Behind the mask episode 23

BEHIND THE MASK 🎭🎭

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🖤CHAPTER TWENTY THREE🖤

~ERICA~

“What the f-ck… ” I mutter and he gives a sad awkward smile.
“And are you really gonna do that?” I ask.

“Yeah…” he says and shrug. “not like I’ve got a choice. ”

Damn, this isn’t good. Like, what the hell is his gain after everything, walking into the ocean alive.

“There must be a way we can stop this.. ” I tell him walking around.

“Which way?” he asks unbothered.

“You can’t just die, what the hell are you gonna gain after everything and later walking into an ocean alive?” I tell him and he gives that his foolish sad smile. 🙂

“Look, the only way you can help is walking far from me before that f-ckhead queen of the coast finds out you’re carrying little me in you” he says.

“Nah…. there must be a way I can help… ” I say still walking around, then I pause thinking about something.
“I know someone who can help.. ” I tell him.

“Who?” he asks.

“My mum,,, she’s good” I tell him and he chuckles.

“Erica, your mum’s just a white witch working under the influence of Orunmila, she can’t help, we’re marines, her power no reach.” he tells me.

“How do you know her?” I ask surprised.

“I have known her before you can ever imagine.” he says.

“Okay let’s talk about you not staging that attack if she’s gonna withdraw.” I say tryna convince.

“Erica, there’s no going back about that day, she’s taking me four days to now, I’ve got to do what I wanna do. I’m not even doing this for just my family anymore, I’m doing it for all the souls that died that very day.”

I stare at him for a moment, I don’t know what to say anymore, I pick up my bag and walk away with little tears running down my face. I’m meeting mom soon.

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IN MOM’S APARTMENT

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“is that all?” mum asks once I’ve explained all that Leo told me to her.

“Yes mom.. ” I say and she sigh.
“So mum, what’s the next step now.”I ask

“Did you in anyway get his name?” mum says.

“No mum.. ” I say.

“And his mother’s name?” she asks and I huff.

“Hell no, how am I gonna get that, I couldn’t even get his name how am I gonna get his mum’s name” I half yell and mum just stares at me.
“Mum, I was gonna ask, now I’ve gotten his source of power, even if you had gotten the name, what are you gonna do to stop him.” I ask her she’s quiet. “Mum.. ”

“I don’t know dear.. ” she replies.

“What the.. ” I mutter and chuckle sadly biting my bottom lip. “..so you had made me gone through all this stress and now it’s all nothing?” I yell this time.

“Calm… the only thing we can do is making a pleading sacrifice and there’s no way we can do that without his real name.” mum explains and I chuckle.

“So no plan?….. That sacrifice is it to stop the attack? Or for him not to die?” I ask.

“It’s for him not dieing” she says and I scoff, things are going a way I don’t want it.

“Mum, WTF are you even saying, for him not dieing? What about the life’s he’s gonna waste? The ones he has wasted, and you are saying for him not to die. Common mum, our plan was stop this last attack. ” I half yell.

“What’s wrong with you Erica, what’s wrong with you, you don’t want attack and you don’t want him dieing? How am I gonna change his mind? Told you he’s got powers greater than mine, literally I can’t get in his heart, now I wanna stop him from dieing you’re complaining. Those he wants to kill can die for all I care, they’re all bad guys. But you’re not carrying a fatherless child, or you want your kid asking you questions?” mum yells and I keep quiet as little drop of tears fall off my eyes, and I’m not crying. How did I get myself in this mess.

“What’re you suggesting now” I ask her.

“His real name is gonna do us a lot of good” she says.

“Mum, I’m not going back there anymore.. do you know how it feels when I loose control around him? You made this shit land in me.. ” I say referring to my belly. “I’m nah going back”

“Wait.. I just reasoned something now.. ” mum says walking away from me.

“What’s that? ” I ask her.

“What if… Wait, you said he makes you feel like you used to feel around Jacob those times?” mum says and I’m still trying to figure out what she’s saying.

“Yes.. ” I reply still confused.

“What if this dude’s the one?” she says and I chuckle.

“Nah… Jacob is a pastor, a man of God, James is a criminal mum” I say.

“You’ve forgotten the first day you guys met their voice looks familiar. ” mum says and now I reason what she’s saying that’s so true.

“But that’s still not making us get his name?” I say.

“Let’s link it up. Leo is the short form of Leonard, James, is the Yoruba way of saying Jacob. Erica, he’s the one.. ” mum say.

