Second chances

Chapter Thirty Two: Face Behind The Mask

Vicky's stomach had begun to growl and kick , the pain made her grit her teeth and made fingers twitch continuously. She knew what was happening to her and she prayed it could be stopped. How could she not have known who her enemy was?

Her strength was slowly leaving her and the liquid that seeped out of her body didn't stop. It must have been triggered by the fall. The doctor had warned her about the late pregnancy, how she was prone to miscarriage. The fowl odor of the blood, her nose had become inured to and she could pray was for the psychopath to release her.

The room they had been in was made of wood, with a light bulb dangling from the roof. She could tell with the sounds that emanated from outside the building that they were in a secluded place. She only heard different birds crow, she was surprised at how she could distinctly identify them by the sounds they made. One talent frequently visiting her grandmother in the village had left her with.

Her lips began to shiver and tears were welled up in her eyes. There was no way she was going to escape. She scoffed quietly at how her second chance at life had brought her back to face death again.

"Wait o, are you crying?" Grace asked with a demonic smile plastered on her face.

She then gave out a wry laugh "you should be, Charles will be very angry when he finds out you lost his baby, to top it all, you committed suicide all over again"

"Please if there's any ounce of humanity left in you, just let me go. Let me try to save my baby before it is too late, ple-ease!" this time Vicky could not hide the sobs that escaped her lips.

"The baby is gone already, with the way you have been bleeding, I'd say you forget the child and wait for your judgment"

"Judgment? What did I ever do to you? I didn't even know you existed till the day you came to my house?" Vicky's words were becoming whispers owing to the weaknesses that enveloped her.

You! You took my soul mate from me. I guess he didn't tell you, did he?. Charles and I used to be very close in school, very close. There were sometimes that people used to think we were dating "she paused for a brief moment and shut her eyes probably reliving the moment.

" One day I told him how I felt for him and kissed him, you see he kissed back, then told me he would get back to me. That was on the day of our convocation. Well he left and I waited and waited and waited for him. Then the next thing I heard was that he was getting married to you!
I died within me, the rage consumed me because I saw how you looked so happy with the man you stole . I met Charles weeks before the marriage begged him to call off the wedding but he was obsessed with you!.i knew you had done something to him, he didn't love you. Anyways I let him be, decided to move on but I just couldn't. I came back years later and it was good to find out that things were rocky. Well I decided to hang around for a bit, then I found out that he was cheating on you. "

At this point Victoria could only think of how betrayed she felt by Charles. He had never mentioned that he had history with the psychopath that is making her lose her baby.

" You  know when you were in coma I begged Charles to sleep with me. Do you know how embarrassing it feels to ask a man for sex and get rejected. All because of his sweet Victoria. Then when he became so frustrated with your poor memories he kept coming to me. We even kissed on one of those occasions but he refused to have sex with me. You needed to have seen his face when he told me off."

Victoria didn't know whether to be amused, happy or disappointed with what she was hearing.

"So which are you angry about? The rejection or the deprivation of intimacy? because I couldn't care less if he slept you with you. You are quite very sexy". Vicky's mocking statement brought a smile to her pale face.

"Are you mocking me?" this time Grace was enraged she walked straight to Vicky and tore a slap across her pale face.

The slap gave a little sting then felt numb, Vicky realized that she must have lost so much blood for her not to feel the pain for long.

" Well before she gets here, I'll so deal with you, you witch!"

Before who gets here? "

Grace ignored her question and continued to speak

You know you decided to freeze my teeth off the day I asked for water. You'll be sorry for that single act. You see I came prepared, very prepared. We've spent so much time here, I believe you'd be thirsty. Grace walked out of the room and came back minutes later with a cup of water.

Dizziness had slowly begun to take Vicky over and she shook her head to ward off slumber. As the lady approached her with a cup that looked as if steam was escaping from it, her eyes began to get shut.

"I hope this burns off your tongue, you idiot!". The burning liquid had almost reached her lips before a voice called out to the lady in front of her.

She could not identify anything as darkness swallowed her up, but she could swear the voice sounded very familiar. It sounded just like Grace's

Her eyes went shut and her mind blank but she could still hear the voices.

"I told you to be gentle with her, she's pregnant for God's sake"

"You don't need to worry about that, she lost the baby"

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