Chapter 2: PROLOGUE 2.
Blood.
Slowly twitching my eyes to the brightness of the sun rays that rested on my face , I gulped down some saliva and turned away too weak to accept that it was morning . Trying harder to force myself back to sleep I realised it was already too late. My eyes slowly opened up and fell on my phone just some inches away from my arm and I sluggishly scattered my left hand through the bed trying to reach for it till I could.
[15 missed calls from Mae, 10 from Mom, 2 from Dad] and a text message from Mae that read "I am dying."
As for Dad and Mom, I knew they were fine , just worried, would return their calls but 'whatsup with Mae? Is she trying to prank me or something? It wouldn't be the first time though' .
I hurriedly call back and she didn't answer . I kept calling, but still got no response. I left her some messages and waited a while but got no reply. I was so drowsy , I had no idea what I typed in those messages but Somehow as fear settled in my heart, I struggled to sit up, ignoring the pounding sensation in my head . As I made a move to get out of bed, i realized i wasn't home, just then the door opened up from the outside and the image of a man walked in holding up a tray of food.
'Fear'
I panicked.
I rushed up from the bed holding up my phone towards him. My only weapon.
"Woah..woah.. calm down." He beckoned as he dropped the tray on the study table .
"I recognize you. It's you , the stranger, from the party. How did I get here? What do you want with me !?" I barked .
"Hey hey, relax.." he answered as he turned towards me .
"I am not going to hurt you, I don't intend to , so just put the phone away.." he continued. I don't know if it was that he was really good at calming storms or trusting him was just natural but I realized he was being sarcastic about the weapon in my hand so I slowly dropped it as I maintained a doubtful stare at him trying to pass the message across that his charms had no bound on me.
"Stay back! ." I warned when he tried to take a step towards me .
"It's ok.. it's fine." He voiced as he retrieved his steps.
"You were quite squiffy last night. I saw you struggle to get home I supposed, and since you weren't yourself to give me your address, I am sorry i had no other option." He said.
I felt embarrassed because this was the same guy who thought me to be too fragile to be alone in the dark and now what he must think of me not being able to withstand alcohol.
"Were you following me? Because if you weren't , you wouldn't even know I was still at the party. So who are you? Some .. psychopath? Did you drug me? Did you touch me?!." I asked as the thought came to my mind that he might have taken advantage of my drunken state. At my last question he gave a brief smile as he turned towards the study table , I watched him pour some liquid into the teacup from the kettle without a word.
"In the drawer next to the bed, is the sum of $20,000, in there also lies my gold wristwatch and car keys , and I just walked in to see you in such a hurry.." he said turning back towards me as he sipped from the tea cup. He sat loosely on the table and crossed his legs. He was on with the eye contact thing again.
"Heh" I breathed .
" are you calling me a thief?" I asked rather appalled.
"I am not. I am just saying what reasons do I have to let you walk out this door believing that my stuff in there is intact? Because your face isn't convincing enough" he stressed.
'Did this motherf**ker just insinuate I was ugly ?? , arrogant pr**k!'
"If you weren't such an annoying and arrogant asshole , you would have come over to check your fu*kn drawer to find out, dummy! ." I retorted angrily , I felt so insulted and all this nigga did, was smile. He had really cute dimples, I would give him that.
"Well I could say the same for you. I mean instead of insinuating I am a rapist, you could just check , or you can't tell? And If I was a psychopath , you shouldn't be awake, I mean , you were unconscious enough for me to be done with you last night. " he answered me.
At that point, I really wished I had a gun. Badly wanted to leave three bullets in his stupid head for being so sarcastic with me. Like who does he think he is?
'"Know what? Thanks so much for "helping me" to your "bedroom!" because I was a bit tipsy! .'"
I replied to him in a pissed off tone. I knew if I remained there any longer I was going to explode and somehow leave him roasted because hell hath no fury than me right there as I tried very hard to control myself .
'"Oh "a bit" you say, did I forget to mention you puked all over my car?"' He said.
I found myself picturing the whole process in my head but instead of feeling embarrassed I actually felt good about it, like 'i wish I puked in your face instead D*ck head' .
"Whatever , okay? I feel much better now, so if you would excuse me, I have more important things to do with my precious time and more important places to be at "
I replied to him marching towards the door.
"You are welcome."
I heard him say as I stepped out and slammed the door. I hurried down the stairs and was brought to a pause. The large monochrome paintings on the wall caught my attention, they looked very beautiful and realistic , someone else would call them creepy but not me. I couldn't help but be amazed at the great work. They were indeed masterpieces but despite how almost hypnotizing the beauty of the house was, I had to head out .
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"Mae….?." I called out as I stepped into her hotel room. The receptionist downstairs had told me she returned last night but getting there, I only met with emptiness, I noticed some dark bare footprints on the floor tiles that continued towards the bed, and I could see the bed was untidy , her purse was on it, her phone too and looking around , i caught sight of the outfit she wore to the party in the room's trash bin , it was all so confusing to me . Almost immediately she came in from the restroom .
"You finally decide to show up." she said .
