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Yvonne spent the night there just thinking throughout the night.

A knock on the door of the room in the morning

“Yvonne it’s me” Maria said

“Come on in” she said

“Good morning” Maria said

“Good morning” she replied as she sat up

“How was the night?” Maria said

“Fine, how is Max?” she said

“He’s getting ready for work”

“I’ll be leaving soon” Yvonne said, Maria noticed her weak eyes

“Yvonne you didn’t sleep” Maria said

“I couldn’t but I have to go now” she said standing up

“Are you sure? At least have breakfast with us”

“Not thanks, I’ll be fine” she said

“Thanks for everything” Yvonne said then hugged Maria

“You are welcome, what are friends for girl” Maria escorted her out to her car and she drove off…

Rachael woke up to a beautiful fresh start, she turned around but couldn’t feel her husband around her, she stood up and walked into the bathroom and came out in 15mins with a towel. She walks to her wardrobe and searches for clothes, she settles for a grey body hug and black jeans and then put on a turtle neck sweater. She sat in front of her mirror and did the usual art work on her face for about 5mins then was ready to go to her supermarket. As she stepped out of her room she saw her husband David coming

“David, where did you go? Woke up and couldn’t find you” she said

“What a stupid question or what do you think?” he said without looking at her and walking into the room and slammed the door

She ignored the attitude, she was getting used to the fact that her husband couldn’t love her, it was something she couldn’t understand. Been treating her badly for a long time now, she could file for a divorce but she felt she’d be the loser and a laughing stock.

As she walked downstairs she could hear music playing loudly from the sitting room

“Rita! Rita!!” she yelled but she was ignored, Rachael wasn’t in the mood to get in a fight with her kid sister so she just walked out of the house and got into her SUV and drove off. As she drove she thought about sending her sister far away from her so as to find peace in her home but she knew David wouldn’t allow that and Rachael also had the feeling that David was fucking her sister but she needed solid evidence

Rachael knows that if she catches them she probably wouldn’t even know what to do about it… probably just cry her eyes out.

Driving over to God knows where, Yvonne’s attention was not on the road and she was not aware that she had partly entered the wrong lane since the road had no block partition. She was still thinking to herself why and how she got involved with James because all she felt now was hate, she wondered if he had used black magic on her, she could no longer endure the pain she felt and have suffered. She remembered the day James saw her laughing with a guy who came to see her. James had walked into the house that day and saw them and immediately started questioning the young man and before you know it, went straight to the guy and punched him on the face and they started fighting.

James broke a bottle on his head and stabbed him; Yvonne tried to stop him but he beat her so bad. The guy ended up in the hospital and Yvonne paid the bills not just for the guy but for herself as well-that was the end of their friendship; James had done this to some other guy too.

She remembered the day he beat her till she fainted, she was admitted in the hospital and only her three best friends visited her and paid the bills, they tried to arrest James but James had the police in his pocket.

As she thought about this suddenly her mind was drawn back to the road by an incoming tanker and it was so close that she froze in fear and removed her hands from the steering wheel but suddenly

“Watch out!!” a guy said beside her and turned the wheels quickly into the right lane then suddenly vanished, Yvonne was still in shock of what just happened, she was breathing heavily with fear and looked beside her and couldn’t see anyone. She stopped her car by the side of the road and looked at her rear mirror and saw the tanker going. She couldn’t believe what had just happened. She became confused; was she imagining things or is she going crazy about her problems? She didn’t want to believe that someone just appeared in her car to save her but she could still feel his touch against her body, she didn’t even get a good view of his face but all she saw was some kind of bright skin guy maybe a white person.

“Maybe my guardian angel” she thought and then she laid her head on the steering wheel and slept off…

“Look, Audrey I need the money. Are you giving it or not?” Chinedu said standing beside the bed while putting on his clothes; he was a rude young man but she still liked him basically because he was good in bed.

“Sweet heart, I’ll give you the money but things are not going well at the store lately” she replied

“Like I care, how does that bother me?” he said taking his shoes

“How can you say that?” she sat up

“Look, if I don’t get the money just forget about seeing me again” he said walking out of the room

“Okay, wait” she said and moved to her locker by the bed and brought out a bundle of money and gave it to him

“There you go, I’m sorry, Okay? I love you and I’ll do anything to make you happy” she said; he snatched the money, kisses her cheek lightly and left without a Thank you

Audrey sat on the bed staring at the door. She happened to be a very rich lady who owns a very large boutique in town, she lived alone in a big duplex but her problem was, dating a guy too young for her.

She walked into her bathroom and came out in 20mins and changed into a nice dress, picked up her car keys and left the room; she walked into the sitting room and saw Nkechi the maid cleaning the house

“Nkechi” she called

“Good morning ma” she said

“Morning, please I would like some spaghetti with stew and fried turkey when I get back in the evening”

“Ok ma” she replied, Audrey handed her some cash then walked out of the house and got into her car and drove off…