บท 4: Turn Of Events

If someone were to tell her that she would be poisoned few hours later,she could have denied it,she trusted Liza and believed she would never and ever harm her.

It turns out her assumption were wrong, because she's here now coughing her own blood due to poison.

Jessie coughed more blood,her lungs dried in the process becoming thirsty of water. She used her bloodied hand to reach for glass of water,and that was taken away from her by Liza.

She couldn't hold the pain in her stomach anymore and slide off her seat to the floor while the chair she sat on screeched back.

Seeing Jessie in helpless situation Liza smiled in victory,taking another sip from her champagne she stood up and walked over to where Jessie was.

She look down at the helpless Jessie and another smile welcomed Liza's face, she breathe out in reliefs as if weighty load had been lifted on her,she squat down.

"My,my,look how messy you are, darling" her hand went to Jessie's hair that were now covering her face and shoved them aside.

A chuckles left Liza's mouth on seeing Jessie's face, "My God, you look dazzling, I must say I love this new you baby!. What's the name of the skin care?," she said,her tone lacing with sarcasm and she laughed out loud at her own jokes.

Jessie couldn't fathom a word and was now panting,she lifted her head up to look at Liza, her face had became red like ripe tomato already,specially her nose that was smeared by blood seeping from inside her nose and blood she coughed seeped at the corner of her mouth.

The poison was spreading in her body weakening all her vitals, she finds it hard to breath, for the air around her was suffocating.

So this is what dying feel like. She thought.

"W-why?," Jessie managed to asked, still she couldn't believe she had to die in hand of Liza, and yes,now she's dying. It was shocking.

To her, Liza was a friend and partner as well, they've known each other for years from working in same film industry, it never occurred to her that Liza will be the death of her one-day, for she has never showed any sign of hatred towards her, but otherwise, and now Jessie finds it hard to believe.

Liza's hand went to grabbed Jessie's chin with her free hand forcing her to look at her,making Jessie to hissed in pain.

"I thought only in movie dying people ask such a silly question, " Liza clicked her tongue in annoyance, and continued, "lemme wash those blood off your face, girl" she emptied the remnants champagne on Jessie's face and threw the wineglass behind her,and only sound of glass shattering could be heard.

"Jessica Baker I have always wanted you out of my way, I hate you,I despised your presence, I'm always acting pretentious around you,your presence alone was so much for me to take in and now I am tired of pretending" she revealed,her voice lacing with so much hatred while tightening her hold on Jessie's chin.

"Why are you born so lucky, Jessie?," she whispered her eyes staring into Jessie's red ones.

Jessie closed her eyes and hot tears slid from her eyes down to her cheeks mixing with her bloody nose, then trickle down and, dropped on the white tiles. The pain she's suffering from now, was becoming unbearable, and Liza's words aren't helping but adding pain to her aching heart, she feel betrayed, she loves Liza.

Liza breathed out and let go of Jessie's chin whose head went down her hair covering her face.

"It doesn't matter if you're born lucky or not, what matters you're dying anyway," she stood up and clean her hand that was bloodied from Liza's blood on her gown, she continued. "You see I will finally get notice with you out of image, it will be me everywhere I went, the world will speak of no one but me,I will be richer and famous!," she giggled happily, she's getting what she wants finally.

It's the end for her, the Guardian angel had said it, someone she worked with with be the death of her and It happened to be Liza. Maybe if she fight the poison she could survive for a while and kill Liza, but this wasn't a movie, it's reality. Killing someone wasn't easy, she couldn't bring herself to kill someone or hurt them.

She realized there's nothing brave when it comes to death, is either you wait patiently for darkness to engulf you or you wish for a quick death, because there's nothing painful than death.

She remembered dying in some of her movie,how funny,she's dying for real now and couldn't do anything, not to mention of how she couldn't even make a slight move because it elicit more pain.

This explains, there's nothing true in fantasy, only few.

"It's getting boring, don't you think?," Liza's voice interrupted her thoughts, Jessie coughed again,her stomach burning hot making her groaned in pains.

"Oops,sorry forgot you're still in pain, this remind me I have a gift for you, a surprise one," Liza whispered and chuckles.

"Peterson is going to pay a visit to your dear Manager and your driver," This had Jessie attention,she managed to look at Liza and shook her head, telling her not to.

Liza smiled cheekily at her on seeing her reaction,"you see I don't want anyone to finds out you came here, I have to wipe every trace of evidence out,"

"No, please don't," Jessie begged with her voice strained.

'I love my life, I can't die, at least not like a coward, I have to come up with a plan' Jessie thought internally to herself, her eyes following Liza's, who was ranting her evilness.

Jessica closed her eyes, reminiscing all her life from the moment she's wandering on street , she suffered so much but yet stayed strong and fought to live her life until the time she met Mr Baker. Her Messiah.

She had to kill Liza,she had to,but how? It's not something easy to do,if she think much about it, it's about three lives, hers, Bella's and Samuel's.

Killing Liza perhaps could save two lives, she needs to survive for a while, she will live for Bella and Samuel not for herself, but to save them from being killed. If she's dying,then she's gonna die alone after killing this bitch.

Jessie's caramels eyes opened and settled down on Liza, she lift her hand,that was shaking and gripped the edge of the table,she used all her strength and managed to stand up bitting on her lips in pain while clutching her on her left side stomach.

