Eve for their pleasure batch 12

EVE🍎
°For their pleasure°
By Annabella.
Episode 17
(One big dream)
“Then you’d have to choose between the both of us,me or your baby..” she stated and shashayed out of the room.
“Not this time.” Hale muttered under his breath as he stared after the lady,despising her for the first time.
He walked up to the nightstand and brought out a cigarette and a lighter which was in the first drawer.
Crashing the cigarette on his l-ips,he made a huff and puff before lighting it.
…..
Ashley ruefuled her hair as she made her way down the stairs.
What was happening to her fiance? she thought frowning from brow to brow.
Can’t he just tell her to get rid of that thing she’s carrying?
Why does he seem interested in the baby?
It’s just a bastard or isn’t it?
Why do some things come at the wrong time?.
She carried herself to the living room in slow painful steps,then gradually she got to the wine bar and fixed herself a stiff whiskey.
Ashley settled herself on one of the long bar stool,took a sip from the wine glass and made a face,as the alcohol burnt it’s way down her throat.
Settling down to think slowly,her thoughts wandered to Eve and she heaved an audible sigh. Even as she thought about Eve and her baby,her heart began to beat faster in,side her slim frame. Anger surged from beneath her heart. The thought of this baby brought a feeling of sorrow to her.
She took another sip from the glass. Her hands began to shake uncontrollably. A knot began to form in the pit of her stomach of fear,of helplessness,of defeat,of a loss____ the loss of her Man.
Ashley bat her lashes in an antique fashion as her thoughts became muddled up.
What if he goes for the baby and accept it and it’s mother instead of her?
That’ll mean a great loose, she’ll loose everything to that horrible woman.
The thought of that made her feel like a bug,the antenna picking up a danger signal.
What if he’s falling for her already? That means she’s on the loose side, Eve will surely win. No! She won’t win cause he can’t fall for her,she knows him quiet well.
He can’t feel anything for that bitch____ she convinced herself taking another sip of her wine.
But he has already tried to hurt her because of her.
“No…” She quickly dismissed the thought.
it was because of the baby.. yes he was just trying to protect it that doesn’t mean a thing , he doesn’t feel anything for that bitch but why did he have to do that to her?
“How dare he malhandle me, because of that bastard he thinks she is carrying…”She said aloud as if in conversation with somebody.
A relationsh¡p she has nurtured with love is crumbling because of a baby, she’s never felt so unsettled.
“I must keep my relationsh¡p,from being on the rocks even though it means killing someone…” She vowed to herself.
“Eve; she called hoarsely to her pregnant rival ,as if she was there.
“You’ll regret ever messing with me.” Slowly,she got up and emptied the last drop of the whiskey into her mouth,then dropped the glass and navigate to her room.
***
The paths were shielted with cobwebs and was terrible with wild animal noises, lurking terror but Eve kept plodding through the interminable foothpaths of the uncharted jungle, having no idea of where she was heading to.
The scattered clouds that initially seemed to disperse reassembled with the speed of light. And before her thumping mind could promptly settle on what next to do to instaneously save herself from being heavily beaten by the seemingly impending rain,the eagerly swollen sky began to rumble in a terrifying way.
Walking helplessly through the tickets,her eyes searched for a safe shelter as rancorous thunder rented the air,with occasional lightning punctuation at quick intervals.
Eve’s face became gloomy and fear held a firmer grip on her,and the dark cloud began to murmur and windstorm blew forcefully, her legs terrible quaked but she kept going in that slow plodful step.
Darkness engulfed the wh0le atmosphere,as the dusty windstorm heralding the rain mercilessly swept every cranny and filled her eyes with sand.
Branches fell from the swaying trees amid thunder and lighting,but the shattered sky seemed to enjoy the free festival unhindered.
Even hooting owls or humming birds failed to keep her company like war refugees fled for safety.
And the dreadful thought of ghost and fairies playing at the jungle inundated her mind with horror.
She was in a maze of despair and confusion,her face wore the misery of a night long vigil and cold tentacles of fear turned her thoughts upside down. She stumbled into what seemed like a compound in her confusion.
But it was such an amazingly pleasant modern architecture,green lawns,flourished flowers and a reament of assorted fruit trees.
Her senses quickly responded to the remarkable change of environment and tide of fresh feelings flooded through her but from the dark bowel of the building, erupted a loud crashing sound.
Eve huddled against the surrounding wall visibly turned between aching missery and terror.
Suddenly the door to the main building creaked open. A slender brunnet haired lady stepped out of it,it was Ashley and on seeing Eve she jerked in an effusive laughter, which made Eve back up some couple of steps in fear.
Their eyes met and her laughter instantly stiffened into a mask of pain.
Eve stopped in her track and gaped,her l-ips trembled and her eyes jiggled like they were about to drop,but Ashley watched her,she seemed to remain briskly in a state of shock.
