dangerous quest episode 9

Episode 9

Fred drove home to see his door broken. People around told him what
happened before he drove straight to the very mansion of his twin brother,
Dennis, where his wife rested.
However, in the mansion, Mr and Mrs Lambert had gone home leaving Edna and
Dennis who were inside the room. Dennis drobbed a voluminous bag before her
then sat beside her on the edge of a bed where she seated.
“What’s this?” she asked looking at the bag.
“They are what I got for you from abroad” he replied.

Edna looked at him, averted her eyes without saying a word or touching the
bag. “I’m not in the mood of receiving anything for now. All I want to know
is the way about of my husband and son”
“They will be back dear” he placed a hand on her shoulder which she removed
instantly. “I have missed you, haven’t you?”
Edna stood up. “Dennis, I don’t know what you’re up to but I want to let
you know that what happened before your brother’s wedding was a mistake I
still regret till date”
“What mistake are you talking about?” Dennis also stop up. Just then, they
heard the horn of a car. Both looked through the window to see Fred and
Charles coming out of it. Edna ran downstairs to see her husband and son
standing at the door of the sitting room. She was amazed at their tattered
appearance, therefore slowed down as Dennis also walked down through the
staircase.

Fred behold her wife once again, she wore a tight black gown that exposed
her body parts. Her face didn’t change neither did her hair or beauty .
“My love” she called taking a step at a time to him. “What happened?” she
finally met him and touched his muscular body wondering where they came
from. Fred didn’t respond to her then she relocated to her son who also
didn’t say anything.
“Hey, Fred!” Dennis called walking to him.
“Hi brother” Fred met him on the way and shook his hand.
“Take a seat, where have you been and.. and.. why are you looking like
this?”
“It’s a long story” Fred sat down likewise Charles and Edna who sat on the
same cushion with him. Dennis was the only one sitting opposite them alone.
Just then, Mrs Lambert entered with a bag containing plates of food she
brought for Dennis. She was surprised to see Fred so she sat beside Dennis
to hear their story. Fred narrated the story on how they embarked on a
dangerous journey to the forest Hoom to get his wife, even what they saw
and heard.
“Heeehhh!” Mrs Lambert exclaimed clapping her hands. “I said it that this
girl is a witch, a wolf in a sheep clothing!”
“Mother, this is not time to call names!” Dennis shrieked and looked at his
twin brother. “What are you saying in essence?”
“I never sold my soul to the forest of Hoom, so I want to ask my dear wife
to please explain why Charles isn’t my son”
Hearing that, Edna adjusted away from him and began to shed tears as all
looked at her except Fred. His heart boiled with anger facing down and
tapping his foot. When he waited without hearing from Edna, he raised up
his head then gave her a sound slap that pulled her down on the floor.
“Speak, you slot!!”
Seeing the way the mother fell, Charles began to shed tears too breathing
hastily.
“It was a mistake my love” Edna began pointing at Dennis “Your brother made
me sleep with him before our wedding day”
“What?!” Fred and Mrs Lambert shouted at the same time. “You bastard!!”
Fred added hurrying to fight him but the mother held him round the waist in
a way he couldn’t get closer to his brother. “I’ll kill you Dennis!! How
dare you stab me at the back!! I will kill you!”
Charles ran out when he couldn’t bear the pandemonium. He entered into the
car with tears in his eyes. Fred had to free himself from the mother and
hurried out too while the wife ran after him to see him entering into the
car.
“Fred, I’m sorry!” she shouted in tears.
He didn’t listen to her rather drove out with a high speed back to his
house. He sat on the edge of a bed in his room crying bitterly as Charles
watched him.
“Dad?” he called. “Even in the next world, I’ll like to look into your eyes
and call you father because you alone I know”
“What didn’t I do and give to your mother?” Fred lammented. “She’s the
reason for my past mistakes which are ringing like a bell now. Where did i
go wrong for my own twin brother to stab me from behind?” he cried then
suddenly dried his tears. He instructed Charles to go into his room and
freshen up. After he left, he brought a gun from one of his drawers, hid it
behind him then rushed out. He passed Edna on the road without knowing
driving straight to Dennis’ house. He met his mother and Dennis still in
the sitting room then pointed the gun at him.
“Oh my God!” Mrs Lambert shouted while Dennis hid behind her. “Keep the gun
down, Fred!”
“I will not mother, and if you don’t get out of the way, I’ll shoot both of
you!”
“No, you will not my son”
“Dare me” he shot the gun upward. That made Mrs Lambert to fall thereby
creating a space for him to shoot. Seeing that, Dennis began to run
upstairs but two bullets from the gun sent him straight to the land of the
dead. Fred rushed out again while Mrs Lambert ran to meet dead Dennis. She
screamed when she discovered he was dead already.
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Back to the residence of Fred, Edna rushed into the room to see it
deserted. She sat down on the bed crying when Charles came in.
“My son, please help me plead to your father” she begged in tears.
“How do you expect the man who’s not my father to listen to me? All that he
went through is because of the love he had for you, but what did you do?
You cheated on him. I’m disappointed in you mum!” he left the room back to
his own room.
Just then, Fred came back with the gun pointing it at her. Seeing that, she
gasped, went on her knees rubbing her palms with tears flowing from her
eyes.
“Please Fred, forgive me, have mercy on me please. It was just a mistake.
It will never repeat itself again”
“I’m sorry Edna” he pulled the trigger twice on her chest then watched her
struggle for life until she finally took her last breath. Charles ran
inside the room at the sound of the gunshots to see his mother dead. He
looked at Fred to see him placed the gun on his own head.
“What have you done, Dad? And.. and.. what do you think you’re doing? kill
yourself?”
“I have to end it this way, Charles. Good bye” he pulled the trigger for
the last time then fell on his wife.
“Nooooo!” Charles fell down crying bitterly. Just then, Agatha, Sam, Regina
and her mother, Becky, came inside. They had traced the house to that point.
After seeing the dead bodies, Agatha went to the sitting room and began to
cry because what she wanted to prevent finally happened. She predicted it.
On the other hand, Regina and others consoled Charles.
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A month later, Sam knocked at Agatha’s door with a rose flower behind him.
He dressed casually looking like a cowboy. Agatha opened then smiled at
him. She wore a bumshot and oversized long-sleeve shirt.
“Hey, what are you doing here?”
“To see you, I mean to give you this” he brought out the flower. Agatha’s
smiles increased at the sight of it. She collected and smelt it.
“I like it. Come in”
“Thank you” before Sam finally entered he kissed her surprisingly and said,
“I love you, Agatha”
She smiled then returned the kiss which became so intense to the extent the
flower fell from her. Sam closed the door with his leg.
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At night, Charles and Regina could be seen on top of a building where they
admired the stars in the sky. They juxtaposed in a way Regina placed her
head on his shoulder.
“You know what Regina” Charles began. “I have learnt a lot from what
happened to our parents. A silent bell now can ring in the future. We
should be careful with our actions today for it not to affect our tomorrow,
for whatever a man sows he shall rip. Do not kill or commit a crime in
other to satisfy the one you love, for whatever that will be must be” he
looked at the stars while Regina strengthened up her head.
“A life lived very well worth dying for. I’m ready to die for you, Charles
if you live upright ” she said.
Both stared at each other romantically bringing their lips closer until
they kissed.
“I love you, Lucky Regina” Charles said.
“I love you too, Fred Charles, or should I say Dennis Charles?” she replied.
“I prefer Fred Charles’
They chuckled together and kissed again.
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THE END

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