My Heart Still Beats For You
Episode 10
His breath came so warmly on my skin and all l could think of was dying at his hands in a matter of seconds. I gulped down saliva as the sharp edge of the knife made to dig into my throat. John grabbed my waist pulling me to himself.
The voice of the lead cop outside still came echoing. I sniffed in badly as tears dropped down my eyes. “Dian! If I die, we die together,” he said those words into my ears and my whole body went freezing. He pushed me forward as we made to walk towards the door.
He brought out a key from his pocket and he inserted it in the key hole. Opening it, the headlamps of the police cars shun brightly into my eyes. They all took cover behind their car doors and their guns were readily poised in our direction.
John stood closely at my back, holding the knife to my neck, he held me as a hostage. Of course that was what l was, a hostage, a prisoner of love. “Hold fire, he’s got someone as a hostage,” the lead cop ordered as John made to move out completely from the house.
“Drop your guns or she’s gonna die,” John roared behind me as he pressed the knife to my neck. I felt so weak, I wished this could all be a dream. I wanted to run, I wanted to scream, but I had no choice but to face reality.
The police officers made to lower their guns as the lead officer made to make negotiations with John. “Do not harm her, we’ll let you go untouched,” the lead cop screamed out to John. John didn’t seem like he was ready to listen to any negotiation.
He knew what he wanted to do and was ready to do it. “I want the car keys,” John demanded and the lead cop made to look at one of the officers who was with one of the police cars. He made a signal to him and a key was tossed to the lead cop.
John stretched out his hand signalling for him to throw it over. The lead cop tossed the key over to him. John made to the vacated police car skilfully with me in his arms. He walked backwards facing the cops and holding the knife to my neck.
I looked at the cops with teary eyes, my only hope went shattering before me. They only acted as they were trained. I was being held hostage and any mistake from them could cost me my life.
John pushed my head into the car and he hopped in as well. He ignited the engine of the car, bringing it to life. He made a dangerous reverse as he sped with the car. I could see for only a matter of seconds ad the other cops hopped in hurriedly into their other cars. John turned to the road.
He screamed so loud and out of fear I covered my ears with both palms as l cried aloud. “John why are you doing this? They’ll catch up with you and you might get killed,” I said as l shivered badly, stuttering like a drunk. Yeah, I was drunk, I was drunk with tears and bitterness.
John drove with so much speed and the memory of how Alan drove the other night came to my memory. I remembered my resolution to end my life that night as l struggled with the wheel of the car.
If history was to repeat itself tonight again, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. Maybe this was how I was meant to end it. To die in the hands of the men that both loved me, an obsessed love.
I looked at John’s face, he was completely emotionless, he wasn’t thinking straight anymore, he was completely controlled by his obsession. “John, I think this should be the end of our love story, and if there was ever one,” I said as l speedingly dragged the wheel with him.
The shock on his face made my whole body shiver, I didn’t care, I struggled with the wheel and our car went off the road. Going deep into the woods, I could faintly hear the sirens of the police cars.
Gbooooom! Our car made to hit a standing tree in the woods. My head went hitting the glass shield in front of me and I went bouncing back to the seat. I couldn’t feel John move. My whole was in shook as l felt the impact. My vision was all blurry and I could feel blood trickling out of my forehead.The car was emitting fumes already.
John didn’t move his body, he laid motionless less as his head was laying on the wheel. For a matter of seconds, I fought to breathe in air. I made to move my body amd a cold voice startled me “I love you Dian,” John spoke out almost whispering. He didn’t move his body, it was as if he had been crippled.
l breathed in so badly, I knew what was going to happen, the car was going to explode. I opened the side door of the car and l threw myself out. Falling to the ground, I groaned so badly. John still laid his head on the wheels.
I dragged myself away from the spot, breathing heavily as l did. “Ahhh, I screamed as l could feel a sprain in my right ankle. I laid flat on the floor as I breathed out so loudly. I had lost so much blood, my body shook so badly. I could barely see and l was losing consciousness.
Booooom! John’s car was ablaze, I screamed out with all the strength I and left in me. “John!!!” The fire was enormous, I cried so badly as l beheld the sight. The flames went up and my heart ached so badly. John was gone, John was still in the car.
ROSANLA SEYI
DEPRESSED WRITER ยฉ
