HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 51 – 60
By Obianke Prosper
Chapter Fifty Six
GRACE POV
I groaned as my eyes snapped open, bearing the heavy load I felt in my head. I felt so weak, so tired but I needed water, I was thirty. Even my mouth felt dried.
I groaned again shaking my head to relieve me of the hammer pounding my head without mercy, without pity.
My eyelid shut and then opened when I felt a presence around me. I didn’t know how I felt it but I could feel the presence close to me and when I turned to the direction I felt it from, I saw a tattooed guy drinking alcohol as he sat on a wooden chair eyeing me.
“You are awake”.He laughed mockingly, drinking more liquid from the bottle he held.
I didn’t speak, maybe because I didn’t want to or maybe because I felt too tired to but at this moment I needed only one thing. Water.
“Water”.It came out as a mumble, too low, too soft but I guess he heard cause a smirk appeared on his dark, plump lips immediately.
“Water?”.He tossed the empty bottle away, ignoring the loud sound it made as it crashed on the floor, breaking into pieces.
“You need water, sweetheart?”.He looked amused as he walked closer to me and then he grabbed my jaw, making me wince as pain shot through my body.
I wanted to go far away from him, from his grip but I couldn’t, I was tied to the seat I was on.
“I will give you water only if you answer my questions. And don’t take it as something to choose from cause it’s a must!”.
He let go off my jaw and grabbed the chair he sat on, he drew it closer to me and sat, staring directly at my face.
“Who are you?”.My voice sounded weak, too weak for my liking but I wanted to ask more questions to satisfy my curiosity. “Where is that plump boy? Why am I here? Why was I kidnapped? What have I done wrong? Please let me go”.
His face tightened in a tight frown as he clench his fists. He looked angry, annoyed.
“One thing you should know about me bch is that I ask the questions and I get the answers but since am too generous I wouldn’t mine answering one of your stupid questions”.His dark pink tongue ran across his lips as a mischievous smile came on.
“That plump boy is dead!”.
“What?”.My voice was croaky, not believing what this jack was saying.
“Yeah you heard me right. He is dead, he is in he.ll, I killed him”.
My voice caught up on my throat and I let out a cough panting.
“You’re a murderer!”.This was supposed to came out quietly but it came out as a yell, as a scream echoing around the place I was in.
“Shut up bch!”.He grabbed my jaw again but this time his long fingernails pinched my flesh and blood came running out.
“All I do, I do for a reason and that guy, he had to die but I pray his wicked soul rest in peace forever in he.ll”.He laughed and released my jaw before slumping his bum on his seat.
“You… You killed him”.I found this hard to believe.
“Yes, I killed him, so what? It doesn’t matter to me and this would be like one of the hundreds of people have killed. But princess…”.He smirked, revealing half of his golden tooth. “Telling you a story, wouldn’t be that bad, huh?”.
“W… What?”.
“A story, about how it all started. So here it comes….”.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 51 – 60
FLASH_BACK
Mrs Skylar had just finished preparing Dylan’s dinner, he returned from nowhere looking angry and devastated. She had to be extra careful on how she talked to him.
She placed the dinner on a tray with some drinks and cutleries before going to his room.
She knocked on his door but after waiting for minutes without hearing his voice, she walked in and saw him on his bed drawing.
He do draw a lot, that was one thing about him.
“Good evening Sir”.She bowed a little but as expected Dylan gave no reply. “Here is your food Sir”.
She placed the food on a table close to his bed and through that process, she saw he was drawing. It was a girl’s image who looked exactly like Grace.
What?!
She felt her breath come out slowly with the thought that Dylan had never drew anyone’s image, so drawing Grace’s image was a shocker.
She exited the room afterwards but as soon as she was out, her phone rang and the number called. Her greatest fear.
“S…Sir?”.She stuttered.
“Shut up you stupid woman!”.It was the man with tattoo calling. “You are wasting time, you punk and I give you one hour to provide any useful information about Dylan or else I will blow out this child’s brain”.She heard a child wailing from the background and she swallowed her saliva nervously with tears in her eyes.
The wailing child was hers.
