Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 43

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Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 43

‘what?’ Maria asked frightened ‘then what the hell am i still doing here? I’m not safe around you’
‘yes, i sent the assasins but i didnt send it for your father. It was Alice’ Gilbert replied.
‘Alice?’
‘yes Alice. I wanted her killed not your dad. Your dad did nothing to me. Why on earth will i want to kill him?’
‘i dont understand’
Gilbert sat on the couch ‘see my dear. I have a confession to make’
‘wha….what confession?’
‘even though it might sound wrong but….’ his voice trailed off.
‘But what?’
‘i love you’ Gilbert said.
Maria’s mouth immediately flew open ‘what?!’
‘yes its wrong i shouldnt love a teenager but i couldnt help it, i love you so much Maria’ Gilbert said hoping she had drop the topic about the assasin stuff.
‘you love me?’ Maria asked.
Gilbert stood up and moved towards her ‘the age difference between us is alarming. I mean i’m 34 and you are 17. That shows there’s a gap of 17 years between us but….but……’
‘lets talk about this later,’ Maria wasnt scared much, just a little and that fear could be quenched if he kept a considerable distance from her ‘why did you send assasins to kill Alice?’
Gilbert groaned inwardly. This girl was so headstrong. More reason he was going to kill her. He must!
‘that was where i was heading…..’
‘oh shut up!’ Maria snapped and Gilbert winced, this girl was so rude. God help him, he might just end up killing her here but Abby was inside. Abby!
Jeez, he really had to end this matter now. He didnt want Abby hearing anything she shouldnt hear or he might just kill her too. And he didnt want to. She was his niece for crying out loud and he loved her.

She was the only thing he used to remember his late twin sister who died during childbirth at seventeen.

He had loved his sister so much and had vowed, even though he just wrote WAEC then, he vowed to take care of his late sister’s child. And even when his parents had rejected the child, he moved out of their family house with the baby. Determined to survive. He worked as a bricklayer for three years before he managed to pick a wallet on the street one night. And that led to his road to success. The money inside was enough for him to make a living for both him and Abby and he managed to go to the university as a part time student.

While still doing menial jobs so there wont come a time when he and Abby would lack money at all so he couldnt kill Abby because she was part of his life.
‘Maria, Abby’s inside. Lets talk outside i beg of you’ he pleaded.

Maria started telling him that there was no way they were going inside because she was scared of him but changed her mind. And she and Gilbert went outside.
‘so tell me why you wanted to kill Alice and you better do it fast before i report this to the police and you have to explain the reason why you want to kill me and my dad!’ she gave him a considerable distance.

‘Maria, that was a mistake. The reason i want to kill Alice is because i love you. I wanted you to be happy’
‘you must be mad! How will someone’s death make me happy?’
‘i know that if Alice dies, your father will forget about her and there would be no other woman in his life again. And he would love you unconditionally because you are all he’s got.

And you would be happy. I wanted you to be happy. I really love you Maria. Age difference or not, my heart beats for you not for Alice anymore’
‘this is crazy’
Gilbert saw uncertainty in her eyes and grinned wickedly. Fool! She was going to die a very sorrowful and painful death. The girl was a real dullard. If she was sensible, she would have ran away and reported him to the police as soon as possible. But she didnt. She stayed.

He loved meeting foolish people. Because if she had been wise and ran away, he would have been contemplating leaving Nigeria right now.

But she wanted to play the tough kid, one who never backs down from a fight and he was going to tell her now that he was a wizard when it comes to handling matters like this.

He moved closer and cupped her face with his hands, then placed his lips on hers. Maria protested but he held her forcefully.

Then he pulled out a gun and placed it on her stomach. Maria wasnted to push him away to see what it was but before she could blink, she heard a gunshot, and bloos gushed out from her mouth….Gilbert shot her