"NG! NG!" Charlot screamed at the top of her voice but there was no response still. She lifted her hands, landing it on the gate. It started like what seemed like a heavy bang on the metal gate. She repeated. There was no response from the security house. Charlotte paced about, peering her eyes through the thick metal bars.
She had resolved not to go into the house without Nelson's approval although she still had her keys with her.
She had to move fast, fast and shamelessly. The hospital had reported a new procedure had to be carried on her mom by evening. She stared at the text containing the figures she had to deposit. She had nothing in heaven and on earth at the moment. She had spent all she had offsetting Jeffery's bills at school.
"Hey, Madam Charlotte " the nice security guard greeted. Charlotte forced a smile.
"Is your boss in?" Charlotte asked.
The guard ignored her question and went back in.
Charlotte hissed and then forced her keys out of her leather bag. She pushed the gates open.
The man rushed out from the security house, standing in the way. "Sorry ma, I can't let you in" he said.
"Oh crap! After you ignored me? Huh!" She pushed him to the side and made her way to the house.
"NG! NG!" She called out" Yet there was no response. NG was the short form for Nelson Grill, Charlotte's boyfriend who had for months refused to take her calls.
Charlotte stood in the middle of the corridor, breathing heavily. She had stopped calling out to him. She heard soft cries from the inner room. The one she and Nelson shared when he was in town.
She listened carefully, the cry wasn't a cry for help, it was the voice of a woman. It was soft Moans. Charlotte exhaled, closing her eyes she rested her hands on the wall. Her legs had become weak.
"Nelson…" she muttered. A tear dropped. Then another. A stream began to fall.
She instantly regretted her decision to seek help from the man who had snubbed her for over a year. He ignored her texts, calls and even fax's she sent concerning her mother's illness.
Bracing up, she took a step and then another, slowing until she was at the door of the master bedroom. It was ajar.
Right there in the middle of the hallway, she stood mouth agape. The cries intensified. The creak sounds from the mattress echoed, the male domineering breathing exhaustedly.
Charlotte swallowed hard. They'd not noticed her presence. She stepped into the room. The crazy movements on the bed stopped.
"Charlotte!" The lady screamed, stunned.
"Brenda…" Charlotte could not believe her eyes. Her friend who claimed to be pregnant was all curled up in Nelson's arms.
"So this is what kept you busy NG? Why you broke up with me over text? Why you could not see me? Why you said we could not work out? Why-"
Nelson Grill peered into Charlotte's red face. He stared at her like she spoke gibberish. He'd managed to avoid her for a year now. He made sure to block her on all socials and here she was in his bedroom. His boring girlfriend. More like, boring ex.
"What are you doing here?" Nelson asked, he sat up, pulling Brenda and her big booty to the side. He sighed. Brenda had begun to shiver.
Charlotte's cry intensified, tears dropping to the floor.
"Would you please leave Charlotte? " He said.
"Brenda… My best friend. How could you? You saud NG wasn't your type. How about your pregnancy?"
Brenda got out of the bed using the sheets over her chest. She went on her knees. "Charlotte, I'm so sorry."
"Brenda!" Nelson lashed out angrily. Brenda got startled and ran back behind the tall Nelson Grill who was up in his boxers.
He pushed Brenda to the side and headed for his cellphone.
"You are proving to be headstrong, right?" He dialed a short digit.
"Yes Constable, there's a criminal I need you to pick up."
Charlotte's eyes bulged out. "NG"
"You fucking broke in!" He spat.
Charlotte turned to leave. She stood still. "You've been fucking fucking Brenda, good gracious" she took a deep breath.
Brenda pushed Nelson aside and ran after her friend, holding on to the sheets.
"Charlotte, I'm sorry!" She kept on calling out. Charlotte increased her walk pace. She wished the earth could open and swallow her. Brenda followed from behind.
Just as Charlotte was about to close the door behind her. The siren of the local police rang throughout the premise.
Would Nelson let them take her? Charlotte thought. The security guard watched from a distance. Charlotte stole a gaze at him.
NG had caught Brenda restraining her from getting to Charlotte.
Charlotte gave her a smug look. "Crocodile tears…" Charlotte muttered.
"Hey Charlotte, die with your virginity!" Brenda spat. The sudden switch made Charlotte's head twirl.
"Yea, I could not keep up with your good girl vibes. I wish I'd met Brenda earlier on" Nelson said boldly.
The police car siren had stopped, the guard had let them park in. This sent chills all over Charlotte's body.
The police officers got down. "Good afternoon sir" m. The older man greeted Nelson.
"Take her officer. I caught her on my property trying to steal." Nelson pointed his accusing fingers at Charlotte.
Charlotte gasped. It was as if someone shut down the oxygen supply. She grasped for air. And then she blacked out.