Misunderstanding pt 1

“It was all a misunderstanding”. Sarah said.

Shirley’s ears really itched for an explanation. She asked herself the kind of misunderstanding that would make Mrs. Grace or whatever her name was, think she was having an affair with her son, Adon.

Shirley turned her gaze towards Sarah. “What kind of misunderstanding”?.

Sarah still looked down at her feet unable to say a word. Her brain moved in the speed of light trying to find a suitable explanation to the numerous ears waiting to hear from her.

In an attempt to ease the tension, Mrs. Grace walked over to Shirley and held both of her hands. “Dear child, I’m really sorry for everything, I acted out of anger. Kindly find it in your heart to forgive me”.

“Are you really sorry for everything”?

“For everything”. Mrs. Grace replied back with soberness in her voice.

“For the slap”? Shirley asked again.

Adon gasped and glared hard at Sarah. “Mom!! You even slapped her”.

”For the slap, I’m sorry”.

“For making me lose my job”.

Mrs. Grace gasped “You lost your job? No worries, I can find you a new job”.

“No worries ma’am”. Shirley walked over to Sarah. “Your lovely daughter- in-law here already offered me a job”.

Sarah nodded like a puppy.

“Really? That’s nice of you Sarah”.

Then a young handsome guy of not more than 24 years and an exact look alike of Adon, walked in with a lady beside him.

“Niklause”? Adon called the guy in shock and somewhat excitement. “What on earth are you doing in Vegas”?.

“In other words I should leave right”?

“No kiddo, come here”. The guy whose name was Niklause walked over to Adon and they both hugged each other tightly.

“Is this your girlfriend”?

“Yes she’s his girlfriend”. Mrs. Grace replied happily.

Shirley scoffed lowly.

As if he heard something, Adon turned in her direction.” What was that”?

“Nothing, I just said they look good together”. Shirley said in her defense.

“So since everyone is happy, I better get going. I have a lot of things to attend to in the office”. Mrs. Grace said as she turned to leave.

“Won’t you wait for breakfast”. That was Sarah.

“Ahh no, I had something on our way here”.

“If you say so, bye mom”. Niklause said giving her a tight hug.

They said their good byes and Mrs. Grace left the house.

After settling down. Niklause and Adon sat in the balcony of the mansion to have a little chit chat. After speaking on different things Nik decided to speak about Shirley.

“I don’t like her Adon, she gives me really bad vibes”.

“Who” Adon said even if he knew what his brother was speaking about.

“The Shirley girl, she looks very bad and mysterious like she has something up her sleeves”.

“The real person who has got something up their sleeve is you Nik”. Adon said trying to change the topic.

Nik got a hold of what his older brother was trying to do. “Don’t try and change the topic, we were talking about Shirley just now”.

“Why are you back at home? What’s going on in your academy”?

“Nothing really, I took permission to be absent for a month and being one of their best player, woala, permission granted”. Nik laughed out loud. He felt really proud of himself after training hard for years he was going to become a professional footballer.

Adon smiled, his kiddo was really doing well for himself. “Really, so what about Allison, are you serious about her?.

Draining his cup of vodka, Nik replied back. “I’d rather not talk about it”.

“Ok, welcome to Las Vegas Nik, if you’re not serious about her she’ll slip through your finger like dust”.

“like how you’re letting Sarah slip through yours”?. Nik asked with a hint of sarcasm and seriousness in his voice.

Adon scoffed.” She doesn’t love me Nik. She’s in love with some rogue”.

“Get her from the rogue. You’re legally married to her. Use that to your advantage”.

“She’s madly in love with this rogue, in fact she already belonged to him before we got married”.

“You love her right”?

“Madly Nik, I’m madly in love with this woman right now that it’s driving me insane”.

Nik smiled in his heart. “I have a plan”.

Meanwhile, Shirley and Sarah were having their own little chit chat with each other.

“Shirley, I’m sorry”.

Sarah scoffed. Thinking of all the embarrassment she had to go through because of a single lie increased her anger. “You wanted to get a divorce so bad, you decided to ruin my image? How lovely Sarah”.

“I’m sorry; I never knew she’ll take such action”.

