A tale of music episode 21 – 22
🎻A TALE OF MUSIC 🎻
❤🔥🤍TWO WORLD’S APART
JOINED
WITH ONE HEART❤🔥🤍
CHAPTER 21&22
By; Cinderella A.🥀
NB;This story is rated[+18],it contains -ˋˏ ༻ STRONG~LANGUAGES, PIDGIN~ENGLISH, PH¥SICAL/€MOTIONAL HARM & S£x in D£TAILS༺ˎˊ-
⚠️‼️ NOTE: DEAR READERS, THERE’S AN ERROR IN ONE OF THE LAST NAMES…
IN THE LAST CHAPTER, I WROTE “WATSON”, INSTEAD OF “WALTON“.
DON’T BE CONFUSED, IT’S STILL AMBER’S LAST NAME‼️⚠️
‼️COPY AND SEE MY WRATH‼️
*＊✿❀ ❀✿＊*
✰[You look more prettier with your hair down…]✰
HIDDEN VILLE HIGH>IN THE GARDEN**
The breeze shifted slightly, blowing gracious hair to her palms, as she covered her face with her hands, curling up as small as possible.
Her hair reeks of syrup/mayo, and her neatly tied bun is all messy, with strands falling all over her face, making her look like a “witch“.
Her expression tightened as if all of her facial muscles were holding in her emotions, and only just managing to contain them.
She’d been crying her eyes out…
She swallowed, and blinked a few times, the tears drying up as if she regretted intervening.
“What is it that bothers you!?”wiping out the almost dried up tears from her eyes, she slowly patted on her face.
He strode a bit closer to the bench she was sitting on, and made himself comfy inches away.
The silence between them lasted as a long instant, hazy in her memory, as the “anger“ welled up in her chest.
He was looking kinda dumb with his gaze of expectation, as if saying it as a joke made the words feel any better.
She didn’t expect anything different frankly, but that didn’t make it any less regretful.
“Am sorry if i annoyed you with my question, i understand how you feel”she scoffed loudly, and shook her head.
He saw her l-ips quiver before she spoke…
“You don’t know a thing about how i feel okay, cause you weren’t the one that got hurt. Why are you here?, to mock me too right!”she tried to restrain the tears prickling her eyes, but it was becoming next to impossible to contain them.
The pain she felt in her heart hounded her, all she wanted was to be treated “fairly“.
She took in deep breath, trying to control her emotions, to compose herself, but she failed tremendously.
She felt her throat close up, as tears streamed down her face.
Ji-ho flickered his gaze to her…
Somehow his heart wanted to console her, his hands wanted to wipe away those tears running down her smooth bright skin.
She was a total “nobody“ for him, but her tears were shaking him to the core.
The moment he saw her wiping her tears with the back of her palm, he felt a lump in his throat.
“Why is she affecting me so much?”he wondered, as his gaze was fixed on her face.
In the harsh light of day, he could see that, despite the transfusion, her skin was shinier than ever, and the smudges beneath her pale brows, made her eyes appear to recede.
“You look more prettier with your hair down!”he hurriedly placed a hand on his lip, mentally slapping himself.
Did he just say that out loud…
Gracious just looked at him for a second, her brown eyes shifting back and forth, her hair plastered around her face by the water.
Her cheeks and ear were kind of pink, and she was breathing hærd.
“You’re right, all that happened is my fault, am deeply sorry, i didn’t mean to hurt you ok!”she nodded her head in response, before looking away.
What good does his apology do to her, the deed has already been done…
There’s no going back now…
“Now that it’s all been settled, can we put our differences aside, and get along?”he stretched his hand for a shake, she looked at it for two seconds, then let her gaze trace the walls.
“No, i can’t be friends with you. Didn’t you see the contemptuous look they gave me?, i love my life, am sure i’ll live longer if am far away as possible from you. Please leave, and pretend this never happened!” his eyes w¡dened slightly, he swallowed past the lump in his throat, and mouthed an “oh“.
“But–“.
“Didn’t you hear her clearly, or are your ears glitching?. You’re not needed, just leave, j*rk!”a voice interrupted, ji-ho balled his wrist tightly.
That psy¢hopath…
He stopped, to see that gracious was dashing towards him.
He wondered for a moment that he was hallucinating, but as she grew closer, he knew she was being real…
She caught up to him, and threw her arms around him.
And hugged him tightly…
It was what she would have expected a hug from billy to feel like, if she’d ever thought such a thing were possible.
