WEIGHTED 11

TYRONE ROBERT

‘I really don’t know what you’re talking about.’ Claus said.

‘Oh, but I know for a fact that you know exactly what I’m talking about.’ I retorted angrily.

‘Even if I knew I can’t tell you anything, please Sir, she’ll kill me if she finds out I disclosed anything.’ Claus said pleadingly.

I groaned. I knew he was right, but I still need to know what I was missing all this time.’ And I’ll kill you if you don’t.’ I said.

‘There’s no way I’m getting out of this, is there?’ He asked.

‘None.’ I informed.

‘Okay how about I give you a hint on where to get whatever information you want, but if Elize finds out, you’ve heard nothing from me.’ he bargained.

‘Deal.’ I agreed.

‘Ask her cousin Devan Adams, I’m not sure he’ll go against his cuz whom he treats like a sister to tell you anything. But I say you give it a try.’ Claus advices.

‘You can go now.’ I informed.

‘Before I go, I’ll tell you something Elize will probably get my head if she ever knew I shared it.’ He said standing up.

‘What is it?’ I asked.

‘It’s not because of Angela she’s distancing herself from you. She knew it wasn’t your fault from scratch.’ He said.

I was absorbed. Why would she act the way she did and still doing if not because of that. ‘Then why is she doing it if not for that?’ I voiced my thoughts.

‘That I can’t say. I already said too much.’ he said before exiting the door.

Things just got more confusing, what the hell is happening to my wife and what is the secret she’s hiding.

Or should I say secrets.

It had been two days since she came to my room that night, and apologising, thinking I’m asleep. I’m trying to figure what was the thing she was apologising about.

Devan might be able to solve the mystery, and help clear my confusion.

Just when I took my phone out to dial his number that was provided by Claus. My screen came to life notifying me of an incoming message.

I opened the message.

I BET YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE MONSTER YOU CALL A WIFE REAL COLOUR IS, SO LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOU. Those were the words attached above a video.

Few seconds passed with me thinking whether or not I wanted to see what the video contains. The date on it was the same day our children got in an accident, so I was a bit indecisive because I knew that this is about what she did to Angela.

Something deep inside me told me that I wouldn’t like what I was about to watch, but I pressed play anyway, only to be shocked with the content.

Elize crouched next to a tied, and bleeding Angela who was bawling her eyes out. ‘Oh, come on sweetie, I thought you want us to catch up on what happened to us since the last time we met.’ Elize said in an overly sweet voice.

She burst into a maniacal laughter when Angela screamed and begged for her life with tears streaming down her cheeks when Elize grabbed a gun and shot her in the knee. ‘Oh, Shut up already. If someone heard you, they might think I’m torturing you or something.” She patted her cheek lovingly.

‘Pppplease, sSSSSpare me, I’m begging you.’ Angela cried hysterically.

‘Did you give my innocent children a chance to beg for their lives before running them over.’ Elize’s mood of fake friendliness turned to a terrifying stone cold, venomous and calculating one.

‘ANSWER ME!’ She yelled demanding an answer when her question went unanswered.

‘NNNno.’ Angela replied shivering.

‘Then, you have no right to ask for your pathetic life when you teamed up with them, and tried to ruin my family, not once, not twice but thrice, am I wrong, dearest Angela.’ She answered.

‘HHHow ddddid you know?’ Angela asked disbelievingly.

‘I know everything when it comes to my family. The one thing they keep forgetting is that I’m not the weak pathetic 20 year old girl anymore, but don’t worry your disappearance will serve as both a lesson and a reminder that I’m not the one to be messed with.’ She said menacingly.

‘Shall we continue our session then?’ She said before heading to the other corner of the room and took what seems to be a bottle or perfume with some liquid in it.’

‘Do you know what this is?’ Elize questioned a barely conscious Angela, due to how much blood she lost.