“Harlot! Sick woman, you’ll die!!”Ashley spat,then vanished into the building and banged the door behind her,but hastily the door opened again and she stood in front of it now clutching a dirk. Her eyes cool,fierce and narrowed.
Eve eyes strayed to the dirk in her arm and her l-ips shaped to form the word “please.”
“No,that thing you’re carrying can’t come into this world.” She snapped and made towards her, squealing like an insane sorceress.
“Stay away from me!!” Eve yelled trying to back up some steps but she tumbled on a pebble and fell.
“Oh God…” She mo-ned and tried to scramble up to her feet but couldn’t. By now skein of rain began to spiral everywhere.
“Somebody help!!”Eve cried out from her bed as Ashley stood in front of her, now clasping the dirk in both hands.
Her voice when she spoke,had a ploppy sound,like rain pouring over zinc. It plopped in Eve’s ears,but her excitement mounted.
Her grip on the dirk tightened too and she lift it up ready to stab the life out of her. Now laughing and now gro-ning, the strange Ashley spoke for one last time. This time it had an echo to it and she appeared to be speaking and laughing at the same time. “No one will help you,no one loves you..” she had said, thr-sting the dirk into her stomach.
Eve shrieked and jarred to wakefulness with a start.
She had woken up in a pool of her own sweat and, for the first time,really got frightened.
She glanced through her body, checking for bruised s₱0t but none was visible _ a huge sigh of relief escaped her l-ips.
“Thank God,it was just a dream..”
She rose from the bed feeling more tired than she was before she sat on it. Her head ached and her limbs were stiff.
She tried moving them but gave up when it proved to be too much of a task. Eve laid down again and for another frightful time,asked herself when it was all going to be over..
***
The next morning, Eve woke up with a throbbing headache. Every time she moved her head,the pain got worse so she lay still.
She had spent the other night thinking even though it proved a difficult task for her. She hadn’t intended to stay up throughout the night but part of the problem she realized as her stomach began to rumble,was that she hadn’t eaten very much. She had been so obsessed with her predicaments that she had taken to skipping meals.
She lay still for a few more minutes, hoping for the headache to receed. Then she heard an angry alteration between feminine and masculine voice,Eve knew it belonged to the two lovers and wondered what it was about.
She tried folding the ends of the pillow over her ears to block off the noise but that didn’t help.
Maybe it was time to accept the realities of daybreak.
She pushed back the duvet,got out of the bed and searched for her flip flops before crossing over to the bathroom.
After a quick warm morning bath,she slipped into the pair of pjamas she had on the other night and sauntered out of the room and made straight for the kitchen, without an inkling of the sorrowful fate designed for the day.
On her way down the stairs,she stopped as she noticed Hale climbing down behind her. He was leaving the house with an angry look plastered on his face.
“Good morning..” Eve said jerkily and he reduce his pace then stop halfway ahead of her,but didn’t turn.
“How was your night?” He asked nonchalantly and that surprised the scared woman even though he didn’t look at her.
When did he begin to care?
He’s never shown any concern towards her.
However,she gave a reply..” Terrible, I had a nightmare..”
“Sorry…” He said crossly and resumed his pace.
Sorry, isn’t this amazing? Eve thought smiling in her head.
“Are you going out?” Eve called out after him.
“Yes…” He said a little hoarsely to signify that he was done with the chit chat.
But at least the Man was trying some chivalry.
She forced a smile and touched her throat with the back of her palm; it felt patchy and the in,side of her head felt like someone was drumming in it but she ignored the feeling and headed to the kitchen.
Walking through the door she frozed. Automatically,her eyes moved to the knife block where Ashley stood. Something in her brain snapped and panic began to spread through her rigid form.
EVE🍎
°For their pleasure°
By Annabella.
Episode 18
(Oh no!)
I retyped this,so it’s not really long but I’ll drop 19 this evening,so please manage and for the girl I offended the other day I’m sorry,I was just pissed off….
Eve gulped and bit her l-ips in fear of what Ashley might do to her.
She thought of leaving the kitchen but that will be a stupid thing to do,so she stood stuck still on her track waiting for Ashley to snap out of her peaceful state and motion towards her but Ashley kept away from doing or saying something stupid,instead she glared at her and walked out of the kitchen with a look of “you’ll pay” playing across her face.
A great feeling of panic shielded Eve but she shoved it aside and walked fully into the kitchen,she had to do the chores,she still had to cook and eat so as to feed the innocent life kicking in,side her womb.
***
An hour later…
“Praise God…” Eve remarked as she settled on the dinning to eat her first meal of the day,the house was extremely queit today _
Ashley didn’t come down since they met in the kitchen and
Eve had been alone cooking without being disturbed or getting
any tantrum from her and Hale wasn’t around.
