Unattainable Perfection - Episode 27

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* ***** Pacing the length of her small apartment impatiently, Alice checks her phone for the umpteenth time.

She groans in frustration again.

This was getting annoying by the second.. She had been waiting for almost twenty minutes for a reply to the message she had sent Lydia but she got none.

Finally she tosses the phone onto her worn out mattress, walks to the fridge and takes out a half filled bottle of beer.

Throwing her head back, she tips the contents into her mouth as she chugs everything in one gulp.

She drops the empty bottle and collapses onto the mattress.

She was running out of time.

Her money was almost finished.

She was on the verge of getting broke.

Lydia better bring her good news else she'll carry out her threat.

She was beginning to become useless to her anyway.

*****

ALEXA'S POV

I plaster an innocent smile on my face as William turns to glare at me.

If glares could kill, I'd be six feet under by now.

I mean what's his problem? He's the man over here and traditionally he's supposed to carry Lydia inside not me.

"What? Stop staring at me. You're a man,you're supposed to strong so why are you complaining that I'm not helping you carry her

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. Or aren't you a man?"

I smirk.

"Ha ha very funny. I'm laughing so hard"

he replies dryly rolling his eyes.

"Oh come on Will just take her inside before she wakes up. Or you're so weak?"

I tease and he narrows his eyes at me.

"You witch! Meet me in the bedroom and then we'll know if I'm so weak"

he says and my eyes widen as I realise he made a s*xual joke.

Not familiar with such vulgar words, a blush creeps up my face.

"Do you not have any filter?"

"Oh no rose. Not when it comes to you"

"Are you flirting Mr Wilson?"

He doesn't reply.

He just winks at me and proceeds to carry Lydia into the out house.

I bite back a smile and follow him.

****

We both let out a loud sigh after we plop onto the sofa.

We had tied Lydia to a chair in the storage room at the outhouse of the beach house.

And hopefully, when she wakes up I'll get my answers.

"I'll be back"

William says and strodes into the kitchen.

He comes back later with a large bowl of five rice balls and groundnut soup with lots of assorted meat.. My eyes bulge.

I've always heard men have a huge appetite but this? Is he eating for five people.

He sets it on the table and pours two glasses of water.

"Oh don't look at me like that Alexa. I'm not that much of a glutton. We're eating together. Come wash your hand and join"

he tells me,interrupting me.

I look at the table and realise another bowl of water, liquid soap and a napkin were aside.

"You ...you want me to eat with you?"

I ask confusedly.

"Yep. Have a problem with that?"

He asks and I sigh.

I know why he's doing this.

He's become too suspicious of the fact that I've been skipping my meals that's why he wants to make sure I eat by making me eat with him from the same bowl.

"Ugh..no.. It's just I've never eaten from the same bowl with any one"

I say instead

"Well my brothers and I do it all the time. Come now, it'll get cold"

he pats the empty space beside him.

I guess I have no choice.

Getting up, I walk over to sit beside him and wash my hand.

To be honest, call me crazy but I've never eaten with my hand.

A few times.

Maybe, twice, thrice?

"Never mind I'll feed you. I'll make sure you eat today"

he cuts a morsel of the rice ball, dips it into the soup and then brings it to my mouth.

"Eat Alexa"

I open my mouth as he pushes the food inside, my tongue grazing over the tip of his fingers.

His fingers remain on my lips for a while before he pulls back.

"You like?"

"I love. It's delicious. You're such a good Cook"

I commend

"I'm supposed to know how to prepare my favourite dish right?"

"How nice of you to share your favourite food with me"

I say and he rolls his eyes before going back to feed me.

He feeds me for a while until I can't take it anymore.

I pull away as I chew the meat and gulp down some water.

"I'm full William. I can't eat anymore"

I say and he eyes me suspiciously.

"You know, I'm definitely going to find out why you're starving yourself like this"

he says sternly and I have to look away so he doesn't see through me.

He sighs and begins to eat.

Ignoring me again.

I guess this cycle is never going to end.

***

Two hours later, Will and I walk towards the storeroom in the outhouse to check if she was awake.

