Beautiful Mask - Episode 9

Caroline:

"Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God!"favour squeal and i wince at the loud volume.

"This is an infinix note5. A Newly launched brand. You are so lucky.

Can we switch?"she asks and i snatch the phone off her hands.

"Its not proper to give out a gift" i say and she wiggle her brows at me.

"Especially when that gift is from your crush right?" she says and i

roll my eyes at her.

"But seriously Caroline. This guy is smitten by you. I told you are

amazing and a wonderful guy is going to fall for you" she says and i

sigh. Maybe Simon likes me. He did defend me against his awful

girlfriend. That counts right?.

"Girl, i gotta go. I need to start working on getting my own Mr

infinix" she says and we both laugh. I hug her goodbye and she walks

across the compound to her house which is just opposite ours. I cant

get Simon off my mind as i sit in front of our house. After the

incident with Beatrice, Simon didn't come out of his office. He had

just texted me to go home when it was 6pm. He seemed really down. I

should just send him a text to check on him.

Caroline- are you asleep?

Simon- yes

Caroline- then how are you replying?

Simon- am sleep texting.

Caroline- lol.that's silly

Simon- lol

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. Am sorry about Beatrice and for going cold on you this afternoon.

Caroline- thanks for standing up for me. P.s. Why is your girlfriend so

mean to me?

Simon- Beatrice isn't my girlfriend. And i think she is just jealous.

Caroline- its stupid. She just so beautiful and i am well, me.

Simon- what's wrong with being you. You are beautiful isn't superficial

like hers.

Caroline- by the way, what did you mean when you say you owe her?

Simon- a long story.

I am about to reply when my brother walks out.

"cool phone" he says and i am shocked that he is talking to me.

"thanks"i  murmur. I wait for him to leave but he just keeps standing beside me.

"umm Caroline. Can you do me a favour please?" he asks and i turn to

look at him. This is actually the longest sentence he has ever said to

me for as long as i can remember that doesn't involve cursing at me.

He must really need my help.

"what is it?"i  ask

"promise me you'll do it"

"if its within my power, i would" i say

"i would have gone by myself but i have to umm go barb my hair" he

ramble on and i notice his hands are shaking. What is he up to now? I

wonder.

"just ask your favour, Nedu" i say impatiently. Simon must be waiting

for my reply already.

"can you help me return this cap to khalifa?" he asks and hand a cap to

me. I narrow my eyes at him and he just shrugs. Just returning a cap

is making him nervous?. Something is up.

"why don't you take it to him yourself. Or if you are so busy tonight,

take it to him tomorrow"i inquire

"look Caroline.. I already told you am busy. If you cant do this

little thing for me just say so. Okay?"

"alright, I'll go"i say and he sigh in relief.

"good girl"he says then walk out. I quickly send a text to Simon

before i set off.

Caroline- be right back. Gotta run a little errand for my brother.

Simon- by this time? Caroline-I'll be fine. Its just around the corner.

Simon- alright call me when you get there.

Caroline-sure.

Its so nice to know that someone cares about me enough to worry.

Through out my walk to khalifa's house, i have a big grin on my face.

I finally get there and i knock. I tap my feet impatiently waiting for

him to come out. I better call Simon and tell him i am fine. I dial

his number and it goes through immediately.

"Caroline"he says as soon as it connects.

"i am fine Simon, just wanted to inform- arggg! Stop it!"i scream as i

feel a hand around my waist. I turn quickly to see khalifa's behind

me. He is clearly high.

"get your hands off me"i say but his grip only tighten and i start to

panick. He reeks of cheap beer and India hemp. I try to struggle out

to no avail.

"stopch struggling. I already paid your brotherch" he slur. Oh no. I

cant believe i trusted chinedu.

"Please let me go.. I'll give you your money back. How much did you

give him" what i am saying seems to piss him off and his hand wrap

around my neck.

"do you think i am not worthy scarface? I will teach you a lesson"he

pushes me to the ground in spite and i crawl away from him. I quickly

find my footing and start running but my sprained ankle start to hurt

so I don't get far. He grabs my hand and land a hot slap across my

face. My vision blurs but i don't want to lose consciousness for fear

of what would happen to me. I struggle weakly as he carries me on his

shoulder inside his house which smell awful. Its a bedsitter so he

deposits me on his bed which is just close to the door.

"Please i am begging you. Stop this while you still can. Please"my

pleas fall on deaf ears as he starts ripping my clothes off. I try to

fight him off and he lands two blows on me. I try to fight

unconsciousness but i know i cant. Another blow land on my stomach.

Everywhere aches and i start blocking everything out. I see him start

unbuckling his belt and adrenaline shoot up in my blood and i start

kicking and screaming for help.

"Shut up slut!" he bellows and covers my mouth with his hand. I bite

down on the hand till i taste blood.

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. He scream and let go of me and i

run as fast as i can. I see a car's headlight coming toward me and i

run in front of it to stop it. The car stops and i see Simon rush out

of it.

"Oh my God. Caroline what happened to your clothes" he asks as i run

into his arms and he hug me. I see Khalifa running towards us and i

struggle to get away. Simon turns to look at the source of my fear and

the next thing i know, he is rushing at khalifa. He takes khalifa to

the ground and pound on him with so much force i know that if he

continues, he is going to kill him. I drag my depleted body to him and

hold his hand.

"Please stop. Just take me out of here"i plead. Simon looks at me with

angry eyes which soften as soon as he looks into my eyes. He gets off

khalifa who isn't moving and carry me to his car.