THE TORMENTOR
The Tormentor – Episode 57&58
( Blêed•For•Me, Ixora )
Book 1 in the Mindf+ck Trilogy
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“Dirty. Little. Liar”
The intense deepness of his voice came back from wherever he has been keeping it, and his nose flared at each pronunciation.
“A cinema-worthy show, wasn’t it?’ he spoke again, leaning on the table.
Capri was the first to move away from the door, coming angrily for him with fisted palm which he planned to throw at his face, but he already calmed down before he arrived.
“You do not get to leave us behind! We’re a team! You suffered that hell behind bars and we watched you passed through the fire, you don’t get to act alone!” He said angrily.
“You actually fooled us too? I’m f+çking speechless for the first time ever in my life” Konstantin uttered.
“What’s the point? What’s the damn point of your fake amnesia, bastard?” Ashton moved from the door.
“I needed to get cozy with her, I needed to plant myself deeply. I needed to give her something to remember for life. If I had told y’all, the awkwardness would be inevitable, and Konstant is an impatient bastard who’d ruin everything with his anger issues” Warren replied with an eye roll.
“Won’t deny that” Konstantin replied, taking his seat on a table.
“And now the planting is done? Do the briefing” Ashton said, calming down.
“Mrs. Ortega is after her life, she sent men to off her in Capetown” Warren replied, turning on the projector in that room.
“It’s normal for her to be after her, they cooperated to carry out the operation after all” Capri said.
“What do you mean?” Konstantin asked.
“Mrs. Ortega…that whore killed her husband to get his wealth, and at the same time, Evelyn wanted to punish me for turning her down, so they framed me for it, killing two birds with a stone. I was jailed, but then I was suddenly found innocent, and that means someone else killed the husband, not me. They could have reopened the case and continued investigating, but Mrs. Ortega obviously has someone she’s bribing in the police force to keep it closed” Warren explained.
“But then…she’s not completely safe, cos pet girl surely knows about it too since she’s part of their team. Apart from her and her hiding daughter, pet girl is the only one who knows she’s the one who killed her husband, so she’s trying to keep all loose ends sealed by killing her” Ashton added.
“Yeah” Capri replied.
“I initially planned to leave Mrs. Ortega till we’ll find her daughter, but that plan is cancelled. I’m killing her, and I’m giving little liar her perfect punishment. I’m getting the two out of my way so I’ll have the darn time to focus on Evelyn” Warren said, projecting again.
“But…Little liar and Mrs. Ortega are not the only ones who needs to be dealt with right now… there’s another one” he continued, clicking a name on the projector.
Hawke.
“Hawke tortured me like an animal in jail, he injected me with too many shots and chemicals, especially the one that took my sight for three days. He might be the great Hawke, but he didn’t work alone, he has a supplier and a supporter.” Warren explained again.
“Who’s his supplier?” Anfisa asked, coming in.
“Crescent Hospital, the same hospital I worked in for one year before jail…the hospital supplied the chemicals under Elder Creed’s name, but it’s not Elder Creed, someone used his name” Warren explained, moving his body away from the table and dropping the projector remote.
“Who?” Konstantin jumped down too.
“Tomorrow at 8… don’t be too shocked” Warren smirked.
The guys exchanged looks, and when Anfisa’s eyes met with Capri, he walked out of the room.
—
[Rafael’s Mansion]
“We need to get to the hospital right fuckin now! The accident affected your legs this much? You can’t even walk properly!” Stonia said alarmingly.
She’s in Rafael’s living room with Rafael himself, Ixora and Nadine.
“I’m fine, I’ll be fine before tomorrow morning” Ixora replied, tugging at Warren’s shirt that she’s wearing as his scent seeped into her head.
“I’m gonna call the doctor for home treatment, you can’t keep it up like this” Rafael took his phone, but Ixora quickly stood to take it from him.
“I’m really really fine, dad. My legs will come back before daybreak, and I’ll just use my body lotion for my body scratches” she said.
