Eve for their pleasure batch 14

EVE🍎
°For their pleasure°
By Annabella.
Episode 20
(Karma is a bitch)
“It’s fine… I’ll just leave..” he snapped out of his trance, cutting him off.
“Are you okay Miss?” Doctor Rivers asked as Hale walked out of the ward huffing and puffing,overtly disappointed.
“I’m fine now..”Eve replied crossly.
“Alright..” the Doctor replied and walked out of the ward.
“Eve the man was making an effort.” Rose whinned.
“He can safe it or better put it to work.”Eve said rolling her almond eyes.
“That’s ridiculous..”Rose grimaced with a pout.
“Or rather hilarious..”Eve countered playfully.
She rolled her eyes, round and round.”Which ever way you put it..”
“I was just being tough..”Eve pointed out, sincerely and Rose knew it.
“That was not what I meant when I said tough,you were too rude.” She scold Eve who scoffed.
“I didn’t want to see him.”she stated with a finality in her voice.
“It’s okay. I understand,you probably need some rest now…” Rose said patting her head maternally.
“I’m not dizzy…” She scowld.
“You don’t have to be, just get some rest..”Rose advised still patting Eve’s head.
“I don’t want to sleep Rose,I enjoy your company. You do cheer me up, don’t leave me please..” She held Rose’s hand, touched by genuine simplicity.
“Who said I was leaving?.” She gave Eve a puzzled look.
“I thought that was a good bye?” Eve queried, narrowing her eyes at her.
“No, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll sit and watch you sleep” she assured.
“Are you scared to be at home,alone?” Eve asked and Rose scof.
“No..” she replied and shook her head to affirm her word.
“Come on you’re afraid,you fear more than I do, don’t you?” Eve taunted playfully.
“Tarrr…” Rose shued,”If I hear fear…”
At this junction Eve gave herself off to laughter, marvelled at the African intonation.
“Here she comes with her pidgin..” she said in a laugh..
“What is wrong with her pidgin, don’t you like it?”Rose questioned inspite of herself.
“Like?, I love it. Come and teach me some more..”she probbed as Rose took her hand.
“What do you want to learn?” Rose asked giving Eve’s hand a gentle m-ssage.
“Everything…”
“Then you’ll have to purchase a new toungue, I fear you’d chop off that one before we’re through with the lesson.”
She said and they both laugh,hærd till tears began to drop..
****
“Ashley! Ashley!”
Hale’s high baritone clothed the atmosphere as he lurch into the living room. Everything was not the same way he saw it, before leaving for the hospital.
The ch¡ps of glass were not there,and the trails of blood marked were not there either. Every where was spic and span.
“Bitch, thinks she is wise” Hale thought as he stormed up the stairs and into the hallway,enraged.
Ashley was lying on the bed going through a gloss magazine and munching a biscuit, undisturbed.
She readjusted her pillow and took a biscuit, reflecting for a moment on what happened earlier. She took the horrible woman out with just two thr-st of the knife,and had dragged her weightless body up to her room. At least the bitch was out of the way.
She readjusted her pillow again, plumping them so she could sit up comfortably against the headboard.
The door flung open but she wouldn’t have turned her attention to it,if not for the patter of Hale’s shoed feets.
“Welcome sugar…” She sprang up from the bed on seeing him.
“What did you do to her?” Hale fumed, stopping on his track.
“What are you talking about?” Ashley rephrased even though she knew what he meant.
Hale glared at the slender figure before him. Is she being a delusionist?
“I’m talking about Eve, she was stabbed…” He expounded and her upper lip twitched in a smile.
“When is the burial, I’ll get my black dress ready…” Her voice was clothed with so much venom.
“This is not a joke!” Hale stated glaring daggers at her but Ashley seemed not to notice the look which would’ve snuffed the life out of her,if eyes could kill.
“And I’m not a comedian,or am I?” She clasped her hands over her skimpy dress like an anxious school girl.
“I’m serious here..”
Cold,raw,hatred began gushing through his mind as he watch her shashay towards him, brushing her hair with her perfectly manicured nails.
“So am I,if that bitch is dead,then let’s go ahead and celebra…..”
