Dede opened her eyes to find herself on the bed. The light was on but the curtain around the bed had been lowered. She gradually pulled herself to sit up but she quickly realized she was not alone. With the light on, she knew it was late, but how late she could not tell. She pushed the curtain to the side to find Bryson sitting behind his desk typing away. He turned to look at her as soon she made an attempt to get out of bed but sat down quickly as a wave of dizziness hit all of a sudden. "Are you alright?" Bryson asked with concern and stood up from behind the desk, drew closer to her and sat down on the bed next to her. "Just feeling tired," Dede replied with her hand on her forehead."Why were you sleeping on the floor?" Bryson asked."I, I just," Dede tried to reply but her mind went quickly to Alex's request and what she saw.She raised her head and stared at Bryson with fear registered in her eyes. She hugged him nestling into his arms like she was feeling cold. Bryson wrapped
"Why are you doing this to me?" Dede asked almost in tears but Alex kissed her without replying and his hands began to explore her body.Tears streamed down Dede's face and she never responded to Alex's kisses. She stood there with her hands hanging by her side like a doll. He moved her to the bed and pushed her onto the bed. Dede just lay there on the bed looking a bit pale."Are you ill or something?" Alex asked with genuine concern seeing she didn't look okay but Dede did not reply. He was unbuttoning his shirt but paused halfway and touched her forehead, she didn't have a fever but she looked pale. Just then there was a knock on the door and Alex went to answer it. Brian strode in and Dede wondered what he was doing there."I invited him for the fun. Hope you don't mind," Alex said and Brian walked to the bedside wearing a shirt with two buttons opened over black trousers. Dede pulled herself up staring at the two men standing in the room close to bed the bedside with eyes widen
Dede was lying on the bed when she heard a knock on the door. She thought it was Alex, she remained on the bed only for the door to open and Bryson walked in. He stared at her angrily as Dede covered herself with a blanket shaking her head as tears streamed down her face like a waterforce. "What happened this time?" Bryson asked closing the door behind him."I am sorry," Dede apologized in tears."Is that your explanation? An apology? Answer me damnit," Bryson yelled."I, I, I, was, " Dede began but the door opened and Alex walked in.Dede stared at him and was surprised amidst her tears. Alex was wearing a different outfit. Bryson looked at Alex briefly before returning his gaze to Dede, his frown deepened."I, " Dede began and Alex shot her a warning look.He raised his hand a little above his waistline, folded it into a gun and pointed it at Bryson. Dede understood his threat. "I am sorry," Dede said."I can't do this with you again, Dede. It is over Dede. Effective today, your ap
"She is on her own. I have already sent you the hospital location. Find her and end her," Alex instructed and ended the call. Dede, left the hospital holding a credit card in her hand. The only access to her money was in the bank Bryson opened for her. She had no idea how much she even had in that account and what she could do with it but she knew she needed a roof over her head. She remembered the shelter home she stayed in when she arrived in the state and decided to go back there. This is where life has brought her. Just yesterday, she had it all. Married to a a very handsome reliable man, but again, her body stature, the burden of her curse had reduced her to nothing. "Perhaps if I didn't have such a seducing body figure, I would be a victim to any man's pleasure," Dede thought as she looked around for a cab. "Going somewhere ma'am," a man sitting in a cab asked staring at Dede outside his car window."Yes," Dede replied seeing it was a cab.She quickly gave the man the locatio
"Come with me now, before another swarm of criminals rushes to this place," the masked man almost yelled startling Dede. The man had just saved her from only God knows what, but Dede was scared of him. Questions like, who is he and what does he want with her run through her mind. "Your safety first. You will have the answers to the questions on your mind soon enough," the masked man said in his robotic voice but very calm. "Okay, did he do an accurate guessing or is this person not human?" Dede thought staring at him confused about whether or not to go with him. "Stop scaring yourself by trying to understand what I am," said the masked man and Dede's jaw dropped. If she didn't believe he was not human before, she does now. Dede stood frozen in her spot as she stared at the masked man who had his glove-covered hand stretched towards her. Dede was still unsure of what to do when she felt a gush of wind blow around her head as her head went down and her feet went off the ground. Sh
A couple of days passed and everything seemed to be normal as no incident of kidnap, attempted rape, or verbal abuse was recorded. Bryson appeared to have moved on with his life occupying himself with loads of work and ignoring everyone including Melissa who came around but never got even ten seconds of Bryson's time."Mum, he is worse," Melissa complained on the phone. "What were you expecting? A warm hug and kisses plus a tour of Paris?" Rebecca chidded. "The man never loved you from the beginning. You were just suitable for his image on the screen before you messed everything up with plastic surgeries. I can't even personally recognize you without your voice," she added and Melissa started fuming."Is that what you can say to me, your only child?" Melissa questioned."No, it is my way of bringing you to reality and asking you to be patient. Don't expect him to show you love, warm and give you attention. You want him so be ready to take him in whatever condition he is in. What matte
"Is that the name of your boyfriend?" came Knight's robotic voice startling Dede. "Yes," Dede replied honestly."So where is he?' Knight asked and Dede lowered her head. "I hurt him so badly, he couldn't forgive me," Dede said almost whispering."I see, what did you do?" he asked, strode in and stood next to the railing resting his hand on the rail. "I first saw him and TV and I met him in person. He did a lot for me without asking for anything in return. This was after a strange love confession and a kiss," Dede said recalling the day and smiling. "But he had a girlfriend," Dede said. "So I kept my distance," she continued and narrated the whole story not leaving out a detail. "On that day, Alex set me up. He showed me images, and live footage threatening my husband's life if I didn't allow him to sleep with me. If it was about me going to prison, that would not be a problem, but I didn't want him to kill my husband. So I accepted. The day came and he had a driver pick me up to
The shocked family sat in the living room trying to comprehend what had just happened. The servant saw the judge and his people off while Melissa stood there holding the marriage certificate in her hand."What was that?" Rebecca asked. "Well, this is the craziest marriage ceremony I have ever witnessed since I was born," James commented "And the weirdest," Brian added. "And the strangest," Janet submitted."And the most awkward," Jacob added."Uncomprehendable," Rebecca added her voice."Well, if you are all done finding a sense of humour in this, I have a husband I need to understand," Melissa snapped and walked out of the living room heading in the direction Bryson went with evidence of anger in every step she took."Okay, we wanted Bryson to marry Melissa before her belly starts to show and that has been done. I guess we will be on our way back to our home," Jacob said with a sigh. "I agree. What is important is they are officially married. We can plan a celebration for Melissa