HIS BADDIE NERD - Episode 63 & 64
<GUN SHOTS>
~LAVENDER MANSION~
Twinkle took a bite from the apple looking lost in thoughts. He was missing her, he couldn’t deny it. He grabbed his phone with the thought to call her.
“You are really going crazy, Man! She just left” His subconscious mind scolded him.
“Love can make you do the unthinkable” He muttered to himself.
“If you call her, what will you say is your reason for calling?” His mind questioned him again.
“What else? I’ll tell her that I miss her and she should come back soon” He replied, raising his voice a little. Anyone hearing him would think he is slowly loosing his senses but truly, he is slowly loosing his senses.
All for love!
“Do you expect her to always be by your side? You should cut her some slack bro! Let her enjoy her stay there” His subconscious mind came again making him realise a loud groan.
“Do you feel the need to visit the hospital?” May teased him, she had been watching his entire display the whole time from the entrance.
“I’m lovesick, mom” Twinkle said with a pout and that made May chuckle lightly. She had never seen him this way, he is totally whipped.
“I miss her so much” He added, resting his head on the kitchen cabinet.
“If you miss her, then go to her and stop whinning like a child!” May answered walking into the kitchen fully. She moved to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. She furrowed her brows as the realization hits her.
“In between, where is she?” She couldn’t help but ask.
“She went to the orphanage, Miss wh@??ver told her to visit” Twinkle replied.
“You mean Gracie? When was that? I’ve been calling her for the past few days now but she hasn’t been responding. When did Rose get the text?” May questioned.
“I don’t know really but…..
May grabbed her phone and dialed Miss Graice number,the call didn’t even connect. She exchanged knowing glance with Twinkle who was equally confused.
“Call Rose” May said to Twinkle who took his phone immediately. Her phone was switched off making him furrow his brows.
“I had a sneak peek at her phone, she had a full battery percentage. What is going on?” Twinkle said.
“d@mn it!” May cussed, banging her fist on the table angrily.
“Mr Jones is at work again” She added.
“I’m heading over to the orphanage” Twinkle said and without waiting for her reply, he ran out of the kitchen. May had no choice but to follow suite.
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~GRACIE ORPHANAGE~
Rose’s eyes shifted from him to Miss Gracie who was sprawling on the floor, battered. There were wounds all over her body and bloods were oozing from an affected area in her head. She was looking lifeless.
“Shocked huh?” Mr Jones teased standing up from the chair. He moved closer to Rose who shifted backwards in fright. She moved backwards till her back met with the wall, there was no other place for her to turn to.
“Sometimes who we love and trust deeply would be the one to betray us. Trust no one my dear, absolutely no one” Mr Jones said leaning closer to her.
“What the hell do you want from me!? You should face me directly and stop hurting the people I love and cherish!” Rose cried out.
“She cherishs you Gracie” Mr Jones let out a mockery laughter, turning to Miss Gracie who had stood up on her feet now. She had an expressionless look on her face as she wiped the blood on her face and also the makeup she used too. It was all facade!
“No…. no….” That was the only thing Rose could say as she stared at Miss Graice who was now standing on her toes. Her face looks a bit better as she had wiped the bloodstains on her face. The cuts were fake from the makeup she applied.
Shock was evident on her (Rose’s) face. She was lost of words to say, the pains tugging her heart at the point got her speechless.
“How…. how did that happen?” She wondered loudly.
“More shocking huh?” Mr Jones bursted into another round of annoying laughter.
“H…how could you?” Rose said in tears, her whole attention was on Miss Gracie who appears to be undaunted.
“I trusted you but little did I know that you are behind all of this! Why do you think I rushed down here on your texts? Despite the fact that you threw me out, I never for once h@??d you! As you said, it’s for my own good and I f-__-king believed that! The more you know people, the more you despise their being….. I never…. expected this from you” Rose yelled in tears. The fact the she had been captured does not hurts but the fact the Miss Gracie was part of the whole process makes it more torturing for her.
“Is this how life works? When you trust someone with your whole life…. d@mn! I guess I am the gullible one here, I should have known from the texts! I should have suspected something! I guess I am a fool for rushing her on your request!” Rose said further, her voice was drained on her own sobs.
“So heart touching” Mr Jones said with pure sarcasm.
“We should leave before May finds us here” He added and with a signal from him, two men rushed out. One of them walked to Rose before throwing her roughly on his shoulder and taking her out. She didn’t even resist him.
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~WHITE’S VILLA~
Bluey arranged his clothes neatly in suitcase, he grabbed the last clothing in his wardrobe before throwing it inside the suitcase.
“The chairman asked me to call you over” A man said knocking on the door. Bluey went for it immediately.
“I’ll be right behind you” He said.
