Temptation episode 21

EPISODE TWENTY-ONE
Ben stared at the person surprised. Yes, it was simeon standing arms akimbo staring back at him.
He least expected that from him.
So does he really kidnapped me?
That was a question he couldn’t find an appropiate answer to.
“you!”
ben finally voiced out pointing his index finger at him, easing the awkward silence in the room.
“yes it’s me!”
simeon replied less perturbed at his expression he wore on his face.
“you kidnapped me?”
ben asked fidgeting on his reply.
“yes! Or what does it look like to you?”
simeon replied grinning at him.
Ben couldn’t believe his ears, or perhaps, he’d a problem with his ears.
Yes!, he heard him right.
Another thing he least expected from him.
“hey man! Don’t get it twisted, i know what you thinking, actually, i rescued you in disguise, in form of kidnapping, so my men wouldn’t really know that i rescued you, you get that?”
simeon said and chuckled.
He just had to do it that way, so his job wouldn’t be at bay.
Ben’s heart leapt in joy as he heard that.
Does he really rescued him from been behind bars?
He rose up to his feet and jumped on him in a hug.
Simeon had to steady himself from falling, as he never saw that coming.
“thanks buddy, i’m really grateful man!”
ben said full of smiles.
“it’s nothing man. Just had to do that, to help a friend in need”
simeon said with a broader smile.
“wow! Can’t believe this man! You’re such a wonderful friend, you risked your job for me?”
ben asked surprised at simeon demeanor.
“thats the only way, i could repay back your kind gesture towards me back then”
simeon said, while they disengaged from the long embrace.
“finally i’m a freeman, thank you jesus!”
ben shouted delighted.
Ben now knew the worth of being a freeman.
He promised God in his heart that he would be forever grateful for the mercy he bestowed on him.
He used his friend simeon as a bait to help him.
“hey man! Wanna catch some sleep?”
simeon asked as he saw him silent for a while.
“oh! Yeah buddy, would love to”
ben replied beaming with smiles.
“c’mon lets go to bed man!”
simeon said and led the way to his room.
They both laid on the bed.
Minutes later, they found themselves in the dream land.
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Alice was pacing up and down grieving about the loss of her friend clara.
She bit her lips dejectedly.
She never knew ben could be such a beast.
She carried clara’s corpse and took her into her car and drove off.
She was on the lookout for the Nelson’s street, house 24.
She eventually got to her destination and pulled beside a house.
She alighted and rushed in impatiently without knocking.
An old woman who was seated on a sofa, which one could easily guess as the mother to the already dead clara as they both had the same facial resemblance. If compared.
She was scared at the intruder.
She was startled at the sudden unanounced visit of Alice.
She jerked up as she saw Alice panting heavily, trying to catch her breath.
“you scared me, what happened?”
the old lady asked impatiently as she couldn’t comprehend the reason, why she was uneasy.
“mama!, its clara o”
Alice said visibly shaken not knowing how to dish the news to the grey headed woman.
“what happened to clara?”
the old lady asked again in a quivery voice, also shaken herself.
“she erhm… She erhmm…!”
Alice stuttered.

“She did what?, what happened to my daughter now?, tell me!”
the old lady demanded as she couldn’t withstand the suspence in Alice voice anymore.
“Ben killed her!”
Alice finally blurted.
“what??, ben did what?”
the old lady asked again as she couldn’t believe her ears.
Alice was silent for a moment, she decide and wanted the old lady to see for herself.
She led her to her car.
Her hands shakily opened the boot, while the old lady unknowingly slumped to the ground with a thud.
She fainted.
Alice never knew when she fell, it was until she heard the sound of the thud and she looked back to see the old lady lying flat on the floor motionless.
She screamed herself jumping up and down.
In no minutes, people had gathered around the incident.
They rushed the old lady to the nearby hospital and the nurses quickly took charge of the situation and attended to her.
The old lady was gasping out of breath as her chest heaved up and down.
The nurses worked relentlessly on her, they tried their possible best but lost her life at the end.
Alice was in the reception room. She was pacing up and down worriedly with uneasiness.
She regretted ever telling her the sad news.
She caught a glimpse of a nurse coming out. And quickly rushed to her to know the outcome of the old lady’s predicament.
“madam, we’re sorry, her condition was extremely critical, she’s suffering from hypertension, high blood pressure and it was at its peak, we tried our best to revive her but unfortunatelly we lost her!. Sorry for the loss ma’am!”
the nurse said and left immediately.
Alice stood transfixed trying to figure out what the young nurse had said.
She scratched her head roughly as realization hit her.
She felt guilty and responsible for the loss.
“oh! No!”
she let out a mumbled scream.
TO BE CONTINUED.