CONTINUATION OF RAYSONâS POVâTry to be unruffled but expect a hot feud. Your face and that of your baby and your long lost love are all over the news this morning.â Daniel explains as we park in front of my familyâs gate.âI am ready for them. Does dad know?â I ask.He is the only person who who I would worry about if the news reach him. I donât know how long I can keep it from him, but at least not now. It will not be good for him.âNot yet. They kept it away from him. But I doubt he will be in the dark for a long while. He maybe bedridden, but he has a phone, man. And the Tv too. And what reason will you give him if you donât bring him his daily nation magazine tomorrow again?â Daniel asks.Now I feel not only buried in baffles and confusions, but I am also getting scared of my father. His health is so delicate to handle such kind of news. He can never find out.âI will figure it out. I just hope that nothing bad happens to him.â I state.âI wish you luck, man. How did you even bum
I storm into our compound like an infuriated lion. The truth is, I can never really be too sure about this family of mineânot Ana, though, because she is as pure as a saint. I can bet my life on her innocence. But my father and my mother, and that stupid, arrogant, high, and mighty bitch they gave me as my wife, I can never gable on them. Never, especially if Irma was a threat to them.Heaven help me if anyone is to blame here.âFinally, the great son of Mazur decided to show up after a night out with his mistress! Where the fuck did you spend the night, huh?â Tarah screeches the minute stamp my feet inside the house.This one is always like a flaming lioness, ready to skin me with her annoying nagging and squeals. All she does is nag and screech stupidly all day long!I ignore her but still walk across the sitting room to the dining area where they are having breakfast. I must have been their topic throughout the morning, given how their eyes were scanning me. My father is not with t
We perch in the dining areaâonly me and Julie for the firstâbecause Angel is still upset with us. She has refused to come down for breakfast, and I didnât have the strength to fight with him over this again. The little girl has made a pact with the devil to wreck the little peace of mind left in me. I donât know what else I am expected to do again now. The heart-to-heart talk is not working at all. She does not want to listen to me, talk to me, or even see me. That is ripping my heart apart.I need her so much in the midst of this chaos. I miss her affection. She is my only solace and hope, but she has grown so far away from me.âDo not think too much! She will come around soon.â Julie tries to console them.âHow soon is that, Julie? I feel like she is drifting away from me every single minute. She is beginning to hate me for denying her the right to be with her dad, and no matter how much I try to explain, she does not understand. She does not want to understand.â I state a very big
âWhy? Did you think you could hide forever? Or were you expecting someone else? Maybe my husband?"It is no longer her disconcerting, ugly-fugly visual aspect, but her anger for me. And who told this witch that I was hiding? Well, I wonât deny that I was, but that was until days ago! And how did she find my place? How did she know where I live if they were not together in all this, huh? It is only that sick bastard who knows where we stay, right? I knew it! They are all together. They are up to something. And Julie was right. They have launched a war and made their first move.âYou have no right to be here! Get lost!â I say, turning to walk back into the house and concentrate on my attack, but she forces her way in, almost pushing me to the ground. I thank my strong stamina for giving me such a stable balance.This long-necked ostrich! The bitch got balls, huh! She is no different from them all! She is as rotten as them all. It is not like I expected any less from her, though. She was
âWhat will you do? Why are you so secure in her? Why? Does she have some kind of magical disease that will catch me if I mention her name? Does she have some kind of disformity or something?â She speaks with mounted mockery.I align my face perfectly with hers atop mine, making sure she reads my words perfectly because I swear I will not allow her to insult my daughter ever again, and I donât give a fuck what happens to me after breaking her neck if she dares.âMy precious daughter is a gift from the Almighty. A lot of people wished her nothing but harm when they learned of her existence in my womb. But God kept her safe and sound. She is perfectly fine. It is me who you should be wary of, Tarah, because I will kill you if you dare mention her name ever again. I swear!â I state, and she blinks a couple of times, swallowing hard as she tries to mobilize her shattered nerves.She didnât expect that? She has seen or heard nothing. They just cannot even begin to surmise my flaming wrath.