“Enough!” He snapped cutting her off.
She flinched but didn’t loose her composure as she stood in front of him.
“Did you do it?”
He gritted his teeth and his chest heaved up and down with rage.
“Did you do what , oh c’mon sugar,I was looking forward to a hot sixty nine,and not a chit chat about some random woman..” she said and made to lean into him sed-ctively,but he flunged her against the wall in a malignant furry.
Ashley shrieked in pain as her slim frame hit the wall, causing her to strain a wrist.
“You’re beginning to scare me” She scre-med as she slipped onto the floor, placing her broken wrist in front of her.
“You’ve not seen anything yet, I’ll make you regret ever disrespecting me,so put on your p-nts and get ready for the rough ride..” he thundered,then picked up the flower vase by the door and flinged it with the aim of hitting her,but she ducked and it slammed against the wall instead.
The ceramic vase slammed on the wall just above her,with a loud crashing sound on the wall, shattering on impact.
“What has gotten into you?” Ashley queried. “You’d hurt me because of that bitch?”
“That bitch is my wife,that bitch is carrying my child,that bitch almost died and that’s because of you.!”
He picked up another vase and raised it up,ready to smash her head with it.
“Stop! Stop it please!!” She yelled and he withheld the vase.
“Please don’t.. I didn’t mean to do it,I just didn’t want any baby to come between us..” she let the tears flow freely.
“Is that why you tried to kill her?” He questioned, dropping the vase on the table.
“Didn’t you say you’d kill her?” She countered, sniffling loudly.
“I said I might or might not, depending on the turns of event. And there’s a turn, she is carrying my child for Christ sake..”
“And so?” Ashley bat her damped lashes.
“So she is part of my life now..!” He gave her a hateful look.
“That doesn’t mean anything”she wiped her tears with the back of her hand and looked up at him.
“It doesn’t mean a thing to you,but it do to me. It do mean a lot to me..”
He snapped and she flinched, hitting her head slightly against the wall.
“It doesn’t make any sense to me..” she rubbed her head and furrowed her brows.
“It’ll make enough sense when you find yourself behind bars…” He threatened and she chuckled.
“You can’t rat me to the cops..” she dared.
“Are you daring me?” Hale questioned, sensing it.
“No,but I know all your secrets. You wouldn’t want the cops to know you killed Joanna..” she taunted,with a mischievous smile playing across the corner of her l-ips.
“The cops can’t brace me..” Hale pointed out,as a matter of fact.
“Are you sure,or are you trying to convince yourself,oh I wonder how it’ll feel to be in jail talking to nothing but c*ckroaches.”she switched on her taunts.
“What if I kill you the same way I did to her?”He scowld.
“And what if I tell you that you can’t do anything to me..?” she spat fondling her hurting wrist,which was now bleeding due to a deep cut from the ch¡p of the broken vase.
“Oh how brave..” he chuckled and walked up to the closet. “But I can torture you as well as kill you..”
Ashley eyes grew wide as she watched him pull out a taser from somewhere in the closet.
She thought about the pains of being tasered,and her heart began to race. What if Hale made good his threat and terminate her life in this room? Stories abound of how women ended up dead in the hands of ruthless lovers. The thought of what Hale could do to her,if she remained in the room,gave Ashley a great scare.
Stealing a quick glance at the closet,she observed that the man attention was on the taser. A look at the open door told her the coast was clear.
Swiftly,Ashley scrambled up to her feets and ran as fast as her legs could carry her out of the building. She felt pains on her body and her wrist were bleeding again but there was no time to deliberate on injuries.
If she could just get through the gates,she knew she would be safe. Safe from Hale _ free from the cops. She knew California better than the palms of her hands,and hiding places in Sacramento would pose little or no problems at all. She ran swiftly. She was a desperate woman.
A security appeared at the gate. She had not notice him there when she was hurrying out of the building. He had probably come out of the gate house,she thought. She became very alert as she ran, knowing that the security would probably not understand what was happening in the main building from the casual manner he was standing in front of the gates. He probably thought that something was after Ashley and that she was running to the gatehouse for refuge.
