Chapter 63: Chapter 63

Chapter 63.

Harry.

‘’You are not welcome here!’’ I say from my sickbed. My unsuspicious and naïve sister walked out the moment she saw a doctor. She literally thought that this was a genuine doctor. I didn’t stop her because I didn’t want to put her into some distress.

I lift my weak hands. I need to ring the bell so that someone can come here but she stops me. At this point, I only shout a short prayer to let God know that I am in his hands. At his mercy and I will never make it without his intervention.

She has an evil smile etched on her lips, she is holding two weapons that I cannot move away from. A needle, a very big one, and a gun.

I make a mental note. I don’t care if she kills me after that but I will shout. I’d rather I die but she gets caught and she pays for her sins.

She isn’t talking, just showing me the weapons she is holding and showing me an evil leer.

She turns on her heels and walks to the door. She locks it from inside and turns swiftly to look at me before I can press the bell. I was just worried but I didn’t think about it. A doctor? Going round? I know almost all the doctors from this hospital and I also know that they can never allow a new doctor to come to the patient’s room alone.

The nurse that came here to check on me. Who is she? I mean, she knew me so well but I didn’t really seem to recognize her. I mentally facepalm myself. That was a very big mistake, now this woman is going to kill me and I haven’t even seen my baby.

I feel tears literally running down from my eyes and I do absolutely nothing to stop them. I cannot manage to stop them when it is too obvious that I am in danger.

Jeddah takes a few steps forward and when she realizes that I am trembling with fear, she wears the same evil grin and my mind moves swiftly to what I heard mum and her discussing that day.

‘’Listen here, Jeddah, you don’t and cannot blackmail me because I know very well that the police would still be exultant to know who killed that girl’s mum. Remember I HAVE ALL THE FUCKING EVIDENCE POINTING AGAINST YOU.’’

I am literally vexed, terrified and petrified. Which girl were they talking about? Is Diana really her daughter? Is she a murderer?

‘’Two things, Harry! Two fucking things!’’ she shouts on top of her voice and I cower. I don’t even think that I will be able to respond to him. ‘’You either give me back my daughter, or you die! Choose!’’

‘’Give you your daughter from where?’’

‘’Don’t push me to the wall. I am not here to play your games! You made sure that my daughter confessed her sins to you then she disappeared. I only have her Harry but you and your big mouth had to let me lose her. You …’’

‘’I didn’t. You pushed her to marry me knowing quite well that I didn’t love her. And that is because you wanted my parents’ wealth. She spoilt that for you, now you are accusing me of the same. I don’t like what you are doing you are …’’ she cuts me off.

‘’You don’t have a right to accuse me. I will kill you right here so that your ignorant mother can learn to respect people.’’

‘’I thought she was …’’

‘’My friend?’’ she bursts a humourless peal of laughter. This woman is nuts. She cannot be laughing maliciously and thinks she is winning against me. I make to stand up but she stops my weak self from standing up. ‘’The day you learn to know who is who? You will stop saying silly things like ooh! I didn’t make her disappear, ooh! I thought she was your friend. Like what the fuck?’’

To be honest, this woman makes me wanna run mad. She disgusts me and if she continues like this, I will die before she kills me. Anyway, am I giving her the pleasure of watching me die? Never!

‘’Harry are you okay in there?’’ Anita asks from outside and I shout that I am not. I open my mouth a second time to say that I need help but I feel a stinging pain caused by a hot slap. I will not pass out because that will make it very easy for her.

‘’You shout one more time and I finish you off.’’

‘’Do it! Have fun while at it. You and mum have caused so much pain to me. I will not be surprised if I find out that she let you in here to intimidate me. I understand that you are partners in crime and I cannot do anything to stop whatever you wanna do. Kill me already, Jeddah.’’

She laughs wryly, quizzically and sardonically. ‘’You are a bright boy. Your father must have had very good genes. I wish he could have looked for me. We would have had the best babies in the world.’’

I deride. ‘’In your dreams.’’

‘’Are you okay, brother?’’ she points the gun to my temple and presses it hard. I can hear motions from outside and I badly hope that help will come through.

‘’You will not survive twice. I am here to finish what my daughter was foolish enough not to finish. You and your stupid mother can go to hell for all I care. I hate you!’’

‘’But why do you hate me so much?’’

‘’Because you are the reason why my daughter isn’t here. You are the reason why I may never see her forever.’’ The door flies open. I watch in owe as the security guards stride towards us and I don’t have to be a genius to feel the intense reaction from her. She was very strong a while ago and I wonder why she is feeling threatened.

The next thing I hear is loud bangs and painful groans and writhes.

This is literally very painful.

Clara.

I am feeling so apprehensive and edgy. I hope my little Ian is okay. Well, Harrison too, I hope he is doing well. When I left he wasn’t too fine. He was in pain but pretended not to be.

‘’You don’t look okay, Clara. Any problem?’’ Alvin is worried when he asks that.

‘’I am good, you know I want to call mum because I am really feeling uneasy.’’ I don’t let him respond because I am already ringing mum’s number.

‘’Hey, mum, everything okay?’’

‘’Hi dear, yes, everything is okay. Are you okay? Or is Alvin causing you trouble?’’ she asks jokingly and I smile despite myself, phone squarely pressed to my left ear.

Alvin has his left hand holding mine and our fingers are matted together. His focus is fully on the road but I am sure that he can hear me speak.

‘’No, mum. I am fine. How’s Emmy and Ian doing?’’

