Angel paced about in his room, he continuously ran his hands through his hair and tried to block out the memories that were running through his head.
FLASH BACK
"Latifa is dead." Aracely said as she stared at Angel, her eyes were blood shot, her lips were brusied from all the biting and her insides were doing all sorts of things, Her hands shook as she reached out to Angel's free hand he took her hand and now the three of them were holding hands.
"look at me." She ordered. "look at me dammit" she said and Angel locked eyes with her "shs is in a better place," She tried to assure herself more than Angel, "Latifa - Latifa will be remembered as the amazing person that she was, as a fighter, as a queen and above all as our sister. because she did more than anyone could."
"Aracely, she didn't deserve this" Angel said and the guilt hit Aracely in waves. he was right, she didn't deserve it. she had tried to
The warehouse seemed deserted. it as dusty and the floor creaked ever so silently as her feet collided with the ground, She could vaguely hear the train pass by for the fourth time that day, Rain had finally stopped and now dew was alive, Aramide wasn't sure whether it was the weather or the anxiety building inside of her that made her limbs sluggish, she wasn't stopping though,just like so many years ago, this was something she desperately needed to do, she craved this closure. This was the only way to save her daughter and Aramide would go to any lengths to save her.Aramide's grip on her gun tightened,Her ears became even more attentive as they tried to listen to any foreign voice, whether it was the sound of iron that had fallen just a few moments ago, or it was the constant drip if water that torment the aged cemented floor she walked on.Aramide suddenly turned and looked around, her gun pointed at no one in particu
“Angel?” Aramide asked. Confusion filled her features as she stared at Bola looking for some sort of clarification, what was the woman talking about now? “Don't play dumb Aramide, I know that you have Angel, that you have my son”Bola spat “I don't have your son Bola, what are you even talking about, pleas just give me the address!” Aramide pleaded. “Don't insult my Intelligence! Angel is my son and you know that! he is in your home and you are hiding him from me! what sort of hypocrite are you?” Bola spat. “On one had you desperately want to reunite with your daughter and on the other hand you are separating me from my son, how is that even fair?!” Bola's voice continue to rise. “Angel is your son?” Aramide said the words before she could believe them “H-how?” “He is my son, and that is all you need to know, so are you going to hand him over to me or not?”
Bola curled into herself and cried, there she was, the great Bola Hampson, the woman who everyone feared, she was curled up in a corner like some battered animal, crying her eye out because once again,Aramide had won, and she had lost.FLASH BACK“Just like Nina right, her death was a mistake" Aramide's voice rang through Bola's head.“Aramide!” Bola roared as she marched towards Aramide and pointed her gun at her even in the dark room.“Nina, Nina wanted to live, we both knew, The first time they had tried to kill her and the second time she commit suicide herself. Bola we knew—" Aramide tried to speak“Aramide stop, I don't want to hear my sister's name from your lips” Tania spat.“We knew what was going on, but we didn't speak up, we believed that if we simply covered our eyes or looked away, the problem woul
“You are finally here” Aracely heard Tania speak as Adrian wheeled her into the house, “Yes, we are back, Adrian wanted to stay a bit longer but, I told him that you would be missing him,so we came back,” Aracely said to Tania before she locked eyes with Adrian and spoke “Right honey?” “Honey?”Tania asked confused. “oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you,” Aracely said as she smirked at Tania before she took Adrian's hand and continued “I'm officially Adrian's girlfriend, we are together now” Aracely said with a big smile and it was all worth it because Tania's expression was priceless. “What?” Tania spat out. Aracely had to bite her lip to prevent herself from laughing, the look on the woman's face was completely priceless, she had no clue, this was just the beginning. “When...How? why?” Tania spluttered. “oh mom! you k
Aramide rested on the wall of the closed bookshop she had encountered. Her insides kept churning, she's felt like life was being squeezed from her,It was really painful, how one can spend years building a relationship or a friendship and then it just crumbles in one moment.Nothing was more painful, than not being able to recognise someone who gave you so much affection, How? How, why was change so painful? why was it, that change seemed to always affect everything we didn't want it to. Aramide knew she was being Cruel, yes, she had no right to separate bola from her son, But the Bola has knew wasn't the bola she saw,Bola used to defend everyone from injustice, she just to protect even the people SSH didn't know, and now, she— she is abusing her own son, Aramide couldn't let that happen, she just couldn't. She wasn't that strong.For so many years, Aramide had tried to bring herself to hate Bola or even detest her and tim
