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“You think you know him, Kay, but you don‘t.”
“Oh, and I suppose you do.”
“Have you ever wondered who he really is? Have you ever wondered if he‘s been as faithful to you as you have been to him? Have you ever wondered if he really loves you?”
“I know Robinson, and I love him. Now, if you excuse me, I have to go somewhere, and I am not going to continue to waste my time with you.”
When she was about to put the window up, he held it in place with his hand and said, “Please give me a chance. I can be a better husband for you. I can give you everything.”
“Robinson gives me everything I want and need. I don‘t need to have another man on the
side.”
“You don‘t get it. I want you to be mine and only mine.” “I want to take over the world. So?” “Kay, I love you.”
“No, you don‘t.” She put the window up, hit reverse, turned the car around and went toward Carlos‘ house on a different route, knowing it would take her longer to get there, but Constantine blocked her car, and she didn‘t want to cause damage to it just to get through because she didn‘t want to have to pay up.
Constantine dialed Opal‘s cell phone number. Opal was on his way back home from the supermarket. He answered the call with his hands-free device, seeing his number on the integrated caller ID. “What‘s up, Constantine?”
“I tried to get her to listen, but she wouldn‘t. We have to do what we originally planned. You guys have to kidnap her and bring her to me.”
“Do you only want her for one night, for a few days, or forever?”
“I can‘t have her forever. In due time, she‘s going to escape. She‘s a very intelligent woman with supernatural powers, just like we are, but I have to make her mine somehow. I can‘t die without possessing her, even if it‘s just for one time. She‘s driving me crazy, and I can‘t take any more of her rejection.”
“When do you want us to do it?”
“I want you to do it tonight. Render her unconscious so she doesn‘t know where she‘s going and she can‘t escape. She has to be in my house, in my bed, at my mercy, when she wakes up, unable to do anything to defend herself.”
This was starting to scare Opal. He realized his best friend had gone too far. He didn‘t
know Kay. He didn‘t have any reasons to put her in harm‘s way with all intention. Opal was
never willing to commit any crimes for Constantine, and he was sorry for what he did to Carlos
because all the while that Carlos was in flames, Opal saw his pain and even felt it, as if he were
the one in flames. His conscience was eating him. He pretended to go along with this, but his
plan was to go to the police and tell them everything he knew in exchange for immunity. He
concealed his plan from Constantine, aware that Constantine still hadn‘t discovered all his
powers. What Constantine wanted to do to Kay sounded terrible. Constantine wanted to enslave
her, and that wasn‘t fair. Kay didn‘t deserve something like that, and it was clear that
Constantine didn‘t really love Kay. Her rejection transformed his love into an obsession to the
point that he was eager to destroy her, just for saying no and treating him like dirt. Constantine
wanted to make Kay pay for that. “All right, man, we‘ll be at the Bennett mansion tonight, and
Robinson won‘t know what hit him.” Opal hung up, changed his route and went straight to the
police station.