Chapter Four : REENACT

As Pablo got inside, Annabelle told him to go get the car ready which he did. Pablo had a fine taste for exotic cars but chose to pick his Lexus ES 350 amidst his Maserati, Mercedes AMG G63 and Range Rover Sv autobiography.

He got in together with Annabelle and zoomed off following the directions she provided.

Meanwhile, James never really left. He packed across the house and as soon as he saw them leave he tailed them with his black Hilux without being noticed. They drove for hours and finally stopped at the coordinates 33.1881° N, 83.2760°W and parked.

Annabelle led the way as Pablo followed suit like one jinxed. They both entered the water till it enveloped them and their heads couldn't be seen again.

James who parked two foots behind, watched them leave the car and walk straight into the water. He made up his mind he wasn't following them for he wasn't ready to drown... besides he didn't sign up for this. He was just trying to get his friend back to his senses but since he has lost it, no qualms. But he wasn't ready to lose his at any moment. He stood for long and felt the blood rush inside him for he was exasperated and didn't know how long it will take them to come out of the water. He picked up his cell phone and dialed 911 for it was either they were both dead or the strange lady had eaten his bosom friend.

Deep inside the water, Annabelle's skin luminated and gave beauty to the creatures in the water for they shined like they drew energy from Annabelle. She stopped and moved her legs backwards in an anti-clockwise fashion, made a certain noise and stopped for it were like she communicated with the creatures. It wasn't long when a water monster called Loch Ness Monster came with full speed causing serious turbulence due to the current in which it came with. It stopped and bent like a puppy who needed a pat and she obliged. Pablo couldn't help it but stare for this was a creature that was proven not to exist besides, it's last sighting was in Scotland.

They both got on it and it took them deeper into the water. The journey was very exciting for the only extra curricular activities Pablo ever did was go on a drinking spree with James. Aside that, he was always indoor watching his favorite movie series. In a twinkle of an eye he felt the water current get stronger than before and the creature came to a stop.

They came down and she patted the monster before it disappeared. Two feet ahead of them was an aeroplane buried deep in the sand. He held her hand but she let go, walking straight into the plane. After a while, she came out with a box which she gave Pablo to open. Inside the box was the necklace given to her by her mother before she died. Pablo couldn't lift it for it was too heavy for him. She stared into the box and tears rolled down her eyes for she was bitter in heart and vengeance was the only motive she came back to life.

She removed it from the box despite how heavy it was for Pablo like it were an handkerchief and wore it on her neck. Pablo was distracted by an aquatic plant for it was long and he wondered the exact height. Annabelle saw the look on his face and said, "Hydrilla... That's the name of the plant. That one over there is Vallisneria gigantea for it shines green due to my light but in the absence of my light, it shines red."

As she said those words her skin stopped glowing and truly he could see the true color of the plant.

Meanwhile, the police had arrived at the scene and James was narrating to them how he saw his friend together with a strange lady go into the lake and completely disappear. They sent search patrol teams into the lake and dogs to search for any trace of life around the bushes. After a very long search they couldn't find a body. James would have been locked up and classified as a psychopath if not that two vehicles were parked close to the scene but still, he had to follow them to the station to make a statement.

At the station, they pulled up James' file and saw different charges filed against him in the past on being drunk while driving. He only wanted to help his friend, now he was going to get locked up and wait till they came and did an analysis on his sample to determine whether he was drunk. Certainly, he opened a bottle of Heineken before driving to Pablo's house, for now he was more scared on what they will do to him after he successfully went through rehabilitating program for the last three months than his friend who went on a fantasy spree with a lady he never knew.

While locked up, James' case was given to a junior officer to handle. She saw the victim's photo and laughed hysterically for it was a man who cheated on her countless times before she decided to call it quits. She got closer to the cell he was kept and yelled, "Jamie the bloody cunt sucker."

He recognized that voice and prayed it wasn't who he thought it was for his life would definitely be more fucked if it were her, but it was already too late because it was Charlotte, his high school lover and he knew it was going to be pay back time for he certainly toiled with her feelings after several abortions for him. He remembered one of the moment he had with her before he never saw her again. She came knocking on his door at past twelve at night, he reminisced how he denied the pregnancy that it wasn't his and how she cried, reminding him of when he took her virginity, the sweet words he promised her, telling her he would bear the consequences no matter what happened.