Shirley softened up a bit and said to Sarah. “From what she did, it seems like she loves you a lot. Why do you want a divorce anyways? Adon seems like a good man”.

“It’s none of your business, just get him to like you and that’s all”.

“And what if I don’t like him back”?

“Ok, I’ll do it”.

Sarah hugged Shirley tight, happiness very visible in her eyes. “Thank you Shirley… thank you I’ll never forget this favor”.

Allison stood by the door trying to grab what they were saying but to no avail.

“These two are definitely up to something and its my mission to find out”.

”Paul, Paul can you hear me”. Charlotte called in an attempt wake him up, since he came home unconscious the previous night he hadn’t opened his eyes. Different evil thoughts ran through her mind. Thought like killing and dumping his lifeless body in the bush or better still throwing it into the carnal but she stopped herself, because she felt killing him like that was too easy. She wanted him to suffer and go through much worse pain than he had caused her.

Paul groaned and opened his eyes slowly. Where am i?

“You came home badly wounded last night. What happened to you? Did you get into a fight”?

Paul stood up from the bed, without replying Charlotte’s question. He walked over to the table drawer and opened it, he scattered the things on the table as if searching for something…..

“Are you searching for something Paul?

“Where is it”?

“Where is what...”?

“Don’t play dumb with me Charlotte”. Paul said, his anger slowly building up. “Where are the drugs? I know you threw them away… I know you didn’t sniff them”.

Charlotte went down on her kneels immediately. “I swear Paul, I didn’t throw them away.. I sniffed everyone of it to the last bit”.

Paul quietly stared at her as if struggling in his mind to believe what she had just said. “Where is the wrapper”?

“It’s right there in the bin….”.

He walked over to the bin and emptied its content…..

He smiled viciously on seeing the empty wrappers. Then without warning he landed a very hot slap on her face.

“What have I done wrong Paul...”? Charlotte asked as tears filled her eyes.

“Why are these smelly condoms still in the trash can? Why haven’t you disposed them”?

“You asked me not to go outside, you asked me not to leave this room until my injuries are completely healed… I was just obeying your orders”. Charlotte replied back tearfully and fearfully in the most sober voice.

He took a good look at the sobbing figure on the ground, then after a while he bent to her level. “ I’m so sorry mamacita, now I remember the orders I gave”. He sighed. “ I do these things to you because you make me, I don’t like hurting you but you provoke me to do so”.

He stood up and picked his shirt from the bed. “Clean that up…I’ll be back in no time”. As Charlotte stared at his disappearing figure, she held back the hot, regret filled tears that threatened to fall.

Swallowing her pain she bent slowly and started parking the littered trash into the trash can. As she did, she felt the door crack open again. “Who’s there’? Was it Paul? But he just left a few minutes ago. Waiting to see who it was, she just stared at the door. Then he entered ‘James’.

He looked out to his left and right before fully entering into the room. After entering, he jammed the door softly. He smiled brightly to Charlotte but she remained quiet as her face filled up with anger on sighting him.

She stood to her feet when he started walking towards her. Immediately he was close enough, she slapped him hard across the face. “What on earth is wrong with you James?… do you want to lose your life?.

“Charlotte I can explain”.

“Explain what James? Explain what? Who told you that you could walk in and out of the lion’s den as you want, not even at night in broad day light? Shirley will not spare me if anything happens to you okay….”

By the time she had finished speaking ,tears filled her face, her eyes had become red and swollen. James remained speechless; he had watched her suffer like this for years… he was shocked the day he found out that she let a man treat her in such disgusting manner. She made him swear not to tell Shirley about it that she could handle it.

Back to reality. James smiled and said “You shouldn’t hit a man Charlotte”.

His eyes caught the condom wrapper on the floor and he felt nausea for a second. He removed his eyes and walked over to the bed. Taking a seat on it he stretched the bag in his hands towards her.

“Come eat something nice and take some drugs before that bastard returns”.

As much as she wanted to deny it, she needed a good meal and drugs for her aching body. The only thing she tasted these past few days were Paul’s leftover food. Unwrapping the food she started to munch it hungrily. James looked at her in pity. The day he gets his hands on Paul would be his last day on planet earth.