*
“I heard you are moving to the states” His Dad said with his eyes on the newspaper he was reading not bothering to give Bluey a glance.
“I have to” He answered
“Schooling?”
“I already had my transfer process done, I’ll resume a new school over there” He replied. The chairman nodded his head in understanding before nudging on Bluey to leave.
“It’s really the end” Bluey muttered to himself taking a deep breathe.
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~GRACIE ORPHANAGE~
May drove roughly and at high speed into the orphanage. She was the one who drove the car instead of Twinkle who was agitated. He was the first to get down from the car and he raced all the way to the building.
Nuella was in, reading a story for the kids.
“Where is Rose?” Twinkle asked also breathlessly, interrupting their reading process but he cared less at that point.
“Why are you…… did she come here by any chance?” Nuella inquired, narrowing her gaze at Twinkle who kept pacing around.
“That wh@??ver asked her to come here, where in the world is she?” Twinkle snapped, slowly loosing his patience.
“I haven’t seen her around since I got back and Miss Gracie is not around either” Nuella replied standing up. It was at this point May entered, Nuella got alerted immediately.
“I’m going to send someone to hell if they dare touch her” Twinkle said with gritted teeth, he clenched his fist angrily trying to calm himself down but it was not working making him punch the wall angrily, scaring the kids in the process.
“What the hell is going on?” Nuella wondered getting scared already. She averted her gaze from Twinkle to May who smiled lightly at her.
“We just have to keep calm” May said. Her phone buzzed loudly and she brought it out to check. It was from an anonymous source.
“Looking for her?” The message came with a picture of Rose. May let out a gasp before moving away from the group and luckily, no one noticed.
“You have what I want May and I have what you want, why don’t we strike a deal?” Another text came.
“The will” Another one popped up and that made May frown deeply.
“Are you kidding me right now? Why should I give that to you?” May replied almost immediately. She dialed the number and luckily, it went through. Mr Jones picked up almost immediately.
“You should stop wh@??ver truck you are playing here, I am going to track you down and ki|| you” May said angrily.
Mr Jones released a shrill laughter from the other end.
“I would love to see you try then. I wish I could see your face right now, I love your angry side” Mr Jones teased.
“Then I guess you don’t want the girl alive. You have until evening to come with what I want and I’ll spare the girl. You know how merciful and merciless I can be. The will is useless without her anyways. I’ll be expecting a positive response from you” He added and without waiting for her to talk, he hung up. May tried calling him again but this time, it didn’t go through.
She took a deep breathe before turning back to Twinkle and Nuella.
“I should have suspected something at least or better still, I should have gone with her. I should have followed her, I promised to be around her every time and I failed again” Twinkle said emotionally, he was trying hard to fight back his tears which was thr_@tening to spill.
“I’ll be right back” May said before rushing out.
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~BROWN HILLS~
Brown hills is one of the restricted areas where no one is allowed to go to because of the high risk involved. It is a stony cliff.
Mr Jones smiled slightly after the call with May, he was confident that she was going to bring the will as he had requested. Miss Gracie was with him the whole time.
“After you get the will, what are you doing to do to the girl?” Miss Gracie asked raising a brow.
“Let’s see” Mr Jones replied simply, rubbing his arched brows.
“What are you thinking of doing? We both agreed that we should let the girl go after getting the will. With the will destroyed, she is not a problem to you. She would just go on living her normal life, like all of these never happened” Miss Gracie said.
“I changed my mind, she can’t stay alive” Mr Jones said with a light shrug.
“What!!? How cruel can you be? Do you know how guilt is eating me up every single second I spent here? I don’t even know myslef any more! I can’t believe I am doing this with you but I am!” Miss Gracie said raising her voice.
Mr Jones gaze darkened as he watched her yell at him. He suddenly grabbed her by her neck, choking her as his grip was hard on her.
“Do you think you are any better from me!? You’ve sold your sold and conscience to the devil so stop acting saint!” He said pressing her neck tightly causing her to gasp for breathe.
“The little girl had tears in her eyes as she saw that it was you. What did you do instead? Your heart is made up of stone! You are just as I am, greedy, evil…. Just name it” He added.
“Let go of her!” Rose screamed from her spot. She had been tied to her hair restricting her movement. She was struggling really hard to break free but it’s close to impossible.
Mr Jones chuckled darkly as he released Miss Gracie who coughed continuously trying to catch her breathe.
“I guess you’ve deceived everyone with your face and acts” He said pushing Miss Gracie away from him.
“If only you know want she did, you wouldn’t be defending her this much” He added eyeing Miss Gracie h@??fully.
*****
~FLASHBACK, 15 YEARS AGO~
“Have you gotten money for your son’s surgery?” Mr Jones said and that made Gracie to back swiftly from the dishes she was washing.
