TRUTH AND LIES
(He pulled the trigger!)
GRAND FINALE. #Season_2
Episode 12
Writer: Faith Lucky.
Alyssa’s Pov:
She scoffed and stood up and one of the men in the room picked up the documents.
“You really think it’s a game, don’t you?” She asked and looked at Jeremy’s brother.
“Don’t worry, Mrs Houston, we’ll take it from here” Jeremy’s brother said as he approached me with three of his men.
I looked at Jeremy and he just touched his head and walked out of the room.
“I’m giving you an opportunity to do this peacefully, Alyssa. Don’t throw it away” Mrs Houston said and I scoffed with tears.
“How could you be so evil?” I asked tearfully.
“You killed my father and made us believe he abandoned us.
How can you be so heartless?”
She didn’t say a word and immediately, Jeremy’s brother came up and kicked me hard on the chest.
I groaned in pains and fell on the floor with my legs still tied.
Then the next thing I felt were beatings all over my body and I didn’t know what was happening to me.
I passed out.
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I felt someone pouring water on me and I jerked and opened my eyes and found myself still tied in the room.
Jeremy’s brother and his men were still in front of me and he was squatting in front of me.
I can’t believe I had actually passed out.
Every part of my body ached so badly and I could feel bloodstains everywhere.
I felt like a corpse.
“Whoever said there was space for a nap” Jeremy’s brother asked and brought out a pocket knife.
I whimpered and looked at him.
How can someone this cute be so dangerous?
He brought the knife close to my eyes and my heart skipped.
“If you don’t sign the documents,” he said.
” I’m going to pluck out one of your eyes; and the next…and then, your fingers one at a time, then your toes and finally ,your heart”.
He made the knife touch my face and then he pressed it lightly on my skin and moved it downwards and it made a little cut on my face.
I whimpered as a tear came rolling down.
No; no matter what they do, I’m never going to sign those documents.
I won’t.
He moved the knife back to my right eye and made it touch my eye socket.
I shivered as I felt it’s sharp edge about to pierce into my flesh.
Just then, the door opened and Jeremy came in.
“Wait” he said from the door and everybody turned and looked at him.
I also looked at him with tears and wondered what he had to say.
“You…you don’t have to do that” he said.
“I know a way we can still make her sign the documents”.
I arched my brows and was puzzled.
What was he talking about?
His brother stood up and faced him.
“I’m all ears, Jeremy” he said and Jeremy sighed.
“Just give us a minute” he replied and I heard his brother scoff.
He turned and looked at me and back to Jeremy.
“You have just a minute to do whatever you want to do” he said and left the room with the others boys.
It was just Jeremy and I.
What could he possibly have in mind?
He drew closer to me and dropped to a crouch in front of me.
He tried touching my face, but I retreated.
What does he want from me?
“Alyssa” he called in a pained voice and bent his head.
“I’m sorry this had to happen to you. Believe me, I never plannedplanned any of this”.
I looked at him and scoffed.
Is he really trying to apologise to me? At a time like this?
He rose his hand to my face and cleaned off a little bloodstain on my lips.
It hurt as he touched it.
“Just do what they want, Alyssa, please. Else, my brother’s going to torture you a lot and you won’t be able to stand it.
“Just sign the documents and I’ll look for a way to get you out of here”.
My eyes glistened with more tears as I looked at him.
“Take a look at me, Jeremy” I said weakly and tearfully.
” Am I not dead to you already?
“No matter what happens, I’m not signing the documents”.
He exhaled and touched his forehead.
Just then, the door opened and his brother came in again with some boys.
“Time up, Jeremy” he said and Jeremy turned and looked at him and then back at me.
“If you don’t sign the documents, Alyssa” he said icily.
“The first thing you’re going to see in the next three hours is an image of Mico’s corpse”.
My eyes gleamed and my heart gave a mighty leap.
What?
Oh, God!
He stood up and stood in front of me.
I gasped and looked at him.
“You…you won’t” I said fraily.
“I was able to abduct the representative of Manilla right under their very noses.
How difficult do you think killing Mico’s going to be?
“We have spies everywhere, Alyssa, who are just waiting for our call.
Even his guards and the people around him doesn’t stand a chance because like I said, we have spies everywhere”.
I looked at him as he spoke so coldly.
He seemed so confident.
God, this cannot happen.
They can’t do this.
“You don’t have to involve anyone else. You have me already” I said ruefully.
“Then do what we want” he replied and I bent my head and sobbed.
“You have just ten seconds to make up your mind, Alyssa. And after that, if you don’t chose wisely, you can be sure you’re never going to see Mico again.
His corpse will be sent to you in exactly three hours.
“One, two…”
“Jeremy please” I cried pathetically.
“Four, five…”
“You don’t have to do this. Keep him out of this!”
“Seven, eight…”
“Please, Jeremy, I’m begging you. Don’t make me do this. Please”
Hot tears were dropping like rainfall.
“Ten…”
“No, no, wait!
I’ll do it!
I’ll do it, please. Just don’t hurt him. Please, I’m begging you” I cried just as he was about turning around.
I couldn’t hold it anymore.
I couldn’t let them kill Mico.
I can’t let him die because of me.
Oh, God!
Jeremy sighed and one of the boys holding the documents came to me and handed them to me with a pen.
I collected them with tears and couldn’t believe I was really going to do this after all.
Mrs Houston was going to take over everything.
Why did this have to happen to me?
I opened the document and finally signed it.
I wept as I did so.
They collected the documents from me and I noticed a look of satiation on the face of Jeremy’s brother.
I placed my head on my knees as I heard them leave the room.
My life was a disaster.
Why was I created in the first place?
Why didn’t I just die from childbirth?
Why me?
Jeremy’s Pov:
Oh, God!
Thank goodness Alyssa agreed to sign the document.
Trust me, my brother would’ve carried out his threat of plucking out her eyes and I didn’t want that to happen.
I came out of my room and looked for him.
What’s he going to do with Alyssa now?
Is he really going to kill her?
I looked around and found him on a passage with some other boys, making a call.
I stood and waited for him to drop the phone.
“I’ve sent the documents to Mrs Houston and I’m going to complete the transaction with her now” he told me when he ended the call he was making.
Tonio was there as well.
“Uhm…bro, what about Alyssa? What do we do with her now?” I asked nervously, inserting my hands in my trouser pocket.
“Well, she gets killed tonight” he replied and I heaved.
“B…but, she already did what we asked for, right? Why don’t we just let her go?” I asked and he chuckled.
“What re you talking about Jeremy? What do you mean let her go?
I told you right from day one it was code red”. He said.
“I know, but I was just thinking there should be no need for that” I said.
“have you gone crazy, Jeremy? You really want us to let her go when she’s seen our faces already?”
“I…I can talk to her not to say a word. I’m sure she’d oblige.
Please, just give a thought to it”
He looked at me with disbelieve and probably couldn’t believe I was the one pleading for a victim this way.
It was really strange.
Immediately, he brought out a gun.
“We kill and dump her tonight” he said and my eyes drooped.
“And you’re doing it” he added and pushed the gun into my hand.
What?
Oh, God!
Tell me this is a dream.
“Now” he said impatiently and signalled me to move
But I delayed a little before moving slowly.
Why does this have to happen?
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