“That won’t work for me” Stonia replied, stubbornly calling the doctor.
Nadine already knows what’s going on with Ixora, so she just kept quiet till the female doctor arrived.
Ixora’s body scratches were attended to, and so much attention was showered on her leg, but still…the gap didn’t disappear.
The female doctor looked Ixora in the eye, seeming to have finally gotten a hang of what’s going on.
Ixora looked away, slightly biting her lip in embarrassment and hoping the doctor won’t say it out.
“Can we talk alone?” She asked.
With reluctance, the parents and Nadine left the room.
“How intense was the s+x?” The doctor finally asked.
Ixora’s cheeks heated.
“I’m not asking to embarrass you, but it’s surprising, I think you’ve got cervical tear” the doctor said.
“What!” Ixora’s eyes widened.
“No… don’t freak out, it’s not serious. If it’s very serious, you won’t be able to walk at all for days. You should stay away from intense s+x for now, at least till it’d tighten back. I’ll write you some drugs” The doctor smiled.
“Thank you” Ixora sighed in relief.
“So…is he your boyfriend?” The doctor asked interestedly, and Ixora couldn’t even talk.
“You don’t have to answer, just use the drugs accordingly” the doctor smiled again, sending the drug list to her phone.
She finally left, and Ixora felt depressed immediately.
He’s not her boyfriend, he just lost his memory and he hates her.
It’s wrong.
She shouldn’t be doing this, but she can’t possibly stop her heart from beating around him or stop her body from responding to his touches.
He even understands her body more than she does, and it’s… insane.
The parents and Nadine came back in shortly.
Stonia insisted on taking her home, and Rafael didn’t even argue to avoid further complications.
“The burnt fuelling station already called for a meeting, we’re gonna have to rebuild it I hope you know, so get your cash ready… we’ll split the payment” she said glaringly as she got in the car with Ixora and Nadine.
Ixora was waving at Rafael, and the man blew her kisses as Stonia drove out.
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[Stonia’s Mansion]
Serena was nowhere to be found when Ixora arrived home with her mother.
Nadine came with them.
“Do you want tea? Is it custard? Or oatmeal…I can make you stew too if you want…” Stonia asked, stroking her hair as she sat in bed.
“I’m not hungry” Ixora replied.
“What do you mean you’re not hungry? You almost got into an accident” Stonia replied.
“I’m honestly not hungry, mum. I just wanna sleep and rest” Ixora replied.
“Really? Fine” Stonia kissed her hair before facing Nadine.
“I’ll take care of her, don’t worry” Nadine said.
“I trust you, and how are your parents? It’s been a while.” Stonia stood.
“They come home yearly, but since last year…they haven’t visited, so I’m expecting them this year” Nadine replied.
“When they arrive, you should invite them to dinner here.” Stonia smiled.
“Of course, I’ll do that” Nadine smiled.
Stonia blew kisses at Ixora, then she left the room.
As the door clicked behind her, Nadine rushed to Ixora.
“You had s+x with Warren? What! He’s not with his memories and —”
“It’s wrong, I know… Can you just pretend like you don’t see me for some days? I swear I can’t stop myself around him, and I feel like I’d still do sillier things” Ixora replied.
“Oh my…and you even got cervical tear? How hard did he f+ck you?” Nadine said.
Ixora lay in bed.
“I saw stars, I swear” she muttered.
“Of course” Nadine chuckled. “Give me the drug list, I’ll call the pharmacy and a nurse will deliver them tomorrow morning” she said.
Ixora handed her the list, and while Nadine called the pharmacy, Ixora went to her inbox and surprisingly met a message from W.
W: My d+ck won’t stop stretching, that MF is still starving. I’ll jerk off till daybreak in remembrance of how madly i pounded your brains at the alter. Sleep tight, moth… you need it.
She texted back with clenching belly.
Ixora: Goodnight (❤️🔥)
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[Crescent Hospital]
“Welcome back, miss Serena” the pot-bellied doctor grinned as Serena entered his office.
“I wasn’t expecting to still meet you” Serena replied, wiping her face.
