-- Grizelda --
After the two police officers were sacked without consideration and my purse was eventually returned to me, the higher ranked officer refused to stop begging us.
"Please, ma'am. I will make sure to have the real culprit arrested by officers who are more reliable in the job than those other two."
"No, no. Nevermind about that." I said as I figured Alex could be the real culprit behind the theft of the one million dollars from an innocent man's account and pretended to be me. "I don't want you looking for the culprit anymore, you hear me?"
"What?" The man was shocked to hear my words. Even Jax was shocked as his eyes scanned me with refusal to believe that I meant what I said.
"I will pay back the million dollars if that's what it entails for you to stop looking for the culprit. Just forget about it, please."
"Um, okay... okay ma'am, but I suggest you don't worry about that as well." I could see the sweat forming on the man's head as he addressed me with much respect. "It will be on us to take care of the stolen money after all that we did to you. And I will do as you've said. I'll have us stop searching for the culprit at once."
"Good. Thank you." I smiled, although it didn't reach my eyes as I was too tired to give a better smile. "Let's go Jax." I turned around and didn't wait for him as I strode out of the hospital.
I saw his car parked outside and I entered the front seat. He joined me in no time and he fixed his eyes on me.
"Is there a reason why you told them to stop looking for the real culprit? Is it because you know who it might be?" He asked.
"You mean a strong idea of who? Yes. But please let's not talk more about it or my headache will only increase. Just take me to your house. I need a long rest." I pleaded.
"My house? Not yours?" I could feel his curiosity building up. "Is there something you feel I should know?"
I took in a long, deep breath and let it all out, slowly. I figured he had to know and I gave up being mysterious about it. "I got divorced, yesterday."
"You what?!" His voice erupted so high that I had to close my ears and I felt the banging in head become much worse.
I winced at once as I regretted not warning him before spilling the news. I should have known better to tell him not to shout. He noticed my discomfort and he reduced his voice when next he spoke.
"I... I'm so sorry. You told me you had headache and I shouldn't have shouted like that." He apologized, although his grip on the steering tightened and I immediately felt bad for the poor thing being manhandled like that.
"It's fine." I nodded and eventually dropped my hands. I looked at him and his eyes were still fixated on me. He looked like he wanted to hold me in his arms right at that moment.
"How come you never told me? I thought you loved him."
"It happened, last night, Jax. And yes, I still love him." I pulled my eyes away from his gaze and looked the other way as I felt my emotions sprouting up again. I had to pinch myself not to cry. Not again. I'd had enough of it.
"And it was only just a misunderstanding. He thinks I'm cheating. I'm sure he'll come back to his senses very soon. I know he will call me back. If not, I will never make sense of all these."
"What the fuck does that mean? He thinks you're cheating?? Is an assumption enough for him to want to divorce you?" I felt Jax trying his best not to shout at the top of his lungs, again. "I don't feel there's a point in waiting though. I'll drive right back to your house and beat the senses into him if that's what it takes."
"No, Jax. You can't do that. It'll only make things worse." I took a look at him and expected him to read the hurt in my eyes. "He thinks I'm cheating on him... with you."
"What?" His hand on the steering loosened and his chest fell. "Are you still hiding your identity from him? Why, Grizzy? I told you all these wasn't worth it. He doesn't deserve you."
"I was going to tell him about my identity last night but he refused to listen. But I will try again. I will... Aargh!" I screamed as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.
"What is it? Are you okay?" Jax quickly jumped to me from his seat.
"Take me to the hospital, please." I winced and held my tummy very hard. "This isn't the first time I'm feeling this pain in a short while. I think I need to see the doctor to know what's wrong."
"Those officers better not have done something to you." He greeted his teeth and quickly jumped behind the wheels again.
He started the engine as fast as he could and began driving towards the nearest hospital while I hugged my stomach and hoped to God that it was something minor so that I wouldn't feel like the world was going against me all of the sudden because I swear, I had no idea what I had done wrong to deserve all this.
First it was divorce, then being wrongly accused of theft and sent to jail, now it was an excruciating pain coming from my stomach.
Quickly, I was attended to and some tests were ran. I waited a bit and the doctor returned with a smile on his face while he held my results. Confusion swept over me as I wondered why he was smiling.
I awaited the words to come out of his mouth and took it as sign to hope for the best. I knew he won't be smiling that way to me if it was bad news indeed. Yet, my hands were cold and my heart was beating fast as I felt myself being placed on the suspense seat.
"Congratulations, ma'am." The doctor showed his white set of teeth to me as he still proceeded to inform me of my test results. "You're four months pregnant."
