Everyone seemed to have returned to their normal lives after the trail. Rain focused more on school, David on work and I on Anna. Maya had become my full time bodyguard but she didn't know it. Anywhere I went, she came with me, including to Anna's hospital. After Chyna's threat, I hadn't been able to sleep properly. The sound of her sickening tone in the words “I will show the whole world who you truly are", continued to play and replay in my thoughts anytime I laid down to close my eyes. I knew that she meant it and that's what terrified me.
Everytime I had some time to myself, I thought about what to do about her. In fact, it was all that occupied my thoughts. She was a lot stronger and smarter, making it harder for her to be manipulated like I did Katy. Her husband still had a tint of liking to her, making it a whole lot tougher for me to play on his thoughts. I needed something drastic. Something that would get to her before she could get to me. I knew I was running ou“Can I at least come in, Raya?" With one good look at him, I quickly decided my answer was no. I didn't want to let him in, so I pushed the door to a close. "Oh c'mon Raya,” he stopped the flat item in motion, halfway to its destination. “Please," he didn't push back, speaking through the space that was left in a calm tone. “I just want to talk,” he said again when I didn't respond. "Please.”With my fingers gripping the door handle, I struggled with my decision to shut the object in his face. He was the last person I wanted to set my eyes on, let alone speak to, after the stunt he pulled the last time he paid an unsolicited visit. “Raya if you're going to be comfortable talking out here in the hall, I don't mind," His voice came through once again. I couldn't see his face because the door was halfway shut, but I could hear desperation underneath his tone. “I just really want to talk. Nothing more." After
“Raya!” I rolled my eyes when Maya yelled my name for the umpteenth time. I turned around with my mouth open, about to make a frustrated comment when my eyes fell on her standing by my door. "How does this look?”The words I wanted to say scrambled back down my throat as my eyes soaked in the view. She had on a strapless, black sequined gown that stopped just above mid thigh. The front chest region of the gown had a bunch of ropes that crossed to each side, stopping on her waist. It exposed a bit of her cleavage as well as the belly button piercing I had no idea she had. “Raya?" She called again, in a low tone of skepticism. She awkwardly tugged on the top part of the gown, causing her breasts to slightly bounce before returning to their former position. My eyes basically drooled over her beautiful body. ‘Give me that gown’, I wanted to say. “You look absolutely stunning Maya." I said instead. “Really?" Her eyes sc
Maya had her arm in mine as we walked into Devin's house, the venue for the party. I could tell from the way she walked, clinging onto me with both hands, that she was very nervous. It became worse when we walked into the building, through the glass doors, turning more than a few heads. I intentionally paused, letting my eyes sweep through the crowd for any familiar faces. I locked eyes with a few lustful observers, which only gave me more confidence to stand with high shoulders. I caught sight of a makeshift bar by the kitchen counter to the left of the big room. I instantly decided we needed something to drink. Especially Maya, something that was going to ease her tensed muscles. Settling my eyes on the prize, I seductively strut in its direction. I could see it all. The turning heads, the undressing eyes, the slightly gaping mouths. It excited me more than I imagined it would. “Vodka shots please," I demanded when we arrived. The geeky look
After one long look at me, he moved in to do what I asked. The kiss was soft, like cotton candy rubbing against your skin. The pungent taste of alcohol, mixed with his saliva was strangely flavourful. All I wanted to do was kiss him even more, and I did. For a long time I had let myself imagine what it would be like to kiss Devin. It was better than my wildest imaginations. His fingers crawled into the dress through the holes in the ropes. Within seconds, I felt them on the bare skin of my ass. It felt different. It felt dangerous. It felt good. He held my ass firmly, pushing me closer to him. I rubbed against what was definitely a bulge in his pants. From the way it felt, I knew he had a huge dick. I found myself eager to have it inside me. “I want to kiss the pretty boy too!" We immediately froze and turned to meet Maya standing behind us. She had her heels in her hands, grinning widely with her eyes barely staying open. Devin and I shared a quick gla