“Is everything ok? You look like you cried” the doctor observed, then he looked behind.
“And your friend… Kelsey? Where is she?” He asked.
“She went missing since yesterday, we’re still searching” Serena replied.
“Oops”
“Yeah, how’s my work going?” Serena asked.
The man led her into the VVIP lab where the face building is ongoing, and when he opened the glass, Serena gasped.
It’s almost done, just the nose.
“Oh..m..gee” she gasped.
“Now I need more funds, and it’ll be done before weekend” the man said, and Serena dropped the bag on her shoulder, unzipping it to reveal bundles of cash which made the doctor laugh.
“Yunno this is why I like you, Serena. You’re serious, and I’m guessing you got this from your aunt Stonia?”
“It’s my parents money, they weren’t poor before they died, so they left me trust fund, and I’m not asking aunt Stonia for money, I only need her love which she’s finding hard to give, so if it’s only possible by getting Ixora’s face, then so be it” Serena replied diabolically.
“Good, but we won’t be carrying out the surgery here, I have a branch in China for this purpose… we’ll have to fly out when this face completes” the doctor said.
“Even better, I only have to wait for the right time” Serena smiled.
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[Ford Salon]
Romeo didn’t open his door till midnight, and Bethel made sure to wait without sleeping.
Immediately the door opened, she rushed in, but then Romeo is in the bathroom, peeing.
She sat on his bed, taking his phone and scrolling through it since she knows his password.
IXORA.
When she saw she’s his wallpaper, she sighed.
“I wish I can rip out his heart” she muttered, but then she saw his new messages and clicked.
Her face squeezed when she saw the one he received last.
• Wanna know who your mother is really is? Come to Penny Dork tomorrow…8pm.
“What’s this?” She muttered.
Romeo came out of the bathroom, and she quickly minimized and wiped recents before dropping the phone.
“Why are you in?” Romeo asked, his face hard.
“I’m not here to disturb, your food is in the kitchen, and you have five minutes to go get it or I’ll eat it as bonus” she rolled eyes and left the room.
Romeo left the room too, going to the kitchen and taking his food.
He settled on the kitchen table to eat, but he couldn’t concentrate.
The message and Ixora’s face haunted him throughout.
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[Next Morning, SH Hideaway]
“So you’re telling me I’m the only one feeling the energy shift between Cap and Fisa?” Konstantin said broodingly.
He’s seated on the couch, shirtless and smoking that early morning.
“I noticed too, wifey” Ashton replied, coming out of the kitchen with a plate of fruits which he set on the table.
“I told you to stop this wifey shit!” Konstantin threw his slip-on, and Ashton dodged, so it hit Warren’s head instead.
Warren is just coming downstairs whrh he received the hit.
He picked the slip-on and flung it back to Konstantin, hitting his right eye.
“Ugh!! You thick bastard!!” Konstantin groaned, but Warren just sat, staring at his phone…
Ixora’s message from last night…
Little Liar: Goodnight❤️🔥
“What the f+ck does a fire heart in bracket mean?” He asked cluelessly.
“Seriously? I can’t with you” Anfisa shook her head, just coming downstairs.
“Are you explaining or not?” Warren smirked, and she gave him the same smirk.
“Burning emotions, intense desires, lust…I want you” Capri explained, descending the stairs too.
He’s shirtless and also bare in the lower body, almost n+ked except for his boxers.
“Wear something, shit!” Anfisa threw the marijuana kettle at him, and he caught it, returning it to the table before ignoring her.
“Meanwhile, I can’t wait for what’s to come tonight” Konstantin said, smokes swirling out of his mouth.
Warren’s eyes are still on the phone, the fire heart emoji.
“Intense desires? Bold” he muttered, texting her to meet at the cinema tonight.
One final outing before he’d blow her off.
“I’m gonna go see Bronx this morning” Ashton said.
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[Hello Hospital]
Monty’s hands are in her pockets as she walked in, and though Tina is behind her, she feigned ignorance, pretending to not see her.
