∆∆ MARIANO’S MANSION°°
Mariano groaned painfully as his head banged very hard. He was still on the cold floor and he wondered why he was there instead of being on his bed.
He sat upright and was surprised to see his diçk outside his trousers, and stained with blood.
” Did I get a cut on my diçk?” He wondered confusedly. He stood on his feet, still holding his head in pain.
A confused frown appeared on his face at once upon seeing the blood on his bed.
” What the f*ck happened in here? Why’s there blood on my bedspread?” He wondered, taking a proper look at his room till he saw the shattered bottles on the ground.
” Did I injure my self with the bottle?” He thought aloud.
He started picking up the broken pieces.
” Something’s not right, but what could it be?” He wondered again and his eyes caught with a nightgown which was beside his bed.
He dropped the broken pieces on the table before walking towards his bed.
He picked up the torn nightgown and stared at it.
” Looks familiar” He muttered and his head banged the more. He dropped the gown and held his head so tight.
He kept groaning loudly and the incident of last night rushed into his head. His hands dropped from his and he went stiff with widened eyes.
” I couldn’t have done that right? I would never do that ” He laughed dryly as tears gathered in his eyes.
” Mariano!”
” No, please!! ” The word hit him hard and he swallowed nothing. He moved his gaze to his bed and he staggered backwards, falling in the process.
” Did… Did… I…..” He stuttered continuously, not able to make a complete statement.
” I’m a monster… I’m like father, I h@të myself! ” He shouted, tears leaving his eyes profusely.
” How could you Mariano? Why the hell did you do that!?”
“ I’ll never be like you dad, you’re a monster who forces himself on ladies, it’s called R@PE!” 11 year old Mariano shouted.
Yeah, his dad was a legendary cheat and that was one thing Mariano h@tëd about him.
“ I doubt that, cos you’re my work of art. I’ll create you until you become a carbon copy of me”
Those were the words his dad told him every day. His dad most times had s*x with the maids forcefully and would make little Mariano watch him.
Sometimes, his dad will sit him down and tell him the only way for a guy to overcome wh@tëver was bothering him, was through s*x. Since his wife wouldn’t let him have his way all the time, he goes about cheating.
Mariano was exposed to a lot of things at a tender age, and sometimes he wished he could kill his dad himself, but unfortunately, his dad had to die before he could even come up with a plan of killing him.
” I’m a monster ” He muttered again, shaking his head as tears left his eyes.
” I couldn’t have done that” He said again and stood up. He buckled his belt and hastily left his room to Menodora’s.
It wasn’t locked so he opened it, and his mouth went wide when he saw how well-arranged the room was.
” She left ” He entered her room and couldn’t hold back his tears.
He sat on the bed and started crying heavily. Funny enough, he didn’t have her number.
He’s never felt so devastated before.
He sniffed once more and left her room after few minutes.
He met Pauline by the door.
” I saw her leaving this morning” Pauline said but Mariano just stared at her blankly and that was when she noticed his swollen eyes.
” Sir Mariano” She called.
” Wait here ” He said and left for his room. He came back minutes later, then stretched forth an ATM card to her.
She looked at him, confused.
” You want me to get something for you?” She asked.
” There’s the sum of five million dollars in there… it’s all yours. Our contract ends here and you need to leave.” He said and began leaving but Pauline ran and stood in front of him, tears already leaving her eyes.
” Did I do anything wrong?” She asked.
He made to walk away, but she hugged him from behind.
” I don’t need your money, just let me stay next to you. I love you Mariano” She blurted out.
He released himself from her grip and faced her with an angry expression.
” Do you want to get jailed? Was that part of our deal? I paid you monthly for the years you’ve spent and now I’m offering you five million to leave and what? You love me? ” He asked, his voice extremely cold and anger filled.
” Leave Pauline, leave before I do something you wouldn’t like” He said meanly and left for his room.
Pauline squatted and began crying.
Monica sighed and shook her head.
” What could have happened between him and his guest? Why was she shouting so loud last night?” She wondered.