So everywhere was strangely quiet today,well except the screech of tires as cars accelerated down the road.
Eve was clearing off the plates when the doorbell rang.
“Just a minute,hold on…” She called out from the dinning room, wondering if that was one of Hale’s or Ashley’s friend. However,she answered the door.
Eve opened the door a crack expecting a strange face but instead there was Rose.
“Oh Rose, you didn’t call to inform…”
She opened the door w¡der, wondering if she ought to ask her to come in or stay with her in the balcony. She was afraid of what might happen if Hale or maybe Ashley sees her.
“Can I come in?” She asked, pushing her face closer.
“Yes yes yes of course please come in.” She stammered awkwardly, feeling foolish for keeping her waiting.
Eve ushered her into the living room,they exchanged pleasantries and while Eve went to get her something to drink,she stared aimlessly around the brightly lit room.
“Please sit…” She waved Rose over to a sofa as she appeared with a glass of wine.
Rose sat and brought out her phone.
“I was on my way to a friend’s place,so I dimmed it necessary to drop by and say hi to you…” Rose explained as she placed the glass of wine on the glass table infront of her.
“That is so sweet of you,thank you so much…” Eve said concealing her sadness beneath a smiling facade and Rose could sense that she was sad.
“You are welcome, how are you doing?” She questioned giving her a clinical look.
“I’m fine Rose and….”
“You are not fine…” Rose cut her off. “What is disturbing you?” Rose for once wished she had the power to pry things out of her mind. She felt that her friend was disturbed but she could not understand why she had not confided in her.
“Nothing!” Eve said and gave off a little laughter to calm herself.
“Don’t be like that, would you rather die In silence if I can help you, even though you’re shouldering all the burden of this world,I can still be of help…” She advised.The glass of wine still untouched.
“Why can’t you believe me, there’s nothing wrong with me..” Eve lied and she sensed it.
“Don’t lie to me Eve, you’re not fine. I Know and I can see it in your eyes even though you don’t want to talk about it. I’ve seen your types on books and that is why you should read African novels. Because your type exist in most of their works and it will help heal you,since you are afraid to discuss it with me….” Rose said. She knew she was troubled but she could not place it.
“African novels?,are you serious?” Eve forced out a laugh, considering her humorous.
“What’s funny,I do read novels and there are many lessons to it,I do see your types in their works. More reasons why you should read some of Soyinka’s and Achube’s books..” she spoke eloquently,like an actress,poised and confident so that Eve found herself staring at her.
“Girl what’s that look for?” Rose questioned feeling uncomfortable by the look this her friend was feeding her to.
“You’re just being worked up, can you please take a break?” Eve queried Rose who rolled her eyes.
A deadening silence struck in between them.
“I’m sorry,I didn’t mean to come out like that..” she apologized breaking the lingering silence.
“It’s fine, how is Philip..?” Rose replied nonchalantly as Eve stared intently at her, studying her facial expression which was a little dour.
“Uhm.. Philip?” Eve shifted uncomfortably on her seat and swallowed the lump that was already growing in her throat.
“Yes Philip,I don’t have to ask if he’s in. I know he’s out”. Rose affirmed in her characteristic dulcet voice.
“I don’t……” She started and stopped,then hastened to add.” He’s fine and he’s gone out. What is it?”
“Huh?” Rose raised an eyebrow at her friend.
“You’ve had this gloomy look,since you came in Is anything the matter?” Eve asked inspite of herself.
“I’m fine…” She answered coldly.
“No, you’re not..”
“Yes I am..”
Eve watched as she glanced at her phone, dropped it and made a little sigh.
“Oh come on, something is wrong. I can tell..”.
“You don’t expect me to share them with you,do you?”
“Oh..” Eve gasped as the realization of Rose game,hit her.
“Yes payback time.”
“You think I’m keeping something from you?”
“I don’t think,I know..”
“Then one day you’ll find out.”
“Why one day,why not now?”
“Rose not everything are meant to be shared. As times goes you’ll get it from me,so please don’t force it now.”
“Alright I won’t..”
“But you look disturbed. Rose are you alright?” Eve insisted eyeing her friend.
“Yes,extra alright..”
She got up and walked up to her.”Are you sure,you don’t look good. What’s the matter,tell me..”
“I’m fine..” Rose muttered airily as Eve sat next to her, carelessly tipping a throw pillow over her phone. So that it mistakenly concealed it out of view.
“Tell me what is it?” Eve insisted placing a hand over her shoulder.
“Okay,last night…” She started and stopped as her friend gave her a keen look.
“Tell me..” Eve urged.
“Last night I went over to Royce’s place and his mother…”
“His mother what?,who is Royce?” Eve questioned, flustered.
“Eve,can we talk about this later..?”
“Who is he?”Eve asked ignoring her question.
