“Jesus Christ!” Cassie exclaimed, her voice trembling with disbelief and rage. It was hard to believe that her best friend Rikkie would be the one person who sneaks to sleep with her boyfriend.
She took a step backward. Her anger was obvious and her hands clenched into fists as Jason and Rikkie tried to cover their naked bodies. Jason awkwardly reached for his jeans, fumbling in panic, while Rikkie snatched a blanket and wrapped it tightly around her boobs. “Cheaters! Both of you!” Cassie’s eyes darted between the two of them, her expression was just a complete storm of fury. Her voice cut through the tension like a knife. “What the hell is this Jason? Are you kidding me?” Jason stammered, he knew there was no explanation, but he had to give it a try. “Cassie, I can explain—” “Explain what?” she snapped, stepping closer. “The room smells of your fucking, there's two used condoms on the floor, both with your damn cum inside, and you want to explain shit to me?” Cassie’s hand flew across his face with the dirtiest slap he'd ever been given, the sound echoed through the room. “You bastard! You cheat! You pathetic excuse for a man!” “What the hell!” Jason winced, touching his cheek where the red mark of her palm was already forming. But he didn't fight back. “Cassie, calm down. Let’s talk about this—” “Talk?” Cassie barked, her voice was shaking with even more anger. “Oh, now you want to talk? Was it worth it, Jason? Was she worth it? Fucking my best friend behind my back?” Jason reached out, trying to grab her arm. “Let’s go to the bedroom. We can reason this out—” “Fuck you!” Cassie gave him another crazy slap on the other cheek. This one was harder than the first, and it made Jason stagger back, his hand instinctively going up to protect his face. As if on cue, Rikkie bent down, attempting to pick up her skirt from the floor. Cassie saw her in the movement, and without hesitation, she turned and slapped Rikkie too, leaving everyone of them with a red cheek. “You!” Cassie hissed, her voice dripping with venom. “My best friend? You couldn’t find anyone else to spread your legs for? You decided to open your smelling thighs for my boyfriend?” The slap was so powerful it made Rikkie stumble, clutching her cheek, but quickly regained her composure. And now Rikkie was angry too. “How dare she slap me like that?” Her eyes burned with fury. “Back off, Cassie!” she snapped with a sharp voice. Cassie’s lip curled into a sneer. “Oh, I’m not backing off bitch. In fact, I’m taking a photo of you two disgusting pigs and posting it online. Let’s see how you like being shamed in public!” “Shit!” Rikkie’s eyes went wide open in shock and panic, “Don't you dare record my naked body!” she lunged forward, slapping Cassie’s hand away before the phone could be raised. Rikkie kicked Cassie’s phone away then returned a heavy slap across Cassie’s face “That's for being very stupid.” Cassie’s rage boiled over, her voice climbing higher. “You dare slap me? You? After all I’ve done for you? You’re nothing without me, Rikkie!” “Oh, spare me!” Rikkie shot back, her face flushed with anger. “You’re a self-absorbed, manipulative witch! All you care about is yourself!” “Oh yeah? Ain't that better than being a two-faced, backstabbing tramp!” Cassie retorted. “Cassie, you're a bitch who can't keep a man. All you do is jump from one man to another, you're less than 30 years old and you've had 2 divorces and uncountable breakups with boyfriends and a million cheating spills.” The insults flew like daggers, and both ladies cared about nothing else but making sure that they hurt each other's feelings. Each insult was aimed to wound deeper than the last. “You’re just jealous I’ve always been prettier than you!” Rikkie spat. Cassie laughed bitterly. “Pretty? Honey, you need a truckload of makeup to even look like a human being!” “Well if only you were tight down there, Jason wouldn't come looking for some tight puss…” Clap! Cassie slapped her again before she could finish her sentence. “You stupid bitch!” They lunged at each other, their hands clawing and pulling at hair, their voices drowned out by the sheer chaos of their fight. Cassie’s nails scratched Rikkie’s arm, while Rikkie yanked hard on Cassie’s hair, both of them just blowing out insults at each other. “What the hell are you two doing?” Jason was standing off to the side and he had finally had enough. “I'm tired of you two being crazy in my house.” He picked his shirt on the floor, wore it and rushed forward, grabbing them both by their arms and pulling them apart. “Enough! Stop this right now!” “Get your ugly face away from here!” Both women turned on him simultaneously and slapped him hard on both cheeks. “Ah!” Jason stumbled backward, completely stunned. “I'm gonna teach you a lesson Rikkie.” “No you're gonna learn!” The women immediately went back to clawing at each other, their anger unchecked. Jason didn't know what to do, he was fed up as he threw up his hands, his voice rising above the commotion. “You know what? Kill yourselves if you want to! I don’t give a shit anymore!” He stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him, leaving Cassie and Rikkie to end their fight in whatever way they wanted.“Do you notice that Bruce looks very shy?” The boardroom buzzed with quiet murmurs as Jonathan stood at the head of the table, he adjusted his suit as he looked at everyone seated, commanding the attention of the entire room. Bruce sat to his right, with his expression very calm but tinged with curiosity. It was still new for him, being seated in very official environments like that. Deep down he wanted to be home already taking cereals. Jonathan had been waiting for a perfect moment to make an announcement and the moment finally came. Jonathan cleared his throat, and the room fell silent. “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here today. This meeting isn’t just about business as usual. I have a very special announcement to make.” “I hope he doesn't want to get married again.” The workers exchanged glances and their interest piqued. Jonathan turned to his brother with a proud smile before continuing. “As many of you already know, Bruce is not just my brother, he’s family
