When Love Becomes Bitter 3
Please read CHAPTER 1 2 before proceeding.
Margaret was seated in a coffee shop waiting for Tricia. She checks the time on her phone it was quarter past 10am, she wondered what's taking Tricia so long as she promised to come by 10am, she hissed to herself. Her angry mood changed to a guilty one when she takes a look at her phone's screensaver and saw the face of Tracy and herself. Her thoughts drifted to the first day to encounter her angel "Tracy".
She was high under the influence of cocaine, she has taken nothing less than 8 wraps and her sobriety was gone. She was like a walking dead, she was sent by her boss " Madam Felicia" to deliver cocaine and some hard drugs to a client on getting there she was held hostage by the client and the produce she was to delivered was taken forcefully from her, she was lucky enough to have escaped.
Well, not really lucky because being killed by the client and his gangs that have held is far better than returning to Madam Felicia without the products or money.
She was waiting for fate to do whatever he got in stock for her but hearing one of the gangs saying he will love to suck the two succulent fruits in her chest and force his manhood in her as he watches her wane in pressure and pains gave her the strength to escape for she has vowed never to be raped by any monster, two years back and have been able to keep to that promise even when it got her hands stained with blood.
As she walks frustrated down the street with only her bum shot and crop top on. She hears the touts in the bar close by whistle at her but she didn't give them a reply. On a normal day, she could have insulted them but she was too weak physically, emotionally and psychology too.
Margaret is a 5'8ft tall female, chocolate who has slightly red lips and dark eyeballs, her curves were something that doesn't only draw the attention of the opposite gender but also females. She was a beauty to behold but also rude and arrogant due to the hardship she has encountered in life, at times she wished she never existed.
Hey, we are calling you one of the touts said as he came in front of her obstructing her movement. Margaret didn't answer and she tried to continue her movement by moving away from him. But he grabbed her by the arm pressing her to his chest, "I'm going to bang the life out of you, silly slut".
Tracy was at the four corner journey and her way was straight, she never branched the road by the left because of the numerous bad happenings she has heard about there but she took the road that day when she saw a young girl being harassed by a man.
"Leave her alone", Tracy yelled at the man but he kept holding Margaret tightly as she fights off his grip with her little strength. Tracy saw a plank of wood on the ground and use it to hit the man on his back and he fell down. Tracy was trembling and trying to check if the man was still breathing until she heard the girl she just saves speaking. "We got to get out of here, it's not safe". Margaret said as she held Tracy by the hand follow me as they put ran off getting to an abandoned store.
Tracy was panting heavily, " OMG! I might have killed a man. Hope he will be fine?" she asked with a trembling voice. "I don't know. I hope he dies if you ask me, those monsters deserve to rot in hell" Margaret replied. "What? I can't believe this, you are wishing someone dead, you are the monster here not him" Tracy said in a harsh tone
"You don't believe that girl if I was a monster you couldn't have saved me as you did and hey I want to say thank you for that are you an Angel because you do look like one?" Margaret said as she admired Tracy. Tracy was a 6ft tall for a female, brown eyeballs, smooth skin, and a fair pigmentation. She got good straight legs which is one of the keys that got her into modeling plus her black golden her.
Margaret has drifted away from her thoughts when Tricia walked in. "Hey what took you so long it's 10:30am, you promised to be here by 10am", Margaret questioned Tricia. "I'm sorry I had to take care of something at work first before coming in here, I came with the money as promised," Tricia spoke in a soft tone. "It's funny how you were babbling at me on the phone yesterday, little rude princess and what's funnier is that you are all calm now because you are at my mercy". Margaret laughed as she teases Tricia.
"I'm really sorry about that Marg". Tricia replied holding back the tears in her eyes trying not to imagine what will happen if the recording goes public. "Marg? Seriously! No pet names Tricia, we ain't friends and we won't be. How much do you have for me?" Tricia replied with a questioning face
"Hundred thousand naira she replied. "Well, that's no deal by me. I told you, your new boyfriend or should I say fiancé gave me and my friend an impromptu sack letter without a dime, no pay for our hard work. Our rent has been due for close to two months now and it's 120 thousand naira. If we don't before it makes two months, our land Lady is going to vacate us to the street my dear, so I ain't accepting that". Margaret raps her words down to Tricia. I am really sorry for Desmond actions, not paying you guys for your labor is indeed outrageous, here is #200,000 have it. Please now can I get the recording deleted?" Tricia pleaded
"Of course, Margaret took the money and opened her phone's recording and gave it to Tricia to delete, "you can check the phone I didn't duplicate it or anything because I don't want to be in trouble with my friend, Tracy. Things can easily leak out these days you know?"
"I have checked it thank you Margaret", Tricia replied. I could have said the pleasure it's mine and it was nice working with you but I can't say that. For you leak the photos before we are supposed to be paid by Des-Excel when I told you to do it after we got paid. Anyway, Tricia, you are a rude girl and I may not like you but Desmond is a monster, are you sure he is what you need?
He may not be what I need but he is certainly what I want. He is my trophy Tricia spoke. It's all good, I wish luck with that Margaret said as she walked out.
It was 5:00pm when Margaret got home. "Hey girl how are you?" she asked Tracy. "I'm cool, you are welcome" Tracy replied with a cold look. "Why are you so cold?" Margaret asked.
"Well job hunting was quite draining and time taking and I couldn't see any good offer for the both of us but I met this woman who owns a salon. I talked to her that we can be running a pedicure and manicure business in her salon plus doing ladies makeover since we are both good at that and since she owns a salon and ladies visit to make their hair, getting customers won't be hard you know? But she will be taking 30% off from any money will make but it's still good? Hey, she touched Tracy. Girl are you listening to me or you have gone deaf?" Tracy asked
Take your hands off me. I know what you are doing, you think I will be so dumb not to find out. Margaret how could you, I trusted you. Margaret was trembling, Tracy definitely has found out the duplicated recording she kept in a case for any future purpose. She closes her eyes and tears poured down. She has wound her best friend terribly and she felt the guilt.