Chapter Twenty One: Sinister Voice

It was finally night, Amelia had replaced Jonah’s phone with a spare she had at home, she had offered to help him find a job as soon as possible, and best of all, she would find a way to kill the news that was going to spread sooner or later or later.


But this could only be possible if they met Maxwell that day, Amelia had called him and fixed a date. Now, both Amelia and Jonah was dressed and waiting for Maxwell to come to the restaurant that had wanted him to meet them.


“Hey,” Amelia said as she saw him approaching.


“Hello Doctor Ammy,” then his eyes strolled over to Jonah seated on the other side of the table, a familiar glare was exchanged between the two before Maxwell took his seat.


“It’s good to have you here, max”


“Isn’t it?” Maxwell responded.


He reluctantly rested his back, then continued tapping away on his phone, while Amelia was having a hard time telling him about the reason he was there at the moment.


“Let me take it from here” Jonah said, his tone quick and irritated.


Ameliia responded with a defeated smile, so Jonah adjusted his seat so he could stare directly at max.


“I was told you had a video of me in the alley, I want you to delete it.”

“So bold of you”


“It’s not going to benefit you, and you know it, so there’s no need being selfish, and angry”


He finally caught Maxwells attention but not in a good way, “Jonah, that was harsh”. Amelia said, as she noticed Maxwell was infuriated once more.


“I just had to tell him”


“You know what the government does to people like you, freaks and looser like you, they kill them, they find them and they kill them,” his tone was bitter as he stared at Jonah.


“You would be dead, or be milked, I know you want to keep a secret because you have everything to loose, but guess what? I don’t, so it’s either you two listen to me or you go through the process yourself”


Once again, his audacitiy infuriated Jonah so much.

“Who do you think you are” he forcefully stood from his chair, heading towards Maxwell who stood immediately.


“You want to fight right? Fight here, you just have to lay a finger on me and the news about how much of a freak you are would be in the news the next morning, the government would comb everywhere for you, they will sort you out like a fuckin worm, and you can’t do anything about it”



“Damn you”


Now Amelia was disappointed in both men, “Jonah, Maxwell, can we both be civilised here, this is not the perfect place to do this, and you know”


“See, Ammy, leave this freak, come with me, so he won’t implicate you, you don’t need to pity him” his eyes softened as he stared at Amelia, it looked almost dreamy, and animated.



“I love you ammy, I love you so much, and I care about you”


Jonah was on the brink of explosion, he was going to lose his mind any moment, he watched as Maxwell focused on Amelia, each second was a time bomb.


“Ammy, listen to me” he reached out for her hands then held it in his, Jonah shifted uncomfortably in the chair. The last time he fought in the presence of Amelia he could tell how much he disappointed her, that was why he was holding himself at that moment, and back in the hospital when Maxwell had kissed Amelia.


“Maxwell, I appreciate your feelings towards me, but we have a more serious problem, we want to keep this a secret, so if you can delete the”


“I would delete it, if you go on one date with me, since you desperately want to save his ass”


“You bastard” Jonah snarled as he stood from his seat again, almost pulling Maxwell's collar when Amelia placed her hands in between them.


“A deal is a deal, i would go on one date with you, just one and you delete the video you have of him”


“Amelia you don’t have to do this, and you know that right?”



“Jonah let me handle this, let’s not make a fuss out of this, we came here to negotiate and that’s what we are doing,” she said.


“I know men like him, he’s not going to delete it, he wants to keep using it to get what he wants” Jonah added, he hated that Amelia was blind to Maxwell's obvious nature and he wanted to save her from partaking in his stupidity.



“I believe Maxwell is an honourable man. He will keep to his words. Wouldn’t you?”


“One date, at my house—“


“That’s stupid!” Jonah yelled, everyone in the premises finally took note of the unstable man who constantly yelled in an open place.


“Jonah, calm down, we are outside” Amelia said beneath her breath. As her eyes curiously scanned the premises.


“Seat down, it’s just date”


‘How can’t she see what he’s doing, he wants to get into her pants and she’s not seeing it’ Jonah thought to himself, he was not going to stay home with l the knowledge of Amelia on a date with this freak.


“So you will go with him?” She asked to confirm if it was a prank, but it wasn’t.


“Yes”

Now, Amelia and Maxwell had concluded on the date, Jonah’s mind wasa furnace for all bad thoughts and as they were about to leave, Maxwell volunteered to walk Amelia back home which was obviously to spite him.


He knew Amelia would do anything to keep Jonah’s secret, so he exploited her weakness by proposing to walk her home; she didn’t refuse, which pissed Jonah off so much he wanted to combust.


He walked back home, with dreadful thoughts, inhumane ways to end his situation, he has never been this angry but everyday, Maxwell had found a way to unlock a whole new level of anger.


“Jonah, you know what to do, kill him” a very sinester voice whispered in Jonah’s ears, it wasn’t his conscience this time, it was the force surrounding his being, the keepers of the realm of the supernatural.


They wanted him to keep his power a secret, they wanted him to commit murder.


“Kill him Jonah, kill!!”