“The best looking places are not always where we feel Comfortable.” Bruce said as he looked around the room with classic walls and very formal guests. He turned to his left and saw a lady smiling at him. It was obvious she was just forcing a smile and she could also tell that Bruce wasn't falling for that wack fake smile “Y'all don't like me in this family, so just stop pretending already.” He mumbled and turned away in disgust. The grand dining room of the Salvator estate was not just intimidating, it had become the worst place for Bruce to be at any time of the day. The Salvator family were his in-laws but he never loved spending time with them, “A bunch of arrogant creatures” he'd always call them. The room was filled with the sounds of low murmurs, laughter, and the clinking of glasses. Despite the splendor around him, Bruce couldn't wait to “get the fuck outta here.”He was already feeling out of place. “I don't belong here.” And It wasn’t the first time he felt this way. He t
“What the hell is going on here?” the voice of Bruce echoed through the walls. And Cassie immediately got off the man she was humping, adjusting her dress quickly as though it'll make Bruce forget what he just saw. “So this is what you've been doing? Huh? After everything I've done for you and your family, this is how you repay me? By sleeping with other men?” Bruce had always known she was doing something like this, but he didn't have evidence. “What have you done for my family?” Cassie snapped. “You did nothing for us. But we are the ones who helped you Bruce!” She added, while trying to zip up her gown from the back. “You said you helped me? You must be outta your mind!”“You're the fool who's outta your mind!” She raised her voice even more. Cassie’s friend also turned to Bruce, telling him “Oh yeah you're the dumb fool that I know in this family.”“Shut up you dirty whore! You know nothing but to sleep with men all around, not caring if they are married or not. And now you've
The smell of those prison walls was familiar. Bruce had definitely perceived that before. The walls smelt of betrayal! “Fuck! Here we go again. Thrown in prison just like my father who did nothing wrong.”Bruce couldn't believe Cassie and her father would do such a thing to him. He'd always known they really didn't love or care for him, but he didn't know their hearts were filled with so much evil, so much darkness that they would frame him up, send him to prison just to get rid of him. “I swear to God I'm gonna make them pay for everything they've done to me!” It was already one week since Bruce had been in prison and he found himself trying so hard to hold in his tears as he remembered the day Cassie walked in to see him behind bars, but only to present the divorce papers for him to sign. “Sign the damn papers you stupid thief! I can't be a wife to someone who steals money from my father's company.”“First of all, I'm not a thief and you know that y'all just framed me for this. S
It was already two years after serving his term and Bruce smiled casually as he shook hands with the police officer during his final hours in that God forsaken place “Mr Bruce Ortiz, you're now a free man. Try not to live a life of crime when you go out there.”“I can't even say I'm a changed man because I never was a bad man in the first place. I've spent two years in jail for a crime I never even committed.” As soon as Bruce took a step outside, the air immediately felt different. “This doesn't smell like that prison walls no more. This? This smells like freedom.” He couldn't help but crack a smile. Just when he was about to clean the dust on his shoulder, his phone buzzed in his pocket with a new message “I guess it's that Bitch Cassie tryna mock me. She must have heard I'm outta prison.” He reached for his phone in his back pocket but was puzzled with a message from a new number “and who might this be?” He clicked on the message with a curious finger “and what do they want from
Neighbors heard the gunshots and they immediately knew something was wrong. Rosa was a female Italian neighbor who lived with her dog after the death of her husband. Bruce was her favourite neighbour and she couldn't believe the shots came from his side of the big compound. She rushed to open the window, trying hard to see if she could spot someone in Bruce's house. “Is Bruce back from prison? Who the hell is in his house and why are they shooting?” She didn't know Bruce was back already. “Oh my God I gotta call 911” She rushed to get her phone and dialed a number. The shooter was cold and confident. “Rest in peace you big fool.” The assassin said to Bruce's body before kissing his pistol. “The problem with y'all is that you're all infected with a main character syndrome. You think this is some movie and you tryna be some kinda hero. All you had to do was beg me, and I might have let you live.” He said putting his pistol back where he'd removed it. He took out his phone from the bac
Two weeks after the incident, Bruce was discharged from the hospital. “I'm truly glad you survived this.” Jonathan Gusman said, taking a spoonful of rice into his mouth. They were having dinner at his house where Bruce had been living for a while after being discharged from the hospital. Jonathan insisted that “ Hey Bruce, you gotta stay at my house for a while now cos your home ain't safe. Who knows when the assassin might come again looking for you after knowing you survived the attack.”“Thank you so much for everything Mr. Jonathan.” Bruce smiled carefully as though too much of it would break his weak ribs. He still didn't know why Jonathan picked interest in him. Why he was nice to him despite having no connection with him. It was all so strange, and the super rich Jonathan Gusman was yet to tell him the business proposal he wanted to make on that day Bruce got shot. “How are you feeling now?” Jonathan asked. “I'm all good I think.”“Can you kick a soccer ball?”“Aha ha… I can
“Alright,” Bruce said as he leaned back in the wooden chair, his patience visibly waning. He was obviously tired after waiting in the police station for so long. He glanced at Jonathan, who sat across from him with his arms crossed, staring blankly at the white walls of the police station. “Jonathan” Bruce called. “Yeah man what's up?” “I'm just wondering what's is taking them so long”Jonathan let out a slow exhale. He was also tired of waiting to get the results of the fingerprint. “They said they’d get back to us as soon as they finish the fingerprint analysis.”“I'm already exhausted right now.”“We’ve already waited for so long, a little more patience won’t kill us.”Bruce was slowly getting angry and impatient. “Two weeks, Jonathan. It's been two damn weeks and they’re just checking something as obvious as the cigar.Before Jonathan could respond, the door opened, and Detective Martinez walked in with a file in hand. His expression was completely unreadable, but the slight tig