Chapter 61: Chapter 61

*Third person*

“You have no idea how happy I am that you are now engaged to Rahila.” Richard says with a smile on his face as he sits opposite Lexis who only stares at him with his usual expression, as if he’s not even listening to him.

“I was even shocked when you told me you were going to have party for it.”

“Can you just stop talking about it?” Lexis rolls his eyes. He is already tired of his father talking about the engagement party which took place the day before. His father even went ahead to invite lots of people and it almost looked as if it was a celebrity engagement party.

“I can’t stop talking about it because it’s surprising. What made you change your mind though?”

Lexis sighs, “I just wanted you to get off my back.”

Richard smiles, “Is that so? Alright, if you say so.”

Lexis stands up to his feet, “Excuse me, I wanna go upstairs and check up on something.”

Richard nods, “Alright.”

Lexis starts walking away heading for Patricia’s room.

Meanwhile;

Kemi stands in front of the sink in the kitchen washing the dishes. She has just finished making vegetables and would is about to serve it to Patricia. She noticed that everyone in the house is always minding their business and she has never encountered any trouble with the servants or any maltreatment from anyone. She could recall when she was at the underboss's mansion, that madam Teju will never allow her have peace at the house.

She feels it’s a good thing a good thing she is no longer at Lexis’s house, this place is way better but still, there is Rose. She was really nice and she misses her a lot. She would really love to see her and she hopes she will one day.

"I really hope she's fine." She mutters as she starts to dish the food into the plate.

William had gotten better and it's been a week since he left the family mansion. Since then, she has not seen or heard from him. She wonders why he didn't reach out to her or even bothered to call her.

"I guess he's busy." She mumbles under her breath. She didn't want it to bother him but it still does. As much as she tries not to admit it, she wants to see him and she misses him.

"I hope he's okay." She bit her lower lips as she carries the tray of food outside the kitchen. She makes her way over to Patricia's room and reaches for the door. As she enters into the room, the person she sees standing close to Patricia almost make her let go of the tray in her hand. She stares at the underboss in shock as she why he is here in Mrs. Patricia's room.

Lexis turns to her as he notices her presence and dips his hand into his pocket.

"Well hello there." He grins at her.

She gulps before walking closer slowly. She places the tray of food on the table. "Good...Good day." She says in a low voice. She can’t help as fear slowly makes its way to her. What if the underboss has come to take her back to Alhaji Bawa?

He walks closer to her. "How has it been, working here?" He asks.

She glances at him and could see him gazing at her so she quickly turns away. She always finds his gaze intimidating.

"It's um... It's been well."

"Of course..." His grin grows wider. "I can see you are enjoying your stay. Enjoy it while it lasts, okay?"

Kemi lifts her head up to look at him. She wonders what he could mean by that. "I want to give her food to her."

Lexis turns to Patricia. "She can handle her food herself. Or can't you, Angie?"

Kemi blinks in confusion. Why is he calling her Angie? She can’t help but wonder if he doesn’t he know her name. Patricia clenches her fist tightly and heaves a sigh, sitting on the edge of the bed. She would usually answer when Lexis calls him that but instead; her head is having slight throbs hearing the name.

"Angie? Or is it not Angie? Is that not your name anymore? Am I mistaking it for someone else's?" Lexis keeps saying and her head is starting to throb harder. She winces hard as she presses her hands against her forehead.

"Please stop talking to her, you’re hurting her." Kemi says in her defense and moves closer to her but Lexis pushes her off and leans close to Patricia.

"Do you remember?” he asks her with a wicked grin on his face. “Won’t you smile at me today? You won't answer when I call you that?" He smiles. "Why? Does it seem familiar today? Do you feel like shit?"

"Stop!" Kemi yells at him as she maintains her balance. She walks over to him again to try and stop him.

"Take another step and I will blow your head off with my handgun."He threatens as he glares at her.

She pauses in her step with wide eyes. What is she going to do? Why is the underboss doing this? She can see that Mrs. Patricia is obviously getting hurt from what he's saying and he's not even bothered.

"It's possible that you might sometimes recall some things. I have a feeling you are sometimes conscious of some things but you’re only pretending. You better hurry up and recall everything, you can't forget about the horrible things that you did, okay?"

"Please...Please stop...My head...My head hurts so much." Patricia pleads with him as tears continue to stream down her cheek.

And then, some memories come rushing back to her head.

*Flashback*

*Violent scene below*

"You filthy woman! You witch!" Patricia curses loudly as she pulls her hair hard. "Leave my husband alone or I will crush you!"

"Let go of my hair, Patricia! Let me go!" Angie struggles to drag Patricia’s hand off her hair but can’t.

