Jessica’s POV.
I saw the shadow of the person at my fridge, I raised my stick and when I was about to bring it down the voice stopped me on time.
“Jess… B…. Babe”
“Oh my goodness Xavier, did I hit you? Am sorry, I didn’t know”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, am fine though I was almost not fine just now, I thought I would die, my life flashed before my eyes right now”
“Am sorry babe, go freshen up let me set your food for you ”
“No, go and sleep, I know you must be tired, am about to set it myself, so go sleep am coming”
“Okay then, I will be upstairs, goodnight babe”
“Huh, ye … yes, yeah good night ”
I smiled to myself, I know he was shocked because I called him babe, well that’s a sorry for nearly breaking his head in half, I went upstairs and dropped my stick at the place I took it from, I climbed up the bed.
I slept off while waiting for him so I didn’t know when he came up neither when he climbed up the bed to lay beside me while spooning me till the next morning.
Their launch party is going to be the day after the auction day which is actually three days from now, I have already gotten the cloth for it, a black skirt and blouse, it made me look cold and powerful.
Xavier had a matching cloths for that too, black, so we are going as a cold, poker face, don’t try me bitch couple.
The days flew by, I said flew by because it was gone so fast I wondered maybe am tripping, this auction went will be going together, Mike, Laura, Xavier and I will be going together to avoid suspicions on Mike’s disappearance because everyone that knows him well knows he likes this type of things, so the work is left for Blac and I trust him.
Marcus father wasn’t there, as we went round pretending we were looking at paintings I was searching for him till a painting caught my eyes, it was just colours, no object or human were drawn, just colours but I was mesmerized by it.
I approached the painting and it seemed as though the colour was taking shape of something, I continued coming closer, it was taking shape of something, I was so concentrated on knowing what it was that I didn’t know when I bumped into someone, the impact was so great I fell down and with heartbeats Xavier was beside me.
I didn’t see the person that hit me and the image I was trying to decipher from it was gone because I lost concentration, something tells me it will be important one day.
“Xavier, I think I saw something in that painting, it looked like something important”
“Okay, come on, get up babe okay, did you hurt yourself?”
“Huh? No I didn’t but wait I need to see that image in the painting ”
“Babe there is none it’s all jambled colours, I will but the painting if you like during the auction ”
“Ahem!! Sir the painting isn’t for sale, it was drawn by one of our painters before she died, she was sick when she drew it, we kept it her to remember her”
“Oh not for sale?”
I asked as I continued looking at the strange painting, Xavier helped me up and dusted my clothes, thank God I was wearing black so it’s all neat,
“Xavier you don’t need to buy it, I will look at it here, it doesn’t matter”
“The auction is starting soon Sir and Ma’am so everyone should be going to the hall”
I stared at the person talking for the first time, it was a young man, his stained finger tips shows that he is one of the painters here, he stared back at me with equal intensity, my instinct tells me that they are hiding something and it never fails.
I smiled at him looked at the painting again and left with Xavier and the others, I glanced back and he was looking at me, creepy.
“Jess, did you notice anything with the painting?”
“I thought I saw something startling and important but maybe I was just seeing things because it was there anymore ”
“Okay, I would have bought it but they said it wasn’t for sale because it’s a memoire ”
“And I wonder why it isn’t for sale and how the painter died, I will investigate it once we are done here”
“Oh we are done, Blac said they found nothing, but thank God that the ones we saw at his house is enough to land him in jail for a very long time but the others will go scot free”
“Don’t worry we will find something else”
“Xavier, Blac just texted me, they are out already ”
Mike said to Xavier
“Okay then, we but few things and leave too”
I nodded, I suddenly felt child as I walked with them, as if someone was looking at me with murderous intent, I looked around but I saw no one, maybe I was being paranoid.
Throughout the auction, my mind was on that painting, I was sure it was showing an accident scene or that what my mind is conjuring, it’s as if the colours were used to cover something there, I wished I had swiped my hand on it before I was bumped into .
The auction ended and we bought few beautiful paintings of the ocean, Xavier said it reminds him of our resting place when we feel suffocating, I agreed with him on that, we packed everything after paying for them, those paintings cost a lot but it was worth it.
We went home and I put some at the dinning room, living room and our favourite in our own room, it looks beautiful hanging there and it wouldn’t be bad if that’s what I wake up to daily.