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[178] I'm scared.
Aramide felt her heartache in her chest, she could barely breathe as her knees buckled. She fell to the ground beside her shattered phone. Her eyes filled with unshed tears and her lip wobbled. How could this be? Why hadn’t she seen this coming?
This was exactly what she feared and it was coming to pass, Bola was one step ahead of her. Aramide choked on her thoughts as she wiped the tears that threatened to fall down her cheeks. She needed to stop this, she needed to stop bola, but how? She no longer felt like she would be enough to put an end to that menace, it had barely been twelve hours since she left the warehouse, and bola had not only found the place and gotten rid of all her men, but she also killed Tania while she was at it.
Tania.
Aramide never had the best relationship with her step-sister, they were always at loggerheads with each other, the woman couldn’t pinpoint why
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ARAMIDE [179] Mommy?
The car ride to the hospital was silent. One could hear the sound of their breaths as Efrain drove as fast as he could towards the hospital. Aramide’s fingers dug into her nails as she stared right ahead trying to focus on everything but the thoughts that were running through her mind, the fear that she might get there but it would be too late tormented her, the thought that Tania was already there and could hurt her daughter crushed her heart over and over again. She clenched and unclenched her jaws as she blinked to clear the tears that had piled up in her eyes. Aramide wasn’t stupid. She knew she could probably be freaking out for no reason, but the voices in her head opposed that, just to be safe, she was heading over there, “Efrain,” she called. Her voice was even lower than when she had spoken in the office, her lip was bruised from all the times she unconsciously bit on it in her anxious state. ”I’m gonna call Daniel and ask him what
ARAMIDE [180] I missed you
Aramide's eyes glossed over as she held her daughter tight. she had dreamt of this moment for oh so long. The moment she would get to him her daughter in her arms, she never thought this day would come, she had been so scared that her daughter would reject, she had lost her so many times but in the end, they were like two pieces of an amulet, They complete each other. For so many years Aramide has had to live with the void in her heart. The one that constantly ate her up and whatever humanity she had left in her. Tears and pain had struggled for years to fill that void. Yet they constantly failed. Right now, Aramide felt more complete than she had ever in her lifetime. Or maybe she was just never complete, Right from the start. She increased the intensity of the grip as sheet her daughter sob into her while she did the same. They desperately needed this cry of relief, this moment would be engraved on their minds like ten years when they
ARAMIDE [181] You can't fix everything
“Sweetie, I'll even get back with your dad, I'll do whatever you want, I'll let you run around in the house, I'll make your dad stop work so he can be with us all the time, but please come back, I'm begging you, please Aracely, I am here like I promised, please come back to me!” She cried as she fell to the ground and rubbed herself against it, as some sort of hug for Aracely Aramide kept looking at the skies and the clouds as if waiting for some sort of Miracle, as if waiting for God himself to come down and change her situation or at least bring her daughter back, she just wanted to say goodbye this time, Just goodbye. ~ Aramide ran her hands through her daughter’s hair as she helped her lay back down. “what is the doctor’s saying about me, mommy?” Aramide heard Aracely ask. “I haven’t spoken to anyone since I arrived, I was, I was just really desperate
ARAMIDE [182] Mercedes
“T-Tania wasn't the one who ordered the hit on us that day.” “No, momma, I saw her, I saw the tattoo on her hand from that, she hates you so much" “no, it was Bola, Bola was the one who ordered that day, Bola Hampson Dante. And that's not all, she killed Tania too" Aramide said as she locked eyes with her daughter. Silence fell on the room for a while. It was mostly occupied by Aracely's thoughts. Aramide sighed as she rested against her chair. Sure, this wasn't how she hoped the conversation would go or anything like that, but this was what was going on now she had to face it right? “Since when did you—" “Excuse me," Aramide heard someone speak. she averted her gaze to the Doctor standing a few feet away from her. “I'll have to ask you to leave because I need to check on the lady h
ARAMIDE [183] Things need to change.
~ “If I ever get to have a child, can I name it Aramide or Mide?” “Mercedes you—You—” “I understand if you want to say no" Mercedes quickly added. “of course, yes. I would love that, I'm honored. I just hope he/she doesn't have the same fate as this Aramide." “Well, I hope that he/she is as strong as the Aramide in front of me,” Mercedes whispered. “Thank you, Mercedes, thank you everything." Aramide finally whispered after a while ~ “Get well soon,” Aramide said as she reached out to squeeze Mercedes's hand for comfort. It was then it happened. The first gunshot rang through their ears and a scream followed. Aramide’s head turned at a pace she would have assumed was inhumanely possible, her jaws clenched as panic raced throughout her body, she locked eyes with Mercedes’ horror-filled eyes
ARAMIDE 184
“what are you looking at?” She asked briskly “You've changed...so much" Cole whispered “When reality hits, A person is forced to change" Aramide spat as she pulled out her phone to call Efrain. She needed to know what was going on in the hospital. this was getting out of hand. ~ “This is getting out of hand,” Cole said as they ran behind the building to get shelter from all the bullets flying around, he was breathing heavily while Aramide slid to the ground beside him, her phone against her ear and a worried expression plastered over her face. “What’s wrong?” cole asked as he glanced over at her before looking around. “I’ve been trying to reach Efrain and ask how everyone is but he isn’t picking up my calls, it won’t take long before things escalate and I don’t want anything to happen to my family. Bola is
ARAMIDE [185] Another dead body.
~ “Aramide this, Aramide that, it was driving me insane! I was going crazy" Bola yelled. “I am sick and tired of you. of you being the center of attention of everything” bola chuckled sadly. “oh no, no. don't tell me that you did all of this over some jealously fit? You are already mad bola, you're already insane, you're a monster!" Aramide spat “...the monster you created.” Bola shot back as she rested on the wall, blood slowly dripping from her mouth. ~ “You are disgusting” Aramide spat. Bola chuckled loudly. “What huh? Does it infuriate you? Does it hurt that I’ve always been one step ahead of you” Bola gritted out and laughed in Aramide’s face? A drop of blood raced down her face and she licked it when it reached her cheeks “You’ve always been like this, haven’t you?
ARAMIDE [186] all the things I could never say.
~ “I- I told you to stay away from me. I told you!" Aramide cried as she pulled him to her chest. “I'm sorry Daniel, I'm so sorry!” Aramide cried as she hugged his body. His eyes were wide open in shock, his body was stiff, even wide open his eyes didn't have that spark they and in anymore. it had been full for the past few days and Bola finally took it away. Another death. Another body and Another loved one. How much more does Aramide lose to find herself in this chaos? ~ “Daniel you know I never thought I would see a day like this.” Aramide said as she ran her hands through his hair which was wet with blood “The day I would lose you. You have been nothing but kind to me and you warned me. you warned me to not give in to Bola. I'm sorry I didn't listen.” “Don’t go out there. Please.” Daniel begged as he stared into her eyes, Aramide felt her mouth go dry, she kn
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