She felt safe in his arms…
Her sadness deduced, and she felt her breathing going back to normal, she’s happy…
Billy gave a disdainful flick of her hair, and smirked inwardly, maintaining his stance.
First of all, he almost fell over from the impact…
Also, his arms were pinned tightly to his sides, and he felt like his ribs were about to snap.
He was so dumbfounded, that all he could say was, “Ow.”
She let go, and put her hands on his shoulder…
“Please ask him to leave, i don’t want to see his face, he should just go!”ji-ho hesitated, she mattered less to him, so he stormed out, wishing he could just turn billy’s face to a “punching“ bag.
“What happened, i saw you run out through my classroom window, so i decided to come with. Don’t tell me that jerk had something to do with it, tell me!”she took in a deep breath, and sighed exasperatedly, there’s no need reminiscing about the past…
A fake smile crept on her face…
“Am fine now, don’t worry about it. Thanks for being here for me, i–” he placed a finger on her lower lip, and stroked it gently.
She quivered…
The rate at which her heart was beating increased rapidly, he grinned on realizing that…
He leaned in so close, that she could feel his breath fan her face…
Is he about to k-iss her…
Was this going to be her first k-iss, her heart leapt at the thought…
On the other hand, billy smiled, on realizing how his touch affected her.
Operation “get her to f**k you“, almost completed…
He mustn’t take a fast move, everything should be done, “pico a pico (little by little)“.
“Since you’re fine now, i think it’s best you get back to class!” they both rose to their feet, he entwined their hands, and led her back in…
She smiled brightly, it’s like she was never hurt…
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2PM>WALTON MANSION**
“Who could that be?, the bosses won’t be back till 4pm!”she adjusted the apron on her waist, walked to the door, then opened it.
Her mouth hanged open loosely…
“Good afternoon miss, i’m Jeremy Taylor from the police department.This is Dolan Heather, both of us were sent up here to search the apartment!”dolan moved his jacket aside, to expose the badge attached to his belt, the girl studied it.
She took in her bottom lip…
“Mr walton wouldn’t take it nicely, if i let you guys in.”he brought out a sheet of paper from his right pocket, and showed it to her.
It’s a search warrant from the judge…
“Well, you’re in luck, cause he knows about all this. Actually, he gave us full permission, miss-“he paused, to get her name.
“Marianne Dunlop!”he smiled, he’s got her, were he wanted …
“You’ve got to remain silent, cause anything you say and do would be used against you in the court of law. Jeremy, do the honors”he brought out a locking fetter, and handcuffed her, she shuddered..
“What’s going on?, let me go right this instant!”he smirked, chuckled, and then pushed her against the wall.
He gripped her hands tightly…
“You should have thought of that before committing a murd*r!, tell me, why did you do it?”she furrowed her brows in confusion, gr*aning in pain.
Like what the heck are they talking about…
“Huh?, what are you talking about?, murd*r?.I can’t even hurt a fly, not to talk of murd*ring a person”he wasn’t listening to anything she was saying, he stood behind, and pushed her out of the mansion…
Once they got to the compound, a car pulled in…
Amber stepped out with her bag in her hands, she shivered, as her gaze fell on the police men…
Classes ended pretty early today, cause it’s a thursday…
Has she been caught, oh no!…
“What’s going on here?, does dad know about this?”jeremy paused, and bowed slightly, before parting his l-ips to speak.
“Her fingerprint was found on your sister’s body, which means she’s a “suspect“. She’ll have to be in police custody, until our investigation is over!”amber was speechless, was he being serious about everything!.
She’ll figure it out eventually, for now, “acting“ face on…
“What?, she did what?”her bag slipped off her hand, but she made no move, she pounced on marianne…
She hit her across the face mercil*ssly, pulled her hair roughly, and punched her nose, she bled…
“Please am innocent, i did nothing, i promise”jeremy and dolan gripped amber by the waist, and pulled her back, she’s making matters worse.
She almost slipped off their hands…
“Ma’am you’ve got to get your acts together, “violence“ is not the solution”she took in her bottom lip, and bursted into tears, she’s still acting ok.
“My innocent sister didn’t deserve to d*e, she was my reason to live.You mo*ster, you took her away from me, why?”tears streamed down her face, she held her chest tightly, like it’s hærd to breathe.
She pretended to be dizzy, and fell to the ground…
“Young miss are you okay?, she’s not opening her eyes, we’ve got to take her to the hospital!”he crouched down, picked her up in a bridal style, and ran towards their vehicle.