It was a shock to the security therefore,when she ran up to him and instead of slowing down,like a woman in need of help and explaining herself,pushed him with such force that he fell backwards and hit his head against the metal gate.
Seeing that the man was out of the way, Ashley prissed the gate open and in a swift moment jumped out of the compound.
Instinctively,she made a bid for a final escape towards the street. That was when the explosion occurred,it caught her on her stomach. She stopped in her tracks and glanced at the bike,where the shot had come,then the second explosion occurred.
Slowly swaying from side to side, Ashley collapsed on the floor just as the Assassin smile to himself and zoom off.
“Ashley!!”
EVE🍎
°For their pleasure°
By Annabella.
Episode 21
(Recap)
“Ashley!!”
It was Hale’s voice.
At this sudden turn of events,his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He was horrified,what was he to do? Leave the dying lady and go after the Assassin to know who sent him? Or let the lady die?. No! No! No! He dare not do that.
He threw the taser and place a hand over his forehead in confusion as he watch the Assassin disappear into space.
How will he handle this? Hale’s blood sizzled with frustration. He was between the devil and the deep blue sea. What was he to do? Leave the deep blue sea and follow the devil and get killed? Or leave the devil and take the deep blue sea and be drowned.?This was a critical situation indeed.
All of a sudden,he felt a fresh dose of energy surging through his muscles. He knew it was time for action. So in compliance to the action signal,he jumped away from the s₱0t at once and quickly lifted the comatose.
“Sir! sir!” The voice of the driver and the security who was now up on his feet, frightened him. He swung around with the comatose and met the man’s worried face.
“What are you waiting for?” He thundered. ” Get a car let’s take her to the hospital..!”
Typical of some hospitals in the country,one had to wait at the lobby while the Doctors performed their medical miracle. The queue of patients waiting at the lobby was short. Hale waited impatiently for the medical personnels to emerge from the theater but there was no sign of any of them.
He huffed and pinched his bridge at the atmosphere in the hospital. The air was a mixture of antiseptic and bleach warting from beddings. Food smell from different rooms mingled with the scent of perfume and blood. Doors sliding open and close. Paramedics rushing in with a man on a wheelchair. scre-ms, mo-ns,gasp,grunts of pain. People talking in low voices,intercom calling out codes,squeaky wheel chairs and the click of the keyboard.
This reminded him of why he loathed coming to the hospital. It usually was a frenzy.
He stood up with the decision to leave the place but stopped as he saw the Doctor hurrying down the lobby with the chief surgeon,who was trying to take off his gloves.
“I want you to prepare a ward in the ICU for the patient..” He heard the chief surgeon instruct.
“Right away sir..” the Doctor’s reply was muffled by the sound of an intercom calling out code.
“Doctor,how did it go?” Hale asked as the other man walk past them.
“Clinically,it went well…” Came the sonorous voice of the surgeon.
“She is alright..” he added and Hale heaved a sigh of relief,but his relief was cut short when the man gave him a look-a very sad look.
“What is it Doctor?” He questioned, alarmed.
“The bullets were successfully taken out of her but…”
“But what?” Hale cut in abruptly, with a huff.
“She’s in a coma…” He expounded and a deep frown crept into Hale’s face.
“Why is all this happening to me?” He soliloquized,half lamenting,half infuriated.
“This is not a time to question one’s self,let’s just pray that she makes it out of it..” The Doctor trottled his stethoscope.
With another huff,he turned and walked away. He didn’t go to the theater to see Ashley, neither did he proceed to the ICU ward 4,which housed Eve. Rather,he walked out through the reception lobby of the hospital,towards the main entrance and out of the hospital building altogether, heading home. His face was dour as so many thoughts ran through his mind.
Why was Ashley shot?
Who will want to do such a thing as to send an assassin to kill her?
Who was that Man in black?
Who is behind this?
A thought occurred to him and he dismissed it quickly. No, Philip can’t be the one behind this. The last time he saw him,he was in America so there’s no way he can get related to this. By the way he doesn’t know Ashley,he haven’t introduced her to him yet.
“So who is behind this?”.
He heaved a frustrated sigh as the driver negotiated a bend into the compound.