They came in different cars actually.
“Monty” Tina finally called her, but she didn’t stop.
“Monty” Tina blocked her.
“What?” Monty folded her arms.
“I’m sorry for being a bî+ch last night and always, don’t give me this continuous silent treatment, it’s killin” Tina said.
“Are you sure you wanna go in there with me?” Monty softly replied.
“Of course” Tina smiled, holding her arm and entering Bronx’s ward with her.
Bronx is in bed, whole body bandaged except his face, and he’s barely conscious, but the moment he saw them, his eyes opened fully.
“What the hell! Didn’t I warn you to stay away from me, Monty?” He struggled to sit up.
“You’re suffering like this cos of me so the least I can do is stay with you and—
“I don’t need your presence!! Get the hell out!!” Bronx pushed away his monitor and drip stand aggressively.
Tina shifted back, but Monty still went close.
Bronx kicked her in the tummy, and she fell to the ground.
“You stinky feet!” Tina almost went for him, but Monty held her back.
“If you dare tell the secret to anyone, I’ll skin you alive. And if you’re still thinking the cult is something light, then you better be prepared…you both will die” Bronx said.
A minute later, Ashton came in with Capri, and Bronx got down from the bed.
“The f+ck do you think you’re going?” Ashton held him back.
“None of your damn business!” Bronx pushed back, and Ashton pressed him to the bed.
“Let go of me!! Let go!!” He yelled.
“Who did this to your body, say a f+ckin name!” Ashton demanded, and Bronx laughed scornfully.
“Do you care? You never cared. If you did, you wouldn’t leave me in Tennessee to come join your friends here in Cali! You wouldn’t leave me to father’s mercy for years! And now you’re acting like a big brother? May you rot in the bottomless pit of hell” Bronx spat, and Ashton’s hands tightened on his clothes.
Monty swallowed the bile in her throat, wishing she could talk.
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[Creed’s Family House]
Elder Creed’s knees have bandages on them, wrapped to keep his wound dry.
He should still be in the hospital, but he insisted on coming back home since he can’t stand the hospital smell.
He’s on his wheelchair, sitting alone in his inferno chamber with a table of documents in front of him.
He has finished working on them, so he’s currently staring into space, reminiscing about the past.
—24 Yrs Ago—
Elder Creed stood in a thin hallway in his family hospital, going back and forth with cold fear on his chest.
His wife is currently getting operated on.
She was in labor for three hours straight, so Elder Creed signed the CS form for operation.
He’s not alone in the hallway though… He’s with a woman who’s his wife’s twin sister.
The woman looks even more tensed than Elder Creed himself as she’s almost peeing on herself with anxiety.
“I swear if anything happens to my twin sister, I’ll kill you, and I’ll kill that baby, so you better pray for my sister to survive!” She talked.
Elder Creed continued pacing, ignoring her.
“You’re aware that she’s not strong enough to birth a baby, you’ve been told before you got married to her!” She shouted again.
“I wanted abortion the moment I detected the pregnancy, but she was adamant about keeping our baby!” Elder Creed finally talked.
“You’re the man, you should have forced her into the abortion ward!” She yelled back.
And at that same moment, the doctor in charge came out of the theater, lowering his nose mask with a sad look on his tired face.
“How’s it?” Elder Creed and the woman asked impatiently.
“It’s a handsome baby boy” the doctor managed to smile.
“My wife, what about my wife?” Elder Creed fearfully asked.
“I’m sorry, sir” the doctor said.
“No…no…” Elder held the doctor.
“No!!!!!! Doreen can’t be gone! She can’t be!!!”
“My twin sister is gone? It’s not over” The woman said as tears rolled out of her wide eyes.
She got a gun out of her belt holder, and the doctor tried hard to protect Elder Creed, but the woman already shot four times, and all four bullets hit Elder Creed’s knees.
—Present Time—
Lydia entered the Inferno chamber, taking the documents away from Elder Creed’s table.
“Matron?” He asked.