"Stay behind the door yeah?"

William says as he adjusts his moustache.

I nod and hold my breath as he steps inside the dark room.. I stand behind the door and press my ear against the door.

There was an eery silence at first and then I could hear whispering followed by yelling.

"Tell me the truth!"

It was William. What truth?

"Never! Even if you chop my entire body into pieces I'm not telling you a single damn thing!"

Lydia retorts.

What are they even talking about?

"Just let me see my friend!"

"Why?"

"Because I'm in trouble. I need help"

"Liar!"

"I'm not..."

"Oh shush!"

William cuts her and then there was silence.

"This is your phone right? Great. Care to explain why there's a message asking you to bring her?"

William questions.. Silence.

"Oh I see,you're her lapdog huh?"

Lydia suddenly asks and I hear Will chuckle.

"Whatever sails your boat young lady. But trust me, you better start talking because when I get angry, I'll do things to you no woman will ever like a man to do to her."

He warns in a low yet commanding tone, reminding me of how scary he was when he got mad. 

Lydia whimpers slightly. I wonder what is happening in there.

"Y..you wouldn't...d. Dare"

she stutters.

"Oh baby doll, trust me, I don't make empty threats. You know I've been to jail before. I could go back just for hurting you. If you think I'm gonna r*pe you or something, then forget it because you don't entice me one bit. But there's one thing I'll surely do..."

He pauses and then whispers the next words. I strained my ear so hard to hear what he was saying but it was like he didn't want me to hear anything.

There was a long silence, followed by a loud gasp from Lydia and then a loud thud. This suspence is killing me.

F*ck this!. I'm going in. I push the door open only to find Lydia on the chair, unconscious again. With William standing over her a faraway look in his eyes.

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. The chloroformed handkerchief on the floor... I move to ask him what happened when he suddenly runs past me. I follow him.

****

WILLIAM

Sh*t sh*t sh*t!!! I run back into the beach house searching frantically for my laptop.. Damn it! Where are you?.

I run into the kitchen and find it on the counter.

Right there in the kitchen, I switch on the laptop and wait impatiently for the booting process to be completed.

As soon as it's on, I connect it to my phone to have internet access and then I log in to Facebook and type in the words as I wait.

"University of Ghana fanpage. Save her if you can"

were Lydia's words to me before I made her unconscious again... I can feel my heart hammering against my ribcage as I wait for my search to be complete.

Suddenly, the university of Ghana fan page pops up and I hurriedly click on it and begin to scroll down the feed for current posts.. My heart literally stops when my eyes land on a picture that was posted barely three hours ago.

I freeze as I stare at the picture.. It had more than 2k likes and over 1k comments.

Clicking on the comments section,a bile rises in my throat and I almost throw up.

"Despicable!"

"Isn't she the daughter of the man who owns the Wallace group of companies?"

"How disgusting"

"Yuck! Scarface. Better yet scar body. I would never approach a woman like this"

Were some of the comments I read under the posts. Surprisingly no one, not one person commented on who posted such a picture.

I can't keep looking at this anymore.

I go to shut off the page when a hand stops me.

I turn sharply to see Alexa,staring at the photo of herself, silent tears steaming down her cheeks.

Sh*t!

"Alexa"

I call out softly but she only backs away from me, hugging herself as she shakes violently.

"Alexa you don't have to look at this"

"Who did this to me? Who posted that picture of me? Why?"

She whispers to herself,panting heavily as she grips the counter hard.

I stare at the picture again and my heart breaks.

Who would do this a fellow human being? Just to humiliate them? I fume, clenching my fists.

And to think I had sworn to protect despite what she's done to me.

But no.

Sadly no.

Because right here was the proof of my inability to do so.

Because right there, much to my disdain and disappointment on that Facebook page, was a naked picture of Alexa, with emojis covering her n*pples and pr*vate part with several, thousands of scars covering her stomach all the way to her thighs.

I just knew, that Alexa will never be the same again after this.

***

Don't hate me yet.

You'll get your answers in the next episodes.

I can't disappoint you like that.

You know I love you.

Good morning.