He thought of going to the cops,but on a second thought,that will be raising an alarm.
in,side the building…
He went straight to Eve’s room,not venturing to any other room.
He pushed quietly on the door handle and let himself into the room. Everywhere was clean but the sweet smell of Eve clung to every corner of the room.
Sniffing the air,the phases of his life with her flashed by.
The slaps_ Forced s€×_ malhandling _ slavery. He brushed his hair back with his hands as the thoughts of his actions gave him a pang of guilt.
He felt really terrible and wished he could hit a reset switch,to stop all the bad things from happening. But there was something, something so small and trivial that it bothered Hale why it treathened to take his breath away. Her sweet smell. It cloaked and oozed into everything,the bed,her clothes, the drapes.
The smells of Eve reminded him of Sonia – the smells of this two women, the women he had wronged. Why was he so incapable? So unfit? What was wrong with him?why couldn’t he love another person the way one was supposed to? Sonia, Joanna, Ashley, Eve and even Rose had despised him.
With tots in his cheeks,he walked out of the room and got down to the living room,then carried himself to the wine bar.
**** The next day..
Eve laid on the hospital bed,by her side, staring at the wall. Thinking! Wondering! It’s been long since she saw Philip, but memories of their times together lingered in her mind. She tried to picture him in his office,or at home,but found her mind always going back to his house,or his room at the family house where the incident happened. She wondered what he would think of where she now lived and the life she had created for herself.
“Sleeping beauty…” Someone called, pulling her out of her thoughts.
“Rosie…” She smiled, turning around to see her friend, pushing back the door to close.
“Good morning babe,how are you feeling today?” She smiled walking up to her.
“Fifty percent better, they’re like a hundred tissues in my body trying to heal.” She said trying to help herself to a sitting position.
“Woah woah woah,easy. Let me help you..!” Rose held her down, carried the pillow and plumped it so she could sit up comfortably against it.
“Thank you…” Eve smiled.” So what are you listening to?” She laughed and tugged at Rose’s headphones.
“Check it out yourself..” she removed the headphones and placed them around Eve’s head.
“But I thought you rather liked Justin Bieber?” She questioned as “shape of you” by El Sheeran filled her ears.
“He’s cool,but frankly I’d much prefer El Sheeran..” Rose crooned.
“He’s good too,I like the both of them…”Eve removed the headphones and handed it back to her.
“Yeah they’re good singers, I figured you’d be hungry,so I brought you something to eat..”Rose dropped the plastic bag that she was carrying on the bed,then sat next to her.
“This is so good of you,thank you very much…”she acknowledged, feeling the bag with her hands.
“Oh love it’s just lasagna, it’s like the only thing I could think of this morning..” Rose explained wearily.
“And it’s the same thing that was on my mind, how did you know it’s what I was craving..?”Eve said sincerely,and Rose smiled.
“It’s instinct,but tell me the truth. Were you really craving for lasagna.?” She questioned, eying her closely.
“No, that’s the baby’s craving not mine..”Eve pointed out cupping the lower side of her stomach..
“Oh please, it’s not even a fetus yet and you’re talking about cravings..”Rose voice was sonorous this time.
“I’m carrying a very big baby..”Eve punned,with a playful eyeroll.
“Just how pregnant are you.?”Rose said in a laugh.
“A year..” Eve replied, joining in the laughter herself.
“You’re funny..” Rose avowed.
“And you’re funnier..” Eve quiped,elated.
“Oh..” Rose raised an eyebrow at her friend who shrugged.
“Yeah..”Eve replied still shrugging.
“Go ahead and eat now,I brought a lot of lasagna, along with biscotti and some sweet cider, it’s good for you and the baby..” Rose help set the food before her.
“Sit and eat with me..” she invited.
“Oh babe, I’ve already had mine..” Rose declined amid smiles.
“Just eat with me..” Eve insisted.
“But I’ve already had mine and I’m satisfied..”she stated.
Eve persisted stubbornly.”I want you to eat…”
“Again?” Rose narrowed her eyes at her friend.
“Yes eat with me, please don’t say no..” Eve urged and she rolled her eyes..
