Suspects: murder case

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

I change into a blue flower-print flare dress and slip my feet into a pair of fluffy pink bedroom slippers. Walking into the living room, I turn on the radio, grab a bottle of wine and two glasses, place them on the table and wait for Daniel.

When a knock sounds at the door a couple of minutes of later, I say merely, ‘’come in.’’

The door is pushed open and Daniel slides into the room.

‘’Hey, you,’’ I nervously smile, I am beginning to think calling him back was a bad idea.

‘’Hey!’’ he says, he removes his jacket and drapes it over the back of one of the chairs before he rolls up his sDanielves and sits down.

‘’I got the job, madam Palesa just called me, we did it.’’

‘’Congratulations! I am so happy for you, I know how much this means to you.’’

‘’Thank you, I wouldn’t have done this without your input.’’

‘’Is this the time we pop the Champagne and get the party rolling.’’

‘’Yes boss,’’ I reply and he rolls his eyes.

He grabs the bottle of Champagne and opens it with a pop, pours two glasses and hands me one.

‘’Can I propose a toast?’’ I ask before he takes a sip of his drink.

‘’Sure, what are we toasting to?’’

‘’To new beginnings.’’

‘’I have a better one.’’

‘’Let’s hear it.’’

‘’To marriage and love, to an amazing six months.’’

I roll my eyes, ‘’don’t get ahead of yourself, there’s no love between us.’’

‘’Cheers!’’ he winks. We clink our glasses and sip the drink before sitting down.

‘’So what exactly are we supposed to be doing? Drowning our sorrows in alcohol?’’

I laugh, ‘’I don’t know, what do you want us to do?’’

‘’We can play a game for an hour before I leave or maybe you want me to spend the night?’’

I shoot him daggers with my eyes, ‘’Dude! You are pushing it.’’

‘’You know if we are getting married and will be living together for six months we need to find a way of getting along?’’

‘’I have no issue pretending we are cool for the sake of the cameras.’’

‘’Why can’t we pretend to be cool with each other behind closed doors?’’

‘’Because we are not cool and I hate you.’’

‘’The feeling is mutual, I hate you too.’’

‘’Whatever, what game do you want us to play?’’

‘’Truth or drink.’’

‘’You want to get me drunk so you can r**e me?’’

‘’You are not all that bosses, nothing about you turns me on.’’

‘’Ouch!’’ I frown.

‘’Let’s get started.’’

‘’Bring it on.’’

Daniel: What’s your longest relationship?’’ he asks.

Kristy: I have never really been in any serious relationship but I had fling with someone for a year or so, I guess that counts.’’

Daniel: A fling that lasted longer than a year

Kristy: You are not supposed to question me over my responses, it’s my turn to ask.’’

Daniel: Shoot

Kristy: Have you sexted anyone? If so read me one of the sexts.’’

He rolls his eyes, grabs his glass and gulps the liquid down.

‘’Okay,’’ I laugh.

Daniel: Have you ever tried getting laid with someone of the same s*x?

Kristy: Hell no

He laughs

Kristy: Have you ever taken someone’s virginity?

Daniel: Yes! A couple of beautiful ladies

Kristy: Man-whore

Daniel: Whatever

Daniel: Have you ever fantasized about a teacher?

Kristy: Yes

Daniel: Pervert

For the next two hours we are engrossed in the game that we lose track of time.

‘’Midnight!’’ Daniel exclaims staring at the clock on the wall.

‘’Opps!’’ I feel a bit lightheaded, maybe I have had so much to drink.

‘’I have to go,’’ he stands up.

‘’I should walk you to the door,’’ I try to stand upon my feet but I stumble but Daniel’s grip sustains me.

I turn to look at him, ‘’maybe you should stay, isn’t it a bit late?’’

He doesn’t respond instead he intently stares at me before he whispers, ‘’you are beautiful,’’ and before I can react, he is kissing me deeply. And instead of pushing him away, I move against him and kiss him back. The kiss lingers there for a moment before he pulls away, I breathe out heavily. I never imagined his kiss being that enjoyable.

‘’You could spend the night you know,’’ I whisper, I don’t know what’s with me but I have been lonely for some time and I miss lying next to someone and having to wake up to them in the morning and God, I miss having s*x.

His fingers come up and stroke my cheek then he leans in and kisses me again. We are both breathing hard when he pulls away. Resting his forehead against mine he says, ‘’I should get going, you need to rest tomorrow is a busy day.’’

‘’Oh,’’ I disappointedly respond.

He picks his jacket and the car keys then be kisses me again before leaving, allowing his lips linger on mine for a moment longer than they had earlier, when he finally leaves a wave of loneliness sweeps through me and I am almost tempted to call Calvin so he can come over, after giving it a second thought I decide to call it a night and head to bed.

The next morning I wake up, get ready and leave for work. Upon arrival I head straight to Mr. Msizi’s office.

I find him and his daughter having breakfast while talking and laughing, I stare at them for a moment jealous of the bond that they share. If this man didn’t walk away from my mother and I, this could be me and him, brushing away the thoughts I clear my throat and they both turn to stare at me.

‘’My child!’’ he says.

‘’Good morning sir.’’

‘’Please take a seat.’’

‘’I won’t even be taking much of your time, I just came to hand over my resignation letter,’’ I place the paper on the table and he picks it and unfolds it before reading its content then he looks up at me with a shocked look on his face.

‘’You are resigning?’’

‘’Yes.’’

‘’But why?’’

