sed-ction episode 10

💞sed-ction 💞
🌸Love. Lies & Games🌸
Chapter Ten🍭🍭🍭
By Goddy Francis 🥀🥀
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” What’s going on here? Todd, how did you know Judah?”
Todd doesn’t respond. Judah smirks.
” Can someone please answer me? What the f-ck is going on in here?”
” What are you even doing with my girl?” Todd asks. Like this is the right time to ask that type of question.
Damn, I’m sick. I just wanna go home right now.
” Talk later, Margaret.” Judah says and leaves.
I watch the door shut as I cross my arms to stare at Todd.
” Margaret?” Todd asks surprisingly. I roll my eyes at him.
” How did you know Judah?” Todd asks again.
” He’s my neighbor. Same neighbor I gave a ride. How did you know Judah? I’m pretty sure I didn’t tell you his name and you’ve never seen him before.”
” You gave Judah a ride? I thought he left the city.” Todd says.
” Todd, what’s going on?”
Todd doesn’t answer. I roll my eyes, irritated with the silence and I walk out of the restroom. I search the restaurant for Judah or the man he’s with, but none of them is around. They already left.
Todd walks in.
” I wanna go home Todd.”
” You’re tired already?” He asks and I pick up my bag.
” Yeah. I’m sick and I badly need to rest. Since nobody is willing to tell me how my boyfriend and neighbor ended up knowing each other. I’m gonna wait in the car.” I tell Todd and walk outside.
I take the keys from the valet and open Todd’s car. I slide in,side his Maserati and wait patiently for Todd to show up. I see him walk out of the restaurant. He opens the driver’s side door and slides in. He ignites the engine and he buzzes down the road. I badly want to speak to Judah. I need explanations and I’m just lost going round in circles.
” Look, it’s not what you think. Judah is no one important.”
” Really? And you both knew each other.”
” Judah’s like bad news. I don’t believe in coincidence when it comes to Judah. He can’t just turn out to be your neighbor few days after you lost your parents Serena.”
” So what are you saying? That Judah has something to do with my family’s death?”
” I didn’t say that. All I’m saying is that you should stay away from him. He’s not a good person.”
Like he’s any better.
I know Judah is bad but I don’t wanna stay away from him. I don’t know what he did to me but I always find myself yearning for his fingertips on my skin, touching me.
I know I should stay away from him, but who would wanna stay away from Judah? I bet nuns may even give up their faith at the sight of Judah. His physical looks are perfect, but the man behind that handsome features, lies the devil himself. It’s pretty clear.
” What do you mean by he’s bad news?”
” He just got out of jail, Serena.”
What the! Jail? Oh my God.
” What did he do?” I find myself asking Todd. He stares at me suspiciously.
” I don’t really know. Killed someone obviously. Did a lot of bad shit. You should stay from Judah, Serena. I can’t believe you’d give him a ride…” He trails off and I find myself swallowing an unknown lump.
Wow. I may or may not have expected that from him but this is too much. And also Todd might be lying just to paint Judah black. It’s not like Judah is white either. Judah might have done a lot of bad stuff, I mean who hasn’t done one bad stuff or the other. But I can’t believe Judah would wanna kill anyone. Truth be told, i expected him to do less bad. Crime that doesn’t have to do with murder.
” What were you two doing in the restroom?” Todd asks.
I sigh.
” Talking actually. He was surprised to see me. Told him I came with you before you walked in.” I lie through my nose.
” Yeah?”
I look at Todd at once. Of course he doesn’t trust me. I don’t even trust myself. I always end up loosing the 20% self control I have when I’m around Judah. How did God end up making him this way? Irresistible and super sed-ctive. F-ck him.
I breathe in a sharp breath and bite my lip. Mere thinking of him and I can feel the goosebumps creeping up my spine. How could he make me feel this way? Am I not supposed to hate him after Todd dropped the big bomb about Judah? I just find myself wanting him more.
I push that part of my mind that wants me to stay away from Judah at the back of my head. The other part of me wants to explore my option , and that’s Judah.
Oh Serena just stay the f-ck away from him.
” You’re okay?” Todd asks and I’m snapped out of my trance.
” Yeah, I wanna go home.”
” You’re sure?”
” Yeah. I need to catch a nap.” I tell him. He nods and smiles at me.
Todd pulls up his car outside my apartment. I unstrap my seatbelt and proceed to get out of his car but Todd stops me. He leans forward and I’m already aware of what’s going on. He wants a k-ss. I cup his cheek and peck his l-ips. He grabs my wa-ist and k-sses my bottom lip.
I wanna pull away but I don’t want it to look like I’m cheating on him again. The k-ss was simple and I don’t like it. We pull apart and he tucks my hair behind my ear.