"You have the audacity to come to my house and find him? How dare you!" Patricia yells at her before she lets go of her.

Angie winces from the pain before she faces her. "I am not dragging your husband with you. He is the one who will not leave me alone." She defends her herself as she crosses her arms around her body and looks away." I have something to talk to him about and it's important. I have not come to see you."

Patricia scoffs and takes a step closer to her. "He is the one that will not leave you alone, right? Is that not it?"

Angie sighs, "Just leave me be Patricia. I haven't come to fight you." She says as she tries to walk pass her but Patricia pulls her back by her braids causing her to scream in pain.

"You piece of trash! Husband snatcher!!I will deal with you; so much that you will never come close to my husband again." Patricia says in a loud voice as she continues to pull her around by her hair. Angie loses her balance and falls on her knees but that didn't stop Patricia, who continues to pull her through the hard floor and when she lets go of her hair, she slaps her hard on the face.

Angie screams in pain from the hard contact and spits out blood from her mouth but before she could pick herself up, she receives another slap from Patricia and there comes another and another and another until she slums on the floor.

Angie slowly lifts up her head. "You can get rid of me...But...But it won't change anything. He doesn't love you, he...He doesn’t love anybody but himself. So...So do yourself good Patricia and stop killing yourself over nothing."

Patricia's anger grows the more and she steps hard on Angie's fingers with her heels, causing her to scream in pain, struggling hard to get her hand off.

"You're still talking! You're still talking right?" Patricia moves her leg away from her fingers and squirts before her. She forcefully pulls Angie’s chin up to face her.

"Richard is mine and mine alone. I will not allow any woman come and destroy my marriage! You hear me?"

"Go on then..." Angie says as she cries. "Do whatever you want with me, he will still abandon you. That's the kind of person Richard is, and he will never change. He's a bastard and it's a shame that you are obsessed with a bastard."

"Shut up!" Patricia yells as she slaps her hard across the face again.

Then, a guard walks over to her."Sir Richard is on his way here, ma’am." He whispers in her ear.

Patricia frowns and stands up to her feet. She turns to her guard.

"Bring the wench." She orders, referring to Angie before she starts walking away.

The guard quickly obliges and throws Angie over his shoulder like a log of wood. He carries her while following Patricia from behind who makes her way to the underground dungeon.

"Put her in the cell." Patricia orders as they arrive at the underground dungeon.

The guard obeys and opens the gate of the cell before he abruptly throws Angie inside. Angie winces in pain and slowly opens her eyes. She manages to sit and look at Patricia through the gate.

"You will stay here and I will be back to teach you a lesson that you will never forget." Patricia threatens glaring deeply at her.

Angie crawls on her knees over to the gate and manages to hold it firmly. "Let...Let me go Patricia. What would you gain from doing this?"

Patricia laughs sarcastically, "What would I gain? I will definitely not see that wretched face of yours again and that's more than enough for me."

Angie coughs as she struggles to hold the gate firmly. "You...You can't keep me here, I have to go."

"You have to go? You have to go where? I thought you wouldn't care what I do to you? What happened now? You're scared?"

"Please let me go Patricia...Please...Please I beg of you...Let...I have a son…"She coughs abruptly. "My so..."

"Oh shut the hell up Angie! You will rot here and no one will ever find you. I will make sure that your remains are what would be left of you."

Angie shakes her head abruptly, "No no no. Please, you can't leave me here. I really need to go. I don't want your husband. I will go far away as possible, just...Just please let me go, hmm?" Angie continues to beg her desperately as tears stream down her cheeks.

"You wench. Now you want to leave my husband? Why should I believe a b**ch like you, hmm? You slut!" Patricia turns around and starts walking away.

"Was this how badly you wanted to get rid of Serena?"

Patricia pauses in her track and turns around abruptly. "What did you just say?"

"You know I'm talking about Serena, the mother of Richard's second son, the same woman that you frustrated to death." Angie spits out. She knows that even if she continues begging, Patricia will never let her go so she decides to provoke her hoping she will let her out.

Patricia walks back to the gate with rage. "Open this gate!" She yells to the guard. "Open it let me remove this wench's teeth!"

The guard quickly rushes to open the gate and as soon as the gate opens, Patricia stomps inside and kicks Angie hard in the stomach.

"Repeat what you said! Repeat it!!!" She screams at her as she strides over to Angie, who is clutching to her stomach in deep pain.

"Everyone says that...That the boy killed his mom..." Angie cackles. "But that's wrong..." She pants as she winces hard from the sharp pain she's feeling. "You killed that poor woman first! She already died because of how you frustrated her life! You killed..."

