Beautiful Mask - Episode 15

Beatrice:

"No, no no!. You better not hang up on me. I have to speak with

kelvin. Damn it!. She hung up again" i pace my living room agitated. I

grab the bottle of wine on the table and drink directly from the

bottle. Its been more than two weeks since i lost benedicta and

something has been bothering me ever since. I don't want to believe

this but it becomes glaringly obvious. The restroom didn't have any

other exit except the one i was standing at. Which was precisely the

reason why i answered the call there. When i searched the restroom i

didn't find any other occupant but i did find her mask lying beside a

lavatory. Which means benedicta left wearing something else and the

only person who left the restroom was Caroline. This is so unlikely

but i cant shake the feeling anymore. Caroline might just be my lost

sister. I havnt been able to sleep much since that day and to make

matters worse, i have not been able to reach kelvin. His stupid

secretary keep telling me he went on a business trip. I don't believe

that though. I need to know if Caroline is my sister. If she is, then

i cant go through with my plans with kelvin

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. I cant take Simon away

from her. I shouldnt have asked kelvin directly if Caroline is

benedicta. Now he is avoiding me. Well, no more. I think it is time to

confront kelvin. I drop the bottle of wine and stagger to my room.

Maybe i shouldnt go to kelvin when i am this drunk. I fall in bed and

curl up in a lonely ball. This has been my life for so long. No

family. No friends. Just an enormous inheritance to play with. I cant

leave this life anymore. Maybe marrying Simon would not be able to

stop this feeling of loneliness. I need family. I need my sister. I

toss and turn in bed without sleep claiming me. I sit up frustrated.

"i cant take this anymore. I need answers" i grab my head and stand. I

walk to my closet and put on the first cloth i touch. No time to think

on fashion. I stagger out of my house and hail a taxi. In my alcohol

induced state, i find myself in kelvin's house minutes later. Kelvin

wouldn't be here by now. Its still working hours. Maybe i can find a

way in and find something that could tell me about my sister. I

stagger around the house without finding any point of entrance. All

doors and windows are firmly shut. I just need to find a glass entry.

If i could just get my drunk brain to think. I have been here before.

"Glass entry. Glass entry. Where are you? where are you?. The

kitchen!" i remember admiring the view from there the last time. I

rush to the back of the house and breathe a sigh of relief when i find

the glass door.

"okay, now i have to break in"i look around and find a stone. It

should do. I smash the glass by the door handle and pass my hand

through to open it. Thankfully, the door click open.

"yes!" its already getting dark and kelvin may be back soon.

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kelvin:

"Sir, the alarm in your kitchen just sounded. Do you want us to go

check it?" the security personnel in charge of my house asks. It may

not be anything big but i have a feeling something isn't right.

"don't worry. I'll take care of it"i tell him. I grab my car keys and

walk out of my office after informing my secretary that i am going

home for the day. I slip into the elevator before it closes and roll

my eyes when i notice Simon standing in the corner looking forlorn.

Okay, good cousin mode activated.

"Are you okay, man?" i ask and he just nods.

"still trying to reach Caroline?"i ask. Simon has been trying to find

Caroline ever since and i am glad that i sent her away. The doctor in

ibadan is doing a great job stalling her there till after simon's

wedding.

"still cant reach her. You guys seemed close. Haven't you seen her?" he asks.

"I don't know if i should tell you this." i say and pretend to

hesitate. I know i have all his attention now.

"What is it?. Tell me"

"I'd prefer not to tell you. To preserve the good memory you have of Caroline."

"What are you talking about?. Tell me!" he screams in my face grabs my collar.

"Hey calm down!"

"don't tel me to calm down! I am losing my mind!"he screams back. His

hold on my neck is getting tighter.

"Okay! Okay!. Let go and I'll tell you" he lets go and i pretend to be

out of breathe.

"Caroline was at the mask party Simon. She looked angry when i saw

her. I don't know why though."

"oh no. Is that why she isn't picking my call?. Do you know where she

is?. I need to explain some certain things to her"

"listen Simon. After the party, Caroline came to my house. I was

surprised at how she knew my house but before i know it, she was

taking her clothes off. I asked her what she wanted and she asked for

money. I had to give her the money so she would leave. I don't know

where she is right now though" i say

"you are shitting me." he whispers but i just shrug. "What reason do i

have to lie against your secretary?. I suggest you employ someone

else. If you doubt me, you can check her account balance. Use your

influence" i say and walk out of the elevator which opens at the right

time. If he still loves Caroline after that then he has to have his

head checked.

It doesn't take long before i drive into my garage. I quickly get out

of the car. Simon has slowed me down. Whoever is inside may no longer

be inside anymore. I enter into my sitting room and notice it has been

ransacked. Its empty of intruders though. I search all the rooms

downstairs but find nowhere. I suddenly hear a crash upstairs and i

grab a knife from the kitchen before i head upstairs. The noise seem

to have come from my bedroom. I push the door open and prepare to kill

whoever is in there but i am shocked to find Beatrice on my bed

crying. There is a paper in her hands

"what are you doing in here?" i ask and she turns to me

"kelvin. You bastard. Why didn't you tell me Caroline was my sister?.

I am going to expose you if you don't tell me where she is" she

staggers to me and i realise that she is drunk.

"Beatrice honey, you are drunk.

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. You don't know what you are saying." I

walk towards her slowly.

"No! Dont come any closer or I would put Simon on the phone right now.

Or maybe the police" she says and stands up. She starts walking to the

side slowly as I stalk towards her.

"Stop moving and let me explain" I try to make a grab for her but she

manages to slip through. She stands running away and I chase her. I

would have just shot her and get it over with but I still need her. she

runs towards to step and I know in have to stop her before she leaves

the house.

"If you call the police or simon, Caroline dies"I grind out and she

stops at the edge of the stairs.

"Give that DNA test results to me"I say. She look at me then down the stairs.

"Come on Beatrice. You don't want your sister dead right?" she starts

sobbing but she stretches her hand to give me the papers. I move

towards her to grab the papers. This seems to scare her as she jerks

and  trip on her heels. I watch in horror as she falls down the

stairs. Hitting the tiled floor continuously.