Julie and I are at a loss for words with these two hotheads. Ray is throttling his wife with his murderous gaze while this witch is trying her best to avoid me and Julie. She is probably ashamed of us catching wind of their acrimonious marriage. As if we care!I am more than aghast. The way Ray is talking to her is so baffling. Actually, it is the way they are both actingânot like some jocund couple swimming on cloud nine with love and adoration, like it was said in the news.But all that aside, I donât care whether they are blissful or miserable. But did I hear Ray ask this witch what she was doing here? So he did not know, or is it another pretense? How did she find us, then?âCalm yourself down, Irma! You can never be too certain with these people. This might be yet another charade. They're maybe trying to fool you again with this.â My inner voice howls, and I think I agree with it. It is too much of a coincidence that he didnât know his fucking wife was here. Maybe they were toget
His wife stops when she realizes she is walking alone. She turns around with a heavily confounded face and drags her flamingo legs back.Ray takes a sip of his whiskey, which I would never have recommended. He looks extremely knocked off.âI said, Let us go, Ray!â She screeches between gritted teeth, as if getting wind of her puzzling husbandâs weird behavior.âI donât remember coming here with you. Just leave! I will leave when I feel like it!âHello! He what? He will leave when he feels like it. This is my house. He is an unwelcome guest who I just asked to leave. I thought I made it clear that they both overstayed their unwelcome visit. What makes him think that he was axed from my statement?âI donât understand, Ray. What exactly do you mean?â Tarah asked.She is still washed up in a stupor and mental rejection. I appreciate her question, though, because I am also curious about what is going on in this guyâs mind.âI came here to talk to Irma. Well, I donât think I actually need t
âMr. Rayson, I am asking you to kindly leave us in peace. You know you have no right to be here. Havenât you caused my friend enough trouble?â Julie speaks.My mind is boiling with a zillion things to say to this jerk. I want to howl all the insolences from that night to him loud and clear. Maybe that will pull him from this heap of oblivion that he is pretending to be. But my anger is so deep that I do not know where to begin. I wish I could just let it all out in a single howl.âThat is what your friend keeps shouting at me since I met her days ago. I want to know why. Only then can I understand exactly what I am being crucified for to the point of being denied the right to be a father to my only child!â He spoke, looking at me and not even blinking.Crusified, huh!âRealy? Then I will rub it on your face so that you will stop disturbing my best friend, Rayson. You and âŠâ I grab Julieâs hand, stopping her from talking.This is my own battle. I appreciate her concerns and the will to
âAnd I will do everything I can to make sure you will never succeed, Mother!â Bravo! God bless this man for me.His mother snaps her face at him. âI cannot believe that you and your father had the audacity to defy my orders and go for this woman. Are you happy now? She has been here only for a few seconds, and she is already wrecking Havok. See how she is disrespecting me in front of even these pesky servants!"Oh, is she crying this early? It sucks, but it is interesting in a way. I mean, seeing her this way is a very heartfelt picture. And having her own son and her husband take my side gives me so much hilarity. I wonder where Ana is. She should be here to add more fun.âThe problem is not about her dissecting you, Mrs. Mazur. The question is, do you have any respect for yourself? Do you have any shame, because even up to this point, I am trying to analyze just how a woman who is supposed to be my real mother could be so cruel and shameless to do what you did? So tell me, Mrs. Mazu
The drive has been so short and quiet. There is nothing that has been said throughout the seemingly short journey. Everyone has been engrossed in their own thoughts, except for Angel, who has been throwing questions here and there along the way.Coming into contact with the gate, Ray hoots, and the door opens. We drive in together with the jeep that is carrying our luggage.Taping our feet to the ground as we got out of the car, Angel was about to shout her awe at the place she would be living, but her glee was held at her throat by the sight of the antagonistic eyes of Rayâs mother and Tarah. They are here, gawking at us like they have loaded guns and their fingers on the trigger, ready to shoot us and send us to our next lives. If they didnât have their hands crossed on their chests, I would have been forced to check and be weary of every slight movement. But I guess we are saved since there is no sense of guns. The bullets from their murderous eyes are totally harmless since I am u
That day. How can I leave all those memories of that moment behind? I cannot. I do not want to. Just like him. âI am carrying that one too.â I say.âDoes that mean that it meant something to you?â He asks. You should see the hope and desperation in his eyes. I never liked the word miserable, but I like how it displays itself in his eyes. It gives them a look that would thaw anyone.I would like to get lost in them and swim through their walls and try to scour what more miseries lay deep there, but I guess there will be time for this and much more. Later? Yeah. When we surpass all these obstacles. When we are free to love and cherish each other without any worries or roadblocks, âI will ask the same thing that I asked your father, Ray. I know your father does not need any form of stress, and heaven knows I want none for him. But your mother and your wife are probably having a grave dug for me and my child the moment we step foot in that mansion. And you know I will not take any sh*t fr
