Chapter 51
Javier picked up the file that Rachael had dropped earlier. He took the time to review them since he hadn't been himself for days. He took out a pen from the table and proceeded in signing the documents.
Javier was still engrossed with what he was doing when Bella walked thing. He looked up to her as he watched her make her way to the seat in front of him. He dropped the file on the table, leaning up to look at Bella properly
"You look sick" she scrowled at him, adjusting the seat for her to sit. "Even worse than before"
"I have too much on my mind" his voice came out raspy and he was really surprised by the outcome of his voice. Thinking could really do alot. He cleared his throat "What brings you here?"
"Well I came to see how the flight went with you and Felix. I didn't want to go to your house since there is a probability that he might be there"
"Yeah he is there" Javier said and Bella could clearly see the exhaustion in his face "he isn't staying long anyway so I can manage"
"This is sick" Bella said amidst laughter
"I wish it was as funny as it sounds. I came to work because of him. I can't stand them cuddling in the front yard"
"Pathetic"Bella said with an increased laughter "but that's not the only thing that's on your mind and I know it"
"I made a deal with mephistopheles" Javier blurted out, tapping his fingers on the table, nervously
"Woah" she said louder than she intended to "so fast?" She asked with disbelief written all over her face
"As fast I want it to be. I need to get Hattie out of there" Javier said bluntly
"You could at least told me, what if I had already figured a way to get Hattie out?"
"Well did you?" Javier looked at her, raising his eyebrow, giving off a questioning look
"No but ..."
"It doesn't matter. What's done is done" Javier said cutting her mid sentence
"Fine what was the deal" the look in her eyes held pity and Javier hated it
"It was a blank deal, I don't know yet but he assured me that I will be getting Hattie out of there in a week"
"Why would you sign a blank deal with mephistopheles?. That is so silly and desperate. What if you can't fufill the deal?" Bella half yelled
"Yes I was that desperate and I still am. As long as it will get Hattie out of Andrew's hold"
"This is insane"
"I know, I had no other option"
"The shiel pendant could have worked if we had kept on trying"
"You were the one that gave a go ahead when I talked about going to mephistopheles" Javier said already losing his temper
"Well I didn't thing You would make a blank deal. This is crazy" Bella said ruffling her hair
"Please can we drop this. Don't make me feel more sick than I already am"
"You don't even care about the consequence"
"You think I care about anything? My life was given to me and the devil took it without my consent. This girl made me find happiness for a little while. The happiness that I have been looking for, for ages. I would do anything to get that sort of happiness back and yes, that's why I don't give a damn about the consequence. Don't you see!" Javier screamed and Bella could see from the redness of his face and his visible vein line that he was really angry
"Ok" Bella said in defeat. That was the only word that could proceed out of her stunned mouth. She was still baffled that Javier could go as far as taking on blank deal. "Does mephistopheles know that you love her?"
"He does" Javier sighed
"He is going to use the deal as a means to punish you"
"I know" Javier admitted calmly, placing his hand on his forehead and slouching on his seat
"Are you even getting any sleep?" Bella said noticing how tired his eyes looked
"How could I? I can't even eat properly. My mind is too crowded
"If I ever lay my eyes on Andrew, Am gonna rip his heart out of its socket" Bella said
"That's if I don't kill him before you find him"
"This is crazy" Bella sighed, looking at her brother with pity
"Do you want a drink?" Bella asked walking over to his drink stand
"Yes please"
"What brand?"
" A Bacardi will do" Javier said
"That's strong, you are at the office remember. If you get drunk, You will be sleeping here because I don't have it in me to carry a grown man to my car" Bella said adding humour in a bit to lighten up the tensed environment
"I just need to forget for a while, even for a second" Javier said tapping the pen in his hands against the table repeatedly
"You know we were never given a choice. I really wish that I was normal and didn't have to worry about any of the underworld business. I wish I was as ignorant as humans. I wish I could sleep for a second without thinking about how pathetic my life is. I really wish we could call all this off. In all, I wish I was normal" Bella said plainly reaching for a Bacardi in the drink stand
Javier noticed how plainly she said it but he was sure that she meant every word. There was a time Bella narrated to Javier about how much she hated her life. She was laughing this second and the next she was bawling her eyes out. That happened right after she got out of season and she was sober as hell.
If lashedtas had the power to take their life, Javier would have been the first to do that. To end the misery that he was in. But he knew that if he should leave this planet earth, the next possible place he could go to was hell and there was no two ways about it. They belonged to the devil and there was no way he could change that.
