Chapter 171
Thea
It was my eight day of working at the bar and surprisingly I had made more money than I estimated from the tips I got. Men were smitten by me and I could see it clearly upset Mariam.
It was only a matter of time before she aired her true feelings before me but then Carl was the only reason she kept them to herself.
It was obvious Mariam had no fancy for me despite their was a noticable change in the number of customers since I came. She admitted the other day that sales had increased but didn’t acknowledge I was the reason. I’d say it was fair enough.
I also got the jealous gaze from my co-workers, a thing I should be used to by now. I always caught attention wherever I went and it always earned me enemies. I had a charm that made me stand out so how could they compare? I was a stripper after all, one of the best back at the club. I was a sucker for sex so I obviously still oozed with sex appeal.
Today, I was serving at the counter filling shots for some customers. A smile lengthened my lips as the man before me stuffed some notes between my slightly popped out breast which was done intentionally by me. I gave him a seductive look before passing the glasses to him and his friends. They all did the same stuffing some notes between my breast.
I hated this, so much that I wish I could punch them in the face. I never felt this way before but ever since I met Angel my whole world changed. The fact that I was disgusted with these men for stuffing notes between my breast proved it, otherwise I’d be dripping wet in my pants hoping they’d fuck me already.
“How much for a night?”
One of the men spoke and my skin crawled with disgust. I swallowed hard to hold back my annoyance then flashed a smile at him.
“Give me time to think about it and not today please.” I said. That was the plan, to sleep with men and make more money to carry out my plans but why did it feel so wrong? Why did my body reject the proposal even before my mind did?
“Excuse me….” I said breathingly and hurried my feet away. I went inside hanging by a corner to cry my eyes out.
I missed Angel, so much that my heart ached by just thinking about him. I should be in his arms and not trying to sell my body for money.
“I miss you.” I muttered squeezing my strained chest.
I wondered if he felt the same way or was he consumed by anger and hate to feel so? I wish he knew and understood the reason I had to leave the way I did. Would he even believe me if I told him the truth? My mind was blasting with questions that couldn’t be answered.
I sniffed back my tears getting a hold of my emotions. There was no time for this, I needed to hurry back before Mariam noticed my absence. She was serving some top customers at a table and would be back at the counter any moment to take out more orders.
I returned to the counter but stopped abruptly feeling the air eerie. I retracted the foot I had stepped passed the entrance and hid behind the walk. Mariam was back at the counter but she wasn’t taking the orders of the strange looking men before her.
Something didn’t seem right and I got all tensed trying to figure out the situation. I peeked to see the men again but I couldn’t recognize any of them and Mariam’s fingers were shaking slightly. She looked scared as well and next, she was shaking her head denying knowledge of whatever they may have asked her.
One of the men leaned closer and passed a card to her which she fearfully accepted and this time she was nodding to whatever he said.
I watched the men leave and once they were out of the bar, Mariam hurried towards me, a mixture of dread and anger visible over her.
I just stood there frozen and wondering if the men had come for me and if so whose men were they?
Sparrow? Or Angel?
I didn’t even know who I wanted, either way I was fucked.
I swallowed nervously retracting my steps away from her seeing she was about to pounce on me but she was quicker before I got my feet running.
“Come here you damned slut!” She yelled dragging me by the hair while I whimpered in pain.
“Stop… Stop it! Mariam you’re hurting me.” I cried seeing she was bent on uprooting my hair from my scalp. She pushed me away harshly and a deafening slap landed across my face, instantly pooling my eyes with tears.
My ear made a stinging sound and for a moment I thought I had gone deaf.
“Why are you doing this?” I sobbed and she pounced on me again dragging me across the corridor.
“I knew it, I knew you would bring me nothing but bad luck! You seduced my nephew into deceiving me didn’t you?” She said angrily and landed another slap across my face.
“Can you stop hitting me and tell me what’s going on?” I yelled back glaring at her which got her shocked.
“How dare you? Those men back there were here because of you! Would you deny it?” She asked but I couldn’t say anything.
She brushed passed me into her office only to come out with a bundle of money which she threw at my face.
“Take this! I want you to go home, take your things and leave. Don’t even think of calling Carl for help or I would give those men your location. I put my life on the line covering up for you back there. So please just leave.”
I wiped my tears feeling bad that it came to this. She was right and to be fair she wasn’t a bad person. She didn’t trust me and I had just proved her assumptions right with those men that came.
“Thank you.” I said in a whisper and bent down to gather the money.
I hurried back home to gather the few things Carl had got me. He was right, both angel and Sparrow were both mafia men. They had eyes and ears everywhere so finding me wasn’t a difficult thing. I was just too hopeful to admit.