She had let her hair down. It always looked good on her. She had natural straight long honey brown hair but she was always a fan of purple.
"Hey..don't give me that. Was I supposed to sit there and watch you get laid by your over gelled hair dude?. " I replied to her as I walked towards the bed for a sit.
"And why send me such a text only for you to snub mine? Plus why Is your room so messy , you doing Vudu now?" I asked her as I sat pointing my hand towards the dirty prints on the floor .
She just stared at me like I was the crazy one. She remained quiet and looked worried.
"Hey.. you okay?"
"Yea.." .
I knew something was up and whatever it was she was contemplating on telling me.
"I don't know.. tell me what you think about this."
She added as she proceeded to sit next to me on the bed, with her hand, she moved her hair to the other side of her neck , revealing what she wanted me to see.
"What is this..?." I asked, staring puzzled at it. I moved my hand to touch it and she reacted a bit .
" You got attacked by an animal? A serpent maybe?." I asked.
"I would be dead by now wouldn't I?" . She asked, looking me in the eye, all I could see in hers for the first time was Fright and Helplessness.
"Tell me the truth Mae.. did he abuse you in any way?!".
Didn't know if to be upset or if to be worried but 'what was going on?' .
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The next thing I knew she rushed back to the restroom and she was puking hard , I hurried in there and we soon came back to the bed. I was so so scared , not having another death on my conscience ,
' This is my fault, her being at that party in the first place was because of me, whatever was going on, I am the genesis' .
"Just hold on , I am going to get help, I am taking you to the hospital..". I heard myself say as we were back to the bed.
"No.. ". she cut me, holding on to my hand as she pulled me back from where she laid. It was like I stuck my hand in ice.
"You are cold.." . I told her.
"Yes.. just prepare me a warm bath.. just don't.. don't leave me.. I am scared.. stay with me.. I will be fine.. " .
These were her words to me. I was so confused , but I had to do as she wanted. Started with the warm bath but she went on puking each time I tried to make her eat something and it led to more hot baths till it was evening. She just didn't want a doctor and I was losing it already. Soon enough she was tucked up in bed and I was right beside her. I cuddled her from behind as we slept.
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Slowly I am called back to consciousness either by a hunch or by the movements that made the bed seem unsteady from Mae's end.. super exhausted, I struggled to open up my eyes and Mae was out of bed. I jerked up at once and turned my head to see her standing by the exit door of the room. Her hands were folded under her armpits as she stood uneasy.
"Mae . . You ok?.." I asked her as I made a move to crawl down the bed to where she stood.
"Don't come any closer! ``. She warned .
Despair.
I have never felt this hopeless . This desire to save someone that had given up all hope to be saved.
"Don't say that to me!" . I yelled back at her in frustration.
"What the fu*k is going on! What aren't you telling me? !"
I continued.
"No.. No!" . She said as i watched her battle with herself .
"No.. no what? What is it Mae?!" .I asked, rushing down the bed .
"Don't come any closer!!!" . She barked at me again. In shock, I paused my steps with my eyes shut. Tears rushed down and as I opened them I could see how pale she was.
"Hungry.. so hungry.." . She voiced as she held onto her tummy . I could hear it rumble.
"You hungry? Ok , that's good.. I will go get you food.."
"No.. " . She said, I saw her display an act of dissociative identity disorder.
"No?.." I asked, puzzled .
"Blood .." she voiced .
"I ..need ..blood.." she stressed rather creepily as she moved towards me , I found myself taking paces backwards , my eyes grew bigger in terror , my heart beat increased and I had no idea what was going on but my entire being in that instant screamed one word.
'RUN!...'
"Mae… you don't want to do this.. " . I told her as I slowly moved backwards.
She stopped again and it was as though she had regained herself.
"Josie.. ? What happened?"
She asked me . I didn't know what to answer her , or what to do at all. She folded her arms again and looked at me with frightened eyes as she stood there looking so clueless. The fright in me died down and I slowly moved towards her, I just wanted to give her a long warm embrace to let her know she wasn't alone in this and that we were going to find a way out of whatever this was, and so I did.. and I felt her calm..as she places her hands on my back .
"It's okay.. you are okay.." . I said, I heard her sniffing , she was crying on my shoulders, but soon enough I felt the sharpest pain on the side of my neck.
I screamed!
It was like two nails were hammered in there not too far apart and at the same time. I felt something runny rush down my shoulder and her grip had become harder . At that moment I had no idea what was going on aside from the fact that I felt every drop of blood in me draw up to my neck straight from the very depth of me, I was almost getting cold with the belief I was going to die. I began to have flashes of memories with Eddy, Mae , Ray and my parents , I just wanted to shut my eyes and give in to the peace and silence I
I was experiencing until I heard a noise, the falling on the tiles at once from right behind us, I felt Mae drop down and lay flat before my feet , seemed like she was tranquilized and as I was about to drop down, I felt myself caught by the firm grip of someone else from behind me , I felt the hand round my waist , someone much stronger .
I wondered who it was, but I was too weak to fight and so my eyes shut...
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