"It's all good though" Bella shrugged, handing Javier a cup of Bacardi
"Thanks"
Bella placed the glasses in her lips when she finally remembered what really brought her here. She was carried away by the emotional talk that she forgot the pressing issue.
"Agatha appeared to me In my dream" she blurted out and Javier almost choked on his drink. He looked at her in disbelief, coughing and gasping at the same time.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked when he was finally able to speak without choking
"She came to my dream and I am afraid that she is planing on coming back to life"
"Hold on sec" Javier said, dropping his drink on his table "Come again"
"I meant every word I said. She is coming back and I have a feeling that it would be faster than we both expect" Bella said with a hint off worry buried in her face.
"I thought Lagatha killed her"
"I thought so too, but we should be frank, hyrans can be too powerful"
"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad. Fuck!" He exclaimed hitting his desk with his fist in anger
"We need to do something" Bella suggested
"Like what?" Javier snapped. "If she finally comes back, she will take her revenge and most definetly turn her daughters to her side"
"You have a point, she might want to make Hattie and fay see reasons with her. She might turn them against you. Hyrans are very good at manipulating and we have nothing on them" Bella said as she stared at Javier who reached out for his glass of Bacardi and gulped it violently. He squeezed his eyes tightly shut as a result of the harshness of the drink.
"Take it easy" Bella said, taking the cup away from him. "That enough, you really need to be sober while driving"
"What did she you say to You?" Javier asked
"She was on about coming back and she said she will pay you a visit"
"Hmmm" that was the only thing that could proceed from Javier mouth. He just sat there too stunned to speak. If Agatha was really coming back to life then that would be a big problem for both himself and the cartel.
That was just another problem added to his playlist of problems. Truth be told, mephistopheles summoned him again and told him what he would want in return. It was almost impossible but Javier couldn't say no, as long as it was going to bring Hattie back.
He didn't have it in him to tell Bella what mephistopheles truly wanted because she might break down and that was the least he wanted right now. The best thing was to keep it low until he finally had the courage to say it
**
Hattie heard the door open and the smell that came from that direction made her choke and gasp for breath. The smell was too offensive and the room was too dark for her to make out what it was
"What is that?" She said, trying her possible best not to perceive it but it was barely working. It was hard for her to see because of the angle she was seated and how dark the room was.
"Hattie" he heard her voice and she knew it was Andrew's. His voice sounded strained a though he was lifting something. He dropped whatever he was carrying, making a slight noise as it made an impact with the floor
"It's just Rita" he said walking to where she was, giving off a smile
"Is she dead?" Hattie asked. It was only a dead body that could produce such an offensive smell
Andrew turned on the flash light that he was holding and shoned it directly into her eyes, almost blinding her in the process
"Yes she is" Andrew admitted grinning mischievously. "I plan on burning her as soon as possible"
"My God" Hattie said amidst a whimp. "You killed her?"
"Of course i did" Andrew said. "Who did you think would be able to?"
"Why, just why" she said quietly almost in a whisper
"Because I wanted to" he said and Hattie's heart sunk
"Will you kill me too?" she said with her eyes already getting glassy as a result of tears
"No my darling, I plan on getting married to you remember?"
"Why are you like this, Why do you find joy in causing pain to other people? Just tell me Why?"
"Because that is what defines me, I was born this way and I can't change, don't you see Hattie?"
"I hate you" Hattie said and this had to me 50th time she had made such sentence but she couldn't stop her self from saying it. The hatred she felt for him inwards was really strong that no amount of word could explain it in detail
"It doesn't matter anyway, you will grow to love me"
"I will never" she shot back with venom In her voice, causing Andrew to smirk
"I see you haven't been eating?" Andrew said lifing up her chin, accessing her. Her collar bones jawline were too pronounced
"I will have to start forcing the food down your throat. I need you to look as pretty on our wedding day"
"So that you will kill me just like you killed Rita?" Hattie shot at him
"Rita was a one night thing. You are going to be my wife so I can't just kill you except you make me too angry and I wouldn't do that If I were you"
"Javier will come for me" she said in a shaky voice
"He won't come don't you see. If he loves You, he would have come for you a long time ago. He doesn't care about you Hattie. You are alone in this" Andrew said
"Stop it" Hattie said as the tears that she was fighting, rolled down her cheek.
"Just face it Hattie, you belong to me"
Author's note; can you guess the deal Javier made with mephistopheles?