BOOT STRAPS

Double Faced

"Mike, no no no no" Tears filled my eyes as the man positioned Mike against the wall.

"And here's my pawn." My body constricted as soon as those words left Andre's lips.

"Wha-wha-what..."I stuttered which made Andre chuckled as he walked towards where Mike was laid.

"Since when I saw him having dinner with you, I've been on his case." He looked deep into Mike's eyes that were now puffy due to the beating.

"I realized he was head over heels for you but you weren't interested in him in anyway so I thought of ways I could make use of that." He smiled as he got up and walked towards me.

"I knew Mike was a mysterious man, there's no way a perfect looking guy would just a clean slate so I used my men to dig into his history." He said with a proud smile on his face as he sat on the bed with his legs crossed.

"Why don't you tell her Mike, tell her why you rejected her when you two were still in highschool." He ordered him and I looked intently at Mike with fear as to what he'd say.

He remained mute as he gave Andre cold and sharp glares with blood oozing from his face.

"Tell her !" He shouted at him but he still didn't utter a word.

Andre took the gun off the bed and fired a bullet into Mike's leg which made him groan loudly in so much pain.

"Tell." He fired another shot into his leg again.

"Her !" He fired again at the other leg and a huge gasp left my mouth as I watched the horror.

"I was bipolar !" He screamed as he gripped his legs in pain.

"Good." Andre said as he turned around to look at me.

"Turns out tough Mike was badly heartbroken by a chic coupled with his parents death, he became bipolar." Hot tears flowed from my eyes freely and I realized what Mike had been going through and I'm sure rejecting him was another blow to him.

"And you made things easy for me, you repeatedly rejected him and that brought back his horror." He was smiling broadly as he played with the gun in his hands.

"Mike I'm sorry." I whispered slowly with tears rushing out of my eyes and he nodded slowly as he tried to form a smile on his face.

"So I used his sickness against him. He became a pawn in my game but I couldn't control him myself,I needed someone he trusted and would listen to." I looked up at him with a distraught look because of the name that came to my mind.

"She's the most sneaky, beautiful and the smartest lady I've ever met." He paused as he walked closer to me.

"She was able to convince him to get Drake out of the picture, that's when Monica came into play but she was too dumb." He rolled his eyes as he sat on the bed.

"What ! Mike ?!" I was disappointed and pained as I heard those words.

"I-i-it's not my full intentions and sh-sh-she just talked me into getting Drake out of the picture so I could have you." He struggled to speak as he endured the pain in his leg.

"And you killed her when your plan failed !"

"No that was not my doing." He gasped for air and he spoke each word.

"Oops,that was me."My eyes shook as I saw Becky casually stroll into the room.

Her red lipstick went well with the black jumpsuit she was wearing, she looked just like the devil itself.

"Becky ?!" I was dazed and it seemed like I've lost my senses.

"Hello bestie." She said as she walked towards me.