Chapter 5: Chapter 5

DARK AND HAZY

Rashids' room was in a total mess, shards of broken bottles all over the place, he was growling and shouting, sputtering different curses from his mouth.

A loud knock was heard banging on his door, it was his mother, Queen Amancia.

"Rashid!!, I swear don't make me break down this door, this is the umpteenth time I have come here asking you in a very pleasant tone to open this door, and I won't ask again, if I should I promise you that this door would go down", She thundered.

He said nothing, his groaning tuned down, she had affected him so much, "Allah Janelle, you shouldn't have done this", he growled.

"So it's because of that lady, because of that slut who doesn't deserve to be welcomed in this abode, right?, it's because of her....

Dargok get the hammer, you are breaking this door down", she ordered, her hands clutched tightly around her hand fan.

"I thought there is a spare key", Dargok implied.

"You idiot!!, do as I ordered you", she snarled at Dargok, Rashids' personal bodyguard.

Dargok ran off to bring the hammer, within minutes, Rashids' lock had been broken.

Queen Amancia stormed inside immediately, she smacked him on his shoulders.

"You fool!!, I thought you had grown up, I thought you had become all man, but look at you here, sulking over a slut, a slut who could not keep in her pants within weeks after you had tied her down in your filthy marriage.

Ohhhhhh, thanks to Allah that I framed sickness, because I didn't think I would have live through seeing both of you take the vow, such a harlot...", she was about to continue with her rantings when Rashid stopped her from saying further.

"I would take everything from you, but not calling her a harlot, don't try that again, don't ever in your fucking life should you try it again", Rashid cautioned.

Queen Amancia was taken aback by his words, in her entire life she never expected Rashid to talk back at her, No, he never did it for once and it would never start now.

"Ohhh Rashid?, Would you talk back at me because of her?, Would you?. Now see, I never lied about her infidelity, you saw it all, you saw everything, there was an evidence, for crying out loud Rashid?, There was a proof, the clip said everything and you know one more thing?, You mother would never lie to you, a Queen never lies", she roared.

"Motherrrr!." he shouted.

"It's enough, I don't want you to say anything about her again, I am very sure you have a hand in sending her out, you did it right?, you sent her parking without my permission?", he questioned, anger in his voice.

She kept quiet.

"Ohhhh now I see, you actually did that", he ran his hands through his hair as he began laughing maniacally.

"I did it for your own benefit and for your status, unless you wanted to end up being like your brother, Madok.

Imagine what the council would have said when they heard your wife committed adultery, imagine what would have happened to you, your throne would have been at stake, I only have her an opportunity to choose a better life for herself, instead of being chased out of Qatar and subjected to Shame and humiliation.

Every morning when you wake up, you should be thankful that I did this one for you, it would not just have been a humiliation to her own part, but to you also, you should also be thankful that your father, The Emir, doesn't know about this...", she snickered.

"About Madok..., you are the cause of everything that befell him, only if you had been neutral to both of us and punished him when he took the wrong path, everything that happened would not have been, but you?.

You are just so not motherly", he blurted.

Within seconds she had walked up to him and landed her palms on his face, not just once but twice and just when she wanted to smack him for the third time, a hand held her.

"Let. Go. Of. My. Hand", she warned.

"Amancia?, You would not lay your hands on the apparent heir of the throne of Al Zayed, you would not do that, you should never try it again", The Emir cautioned, he had overhead everything that transpired between his wife, Amancia and his son, Rashid.

"Ohhh, my King, you would not want to hear the atrocities that has been happening right under your nose", she bellowed.

"Whatever has to do with infidelity, you have no right whatsoever to interfere, you have no right at all, I believe Rashid is grown to handle his woman.

As a woman, a mother and a Queen, it was your responsibility to call the young lady to yourself and know the reason why it happened and how it happened, don't let me loose my cool and remember the old days, Amancia.

I hate to say this, but you have failed as a mother and as a wife, you failed as a Queen by taking laws into your hands. How did you ever know how I would react to the lady did, a number of what you presumed she did has been happening right under my nose, but I have been keeping quiet, not because I am a fool, but because I am too filled up that if I should start talking, everyone would feel my wrath.

Nothing, when I say nothing, I mean nothing should happen to that young lady, not even a strand of her hair should be touched, if not, you would not like what would happen to you.

I guess I have spoken everything that Rashid wants to say to you, I won't warn you again, look for her wherever you sent her to", Emir Abdul said before leaving the room, giving her a very hard glare.

Once he had left the room, she humphed, hissed loudly and stoned out of the room.

Rashid slumped back on the bed, his head hurting, infact everything was just hurting, he picked up his phone to dial Janelle's number again, yet it kept saying the same thing, "Number, not available".

FLORIDA

I rolled around on my bed, torn between regretting why I broke my sim card, I know he must have been calling me, no matter how hostile he must have been acting towards me before I left, he would not have the heart to not call or even check up on me.

The alarm clock beside me bed rang, it was 12:00 am in the morning and there was nothing I was thinking of apart from Rashid, while I was watching a television show, he was the only thing in my head that I can't even remember the name of the movie.

Silas, Renee's husband had requested to buy a house for me, so I could have all the time to myself, maybe he felt that I wasn't comfortable staying in the same house with them, I wondered why he would be thinking of something as stupid as that.

When I am only very much grateful for letting me accommodate myself in his house, he's talking about buying me a house, I laughed, he should also buy me the biggest corporation in the whole of Florida if he thinks that would make me pretty comfortable.

I wanted something more but I really don't know how Renee would think of it, I don't want it to seem like I was pressuring her for something more, so instead of going to her to pour out my heart, I insist on keeping to myself and being ever grateful for the much they have done for me.

A soft knock on my door, made me close my eyes immediately, I didn't want Renee to think I was still hungover from the whole Rashids' issue, I wanted her to feel like I am getting better from everything, but really I feel like I am getting better, it wasn't like the first day when I stepped into Florida or when Rashid came back home on the day that was supposed to be out first night asking me stupid questions which only led to me being an adulterer.

Weird, I just found myself laughing inwardly still with my eyes closed, whoever was knocking finally got tired and decided to let his or herself in.

A hard but firm hand shook me to wake up, "I know you are awake Janelle, please open your eyes", I slowly opened my right eyes.

My breath stilled, is this a hallucination?, Or am I dreaming?, Tell me this is not Rashid.

"Rashid?", my lips parted and I felt breathless.