Liza who was busy babbling went still on noticing this, she stared at Jessie her mouth wide opened like a fish. "H-how?,"

Jessie who was in pain couldn't help but chuckles,"you sounds like a fool right now Miss Elizabeth Jason, I'm weak, remember? So I can't hurt you even if I wants to" her bloodied hand went for her mystery weapon on the table picking it. She stared at it and commented,"I should retouched my lips, don't you think?," she whispered looking back to Liza.

Liza scoffed, folding her hand to her chest,"What are you doing? Don't be silly Jessie, I'm sure you could only stand but not walk with your condition. The poison takes time to kill, perhaps do you have a final word?," she asked with a smirk.

Jessie only stare at her,then she nodes,"yeah of course,I do have something to tell you,will you mind coming closer?,"

Liza raised her brow,and then chuckles"I'm not a fool Jessie, whatever it is say it from there,"

"Are you scared I might do something even when you knew I'm dying, my knees are weakening as you can see, I just wanted to hug you and retouched my lips with this gift from Bella, I don't want to die resenting of you, I want to die with the thought of no one, I'm sure you don't want me coming back to you as a ghost for revenge... ," Jessie reasoned,sounding meek. She knew Liza hates scary things and hope this should scared and convinced her, and luckily she won,because,

This got Liza a little,she was convinced and said," okay just a hug and putting on lipstick on your lips" she agreed and continued,"I can see you're really dying, stupid poison wasn't working rapidly but it's a good thing,I could talk some things with you while at it and have some fun. Lemme gist you on the poison, once consumed,one will start nosebleeding, coughing blood and becoming thirsty of water, then followed by burning stomach,body will start weakening and aching then comes paralysis,and your vision will blurred, finally whoosh! Comes death, interesting, isn't it?." she cackled loudly.

Jessie could only stare at her, and hope that her should plans worked.

As if feeling eyes on her, Liza stopped laughing and smirk,"did I forget to mention dizziness,"

Jessie gulped, because she's really feeling dizzy,she was just holding in, she silently prayed to God for help and showered his mercy on her.

"Please just do me the favor, as my last wish,"Jessie begged her voice coming out like a whisper.

Liza sighed, as if fed up with Jessie,"sure dying people have the weirdest wishes ever, I thought it only happens in movie,but now it seemed true,hug right? I can give you that,"

She slowly walk towards Jessie who was staring back at her,and halted in front of Jessie,her lips pulled into a wicked smile,"come dear, I can see you're feeling dizzy with the way you're swaying sideway," she lets her hand went around Jessie's back and pulled her into a hug.

Jessie let herself into the hug and rest her chin on Liza's shoulder, while slowly removed the lid of the lipstick, she pressed under,and the sharp object emerged from the lipstick. it is shining as if sharped,she glanced at Liza's neck.

fulfilling Jessie's wish, Liza's removed her hand from Jessie's back, trying to release from the hug,"now, I have fulfilled your wis-Ah!" she cried in pain,swallowing her remaining words in, her hand quickly went to her neck,she glance at her neck and what she saw had her screamed when she saw blood flowing out staining her hand and neck.

In horror,she turned to look at Jessie who was looking back at her with a smirk, Jessie pushed her away and she staggered back falling on her butts. And Liza's eyes went wide on realizing what had happened.

"How are you feeling Miss Jason?," jessie asked, her eyes holding malice in them.

No, someone should wake her up!. Liza cried internally.

Jessie grinned,on detecting the shocked on Liza's face,for a moment she had forget about her own pain,"you're not dreaming, it's real and you're about to die,"

She squat down in front of Liza who was now lying helplessly, her mouth wide opened while trying to breath but couldn't. "I didn't attacked your vitals Elizabeth, removing the knife of course will kill you and leaving the knife will kill you too by killing you slowly and brutal, stay still and don't move, I promised to give you a quick death,"

Her hand went to Liza's neck whose eyes were following her, afraid to move.

Liza can't believe the table had turned around. Jessie shift Liza's hand from the weapon and pulled it out brutally,blood started gushing out,and Liza's eyes widened in terrified. She tried to hold Jessie's hand,but she got a slapped instead from Jessie for trying to do so.

Without remorse Jessie watched, as Liza grabbed her neck that was oozing blood, her pupils start dilating behind her eyes, hiccuping and gasping for air as death was engulfing her,

She observes Liza's face became pale, life draining from it,her eyes turned white and her body went still,only her lifeless eyes staring at Jessie,

"Disgusting," she muttered under her breath. The dining room door flung opened, Jessie turned to the door and there stood the head servant who was now staring at the scene before him in shocked.

It been two hours since Jessie entered the dining room,and Liza had let him know that he should come after two hours, in case,but only to come and find this. He's late. He feel a sudden anger bubbling in him, he failed his boss and sure he will revenge her by killing this bitch

Jessie's eyes went wide,"Fuck!," she had forgotten about him, she started panicking on what to do when he walked in and took out a large butcher knife behind him,he walk to her in large strides his hand holding the sharped weapon.

She moved away from Liza's lifeless body trying to distance herself away from him, "come any closer and I will kill you," she warned pointing her small weapon at him that looks like pocketknife, he smirked at her.

Yes, it's stupid,how could this kill him compared to his large one, what is that Guardian angel of her thinking by giving her this.

Clueless on what to do as he was getting nearer,and she knew for certain he will not show pity on her and will kill her with that brutally, by chopping and slicing her off.

Jessie silently said her last prayer and threw the mystery lipstick at the head servant closing her eyes and screamed,"stay away from me!!!,"