Chapter thirty nine

Sophie felt faint with all she'd heard, was this some kind of joke?

Or was Stacy playing some tricks on her?

"Stacy..."

Stacy raised a hand to shut her up.

"You heard right? Good. That's who I am, that's who you are."

"I don't understand what you're talking about Stacy. Why.....Why are you doing this? What did I do wrong?"

"What you did wrong, was when you started working for my man and you started sleeping with him....."

" Marcus is your man? How? Stacy please, I don't know any of what you're talking about. You're my friend, and I love you. You should have told me this from the beginning..."

Stacy bursted out laughing.

"That was how you got him wrapped around your little finger, your soft words, caring personality. Soft heart and all. But am sorry dearie that can't please everyone. Especially me!"

"I can't leave Marcus. And I never got any one wrapped around my fingers. I just happen to be a better person than you are." Sophie told her clearly outspoken this time. Too much for being too soft heartened.

Stacy's face hardened at her word but Sophie could care less.

She turned to leave but Stacy grabbed her hand painfully and slapped her hard in the face.

"You think your being pregnant would make me feel considerate. Or you think I can't hurt you because you were my friend?" Stacy told her.

Sophie felt her cheek go numb with pain and she faced Stacy.

"What was that for? I never hurt you!" With this she slapped her hard too across the face. Sophie was heaving with anger and Stacy was as red as her lipstick.

"You dare slap me!" Stacy screamed.

"You asked for it"

Before any of he women could do anything to each other, Brian and two other men walked in through the back door and Brian immediately seized Sophie's hand and turned her around. Her back to his front. And he held a gun to her head.

Almost immediately, Handy and Moses came rushing in. their guns ready and a serious expression on both their faces.

They must be blaming themselves for letting her stay alone. Sophie thought. Trying to get herself out of Brian's grip.

"Let me go! please let me go!" Sophie cried.

Stacy sent out a chilled laughter. "Begging for Mercy are you? You're going to die anyway, so tell this Your Men to back off or they'll both join you"

she said making emphasis on the 'Your Men'

Sophie could feel her heart beating harder with each passing minutes. She placed her hand on her stomach and inhaled heavily, trying to calm her racing heart.

"Let her go quietly and everyone will leave here unharmed" Handy told Brian. who seem to be enjoying the scenerio.

"Am not planning that. She must die. So you have every right to leave now before it's get bloody" Brain said. tighten his hold on her neck. That impact made Moses furious and immediately shot one of the two men who had followed Brian in on the leg. And the man screamed in pain, dropping to the floor I tears.

"Let her go!" Moses said.

Brian was quite perplexed, as well as Stacy, who stood back frozen in place.

"Nice shot! Sooner than I expected though, how about I place a bullet in her head like you just did. Or on her stomach. I should kill her and the baby at the same time?" Brian asked, a slow smile spreading on his face as he slipped the gun down from her head to the side of her stomach.

"Please don't hurt my baby. Please"

Sophie whispered. Tears slipping down her face.

Handy tried to move closer. His gun still very positioned and set. like wise Moses too. Who seemed more furious than she'd ever seen him. But Brian shut them out.

She tried to look calm. For them, but the tears just won't stop coming down.

The other man moved to the one who had been shot. and helped him into a chair. He was bleeding profusely and would die if he wasn't cared for.

Stacy moved to the man side to help the man stop the blood. And Handy, being the smart man that he is. Grabbed her by the waist and drew her to himself. Also placing a gun to her temple. And he whispered in her ear.

"Tell that quy to me Sophie go or you'll be dead before her. Do that at the count of five.If you Don't, I swear I'll blow off your head"

Stacy looked scared and she tried to wiggle out of his tight grip but he stopped her.

"Do that again and you'll be dead before five seconds"

She stopped abruptly and sent Sophie an angered look. Condemning her with her brutal eyes. telling her she'll kill her whenever she has a chance to.

Sophie sent her the same look too.

"Brian.... Brian..... release her, let.....let her go"

Brian laughed out hard.

" No I can't And I won't." he said

"Yes you will."

A voice came from behind them and Sophie's heart raced faster.

Marcus.

The sound of gunshot was heard and Sophie felt the grip on her neck loosened.

She turned around and watched as Brian slipped to the floor, groaning in pain as he held his bleeding leg.

She raised her head and watched as Marcus walked closer to them. And she ran to meet him.

"Marcus!" She flew into his arms and he held her tightly. inhaling her scent. and know kissing her forehead.

"Let go of my man!" Stacy screamed and almost launched herself at Sophie but Handy's grip on her tightened.

"Arrrrggggghh!" Brian groaned in pain, and made to grab his gun but Moses kicked it away.

Marcus set Sophie aside and walked over to the two men, one of whom had been shot and the other clearly worried about his friend.

"So you all tried to hurt my woman and my baby. And you still want to go scot-free?"

The other man quickly sprawled on the floor and spoke up to Marcus.

"please sir. It wasn't our intention. We didn't even know this was what we were coming to do here" The man cried and the other also nodded still in pain.

Marcus saw that they were telling the truth and nodded at Handy to let them go

"Leave!" He said and both men left as fast as they could, the wounded not caring about his wounded leg.

After they left, Marcus faced Stacy.

"I stopped being your man a long time ago. You want me back. And he wants my money. Which none of you will ever get." he told her and he watched her struggled in Handy's arms.

Being the taut and sharp girl that she was, she bit hard into Handy's arm and quickly freed herself. Diving for Brian's gun and getting a hold of it. She pointed it at Marcus Who gave her a small smile.

"Aren't you one cunning child" he says and made a go signal to Moses who stood behind Stacy and before she could notice what was going on, He slammed the butt of his gun against the side of her head. And she fell down unconsciously. The impact of the gun almost sending her into a coma.

Sophie watched everything with a wide open mouth.

Upon seeing this, Brian struggled to get up and began moving on one leg but Handy was fast to drag him down and hit him also on the head. He too also loosing consciousness.

Marcus signed in satisfaction. Dropping his gun into Moses hand and moving toward Sophie who stood shaken and pale. Scooping her up in his arms, he carried her out of the house and toward his car.

She was one stubborn woman. And he didn't understand why she found it so hard to listen to him and not leave the house again.