Chapter 5

This smell, am-am I in a hospital?. I try sitting up but I instantly feel a sharp pain.

"Hey, don't do that, you'll hurt yourself". I hear Jesse's voice.

I start crying "Jesse, is that you? I was so scared.... I thought I was going to die". He gives me a hug

"I'm so sorry honey, I'm sorry you had to experience that".

I sob "it hurts so much, she-she tried to kill me, that girl- Benita, she tried to kill me!".

" Hush..., relax, no one did baby, you slipped and you fell". Those words echoed in my ears, You slipped and you fell.

Someone walks in, I hear a finger snap, it was my father.

"Father!" I cried out

He wore a worried tone in his voice"Oh, look at you, what happened?, I got a call from Stella, she told me you have been rushed to the hospital, I didn't know it was this bad, What the hell happened!!".No one was saying anything, I didn't say anything." isn't anyone going to say something? in a house full of maids and my daughter falls down the stairs, what could've caused this?".

Jesse clears his throat "She must have slipped father".

Hearing him say that got me angry.

My father laughs " Slipped? for 24 years, Violet hasn't slipped and fallen down the stairs, why now? why at your care son?".

"I-i don't know father". I could tell from Jesse's voice he was afraid, I know my father gives him a hard time when it comes to me, everyone knows my father is very protective of me.

"Let's leave her to rest, she needs to recover quickly, as soon as she recovers I want you to send her home!". My father leaves, and I hear Jesse running after him.

I start crying, why is this happening to me?.

My father was about to enter his car when Jesse stops him

" Sir, I'm sorry, it's my fault I wasn't home".

"I told you that if you ever hurt my daughter in any way you were going to answer to me".

Jesse goes down on his knees " Please sir, I promise it won't happen again".

"You'll step down your position as director, first thing tomorrow morning, and please, bring my daughter home".

"Please father, this wasn't my doing, I promise, it won't happen again"

My father gets in the car and drives off.

" Shit!". Stella appears

"I was told you asked to see me ". Jesse instantly gives her a slap on her face, he starts kicking her and throwing punches at her to the ground.

He yells at her " You bitch! why did you call him! why did you do that!". He goes back pouring out all his anger and frustration on her.

The next day, I was discharged from the hospital, I was taken home, and I was assisted up the stairs because for some reason I couldn't climb them by myself anymore.

I got to my bedroom, some maids comes to see me.

"Are you okay?". One of them asked.

" I'm fine".I gave a blunt reply

One of the maids spoke up "We were so worried miss, we are so sorry, it just suddenly happened".

" Did you guys see her? the one who pushed me?". I asked curiously, they all remained quiet

Another response "What do you mean miss? you must have slipped and fell". Hearing those words.

" I didn't, I didn't, I know what I am saying, someone pushed me, and I know it was her, I smelled her!".

My door suddenly burst open "enough!" Jesse exclaimed, "I don't want to hear you say that, I don't want to hear it!".

I could tell all the maids had run out "Why are you yelling at me!, I'm the victim here!"

"What's your proof huh? that you smelled her? or you heard her breathing? for fuck sake Violet, you are blind you don't know what happened! stop making things up!".

I was so angry that the tears that rolled down my face felt hot "I never imagined the day I would hear you say that, I'm blind, I don't know huh? well let me save you the trouble, have fun living with her, my father wants me home". I take my staff and I walk to my wardrobe, I take a suitcase and open it, any clothes my hand touches I threw them in.

He laughs maniacally"Oh, so you're leaving me?".

"Looks like it!".

" Go ahead, run to your precious daddy, may I remind you, you are supposed to be my wife?, you are supposed to be there for me?, since I got married to you, I've been threatened by your father, now he expects me to step down as director and send you home, and you-you are just going with it, It's always about you, not about me, I mean you're the one who needs special care right?".

I angrily threw the clothes in my hands at him  "What do you want from me!". I exclaimed

" I want you to be my wife! I want you to be by my side! I want us to go through everything together!"

I try to control the tears rolling down my face "I love you Jesse, more than you can possibly imagine, I don't want you to leave me, I want you here with me, here by my side". We were both breathing heavily as if we had just raced a horse, I hear Jesse sigh of relief 

He gives me a hug " I know, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry for not being here, I'm sorry for what I said, I love you too honey". He kisses me on the lips and I kiss him back, and like that we made love again, it's become a habit of ours.

I followed Jesse to meet my father.

"Father," I said getting on my knees with Jesse

"Violet what are you doing!?" my father exclaimed "Get up, don't do that, please".

"Father, as Jesses wife it's only right for me to stand by his side, I'm married now and I'm now his responsibility, please don't take me away from him, what happened wasn't his fault, it was mine-i-i slipped and fell, I wasn't cautious, so please don't punish him for something he didn't do".

My father groans " Violet, you are married now, I know that, that doesn't mean you should go through anything by yourself, I'm still here for you, your father will always be here for you, if that's what you want then, Jesse can return, and you can go back with him, but if anything like this happens again, I won't listen to any excuse". My father walks away.

I let out a sigh, my father definitely isn't happy.

"Thank you so much Violet" Jesse hugs me "Thank you, honey, I love you so much" he kisses my cheeks.

Thomas Hardy once said 'There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

In this case, I had to assume the person who pushed me was nothing more than my mere imagination.