Chapter 75: Chapter 75

...yes, because of me. Everyone knows except you that I was cheating behind your back with no one else but your supposed sister. I was having affairs with Emma and she was pregnant at the time.

When Freddie got to know, he was mad and unhappy. He didn't know how you would take it when I come and tell you I am marrying Emma instead of you.

The heartbreak, the pain of backstabbing and Betrayal from a family and the man you love. Hence he agreed that you marry off first and then Emma and I will be married.

You feel hurt, but he felt it was better than the other way round. I don't want to talk about Freya's threat that Freddie supports Emma and I. Otherwise, she would expose the fact that you were adopted and not their daughter biologically.

I want to tell you that the one who truly loves you the most here is Freddie. Not even me. Greg also loved you because you are his amazing niece and I know what I am saying.

Freddie only thinks about your well-being first before allowing what happened to take place. He loves you Pam. Freddie really loves you.

Then recently I got to know that he was in the hospital. He had a partial stroke. He was hypertensive and that's what it resulted into.

Please Pam, forgive your family. I am the reason for what happened. If anyone has wronged you the most, it's me, not them. Please forgive them" Lucas clasped his hands together and went on his knees.

Pamela wanted to be angry but could no longer be angry with Lucas. He admitted his wrongs and apologised by going on his knees in a hospital ward.

She became broken. She didn't know what to say next. She sniffled "get up Lucas, you are embarrassing me" Pamela frowned

"Pame..la" Freddie was calling her. He was seated and he wanted to raise his hand to beckoned to her to come over but he couldn't. He couldn't raise a part of his body while the other part was not so smart.

Within splits of seconds, the abuse, bully and inhumane treatment that Pamela went through from the Grayson's family flashed through her mind quickly.

But truly, Freddie has always come to her rescue. But he is a very easy going man and would rather go silent than quarrel with Freya.

Her eyes welled up in tears. How can she suddenly forgive these people within a few minutes of apologising? She glanced at Freddie and started walking towards him on the bed.

"Dad," she said and hugged him. She sobbed on his shoulder and Freddie's eyes had already gone red.

Pamela pulled away from the embrace. She cleaned her tears and said "I'm sorry but I can't forgive you just suddenly like that. I need time to heal my still aching heart" she said and went out.

Lucas went after her and Greg did the same. "Pamela dear" Greg called her and Pamela paused in her steps. She turned back and faced her uncle Greg.

"How have you been My dear?" Greg asked and Pamela threw herself in his arms "uncle Greg. I missed you very much" she held him tight and sobbed.

Lucas felt a gush of adrenaline rush through his spine. They are really related. Greg is truly Pamela's uncle and she is his niece.

The Bond between Pamela and Greg was so strong. Now he understands. Blood recognises itself in them both. No wonder Greg would always stand in defence of Pamela and the latter usually finds shield in his arms.

"I missed you more my dear. I knew I would see you again and I'm glad I did" Greg held her close. He loves Pamela like she was his own daughter.

Such a good hearted girl. She's kind and only thinks good towards people around her. And in some cases, she completely forgot about herself.

He pulled away from the hug and cleaned her tears. "No matter what people around you might have done to you, let go of every grudge against them.

I knew you when you grew up. You have a good heart and your soul only contains purity. Don't throw that virtue away because people taught you to be mean.

Why don't you influence them with your goodness, rather. Why let them damn the goodness in you? I want to have my dear daughter Pamela back…"Greg advised.

Pamela nodded and hugged Greg again. "Okay uncle, I will do what you say. But you know that I missed you very much, right?" She said, not willing to let him go.

"I missed you more, my dear" Greg whispered.

Pamela turned from Greg Freeman to Lucas. "Thank you for bringing me, tonight" she said smiling and glancing at Greg with a smiling expression.

Lucas nodded. Glad he was able to try and mend the broken relationship that was caused by him. He alone was to be blamed for what happened between Pamela and her family.

Pamela brought out her credit card and gave it to Greg. "I will pay for the hospital bills if it's still outstanding. But I am not yet ready to talk to the Grayson's. I need some time to heal my wounded heart"

Greg just stared at his niece with an expressionless face. Pamela will always be that daughter he never had. She's pure minded.