” Thanks Todd, I gotta go.”
” Sure. You look beautiful.”
” Thanks.” I force a smile at him and hop out of his car. I run my fingers through my hair and climb on my porch. I turn around to look at Todd and he’s already driving out.
I sigh and look at Judah’s apartment before entering mine. I shut the door and go straight to my bedroom. I toss my bag aside and get undress. I walk to the shower unclad and t-rn on the faucet. I stay under the shower for God knows when. I dry my hair and clean myself properly before stepping out of the bathroom.
It’s already evening and two hours from now it will be nightfall. I put on a sweatshirt and shorts and put my stuff together before exiting my room.
” How can you be so f-cking annoying? You are back and you couldn’t call me.” I hear a female’s voice from Judah’s apartment.
” You’re not my mom, Mercedes.”
Mercedes? Probably one of his sluts. I hate the fact that I’m jealous. I should be looking forward to Todd’s family dinner and not eavesdropping on Judah’s conversation.
” I missed you a lot. It was a little lonely without.” I hear Mercedes say.
” F-cking hell. What the f-ck is your shit? I hate it when you do all this rom-ntic bullshit. You should get the f-ck out. And why the f-ck are you even here?”
” You really haven’t changed? I thought spending two years in jail was gonna straighten your senses , but you prove to be just the assh-le you’re.”
And then I hear a thud against the wall and a silent hiss from Mercedes. I jolt in fear and brace myself for the worst.
” F-ck , you make me w-t when you’re angry.” I hear Mercedes say. She chuckles. This is so gross.
Will I go to hell if I knock on Judah’s door and tell him to esc-rt that bitch out? She’s so disgusting.
” Yeah, right, you f-cking cunt. Get out, Mercedes.”
” Or what? You’re gonna f-ck me? I missed you daddy. How you make me feel.” She silently mo-ns.
Goddamnit. I should consider getting a holy water when things like this comes up. I feel sinful right now.
” I’m not even hærd. Get. Out! Don’t make me say it twice, you gon’ hate it.”
There’s silence at the other side of the wall. I breathe in and go to the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
” You’ve gotten a new hoe right? I’mma ruin her f-cking life, don’t test me.”
His front door shuts and I assume she’s gone. Thankfully I can breathe in peace. I made toast and think of a dress to wear to Todd’s family dinner. My phone rings at once. I look at the caller ID and slide the answer icon.
” Phoebe.”
” Hey, Serena, you’re busy?”
” Not really. Everything okay?”
” Well yeah. Albert Winston is coming over today for questioning. I would want you to come over.”
” Alright, I’m coming.” She hangs up and I quickly get up, abandoning my toast.
I settle for a leggings and a hoodie. I slip my feet in,side my sneakers and go back to the kitchen to retrieve my phone. I pick up my keys and that’s when I remembered I left my car at school. I’m f-cking screwed. I gro-n and shut my door and walk down the sidewalk. It’s gonna take me up to ten minutes to catch a bus to school.
I walk past Judah’s apartment not once looking at it. The walk to the park was terrible for me. Few minutes after, the bus stop at my destination and I get out. I hurry to my car and open the driver’s side door. I slide in,side and shut the door and ignite the engine. I’m nervous. Albert isn’t an ordinary man. He’s likely rich and he breathes power.
How did he honor an invitation for an interrogation?
*****
” We just wanna know about your relationsh¡p with the deceased family?” Phoebe asks Albert.
I stand at the other side of the glass and watch them. Albert can’t see me and Michael is with me.
” We’re partners. Sebastian was a good man. We might not be real friends, but he was a nice person.”
” We checked the surveillance camera in the Sternberg’s mansion and you were the last person seen walking out. The rest footage was nothing, just white. You wanna explain that?”
” Like I said, Sebastian and I are partners. I might be everything negative but I’m not a killer. I was there to discuss business.”
” Might I ask, aren’t business proposals done in the office? Why in the evening? And at his house?
Albert stays quiet and I can literally tell he’s glaring at Phoebe. He clears his throat and sits up.
” Let’s be realistic, detective. I believe Sebastian has guards. Guards who guides the mansion and there are tons of them. Not one, not ten, a lot of them. So the possibility of killing every single member of that household can’t be done by one person. Now will you explain to me why you thought I killed more than 20 people.”
Phoebe is quiet as she stares at Albert.
” If you’re willing to catch this so called assassins, maybe you should look deep into Sebastian’s family and that includes friends. I would never kill someone , that’s a no go for me.”
” You’re one of the identified friends of Sebastian, Mr. Albert. Why was the rest of the footage white if you don’t have nothing to do with it?”