He flashed back on when he kicked her and bruised her lips yet she never filed for battery against him. At this point, he knew he was fucked and there was no way he was going to get out of this.

Charlotte grinned with pleasure at his dilapidated state. Truly, karma does exist, she said in her mind, for James misfortune was a gift given to her on a platter by Astraea for she did daily supplication. She moved her hands towards her gun holster vest like she was aiming for her gun. At this point, James was about gasping for air before she moved her hands slightly and reached out for keys to his cell. She opened it and asked him to follow her.

It was a nice office with her name on the door. All this while, he thought about how he was going to blame the devil for everything he did to her, he got snapped out from his thoughts when she popped the question, "How has life been treating you?"

He had mixed feelings to this question. Was she trying to mock him? Obviously of his current plight or was she trying to connect back and show him she still had feelings and cared a great deal for him? He was speechless for he didn't know what to respond with. The only words he was able to mutter with his quivering voice was "Fine."

.She pulled up his file and looked straight at James and said, "Let's get back to business."

At the sound of that, he nearly peed his pants for he jerked like one suffering from epilepsy. He was fun to watch for she hadn't even started and he wanted to die, she had a lot to do to him and didn't care if he had any health history. As she pulled down the file, she called his name with a low tone and said, "You can go Jamie, the bloody cunt sucker."

He had this sudden relief like one who just had an orgasm and nearly kissed Charlotte's feet for she forgave him and never pressured to collect his sample for the analysis.

He asked her the time she normally gets off from work and she told him politely. He got out of the station and looked side ways, too scared that someone was stationed somewhere waiting to kill him. He couldn't even get into his car for the fear of explosives planted underneath for he watched so many action movies and in real life, he thought himself to be Ethan hunt.

It wasn't quite long when he got home his phone rang it was Charlotte, he wondered how she got his number but noticed something yet again she was more concerned about his welfare this made him more scared. He left the house and went straight to pick her as she got off work for he planned a romantic dinner, after he picked her up they headed off to a shopping mall where he told her to pick up any wine gown then drove straight to her house..

He was on her lawn when he heard a voice "welcome momma", a blonde in her teens stepping outside to greet her mom for she was a spitting image of Charlotte but that wasn't all she had his broad nose.

He questioned himself yet again could it be what he was thinking of for he felt a sharp pain in him and couldn't help it but cry, he managed to wipe his tears off without them noticing and went in..

When it was time for Charlotte to introduce them both she was quick to tag him a friend while she introduced her daughter April..

She changed and they both left for the dinner, at the dinner James couldn't hold it any longer so he popped up the question regarding April if she was his daughter. Charlotte said yes and this time around he couldn't control his emotions but bursted into tears, this was a lady he treated wrongly yet she let him go when she had the powers to make sure he was charged and now she had a daughter for him who she took care of from infancy to being a teenager.

James face was all pale and his quivering voice kept on saying "I'm sorry". Charlotte kept on sipping her wine like it never bothered her and watched him break down, for she wanted revenge and now she was getting it through the right way.. After the dinner he pleaded to come visiting again and she accepted for it was time to undo his wrongs..

James got home and reminisced again how he had always treated Charlotte for she was a sweet girl and he messed it all up for his egocentric self wanted to go beneath every ladies pant and ended up belittling Charlotte after she approached him for she truly loved him but he was only after what lies beneath.

Yet after she got pregnant for him he told every Tom, Dick and Harry that she was a whore who sleeps around and probably got her self pregnant and wanted to pin it down on him. He remembered how she couldn't take the shame anymore and her family relocated, now he was the biggest fool ever for he lacked wisdom to knew she was specifically made for him.

Charlotte had gotten home already and cried her eyes out as well for she held her emotions all through she was with James, April had noticed her pale mood and asked her if she was alright but the question been asked by April only made it worse for she was a daily reminder of James in her life and it was time she told her who her true father was..