She couldn't finish her words before Patricia slaps her hard to the floor. Blood flows out from her mouth and before she could even catch her breath, Patricia grips her neck tightly.

"Who told you that? Tell me!! Where did you hear that from? Huh?!"

"Leave me...Le..Let me...Le..." Angie struggles to talk but couldn't as her hold tighten around her neck.

"She stole my husband!! She poked her head into a place that doesn't fit her and got stuck! That's exactly what you're doing too! And I will kill any woman that tries to take my place, do you hear me?" Patricia yells at her before letting her go abruptly.

Angie coughs hard as she reaches for her neck. She slowly moves closer to the wall. "You will suffer..." She starts to say as she rubs her hand over her red swollen neck."You will suffer so much that you will ask for death. And you know why?" She shakes her head at her. "It's because you are selfish! A psycho! And you're not willing to run away while you have the chance. You think because he married you, he will not dispose you? Or you think because your family is rich, he would not throw you away! He only married you for your family’s wealth and you know it as well." She laughs sarcastically." Shame on you Patricia! Shame on you because you are too blind to see that no one is fighting for your husband but for their lives! You think I want him? You think I want that monster? Why would I? I'm not crazy like you!"

"Stop talking!" Patricia screams loudly as she strides over to kick her hard in the face causing her to hit her head against the hard wall. Blood gushes out of her head and is already streaming down her body but Patricia didn't care. She starts slapping her hard across the face countless of times until she falls on her side spitting out blood and breathing hard.

"Don't you ever call me a murderer, do you hear me? B** ch!!" She curses at her before standing up to her feet. She starts walking over to the gate of the cell.

"It will taunt you! It will all come back to you! I pray it doesn't hurt innocent people around you but you personally!"

Patricia turns abruptly with rage and takes out a gun from her pocket. "Shut up!!" She screams as she pulls the trigger. Her eyes grow wide when she realizes what just happened. She watches Angie's body slump on the ground lifelessly as blood gushes out from her head.

"Madam! The boss is here!" Her guard announces.

*Present*

"Stop!! Stop! Please make it stop!" Patricia pleads desperately as her body trembles with tears streaming down her cheeks. She falls to her knees gripping her hair tightly. "I...I didn't kill anyone! It wasn't my fault!" She screams as she hugs her legs trembling terribly.

Kemi stares at the situation in confusion. The only bad person she is seeing right now is Lexis because he keeps pushing her to recall things when it's clearly hurting her. Why is he so cruel?

"Please can you stop now? Haven't you had enough?" Kemi yells when she couldn't hold it any longer.

Lexis bit his lower lips before turning to her. He walks over to her and dips his hands into his pockets. "I want her to recall quickly. I was only helping." He smiles at her before walking over to the door and exits the room.

Kemi quickly rushes over to her and tries to hold her but Patricia pushes her away.

"Don't touch me! Don't..." Her voice trembles. "Don't touch me!"

Kemi stands there in confusion. What is she going to do now? She quickly reaches for her phone and dials William's number. He picks up at the second ring.

"Hey darling, I'm..."

She cuts him off. "You have to come now. Your mom...I....I don't know what's wrong."

"What happened? Is she okay? Is she hurt?"She could sense the panic in his voice.

"She's having a trauma right now I think. Her memory was triggered.”

“How come?”

“Just come over please.”

“Yeah yeah, right. Please try to calm her done before I come.”

She nods, “I will.”

She hangs up before she walks over to Patricia.

“You will be fine, Mrs. Patricia. Everything will be alright.” She says trying to calm her down.

Patricia looks at her and starts shaking her head abruptly, “I… I didn’t kill anyone! I… I am only the victim, I …”

Kemi nods and wraps her hands around her, “Yes, that’s true. You didn’t kill anyone. Don’t think about anything again, okay?” She says patting her even though she has no idea what Patricia is talking about.

Patricia looks at her and starts shaking her head abruptly. “I… I didn’t kill anyone. I… I am only the victim believe me. I…”

Kemi nods and wraps her hands around her.

“Yes, that’s true. You didn’t kill anyone. Don’t think about anything, okay?” Kemi pats her.

Patricia continues to shake her head, “I… I am not Angie. She’s Angie; I didn’t kill her I swear…”

Kemi swallows hard as she doesn’t know what else to say or do. She can’t help but wonder what exactly Patricia recalled to get her all riled up like this. Why exactly did the underboss trigger her memory like that? Why cause her such pain? Something just doesn't add up as she can’t help but be curious about Patricia. What could have happened to put her in such condition.

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