“Sir, please am sorry but I have… I have something useful. The name of someone he likes if not love”.This came out fast, she didn’t know when she said this.
“Huh? Wow! Impressive. What’s the name?”.
“G…Grace”.
“Male or female?”.
“Female”.
“Describe her”.
Mrs Skylar gulped. She didn’t want to do this, she likes Grace but her child comes first.
“She is tall, maybe average in height. She is fair in complexion, got a brown curly hair and small pink lips. She have an oval face and well, she is beautiful”.
“Location”.
Mrs Skylar paused. She didn’t know where Grace lives.
“Uh, I don’t know about that”.
“Shit! You are not only stupid but useless as well and dmn, I should just kill this ba$tard”.
She heard a gun cracked and her face turned pale.
“No s..sir, please. I only knew where she schools”.
“Where? Talk dmmit!”.
“S…Springs Academy”.
“Class?”.
She tried to remember Dylan’s class and thanks fully she did.
“Grade ten”.
“Great! Well done, you aren’t so useless after all”.
Then she heard her phone beep, the call have being disconnected.
Tears streamed out of her eyes and she let out a sob.
“Am sorry Grace, oh am so sorry. Please forgive me, it isn’t my fault, this wasn’t my intention. My child comes fast and am sorry, please I hope you do forgive me”.She muttered as tears continually ran out of her eyes, wetting her cheeks.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 51 – 60
The Next Day?Thursday
The tattooed man could be seen in Springs Academy parking lot, he was currently using his eyes to search for any student who seem to be in Grade ten and then he saw him, Judas walking passing his direction.
He was wearing a frown, his hands tucked in his pockets. He sure look like a bad guy, someone trustable to do this job.
“Hey Kiddo”.He faced Judas and Judas face turned red in anger.
“Kiddo? Who are you referring to as kiddo?”.Judas replied harshly.
“Calm down, you see this?”.He smiled, bringing out thirty dollars notes from his pocket. “This will be yours if you do something for me but first, what grade are you?”.
“Grade ten”.
“Good!”.His smile turned into a smirk. “Take this”.
He shoved the money into Judas palm and after counting the money, Judas scoffed.
“Thirty dollars? Nonsense. What will I do with this peanut?”.
Now at that moment the tattooed guy wanted to throw a punch on Judas face but he calmed himself.
“Okay, alright. Add this to the thirty dollars”.He gave Judas twenty dollars, making the money fifty dollars. Judas smiled at this.
“So, what do you want me to do for you?”.
“You need to capture someone for me. Her name is Grace, she is in your class, you know her?”.
“Uh yeah, she is really popular, most of the guys here knows her but the bch pays them no attention”.
“Whatever, you will capture her today”.
“Today? No”.
“Why?”.
“She is in the hospital, I heard she fainted in class”.
“Okay, tomorrow then?”.
“Fine! Tomorrow but after I capture her, you’ll come pick her up?”.
“I have my plans, just capture her first and remember, stick to the deal”.The tattooed guy made to walk away but Judas stopped him.
“What do you want to do to her? Why do you want me to capture her?”.
“Not your business. Just focus on your own part of the job”.He walked away while Judas frowned, hating the fact that the guy didn’t answer any of his questions.
END_OF_FLASH_BACK
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 51 – 60
“Mrs Skylar?”.I mumbled as tears rolled out of my eyes. I felt so surprised hearing that Mrs Skylar caused all this, caused my kidnapping. I then stared at the man who kept smiling all along.
“You plotted with Judas, that ba$tard! You killed him, you devil!!”.
“Oh dear Grace, you should calm down. I did what I did cause I don’t trust that Judas, he might inform someone of our little secret which I don’t want to be let out. You know he is a betrayer, he betrayed Jesus and why wouldn’t he betray me?”. He chuckled wickedly and crossed his legs on the seat he sat on.
“Now, let’s cut the crab and began the interrogation”.He smirked again and before I knew it a cruel look came on his face.
“Bch!”.He called dryly, icily. “Tell me everything you know about Dylan and don’t dare lie to me cause I wouldn’t hesitate to blow out your freaking brain here and now!”.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 51 – 60
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