LAURA“I’ll whip you one hundred times, Ricky. I don’t care how many times he chooses to whip you but for my satisfaction, I’ll whip you for one hundred times,” Bane said.“One!” He yelled as he struck Ricky with his whip.I stroked Ricky as well but he seemed to only react to my strike and not that of Bane.“Two,” Bane striked again.“Three,” Bane striked.“Four,” Bane striked.“Five,” Bane striked.“Six,” Bane striked.“Seven,” Bane striked.Oh no, I can’t see Ricky getting hurt this bad. I can feel whatever pain he is feeling right now and I can tell he’s fighting to stay alive. I have to do something, I thought.“Eigh—ouch!” Bane cried.Bane went for his eighth stroke at Ricky but I struck him before he did.“Oh my word! How could my hand slip in a time like this? I’m so clumsy. Oh my goodness, are you alright sir?” I asked, feeling remorseful.“What do you think you incompetent nitwit!?” Bane barked while holding his left cheek. “Can’t you see properly? There are light bulbs ever

LAURAI shook my head and regained consciousness. “Ricky,” I called.“Yes Laura,” Ricky replied as he helped me up. “It’s me Laura. Are you okay? Can you stand properly?”“I’m alright Ricky. Alice is in that room over there,” I point to the room behind me. “We have to save her.”Ricky and I rushed to the room and tried the handle of the door but it wouldn’t open.“Goddammit!” Ricky cried.“Break the door, Ricky,” I commanded.Ricky kicked the door several times before the door opened up, then we entered the room. “Hey!” Ricky and I screamed at the same time.When we entered the room, we saw a man holding Alice against the window.“If you dare take another step I’ll throw her out through this window,” he threatened.“If your grip so much as loosen a little bit, I swear I’ll peel off your skin and boil your flesh,” Ricky grinned.“You’re in no place to threaten me Ricky. I have your girl and if you try any smart moves, she’ll get it. I’ll throw her out the window and I don’t care if y

LAURA“Ricky! Ricky!” Cassey called and chased after Ricky.“Have you heard the truth now and are you satisfied after listening to it?” I asked Qwen.“Do you expect me to believe the lies Ricky had just told? And if you do, I’m deeply sorry, I don’t believe them. All I know right now is that you and Ricky are to blame for Melo’s death,” Qwen said.“Keep shut, Qwen. Didn’t you hear Ricky right now? Your friend’s boyfriend was the one that killed your friend. The name of Melo’s boyfriend was Bane and he was the one that killed Melo. Can’t you get that into your thick skull, you blockhead?” I asked angrily.“Don’t call me names, Laura. I don’t even know the man you’re talking about. Melo doesn’t have a boyfriend named Bane or any man in her life called Bane. And if she did, she would’ve told me. So I suggest you stop making up stories right now,” Qwen said.“Making up stories? Really? If you were such a good friend to Melo, she would’ve told you about her secret boyfriend and how she and

RICKY I rose up from the bed to check who was at the door. I peeped through the door hole and it was Qwen.“Qwen?” I whispered.“Who is at the door, Ricky?” Laura asked.“It’s Qwen. I think she knows that I’m inside your room,” I said.“That isn’t my business to know why she’s here. Put on your clothes and go attend to your late wife’s friend,” Laura said, wearing an uninterested look on her face.I sighed to relieve the frustration I felt after Laura said that. I hurriedly wore my clothes and left her room. “What have you been doing inside Laura’s room, Ricky? Were the both of you mourning Melo inside there?” Qwen asked while following me.I walked straight and headed for my room like no one was talking to me. I ignored her till she hit my anger button.“Your Luna just passed away and you felt it would be a good idea if you celebrated by fucking her murderer—”“Qwen!” I yelled as I grabbed her neck and yanked her into the air.“Ri—Ricky,” she choked. “Was this how—how you killed Me

KILLIANOh my goodness, what have I done to Melo? I thought.“You bastard!” Ricky shouted.I immediately ran into the warehouse.“Oh my goodness, I’ve killed Melo. Oh my goodness, what do I do?” I panicked. “I really hope she doesn’t tell Ricky or Laura that I was the masked man, that would cause a lot of trouble for me. I hope she dies before they ask her any questions. It’s still good that Ricky and Laura think that I’m Bane. Yes, they should think Bane was responsible for Melo’s death—”An omega interrupted me. “Boss, I can’t seem to find Laura or Ricky or even that little girl, Alice. What do we do, Sir?”“You don’t need to find them anymore. You all should go home and stop searching for them,” I said.“Are you sure, boss? I think we could still—”“I said get the hell out of here!” I barked.I also left the warehouse and returned to my car. I groped around my passenger seat for my phone till I finally found it. I gave Lucio a call.“Hello Lucio, I need you to come here fast.”“Kil