BEAUTY IN DISGUISE - CHAPTER 117&118
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★WHEN THINGS FALL APART★
” I lost” Quincy thought, fighting back her tears as she looked at Genny but she suddenly looks shocked when she saw a tiny red light on Genny’s chest.
Clara saw the red dot too and her eyes widened with Quincy’s.
They both started rushing to Genny, making him wonder why.
The crowd are murmuring too.
“And the winner of Miss Korea 2024, is…. Clara….
Before the judge could say Blackstone, a gunshot sounded and blood stained Quincy’s face.
Clara was faster than Quincy so she got to Genny first and covered him, the bullet hit her head and her blood splashed on Quincy’s face.
Everyone stood in horror and Clara’s blood wet Genny’s hand as he held her.
The crowd scattered immediately.
Quincy shook on her spot as the blood ran down her face.
“No …no….” Genny muttered in shock.
“No!!!!!!!!!!” Quincy screamed as Clara’s body almost fell.
Genny went down with it and blood kept gushing out of her head as she gasped for breath.
Quincy bent beside them, crying loudly.
“I’m sorry….” Clara gasped, vomiting blood.
Genny’s tears fell .
” I was in love with you before we shot the movie twelve years ago, that’s why I got immersed in the character so much…. I’ve always wanted to be yours Genny, I turned down all the guys that asked me out because of……. Because of you” she gasped painfully again.
Tears slid out of her eyes.
“I kept my.. my virginity for you too… But I got hurt when I heard of your relationship, I’m sorry if I have caused any havoc in your relationship…. I’m just… An helpless girl who’s in love…” She said and faced Quincy.
” Please…. Take care of…. Genny…. Don’t ever hurt him… If you do, you’ll get hurt times ten…. and please…tell my dad that…I love him…” She said.
” Aarrggghhh!!! ” Quincy cried loudly again.
The paramedics came in with the stretcher but she stopped breathing before she could be placed on it.
She was taken out on the stretcher and Genny kept sitting on the ground with Quincy, they’re both crying.
*****
Reece was waiting for it, he had everything planned but he never knew it’d still happen.
He was suspicious that Hanna will come but when she didn’t come early, he gave up.
Only for her to show up late.
He ran out of the main hall and jumped down the staircase, hurting his leg .
He ran to the back of the hall and saw a truck not far from the hall.
Someone is Inside it, wearing a cap.
He knew immediately that it’s her.
She moved the car and he stood on the road, stretching his arms to stop her but she kept speeding madly.
Reece kept standing boldly.
Hanna stepped on the accelerator as she approached him and without thinking twice, she ran into him and Reece’s body flew up.
Five cops cars showed up Immediately and surrounded the truck, Hanna stopped driving, breathing heavily.
Reece’s body landed back on the ground and he hit his head on the road.
“Hanna Alejandro, you’re under arrest for murder and attempted murder” a cop said as she came out of her car.
Over fifteen guns is facing her.
She looked at Reece’s body on the road as his blood started draining.
“It’s not my fault, I did what anyone else would have done, it’s not my fault!!!, I was fighting for my son’s right!!! ” She shouted as her hands got cuffed.
Echo rushed out of the hall with Gennie and the others.
” Reece!!!” She screamed, running to him.
She knelt beside him and held his face.
“Reece!!, Reece!!” She shouted.
His eyes are still slightly opened.
“My…girl” he smiled in agony.
“Save your strength and don’t talk” she said, rocking his cheek.
“I…I…made sure she got caught….they caught her” he stammered.
” I told you to stop talking!!, Stop talking!!!” Echo shouted in tears.
” I’m…. surely gonna die peacefully, knowing she’ll pay for her sins” he said weakly.
” Stop saying nonsense!!, Are you a dunce?, Stop scaring me!!!” She shouted again, her tears filled her face.
” Promise me you’ll stop….. smoking” he said.
“I swear it I won’t smoke anymore” she said quickly.
“And you’ll always listen to your mum” he said.
“I promise to do that too”
” Cool, you can’t go back on your promise ok?” He smiled and his eyes closed.
” What game are you playing right now?, Reece!, Reece!!, Reece!!!” She screamed, feeling his heartbeat, he’s not breathing anymore.
“Gennie he’s not breathing!, Polly Bae… Trinidad my boyfriend is not breathing again!!, Reece!!!!” She shouted again.
The ambulance came in a rush and he was taken in.
Echo sat with him at the back and an oxygen mask was quickly placed on his nose.
She held his hand, praying silently.
“Reece don’t leave me…. You promised to make me forget about my past, you promised to help me forget the ugly past, you said you’ll stay with me even if I get tired of you…. please don’t leave…. I love you a lot baby, I love you so much Ree, don’t go…. don’t go” she whispered, kissing his hand.
They got to the hospital and he was quickly taken into the EU.
Echo stayed by the hallway, crying silently.
The others met Echo there and Gennie sat on the bare ground.
“We’re all in a dream right?” He said slowly.
“Everything… is just…a dream right?, A f_cking dream” he smiled sadly, raking his hair with his fingers.
Echo sat on the chair but stood immediately.
She sat some minutes later again and stood again.
She’s as restless as she has never been.
“It’s taking too long” she said at the verge of tears and Polly hugged her.
” He’ll be fine, calm down ok?” She said.
“Polly you won’t understand,he stopped breathing even before the ambulance came” Echo said.