Dolan pulled marianne behind him, pushed her into the vehicle too, more harshly this time…
The ignition was switched on, they drove off, heading to the hospital..
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SAME DAY≈EVENING>GRACIOUS APARTMENT**
“Urgh, what if she doesn’t show up soon?”she parked across the street, she disliked the idea of waiting in her vehicle, but what else could she do..
She really wanted to speak with her friend…
And get a taste of her delicious again, lol…
Seconds turned to minutes, she grew impatient, and beat out a little rhythm on the steering wheel.
She was on the verge of taking off, postponing the visit until tomorrow, when an approaching car(pink colored jeep) slowed, and turned into the drive, gracious.
Once she turned off the engine, november could see her fussing in the front seat, gathering packages.
After a bit of maneuvering, gracious got out with her purse over her shoulder, a grocery bag in one hand, and two department store carryalls clutched in the other.
She pushed the door shut with one h¡p, and moved to the rear of the car, setting down the carryalls while she opened the trunk.
She placed her purse, and the grocery bag on the driveway, reached into the trunk, and removed several additional grocery bags.
“Hehe!”she could see her debate whether she could manage everything in one “trip“, or if she’d be forced to make two.
November took the opportunity to get out of her car, and cross the street at a trot.
“Hi, gracious.Can i give you a hand?”she looked up with surprise, coloring slightly at the sight of her.
“I can manage!”november shook her head.
“There’s no sense in making two trips, why don’t i take these and you can handle the rest?”she leaned forward, and picked up her purse, one grocery sack, and the two large paper carryalls.
She followed her along the driveway to the main door, and then, since she didn’t protest, she continued up the porch steps, and through the door.
She placed her purse on the counter, waiting to see where gracious wanted the other bags.
She took the time to let her gaze rest on the kitchen…
She’d placed her bags on the kitchen table…
“So what do i owe this pleasant visit for?”she rolled her eyes at her, then sat on the stool..
She felt movements below it, and squatted down to take a look.
There was a white colored pup, and it was inching closer.
“Ahh!”she exclaimed, and jumped on the stool, her eyes w¡dened in horror.
She has phobia for dogs…
Gracious crouched, and let the pup crawl into her arms, she stroked the body.
“Don’t tell me you’re afraid of dogs, no way!. Well meet billy-“november frowned, folding her hands under her pits.
Billy!, seriously…
“Wow!, wow!, wow!, i never knew it has gotten to this extent” she jumped down, and shot daggers at gracious.
She s-cked on her lip…
“Umm, it’s not what you’re thinking ok!. The name is cool,so-” november cut her off.
“Quit lieing to yourself ok, you like him, no it has upgraded, you love him!”november grew speechless..
Was this the answer to the theory…
Her heart beat, nervousness, and feeling safe around him…
Does she really love him, wow!…
“I’ve never felt this way, it’s strange. But i think i do “love“ him!”her face turned tomatoes, she’s blushing hærd.
November uncrossed her hands…
“He’s not the right guy for you, please don’t let yourself fall deeply. Rumour has it thst–“her phone beeped in her purse, she pulled it out.
“GOOD EVENING BEAUTIFUL, HOPE YOU’RE NOT STRESSED OUT?”she didn’t bat an eye as she stared at the screen nervous, OMG!, he just texted her…
She clicked on the “type a message “ button, and replied him.
“AM FINE, THANKS”she sent it!.
“He’s texting right?, that’s why your face suddenly got brightened up. When are you preparing dinner, i’d like to have a taste of your food again!”gracious placed her phone on the counter, and chuckled.
“FFO!”november brows scrunched up.
“FF what?”gracious cleared her throat.
“Never mind, you’ll never get it. It’s something we say in Nigeria, to a “foodie“.
November frowned deeply…
“No, am just kidding, don’t–” november chased her round the table, a gigantic spoon in her hands, aiming for her head.
They got tired, and slumped to the ground…
“Do you miss your mum?”gracious grew serious, she flickered her gaze to her, and sighed sadly..
Of course she misses her a lot…
She’d tried so many times to place a call across to her, but it kept going straight to voicemail..
She’s been so worried…
“Yes i do, i hope she’s fine wherever she is!”november stretched her hand, and placed it on her shoulder…
“I hope so too, now let’s get back to cooking, “mi_mi“ is angry!”gracious shook her head in disappointment, like where did she get this girl from..
TBC