Writer's POV
She had a terrible dream about Alex again. This time he was shot dead by Tunde Ibrahim, here in Houston, Galveston. The dream felt too real that when she woke up, she was sweating profusely and had tears on her cheeks. She had been crying while having the dream.
After washing her face, she decided to head straight to Alex's room to go see him. She was feeling so sick on the inside, that she felt if could see his face, see that he was fine, she would feel better.
Mia knocked on Alex's door. There wasn't any response at first. It looked like he was still asleep. She waited for sometime, then knocked on his door again. Wondering if he was really inside. Because he had mentioned on the previous night that he was off to somewhere. What if he hadn't returned in the night? Was he okay? Where was he? She wondered.
Many uneasy thoughts began racing through her mind. Making her unsettled.
MiaLetting my mind go through the memory lane of how it all started with Alex, was making me feel really uncomfortable. Because after everything, he had brought a dress for me, carried me on his bike, too me out on a date, kissed me in the rain, made me feel special, and stayed with me till the next morning. Because I had a bad dream.I was so happy, that I was inlove him, and he too had feelings for me. I couldn't have wished for more. Because Alex was everything any woman would want in a man. He was handsome, caring in his own way. And would go out of his way to protect the ones that mattered to him. To the extent of risking his own life. That was what even pulled me closer to him. Because he had made himself my saviour since day one. Took me in to live with him, when Tunde Ibrahim sent his man to come end my life.First of all, he saved me when I was at the verge of giving up. After Tunde Ibrahim had sent hi
MiaDejá vu was the word that popped in my head when my eyes lazily fluttered open, just in time to catch a pair of honey brown eyes, accompanied with long lashes, watching me cautiously with sadness and concern.It was no other person than Alex. And that marked the third time something like that occurred.First was at the hospital, after the bullet was operated. I had woken up and caught him looking at me, with his face devoid of emotions. We weren't acquainted with each other at that time, so I was pissed on that day.Second was when Tunde Ibrahim's men had come to abduct me and in the process, drugged me that I lost conciousness. I didn't know how he had sensed that something terrible was ongoing, but when I woke up hours later, his eyes were the first thing mine registered and I was at the hospital.And now, I woke up to his eyes after I had lost conciousness due to starving my self off food and personal hygiene. So
Chapter fourthyMiaWhen I flicked my eyes opened hours later, I didn't see Alex. It was already morning and it felt like all that just happened was a dream. Like Alex appeared in my dream. But I was fully aware that it wasn't. Alex really came. He was informed about my condition and came back to Gavelston to check up on me at the hospital. Abandoning what ever he was occupied with, in Nigeria.Something which added a stamp to the fact that, I was still quite important to him. That he didn't completely hate me, despite everything I had put him through.I sat up right, and saw that I was still on drip. A much bigger one this time. With the pains less severe than it was when I had first woken up.I stared at the door longingly, wondering if Alex had gone or he was still around. Because I wanted to see him again. Earlier when I saw him, I couldn't stay awake that much to talk to him. We still had a lot of talking to do.Decision
MiaI bit down on my buttom lip out of frustration, because I was restless. It felt like things were taking a sullen turn in my life, and would end bad. The one man who I had seen as my savior, was looking really vulnerable and stressed out. Like he was fed up with everything that was ongoing at the moment.I wouldn't blame him, though. I knew since I didn't come into his life, he was okay. Though he was cold and grumpy, but he was at peace. But then, he took me in and everything about his life changed. From saving me on several occasions, to loosing his security guard, and almost getting killed in the process of trying to save me.Right at that moment, the door was being jerked open, and Alex made his way in. Looking much tired and stressed out than how I had seen him last night. But he still had the same outfit on.My heart fluttered in my chest, because he stayed. He didn't go.
Charles.A lady came to the police station to report that she was being beaten terribly by her boyfriend. Max who was too occupied with paperwork's, told me to attend to the lady when she came into our office with her wailing infant.I raised my head up, to take a look at her. And then got the shock of my life. Because the lady was Lolita.Her face had been beaten swollen to pulp, with her eyes almost covered. She had bruises all over her body. With her clothes torn into rags.On seeing her like that, made my blood boil and I wanted so badly to beat the motherfucker till he loose consciousness.How dare him? How dare him hit her like that? Was he insane? During the time she was living with me, I never for once laid a hand on her. Not even when she pissed me off, by yelling at my mom to get anyway from her.It hurt so much that she was being treated this way.Lolita on the other hand, was staring at me in shock. S
14Writer's POVA tiny smile titled at the corners of his mouth, when his eyes did a once over on her. Something which made her feel hot in the inside. She quickly stared at her feet, so he couldn't see that just a look from him, was affecting her. And she knew she would have labeled someone else a pervert, if he had looked at her, the way this white boy had looked at her.But she couldn't. Infact she was even enjoying his company. Even though he had suddenly turned a mute."Is there a problem?" Beth inquired, raising her head to look at him as she folded her arms across her chest. Watching him with caution. While he was still holding the umbrella.Somehow, he looked like the protective bodyguard. Her body guard, and she could see the girl who had been trying to flirt with him earlier on, shooting her daggers with her eyes, from the transparent doors of the restaurant.She bit back a snicker, suddenly remembering how the bo
Charles."How long has he been raising his hands on you?" I asked Lolita, feeling so concerned and yet so angry that I start curling my fingers into fists and clenching them hard.How dare him hit her? How could he do such a thing?"Since I opened up and told him that I have a child somewhere. He got so jealous and couldn't hide it anymore. Started maltreating me. Nearly killed me with beatings, while I was still carrying his child. I almost lost my baby. And after I put to birth, the beatings increased. He would call me a whore, and tell me to go back to the man I had a kid for. He would come home drunk at night, and then beat me to stupor. Made me his punching bag." Lolita bursted into tears as she looked away from me in shame and self pity. Even her baby was crying so hard, that I felt my breath got caught up in my throat.That the office was filled with the cries of a woman and a baby.Max snapped his head to look at the
Charles"Today, he went out and came back sober. Called me a whore, pushed my baby that I was breast feeding off my arms, that the baby fell to the floor and got injure of his forehead..." The rest of Lolita's words were inaudible because she was still sobbing violently.Something sharp hit my senses that my eyes widened right at that instant, and I was forced to pull away from the hug, just so I could take a look at the baby I was carrying. True to Lolita's words, he had a sharp bruise on his forehead, that had dried blood there. But he wasn't crying anymore. His hurricane wails and subsided, and he was staring up at me with huge baby eyes. As if trying to figure out something about me.His mother had abandoned my own daughter, when she was even younger than him. Kept her in the fridge to die. I knew that was supposed to make me not to feel sorry for her and her baby, but I could not. The baby was so innocent. It wasn't e