Chapter 83: Chapter 83
THE SHOCKING NEWS
"Baby, I know it hurts you so much, but just forget about Rashid, please... who knows, he might have gotten himself a lady back there whom he loves and even sleeps with.
I don't want you to keep waiting for him, just... let go of him, and I promise you that I would make sure the marriage proposal your father has planned between you and Madok does not work, but if you still decide to wait for Rashid then I would leave you to sort everything out by yourself", Mrs Robson said.
"Mum... you know how much I have been waiting for Rashid, you know how much I love him and now that it's just a step away from making him finally mine, you just want me to let go of everything I ever planned for.
It won't be that easy for me mum, you know that, the memories, the hangouts.... mum think about it, if you were in my shoes what would do you, won't you run to the person you love?", Lucy Robson questioned.
"Luciana listen, I am doing all these for you, if not I would have been back at home preparing for the marriage ceremony between you and Madok, even until now I would have still been happy going with it, but not until I heard a disgusting news about him.
This news shocked me to the core and I won't ever want a rapist to get his filthy hands on my daughter, so to that... I would make sure by all means that he is not only tainted black in front of his father and their people, but also in the eyes of your father...., but that is only if you would listen to me.
See Luciana, there are thousands of men out there, you must get married to Rashid, who knows he might even have been taking you as a younger sister, you would still find love Lucy, you still would, you only have to keep trying", Mrs Robson adviced as she held her daughter's hands in hers.
Lucy Robson was sobbing, her eyes were red and puffy, her and her mother had been discussing this same issue since last night, but she does not want to accept the fact that she has to let go of Rashid, she doesn't want to.
She still believes that there is hope for both of them.
"Mum, so there is no other way?", Luciana mumbled.
"There isn't.... unless, there is probably a way..., but I am not too sure", Mrs Robson gushed.
A flicker of hope hinted in Luciana's eyes, she gave space for hope that after all, her and Rashid might get to be together.
"And what's that Mum?", she questioned.
"That is only if Rashid doesn't come back with a wife, if he comes back with a lady that he wants to marry, then I am sorry, there would be no hope for both of you, but if he doesn't, then there might be a little bit of light in the world of darkness", Mrs Robson emphasized.
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Emir Abdul was seated in the sitting room, going through his tabloid when he felt a presence behind him, he snapped his head back to check who it was, because he was sure that he hasn't lost his sense of feeling.
"Seems like I frightened you a bit", It was Mrs Robson who had come to discuss with him.
Abdul smiled, "No, Mrs Robson, I felt a presence behind me, I wanted to be sure that I haven't lost my sense of feeling that's the reason for the sudden move....., nothing to worry about.
So..., how is the holiday here?, I hope you have enjoyed every bit of it... and my wife, Amancia, hasn't been giving you a hard time?", Emir Abdul asked, as he turned off his tabloid.
"Ohhh no, it has been the best all through, thanks for your generous hospitality towards I and my daughter, Luciana, we do appreciate a lot", Mrs Robson thanked him.
"Ohhh, you should not be bringing this up, it's an honor and a privilege to be doing all these for you, after all if I don't treat you and your daughter very well, who else would I be able to do that for?, so please it's really an honor", he commented.
"Thanks a lot", she replied.
Everywhere was silent, he had to look up ad noticed she was still standing, "Please have a seat Mrs Robson, is there any problem?", he asked, he pinched the bridge of his nose and took off his eye glasses.
"Ohhh yes, a very big one at that", she boomed.
"It's that serious?", he questioned.
"Of course, my king, it's very serious", she replied.
"Please carry on", he said.
"You know that first morning we had breakfast with you?", she paused.
"Yes of course, please go on, I know you didn't come here to tell me just that", he urged her to continue without pausing.
"While we were eating, I noticed a maid of yours who suddenly ran out of the dining room, it wasn't my concern as she could have ran out for different reasons.
It did not just stop there, but other times, she keeps doing the same, there was this time, your wife, Amancia, told her to get something for me, I did not follow her, No...., but suddenly I got a call and I had to receive it, so I left the balcony just outside there.
After some minutes, I saw her coming out of the restroom after which she hurriedly ran back inside with her hands flat beneath her stomach...., it was too much so I had to intervene.
I felt like I was intruding, but I had to check up on her, I asked her if she was sick, she told me yes, but looking at her thoroughly, I found out she was pregnant.
I told her, she wasn't sick rather she was pregnant, and immediately she went down on her knees pleading with me not to let the Queen know about it.
I was shocked, pregnancy isn't something to be scared of, her husband is meant to be happy after all, so I told her why doesn't she take time off from work until at least the baby is up to three to four months, but her mood changed immediately.
I had to ask her what the problem was, since I told her that her husband would be happy about it, after all it isn't easy to get pregnant and many women are looking for children.
She told me that she wasn't married and that was when I understood why she wasn't happy, but I was still wondering why she would be pleading with me not to let the Queen know.
She suddenly bursted into tears and that moved me a bit, I had to reschedule a time with her so I could know why and she would give me the full details", she explained.
"Okay..., I guess you are driving at a point, but I also think you haven't hit the nail on the head, I am still trying to figure out what you are trying to drive at.
If the maid wants to go for a break, then it's up to her, she would be approved for a leave since she's pregnant, it really doesn't matter who, it could happen to anyone, maybe her little secret love affair, which doesn't concern anyone, after all that's her own private life...
Or is there something more?, because I feel there is", he paused.
"That's just it, there is something more", she badgered.
"Now, meeting with her later that night, she tells me everything that happened, from when she was called in by one of the men here and how she was brutally raped, she was also threatened not to ever let anyone know about it.
If it was just going to end there, I would not have known, but you know...., the intimacy turned to something big which happens to be her getting pregnant", she added.
She could see the boiling rage in the Emir's eyes, "You don't mean to tell me that it was someone from this palace that committed such atrocity, whoever he is, he would go in for it, firstly he would be flogged mercilessly, secondly he would be stripped off whatever position he had and lastly he gets to take care of the seed he has implanted which is ready sprouting.
He would go in for it, that's my final word, and I won't reverse my words", he snapped.
"You said whatever position he has in this place, he would be stripped off it...., and you said that he would take full responsibility of the pregnancy right?", Mrs Robson quirked a brow.
"Emir Abdul does not just know what he's saying, if he knows who he is placing his verdict on, he would reverse his words", Mrs Robson thought.
"Yes, Mrs Robson, such abomination was committed right under my nose and I knew nothing about it, he would go in for it", he thundered as his fist slammed hard on the glass table beside him.
"You want to know who the perpetrator of such an act is?", she questioned.
"Who is he?", he snarled, impatience to know the offender and anger running through him.