đTHE
PRINCE
MAIDENđ
( My Crazy Girl )
Chapter 10
â TYLERâ
âHowâs she?â I asked the doctor
âLetâs talk in my officeâ he glanced around and led the way.
âSheâs stable now, if you had brou-ght her five minutes later, she would have diedâ he scrutinized me with his eyes âwhat happened? She cut herself too de-ep and she hasnât been eating. Sheâs too weakâ
âI donât know, I met her that wayâ I looked down âcan I do to her ward now?â
âSure you can and one more thing, Your wife is pregnant!â
âCome againâ my head sh0t up
âI said your wife is pregnantâ he smiled
âOkayâ I stood up and left the office, I donât know if itâs a good thing or not.
One thing is sure though, that stupid girl is going to pay for what she said about my Allison.
I entered her ward after asking the nurse in charge and my heart broke at the sight. The once vibr@nt Allison is dull and pale and a baby is growing inside her.
My baby.
I took a chair and moved it closer to her be-d and to her hand in mine
âIâm so sorry, pls forgive meâ I said to her still b©dy.
A tear dropped as I remembered what happened that night, then another and another.
People call you a perfection, I smiled throu-gh the tears.
I repla-yed the audio the detective sÂŁnt to me earlier.
Someone had asked âWhy isnât a who-re with him, weâve heard all about his S-x escapades in your marriage and from the looks of it, you donât even look botheredâ
A pause then another person said
â You donât even come out to the press to as the Princeâs wifeâ
Another pause then Allison voice c@mÂŁ throu-gh.
âI love living a simple life. Iâm not used to glamorous life like most of you are. I donât like being the attention of people thatâs why I live a low life and use my money instead for better things. Whatâs my profit if I appear in all headlines?â
âItâs not like I would get paid. I see dressing to plea-se c@mÂŁra or press a puerile behavior. Matured women donât act that way and as to my marriage, I donât see how my marriage affects you guys. My marriage is mine and mine alone.â
âThe time you used in poking around into my marriage affair you should have used it to take care of your home and give attention to your husband. He would appreciate it. I trust my husband, he wouldnât cheat on me just the same way I wouldnât. We have our vows to keepâ
âI broke mine by cheating and not un-derstanding youâ I sniffed and k!$$ÂŁd her hand.
Then I remembered what the waiter had said that night. I didnât know he and all the people that surrounded her were just impressed by her speech and I was getting myself drun!k.
âI love that woman and would love her as wife. Sheâs the perfect one. I heard sheâs married. Her husband is a very lucky oneâ the waiter had said
âHow lucky?â I remembered asking white taking the eight cu-p
âLucky enough that if I have my way, I might just snatch her from himâ
My heart constricted âcan things ever go back to how it was?â
She had starved herself too much just because of me. Iâve brou-ght too much pain.
I watched her for hours as she sle-pt.
She suddenly stirred and fluttered her eyes open.
âAllisonâ I stood up
Once her focus was on me, she let out a very long scream which alerted the doctors and nurses.
I was ushered out while they attended to her.
Few minutes later, the doctor c@mÂŁ out and looked at me with accusing eyes.
âWe sed@tÂŁd her, so sheâs asleep now. She doesnât want to see youâ he shook his head and left
âGosh!â I sat down outside the ward âthis is much worst than I imaginedâ
âALLISONâ
âWhere am I?â My b©dy felt heavy.
I tried opening my eyes but I didnât have the strength.
âWhoâs holding my hands?â
From the beep sound to the smell here, I think Iâm in a hospital.
I remembered what I had done earlier.
I started culturing the habit of cutting myself. It st©pped the cries and I was relieved because I could only focus on the pain coming from the wound not my heart.
I loved hurting myself because hurting myself takes away the pain.
Then I felt I couldnât go on like this, my voice would be too low against his if I want to take it up besides no one would believe me.
I just felt like dying but the thought of my parents and siblings st©pped me from taking rash decisions.
I couldnât bring myself to eat and I started feeling sick.
The pain had c@mÂŁ back and I took a pocket knife to cut open a wound.
I cut arm de-ep but it didnât work, it wasnât enough. I cut open another dee-per and it still wasnât enough.
I moved to my th!ghs because itâs rich in blood. I cut it opened and very de-ep or maybe to de-ep because that was the last thing I remembered.
âWhoâs holding my hands?â I tried again and opened my eyes slowly.
My eyes finally c@mÂŁ to focus, it was Tyler.
What the hell is he doing beside me??!!
I gathered my strength and took a de-ep breath and screamed instinctively.
I didnât even know what I was doing till I saw doctors and nurses come in and tried to keep my voice down.
They brou-ght out a nee-dle and syringe.
âplea-se donât inject me, I just donât want to see himâ I pleaded but they wouldnât listen.
I was injected and I fell into a dreamless sleep.
A WEEK LATER,
âTYLERâ
Before she was discharged, she had called Francisco and the guy I saw her hvg at the function.
I wasnât allowed to see her when sheâs awake only when sheâs asleep.
The doctors said I had to stay away from her so she can recover and I was told she was always sed@tÂŁd before be could sleep. No sedation, no sleep.
I felt even bad.
She was being discharged today and I watched as the guy and Mr Francisco walked her to the car to take her home, they didnât even acknowledge my presÂŁnce.
At least thank God sheâs going back home.
I got home before them and prepared another room for her, not the one she cut herself in.
When they got home, I directed them towards the room.