Albert chuckles.
” I’m pretty sure whosoever that’s behind the death of Serena’s sweet family are playing this games more than you detective. They are smart and they are trying to blackmail me and make it look like I’m the bad guy in other to move the suspicions away from them. They are smart detective.”
” Does that mean we don’t have any leads?” I ask detective Michael.
” Hate to admit, yeah. Whoever these assassins are, they are trained for this type of ghost homicide. For a murder to be this perfect without leaving behind any footprints, handprints or even any trace at all, it means they planned it few weeks before the incident. These people knew you were gonna leave the house that night to party with your boyfriend.”
My heart skip a beat and chills run down my spine.
” I’m not safe right?”
” You don’t have to worry. They might be watching you but we’ll do anything within our powers to bring justice to your family.”
I sniff back the tears and blink my eyes.
” Are you aware he’s got a childhood best friend? They are like brothers, real friends who acts like brothers. They do a lot of stuff together you know” Albert says at the other side of the glass.
” Francis Ryland, yes. He’s dead, died two months ago in Cuba.”
” Died?” Albert seems surprised.
” Yes. He died of cancer.” Phoebe replies.
” That’s new. Never knew he was sick.”
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I am exhausted as I shut my living room door. I need to confront Judah tonight, I’m pretty sure he owes me a lot of explanations for the stunt he pulled today and the other days and why did he went to jail. Without changing my clothes, I walk out my front door and walk down to Judah’s porch.
I knock on his door and wait for him to answer. After knocking the second time, I hear footsteps on the other side of the door and the door springs open revealing a shirtless Judah. He smirks at me and usher me to come in.
” I didn’t expect you to come over tonight.” He says and shuts the door behind me.
” I’m not here for you to flirt with me. We need to talk.” I say and cross my arms.
” Yeah, right? So what bullshit story did your boyfriend told you about me?”
God concentrate Serena and stop looking at his fine torso. Judah isn’t all that broad and big. He’s lean, nice torso, tall as the tower of Babylon and he’s also intimidating. I actually saw Todd shudder at the sight of Judah in that restroom.
And him being shirtless again, my brain already shut down.
” How did you know Todd?” I ask him.
Judah doesn’t say a word to me. He watches me and walks closer to me. I swallow. His long hair is tousled and his l-ips are a little pinker than usual. He licks his bottom lip and that made my entire nervous system light up.
Damn you Judah for making me feel this way.
” Worked for his punk father before. Once though.”
” What type of work?” I ask.
” I can’t tell you. You shouldn’t ask questions to some answers you don’t wanna know. You are just gonna get hurt. More.”
I look up at him and try to read whatever thing he said.
” You went to jail? Who did you kill?”
” He told you I killed someone? F-cking kid.” Judah hisses in anger and looks away from me.
” Judah, why did you go to jail?”
He looks down at me and he looks a little different. That perfect green eyes that always makes me feel different when they stare right into my soul are a little dark. He’s angry, Judah is angry. The last time he flipped, he walked out of my car after snapping at me and I was hurt.
Judah takes one final step and we’re breathing the same air. I didn’t notice I’m already pressed against his wall and he towers over me, looking as tempting as always. Maybe I should get angry just to tell him he has no right to get angry. I look up at him to hold his gaze and he’s not saying a word. Judah looks down at me, he moves his gaze from my eyes to my l-ips.
” You shouldn’t get close to me.” He says calmly.
” Why?” I whisper.
” I’m gonna hurt you. Hurt you more than your f-cker of a boyfriend already hurt you.”
I look at his eyes and I’m not willing to take in his threat. Maybe I want him to hurt me.
” Then why do you keep on coming after me? Telling me how you want me…”
He looks at me for a short seconds before answering.” I can’t seem to keep my hands to myself when I’m around you. I hate the fact that I want you so badly. Why do you even trust me Serena?”
” I don’t know.” I breathe out a whisper, still looking at his eyes. They hold a lot of stories. A lot of stories that i want to listen to.
” I’m gonna ruin you Serena. Hurt you and you gon’ hate me so much you’ll find me in your dreams hurting you again…”
I don’t f-cking care.
” Don’t try to be heroic and try to fix this man, you can’t.” He says.
” I don’t need the fixing either.” I tell him.
” You’re not scared of me, are you?” And then he smirks.
That smirk that I’ve been waiting for. It lights me up and I tend to go weak on my knees.
” I’m gonna break you Serena. F-ck you real good and make you want me so badly. I’ll hurt you and make you mo-n for me at the same time and you will love everything about it…”
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Ayo guys. Thank you for reading.
What makes you think Judah went to jail by the way?
Is Albert hiding something?
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