💎 Blackmailed 💄
By
💸 Mr. Billionaire 🎩
By Rosy Johnson
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EPISODE 41&42
♟️ CAN’T LET GO♟️
“Now were are they? Who took my babies cos am getting them back, all of them!!!” Melisande sniffed, she let out a deep then closed her eyes trying to collect herself.
She was gonna kîll someone if she doesn’t get a grip, she’s sure to end a life and go to jail if that’s what it takes to get the fûçking words she needed out of her mother’s lips.
Melisande glanced Juliet with rough rage in her eyes, a rage that threatened to burn the poor woman even though she couldn’t see a burning fire.
The fire in Melisande’s eyes burnt deep into her soul, blocking and destroying all her strength to fight back.
She was just like a lost monkey in the middle of a heated battle, except this wasn’t a battle or maybe it was cos her daughter…. No, not her daughter.
This person standing right before her isn’t the daughter she use to know, this one was different.
From her dark eye balls to her thick eyelashes, her trembling lips, her red face. Her visibly shaking body and the hair standing upright on her neck, hands and forehead.
Juliet knew it was over and she better spill what she knows if she wished to see her grandchild again.
Juliet swallowed hard, searching for the perfect word to use so not to infuriate the already infuriated Melisande.
“Why not sit down, I will tell you everything you need to know,” Juliet’s tone was soft and soothing, so soft like the summer rain.
Melisande didn’t say a word.
She moved to the couch then settled down while Juliet dragged her heavy legs to meet her, she didn’t sit next to her daughter cos she was still afraid.
She simply sat on the couch just two feet away.
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SOME MINUTES LATER~BAR, DOWNTOWN
Joy walked into the bar, her eyes moving around as she searched for Arthur.
Even though she know what’s on her mind isn’t pure she didn’t care, after all nothing is pure in this world.
She sighted him at a corner with bottle of vodka in his hand, in front of him was Benedict and by his side was Charlotte.
They’d found him just like Charlotte said. Joy thought silently as she approached them.
“Oh mine. Thank goodness you’re here,” Charlotte said relieved, when she didn’t see Sande barging in, she glanced at Joy with raised eyes brows.
“Where is Sande? I told you to come along with her since she’s not picking her d@mn phone and you said you two were together,” Charlotte added, raising her voice just a little bit.
“Hey, don’t make it look like I can’t take him home okay? Besides I was with Sande before she got more pressing issues and left,” Joy rolled her eyes, folding her hands around her chest.
Benedict phone buzzed and he excuse himself.
For some reasons Charlotte was staring at him and she wasn’t happy with the way he was smiling.
He’d been on it for the past couple of days and she hâtêd it, she just didn’t like the way he always excuse himself to make stûpîd phone calls that will have him grinning from ear to ear.
“Sorry, I gotta go, cover for me Charlotte,” he came over and roughed her hair before taking his jacket from the chair headrest.
“I’m not doing that,” she suddenly said to his surprise.
Benedict paused, narrowing his gaze at her.
He didn’t get it, she looked super-duper mad and he didn’t know why…. Well, he didn’t care too much since he has a girlfriend to impress now and he better go meet her before the hôrny lady changes her mind.
But if Charlotte don’t cover for him that means he’s gonna lose his d@mn job, why won’t she cover for him? He has always been the one covering for her when she was dating James.
“Why?” He asked, tugging both hands in his trousers pocket, his jacket hanging on his arm.
“Cos… Cos …” She stammered, not knowing what to say “who are you seeing?” She burst out unable to help herself.
Benedict arched his brows in question.
“Told you I get this girl…”
“She doesn’t deserve you!” Charlotte lashed out ” You deserve better,” she blinked
“You said you can’t be with me cos of our Job status, a man gotta let go of this sermon to keep being fresh,” he winked at her ” Cover for me,” he tapped her on the shoulder before walking away.
For a complete two minutes, Charlotte just stood there staring at his back view, even when he was already out of sight, she was still staring.
The thought of him kissing another lady, romancing another and fûçking the bîtch tore her into shreds.
she wanted to follow him, to convince him that he deserves better but then again….. She swallowed hard
Charlotte glanced back, trying to find Joy so she could use her friend and distract herself but both joy and Arthur were gone.
It’s just her now, she better get back to the office and began their investigation, that will keep her busy tonight.
“Baby,” she heard a voice and slowly turned only to came face to face with the least person she wanted to see.
James flashed a smile.
“I miss you,” he said softly
She glared hard at him and began walking away, James being one that can’t accept rejection rushed after her.
He was about to grab her hand when he sighted two officer walking in so he backed down.
The cops stopped in front of Charlotte and after a brief talk, they all left the bar.
“That was close,” he murmured to himself, letting out a deep breath.
