Chapter Two

The dead end

I can feel the intense ringing pain in my head as I feel myself coming back to consciousness, it took a moment I'm not in comfort of my bed but being restrained somewhere I have no idea on , the room is gloomy, the aura is kind of chilly and scary, I'm somewhere I don't know.

I remember my mom called earlier in which unable to answer, I don't know how many hours has passed but I'm sure she is getting the scare already, I'm known to be dedicated when it comes to attending to calls and messages ASAP, so mom tends to freak out when I'm out of reach for a little while.

I heard the flip of a switch come to brightness. I registered. I had my eyes closed all this while, I tried to open my heavy lidded eyes to get an idea of where I am and probably why I'm here.

I found myself in a space that seemed like some long abandoned house, picking that from the cobwebs and dust around. The place looks like a warehouse which has probably not been used for a while, the settings and interiors are unique, I tried making some little details of where this might be but no clue. I looked up to the figure sitting right in front of me and it all dawned on me.

It's the lady morgana, she was staring down on me with no emotions on her face, that I used to cherish about her but I'm scared of it right now.

Morgana is a beautiful young lady, someone you'd never think of as vicious, she has a very friendly personality and a way of making people comfortable around her, felt that when I went for my interview, she was the particular reason why a nobody like me got the job position, I used to adore her.

A strong, beautiful, nice young lady with the warmest character, very smart and talented.

But I got a hint of her brutality when Darren and I started dating officially, I remember how she gracefully carried herself to my office and took a sit in front of me, she was holding a white envelope, I smiled at her from the delight of her presence, she smiled back like there's no worries in the world.

“hi Abby”…… "seems like we've got an issue right here” she said in her usual low voice which can be intimidating sometimes.

“you have something that belongs to me in possession, I'm not really cool at sharing or giving it out” I made an attempt to talk but she cut me off.

“Shhhhh…… no no no babe, I'm still talking, Darren I mean, I understand why you'd like him and want him, he his a young handsome man, wealthy and an eligible bachelor, but you can't just take a man because you want to, I understand paupers like you have been misled by stupid Cinderella story you grew up reading ….. But that's not your fault, I blame the writer for such” I could only stare at her, she really can insult without flipping a nerve.

“You see life is no Disney show, people like me dominates, we give out money and jobs to the poor out of sympathy and to keep you under us, controlled and in check, but that doesn't mean an invitation to one of us or something that belongs to us…… hell no”

She stood up and dropped the Envelop

"I don't ever want to see you again, near me or him, you don't want to dare me”

she glared down on me, making her point clear with her stare.

I was harassed out by the securities, I got home disorganized and in tears those words as simple as they were, hits different when you know how true they are.

I felt a punch to my face which brought me back from my memory lane to the present I'm facing. The punches continued, she rained blows to my face and I felt blood dripping down my nose. I felt the sharp impact everywhere on my face, my lips becoming sour and heavy.

I tried looking up at her in question but my body feels numb, my head is shaking badly, I hit the floor with the chair I'm strapped to, she picked a chair from a corner and I felt the impact on my body, the ringing sound in my head intensifies and the whole of my body burns in fire, my whole body shook on the floor from pain, she moved closer and stared down at me on the floor.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I aske

"because you are stubborn and didn't listen to my words, I told you not to dare me"

"I told you to stay away from him, out of my sight, why do you have to make me go through the stress of taking you off my path, this takes a lot to organize you know, it's a whole lot but the bright side is you will be gone out of my sight forever” she gave a devilish smile."

"I'm sorry" I tried pleading for my life

"I promise to stay away from him, please don't hurt me"

Morgana doesn't seems moved by my apologies

I know dying right now or here is not on my plan, but I'm too helpless to do anything.

I have to stay alive for my baby, I can't die here without him or her getting to see the light of the day.

She brought out a syringe from a bag I never noticed was there before. I can't feel the needle pain but I know she just ran a substance into my body but I was too weak to fight her.

“It's really painful I heard, I wouldn't know anyway but very fast and effective I was told, you'll be free of your miserable life soon” she chuckled and turned her back on me.

I can't seems to think right, I'm few minutes from losing my life, our life, our child will never get the chance to live, but I can't seems to find the death encroaching me, my mind went to Darren, I wish he was here right now, holding me, telling me he didn't mean the words from earlier, that everything will be fine, it's hurt not being able to say goodbye.

The pain ripping through me is choking and I can feel my body tearing apart, tears rolling down my cheek. I just want to be home, I just want to be able to live with momma and Alan once again in peace.

"Boss we need to hurry up" I heard a man's voice.

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible "

"she is still breathing" Morgana responded.

"I'm not leaving her here until I'm sure she is dead and out of my life for good"

"I just got a call someone trailed us, it's not safe for us to be here too long"

"shitttttttttt" Morgana cursed

"take her to the car" Morgana commanded

"that's too risky boss, we need to leave her here"

"I SAID TAKE HER TO THE CAR" Morgana screamed at the man

The man lifted me off the floor. I tried struggling but my body felt too weak to fight him, I felt the impact as he carelessly dumped on the car seat. I feel the intense pain ripple through my body again.

"I'm driving" Morgana said to the man

"let me me finish up the job boss, I will ensure she is more breathing and discard the body"

"no way I'm trusting you with another task again, the last time I entrusted you to one, you left a witness alive and now after me"

"this one I'm dealing with her myself" she scolded.

"we need to find somewhere more secured then" the man opted in

Morgana was silent for a minute before she responded

"my house!!!! no one is going to come in poking nose in my house"

"I can actually have some fun with her body, if she doesn't stop breathing, I can hack the life out of her then" she gave her devilish giggle

I'm getting terrified of her every second that passes. I'm weak but I can still pick their conversations clearly.

"tearing her into pieces will be so much fun don't you think?" Morgana said to the man mockingly.

"I will be sure to clean up the mess when you are through ma'am" the man responded

"I'm driving," Morgana said before hopping into the driver's seat.

The man sat in the passenger seat beside me.

Everything was silent throughout the ride, it's late and everywhere was dark. I'm really scared but I couldn't find my voice. I feel myself drifting out of consciousness but I'm trying hard to stay conscious.

Few minutes later I heard the man's voice

"It''s the police, we are being followed"

"We need to lose them before they catch up on us"

Everything in me came back to life, the sound of the siren is far to us but I know they should be able to catch up in no time.

"you should let me drive boss"

"no, I get it covered" Morgana took a brief look at the back.

The police vehicle is getting close to us, Morgana is making a struggle to lose the cops but they are vast behind us. Suddenly Morgana set her foot on the accelerator, she went over speeding to beat the cops.

I feel the car swirling from side to side.

"you need to slow down boss, you are going to get us all killed with the speed" I heard the man shouting.

But Morgana wouldn't bulge, I mustered up all the strength to sit up, I started pulling on her, my grip is not strong but enough to distract her.

She suddenly hijacked her arm and flung me Back to the seat, she lost balance in the car and everything went swirling, the sound of the tire screeching filled the air.

Within seconds I felt the car tumbling, the crashing sound filled up the silence of the night, everything was so fast before I could register what was happening, it all went dark.