-- Grizelda --I blinked back confusion and tried to make out the doctor's face. He wasn't joking. The smile on his face was huge."Who is your husband? He must be happy to hear the news." I traced his vision to the ring on my finger. I was still wearing my wedding ring so now he must have thought I was still married. "Your first pregnancy?""Hold on a bit, doctor. It must be a mistake. I can't be pregnant. I don't remember sleeping with any man since I got married.""Not even your husband?" The doctor's eyes flew wide open."No, no, that's not what I meant. What I'm trying to say is that my husband is impotent. So there's no way I'm pregnant for him. And neither have I slept with another man that wasn't him. Please you have to recheck again.""I'm sorry, ma'am. But it's the truth. We can't be wrong here. You're pregnant and it's up to four months now." The doctor reaffirmed. "Or do you want to abort it?""No, no." I tried to breathe as my head struggled to digest the information.I l
-- Alexander --Alone in my office, I stared at my phone, wondering if I should text my ex wife or not. A few days had passed since she left me and it felt like a whole month, already. I couldn't seem to get her out of my mind. Was she really gone forever?Out of frustration, I dropped my phone on my office table and ran my fingers through my blonde hair. For the past few days, I'd been fighting with myself not to text or call her. I had my pride to feed. She was the one who left me. She was the one who cheated on me. Sleeping with other men behind my back for how long now?And how could I be so foolish to still be thinking about her? Why couldn't I just let her go? Why was I so unwilling to accept what life had given to me? I didn't want to believe that the woman I fell so deeply in love with on the very first day I set my eyes on her, could have never loved me the same way in the first place."Alex!" I jumped when I heard a voice in my office. I sat upright and adjusted myself immed
-- Alexander --Everyday, I found myself becoming more depressed despite all the success and riches that surrounded me. I felt incomplete without Grizelda by my side. I had searched for her for years and found nothing on her. Like she had disappeared completely just as she'd planned to from a heartless man like I was. I could never forgive myself for what I did to her and it ate me up everyday.I tried her phone number severally on different occasions, hoping it would go through one day, but I was only deceiving myself. She had probably changed her number. I wanted to see her just once and apologise for the pain I caused.My company grew bigger and bigger and I grew richer and richer. My mother had everything she ever wished for. All she had to do was snap her fingers and I would have everything being sent to the mansion I gifted her.Everyone was happy, even my new wife and her son, Spencer, who was now five years old. He looked nothing like me. I had blonde hair and hazel eyes, wher
-- Grizelda --I stopped by my favorite restaurant to have a meal alone. It was an expensive restaurant. It was such a great news that I could finally use my husband's money to pay for the food I ate.I missed the restaurant, anyways. I was always at home unlike before I got married. I had to quit my job just to become a housewife, but all for the sake of my husband. My Alexander. The one and only person that managed to keep my heart from being snatched from any other man. It was like I was under a trance. I loved him so much that I was willing to do anything for him.Recently, he broke the news to me that his ex girlfriend would be staying with us in our mansion for a while since she just got discharged from the hospital. I hadn't thought twice before I agreed to the decision. I had turned deaf ears to everyone, including my best friend, Jax Grey, who claimed that it wasn't normal that my husband was very willing to pay his ex girlfriend's medical bills, not to talk of wanting her to
-- Grizelda --"No, mom. I need to understand why she did this to me." Alexander said, countering his mother's statement."Did what?" I spoke up. I didn't understand what was going on and I was determined to.What was enough to make him want to divorce me?"I asked a question, Grizelda. Where are you coming from?"My heart constricted upon hearing my name out of his mouth. It was so long since he referred me by my name."I... I'm coming from my favorite restaurant." I dutifully replied."With whom?" He further asked and the question took me aback."With no one. I was alone.""Enough of this, Grizelda. Can you please stop lying to me? I've had enough of this already." Alexander covered his face with his hand and dragged it all the way down, getting me more confused than I already was."What do you mean? I'm telling you the truth, dear. I'm not lying-""And enough with the dear!" He thundered and finally fled off his seat. "How can you still be pretending to love me after cheating on me
-- Grizelda --I woke up to the feeling of someone trying to snatch my purse from me and I was right. Right in front of my eyes, an old man in rag clothes was determined to tug my purse out of my arms where I held it tightly. He hadn't realised that I'd worn it over my shoulders soon enough or he would have just opened the purse and taken whatever he wanted to take, rather than trying to snatch it out of my arms and pulling me awake instead."Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"He shook when he realised the person he was trying to steal from was awake and he immediately began to pull at the purse even harder this time."Give me the purse, you stupid lady! Give me the damn thing!"Just in time, I heard the sound of the police pulling up and I immediately felt relieved that I was going to get help from being mugged just at the right time."Help! This man is trying to steal my purse!"The old man heard the police had arrived and immediately, he stopped trying to snatch the purse from