~~~~~
NEXT MORNING
Melisande parked her car at the lot but didn’t move.
what her mother had told her left her shattered.
If you have ever broken a large mirror at the center of an empty room you would notice that the tiny little unfixable pieces will fly to different angles of the room.
You’d have to clean it up cos even if you pick it up to fix, you just can’t fix it.
That’s how she is right now, but the problem is she can’t be cleaned!
Previous she’d thought she will be okay after getting the job done, after taking everyone that hurt her out of the picture but she’s not even close to okay.
Micheal Stafford!
She could clearly remembered waking up from Coma and asking her mother who she was, she remember having just few people’s face at the back of her mind and those people were the ones who hurts her.
But the question she can’t seem to understand was why she didn’t see Michaels face in the picture at the back of her head?
Her mother had said last night that he used to be her friend and truly she remembered, he was her reading buddy but why will he join those that hurt her?
She remembers him always wearing big sun glasses like a nerd that he was, she didn’t have many friends cos she prefer books to people but him and Linzy were the only ones she considered.
And now she found out he was one of those people that hurts her, does that mean no one can be trusted again
Including her own mother??
“Don’t judge me baby, I did everything any mother could do to keep her child alive, I didn’t have money, I was dêâd-flat-broke cos your medical bills cleared me. I had to accept the money when they offered it, should I have let you dîê?” Does were her mother’s words.
“They have the money and I had one child, just one little girl and my baby needed me to make a decision that will determine if she lives or dîê so I choose to give her life Instead of letting her go! you can h@të me all you want but I don’t regret taking that money and paying for your medical bills so you could breath!!!” Juliet words came rushing into her head again.
More and more, over and more too many of them swim in like sea lions threatening to tear het head into shreds.
Her heart was bleeding, she could literally see blades of different shapes and sizes stuck in them. Blood dripping from each open space
It was too much for one person to take it, she was drowning deep in pain.
Even though her mind was struggling to stay strong, Melisande knew the pain in her heart was drowning all her energies.
No body cares, nobody ever cared, her mother had taken her to a therapist who gave her two pills and ask her to take it one in the morning and one at night, saying it will help her num her feelings wh@tëver….
The lady even gave her a note book, saying she should write down her feelings in them, she even went ahead to say that her chemical imbalance is the reason her brain are not connecting to accomplishment associated with moving on in life
That she passed things her heart cannot contain so that happiness won’t sustained.
She didn’t know how to move on, didn’t know how to start over. It was hard….
A knock on her window made her look up only to see Micheal standing there with Maverick and Mateo.
d@mn it! She had drank herself to stupor last night that she didn’t go back for her son.
Melisande opened her purse, taking out a brand new white handkerchief then delicately clean her tears before rolling down her car window.
Michaels face lit up.
“Do you mind if we drop them off together?” He asked, flashing a smile.
Sande didn’t say anything, a lot was going on in her mind.
All three men got in the car and she reverse, driving out of the lot before hitting the road.
Maverick glanced at Mateo but said nothing, he didn’t know what happened but his mother wasn’t happy.
Seems Mateo noticed that too but said nothing.
It was a 15 minutes drive before they got to the elementary school and Sande found a parking spot.
After parking the car, She alighted.
Maverick was already waiting for her so she lowered herself to his level, he ran straight into her ariand she embrace him tightly.
“One day you won’t see me again but before that day I will give you all my love,” she whispered into his ear.
Confused Maverick look her in the eyes.
“Are you dying?” He asked, tears lingering at the corner of his eyes.
She just learned to love him few days ago and now she’s gonna dîê, he wasn’t even going to enjoy her love to the fullest, she’s just gonna leave him?
She pulled away then roughed his hair without answering.
“I apologize for leaving you yesterday, but I will make it up today, okay?” She said smiling cutely.
“Of course Mom, wh@tëver you say,” he hugged her again.
Even though many thoughts ran through his mind cos of what she said, Maverick didn’t push further.
She wasn’t happy and he saw it in her eyes, his granny had told him to read eyes and not face so he could tell when a person meant what they say and when they don’t.
A few moments later, Sande and Micheal was already driving out of the school premises.
“She’s your Mom?” Mateo asked coming closer to Maverick.
Maverick ignored him.
“Hey, we had a deal,” Mateo shouted, running after him.
“No longer Interested, my mother loves me now so keep your deal to yourself,”
“You can’t do that, I already made plans for the girl besides she’s my dad’s girlfriend,” Mateo grabbed his shirt from him, making Maverick to stop and look at him.
He’d seen Mateo doing bad things with his granny and he didn’t want to get attached to the boy.
Granny Juliet said kids shouldn’t see grown-up nudes or touch them but he saw Mateo touching his granny and the woman was grinning.
Disgusting!