When she shook her head Elize said, ‘It’s my favourite perfume when playing with my victims.’ She smirked. ‘But I’ll have to keep it for later because I don’t want our fun to end just yet.’ She added.

‘Lee!’ Elize called out, and a very muscular tanned middle aged man emerged from the shadows. ‘Help me hang her upside down, so I can start the second phase of the game.’ She commanded.

‘Yes, ma’am.’ The man said, and started doing just that while Elize headed to a black box across from where her victim was being hanged, and picked a perfectly sharpened knife.

‘Pick one, Lee. I’m giving a head start to the fun.’ She ordered.

Lee smirked before heading to the tool box. ‘Boss, wouldn’t appreciate not taking a part in this.’ He said chuckling.

‘His loss. He shouldn’t pick a stupid meeting over this then.’ They conversed naturally as if they were talking about ‘Weather over a cup of coffee,’ and not talking about torturing someone to death.

He headed towards the hanged woman. ‘This will sting.’ He said before stabbing the knife through her abdomen, and slashed through until he reached her ribcage forming a long and ugly hole in his wake.

‘Wow, that was fast, faster than I would have liked.’ She said. ‘Our friend there likes things to be slow, and seductive.’ Elize said referring to Angela’s words to her husband when she caught her trying to seduce him.

‘My bad. I was too focused on my fun that I didn’t pay attention to asking her how she liked things to be.’ He chuckled.

They conversed naturally not bothered by the screams and wailing of their victim.

This continued until Tyrone had to forward to two minutes before the video ends.

‘Finally, the third and final phase of this Game shall begin now. It’s about time to use my favourite perfume.’ Elize said sweetly to a half dead Angela. ‘Are you ready?’ She asked.

She grabbed her hair, and turned her face towards her roughly before digging the knife in her thigh. ‘I don’t think you heard me, dear. I said, are you ready?’ Elize said forcefully.

‘PPPPLease just kill me already.’ Angela begged, but her pleas fell on deaf ears.

‘That’s more like it. I know you want to try it, after all what kind of a woman doesn’t like perfumes.’ Elize said sadistically. ‘As for your request, it will happen in due time.’ She added.

Elize tossed the woman’s hair away from her, and stood up before grabbing the bottle and started spraying some of it on Angela.

A bloodcurdling scream resonated in the air from the woman’s over - used throat. Elize laughed loudly each time she sprayed the woman causing for her screams to be louder each time, if that was possible.

Tyrone didn’t know which one was more terrifying and horrific, his ex-secretary screams, or his wife’s maniac laughter and the crazed expression marring her features.

Soon after Angela’s flesh started decomposing.

Acid, Tyrone thought horrifically.

Her screams never stopped, each one more urgent the one before. Pleading for her torture to end, For Elize to have mercy on her, but her pleas were answered with nothing more than an insane resonating laughter in the room. One that dominated her screams.

Just before she was dead, Elize dug her dagger in her heart, and twisted it causing her more pain before saying ‘Consider this as a lesson to never cross paths with me when we meet again in hell.’ Before she finally released her from her torture.

She stood from her crouched position, and headed towards the camera. ‘As for you, I’ll be coming for you, and when I get you I’ll show you exactly what the true definition of cruelty is. This…’ she said pointing to Angela’s body, or what’s left of it. ..’ Is just the tip of the iceberg of what I’m capable of. What I’m going to do to you is far worst than this, you’ll be wishing you have never knew me.’ She said. ‘There’s no place on earth that can hide you from my wrath. You provoked the wrong woman!’ She concluded before splashing some of the acid on the camera marking the end of the video.

By the time the video ended I had more questions than before. My confusion just doubled.

This video was clearly a message, but for whom?

What did Elize mean when she said that Angela tried to ruin our family thrice?

How come I never knew she was this Ruthless? She was my wife after all.

I’m definitely going to have the answers I’m looking for one way or another, that too from my wife directly.

With that thought in my head I stormed out of my home office searching for Elize…..

"SORRY FOR DELAY..."