I got to the house but the lights were off. Understandable because the lights weren’t steady here.
I got out my keys knowing Carl wouldn’t be around. Quickly, I opened the door and reached out for the switch, turning the lights on and the moment it came on, I got frozen to the spot, my hands refusing to leave the switch.
My entire body quivered with fear, I could feel a presence in my room.
I wasn’t alone.
Then the muffled cries of someone almost made me wet my pants. I gasped in fear, tears streaming down my eyes. They were here, they already found me.
I slowly turned to my side from were the sound came and I burst out in tears seeing Carl stained in his own blood and tied to a chair.
There were four other men in the room with one standing by the window, his back turned against me.
He wore a black shirt ove r black pants, his bulging arms fixed into his pockets.
My heart leaped and drummed violently against my chest.
I was soaked in my own tears and I swear I felt like I could die from the fear that consumed me now.
I watched the man by the window turn slowly to face me. His eyes glooming with hate and anger towards me.
My lips quivered and my throat constricted as I struggled to call out his name.
“A-Angel….” I gasped out.
The man I loved with everything within me, my everything, my world. He was standing before me. I should be running into his arms and telling him how happy I was to see that he was alive but here I stood with fear engulfing me and my heart aching at his hateful gaze.
He hated me.
“I’m so sorry….” I whispered not even hearing myself. He cocked this head to the side slightly, a wicked smirk lapping his face.
“Now, who would have thought the love of my life would be hiding somewhere so remote.” He said huskily and I shook my head tearfully not knowing were to start from. How would I explain everything to him when he clearly hated me.
He chuckled and took some steps towards me till he was standing before me. “… I should have trusted my guts. Who would have thought you’d elope with your mum’s bodyguard.”
“I… I.”
“Shh….” He hushed placing a finger on my lips. “Don’t say anything. He was your lover, the lover you hoped would save you at your mum’s anniversary. How stupid was I? I had wondered why he was so eager to risk it all that day just to save you.” Angel said staring deep into my soul almost making me admit what wasn’t true.
“Please, let Carl go. Don’t hurt him.” I said but the deadly scowl that appeared on his face snapped my senses aright. I had just confirmed what he said.
The look of betrayal clouded his expression and I knew I made a very big mistake begging him to spare Carl.
“A-Angel….” I called despite not knowing what next to say. I was scared to my bones. A gasp left my lips as he suddenly smashed me to the wall. His hands wrapped painfully around my neck choking me at the same time.
I impulsively reached out for his hand trying to push it away from restricting my air flow. My face was burning red from lack of air and my head felt like it was about to be ripped out from my body. Slowly, my legs left the ground and dangled in the air.
I begged with my eyes for him to let me go. I was dying but his anger was still full. I struggled with everything I had but to no avail.
“Angel! She’s going to die.” One of the men who I recognized at Mike yelled coming behind him but he wasn’t listening. The seconds were counting down before I finally lost my fight but then I suddenly crashed to the ground and a searing pain smeared my skin.
I gasped deeply for air and coughed my lungs out, hoping I’d still live from the aftermath.
Angel crouched to my level and his hand had dug into my hair gripping it tightly. He tilted my head back so that I looked into his eyes.
“I swear I’m going to make you pay for every pain you caused me. To the very last drop of pain Thea. You’re going to suffer just like I’ve suffered. I’ll make your life detestful to live. I swear it, you’d regret your very existence.”
He swore to me and released me forcefully.
There was nothing I could do but cry my heart out. His mind was made up. He was angry and I was just the perfect vessel to release it on.
He stood up and his feet retracted away from me.
“Bring her up. It’s time to leave.” He ordered and his men dragged me up. He turned his gaze to Carl and my eyes followed. I pleaded with my gaze fearing for Carl then horror filled me the moment Mike handed a gun to him.Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.
“What are you going to do to him?” I asked with a shaken voice but he ignored me pointing the gun at Carl. “Stop it Angel! Stop please…. I swear I didn’t betray you Carl was only helping me out.” I cried out but he wasn’t listening. “Sparrow threatened me and I tried to tell you that day but you wouldn’t listen!” I said desperately. “I left because I wanted to protect you….”
“Shut your fucking mouth Thea! Or I swear I’ll blow your fucking brains as well.” He said pointing the gun at me. His eyes were red with hate and then he positioned the gun back to Carl ready to pull the trigger on an innocent man.
“Angel Don’t…!” My words were cut off by the sound of a single gunshot. My eyes were left bulging with horror as I trailed my gaze from Angel’s armed hand to the target and a shril erupted from me as I gazed upon Carl who he had just shot.