Mirage - Episode 35

 

Sylvia:
"Wait, you mean Noah is alive and well?" I ask totally surprised. The newspapers did carry the news of his death.
"Yes ma'am. He was with Minerva at the beach house" Kennedy answers.
"Are you sure it was Noah?" i ask still doubting. I mourned his death for months. Even though I have been in the states receiving treatment for years I have been current on the news in Nigeria . When I got the news of Noah's death and Minerva's conviction, I was heart broken. I couldn't help but blame myself. If I didn't have an episode at that particular time that fateful day, Noah wouldn't have gotten shot and minerva wouldn't have gone to prison. Yes, I employed Kennedy to help get her out and make sure chief badmus stayed in jail  but I still carry the guilt of Noah's death on my shoulders. Is he really alive?
"Ma'am, it was obviously Noah in that house with Minerva. She told me he survived the sea and the gunshot wound. He also owns the beach house now. Miss ivy who works in the NDLEA transferred the property to him." At the mention of that b-tch ivy, my hackles rise.
"Ivy? That b-tch who is working with those drug dealers?" I ask. I have always knew the reason chief Barnabas wasn't convicted along side badmus is because his daughter helped him

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. I have been gathering incriminating evidence against ivy and her father and I am ready to use them now. What I don't understand is why Noah collected the beach house ivy gave him. Did she bribe him with it? The Noah I know wouldn't do that. Hell, I was barely able to stop him from confronting ivy when she came to her brother's house that day we impersonated him. Something is so not right and I can't sit here and wonder anymore. I am going back to Nigeria.
"Thank you Kennedy. I already forwarded your pay to your account." I say then end the call.
   Nigeria here I come. Ivy and her evil father won't know what hit them.
  I pick a paper and a pen from the bedside table and scribble a note on it.

  I KNOW WHAT YOU DID ON THAT YATCH. I AM WATCHING YOU. YOUR TIME HAS COME TO PAY
 

  I ring the intercom for my nurse and hand the paper to her with instructions for her to get it to my informant in Nigeria. He would know where to find ivy. This should let him know that it's time for us to put our plans into action.

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Minerva:

  I yawn tiredly as I get off the couch I am hating the more with each passing day. After fleeing to the washing room yesterday evening, it was work non stop. It is just like Noah is bent on punishing me. He brought a whole lot of clothes for me to wash and when I tried using the washing machine, he said he prefers his clothes hand washed. I might have used my feet in washing a couple of his clothes in revenge but I still feel tired this morning.
   Last night's dinner was yam and pepper soup. Yea, I didn't make it. Noah did and I admit I was stunned by the outcome and to think he hasn't prepared it before. He downloaded the recipe online and prepared the sumptuous meal before my very eyes. I was like the sous chef. Assisting him. Okay who am I kidding. Noah just used me for stupid errands. He even sent me to get sugar and we didn't use it. At least I did get something out of the errands.
  I smile at the memory. I had gone to the convenience store to get the sugar and just decided to pay my Cokes a little visit. I was just going to greet them a merry Christmas but then the store attendant offered me a carton. He said it was a Christmas bonus and I couldn't say no. I told him to store it in the fridge for me. I would get them this weekend on my birthday. I hope to celebrate it with Noah before I leave.

  Ding dong
  The door bell rings and i quickly get off the couch. Who could it be this early morning?
I open the door and find a man standing there with a package . he's wearing a face cap.
"A package for Mr Noah" he says.
"I'll take it." I say. He nods and pull the face cap he's wearing down.
"Sign here" he hands me a biro without making eye contact. I take the biro from him and i sign the paper while trying to catch his face. He looks familiar.
"Thank you" I say to his back as he walks away quickly. He must be in a hurry.
The package is light. Probably a letter. I wonder who writes letters in this modern day. I carry the package and walk to Noah's room.

"Yes,  i want you to find all the dirt you have on her. Her drug addiction, and every other crimes she committed in Canada." I hear Noah's voice from the other side of the door. What does he want all that for? He's probably here on another mission to use me. I can't believe I was falling for his lies all over again. My heart constrict painfully in my chest and I feel like I am having one of my panic attacks. It's been a while since I had one of them. I thought Noah cured me of them but it's ironic that he brought them back.
  The package slip from my slippery fingers and land on the floor. I grab my chest and try to steady my breathing.
"Breathe Minerva. Breathe" I will myself but I can't.
  Noah's door fly open and both our eyes meet. His widening in shock.

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Noah:
  I smile satisfactorily as I drop my phone on my bed. I have to admit that what I feel for Minerva isn't worth ignoring. She is the only one that I remember that can make me so mad and then so angry. So possessive and so protective. Ivy never meant that to me and I want to make sure Minerva's not the drug addict ivy and the press made her to be. I just got off the phone with a private investigator in Canada to get me info of Minerva's lifestyle in Canada.

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. I hope I get the answer I want. I feel so strongly in my heart that Minerva isn't a drug addict or a snitch who would support her evil father.

  The sound of heavy breathing makes me stop my thought just to listen. Someone is outside my door. Years of training has made my senses sharp. I pull the door open to come eye to eye with Minerva. She looks to be in pain. She's clutching her chest and her hands are shaking. My eyes widen in shock when I feel her body sway and I catch her before she hit the floor.
 
"Just hold on to me for a minute" she whispers and these words hit my chest like a sledge hammer. My pulse is beating so fast. Where have I heard those words before. An image of Minerva in my arms just like right now flash through my mind and I gasp at the intensity of feelings that wash through me.