to.....why Sharon was so sure Manny isn't in trouble.....
Maybe she knew better, even if she doesn't really Manny tpp well the way she thought she do... She know Manny will avoid her calls and that scare her, the feeling that something terrible has happened to Manny prick a fear in her heart, a great fear that is clouding her thinking.....
She stood up from the chair, was she worrying too much, could Manny be alright as Sharon has said... She dial Manny's number again..
She waited patiently but no one answered....
Could she have been involved in some kind of accident and no one is aware...
Her body shook with the possibility of it..... If that was the case, Manny would have found a way to call them.....
She was famished, she drag her feet to the kitchen... She open the pot and then sting back the cover of the pot.... She quickly open the fridge, she sigh, a sigh of relief when she realise her fried potatoes were still there....
She pick them up and heat them on the microwave...
She tossed a strap of her hair that was falling on her face to another side of her hair....
She was still confused on why Jeremy has written Maggie instead Of manny on that letter, could Jacob be right, could Manny has changed her name to Maggie.. But why, why would she do that.... Why would she date him, plan a wedding with him without telling her... Why did she keep so much secrets from her....
She hope and pray she get the answers to her questions...
Jeremy has committed suicide because he was heartbroken.... Manny.. Maggie broke his heart and he resorted to suicide....
She try to put herself in his choose. Manny..Maggie has broken his heart same way Francis has broken hers.. She is shattered, devastated.. Hurt..she has actually thought of dying....
A memory of that moment she has cut him having sex with that club slut creep into her head..... Francis destroyed her lives,shattered her dreams with him.. She was angry.. Bitter that a part of her still loves him, still yearn for him.. Still want to hold him, still want to listen to his lies.....
tears flowed unchecked down her cheeks and dripped from her chin. She was too sad to cry out or wail, she just stood there as still as a statue while the magnitude of her broken heart swept over her......
Before now, she has always thought the word HEARTBREAK sounds so childish, like something flimsy, something one should be able to cast off with a happy reflection or the smile of a friend. But heartbreak is nothing of the sort. It sits inside like the germ seed of depression, just waiting for the right conditions to grow, to send out roots to choke the hope out of your heart. It is the trough in which one struggle to return to the peak, always afraid that this time the rungs will be too slippery, too far apart or simply not there at all......
She sniff as uncontrollable tears run down her cheek.....
She quickly put off the microwave and slide down to the floor and gave way to more tears
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"Helloo... "Sharon blared out the moment she enters the house....
She wonder if he was in... She was sure he was, the door is open....
"Pope... "she called out loudly.....
She quickly threw her bag on the chair and sat beside when no answer came.....
She lean her back on the chair wondering where he could have gone to with his door unlock... Then the worst thoughts entered her head...could he be with a woman....
She wave off the thought, He would have probably ran out if he had a woman in his room...
She exhales.. She was tired, quite exhausted.....
She quickly look up when she heard footsteps....
"Where were you? She blared out..
She got the answer to her question when she saw a towel tied round his lean waist...
"How did you get in... ?Pope ask back....
"What, are you in here with someone.... "She scurred back
"Come on Sharon, you know i wouldn't do that.... Do you have a duplicate of my key...?
Sharon suck her teeth... "The door was open... "
"Oh...! He exhales... "So how is my beautiful angel doing... "He said walking towards her.... He lean his head down to her....
"Not now Pope... "She said pushing his heaf away.... She quickly stood up.... "Has the deal be done...?
"What deal?Pope replied tightening the towel in his waist
"Come on Pope, don't give me that, you are supposed to ambushed Manny yesterday and collect her car, but up till now, i haven't seen Manny neither i heard anything about the car, have you already sold it and taken the money for yourself.....?
"We don't sell cars within 24hours,we need to make ready the important documents required to sell it.... "
"Why i haven't heard from Manny, she didn't come home last night and she hasn't returned till now....? Sharon ask anxiously
Pope bug out his eyes..... "How would i know where she is, she must be somewhere partying...... "
"You took her car......
"I didn't take the car.... "Pope interjects.... "There was a little snag in the operation, Manny never showed up in that road.... "
"Liar, i am very sure Manny drove through that road, she told me herself.... "
"My boys and i stood in that road for hours, we didn't see Manny nor his car..... "
Sharon quiver in her spines as she the worst thoughts sink into her head...."Pope, where is Manny?
"I told you, i haven't see Manny.... "
Her heartbeat increases as she thought of what could have happened to her..."Oh my God, you killed Manny?
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