Anyways, they needed the money. He accepted the card and Pamela said she would wait outside. Lucas went with her to wait by her car.

"What about Emma, did she know her father's health condition?" Pamela asked, her arms folded across her chest, resting her body against the car bonnet.

"I heard she refused to come and check on him. All the money she got from me, she refused to spend a dime of it on her dad. Anyways, I have my money back and all my properties too…" Lucas explained.

He told Pamela everything. How he was deceived, cuckolded and brutally attacked. Everything he explained to Pamela and when he finished, there was a long silence between them.

Lucas suffered so much as well? Pamela thought. He glanced at him and saw him bent his head. She was not the only one who experienced the harsh side of life, he also did.

And to know that his own suffering was channeled to him through that whore he married. She feels sorry for him. But happy on the other hand that he's got everything back.

"I didn't know you also have your own story to tell. I hope someday, you will find a woman who will love you and not cause you pain anymore" Pamela finally broke the silence.

"Thank you Pamela. But I don't think I will be interested in getting myself entangled with any woman again. I just want to live the rest of my life peacefully" Lucas declared.

"Don't say so, Lucas. You will fall in love with someone else and get married, raise kids and be happy" Pamela cautioned him.

"I don't have any more trouble for myself, Pamela. I don't want any woman again in my life" Lucas insisted. In his heart, he wished he could be with Pamela. If it's her, he would gladly accept to be married. But any other woman, he won't dare.

"You will, Lucas. Albert is not your son. You need to have your own kids.." Pamela was saying when Lucas interrupted her sharply.

"Who says I need a woman to have my own kids?" He said, his voice a little higher than normal. Then he calmed down and said quietly like a whisper "I am impotent, Pamela"

Lucas' complexion flushed with redness. Pamela was shocked. Lucas is impotent? Has he known it all these while or he just got to know.

"But you…" Pamela trailed off. She wanted to ask him if he could have sex and yet, he was impotent.

"Yes, I don't have a problem with my sex life. I do have erections that last long and I can go a long time before ejaculating. But my semen has no sperm cells" Lucas explained.

He sighed audibly. This is the first time he was sharing it with anyone. Besides Emma and whoever knows her, he has never said anything about it to anyone else besides Pamela.

"And that's why I am happy on the other hand that we didn't end up together. I wouldn't have been able to make you a mother. And I am glad that you were with the right person, a perfectly complete man.

That is why I am pleading with you to get back with Louis Hayden. You love him and he is still single. Why don't you let him know how you feel about him, he might just be waiting for you to come back to him.

You both have four kids. Your family would be complete and the kids will get to be with both of their parents. Just get back with Louis Hayden and be the complete woman that you truly are" Lucas concluded.

There was another long silence. Pamela was already sobbing silently. Why should Lucas experience something like this? His wife had cheated him and now fate also had done the same.

"But something can be done medically to boost your count. Did you seek medical help?" She asked.

"I did. But it's a probability. My sperm count was zero. If it were at least 10% it would be easy to boost. But how can you boost something that is zero?

So the best option is to stay away from marriage. I don't want to make a fool out of myself. When I am ready, I will adopt a child and be a single father" Lucas explained.

Pamela was going to say, a woman who loves him can also agree with him on adoption. But they were interrupted by Greg.

"Here's your card, Pamela. And thank you for helping your father out. We've been automatically discharged and will be going home now" Greg announced.

He's glad to leave. He's been dashing in and out of the hospital, carrying out his responsibility at the Hayden's Mansion and coming back to be with Freddie and Freya.

"You're welcome, uncle" Pamela said, taking back her card and ready to leave. "I will drive you guys home," Lucas offered.

He watched as Greg returned into the hospital to inform others. "This is my secret and I have only shared it with you" he declared.

"Your secret is safe with me," Pamela replied and hugged him. Pamela still has the same body fragrance. After a few years, Lucas just got to hug her again.

"I should leave now," Pamela said, going over to her car. "Thanks and goodbye," Lucas replied with a megawatt smile.

He waited until Pamela drove out of the hospital and turned to go in when he saw Greg wheeled Freddie out of the hospital.

Meanwhile, Louis was on the phone with his dad...