DEVIL IN RED

Chapter Four

"where are you going?"

Stanley felt an headache coming up instantly.

He closed his eyes, let out a deep sigh before opening them and turned to face her, his new bride, Nifemi.

"give me a good reason why I should tell you" he replied in a flat tone as Nifemi's doe like eyes stared naively at him.

Her gaze dropped to the floor as her cheeks turned rosy in shyness.

She replied in a meek tone.

"as your wife"

"my wife?" he scoffed incredulously, staring mockingly at her

"do you even deserve that title?"

Nifemi bit timidly on her lower lips but didn't refute.

"I'm sorry"

"well, take your sorry to hell" he replied rudely and made to leave.

"will you be coming home tonight?" she couldn't help asking.

Stanley felt the strong urge to hit the stupid woman across the face.

Was she so dumb?

"which home?" he asked in a dangerously low tone as he advanced towards her.

Nifemi took some steps back in fear.

"you mean this place?, it stopped being my home the moment you set your filthy feet in it"

He wouldn't have come back the previous day if not for the important file he needed and had no other option but to spend the night because it was already very late.

He glare in pure disdain at her and stormed off in in annoyance, driving angrily to work.

One thing was obvious, his mood was ruined.

"it's that Angel girl again?" Stanley asked, clearly frustrated when he got the bad news upon getting to office.

"yes" Jericho, his best friend and also his partner replied in affirmation.

"it's a maid that died this time in the same gory manner her best friend died. Who the heck is this heartless murderer?"

"We'd find out soon, let's go" the duo left for the crime scene.

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Stanley was annoyed but still pulled her away as gently as he could.

He wanted to hurl her across the room.

"inspector," Angel called coquettishly, batting her wet lashes seductively as she wiped away her tears which made him feel the urge to roll his eyes.

What a drama queen.

"miss Coker"

"I told you to call me Angel"

It was useless talking to her.

She just wouldn't stop flirting with him.

He was already frustrated and didn't want her to add to it

"it's my nanny who died this time, inspector, she was like a mother to me. I need a hug, please"

"hug your brother" he replied rudely with a scoff.

Such a spoilt brat.

He left her sight and went to the incident's scene.

Angel clicked her tongue in intrigue.

"brother Austin, don't you think that inspector is hot?" Angel asked, staring lustfully at Stanley's retreating backside.

"control yourself, okay?, that man is like twice your age"

"why cares, all I know is that I want him"

"you still have the mind to think of him?, madam Florence just died last night"

Angel felt a pinch in her heart but it was gone just as suddenly as it came.

Madam Florence was dead.

Yes, that old nanny was someone very dear to her whom she loved and care for a great deal but for some unknown reason, she didn't feel sad or dejected after the sun rose that morning.

"I'd be going to college tomorrow"

"you don't have to force yourself, you know. You can always rest..."

"I'd be fine, don't worry," she cut him short and he smiled dotingly at her.

Angel hugged him as a sharp glint flashed past her eyes.

She couldn't stand staying at home for another day.

She missed making love a great deal.

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She got down from the bed not giving a hoot about her nakedness.

"don't leave yet" Martin, her boyfriend said, staring lustfully at her.

"I have to go, Martin. I also don't want to leave but what other choice do I have?"

"I want us to make love all night"

"too bad I have an important lecture tomorrow. We can always do that some other day" she replied as she dressed up hurriedly.

She kissed him intensely and left the room.

She bumped into Martina, Martin's younger sister, on her way.

"you're here" Martina glared hatefully at Angel who smirked haughtily at her.

"yes, I am here, at my boyfriend's house" she replied provocatively.

Martina scoffed mockingly at her.

"nit for long, my brother would soon discard you, you're nothing but a whore here to fulfill his sexual urges.

" you're just jealous of me. I can get any man I want with a snap of my finger but you?, no man wants you"Angel replied with a mean grin and left Martina fuming.

She got into her car and drove back to her apartment she shared with two of her friends, Hannah and Anita.

"let me guess, you're coming from Martin's place" Anita said with a playful smile and Angel revealed a lusful expression.

"I knew it" Anita said and Angel flung her bag across the room.

"I'm so tired, I need a good night rest" she said and left for her room.

After freshening up and changing into her night wear, she soon dozed off

She, however, had a terrible nightmare.

In her dream, she saw a person, whose gender she could not fathom, and his figure was blurry, dressed in an overall red hooded cloak,holding a sharp dagger as he exuded a menacing and sinister aura.

The person walked towards Martin's room and shockingly lifted him up from bed with telekinesis and dropped him beside the bed.

Martin started struggling but he seemed he couldn't shout for help no matter how hard he tried.

He soon ran out of breath and gave up the ghost.

That strange person bent down beside him and made a narrow cut down Martin's tommy.

Angel couldn't see it but she could feel the creepy grin he had on his face.

Strangely enough, not a single drop of blood splashed on the floor.

Two eerily creepy clay pots appeared by the two sides of Martin out of no where and his blood was transported into one, his internal organs into the other.

How it fitted the pot was a mystery.

Then he cleanly dug out his eyeballs with the knife and placed it on his forehead.

He ruthless cut out Martin's genital and placed it in his mouth which was wide open. Dipping his index finger in the clay pot filled with blood, he wrote 'NEXT WEEK' in a scrawny block letters on the two pots.

Angel suddenly sprang up from bed, sweating profusely as she felt her body aching and shaking vigorously.

Martin!

She was filled with dread and anxiety as she reached for her phone on the bedside table.

"ah!" she let out a startled shriek as the phone fell from her hand onto the floor when it suddenly started ringing