Chapter 65
~I will marry Opula~
Fanny was yet to gather the grace to shut his eyes to sleep. He was yet to believe his eyes and to come to terms with the fact that his look-alike, that very young boy that took his place in the crime was no more. The hands of justice caught up with him earlier today. He was found guilty today-guilty of the said rape and murder- even Fanny had expected the law to catch up with him because Ruby did a tactical snitching- going straight to the family of the victim and Beijing police to make his reports. He knew the chances of his look alike making it was tiny, even though he spent huge money to hire one of the best attorneys in town.
Some months ago he made an attempt on Ruby’s life and he was proud of it but with the sudden demise of his hired look alike, he confirmed Ruby was really out-and-out to do away with him. Everything was still fresh in his memory- how the young boy was sentenced to death by electric chair. At first Fanny never wanted to witness it- even when he tried to, the screaming voice of the boy from the execution yard sped into his heart- it was like the speed of lightning and the throbbing force of earthquake. The scream had struck his heart and in a jiffy the boy’s voice couldn’t be heard at earshot, everywhere went ghostly, only the creaking noise of doors opening and slamming could be heard somewhere near. The executioners were out; their eyes holding fire with their lips paused in darkness and mortality- the boy had been executed. It would have been him. Onlookers had gathered him to sympathize with him and family of the boy. He could over hear voices.
“Please take heart for the death of your twin. We know you will miss him but take hold of yourself, “the sympathizers told him.
His gaze came upon the calendar a he started counting the days, only to realize he had two days to return the arms of Opula. He had mixed feelings about Opula and Ruby as he stared at the calendar; he was of the thought that Opula might have lost feelings for him and Ruby might have turned her heart against him. He wished he could turn back the hands of time and too many wishes struck in his head, and one of such was to marry Opula upon returning to her in two days. As he paced up and down the room, he pondered about the evil he would unleash n Ruby.
“I know what to do. First I will have to redeem Opula’s love for me. I know he must have fed her with rubbish stuff about me, making her to spite me hugely. Once I redeem her love, I will walk her down the aisle, yes I will marry. She will be glad” he said within himself, and reached out to the wine shelf to fetch himself a shot of whisky. “Yes, after that she will have babies for me, elsewhere. I will keep her out of the reach of Ruby, out of the reach of anyone, and keep her within the confines of body guards and all she needs.” He grinned after gulping the shot of whisky he just poured. “Hmmm,” he snorted, stroked his hair and said, “I will now face Ruby. I don’t give a damn whether we are cronies or not. I will make him pay for digging up my past for hurting healed wounds and making it turn red. I will sacrifice his soul on the altar of pain. For daring to take what belongs to me and causing misery and peril to my heart, today marks an end to our brotherhood and friendship. If I can’t trust him with my woman then how can I trust him with my life. We will never cross the same path and remain unhurt; it is either he hurts me or I hurt him. War war and war shall we endear till the end of time,” he said through gritted teeth and poured himself a shot of whisky and grinned after gulping…