ÇLYDE'S MANSION
ALEX'S POV
I sat in the couch and stared absentmindedly on the television as thoughts of the previous incident streamed into my medulla. I was baffled about what had happened.
Just then, Jackie appeared from the kitchen with a tray in her hand as she sashayed along bouncing her hips casually to the left and right. It felt so comical at first but sooner it turned to being romantic. Probably,she wanted to impress me since it has been long since she layed eyes on me. And the amusing part was, they even thought I was dead. Perhaps, that was what was made known to her .
Her joy knew no bounds when she layed eyes on me. But I on the other side, was mad at her.
Sooner, she got closer with the tray. On top of the tray was hot coffee and scrambled eggs with bread. She placed them carefully on the center table and lifted the coffee and headed in my direction to hand it to me.
A quarter way to me, she twisted her ankle spilling the coffee on my injured leg making me flinch in pain.
"What the fuck" I screamed at her.
" I'm sorry baby, I'm sorry". She said in remorse.
"I guess you want to kill me totally huh?" I said to her.
" Don't say that dear, it was totally unintentional" she said as she cleaned the mess on him.
"Hmm, you got me bleeding earlier on and now you won't let that wound heal also?
I had told you not go for that shooting class and neither should you possess a gun but you went on deaf ears huh?" He added.
" Oh gosh Alex!! Stop this , I've already explained why I did that so please stop this nagging. And I'm sorry for hurting you. I guess I'm the bad and unfortunate one here.
I twisted my ankle and you haven't even asked how I feel. Instead,you keep nagging me about my unintentional mistakes. " Jackie screamed at him and hurriedly out of the living room heading upstairs in tears.
FLASHBACK
This time I didn't take the front door, the backdoor was my way of entry. I stood focused as I faced the green wooden door which looked quite filthy and dusty. It had a hole beneath which looked like a mouse door. I could see it has been ages since the door got opened looking at it rusty hinges .
Behind me was Mr.Amo, the man that saved me. He was bent on not letting me go alone and insisted on following me if I have my mind made up on completing the cause.
I drew closer and turned the door knob to open but unfortunately, it was locked. That wasn't a big problem for me , I was good with locks.
I drew out a small pin from my pocket and stared at it. Mr. Amo's face drenched in confusion.
I keenly inserted the pin into the keyhole and did what was best known to me. I manoeuvred within the keyhole with the pin waiting patiently for it to hit the right spot.
Eventually, I heard the clicking sound which affirmed me that I had unlocked it. I sighed.
Again, I turned the door knob and it opened. Together with Mr. Amo, we entered. We were in passage way which eventually led to the living room.
We watched in non-delight at the disengaged state of the living room. The room looked filthy and unattended to. The chairs turned upside down and the main door left ajar. We scanned the room to see if there was someone but it was empty of a living being .
I then remembered the room Kelvin was kept, which was upstairs .
"This is quite strange, they were all here the last time , Kelvin, Gloria,Geoffrey and the fucking guards" I whispered to Mr. Amo who still looked confused.
"Who are they?" Mr. Amo asked.
"Forget it, I will explain later let's check upstairs" I said to him.
We took the stairs in slow paces looking around for any unexpected situations. I brought out my gun as we reached the room where Kelvin was held captive. The door was shut. I brought my ear close to the door to eavesdrop if there was any sound ongoing in the room, but non was heard.
I turned the door knob and the door opened freely.
We were welcomed by solely darkness.
We stepped into the room and collided onto an object that seemed vaguely like a box or that's what I assumed. The room was bleak, cold and completely dark. It was quiet and somber in there and I felt a chill as the darkness engulfed us.
The pitch black atmosphere was impenetrable and we stood rooted to the spot, trying to stretch our eyes as wide as possible but we could barely makeout a feeble outline of some distant object. There was nothing warm about that place. It smelled of something really bad, something that was rotten.
Mr. Amo scanned the room and pressed on something that looked liked a switch, the room lit bright with rays of lights invading entirely the initial pitch black room.
We were only welcomed by a dreadful scene. Behold, a dead body, tied to a chair with a stream of blood flowing few centimetres to my feet. Not only were we saddened but relieved to know it wasn't Kelvin's body.
I drew closer to the body and began to thoroughly search for any clues. In the cause, I heard a gunshot and realised that was for me when the veins in my leg had stopped pumping out blood. I was crippled instantly.
I turned to see my shooter and was surprisingly welcomed by Jackie's face. On seeing me, she screamed in remorse as she ran in my direction dropping her gun.
I held my leg pressing it hard to prevent blood lose.
Mr. Amo together with Jackie carried me downstairs
I had my eyes closed all along with gritted teeth as we went downstairs. I also heard a female voice which sounded familiar as well.
Then all I could remember was the zooming sound of a car and I could tell that we had left the abandoned building.
BACK TO REALITY
Jackie sat on her bed with her left injured leg raised on top of her right as she examined her bruised leg. She was in an unbearable pain.
"I injured my leg and yet he failed to ask about it. All he could think about was himself. Besides it wasn't even my fault that I shot him, why should he blame me on this?" Jackie thougth within.
" I just reacted to the scene I saw. It wasn't my intention to shoot Alex, I just thought was one of the kidnappers killing Kelvin. And hopefully I missed and shot his leg.
"I didn't pass my shooting test yet I still had the courage to hold a gun." Jackie thought further .
Jackie was so caught up in her thoughts to the extent that she failed to realize when Alex held her leg and started applying an ointment on her injury, until a tremor of pain rushed through her vein jolting her out of her thoughts.
"Now you care?" Jackie asked furiously.
"I always cared dear" Alex said apologetically .
"Whatever, you screamed at me." Jackie retorted.
"I shouldn't have done so ,I'm sorry dear please forgive me." Alex said as he wrapped the injured area with a bandage.
"You are done now you can leave please.
"Jackie chuckled.
"Oh don't be so rude dear. I said I'm sorry don't just send me away" Alex said making a childish sound.
"What is it? What do you wa ........" Before Jackie could finish uttering these words, Alex had shush her with a deep kiss rolling over her.
He knew that was the only way Jackie would forgive her. He continued to tighten the kiss till Jackie finally gave in and returned the kiss.
Their tongues tangled and went to war in their locked mouths, battling madly for dominance."Jackie's lips were soft, almost silken, and pillowy against his own. He could feel the soft tickle of her breath beneath his nose, fingers carding through her hair as we breathed each other in.
Their bodies pressed together heatedly against the bed, breathing heavily as their lips pressed together. He could taste their shared breath, feel the thud of their combined heartbeat as they fumbled to take off one another's clothes."
That was how Jackie's anger vanished.