FLASH BACKA-are you responsible for this massacre?" She asked in almost a whisper, her eyes threatened to spill tears but that was only a bluff as she bit her lip and held them back."Ara—" Adrian tried as he took a step forward"Are you the one?" Her voice was heavy with emotion as her eyes pierced him, their eyes locked for moment and their sentiments laid heavy on the atmosphere, Aracely dug her teeth farther into her lips, the taste of blood was no longer a foreign feeling in her mouth"Yes, we are the ones responsible little girl," the woman suddenly spoke drawing Aracely's attention without a pencil, The woman's aura was so familiar,almost like she had known her before, you know that feeling when you meet someone, and you feel you have met them before but you can't remember when or how? All you know is that they leave off a vibe or energy around you that you just can't get over "and that person laying
“ARAMIDE!” Adrian screamed as he ran to her and fell at her side, she had rolled down fifteen steps, she was covered in blood and her hair was stuck to her skin, Adrian looked up at his mother. his eyes were filled with rage and they barely registered his mom shaking her yea profusely as if to day she had no clue about what happed that didn't matter now, the big problem was that Aramide wasn't breathing, guilt washed over Adrian. He held her to his chest “Pl—please don't die on me” Adrian cried. “Call an ambulance! What are you doing standing there?!” He yelled at his mother. “No we can't call an ambulance the cops are going get to get involved” “i don't bloody care mother! I said call the freaking ambulance” “I can I won't put us in danger” “Then I will” Adrian said as he rummaged around his clothes searching for his phone, when he finally found it he
Aracely slowly opened her eyes as she gained consciousness, She had a serious ache in her head, She would have rubbed her head if her hands didn't feel so heavy, She couldn't figure out what she was doing there in the first place, how did she get to a hospital? Judging from the white walls and the annoying sound of whatever that beep was that was hurting her ears, she was about to deduce that she wasn't home. The only thing she could recall will hearing Adrian drive into the house and then falling down the stairs, what ever happened after wasn't even close to a complete blur. Aracely was slowly getting accustomed to the pains that shot up in her body, specifically her head and spine. She groaned as she parted her lips to speak but soon regretted that action as her throat was dry. Aracely groaned. Wasn't some nurse supposed to be here already? Aracely was becoming wearing of the oxygen mask that rested on her face, had the fall been that
“I never imagined things would end like this mom,” Aracely’s hands traced the table as she stared at the mirror. She was in her mother’s dressing room getting ready and the brown-haired girl was almost sure that she was going to fall into the nearest bed and doze off. Aracely had no one else to blame but herself though. The nineteen-year-old knew that it was a horrible idea to go out partying all night yesterday which was Christmas, knowing fully well her parents’ wedding was today. “You still took stunning” Aramide commented as she finished up on her makeup. Aracely bit her lip and smiled. The brown-haired girl pulled her mother’s chair back and knelt in front of the woman. “I’ve never told you this but…” she paused. Her breath hitched and her eyes watered with fresh tears. “Thank you” Aracely breathed. Aramide’s eyes glistened with emotion but before she could speak, Aracely took the woman’s hands into hers, “Thank you so much for being my mother for –“ “Aracely, what’s g
“I didn’t believe it when I heard it.” Aracely said when she caught the reflection of a brown haired boy with green eyes at the familiar lake. Her fingers tugged on her white gown as she struggled to breath through her tears and the warm feeling in her chest. She took a step forward and ignored the pain that shot up in her foot when she hit a small rock. She could remember the night she had found this place.Or better still that she had fallen off.She had just left her home for fresh air after her small argument with Latifa- Latifa. Aracely still struggled to accept that she was gone. They had spent their best years together, struggling through the twisted maze they called life. Aracely knew Latifa didn’t deserve to die, no one did. But she was dead. She got she got straight to the head no freaking questioned asked and why? Because she was related to Aracely. Aracely grew up understanding the meaning of l
“You did it,” Bola whispered as she stumbled back, a bit of blood escaped her lips as her hands went to her stomach which had blood rushing out of it. At this point, everyone had frozen and Aramide let the gun fall out of her hands as tears filled her eyes “ I knew you had it in you.” Bola said as she fell. Aramide’s hands covered her lips as her feet remained glued to the ground. She felt someone hold her from behind and it was then she realized from the strong scent of lavender that it was Cole. Tears filled Aramide’s eyes and she couldn’t tell if it was tears of relief or sorrow, she finally regained control of her limbs and walked over to Bola. She knelt in front of her and said “I’ll never understand how and why you did this? I’ll never be able to accept that you have always been like this…” “A monster?” Bola replied hoarsely as a tear rolled down her cheeks, she was laid on the ground her