“She has been frequenting the church these days” Lydia replied.
“Go to the church and check” Elder Creed said.
“Do you…not trust her?” Lydia asked.
“Now that I think about it…I haven’t been giving her any attention at all.” Elder Creed replied, and Lydia bowed.
“Also… I’ve taken care of the press and the cops… Young Lord’s killing at the shop is under the rug…the girl is a Dominican, no family record so it was easy. There’ll be no charges against him” she reported.
Elder Creed’s next words were interrupted by the ringing of Lydia’s phone.
She went to the door to pick, and her eyes widened as she rushed back to the elder.
“Unknown masked women bursted the homeless foundation five minutes ago, and ten kids are gone” she said.
“What!”
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[Clover’s Place, 5PM]
Clover has been in bed since daybreak, unable to get up.
The tobacco pipe Matron slapped him with affected his teeth, and he had to go to the hospital for checkup, but it’s still not getting better.
He managed to get away from bed this evening and was sweating with pale lips as he walked to his living room and turned on the TV.
As expected, news of the foundation burst is already on TV, so he sat on the couch, groaning as his phone buzzed.
He brought out the phone and saw it’s a message from Boss… Matron.
• Shipping is tonight, the merchants are in town.
Clover groaned out, his gum hurting like shit.
Shipping is supposed to happen next week, what’s with the sudden rush?
He groaned out again, shutting his eyes back.
He’s unaware of when he slept off on that couch.
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[8PM, Era Cinema]
Ixora came out of Warren’s car at the valet parking lot, and she began looking around for a sign of him.
He had texted her to meet here tonight, and thankfully, she can walk properly now. Her legs are fine.
She looked down at herself, checking out her outfit again.
Her bum shorts hugged her hips and outlined her waist since she’s wearing armless crop top, there’s a jacket on top though.
Satisfied that she looks good, she proceeded inside to get their popcorn and tickets since he’s not yet here.
While walking, she received a text…
W: I’ll be there in thirty, something came up.
She quickly replied..
Ixora: No qualms, the movie starts in thirty, can’t wait to see you.
She pocketed the phone, and when she moved forward to take their popcorns, her @ss was spanked suddenly from behind, and she gasped.
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[Penny Dork]
It’s some minutes past 7, and the dork is silent except from the sound of a car that’s just coming on the waterside.
There’s a waiting ship on the water, and immediately the car stopped on the deck, three foreign merchants came out of the ship.
Matron came out of the car, dressed in a black chiffon gown and shawl to cover her head.
Another car drove in, but it’s a bus this time, driven by the top stripper and four other strippers.
The bus trunk was opened, and the ten bounded kids were thrown out to the ground, together with Kelsey who’s crying loudly.
She’s roped completely, so she can’t even move.
“Why the hell is there an adult? We don’t do business like that, Lula. You know” one of the merchants said, dragging Kelsey up.
“I just thought there’d be a change of rules this time” Matron replied.
“There’s never gon be a change, we deal with kids, not adults” the merchant said, bringing Kelsey to the edge of the dork.
“No… please” her eyes widened, but she screamed out when the man pushed her, and she fell with a splash into the sea.
“For the ten kids, I’m taking ten million dollars each” Matron said.
“That wasn’t our agreement” the fattest merchant said.
“Well I brought an adult but you threw her in the sea, I should at least charge you for the energy I wasted to bring her” Matron replied.
“5M dollars per kid, as usual” the head merchant said with a voice of finality.
“Are you paying with gold? Cash?” Matron asked impatiently, checking the time.
Why is Clover not here yet?
The men began taking out bags of cash from the ship, and as they landed at Matron’s feet, she smiled greedily.
Another billion achieved.
The ten bags landed at her feet before they began bundling the kids into the ship, but they’ve only taken one of them when a sudden roar of gunshots came from a black water tank beside the sea.
Two of the merchants dropped into the sea with shot foreheads, and Matron quickly drew her Glock, turning to that angle swiftly.
Her strippers stayed behind her, pulling out their guns too, even the remaining merchants.
