MIGUEL“Where are you?” I asked Pearl as I ran out of my office, and headed towards the elevator. “Where is she?” I inquired, eager to know where my wife was.“What will you give me in return?” She chuckled, “I don't provide information easily.”“Anything you want. Just give me. The damned address!”“It's at the campus by the intersection. I will send the address to you. Don't forget, you promised to do whatever I want.”Before I could say a word, she disconnected. Fuck you, Pearl!I raced out of my office, to the garage. I entered my car and dialled my wife's number. It rang for a long time, but no one picked up the call.“Damn it, Jewel. Pick up your damned phone!” I gritted my teeth as I dialled his number once more. When she didn't pick up, I called Nikki.Just like Jewel, she didn't pick up her calls. It rang before it entered voicemail.“Damn it!” I threw the phone into the passenger's seat and drove out. My mind was filled with numerous possibilities of what was happening.Cou
Nikki ran behind me as I purposefully strode towards the restroom. We checked the entire stall, but there was no sign of my wife. “Let's check the rooms upstairs,” She suggested when we didn't see her out here. “I checked in the dance floor before I ran outside to check on her. She might be up there.”Without waiting for her to repeat those words, I ran upstairs not mindful of the owners of the damned house. The entire doors up here were closed. “How do we know if she's here?” I glanced around the empty halls as I tried to think of how to look for her.“Let's check the rooms for her,” Nikki suggested as she strode over to the door by her right. “We just need to—” The words froze in her throat when we heard a sound from the last door. It sounded like someone struggling. Nikki and I exchanged a look at the sound. Without a waste of time, Nikki and I ran towards the door. I opened the door, and strode in, just to see a sight that left my blood boiling with anger.My wife lay on the
JewelI slowly opened my eyes, only to close it back because of the light coming in from the window.Since when did my bed face the window? I slowly opened my eyes to look at the strange curtains. I had to squint to be certain my eyes weren't deceiving me. Sure enough, I'm not in my room, but in my husband's. There is no way I could have mistaken those odd curtains of his. What am I doing in his room? I wondered aloud as I stared at his window. I tried to rise from the bed, only to fall back. My entire body hurts, and it felt as if I was hit with a metal. The headache was more than I can explain.I tried to sit up once more, but a searing pain from my lower body, caused me to groan.“God,” I fell back on the bed. There was a pain in my lower back. It seemed like I had a boxing match with one of those muscled men in movies. Turning my head seemed like a hassle on its own. “Are you awake?” Miguel asked as he approached my bed. His footsteps were what I heard before he made an appea
“What? You have been going through something like this without telling me?” Nikki yelled at me when I explained everything to her.I had to let her know, so she could take me to the hospital without alerting her brother of it. I don't need Miguel to know about my problem until it works —if it does.“Have you told my brother?” She asked the moment she drove the car out of the compound. “Does Miguel know about your uhm... Medical complications?” “No, he doesn't. And I don't intend to let him know until I'm certain this will work.” I stared out of the window as I wondered why the doctor sounded so cryptic over the phone. Could it be that there is something he noticed in my blood? I feared the answer to the question. The tone he used when he called me, didn't give anything away. Though it didn't sound all that neutral, it was nothing to raise a brow at. “You haven't told him yet?!” She shrieked. “How can you keep something as important as this from him? He's your husband, for God's sa
“I can't believe it worked!” Star yelled so loud, Nikki and I had to cover our ears to avoid getting our drums burst. “Oh, my God! I'm so happy!” She yelled, looking like she was the one in my place. I smiled at her, “yes, it worked!” Tears of joy slid down my eyes. I couldn't control how happy I was.“Of course, it did! Are you going to tell your husband about it? It's good news, obviously, so.....”She trailed off when my phone dinged with a notification. I opened it, to see that it was a message from my husband. Miguel: I will be late in returning. Don't wait for me. Go to sleep. I might return tomorrow.I reread the message before I frowned. Why did he send a message instead of calling?“What's wrong?” Nikki took the phone from me, and read the message before a frown graced her face. “Why do I feel like the message doesn't sound like my brother?”“Same thoughts,” Star who also read the message concurred. “Let me call him.” I dialled his number, and it rang twice, but he didn't
After the call from Pearl, she switched Miguel's phone off. We called him countless times, but he wasn't reachable.Star and Nikki slept in my room as they tried to console me and take my mind off what happened. And they were successful in that. I forgot all about it until his return. He returned late in the afternoon, looking like a person who was run through by a trailer. His hair seemed like something he ran his hands through countless times. There were bags around his eyes, and his clothes looked too rumpled. This was the first time I have witnessed him in such a state. The Miguel I know, won't be caught dead in such a state, but here he is, looking like a homeless man.We were watching a drama when he arrived. None of us said a word as we watched him. Nikki paused the drama, and folded her arms, looking like a mother who caught her son sneaking into the home after partying all night. “Jewel?” He furrowed his brows, “What happened to your eyes? Were you crying?” He took a ste
MiguelIt has been a week since the incident. Though my wife said she has forgiven me, I can tell she's always watching me as if waiting for me to take a misstep. I checked the time on my wristwatch. My wife said she has a surprise for me this evening, and I'm eager to get everything done, so I could spend the night with her, and get to know what the surprise she's talking about is. I glanced at the papers my director brought for a check. “What of the files I asked you to get ready? Are they set?” I asked as I read through the headings. “No, sir. There was an error in the first one. We are trying to correct the errors. I will send the completed ones to your email.” He replied in a tone that made it obvious he didn't wish to anger me. “Okay.'' I nodded as I checked the time on my wristwatch. It's remaining three hours before I return home. Jewel went to school after close to a month of necessary leave. She called earlier to complain about the workload she met on her resumption day
JewelI was supposed to be at home, going through the loads of assignments I was given, but here I am, going towards my husband's office. I checked the time on my wristwatch before a frown graced my face. Nikki and Star dumped my sorry arse in front of my husband's company the moment they tricked me into coming out with them.I thought we were going to the mall until I was dumped here. They were eager to have me tell my husband the good news, and that's what I'm going to do. I can't wait to see the joy in his eyes when he realizes he's going to be a father, soon.I touched my stomach as a smile graced my face. Finally, I don't have to keep things from him any more. I will tell him about the appointments I had with the doctors, and give him—My phone rang that moment, and I answered without checking the caller ID. Aside from Miguel, P, Nikki and Star, no one else knows my number. “Hello?”“Jewel?” I was shocked when I heard her voice. My hand paused on the elevator button that I wa