Close Enemy

Chapter 10

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It was now two months since I had been staying at Joel's.

After working hours Joel and I had planned on getting some groceries together, he was meant to pick me up from work, so I had waited for him since I closed from work earlier than he did.

It was literally two hours since work closed, I stood outside the office building as I paced around waiting for Joel.

He ought to be around by now, his work had closed an hour ago, but he was nowhere to be seen, I paced furiously as I got impatient from waiting.

As I kept pacing around, my phone vibrates I rushed my hands into my bag to check if I had a message.

I brought out my phone and unlocked it, I had one new message I then clicked on it, it was Joel, he sent me a message.

Sorry hun I couldn't make it. Let's meet at home we can go grocery shopping after that.

I got so infuriated that he had made me wait for so long just to end up at the apartment.

I stopped a taxi and got in, heading straight to our apartment. On my way there I receive an urgent call from my mom's house.

It was the neighbor who spoke from the other side of the phone, she had called to inform me that my mom had been involved in a serious accident at home.

After I heard the news I had a change of mind and went straight to my mom's place.

On my way to my there I received another call from the neighbor. She had informed me that my mom was in need of some Green Tea and some healthy snacks.

"Driver please there's a change of plans"

"ma'am please I don't have all the time in the world for this,  you have to pay me double for the trouble"

"sure I will" I said to him.

The driver makes a turn heading straight to the closest supermarket around.

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It was 7:35pm when I had just arrived at Joel's apartment, I was so exhausted from helping my mom after her accident in the bathtub.

I yawned out loud in exhaustion, after I had dropped my keys on top of the table in the sitting room.

It had skipped my mind that I had not informed Joel of my movement, I felt really bad.

I walked to our room to check on him, but the door seemed to have been locked from the inside, I knocked on the door calling out his name.

"Joel "

I knocked again, then I realized that he could be upset with me, I couldn't stand it anytime he got upset with me.

This time I decided to make it up to him by making his favorite meal, I walked straight to the kitchen, pulled out the ingredients needed, turned on the gas, then started cooking.

I had just finished making his favorite meal, Grilled asparagus and beef with mashed potato at the side, the aroma from the food was all over the apartment.
My mouth started watering from the appealing aroma.

I rushed to the room to call out to him, I knocked on the door several times but he kept silent.

I walked straight to the living room picked up my bag and brought my phone out.

I called his number just to be sure he was home, I walked back to the room door as the phone begins to ring.

On getting there I placed my right ear on the door, trying to get any trace of his phone ringing.

I could hear his phone ring, it didn't ring too loud making it harder for me to hear it clearly.

I banged on the door one more time

"Joel I know you're in there,  I'm sorry I couldn't make it, my mom was in an accident so I rushed to meet her, besides you also stood me up earlier, come on baby open the door" I said as I pleaded out

But I got no response, i couldn't believe that he would get angry over trivia matters.

"Joel open!, I need to change my clothes"

I pulled the door handle up and down like I was trying to open it.
I paced a bit in frustration.

"okay fine you're upset, at least talk to me"

Still I got no reply.

I got upset and rushed out of the apartment, went down to the lobby to meet with one of the securities.

After a while, I walked into the apartment with a security we went straight to the room door.

I stamped my foot on the floor as prepared myself on yelling at joel.

"sir please be fast" I said rudely

The door to room was finally opened, I furiously rushed into the room to start nagging.

On getting there I see Joel sleeping on the bed, with a blanket over him leaving only his face out, as he lays down flat on the bed facing the ceiling. The security guard made his way out of the apartment.

In a bit of rage I rushed to him, with the feeling that his sleeping scene was nothing but a pretence, I hit him on the left shoulder several times just to wake him up, but he wouldn't respond.

I hit him harder.

"Joel wake up!,  stop playing games with me" I said as I got infuriated

I pulled his blanket off his body thinking this would make him get up.

But on removing the blanket my eyes meet something enormous underneath it.

The bed sheet had turned from white to red, he seemed to be laying in a pool of his own blood.

He bled all the way from the back of the his head and chest.

I screamed out loud, my eyes couldn't believe what it had met, I didn't want to believe that the blood was gushing out of him.

I turned his body around, the back of his shirt had been soaked with blood.

My body felt stiff, I couldn't stand the sight of what my eyes had met.
I slowly walked out of the room as my hands shivered with blood all over them.

I rushed to where I had dropped my phone to make an emergency call.
After that I went straight to the lobby to inform the securities on my recent discovery.