Zara.
When nightfall finally came. We started to put our plan in action. I was quite skeptical about letting him go without me. But that was the only way to not be followed. We had planned that once he was out, I'd lie to them saying he went to use the loo so that no one would come after him. Then he would go and alert Aminu of my whereabouts and then his nightmare would hopefully come to an end.
"So I hope you know what to do?" Patrick asked me and I nodded.
"Yeah just sit here and look pretty. Oh and lie a lot" I said. He smiled.
"Even without a shower for three days you're still pretty" he complimented. I hummed awkwardly. I didn't want to give him any green lights.
After that, he proceeded to using his hands to twist the iron bars of the protector. After over twenty minutes of twisting and grunting and groaning very quietly. He
Aminu.I walked into the lounge to see Louis drinking his whiskey as usual and having some discussion with Lanre. I had never seen him alone with Lanre before and I wondered what was up with that."Hey guys." I said in monotone. I didn't have it in me to be cheerful with anyone right now."Hey big dawg, how are you feeling today?" Lanre asked while I sat down facing Louis."Not very good." I groaned. My head was banging from all the overthinking I'd been doing.I noticed that Louis was silent. This just confirmed that something was up with him."Louis, I'll just go ahead now. I need to fix some tech for my clients but I'll come back as soon as I can." Lanre said. He said his goodbyes and left Louis and I alone.I threw my head back and closed my eyes."Are you okay ther
Zara.Fear crept into my bones as I saw Patrick hod a gun pointing at Aminu. My lips quivered and trembled in fear. Aminu immediately pushed me behind him as I stared on in horror.The police started closing in on him. All I could think in this moment was, What is going on?The same Patrick that was kidnapped and kept with me in the confines of that little room. The same one who told me his life story and didn't mind getting poisoned for me. This same one that took a pummeling trying to help me escape was doing this? And where did he even get the gun for God's sake?"If you come any closer I'll shoot him, stay back." Patrick said with his eyes moving around frantically. The kidnapper goons were still pointing their guns at us but it looked like they revered Patrick. What the hell was going on.Aminu gave the police a sign to stand down which they adhered to."Patrick what the hell is the meaning of this?" Aminu chastised. He sounded upset ev
Aminu.The worst feeling in the world was watching the love of your entire existence bleed out in your own hands. That was exactly what I was feeling now. Tears fell from my eyes as I tried to minimize the bleeding while we waited for the ambulance.I had considered us taking her to the hospital ourselves but we were quite far from there and without first aid, I didn't even want to imagine what would happen.Zara had already passed out despite our attempts to make her stay awake. I couldn't imagine the pain she was going through. My heart bled at the horror that had just took place.Patrick shot at me but Zara took the bullet. I was more than willing to die for her but everything happened so fast that the next thing I saw, Zara was bleeding out in my arms and Patrick was shot by the police in his leg and dragged away. It all looked like a chapter from a horror story.Louis came back to us after making sure the ambulance was coming. "They're almost
Aminu.I immediately got up from the pew, looking at the crucifix one last time with a plea in my eyes. Lord help us, I thought and walked towards Louis."Any news?" I said exasperatedly. I couldn't ignore the fact that my body was tired and exhausted. All my life I had never been in a situation where I had to stay awake all night. But I didn't care. I couldn't sleep until I knew the status of Zara's condition."Yeah well, they're out of surgery but the doctor wants to see us in his office" Louis said looking upon me with tired eyes."Okay let's go then" I said starting to move but the fact that Louis wasn't moving made me turn around."What is it Lou?" I said frowning. I felt scared that he was hiding something."I'm just scared of what the doctor has to say." He said, tears forming in his eyes."Lou, let's just ago see him. I know she's alive, that's sure. Zara won't just die on us like that so let's go." I said and he relucta
AminuI woke up feeling very drowsy, trying to remember why I was waking up in he first place. I looked around to see that I was still in the hospital. Louis was seated in front of my bed."You're creepy you know that right?" I said to the hatted creep. I tried to sit up, but my body seemed to have a mind of its own with a throbbing pain in my neck area which I abruptly held when the pain shot at me."Are you feeling better now?" Louis asked. I noticed he had a bruise on his cheek area where I punched him.I pulled my body up "last I remember I was going to the police station""Furious and ready to murder" Louis cut me off. I paused and continued."Yes Louis. But somehow I ended up here. How did that happen?" I asked a rhetoric question. I already knew that Louis and his little girlfriend were behind this."Tanna called the nurses and the sedated you." Louis confessed.I made a dry chuckle "I don't even know if I'm mad at you L
Aminu."You still haven't answered the question Patrick, why are you doing all this?" I asked. My voice still hadn't changed because I was quite bitter.Patrick sighed and stayed silent for a while before speaking "I was spiteful okay? I felt cheated. I know that you're older but this was a feeling I've had for years. You know, looking at my mother suffering in the hands of those men she used to sleep with just to give me a somewhat good life which was not good even after everything. But y'all were living in luxury. Dad even told her to abort me. He cared about you more than he did me. My mother died because of your family. I was determined to bring you the same misery I felt. About Zara's kidnap.. It was fake, I just did that to get her to fall for me. Stockholm syndrome""You should have known that wasnt going to work and it sounds like your beef is with dad and not me." I said. All he said pointed to our father's irresp
Aminu.The piece of paper I held in my hand could change everything as I knew it. I didn't have he courage to even open it because contrary to what everyone thought, I had grown to adore that little kid even though I didn't like his mother for anything in the entire world. I still loved Nasir.I looked at Zara "the results are in. I wish you were here so I could be brave enough to read it" I said with a small smile. Even though she wasn't speaking or moving, I could still connect to her.I looked back up, summoning strength and courage from different angles.I inhaled deeply and exhaled before allowing my eyes to go the actual results of the test. I had told them to also test if I was related to him. His would prove if Zara was saying the correct thing or not.I went through the result. A lot of medical Mumbo-Jumbo were in the beginning. It was at the end that the real results were.
Aminu.A week had gone by since Zara's surgery. She was apparently still resting as I liked to call it. Saying she was comatose sounded off and tasted bitter on my tongue so I changed it. The new way of saying it gave me more peace of mind than I realized.After the whole Jasmine incident and taking Nadir and his nanny to my house, I never left the hospital again. Louis came in everyday and stayed with us for hours but he never slept here which was understood.Each time I remembered Jasmine's long letter of atrocities, I cringed hard at both the thought and myself. Myself because as much as I like to overlook it, I was a fool. I trusted Patrick at a point and I also trusted Jasmine even when I was sure that I couldn't have impregnated her.For two years Louis had been bugging me to get a DNA test but I brushed it off as him being his usual distrustful self, and after the whole Tumini debacle, I just completely threw it out the window due to hu