” He’ll come back to us, to you.. trust him” Polly said .
Genny walked in with Quincy, they both still have Clara’s blood on them.
“How’s Clara doing?” Craig quickly asked.
“Is she here too?” Red asked.
Genny nodded.
“How’s she faring?” Travis asked.
“She’s…. she’s dead” Quincy said with a faint voice.
Seems she lost it as a result of the screams.
“Jules died some minutes ago too” Genny said.
“Clara” Trinidad said sadly.
“How worse is Reece’s condition?” Genny asked.
“I dunno, I don’t know” Echo said worriedly.
The two doctors came out just when Max came with May.
“Where’s Reece?, My son is ok right?, Tell me he’s fine!” Max shouted impatiently.
” Doctor…. speak” May said.
” We…were able to save him thankfully but he’s still in a critical condition so it might take a while before he wakes”
Everyone inhaled in relief and Echo fell on the chair.
” I’m glad….. I’m glad…. Reece I’m glad” she said.
*****
STATION**
Max and May met Hanna on the prosecutor’s desk when they got there.
She’s crying as she talked, clasping her hands on the table regretfully.
“I just wanted it all…. I wanted it all for myself” she cried.
” Wanted what? ” The prosecutor asked.
“MM, I wanted it so much” she replied.
“According to the evidence here on the establishment documents, May and Max are the ones on it, it was named MM after them” the prosecutor said.
” I know, I don’t own it” she replied.
” You know you don’t own it yet you want it?, Isn’t that covetousness and greed?”
” I admit all charges, I admit everything but can I see my son at least?, Can I see my son before you take me away?” She pleaded.
May barged Into the room and hit her face hard.
Max rushed in and held her .
“Madam Maybelline, caution… This is an interrogation room” the prosecutor said.
” How dare she ask to see her son after hitting him with a car!, The poor boy is in the hospital!, Fighting for his life but you request to see him?, To hell with you Hanna!, You ki||ed Clara!, Wait it was supposed to be my Genny but that poor girl…. that poor thing died in place of him! To hell!” May shouted angrily and tried hitting Hanna again but Max took her out forcefully.
” I’m gonna adopt him and take care of him as my son since you don’t need him anymore!, Devilish woman!, d@mn you Hanna!” May shouted as she was forced out of the room.
Hanna fell back on the chair, crying loudly.
“Since she admitted to the charges, she’ll be sentenced accordingly” the prosecutor said to Max before they left the room completely.
*******
NEXT DAY**
Korea has been grievous, Seoul in particular especially for the fans of Clara and Jules.
It’s their burial today but Jules was buried earlier.
Clara’s burial came after and it’s indeed a black Saturday..
Mr Blackstone couldn’t be consoled, he cried like a child as Clara’s body was lowered into the grave.
Genny is still harbouring the guilt in his heart.
The fact that she died because of him is making him feel like the most horrible person on Earth.
Quincy feels guilty too, wishing she got to him faster so she’d have been the one who died in his place.
Tears flowed like river as Clara was buried.
Mr Blackstone almost jumped into the grave with her, she’s his only daughter, his only hope.
Quincy walked to him and squatted in front of him.
“She sent me a message” she hiccuped.
He kept crying.
” She said she loves you a lot” she said and he cried more, breaking down uncontrollably.
“My only hope!, If only she had agreed to go back abroad with me….if only!!” He cried grievously.
Quincy hugged him in consolation.
*******
SAME DAY, HOSPITAL**.
Echo was the first to return to the hospital from the burial ,she opened the ward door slowly, hoping to see Reece awake already but he’s still there..
Lying motionlessly on the bed.
She walked in slowly and sat beside him.
His head was wrapped with bandage and he looks pale.
A pipe was passed into his mouth, making him look more pathetic.
Seems he’s really not gonna be waking up soon.
His monitor is beeping slowly.
Echo buried her face into his bed.
“Please wake up for me” she cried silently.
*****
Genny was about to enter the ward with Quincy when he started feeling the headache and chest pain again.
He hid his pains and told Quincy to go on with an excuse that he needs to go pee.
“Don’t take long” she said and he nodded as she entered.
He rushed to the nearest restroom and released water on his head.
His chest felt like an axe is currently splitting it.
He bled from the mouth this time.
Winston was about to enter the restroom but he stopped when he saw him in pains.
He actually came to spy on Reece secretly.
Genny’s pains took longer than usual this time and when it finally relieved him, he rinsed his mouth and staggered out of the room.
Winston came out of his hiding place and smiled.
“Is it what I’m thinking?” He smiled and followed him.
Genny went straight to a doctor’s office and he was led to the lab where he was tested.
He waited nervously in the hallway for the result, picking on his nails in fear.
He spranged up when the doctor finally came out of the lab and handed the result to him.
He looked at him pathetically.
“I’m sorry” he said, scaring Genny more before walking away.
Genny went back into the restroom and opened the result with shaky hands.
His breath almost seized when he saw it.
His back fell on the wall and his body shook more.
He felt his himself going into everlasting extinction.
He’s having pancreatic cancer and it’s in the last stage already.
His eyes moved to the last part and he almost peed on his pants.
He has…. just ONE MORE YEAR to live.
He fell on his knees, holding his head as hot tears fell from his eyes.
“andwae!!! (No!!!!)”
TBC