“Eve……”
“How am I sure you don’t want to poison me?”
If that was a taunt then it caught Rose.
“Okay.. I’ll eat with you If that’s what you want..”
She said and picked up a plate.
***
“You didn’t tell me you were a chief cook” Eve said as she munched, undisturbed.
“Well,you just found that out yourself..”Rose said feeling a little proud.
“Yeah I just did and I must say this is really good..”Eve acknowledged.
“Thank you..” Rose smiled and Eve nodded slowly then drank from the bottle of cider in front of her.
“Woah,watch it…” Rose whisper yelled as the topaz liquid sprinkled on Eve’s gown
“Oh no..” Eve squirmed..
“Sorry..” Rose dabbed a tissue on the liquid.
“Just look at this thing.” Eve said grumpily staring down at her hospital gown,a vast area of the dress was soaked with the colored liquid.
“They call it Johnny.”
Rose grimace and took a bite from her slice.
“Oh, I’m burning Johnny. Once I get home. Who can look good in this?”
She ate some more,aware that she was watching her. She wished she wouldn’t. It meant that she couldn’t eat gracefully,bits of food popping out of her mouth.
“You..”she ventured playfully.
“What..?” Eve’s eyes glistened.
“You do look good in it. Infact you were s€×y when you had it on.” Rose teased playfully..
“You’re crazy,I hate you. I can’t believe you’re my friend.” Eve fired in the same playful spirit but Rose didn’t get it.
“You know I’m only trying to make you smile..” Rose frowned and looked down at her plate.
“And you know that I didn’t mean any of those nasty things I just said.” Eve smiled, taking Rose’s hand in hers.” I love you Rose, very much you’re the only friend I got here.”
“I know,you do..” she squeezed her
soft hand.” Do you need some more?”
“No, I’m okay.. keep the rest we’ll need it later..” Eve opted as Rose smiled and hand her a bottle of Evian water.
“Alright….” she began to clear out the plates,then the door creak open and Hale appeared under the arch.
Eve’s face became dour as she saw him walk into the ward, Rose noticed the look on her face and gave her a pathetic look,then leaned into her.
“Don’t be too rude..” she whispered taking the half empty bottle from Eve.
“He was rude to me.!” Eve growled,but in a way that only Rose could hear her.
“Shhhhhh,you two probably need to talk…” Rose shued and leaned away from her.
“Hi ladies…” Hale greeted, walking up to them.
“Hi Hale,nice to see you…” Rose smiled but Eve didn’t say a word. Instead she pout her l-ips and look away.
“Nice to know that you’re looking after her. I’m great ful..” He said crossly and Eve rolled her eyes.
How pathetic – Eve thought.
Is he getting some lectures on chivalry?
“It’s my pleasure…” She started and stopped. ” Uhm, I’ll just visit the restroom..” she excused herself and walked out of the ward, slamming the door slowly behind her.
“Eve” Hale called sitting besides her on the bed.
“Hey…” Eve said at last, but coldly.
“How are you doing?” He asked and made to lean towards her for a hug,but stopped as Eve recoiled from him.
“Why did you do that.?” He questioned raising an eyebrow.
“Why did you do what.?” She narrowed her eyes at him.
“Why did you move back.?” He queried.
“And you moved forward.” She pointed out hoarsely.
“Maybe I just wanted to hug you..” He smiled at her.
“Maybe I didn’t want you to hug me”
Her voice came icily..
“Okay,but can I k-ss you.?” He asked and she scoffed.
“If you want me to punch you right in your face.” She threatened clenching her fist,even though she didn’t mean it.
“Can I hold your hand.?” He took her hand but she wriggled it free from his touch..
“What is that,am I nine years.?” She crapped, gaining in sharpness.
“You’re being too hostile…” He stated calmly, concealing his irritation at her stubbornness.
“Was that a question?” She asked, giving him a look of pure hatred.
“No,it just felt like a question.” He replied calmly,not noticing the look she was feeding him to.
“Tell me if this feels like an answer” She huffed and stared directly at him, their eyes locking. “Stay away from me!”
“Eve..” He called trying to calm her down.
“Get out!!”…
TBC…