Chapter 6

JOY!...JOY!... PLEASE WAKE UP!" Taylor shouted trying to wake her up.

Taylor was doing some work in his office and it was passed midnight when he decided to go to sleep, when passing Joy's room, he heard her screaming.."STOP!... PLEASE DON'T..!"

He knocked on her door, but no response, so he decided to go inside without invitation even though she clearly told him to give her some space.

"JOY!..JOY! PLEASE WAKE UP!...

JOY!" He shouted trying to wake her up, she was sweating and turning in her sleep.

He got some water and splashed her ,she was finally awake and breathing heavily.

"Joy, calm down it was only a dream... Calm down am here.." he said trying to comfort her, he tried to hug her and comfort her but she became restless.

"Get away from!..." She screamed moving away from him and baaam! She fell on the ground.

"Joy..."

"Leave me alone please.." she said trying to calm herself down.

"Okay, I'll be in my room if you need anything." He said sadly and walked out.

She moved into a corner and hugged her legs tightly trying to calm down. She dreamt of those men again, will these memories ever leave her? Will she ever be happy?

Why did her life have to be so hard? She felt a lamp on her throat and her heart ached but she couldn't shade a tear, she hasn't been able to cry since she woke up. She wants to but her eyes just won't let her shade any tears, maybe her mind knew that her father monster he was didn't deserve her beautiful tears.

When growing up she faced so many challenges, not only did she not get any affection from her family but also from her peers at school,she was sometimes bullied for being black and couldn't even tell anyone about it because no one would listen.

She flooded herself into so much work when she was in school to fill the void her family left in her heart. She was so much in her school work she didn't even have any friends to keep her from thinking about how lonely her life was.

Taylor on the other hand was worried sick about her, he kept walking back and forth contemplating the whole situation. He wondered if Joy will ever recover from her past.

Back in Joy's room,she didn't even know when she fell asleep, she just woke up cold on the hard floor and quickly remembered what occurred last night.

She slowly got up and went in bed, staring at the ceiling blindly, she heard a knock on her door.

"Come in" she said getting up from her bed, she was still very cold.

"Good morning madam, breakfast is ready." Linda said in her sweet voice as always. "Madam, is everything okay? .. you don't look well.." she asked with a concerned voice.

"Yes am fine, I'll be down in a few minutes." She said with a reassuring smile. Linda walked out still looking concerned.

She did her morning routine and went out after half an hour. She was surprised to not see Taylor by the table as always. She sat down thinking he would join her soon but he was no where to be seen even after breakfast.

"Linda...where's Taylor?" 

"Mr Young left early in the morning, I think he went to the office mam"

"Alright thank you, please call me when he returns I'll be in the garden" she said and left.

She sat in the garden thinking of what to do with her father and suddenly Taylor's face appeared in her mind. She found herself smiling for no reason, but she was unfair to him the previous night . She felt sad because he has been so kind to her and all she does is push him away. 

It was afternoon and he still wasn't anywhere to be seen, she had lunch alone and went to her bedroom to look at some jobs in Asia for when they go there. She was lost in her work when a knock on the door brought her back to reality. She was suddenly excited for some reason, she didn't know why but she was. She ran to the door, but her excitement was short lived when she saw that it was Linda at the door calling her for dinner.

"Is Taylor back?" She asked

"Actually madam, sir came and left just now." She explained.

Was he avoiding her? She asked herself, well he would be right to do so looking at how she treats him.

"Okay, am not hungry. Have a good night Linda." She said and closed the door. 

She felt really low all of a sudden, Taylor has been so cheerful since they met, this behavior was not like him, something must be wrong. She thought and decided to call him.

The phone rang and went unanswered, she tried three times and he finally picked up.

"Taylor where are you?" She asked in a worried voice

"Is... everything ....alright ?" He asked. It was clear he was intoxicated.

"Taylor where are you I'll come and get you..."

He hang up and she was completely freaking out now, she called him several times with no response and his phone went off. She ran downstairs and called for one of Taylor's drivers.

" Taylor is drunk, where can he be? Do you know? He is alone, where can I find him?" She asked in one go.

"I know where he might be, let's go" he said and they drove off. The 30 minutes drive felt like hours.

"Get away from me, don't you dare touch me!" They heard him yelling, only to notice that he was pushing off a lady away. Without thinking Joy ran to him, "Taylor what are you doing? Let's go home please."

"What are you doing to me joy!" She screamed.

"Taylor..stop this right now"

"I love you Joy! Am in love with you! I LOVE YOU JOY"