Chapter 15 BELLA'S PAST

The morning sunrises and it's is perfect. I could feel the warmth on my face. I am dressed in bright red sleeves, black pants,s, and red all-star shoes. My watch says the time 10:54 am and I looked perfect and excited about my first date.

YOU LOOK EXCITED FOR YOUR DATE EJI Marta's voice ranged out

"Yeah, after all, it is my first time going out on a date. I have always wondered how it felt like"

HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ANYTHING ABOUT HER YET, BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND YOU SEEM TOFOR GET WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT HERE?

"What you talking about? I look at Marta

HUH, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, REVENGE

"Oh, I haven't forgotten, I am still on it"

Knock knock, "who is hoooome? Bella's voice ranged out.

" She here, we talk later Marta. I got to bounce".

I slide the door open. she was most certainly gorgeous. Her black flowing hair neatly swept behind her shoulders, her pretty skin with sparkling ocean eyes. She is dressed in fine white and blue in a color gown and white sandals that neatly match. I observe her cup department in her chest had grown bigger than expected. Maybe the school uniform had a way of hiding some delicate features or she has been drinking milk. Still, I appreciated the work of Mother Nature when she spoke out.

"Hey, Eji, you have been staring, is my dress bad."

"No, contrarily, I am admiring the work of God, he must have created you with a 9b pencil or best pencil in heaven, and he sure put a lot of work in you".

She chuckles "That so sweet, how was your night?

"Good and you", we walked why holding hands but Marta felt disgusted.

I expected Bella and I like any aspirating lovers to have fun in an amusement park. Eat ice cream, watching movies instead I was rather shocked at what I was looking at.

A brown building with a Cross on top. Standing in front of a church associated with the school. At some point, I thought she was going to call a priest to cast out some demon in me but quite the contrary.

The school was owned by the Roman Catholic church. So when we walk into the church and to my greatest surprise.

Marta was afraid to come along. She decided to stay outside the church. I felt a burdened hardened stone lift from my heart.

Sited in a church Bella narrates her ordeal.

"Huh" Bella, why are we sited in a church? I questioned perplexed.

She reaches for my hands and she speaks.

"Eji, you said you like to know why I said we were similar and I promised if you agree to go on a date with me. I would tell you my story".

"yep" OK, I am all hears"

Fumbling with her fingers she narrates.

"I am the eighteen child of my father, the last twin child of my family and my dad was a flirt. He had a lot of women at a very young age. My father made so much money owning a transport company moving citizens from state to state and counties and for some reason, he joined an occult.

"Cult? I raised an eyebrow

"Yes a cult, a fraternity. He was a devil and an angel at the same time. He functions in a Catholic Church given free money to the poor and so many others. One of the conditions the cult gave him was that he has to marry the ladies from the cult or any associated with it and soon he had lots of women. My mother was just a pretty thing he had liked during those times though she was in a cult and we believe it was a spell that charm her to fall for him. My mother couldn't control her desires for him. He married him and gave birth to twins. My sister and I. My sister's name is Christabel and I am Bella. When the spell finally wash off,

My mum discovered that my dad was using her destiny to elongate his life. If he was supposed to die two years from now but with the power of the occult. He could swap destinies with someone else and that person will die in two years and He gets to live more.

My mum filed for a divorce and all but she was only able to go with Christabel.

I was held back. For some reason my stepmother never like me and then the violence began. I suffer for a very long time. I overheard them talking about sacrificing me to some deities and I ran from the house. With nowhere to go, I wandered around the streets for two years. I tried to locate my sister. I heard my mother died a year after I ran from home and My sister had suffered from a foster parent trying to sexually assault her and she ran. The last time I heard was that my mother's sister found her and she has been looking for me. It took me some time to locate them and hope that after I graduate. I will go and reunite with her.

For two years on the street I lived in the garage, trash bin, begging and one day I just got tired and decided to jump from the famous bridge called central metropolis bridge. And that's when a woman came. She was dazzling beautiful like an angel. She gave me a necklace with a cross and said to me. My child is brave to be strong, your duty and role are not yet fulfilled. She pointed in a direction and I followed the directions and turned back to look at her just a few meters away however she was gone. I couldn't explain it. She just disappeared into thin air. I went to the directions I was sent and a priest said he was waiting for me. He clothed me, ate good food, and enrolled me in a school. The priest was transferred to this neighborhood and so I followed enrolling to the Catholic school and you know the rest. So Eji, I don't know what you went through but you have to live your life to the fullest and enjoy the rest why you can cause life is short and I truly would love to spend the remaining days of my years with you".

Eji's Eyes widened and surprised.

Bella's story strikes something in me that evening. I was not the only one who had a hard time in life. I learned that majority of the world's population including the ones I killed are wearing a mask. A fake smile, some smile just to cover their deep scares and Injuries to heal. Life is not fair. I told Bella a few about my story but not everything. I couldn't bring myself to tell her that I crash a plane just to avenge my mother. I couldn't tell her that I blew up an entire building because I was scum. So I made up my mind not to kill anymore, or at least if I was too. He must be extremely bad Criminals just because of Marta. The only issue now is Marta. How do I free from my grasps.

How will she react? Besides, I would love to nullify the contract with her but I believe she will kill me for it.

So when I got home. I told Marta that I killed over 3000 people which should fulfill my weekly killing task for a while. I won't be killing for a while and if I have to do so. It must be bad criminals. And so a year passed by, I and Bella began to date seriously. Marta warned me several but a lot changed. I had stopped killing not knowing Marta had a surprise in store for me.