A shootout of guns began, and bullets flew around like snacks, gunfire filling the dork atmosphere as the bullets landed on the metallic ground with crispy sounds.
The strippers covered Matron, and she stayed in the middle when her gun ran out of bullets.
By now, her merchants are already gone, all of them got shot and are dead in the sea, chilling with Kelsey.
The fact that the shooters have a clearer view of the dork gave them the upper hand, and soon, the strippers began hitting the ground too, their blood flowing into the sea as the drumming gunshots never stopped coming.
Matron’s chest was murky with fear as she continued staying in the middle.
What’s going on?
This has never happened before.
This is her 20th year in this business, nothing like this has ever occurred.
Her chest nearly crashed when the last stripper fell beside her, so she quickly picked up her gun.
She turned around to resume shooting at the shooters angle, but what she saw shocked her.
Four guys.
Four deaths.
Four sins’
Coming for her like the agents of her death, their eyes already chewing her alive as they advanced.
They’re led by the one she knows too well, the boy she raised like her own son.
Warren.
Her shock only multiplied, but she kept holding that gun, her watery hand clutched around it.
“Yo, you were right…War. I wasn’t expecting this shocker” Konstantin said, the cutlass in his hand shinning with the moonlight and his cigar smokes blowing with the chill sea wind.
“Is this what they call bloody betrayal?” Ashton said, sticking out his red tongue.
“I’mma finna write an history of this scene at this rate, you’re smart” Capri nodded, pointing his magazine at Matron with an amusing smile.
Matron clutched the gun tighter, her insides shivering with flu as her eyes refused to leave Konstantin’s cutlass.
Warren stayed silent, and that scared her more as their eyes met—Warren’s jaws grinded.
It all started when he smelled tobacco on her.
The 24th birthday he spent at the family house, he investigated her throughout that day.
When she was in the BB bathroom, he entered her room and connected his phone with hers, so he was able to receive every call she received and trace her roots.
“You supplied chemicals and injections to Hawke in jail, same products I was nearly killed with. You’re the leader of a child trafficking ring? I’ve known about the existence of it since years ago but I never made a move to investigate cos I was uninterested. But now it turned out to be you? You influenced Elder Creed to let me rot in jail? Why? So you could have his wealth? You colluded with Mrs. Ortega too!!!” Warren growled.
“Yes!!! I never liked you!! The fake love I gave you? It was to buy your trust! I have no emotions for anyone but my son Romeo!! I hate the sight of you especially when I was breastfeeding you!!! You don’t even know how disgusting you are, do you? You were born with incomplete brain cells and just 15 percent sanity so you’re literally a madman roaming the streets! And about the wealth? Yes I want it! I do!!! Why else would I sit with a lunatic like you!! I colluded with Hawke to ruin you forever, and the plan was to destroy all your senses till you become a fuckin imbecile, but he was only able to tamper with your sense of taste and your shaking sanity!! I wanted to make you a walking dead!!” Matron combusted dementedly, her veins popping madly on her neck and eyes.
Warren’s veins are playing too, on his forearms and bloody eyes as anger razed him to ashes.
He looked beside him, and Konstantin angrily threw the cutlass at him which he caught.
Not on the handle, but on the blade.
He caught the cutlass blade, and it hurt his palm deeply, but he turned it around to hold the handle.
Matron quickly pulled her gun trigger, firing him on the arm, but that was all she could do.
Warren swung the abnormally sharp cutlass to her legs, cutting them off like they’re sticks.
The legs fell away from her body, and her half-body fell on the dork ground as her blood pumped and stained Warren’s face like fleet.
“Nyahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!” Her teeth-gnashing yell was traumatic as it shook the dork to the depth of the sea.
“Mum!!!” Romeo ran out of his hiding place.
“Mum!!!” Bethel ran out of her hiding place too.
Mercilessly, Warren brought the cutlass down to Matron’s chest, and Bethel fainted on her run.
“Mother!!!!!” Romeo howled.
TBC.
