Love or revenge episode 25

LOVE OR REVENGE?
(To love or to avenge?)
EPISODE 25
F~F – Fast Forward.
Mr Jeremy sat down sweating..
 
Is he really gonna tell Shannon..
 
Perhaps this isn’t the best time or place to break such information to him but yet it’s high time I stop hiding it, tomorrow might be too late.
 
He brought out an handkerchief and wiped his sweat.
 
Maybe he is doing the right thing at the wrong time.. Of course not.
Jasmine, the culpit’s daughter has called him insulting names without even coming to apologise and now she is in love with Shannon…What? Does she really thinks she can eat a cake and have it?
 
He huffed as he sighted Shannon walking into the shop.
 
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Shannon’s POV
 
“Don’t tell me you are in love with mr Bryant’s daughter” Mr Jeremy said.
 
“I am, is it wrong to? ” I asked.
 
“Yes, I mean No but Yes”
 
“Mr Jeremy, let’s head straight to the point. So what did you find out about Aunt Gilda? ” I asked.
 
“Shannon, I want to come out plain to you. Your aunt didn’t kill your parents” Mr Jeremy said.
 
What?
“How much did she pay you to shut your mouth? ” I said with a rising anger.
 
“I know who killed them” He said then sighed.
 
“Mr Jeremy?”
 
“I’m very sorry Shannon”
 
“Go on, who killed them? Who’s the devil that killed my parents? tell me, speak Mr Jeremy” I said already yelling not minding the environment we were.
 
“I didn’t want to lose my job that’s why I kept it away from you”He said.
 
“I knew it! You kill my parents!” I said with my hands on his neck almost strangling him.
 
“What? I.. I swear I didn’t” He tried to speak..
 
I let go of him.
 
What am I doing? Why would Mr Jeremy do such?
 
“Mr May did, Mr Maya killed your mom and dad ” He said..
 
“Who is Mr Maya? ” I asked though the name rings a bell.
 
Mr Jeremy was silent instead..
He held his hurting neck..
I guess he is beginning to regret what he just did..
 
‘my name is Jasmine Maya Bryant’
 
‘Maya you won’t agree to what she says this time around’
 
I recalled these sentences as they flashed through my head.. What?
Oh no!
 
“Mmi..Mr Bryant?” I stammered and he nodded.
“It can’t be true”
 
Is that why he didn’t want me to tell Mr Bryant that I’m late Dawton’s son?
 
Ppp That’s why Mr Jeremy whispered to Jasmine that she’s gonna lose everything..
 
Why does it have to be Mr B..Bryant?
 
“I have a prove” Mr Jeremy said as he dropped his phone and his headset on the table.
 
“I changed phones but I always had this record with me” He said.
 
I didn’t even realize that I was quivering..
 
“You are right, I was with you eight years ago when it happened. I was speaking to your dad on a cell-phone when Mr May interrupted us. I don’t know what happened to your Dad’s phone because he didn’t disconnect the call I was unable to speak with him but I heard Mr Bryant’s voice” He briefly said.
 
“Mr Jeremy why are you making this up? Why? ”
I asked disbelieving him.
 
“Listen” He said as he gently pushed the earphone and cell phone on the table towards me.
 
I looked at him before I slowly hung the earphone on my head and clicked on the play button on the phone ..
 
I couldn’t believe what I was listening to..
 
Before it finished, I scre-med..
“Arrrrrghhhh”
 
People at the shop turned to me
Even the waiters who knows me said to the people that I was having memory disorder ‘cos I’ve scre-med here once before.. It’s not their fault..
 
“Arrrrghhhhhh!
I scre-med again, putting off the earphone and smatching it on the table furiously.
 
“Shannon stop!” Mr Jeremy tried make me calm but I pushed him and rushed out of the shop
 
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I knocked on the door severally in one second and Chris hurried to opened the door.
 
“Shannon, what has come over you? ” He shouted at me when he opened the door and realized I was the one knocking abnormally.
He barely noticed that was so furious.
 
“The gun, get me the gun now! ” I yelled at him.
 
“The Gun? For what? ”
 
“Give me a gun now Chris or you would hate me in the next minute” I scre-med and fearful Chris rushed into the inner room, brought the gun and gave it to me.
 
“There are only two bullets in it. Mom would be mad at me if one is gone” He said but I snatched the gun from him and left ..
I heard him say
“You are not gonna make use of it, are you? ”
 
He is a fool, Why did I ask for a gun if I wasn’t gonna make use of it.
 
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I stormed into the house and up the stairs, snubbing Jasmine who rushed to me trying to stop me..
 
Could it be that she knows all this while?
 
So that’s why..
 
I bumped into Mr and Mrs Bryant’s room, locking the door behind me..
 
Jasmine was crying outside , I heard her plead “Please Shannon, Please don’t”
 
I didn’t realize I was crying too
Why does it have to be her father? Why?
How could he have done this to me?
I’m really going to shoot him same way he killed my parents..
I am…
Oh God!!!
 
Tears was freely flowing down my cheeks and theirs..
 
“Shannon Please drop the gun” Mr Maya pleaded.
 
“Shannon please” Mrs Bryant said too..
 
So they all knew..
He already knows I’m Dawton’s son..
 
Was that why they treated me and my sister nicely?
 
“I know ‘sorry’ won’t bring your them back to life but I’m really sorry” Mr Bryant cried..
 
I heard Jasmine crying terribly outside the room too.. “Please Shannon, Open the door”
 
“For the sake of Jasmine, pls put the gun down”
 
“Shannon please, I…I’m pregnant”
 
That’s why she came to me that night.. To get pregnant for me and leave me with no option..
 
“Aaaaarrrgggggghhh” I kicked the wardrobe but received nothing but great pain which I ignored.
 
“Why did you kill them? Why did you kill my parents!!!!” I scre-med and sniffed severally..
 
The AC and ceiling fans were on yet I was sweating and weeping soberly and profusely…
likewise, Mr and Mrs Bryant.
 
“I’m very sorry Shannon, Please..I regretted my actions I swear, I’ll hand over your Dad’s company to you, take Emily to the best hospItal to treat her skin, I will… ”
 
I pulled the trigger and Mrs Bryant and Jasmine scre-med.
 
#T_B_C
 
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