“My boyfriend but he’s white like you are, and his mother didn’t approve of us..”
“Oh no!” Eve exclaimed in an unfeigned pathetic voice.
Rose went on.”His father lived in Nigeria and was the Manager of presidential motels Port Harcourt.”
“Port Harkot?” Eve asked not sure if she had pronounced it the right way.
“Port Harcourt…” Rose corrected and took another sip from his glass.
Eve nodded and she went on.” His father is very nice but it’s his mother.”
“Is she a racists?” She queried,a frown creaping into her face.
“I guess so..”
“Tell me what she said____exactly.”
“She said it’ll be too difficult for us,that it’ll be a cross-racial union. She talked about mixed race couples faced with the problem of bringing up half cast children..”
“All mothers are protective of their son’s…” Eve said feeling pathetic about her friend.
“I Know but I’ll like her to accept me, Royce and I love each other.”
“She should, infact she will. Which parents won’t be delighted to have you as a daughter in law?.” Eve teased taking her friend’s hand in hers.
“Oh please don’t flatter me..” Rose slapped the air dismissively.
“I’m not flattering you..” Eve whinned pressing a finger over her forehead.
“Well which ever way you put it,but thank you.” She smiled and got up,then picked her bag..
“Is that a good bye..?” Eve asked, getting up too.
“Yes,I should be on my way. Royce will be waiting for me..” she announced amid smiles.
“Okay I shouldn’t stop your meet,send my greetings to him..”
Eve said as she led Rose out of the house.
“Alright, you’ll get to see him one of this days. Take care of yourself and your family..” Rose smiled as she stepped out of the building, blinking rapidly while Eve stood in front of the door.
“Take care of yourself too..” Eve smiled back..
They bid each other goodbye,amid hugs and air k-sses. Eve smiled at herself and retreated into the building. She walked into the living room and made for the stairs,but as if on a second thought,Eve turned towards the glass table and a sigh escaped her as she s₱0tted the half empty glass of wine.
Why didn’t she notice it earlier?.
Placing her hands akimbo, Eve walked up to where the glass was and made to pick it up but froze,and gave a stiff shriek as two firm hands seized her from behind.
***
“What now?”
Rose soliloquized as she got into her black Honda, slamming the door shut amid settling into a seat. She didn’t feel like leaving Eve because earlier she had picked a s-nsation of pain and panic in her voice.
She almost suggested staying back with Eve but then she had to go, at least she needed to meet with someone _ with Royce.
Speaking of Royce,why hasn’t he called her?.
Isn’t he supposed to be waiting in an eatery?
He’d told her earlier to wait for him around lover’s meet,why haven’t he called her then.?
If he’s there,then he should have called by now.
Well,he might not be there yet or maybe she should call.
She ransacked her bag to pick out her phone,it wasn’t there.
Without hesitation,she hurriedly rummaged through the dashboard compartment, the handbrake side; there was no trace of it.
As if she hid it there,she opened the glove compartment and searched hastily but to no avail. She moved her hunt to the empty passenger seat where she kept her bag and some musical CDs she was playing. There was also no trace of it at all..
She tried to remember where she dropped it and phases of when she used it flashed by.
At Royce place last night. At home that night . At home this morning. On her way to Eve’s place. In Eve’s place.
Eve’s place, that’s where she used to be last,it Should be there.
Rose opened the door and got down,in a swift motion made for the building.
“I hope I find it…” She muttered breathlessly as she hurried towards the building. She got to the balcony and rang the doorbell…
But no response.
She rang again,No response.
Growing impatient,she rang for the last time.
Still,no response.. then she heard screech of tires, glancing at the gate she noticed a car drive into the compound but she ignored it and rang the doorbell again..
Still no reply..
Impatiently,she touched the doorknob and turned it sideways,then the door opened slowly.
Rose knew something was wrong immediatly she opened the door.
Broken glass were scattered all over the place,and a vast area of the living room floor was smeared with blood but that didn’t faze her, she’s seen so much in her age.
She knew what this was but hoped it wasn’t it. So she had to check on Eve to know if she’s okay.
Rose stepped on ch¡ps of glass as she followed the trails of blood up the stairs,but that didn’t make her stop. Instead she got overtly anxious and hastened her pace through the hallway. She followed the trail of blood and stopped in Eve’s room,the exact s₱0t the trace receeded.
She heard water running and she thought Eve was bathing,but she heard her gro-n as if she was in pain,then she pushed the door open.
What she saw frightened her.
A knife was on the floor and almost every s₱0t of the tiled floor was smeared with the red liquid,and a large trail of it led to the bathroom.
The door of the bathroom was slightly ajar,so she took a peek into it, hoping to see Eve in it but what she saw made her pull back instantly.
TBC…
Watch out for episode 19.
Guess what happened in episode 19.