Twisted Fate

Ella was waiting at the restaurant where Bill told her to meet him. She kept looking towards the entrance, when Bill walked in.

She had decided to Meet Bill when she had nowhere to turn to. Though they hadn’t met since the day they broke up.

But with her mother’s life being at stake, she was ready to enter the deepest part of a Lion’s den if that would bring about a solution.

She sobbed and became tired of sobbing. Finally she decided to find Bill if he could lend her the money.

When her mother becomes okay, she would source for a loan and pay him his money back. If he could lend her $3000 for a deposit so the process can begin.

She hadn’t told Bill that. She only pleaded with him that she needed to see him and it’s urgent.

Reluctantly, the latter agreed to meet her at their usual venue. They used to come to that restaurant when the going was still good.

Ella waited for 54 minutes before she saw Bill drive into the compound and walk towards the entrance.

When Ella saw him, she sighed softly. This is Bill, her ex boyfriend. He had this poker face as he sighted Ella seated at that peculiar corner he knows too well.

His countenance has nothing sort of friendly. He looked annoyed from his eyes, shutting daggers at Ella.

Ella pretended not to notice his facial expression. If he can help her, why should she bother about how his face looks?

He came over and sat directly in front of Ella. There is not a bit of remorse in him for being caught with another by Ella.

Anyways, they are no longer lovers but ex lovers. Ella forced a smile. She doesn’t want him to have the impression that she has a grudge against him.

“Thanks for honouring my invitation…” Ella was trying to create a comfortable atmosphere before making her request, when Bill interrupted her.

“Why do you invite me here?” Bill snapped at her. He doesn’t have time to waste on silly acts.

If she thinks he is going to accept her back or get reconciled with her, then she’s daydreaming. He was never going to make such a mistake anymore in his entire life.

Ella sighed.

“I need your help” Ella paused. This is going to be difficult for her to utter considering the fact that she and Bill aren’t lovers anymore.

But at this juncture, she doesn’t know where to turn. She has self esteem but in a situation where her mother’s life lies in danger, self esteem can fuck off.

“I need you to lend me some money. I will surely pay you back. It’s going to be a loan and within a few months, I will refund it..” Ella was pleading.

Bill was just staring at her without a bit of interest in what she was saying. He looked as if he was not the one Ella was talking to.

Seeing that Bill didn’t say anything, Ella decided to explain what she needed the money for.

“My mom is dying. She’s lying in the hospital, fighting the greatest battle of her life. She is currently in a coma and needs urgent surgery…

My mom has kidney failure and needs a transplant. I want you to lend me $3000 dollars to deposit for the surgery and I will pay you back” Ella concluded.

She prayed Bill would be willing to lend her such money. He has high regards for her mom in the past. Hopefully, for her mother’s sake, he would be willing to help her by lending her the money.

“I will be willing to lend you the money,” Bill responded. His facial expression didn’t change a bit.

Meanwhile, Bill continued “If you can still be shameless enough to come to me despite we are no longer dating, why won’t I lend you?

But you know if all people know that I am not a philanthropist. I will help you because I am kind hearted and honourable. There’s a price tag attached” Bill declared.

Ella snapped her head up and looked at Bill. He had indirectly called her a shameless woman.

It wasn’t that she also was happy to come to him. But she has nowhere to turn to. Her mother was the only relative she had.

She wouldn’t mind any kind of insult or embarrassment she is going to receive. From Bill or from anyone else. Provided her mother becomes fine and alright, nothing else mattered again.

“What is the price tag?” Ella asked. At this time, that smile was gone and she looked expressionless.

He was going to ask her to pay an interest right? That’s not a big deal. If her mother’s life has been saved, that would be one of the least things to bother her.

Only that he shouldn’t put an exorbitant rate as the interest. She only wished that Bill would do her this last favour as an ex-girlfriend.

“I want your body for just a night” Bill spilled it out!

Ella was dazed.

She turned and looked behind her. Was Bill talking to someone else behind or were those words directed to her?

She didn’t see anyone. She turned to face him again. She looked at him and saw his eyes fixed on her.

Subconsciously, she pointed her index towards herself to be sure Bill was directing those words to her. And to her utter dismay, he nodded flippantly.

Ahhh!

“You mean I should let you have sex with me?” Ella asked.

By this time, her complexion was Ashen. Demanding sex in exchange to lending her money?

She wasn’t asking him to give it to her. She would refund it and yet, he want sex as a condition to help her in such a critical moment of her life?

“Yeah, that’s exactly what I said. I will have you all night and early next morning, I will give you the money you requested for.

And to be fair enough, you don’t have to refund it. I am a gentleman to the core and I will take it as the price for f*cking you all night long” Bill replied shamelessly.

Ella had her eyes completely fixed on his lips. Those lips, that she once kissed, the same lips which have uttered his love for her.

That same lips were going shameless by agreeing to help its owner to utter such nonsense.

“You know I am still a virgin right?” Ella asked.

Bill Knows she never had sex with him nor anyone else. She had always told him she was cherishing it for her wedding night.

Now, he was asking her to have sex with him, not as her boyfriend but ex-boyfriend simply because she needs an assistance from him.

“Last that I remember, that place was still blocked. The hymen was still there, but now, to say I know you are still a virgin, I can’t say until I dived in there to confirm it” Bill replied mockingly.

He had seen her getting into that black Lexus the day they broke up. She can’t tell him she hasn’t had that hymen broken.

Ella’s cheeks flushed with red.

This fellow before her is not the Bill she used to know. This one before her bears a striking semblance with her Bill.

Where did this Beastly attitude come from? When did it surface in him, taking root down into his conscience.

“I am offering you this kindness on the platter of gold. This is the only chance you have to save your poor mother.

I will advise you that you accept it with gratitude. You can also choose to let your mother die. But don’t forget that you will forever blame yourself for your mother’s death” Bill added.

Irritation, disgust mingled with a thick hatred filled Ella’s mind towards Bill.

“You are a Beast, Bill. I didn’t know you anymore. Your conscience has been eaten up by dogs. You are so disgusting” Ella cursed him.

Yeah, I have always been a Beast. Come to think of it, my name starts with the letter B. And the word Beast starts with the same letter as my name. That means I am a Beast then. Ha.. ha.. haha.

But this same Beast is the one you came to for help when you needed it. Let me tell you this salient truth, I didn’t love you back then, I never did.

I was after sex. I just wanted you to satisfy my needs. I have my woman, the one I truly love. The same person you would have ruined my relationship with a few weeks ago.

But on this matter, I will not give you a dime. I don’t care if your mother loses in the Battle of her life. Whether she loses and death wins, it doesn’t really concern me.

What do I care about your family problems? You are jinxed, can’t you see it yourself? Can’t you perceive it?

I was trying to be fair to you and you didn’t appreciate it. Except I f*ck you all night, I will not lend you any money.

When you consider my proposals, reaching me is the simplest of it all..” Bill declared and stood up.

He towered over Ella and sneared. He strolled out of the restaurant.

Ella stared at his retreating back view.

Bill walked out on her and her pleas to lend her money to save her mother.

She remembered her dreams. This is it, this was exactly what she saw.

A cold shiver ran through Ella’s spine.

This world is cruel.

So a day can come like this when Bill said those words to her. She knew he had no regards for her nor had any feelings for her after the incident of their last meeting.

But she had come, not to get back to him but to seek his help. She doesn’t know where to go. He was her last alternative.

She would rather die than offer her body to get anything in her life. Whatever she obtains by sacrificing her body implies that she will have to sustain whatever that thing is with her body.

She stood up wearily. Her mother was dying, where will she go? What will she do now?