JERICHO’S WEAKNESS Episode 27
(Miss Perfect👠)

Prologue✍️

By: Faith Lucky

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Klaus and Ethan were in the room with Jericho and watched him as he gulped the whole liquid down.

“What would you like to eat, Jericho? So I could order for them?” Klaus asked as he took the empty cup from him.

Jericho left the bed and went to stand in front of the window.

“Do you know where he is? Derek?” He asked, staring outside.
It was evident he was angry enough.

“Not yet. But we strongly believe he’s working with Hapitha”. Klaus replied and for a while, silence took over.

“What about Valerie?” Jericho suddenly asked, turning slightly to look at them. “She was with me when it happened”.

“She left already?” Ethan was quick to reply. “She said she’s too scared of our lifestyle, sees us as criminals and doesn’t want to get into more trouble. So, she decided to leave, preferring her lie over her beauty”.

Jericho arched a brow and scoffed, then turned back to the window.

Valerie left?

“We have more important things to worry about for now, Jericho” Ethan continued.
“First,we need to find Hapitha, get that ring from her and go back home. When father had sent all three of us on this mission, I thought he was being over reactive because Hapitha was just on woman and shouldn’t need 3 grown princes to look for her. But now I understand father’s fears. It wasn’t as easy as we thought”.

Jericho sighed and turned to look at them.

“I’ll find Hapitha, but first, I’m going to kill Derek” he said.

“If we find Derek first, we shouldn’t kill him. We need to use him to get to Hapitha and then…”

“That animal attacked me” Jericho grunted, cutting Klaus off.
“He made me bleed”.

“And you can have your revenge when we’ve gotten Hapitha. For now, she’s our top priority” Ethan said.

Jericho scoffed and faced rhe window again and for a longer time, there was silence.

“We’ll leave you to freshen up for now. Join us in the sitting room when you’re done” Ethan said and started towards the door.

“I’ll get some food ready” Klaus also said and left together with Ethan.

For long, Jericho stood facing the window and feeling so angry. He wanted to make that bastard pay; wanted to kill him.

After a while, he turned and walked towards the bed, taking his phone from it.

He didn’t even know what he was thinking, but he searched for Valerie’s number and dialed it.
The line kept disconnecting and he couldn’t tell why; he couldn’t reach her.

He sighed and dropped the phone back on the bed, then went into the bathroom for a shower.

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Next_Morning
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Valerie had been home all day, absolutely having nothing to do.
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All she did was assist her mum with her birthday preparations. They had tried on a few dresses, made some choices of hair, shoes, designs and the rest and the whole activities made Valerie forget about her little worries for a while.

She also played games with her phone, watched some movies and when it was evening, she decided to go out and get some ice cream.

As she sat on moving car, she found herself thinking of Jericho.

How was he? Would he be able to survive the attack? Was he awake already?

So many thoughts flashed through her mind, all of which were disturbing.

When he wakes up – she thought, would he ask of her?

Well, even if he does, she was pretty sure Ethan would be there to counter him. That devil!
No matter what, she missed her beauty and still needed it back. But the threat on her life was alarming and made her feel she had no option. .
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She parked her car by the roadside and walked towards the mall and when she had gotten to the entrance, she spotted the old woman – sitting on the floor as usual with the rest of the beggers.

Hmm. She stood and stared at her for a while, then walked into the shop to get her ice cream.

Few minutes later and she walked out of the shop, but decidedto stop by and have a word with the woman. There’s been a really disturbing topic on her mind Since the first day they’met.

“Hey” she called as she squatted in frontof the woman.
“Remember me?”

The woman had a bead with her as usual and stared keenly at Valerie. Then, she smiled:

“Of course. The spoilt brat” Valerie felt a sting in her heart but tried her best to control her temper. .

“Well, whatever you call me” she rolled her eyes. “I… I actually have a question to ask, and I hope you could give me the answer”.

She paused and sighed a little.

“The first day we met” she began. “You had told me something I didn’t really understand. Y…You told me.. what I had wasn’t even mine. What did you mean by that?”

For a few seconds, the woman’s expression was blank. Then, she smiled creepily and shook her head.

“Everything would become clear to you in due time, dear. Don’t rush it” she answered but Valerie was only muddled the more.
Why was she speaking in some gibberish parables?

“I really don’t understand you” she pressed on. “is there something about myself that I don’t know about?”

“A lot” the woman smiled again.

“Don’t rush it. Your answers would be answered soon”.

Valerie stared at her, then stood up and started walking away. She didn’t want to hear anymore of it; didn’t want to think about it. .

She’s just an old woman with a leaking brain – she concluded as she walked into her car. Why would she say such creepy things about her?

She licked from her cone of ice cream as she sat in the driver’s seat and reached for her keys. But just then, she felt a cold object touch her neck and flinched when she discovered it was a knife.

Hah!” She gasped and let go of the ice cream which spilled on her laps

There was someone at the backseat, pointing the knife to her neck.

“Oh my God.!” Valerie shook fearfully as she had a look of his face from the car’s mirror.

It was the same guy!! The same guy that had attacked Jericho!?
Good heavens!!

“Say a word and I’ll rip your neck apart” he spoke in such a deadly tone, filling Valerie with so much fear…
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TBC.