COLD AND BLANK.
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(Perfect A$$assin)
By Queen Mary
Episode 9
(Who hurt her)
Crystal sits down opposite her boss tapping her fingers on the desk and looked at her boss. He hadn’t said anything to her since she mentioned quitting to him. Instead he asked her to seat down and he takes his phone and texts Dina.
“Asher won’t you say something, should I just leave” She asked getting pissed off.
“Check this, it’s a message Kate sent few minutes before you walked in blabbing nonsense” He said and handed Crystal the phone.
KATE: Boss, I think Crystal’s doing a great job, Agent Xander ain’t concentrating on his work again. Kudos to Crystal
“So, have done my job and am quitting” Crystal said unmoved.
“Nope Crystal you ain’t done yet” A female voice said and walked in the office.
Crystal stood up and faced her bestfriend who was looking at her really upset.
“Seriously, Quitting??.. When did that start, you’ve never quitted before” Dina said touching Crystal’s shoulders.
“Well there’s a first time for everything” Crystal said.
“Yes and there’s a reason for everything, tell me Crystal what’s the problem” Dina asked and pulled Crystal outside the office.
“Get me a gun” She says to Dina.
“For what” Dina asked.
“I SAID GET ME A GUN” Crystal yelled shaking Dina, everyone looks at her. They become afraid knowing she’s very dangerous when angry
“Fine fine cool girl” Crystal said and called a minor to get her a gun.
“Here’s your gun” The minor said and Crystal snatched it from the minor who scurried away.
Crystal points the gun at a guy distance away from where she was standing.
“Crystal what are you doing” Dina asked surprised.
The guy realises the gun is pointed at him and becomes scared.
Crystal aims and shoots at him but fortunately the bullets pasts him and hits the wall.
“I didn’t miss on purpose, I missed intentionally. James sorry for aiming at you. Fck I need a drink” Crystal said and walked to the bar in their headquarters.
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“You okay now ” Dina asked. Crystal looked at her and smiled.
“So now tell me what’s the problem, why quitting”
“Because am interested in only one person now. Stella Jace, I want her head on the table, her bl00d on my hands ” Crystal said gritting.
“Crystal you have to leave your personal life out of your profession. You know it’s bad for business. Crystal you mustn’t give up not now or never”
Crystal sniffs and nods.
“Fine, I am not giving up, I’ll be going back to Jimmy’s house and pretend to be an innocent vrgin” Crystal said and Dina chuckled.
“Firstly you have to get rid of your alcohol breath”
“Sure whatever” Crystal said and smiled ev!ly to herself.
She wasn’t going to forget about Stella so soon. Now there’s two mission for her.
“The weather forecast says is going to rain soon, I think you should get going” Dina said.
“Yeah” Crystal said and dropped the glass of alcohol on the table then walks out of the headquarters.
She looks up at the sky and shrugs.
“It’s so fking gonna rain” Crystal said and walked upfront. While she walked she thought about Stella and the anger in her starts to build up again.
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FLASHBACK TO 5 YEARS AGO
Crystal gets home and parked the bicycle at the gate, the door wasn’t locked so she went straight in.
The loud moans she heard was so sickening, her mother was at it again. She sighed and went to the shower. She sobbed as the scene kept on repeating in her brain.
She didn’t want to come out of the shower again until she realized she had spent more than 1 hour standing under the running water.
“CRYSTAL CRYSTAL YOU STUPID BTCH, COME HERE” Her mother yelled.
She put on a towel and rushed to her room, everywhere smelt so terrible, used CDs were lying on the floor.
The urge to throw up came again but she had to put it in not to upset her mother.
“What’s this Crystal, what is my pregn@ncy test strip doing in your room and why does it read positive” Gold asked
Crystal became surprised, her mother hardly entered her room but today she did.
I-I -t-th-the” She stammered folding her hands, Infuriated Gold stood up and attacked Crystal’s face with her palm.
Crystal fell to the ground.
“You b@stard, I asked you to join me in this business but you refused claiming your vrginity was your pride, and now you’ve gotten yourself pregn@nt just 18 years old ” Gold snapped at Crystal who was trying to stand up.
“Mom I I…” She couldn’t finish the sentence before Gold sent her back to the ground again with a hotter sl@p.
“You would get rid of that thing right now immediately” Gold said and walked out of the room, Crystal waited for her mother.
She came in with a boiling ring, the one you put inside water to boil it.