It is that awful day. That day, I am closing yet another chapter and opening a new one of my unknown future. That day, we are saying goodbye to this house that has been our home for the last about six years. Sad, somehow.Darting my eyes around this house and this particular room, I wonât deny that I will not miss this place This is where I started my life all over again. Another phase of my life unfolded. I came into this house about six years ago. My heart was bleeding. I was torn. I was so broken and so lost. So confused. And most importantly, I am so bitter with myself, the world, and everything in general. The graph that depicted my fur was so obscure. I could not tell where I would end up with my baby. All that I knew was that I was a pregnant woman. A broken and broken potential motherI was a pregnant woman whose baby daddy had just toyed with and betrayed me in the most cruel way. That is what I knew back then. I was made to believe that, and I embraced that lie. I was about
âMommy! Mommy! Mom!âDamn!I kick my duvet aside and get out of bed at a light speed. I hike to the door and open it as fast as I can ever do that, and Angelâs face greets me.âAngel? What is the problem? What happened?â I ask as I pull her inside, looking around for anything that is chasing her.âNothing, mommy!âNothing? She came all the way to my room, running and screaming my name this early morning, all for nothing. What time is it? I donât have a wall clock on my face, so I grab my phone from under the pillow and check the time. Huh? Just twenty minutes past six in the morning? This is early, and she is awake? It's not even a school day.âWhy are you still sleeping, mommy? What if Daddy comes to get us and we are not ready?â She asks.Ooh, that is it? The excitement? The glee. The enthusiasm and everything within the margins of that for the idea of living with her dad is what woke her up this early. My goodness! We have everything packed. Even the beds have been garbled, and we
âOkay. I suppose you have bought a gun, then? We really will need one unless you want to die in the hands of Mrs. Mazur and Rayâs wife, Irma. Goodness! I donât like the kind of feeling that I am getting. We are technically throwing ourselves to the wolves.â Here comes Julie, the lamenter. The fear-freak little bitch She is scared to hell by this news that I just gave her.I know. I know. Yes, believe me, I do understand her. Everyone would look at this scenario from her perspective. Almost everyone would share her sentiments right now about this madness. All this is wrong. All is risky. Wait, risky, yes. Tick that one. But wrong? What exactly is wrong? Me granting an old, ailing manâs plea? Is my daughter getting what she truly deserves? What am I entitled to? Or the possibility of me and Ray perhaps just reuniting? Or is Ray performing his duties as a father to his only child?What exactly is wrong there? Nothing wrong with the above, right? We are just rewriting all the wrongs here.
âFirst, I need at least about three days to sort things out. I need to prepare my daughter for this first.â I say.I know she will be over the moon with the mind-boggling news of living with her father. I know how much she longs for thisâto have her dad close. This will surely blow her mind off. And as early as now, despite the fights that await us ahead because of this, because I know it will evoke a catastrophe, I am happy for my daughter. And I will not deny her this golden chance, nor will I let anyone hinder her from enjoying this new life that she is so entitled to. It is her right. Nobody should stand in her way of this.âI understand. You can have the three days, but please, my dear, donât take too long. I want to sort things out as early as possible.â Mr. Mazur says:I donât understand what is chasing this man. Why does he want to speed up things like this? All the same, maybe itâs the need to clear his conscience. If that is the case, I will make sure he gets the peace that
âI was a very vibrant man when you last saw me, Irma. I was the man of the house. I held the sole authority to make you marry my son, and you two could be living happily with each other. No one could have dared go against my word. You wouldnât need to sneak your hands under the table just to hold each other like your heart wants.âShieeet! Damn! How does he know? I told you this man is so sharp-witted. I try to yank my hand away from Ray now that we have been caught, but I guess he is glad that we have actually been caught because he does not let go. He pins me more on him, and since I donât want to arouse any more suspicions, I just let him have his way.I blush as I gaze I look back at Mr. Mazur, though. This is so embarrassing. The old man might be thinking about what we would be doing if there was no one around. But if only he knew that we had already sampled that sin. Sigh!âInstead of choosing what was right, which was my sonâs happiness, I put my interests first, my legacy, my
So,their name had no stain, until I decided to stain it. They were stainless untill Irma decided to show up and now she is dragging their name into the mud. And they can not allow that. He is here to ask me to stop this war that I have started because it will stain their name more than it has already done.âI would like to know, do you have any proof of what you are accusing my wife of? Because if you donâtâŠââI do have.â I cut him off, nicely, though, after remembering Ray told me not to abset him. âI would also like to let you know that I was not planning on causing any trouble for your family. I was minding my business and doing perfectly fine with my daughter without you all of you in the picture. Believe me, there was no way I would have chosen all this mess over the peace I had.â I explain.âI know. But now you are in this mess. What do you plan to do?âHe asks.âI am sorry, Mr Mazur, but that I can not tell you. All I know is that your wife and your daughter-in-law will not leav