“Hey, are you mad cos you saw me bathing with my granny?” Mateo asked
That made Maverick to turn and looked at him but didn’t say a word.
“Well, it’s not my fault that I’m having all the fun and no one loves you…”
He wasn’t allowed to finish cos Maverick grabbed his collar, pulling him closer so he could look him in the eyes
“My Mom loves me now and it’s all I have ever wanted. For your information my granny said it’s bad for kids to see grown-ups nâkêd…. ”
“That’s cos your granny is old fashion, my granny said it’s cool. She even let me touch and it felt good. You could touch too if you want but that’s only if you’re getting me the girl,” He smirked
Maverick was so disgusted that he pushed him away but Mateo laughed.
“I’m telling….”
“No! You can’t tell anyone…. My granny said not to tell and if someone knows she will go to jail,” Mateo screamed out frightened.
Maverick completely ignored him.
“Come on, she’s just helping me learn the women body and how it feels,” he added desperately but Maverick still ignored him.
“If you tell I will kîll you!”
~~~~~
MICHAEL’S MANSION.
Micheal had been the one to drive them back, he’d asked Sande if she was sick but she respond with “We need to talk,”
He had no idea what it was all about but here they are, he will soon find out.
Sande is currently seated besides him, he wanted to bring drinks but she declined.
“You said we needed to talk,” he said, maintaining his dominance even though he was some how curious… Okay, not somehow.
He was curious!
“Yeah, about my son Mateo,” she began “I know you brought him up and you’re his father and even if I ask you to give him back to me you won’t do that cos I’m aware of you wanting to take Maverick so I suggest we both call our lawyers and take it up to court,” she explained.
Micheal was silent for a brief moment, letting her words digest.
Does that mean she knows about Mateo being her hers and kept quiet? Does that mean she knows something he doesn’t know?
How did they make the babies? He needed to know how and why he can’t remember making love to a woman that gave him children.
He sat up straighter.
“Tell me a little bit about our love story, let’s start there,” he said, she went straight to the point so he’s hoping she goes straight to the point again.
Melisande chuckled.
Truly she was tired of all these and just wanted to go end Peterson and Linzy then take rat poison and end it all.
Her mother will look after her kids, after all they are her grandchildren.
“Are you playing innocent or you really don’t know?” She asked, trying to keep her cool so she won’t sound harsh.
Not like she cared.
Micheal uncrossed and Cross his legs.
Seeing that he didn’t say a word, Melisande decided to let it all out.
She dropped the same book the woman had given her at the shope yesterday on the tabl, urging Micheal to pick it up, he frowned I’m confused but still picked it up nevertheless.
“You gave me that in exchange for the ” girl in the sky,” she said
Micheal glanced at the book cover and only ‘Up in the sky’ was written on it.
“You gave me that the day you ruined my life with your friends, the day you râpe me and took my dignity, my life, my soul, my breath, everything I had….. Y’all took it away, do you remember now? Cos it seems you have a lost of Memories so does that refresh your mind?” She asked and bit on her lower lips, so tight she tested blood but she didn’t stop.
She wanted to cry, to cry but she can never let her enemy see her broken.
“You were seventeen and I was fifteen,” she faked a laugh, we used to read in the library. I clearly remember we competing on who to finish reading a book on the first roll of the book shelf in the Library,” she raised her hesf to look at him.
Michael’s eyes was wide as though he’d seen a ghost, jaw dropped and nearly touching the ground.
He wasn’t a râpist, he didn’t råpe anyone. But then again how did he kids got into her belly?
With dry lips he managed to open his mouth
“Råpe???” He still can’t believe it and the worst is that he can’t remember a thing…. Oh, dear lord please let him remember, even though it’s blurred let him just remember and clear this doubt in his mind.
If he råpe her in the past then he’s ready to do wh@tëver it takes to make amends.
“In all holes, you still don’t remember?” She asked.
Micheal didn’t respond, he was lost and truly he wished he can just remember.
She got up, walking away.
She’d thought he was gonna accept it, she’d thought he was gonna right his being and maybe… Maybe she will know which chapter to put him but seriously he doesn’t care.
No body does and at the end of the day they will call her a murdêrêr for getting back at those who hurt her.
She’s gonna kîll him before taking Peterson out of the picture, when she’s done with them, she can Focus on big daddy.
She was already at the front door when two large arms cycled her waist from behind, wrapped perfectly around her and holding her captive.
“Wait, I know you need answers and I need answers too but we can’t….”
“Let me go Micheal Stafford,” She shouted, struggling with him.
Micheal held tight.
“Let me go!!!”
“Any this time, I did it before but I won’t do it again. You can leave the court alone and take me alone whenever you’re coming to take Mateo….”
TBC 😁😀😍💖
As e dey hot
