Dashing into the room, I grabbed my phone and with a flirting gaze at the screen, answered the call I had been yearning for.The grin on my face widened in response to that enticing deep voice at the other end. The melodious giggle struck a note in my heart; a heart that was throbbing with endless love. I could not control the sudden sputter of laughter that escaped my lips as I listened attentively to that exquisitely-charming sonorous voice. My lips tingled and yearned for his eager ones as the thought of them devouring mine set my body aflame. My soul was his. Time stood still and nothing else mattered. I was a woman in love.

Tesa pushed the door open and paused. Her breath caught in her throat as she soaked in the glorious and phenomenal transformation. The boring dinner room had been turned into a mini heaven. The metallic gold wallpapers were shimmering from lights coursing down from the new chandelier hanging from the roof. The mean looking table had been replaced by a medium sized expensive table made from polished wood which stood firmly under the weight of the array of dishes and flanked by two high backed chairs with appealing  cushions. The unrestrained splash of wealth and sophistication was breathtaking and it would be a crime to conceal her appreciation of the stylish and tasteful interior decoration.

Eliminating the multi-billionaire was her optimum plan. Paula had forgiven him for not loving her back, for not being by her death bed. Paula was an angel unlike Tesa who had sworn to avenge her death. The world needed to be rid of Demons like Melvin. He had seduced, married and deserted Paula for the arms of floozies he brought back home to mock her. Paula's heart was broken, for that reason his would be an agonizing death. Their first meeting was no coincidence and as expected, he had fallen for her sagacity, the deal her company had to offer and her regal beauty. Their third date was on his expensive yacht, his trust had deepened, he was eager to please and had dismissed his bodyguards for the first time in months. Her plan for the night was in motion and her stylist was the best money could afford.  Tesa smiled at her reflection in the mirror. She looked ravishing in a glamorous strapless dinner gown that left nothing to the imagination. Her hair was packed up...

BLIND SPOT 1 T he loud bang of the door against the brick wall startled the sturdy man standing over a small heap on the dry grass covered floor. He whirled round in time to behold the scantily dressed woman in the doorway. The dull light in the barn highlighted her contorted face and blood shot eyes. She was out of breath and her heaving chest clung to her extra large, transparent night shirt which flapped out in the night breeze like broken wings. Then he saw the gun. She found fathers gun! An alarm was set off in his head. The thought sent cold shivers down his spine as he stared helplessly at the woman he had known all his life. She aimed his father’s parting gift at him. Ted threw his hands up in the air and slowly backed away from the ferocious woman by the door while avoiding the quiet heap at his feet. "I warned you. You swore never to hurt her again!"

"Not again!" Without a second thought, she yanked the duvet off her sleep deprived body, lifted the heavy mattress and pulled out the old sheet. Her steady fingers unwrapped the dust covered sheet and caressed the barrel of the loaded old pistol as she resolved to put an end to the wildness and years of betrayal.

  T esa wiped off the tears streaming down her pale face as she trudged through the bushes.   The wind whistled in her ears and the long grasses grabbed and tore at her skin. She stumbled for the second time and paused to catch her breath. She was a long way off from where she had concealed her car in the thick grasses.  The night was cold and very dark, but she had mastered the path like the back of her hands, hands that were still quivering from dragging her heavy load through the grasses and to its final resting place. No single star had come out to witness her union with the darkness that had being her life, the overwhelming darkness that had finally swallowed her.