‘’I can’t work under the same environment as Kenzie and I can’t be in a place where I am not promoted, I am sorry this is nothing personal, I just need a change of environment.’’

‘’So it’s true?’’ Kenzie points an accusing finger at me. ‘’you got a job at Sondashi Inc.? You are such a disappointment you know?’’

‘’Is that true?’’ Mr. Msizi asks.

‘’Yes.’’

‘’You have broken my heart child.’’

‘’Well I am not even sorry, you broke my heart long before anyone else did.’’

‘’Will you ever forgive me?’’

‘’I will get my stuff from the office and leave, thank you for the opportunity you gave me to work for you, I sure learnt a lot here, good bye,’’ I say. And with that I walk out and close the door behind my back. I have no regrets at all, here’s to new beginnings.

Daniel

‘’By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may kiss your bride!’’ The Minister says.

Heart racing, I lift the veil and stare into her eyes, lowering my head slowly I kiss her gently and softly. The congregation begins to applaud. ‘’I now present Mr. and Mrs. Mumbi!’’ is announced by the minister as our lips part and we turn to face our guests.

Slipping my arm into hers and to the swell of the organ music, Kristy and I march out of the church.

For the next couple of minutes we line up in front of the church and pose for some photos.

After that we head out for more photos and lunch before we start getting ready for the reception.

Kristy and her mother went big for this wedding, for a moment there, I thought this was real, our performance too has been on point, no one would ever guess that this is actually fake.

KRISTY

11 P.M, we walk into the hotel and Daniel surprisingly carries me across the threshold and places me on the bed. My wedding was beautiful, I went all out for this day- I have no regrets about it, Daniel and me trending on various social media platforms, we will definitely be the talk of social media for the next few weeks- that’s the type of attention I enjoy.

‘’We did it,’’ I excitedly say, now more than ever Mr. Sondashi and his family believe my story. I managed to fool everyone including my mother, she is very happy and actually believes that Daniel and I are deeply in love.

‘’Yes, we did,’’ he pours us some wine and hands me a glass.

‘’Thank you.’’

‘’Cheers Mrs. Mumbi,’’ he says while raising his glass.

I smile, l don’t know why but I love being called ‘’Mrs. Mumbi’’ even if it’s temporary, the thought of having a whole husband of my own amazes me, I had no idea I would be this happy to be married to Daniel even if this is fake.

‘’Cheers Mr. Mumbi,’’ we clink our glasses together and then take a sip.

‘’Six months! Six months is all we’ve got until we call it quits,’’ he says.

‘’How about we make the next six months worthwhile, no strings attached but let’s make the six months count.’’

‘’Now you want to be friends?’’

‘’I want us to revisit some of the terms that we put up when we first started.’’

‘’Which of the terms do you want us to revisit?’’

‘’I won’t be with anyone else for the next six months apart from you and--.’’

‘’And what?’’ he looks at me in a way that makes my heart race.

The past few months have sort of been tense between Daniel and I, we have kissed and made out a couple of times but he always walks away when things get heated leaving me with an intense desire for love making. The thing is that I am sexually frustrated and I need to get it out of my system, I want us to revisit the terms and add s*x to it with no strings attached though.

‘’s*x with no strings attached,’’ I say keeping my voice light.

‘’You want us to have s*x?’’

‘’Yes,’’ I nod.

I never thought I would find myself begging Daniel to have s*x with me, well I still hate him but since we are already married there is no harm in going all the way. He stares at me before he does something strange- he bursts into loud pearls of laughter.

I shoot him a questioning look, ‘’I don’t find this a laughing matter.’’

‘’I am sorry, I just find it funny that you are asking me to have s*x with you.’’

I shrug, ‘’Just forget it, I think I will go and freshen up.’’

I walk into the bathroom and change from my wedding dress to a bathrobe, after I remove my makeup and brush my hair, I walk back into the room and pack my wedding dress. We are going for a week’s honeymoon in the Maldives. I intend on doing daily Vlog posts about my experience that side, we are traveling with one person from my media team.

‘’I will take the bed and you will take the couch,’’ I say. Mum booked us this room and there is only one bed in it.

‘’But I want to sleep next to my wife.’’

‘’f**k you!’’’

‘’It takes two to f**k, one can’t do that alone, I am more than ready to do the needful.’’

‘’I am not interested.’’

He laughs, ‘’weren’t you just begging me a few minutes ago?’’

‘’I wasn’t begging you, I was giving you an offer and apparently you declined it and I understand, can you shut up already?’’

‘’So you don’t want to have s*x with me anymore?’’

‘’I am not interested!’’ I snap.

‘’You are sure?’’

‘’Stop playing mind games with me you fool, I am still your boss and I hate you with every---.’’

*

Daniel

She is busy yelling and telling me how much she hates me when I grab her arms and crash my mouth to hers effectively silencing her, a tingling feeling of awakening sweeps through my whole body as I yank her tight to my body and kiss her hard.

‘’I think it’s about time we consummated our marriage,’’ Pulling the towel down, I toss her on the bed, then I yank my shirt over my head and push down my pants. Getting on top of our, we both groan when our skin meet. Using my tongue and hands I explore everywhere- feasting at her breasts, she squirms and whimpers.

‘’Are you sure?’’ I ask, crawling up her body.

‘’More than sure!’’ she gasps.

Without asking anymore questions I sink into her and kiss her hard as I make her mine. Holding me tight, she screams my name and digs her fingers into my back. Thrusting powerfully into her, I drive in over and over again. In her release, she cries out as her body tenses.