The first thing Aramide noticed as she walked down the aisle was Aracely’s wide smile, her daughter looked so pretty. She was wearing a short pink gown and had a white bow on her brown hair, it was tied in a ponytail, the wedding was to take place in the garden and Aramide had to admit that Mercedes had done a great job with the decorations, the aisle had been designed with roses, not too far ahead. Efrain stood by one of the two pillars that held up the small space where the couple was to stand under. The chairs that were set in the garden were white, the scent of thick lavender filled the air, it was Aracely’s favorite scent and Aramide could vaguely remember that the scent lingered on Cole too. Aramide mirrored the smile on her daughter’s face, she was holding hands with someone – Cole. Aramide wasn’t sure she remembered when they had gotten together, but over the past two months, they had gotten closer. Ar
Aramide sighed as she stared into the mirror, she was dressed in a white gown and had a beautiful tiara on her newly styled hair. Her hands traced the jewelry on her neck and rested on the space between the jewelry and her off-shoulder dress – where the amulet rested. The one that bound her to her daughter for so many years. It had been a few months since Daniel died. Since he was buried and since Aracely had broken down in pain. The first few months had been horrible, Aracely barely ate or moved around, she was confined to the four walls of her room. Mercedes was devastated. She refused to look or even speak to Aramide. She blamed the brown-skinned woman for her brother’s death and she wasn’t wrong, to be honest. She was right. Aramide could still visualize the compounded images or Mercedes’ eyes with dark circles and her lips pursed into a line. Cole’s deep stares and sighs. The way his hands slowly ran through his
Bola groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, well, one eye. The thick smell of smoke filled her nostrils and she scrunched it up. She bit her lip as she glanced around, she knew something was wrong, yet she hadn’t been able to pinpoint what it was. She could recall going over the hospital that Aramide had been in to get Cole back. That man knew too many of her secrets and now, Aramide knew then too, she could also recall that Aramide had refused to let her take Cole. An argument ensued and things got a bit bloody from there, but how did this happen though? Had she been caught? Was she in prison? She desperately needed answers now. The blonde woman looked around from her place on the bed, she was slowly becoming aware of everything around her, the small night lamp beside the bed, the fact that the w
Aramide let out a shuddered breath as she walked towards the coffin in front of her. The coffin that had Daniel inside. She traced her hands over it and her eyes filled with tears all over again. it had been a few days already. They had all stalled the burial because Aracely insisted that she wanted to be there and deep down everyone was scared and reluctant to say goodbye. Nevertheless, they were all here now. The loss had always been a pain in the neck. Death? death never knocked — It never warned you — It never gave notice and it didn't even barge in. It came like a thief and it stole. it stole someone's life— someone's peace of mind — someone's source of happiness, someone's brother, sister, mother, father, daughter, son. Today Aramide had to say goodbye to someone who always wanted her to stay. She bit her lip. You only really know what you had till you lose it. till a
Bola grunted in pain as she continued down the sidewalk, stumbling into things as she struggled to see with only one eye open. She dragged herself across the ground as she tried not to fall unconscious. One of her hands was over her eyes with a cloth — trying to control the bleeding. Bola was sure that if she survived this—she would make Aramide pay for all the pain she was going through and the fact that she may lose her eye. After everything Aramide had taken from her, now, she wanted to steal her eyesight too? the woman was despicable in Bola's opinion. Bola knew that the probability of her surviving this was very slim. Yes, she had managed to escape before the cops arrived, but that didn't mean that there wasn't this lingering fear of what would happen if she got caught. The last thing she needed was to end up in a maximum prison cell for Daniel. That man wasn't w
“What's going on? Why is no one speaking up?” Aracely asked with worry etched on her features. She had just woken up, her hands clawed on the sheets as she tried to stabilize herself. It was obvious she was still weak and probably disoriented as well with the way her eyes navigated around the room, curiously breaking through her face like wrinkles. “It's not—" Mercedes tried but Aramide cut her off. “You need to be strong Aracely.” Aramide said as she walked over to her and held her hand, a smile spread across the girl's face. ”You are here,” She sighed in relief as her eyes filled with tears, they weren't of sorrow — yet. Aracely reached out for her mother and squeezed the woman's hands tight “What about Daniel? Where is he?" Aracely asked she tried to find him in the occupied room but Aramide was blocking her view. “He didn't come with? Did he go get something? Is he talking to s