“Lie down flat NOW” She ordered and confused Crystal lied flat on the bed. Gold connected the boiling ring to the nearest socket and Crystal became shocked.
“Mum what are you….”
“I said lie down” She yelled and Crystal lied down closing her eyes.
“I always do this in high school”
Gold removed the towel of crystal body and Crystal began to shake not having any idea of what her mother was going to do.
Suddenly Crystal felt the ring in her prvate part.
“MOMMMM” Crystal yelled crying and holding the bedsheets.
The pain was so excruciating, she felt something twitch in her stomach and bl00d starts to stream down her leg. Thick hot bl00d.
Screaming in anguish, Crystal felt like death. The pain she suffered for the past years was nothing to compared to this.
Even today’s heartbreak was nothing.
“Done, make sure you clean this place” Gold said and walked out.
So weak after losing a lot of bl00d, Crystal passed out.
END OF FLASHBACK.
Thinking about the past Crystal couldn’t help herself, it was either she killed somebody or she had a drink.
So lost in her thoughts she didn’t know that the rain had started pouring.
She keeps on walking staggered like, not because she was drunk but because she was feeling broken.
She takes a cab which drops her in front of Jimmy’s house.
She looks at the building and sighs.
She stands outside still looking at the building as the rain pours harshly on her skin.
At the time she was gone, her soul, spirit and mind wasn’t with her.
The rain poured on her but she didn’t feel it, she just stood there like a ghost.
Then he touched her, his warm skin sending fire to her b0dy.
Crystal turns and looks at who touched her.
Xander looked at her surprised, what was she doing outside.
“Loretta what’s going on” He asked but Crystal couldn’t hear. She saw his mouth move but couldn’t hear what he was saying.
“Are you okay” He half yelled but she didn’t reply, just continued looking at him like a statue.
“Fk it, you’re a cr@zy woman” Xander says and pulled her inside the house.
Jimmy who was busy watching a movie sees Xander come in with Crystal.
“Go get me some blankets and geez turn off the AC” Xander said and helps Crystal sits down.
“Is she okay” Jimmy asked and leaves to bring the blankets.
Crystal looks at the table, a slice of bread with jam, a cup of coffee and a knife.
“A knife” Crystal thought to herself and smiles.
When Xander walks to put on the fire at the chimney. She picks the knife and folds the sharp side on her hand cutting her palm deeply
“Oh that’s so much better” She thought to herself, the pain she felt physically drifted her away from the pain she was feeling emotionally.
“FUCK LORETTA” Jimmy yelled and dropped the blankets on the floor.
Xander eyes widened when he saw her hurting herself again.
He walks and tries collecting the knife from her but her grip on it was too strong, if he tried snatching it from her, he may make it worse.
“Loretta leave the knife alone… please” Xander said but Crystal didn’t release the knife.
He looks in her eyes to search for answers, why she was so cold and blank. The answers he got in her eyes was hurt.
He half smiles and hugs her calmly, Crystal is surprised as she lets go of the kn!fe.
“Don’t let it eat you up” He whispers in her ear and touches her hair.
Crystal didn’t fight him or push him off this time even though she hated guys hugging her. But it felt like she needed a hug.
Xander was still on the hug when Jimmy called him.
“Dude she’s asleep already” Jimmy said and Xander pulled off and saw she was sleeping.
He laid her down on the couch and looked at her palm, it had been bruised badly, really really badly.
She might even get infections from all the bruises.
“Loretta seems to have been hurt a lot” Jimmy said.
“Yeah, that’s why she hurts herself physically. She believes the physical pain can stop her from feeling the emotional pain. I wonder what could have hurt her badly”
“I feel sorry for Loretta, she’s too beautiful to be hurt like this” Jimmy said and rubbed his eyes.
“Dude am going to b.ed, take care of her” Jimmy said and leaves.
Xander treats her hand and injects her some pain reliever.
“Who hurt you Loretta” He asked rubbing her hair slowly.
“Stella Jace” Crystal says sleepily not knowing she was talking.
Xander looks confused, why would Loretta call his wife name.
He was sure he hadn’t introduced Stella to Loretta yet so how come.
“Stella, Carlos, Mom ” Crystal said again, still sleeping and oblivious of the fact that she was talking.
For the first time in 5 years, tears streamed down from Crystal’s sleepy house.
Xander wiped it away immediately.
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