She heard Menodora’s voice last night but Mariano had warned them about coming into his room without any permission from him.
Monica gasped when reality hit her.
” Don’t tell me!” She gasped in shock before walking back to the kitchen. She couldn’t stop thinking about the cries she heard last night.
” She must have been hurt ” She sighed, feeling pity for Menodora and at the same, for Mariano.
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Mariano removed the bedspread and headed to the laundry room. He placed the bedspread in the washing machine and turned it on.
His mind kept drifting to what happened the previous night and his tears just flowed without stopping. He promised himself never to forcefully get intimate with any lady like his dad did, but he broke that promise.
He f*cking took her pride in the cruelest way ever and it made him even more màd at himself.
Her teary face popped up in his head and before he realized it, he started punching the wall till his fist bled.
” I h@të myself ” He muttered, leaving for his room.
He got under the shower and his mind went to Dorian.
” Could she be there” He wondered and left the bathroom in a hurry.
Of course he was going to see if she was there.
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∆∆ FRIDA’S MANSION°°
” And where do you think you’re going this morning?” Frida asked Gladys who was about to leave the house.
” Gosh, you startled me Mom” She said loudly, holding her chest.
” I just asked you a question” Frida said.
” I’m going to see Jesse okay?, he said he’s bored so as his girlfriend, I wanna spend some time with him” She replied with a smile.
” You’re not leaving this house today… Not in my watch! ”
” You should close your eyes then, cos you can’t stop me… I’m 23 for f*ck sake” She shouted and started leaving the house before Frida could process her words.
” Gladys!” Frida left the house too, but Gladys already drove away.
Frida sighed frustratedly.
” Why is she being so hard?” She wondered and made to enter the house when her phone vibrated.
She checked it and it was a message from an unknown number.
? HEARD YOU’RE THE ELDER SISTER TO RICHARDSON’S WIFE, THEN YOU MUST SURELY KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF ATTORNEY BILLS.
Frida furrowed her brows, then another message from the same number popped up again.
? YOU’VE GOT A PRETTY DAUGHTER I MUST ADMIT. IF YOU DON’T WANT GLADYS DEAD, THEN YOU NEED TO TELL ME THE WHEREABOUTS OF ATTORNEY BILLS.
Frida blinked rapidly.
” Who is this? And why is the person asking for Bills? I heard he died or is he alive?” She was confused.
She decided to ignore the message since she knew nothing.
She entered the house and immediately another message popped up.
It was a video this time.
She played the video and her eyes almost popped out after seeing the video. It was Gladys’ s*x tape.
She looked closely and her eyes widened the more when she realized it was recorded in her clubhouse.
She was dressed like the strippers and even though her face was masked, she could still identify her child.
? I NEED YOU TO COOPERATE AND TELL ME THE TRUTH… I’LL ASK YOU ABOUT IT LATER IN THE NIGHT BUT DON’T FORGET, FAILURE TO DO SO, THEN BE READY TO GET YOUR HANDS STAINED.
Her hands trembled so badly after reading the text, then another video popped up again, this time, Gladys’ face was visible. It was a video of her fín?E?ing herself.
When she looked closely again, she noticed the video was taken in Gladys’ room.
The phone fell from her hands.
” No!! ” She screamed and passed out.
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∆∆ DORIAN’S APARTMENT°°
” I thought I told that diçkhead not to come today?” Dorian muttered with a frown, but still didn’t leave her seat.
Whoever it was, wouldn’t stop knocking on the door heavily so she went to get the door.
” Hey, do you wanna break my door, you…” The words got stuck in her throat after seeing the person in front of her.
” Mariano? Please come in” She made way for him and he entered.
” What happened to you? Did you cry? And why are you here alone? Where’s Dora?” Dorian asked.
” She’s not here?” Mariano asked and she shook her head.
” What did you do to her? She messaged me by twelve last night, saying she wanted to come over and here you came? Don’t tell me you drove her out of the house?” Dorian asked while Mariano ruffled his hair.