Mr Jones was a personal assistant to Lawrence, Rose’s father and Gracie was just a maid.
“Huh? How did you find out?” Gracie let out a gasp.
“I just found out somehow…. I’ve you gotten the money? I heard that it is a very critical stage of the boy’s life and the money is needed urgently” He replied.
“I am going to get the money somehow, I can’t let him for. Dylan is my only hope and reason to live” Gracie answered.
“I’m planning on asking Mr Lawrence when he is back from his trip later today, I’m sure he will give me the money for the surgery” She concluded before turning back to what he was doing.
“Are you sure about that? I mean…. The conglomerate is having a set back, I’m sure he wouldn’t spare you anything” Mr Jones pressed on further. Gracie just looked at him briefly without saying a word.
Just as Mr Jones meant to leave, her phone rang out loudly. It was a call from the hospital.
“We need the money urgently, the boy’s life is at risk!” The nurse said over the phone.
“How about till the end of the month? I would have gotten my salary by then, just make sure he hang in there….
“How long are you going to keep saying this? Until he is dead before you get the money? The boy has been in this state for over a year now” The nurse snapped
“And I’ve been using my salary to pay for the life machine and medical bills the whole time. I have nothing on me, I even took a salary advancement to pay for this month’s bills…. I….
“Don’t thou knew that the longer he stays, the dangerous it gets? He is in so much pains for keeping it for guys long. I’m afraid to say this but he has only but a few days to live. If the money can be paid then, he had hope” The nurse said before hanging up.
Gracie slumped to the floor dejectedly trying to fight back her tears. Mr Jones took a deep breathe before moving closer to her, he had actually heard the whole conversation as the phone was on loud speaker.
“Don’t try to hold back the tears, just release it. It’s a healthy thing to do” Mr Jones said in a low voice.
“How about I propose an offer to you and in return, I would give you the money to pay for your son’s surgery and medical bills?” He added. Gracie raised her head up to look at him,her tears eyes met with his and she couldn’t help but believe him.
Mr Jones then ordered her to spike Lawrence drink, it was actually a little quantity so it was hard to be detected.
“You won’t be ki||ing him okay? Just spike his drink and that will cause him to get into an accident. The accident will be the cause of his death” He had said.
Lawrence had taken the drink and on his way to a function with his wife, he lost control and they had an accident leading to their death.
Little Rose was spared as she was at home at that point with Gracie.
“I thought she would be following them to the function, I want the whole family whipped out!” Mr Jones yelled. Rose just stared at him innocently, she had always had that innocent and unique eyes which differentiated her from a lot of children.
“Things just happened” Miss Gracie answered in a rush, she was getting ready to go to the hospital.
“Take care of her, I want her out of existence” Mr Jones said sternly before storming out. To him at taht pint, the whole world was under him.
Gracie had gone to the hospital with the money and unfortunately for her, Dylan, her son had given up the ghost. She was just too late. The doctor’s words came as a bang as he announced his death.
She turned momentarily dumb as the realization of her actions just dawned on her.
“Have you gotten rid off the girl?” Mr Jones yelled over the phone just as she got out of the hospital after the whole day of crying her eyes out.
Gracie turned to look at Rose who only stared back at her innocently, oblivious of eahtevr that was going on.
“Yeah…. she is dead” She had answered before hanging up. And that the last she heard of Mr Jones before she went into hiding by using the money to build the orphanage.
*****
~END OF FLASHBACK, PRESENT DAY~
Rose smiled out tears as Mr Jones finished with his narration. She just doesn’t know what to think, everything came at once to her. It was just too much for her to bear.
More tears rolled down her eyes as she stared at Miss Graice, the one she had grown to know as mom, the one she had always looked up to. She just couldn’t believe it.
“Well, end of story. It’s time to get to the main deal” Mr Jones said pulling out a gun.
“W…what do you plan on doing with that?” Miss Gracie gasp loudly.
“Eliminating her, doing what you didn’t do years back. May would be here with the will in no time so it’s a win-win for me” He said
“No….no…. don’t do this please” Miss Gracie begged, holding Mr Jones by his hand but he pushed her off making her bruise her ankle.
Rose let out more tears as she was the gun being pointed at her.
“My knight….. I love you even till death, I guess this is really the end. I’m sorry but….. thing just happened, I guess my whole existence was a mistake.I should have died years ago but fate kept me until now, I guess it is to meet you and experience true love. Hope you find someone better and someone with less ordeal compared to me” She said with a sad smile before closing her eyes, expecting the worse.
And then it came! Boom!
Mr Jones pulled the trigger at her and the bullet pierced through.
“Oh no!!!” May yelled, she was just arriving at the scene.