“Nah… I’m not believing that.. ” I say and I think I’m gonna loose my mind.

“You’re too naive Erica, you should’ve known all this before now. He’s the one.. ” she says and I pick up my bag and run out.

As I left mum’s house, I get into my car and drive off. My life’s so f-cked up, the man I’ve fallen in love with all my life, since high school and never looked my way is now turning out to be the f-cking criminal I’m chasing and f-cking.

I should have sensed all this, I’m so naive. I sniff as I keep driving. Everything’s happening so fast with me and Leo, how quick I fell, how I forgot every inch of my reasoning of almost getting him. I should have known, since that very day he came in my car and I felt my core clench, I should have known when their voice looked familiar. But hell no, my reasoning faculty went all offline when I started having encounters with him.

“F-ck me.. ” I silently mutter hitting my hand on my wheels and weep.

But I’m not accepting the fact that he’s the one soon, ama find out my own way. I branch into a junction and pull my car over at a bar. I walk in and sit down. The attendant walks to my side.

“What would you like ma’am ” the petite light skin lady asks.

“Hennessy..” I say and sit back operating on my phone still sniffing back tears.

She brings my order with a champagne glass and I open it.

“Anything else?” she asks. Is like this one is mad you think buying something expensive is easy?

I glare at her and she just smile sheepishly and leave.

I open the liquor and pour in a glass as I drink, another cup and I drink I just wanna drink away my life and get wasted. I wanna stop thinking about all this confusions and complications in my life. I drink drink and drink until I finish the wh0le bottle

My eyes, I feel them high, I can’t feel myself, even my legs seems like blood isn’t flowing through it. I try standing up but I fall back in my seat and belch. Attentions now focus on me. God, what have I done.

The attendant comes to me, “Your bill ma’am ” she says. I dip my hand in my bag looking for my credit card. But the influence of the alcohol on me is making me not to find it.

I run my hands around my bag clearly drunk as I pour the things in my bag on the floor. I stand up staggering as I chuckle insanely and pickup my bag.

“What’s your password. “the attendant asks since she has taken the credit card.

“0220..” I mutter drunkly and walk out staggering carrying just my bag and the things in it leaving my card behind. I open my car and it’s not opening. I open again and it’s still not opening.

“F-ck you f-ckhead.. ” I drunkly yell and kick the door. “Fool… ” I drawl and lean on the car looking around. I’m so drunk. It’s too obvious.

“What’s wrong ma’am.. ” a cute tall dark guy asks me and I look up at him and smile.

“You’re handsome…. ” I mutter smiling at him. He stared at me for a while and shakes his head. He knows I’m drunk. He bends down and picks up something, my car key and he opens the door for me.

“You can go in.. ” he says and I hug him.

“You’re cute.. ” I drawl resting my head on his shirt.

“Werey leleyi o.. (this one is mad o)” I hear him mutter as he gently pushes me into the car and close the door and walk away.

“Why na.. ” I slowly mutter in the car and sigh resting my head on the wheels. I should be regretting why I came here but I’m too drunk to think.

I tried and I start the car engine and drive off. Throughout my way home, I just kept driving rubbish, received lots of insults almost had an accident but thank God I’m home. Almost nightfall.

I walk into my apartment struggling as I drop my bag on the couch. I walk to the kitchen drowsily, I open my fridge and see a keg of milk as I gulp it down. I walk to my bathroom and I emptied everything in me in,side the water closet there cos I vomited. I wash and rinse my face as I take off my clothes and sit in the bathtub and open the water on my self as the cold water soothes my skin. I close my eyes. Peace of mind.

I open my eyes and the water in the bathtub is still running, falling on the floor, water flowing on the ground. What happened, I slept off.

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2 DAYS TO D-DAY

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I switch off the water and take a normal bath. I walk out of the bathroom and dressed up sitting on the bed. I check my time and it’s 8am. Lots of messages but I don’t bother checking. My eyes clear now, even though the drinking affected me, at least it cleared my mind.

I sit there as images of yesterday rush through my head. Wait I left my credit card in that bar? I pick up my phone and check those messages and I see debit alerts… They withdrew all my money. I chuckle and smirk.

I was gonna go look for Ramsey before and do somethings my own way but now, I’m heading to that bar first.

I stand up, changed my dress to a black jean and black hoodies with a white canvas. I take my gun, load it with bullets and keep it in my hood pocket, that bar’s so scattering..

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