His eyes were starting to glisten with tears.
” Fine, can you tell me what happened exactly? Maybe I can talk to her” Dorian said and Mariano sighed
He didn’t know when tears started leaving his eyes
” Don’t tell me it’s what I’m thinking” Dorian looked at him but he kept mute.
” Did you perhaps force yourself on her?” She asked again and Mariano only sobbed
Dorian started laughing.
” Wow.. you R@PED my sister? Why?” She asked, laughing like a maniac.
” I swear, I really don’t know what happened. She left the house and I’ve been looking for her since I woke up. Can you tell me where she could be please?” He asked, but she folded her hands instead.
When he saw she wasn’t gonna tell him anything, he went down on his knees.
” What are you doing?”
” Please.. if she doesn’t forgive me, then I’m as good as dead cos I can’t even forgive myself” He said in tears.
” How am I sure you’re sincere.. why don’t you prove your sincerity, then I’ll tell you where she might be” Dorian said, cos she was sure Menodora was gonna go to Eduardo’s place even though she didn’t tell her.
” How?” Mariano asked and Dorian got the knife on the dining.
She stretched it to him which he collected.
” Kill yourself, then I’ll deliver your sincere apologies to her”
Without thinking twice, he stabbed his chest. She gasped and pulled out the knife.
” Are you nuts? Do you wanna dié?” She yelled, but Mariano only cried.
His white shirt was stained already with blood. He’s never felt so miserable.
” Wow!! I’ve never seen someone as stupid as you” Dorian scoffed.
” I’m sure she’ll be at Eduardo’s place” She added and Mariano ran out of the house at once.
Dorian clicked her tongue, shaking her head in pity.
” He looks so pathetic right now… I bet Dora won’t forgive him” She muttered and walked back to the couch. She stared at the blood on the tip of her knife.
” Gosh, that guy is really something. Was he gonna kill himself because I handed him a knife?” She scoffed as she dropped the knife on the table and resumed what she was doing.
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∆∆ EDUARDO’S MANSION°°
Menodora left to get the door when she heard the doorbell. Eduardo wasn’t back yet so she was alone. She opened the door and her eyes fell on Mariano whose eyes were red. Her gaze left his face to his stained shirt, then she looked back at his face.
” Did Eduardo tell him?” She wondered.
” Dora… ”
” What do you want? Wanna R@PE me again? Alright, come in… Come in, and let’s continue” She said, trying to act normal, but her voice held hatred.
” I’m sorry Dora, I swear I wasn’t myself. I don’t know what came over me, I feel dead already… please” He pleaded, his tears starting again, but she wasn’t moved.
” Since you feel dead, why don’t you just die? Now I wish the poison your mom fed you had killed you back then you ràpist. Stay outta my face, disappear you monster… I h@të you and h@të your existence” She shouted in tears.
Her words got Mariano and he began crying loudly.
” I’m sorry ”
She slammed the door in his face and leaned against it. She sat on the floor and started crying.
” I wish you die ” She screamed from inside while Mariano kept crying.
He stayed out for hours, and Eduardo wasn’t coming too. He stood up sadly and left the place.
Menodora didn’t bother to check on him.
He got to his car and started driving away absentmindedly. Another car suddenly stopped Infront of him and two guys left it.
He left his car too, wanting to ask what the problem was but then, two bullets penetrated his chest and the boys left for their car and drove away.
Mariano groaned lowly, reaching for his phone. He needed to call Eduardo cos that was the only person he could think of.
His white shirt was now completely soaked in blood.
He struggled and took his phone. He dialed the number and Eduardo picked up. He made to talk, but he cough out blood and fell to the ground.
His phone left his hands and his vision got blurry.
“ I hope you forgive me, Dora… I know it’s not easy but this monster is sorry” He said in his head, his eyelids getting heavy till he could see nothing anymore.
” Mariano! Are you there?” Eduardo’s voice came in from the other end, but he got no reply.
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TBC…
