Painful seduction

She walked back the remaining metres on barefoot because the shoes she wore were already hurting her and then her feet were already sore.

She got home at exactly 10:15pm, She stopped in the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, her favourite whiskey wasn’t there so she opted for beer.

She sat down at the kitchen table drinking beer while thinking deeply.

“I didn’t hear any car drive in” Rhea answered as she leaned on the rails of the stair case. She still wore the clothes she had on earlier today .

” I walked” Cindy answered.

” You did what?” She asked as she strolled to where Cindy was .

“Not all the walking Rhea, he dropped me in front of the avenue, I just had to walk here” she explained.

” Oh, poor thing”.

Cindy sat still studying the beer and then look across her.

“Everything feels alot strange Rhea” she said as she drank more beer.

“What do you mean?” She asked staring hardly at her.

” Everything about my life” she mumbled, her head down.

This wasn’t the Cindy she knew, Rhea thought. Something had obliviously happened to her .

She really wanted to ask her what happened, earlier today she seem happy that her plan had worked and here she was feeling all sad and in fright.

Cindy’s phone rang, it was Mr. Damien.

” Hello, you do remember I said you I will call you” she said quietly. She sounded helpless and tired.

“I just want to congratulate you for doing a good job today” he answered.

” Can I get the whereabouts of my sister now?” She asked.

” Patience my dear Cindy, you will have to get me the property papers first “he responded . His voice was hoarse and guttural. He cleared his throat . “You give me the papers and I tell you the whereabouts of your sister”.

She hung up immediately as she picked up the beer, took a long sip , then stood and walked back down to the living room . It looked like she was going to spend the night there.

Rhea stood still watching her every moment not following her, she was worried about her.

Cindy’s phone rang again , it was still Mr. Damien .

” Don’t answer it” Cindy ordered.

” Tell me why your so sad, you look frightened” Rhea said as she walked to where her friend laid.

” Nothing, I don’t think he was the one who assaulted me” Cindy answered as she sneezed.

” How do you know that?”

” He just moved in recently, he wasn’t in Los Angles all these while” she explained keeping a straight face.

” Are you sure? Maybe he was just making up stories” Rhea intoned.

“Am sure, everything feels so strange ” she began as she stood up from her sleeping position, “he stayed in the U. K before he came here”.

” Maybe he’s lieing” Rhea said, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

” Rhea, am really sure about this” she said as she sipped more beer.

” You know Axl is Dementrio’s best friend”Rhea dropped the bomb.

” Who is Dementrio?” She asked as she stood up going to the kitchen with Rhea following closely.

” The rough guy we met at the salon, who mistook you to be a friend from California” she explained as she took another beer while Cindy made herself coffee.

” How do you know” she asked.

” I met him on my way home, we talked for a long while” she said as she leaned back against the the refrigerator door but she then realized what she had done and quickly pulled away.

” So how did you find out about his friendship with Axl” she asked chopping vegetables looks like she was preparing dinner.

” I asked about him…, You know to get more information and he said he was his best friend ” she began,” although I didn’t believe him at first”.

“You surprise me Rhea” she said as she stopped chopping and stared hard at her friend.

” What happened ” she said with popped eyeballs.

” You just met this guy and your already into him” .

” You talk and then forget your sins Cindy, we are in the same shoes, I know you like Damien ” she yelled.

“Your not serious, I hate him because he annoys me” she defended as she gulped the remaining liquid.

Rhea made a funny face which sent Cindy rolling in laughter.

“His a harsh guy like very scary but he is still nice, maybe he went through alot as a child which is making him act harsh” Rhea explained.

” So when did you turn to a psychologist? If I could clearly remember you got an F grade in psychology ” she said mockingly.

Rhea found it offensive as she threw a piece of lettuce on her.

“Rhea!” She screamed as she collected another piece and threw back at her.

They continued, till there was no lettuce left on the kitchen table, they laughed at their childishness.

“Your going to clean this up” Cindy said keeping a straight face .

” Why is that?” She asked.

” You started this drama that’s why” she answered as she looked around at the mess they both created.

“We are in this together Cindy”.

“Nope, I do the cooking, you do the cleaning” she said with finality.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Rhea eyed her nonchalantly as she started picking up the vegetables scattered around the kitchen.

Surely a waste of money, she thought.

” What are you preparing?” She asked as she rubbed her stomach.

” Salads” Cindy answered.

“Salads? You must be joking Cindy” she retorted.

“I ate dinner with Axl so where is the confusion there?” She asked.

“Goddammit, am so hungry” Rhea said sadly.

” That’s not a problem, your already in the kitchen and you have the internet as a guide” she said as she took the plate of salad to the living room.

“I made some coffee, drink it up” Cindy said from where she was.

Rhea stood there cursing hard. Luckily for her there was Pizza on the kitchen table, She had ordered it as she came.

Cindy will pay for this, she thought.