Mr Francisco made her sit on the be-d and sat beside her.
While the guy held her arms and she refused to look at his eyes.
I stood at the door and watched them.
The guy stood up and c@mÂŁ to me.
âCan I see you?â He asked and went outside.
I followed suit, when we got to the living room.
He sh0t out his fist and punched me ha-rd in the face.
I almost retaliated but st©pped after a second thought.
âWhat did you do to my sister?â He punched me even ha-rder on the face.
Myl-ips bled.
âYour sister?â I asked
I even in a thousand thoughts think theyâll be related and I got so jealous and drun!k.
âYes my sister but my cousin to be precise. We grew up together not that it matters but what did you do to her because she isnât saying anything?â
âIâll handle the affairs of my marriageâ I replied.
âYou handled it so well she almost died, I donât want you handling it well again Tyler, if anything happens to her again, I as-sure you, youâll be gone.â He glared at me and went back to the room.
When I got to the room, I found Allison slee-ping soundly on Mr Fransisco shoulders.
He set her gently on the be-d and stood up.
He bent over and k!$$ÂŁd her fore head âIâm disappointedâ he said and left with her cousin following him but not without giving me a final warning glare.
I looked at her snoring gently and then her stomach where my baby is growing.
âLord help meâ I sÂŁnt a prayer up.
******
đTHE
PRINCE
MAIDENđ
( My Crazy Girl )
©Haryormideh Ayeni
Chapter 11
Three days later,
âTYLERâ
She refused to talk to me not even a word.
But Iâm happy sheâs here, I just have to show how sorry I am.
She doesnât come out of her room and whenever I give her food, she eats it almost immediately before I leave the room.
Does she know sheâs pregnant?
Gosh, sheâs now a prisoner in her own room.
If only I had listened to her and try to un-derstand her.
I reflected back to what the detective had said.
âDo you mind trading places with me or trading wives?
âI love your wife, sheâs what I can call a perfectionâ
âyour wife is a role model to others. Her name is being plastered everywhere especially with her speech
â Everything has been your wifeâs doing. She has been doing it all in your name. No woman would want to do that, instead sheâll want the fame for herself. My wife alre-ady took her as a role model.â
âplea-se donât st©p loving your wife. Sheâs truly one in a million and the best one could ever ask for. Itâll be bad if you make her cry. Sheâs preciousâ
âI donât think sheâs mine to keep because sheâll never forgive meâ.
I took my car key and drove out, heading to the address I received on my phone.
âHey! How you? What brings you over?â
âHi, youâre going with me to apologise to my wifeâ I replied
âWhy would I?â
âBecause everything you said was wrong, why did you lie?â
âWho wouldnât want to trade places with your wifeâ she rolled her eyes.
âEven if she had left, I still wouldnât choose youâ
âWell even if you didnât choose me, you would choose another woman who doesnât deem herself perfect like your wife so thatâs enoughâ
âNow I know youâre crazy, youâre going to apologize to her or yours beloved brother dies right now, you get tired in your workplace and Iâll get you suedâ
Her face bec@mÂŁ pale and white as sheet
âYouâre joking right?â
âNo Iâm notâ I said matter-of-factedly â Now Iâm at a point where I donât care anymore, you made me something unforgivableâ
âI hope she leaves you soon thenâ she grinned
âAre you going with me or not?â I raised an eyebrow
âFine letâs goâ
My phone rang,
đâYes mum?â
đâNo greetingsâ mum scoffed over the phone âso you still want her or not?
đâ Donât worry about us mumâ
đâReally?â She squealed over the phone âI knew I chose the right girl for you, she has a very big and generous heart and at the same time daring and bold. Iâll come sometime to see youâ
đâNo mumâ I replied quic-kly âweâll come over instead, I promiseâ
đâOkayâ she hung up happily
âYour mother likes her?â The girl asked
I glared at her and led the way out.
Just outside her room, I heard Allisonâs phone ring and decided to wait for her to answer her call before going in.
đâMumm⊠Iâm fineâ I heard her say
đ âYes, heâs good tooâ
đâWeâve decided to stay a little longer for now and get to each other even betterâ
đâYeah no worries, Iâm sureâ
đ âIâll come home very soon, prepare my roomâ
đ âNo Iâm not sick, just tiredâ
đâBye, I love you tooâ
I knocked and opened the door gently.
âCan I come in?â I asked
She looked at me pointedly, I took that as a yes and ushered myself and the girl inside.
She looked at the girl and glanced away happily.
I glared at the girl, signalling she starts talking.
âIâm sorry Mrs Allison, I said really bad things about you to your husband, I painted you as a gold digger and a cheat. I told him all about the bad rumors I heard because you know why? She acting a little too perfect for my liking and I wouldnât mind trading places with you. So if youâre angry with your husband, forgive him and leave your position to me. Iâll do well with itâ the girl said with a rush and ran outside.
âYouâre so deadâ I shouted after her.
No expression was on Allisonâs face, I donât know what sheâs thinking.
She took a book and pen and wrote gently on the paper then showed it to me
âShe said things but she didnât make you do it. That was your decision to make and you choose to do itâ she wrote on the paper and threw it away.
âI want a divorce after childbirth, I canât bear youâ
âplea-se give me till then to make things rightâ I knelt down by her side â Iâll never hurt you again. Give me a second chance till you give birth before you decide you want a divorce. I donât want to lose you plea-seâ
She gave a subtle nod.
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To be continuedâŠ.
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