‘’They are all okay. You sound really worried. Is there anything I should know?’’

‘’Not really,’’ I say and terminate the call without another word. I hope he is fine. My Harrison. I cannot leave him.

I love him.

I want to open the letter that Clare gave me but no, I don’t have the energy or the strength for anything right now. I don’t wanna sleep also because then Alvin will be bored in here all alone.

I smile when I remember what transpired earlier. I had to take my little boy to dad and he smiled while looking at him. He said he doesn’t know the father but he can guess that the little boy looks exactly like his father. He asked me not to be worried about us being siblings because we didn’t do it knowingly. It was hidden until the baby was born and that’s when it was revealed.

He said I have his blessings wherever I go. He also mentioned that that woman is cunning and you wouldn’t know if for sure my baby daddy is her son. I think that’s one of the reasons why I decided that I have to make up with my Harrison. We can think about the rest later.

Besides, he doesn’t know the truth and even though I would feel very guilty knowing that I am hiding the truth from him, I will console myself that his mum should do the talking because that’s never going to be my story to tell.

He then released us and requested me not to forget my other family. He was jovial and all smiles. He kept asking me to forgive him and I told him that it isn’t a big deal to me. I assured him that I hold no grudges.

Luke’s dad insisted that Emmy, mum, him, and the baby are driving together and I never bothered to say no. Ian is their grandson and they can take him whenever they want to. I let them spend time with him, it’s good for them.

Aliana is driving herself, Tabby and Luke are also driving together while Alvin and I are in his posh car. He is abnormally quiet and I hope all is well.

‘’You are far away, sweet pie. I want you to come back here.’’ I look at him when he says that and I realize that he has stopped driving.

I smile at him. ‘’I am back.’’ I say jokingly.

‘’Thank you. Now, can you drive us?’’

‘’Tell me you aren’t joking.’’

‘’Why would I be joking? Of course I am not.’’

‘’Because you are silly.’’

‘’Yeah, your silly friend who is madly in love with you.’’ And here we go once again.

‘’Alvin, I …’’

‘’Don’t say anything, I will respect your decision. You have the final say and whichever it will be, I will respect it.’’ I nod at him. ‘’If you decide that Harry is the one you love, I will respect that, matters of the heart but if you give me a chance, then I will respect the latter too. You are an astounding woman and I lost you to another man because I was stupid, however, you will always be supported by me.’’

‘’Thank you.’’ I don’t know how I end up hugging him and I feel really comforted. ‘’Can I ask you for a favour?’’

‘’Anything, my angel.’’ He says enthusiastically.

‘’Really, Alvin? Anything?’’

‘’Of course, anything.’’

‘’Please take me to the hospital straight from here. I need to speak to Harry. He literally has no idea that I am his sister and I feel silly to be the one going to break the news to him.’’

‘’Sure, in return, I need a favour.’’

‘’Really? I thought you said anything for me? Now you have conditions?’’ I ask pulling away from the hug.

‘’Just listen to me, Clara.’’ I nod at him when he says that, seriously. ‘’You are going to make up with Harry. You should do that to help in the recovery process. When a man and a woman aren’t in good terms, they all get so weak and they usually need one another. You will do that Clara, right?’’

‘’Why should I?’’

‘’For the love, you and Harry shared or still do. Don’t worry about you two being siblings, just do what your heart is telling you.’’ I shrug. I was going to make up with him anyway. I don’t think I wanna look at him suffer.

I love him.

‘’Okay. I will do ‘’

‘’That’s my girl. I love you for reasons.’’

‘’I am listening.’’

One, you are the most beautiful girl that I know. Two, you are understanding surpasses that of a normal human being. You are very meticulous, aspiring, and ambitious, you are going places. Three, I learn so many lessons from you and soon I will know how to deal with people around me. Your decisions are never wrong, you just miss the line a little bit but you are always on track. Keep moving sweet pie. I am gonna love you forever.’’

‘’I blush at the statement. ‘’Can you not kiss me again, though?’’

‘’No need for you to ask. That’s not happening again. I already said I will respect your choices and decisions.’’

‘’Thank you, Alvin. I love you.’’ His eyes shoot open when I say that. I hope he doesn’t misapprehend me. He contains the situation really fast though.

‘’I love you more.’’

‘’Why were you and Anita surprised to see each other?’’

‘’She was my ex-girlfriend’s best friend. I don’t know if she was in the loop of what her friend did to me.’’

‘’The cheating?’’

‘’No. the attempted murder.’’ He says and steps on the gas.

‘’That’s ridiculous! How come you never told me that?’’

‘’Because I never wanted to worry you.’’

‘’Seriously? Then why are you telling me now?’’

‘’Relax sweet pie, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t miss my flight. I missed it by a hairsbreadth, or should I say by a whisker? And guess what?’’

‘’What?’’

‘’There was a crash and everyone who was on board was pronounced dead.’’ His eyes are teary and I have never seen him so broken. I think this makes him really depressed. ‘’I have never met Anita in person until when I saw her in the hospital. I will interrogate her.’’

‘’Okay.’’

‘’The girl is no more though.’’

‘’What do you mean?’’

‘’My friend killed her when she cheated on him.’’

‘’That’s crazy!’’

‘’Yeah.’’ I realize then that he’s over speeding and I know what that means.

We might end up getting a red card.

‘’Alvin?’’

‘’Yes, sweet pie.’’

‘’Calm down. You are going to either get us killed or stopped by the police.’’

He slows down to an acceptable speed.

My phone reverberates from my purse and I pick it immediately.