When I watched a tear roll down the side of her face while Devin had his way with her, I felt a strong rush of guilt. First times are supposed to be memorable, at least that's how I felt they should. That's how mine was. I had no regrets, but we were robbing Maya of her first time and she didn't even know it. "Devin stop.” I said immediately.His grimaced eyes rested steady on Maya's pussy. He kept going like a hungry lion. “Devin I said stop!" When I yelled, he froze. Our eyes met. "Is someone missing me already?" He bit his bottom lip with a teasing voice. "There's enough of me to go around baby." And just like that, all the lust I felt for him was thrown out the window. I was instantly sobered up. “No stop," I hissed with contempt. “We're leaving." "Leaving?!” He exclaimed as I walked to get our clothes from the floor. "What? Why?”"Nothing. We just need to leave.”By the time I turned, he had
Devin drove me and passed out Maya back to my apartment. I was too tired to take her in myself, added to the shoes and purses that I held in both hands so he carried her to her bedroom while I threw what I held on the couch before sinking into it. I was exhausted and still slightly drunk. When Devin came out of Maya's room, I got up to walk him to the door. However, it resulted in another make out session that ended with his big dick inside me. I just couldn't get enough. After we reached climax and cleaned up, he left. I fell asleep on the couch because my bed was still scattered with clothes. When morning came, I was the first to get up. I made myself a cup of coffee, drank half of the cup then went into clean up mode. I arranged my clothes back into the wardrobe, put the shoes away, cleaned up the place before running myself a hot shower. After which I heated up the remainder of my coffee, made myself some toast and sat in front of the TV in my pyjamas to watch SpongeBo
When the stir from Devin's party had died down, Maya and I went back to our normal lives. Thankfully, she still couldn't remember any events of that night. Devin and I still had our standing agreement to do it one last time. Having a dick as good as his was something I wanted to keep in my back pocket, especially since I had one final shot left. The only problem was his relocation to Africa. It was too soon. I was torn between using my card before he left or waiting until he came back. While Devin occupied a small fraction of my mind, Chyna occupied more than half of it. She was still untamed, roaming free, at will to strike me at the slightest available chance. Shutting her up was all I thought about, but I just couldn't come up with the right ideas. With her husband still satisfying her every need, my hands were still pretty much tied. I needed something drastic and I needed it quickly. “Raya, breakfast is ready." I sat up, turned left and threw my le
My sweaty fingers punched the last number on the elevator button. A second later, the doors closed and I was on my way to the ground floor, the parking lot of my building. While the metal container slid down, I read and reread the text message, struggling to decipher what I could from it. I ached to understand what secrets were referred to. I had so many skeletons in my dark closet, none better, or less horrific than the other. If any one was to come out of their boxes, I would undoubtedly be ruined. When the metal doors opened, my eyes swept across the large floor occupied by cars of all sorts. During my search, I noticed a man in all black standing beside a black car parked to the left. Just when I started to stare intently at him my phone vibrated in my right hand. “Approach the man in black." The message read. So I did. I was the most reluctant I had ever been, tightly clutching my phone with my sweaty fingers. One thing was sure, my phone was on re
“Maya, could you fetch the diapers on the next aisle?" The bubbly bright eyed blonde turned to me with a charming smile. “How many of them?" At her question, I looked down at the little human strapped to my chest. She slept peacefully, oblivious to the troubles of the world, or her mother's indecisiveness. “I honestly don't know,” I mumbled when my eyes reconnected with Maya's. "Anna has been eating a lot lately.” Pushing the almost filled shopping cart in my direction, she laughed. "She's a healthy baby, healthy babies poop a lot.”I glanced at my sleeping baby again. Fighting with the urge to rub my fingers over her chubby, smooth cheek, I smiled widely. I absolutely adored her. She was perfect. Ever since she came into my life, I couldn't imagine ever wanting to get rid of her. She was my whole world. “Well, this healthy baby needs to hurry up and start paying some bills." Maya burst into a loud laugh at my joke. I laughe
The miserable seconds turned into miserable minutes, that turned into miserable hours, that turned into miserable days, as I laid on my bed in my dark, smelly apartment. I didn't know when it was day or night since the drapes were shut tightly. My heart was as dark as the rooms, my stomach as empty as my fridge. I lay quietly, waiting for death, hoping it'll come any day now, but it didn't. Somehow my eyes kept opening each time it seemed like they were going to close forever. I stared at the small Urn that stood on the other side of my bed. I couldn't exactly see it, but I knew it was there. Its shiny body occasionally glistened in the darkness. It was Anna's new body. I spoke to her. Every time my eyes opened, I sighed and said hello to her. I told her about everything I did. I told her about David, about Rain. I told her about Chyna, about Katy. I told her about Maya, about Devin. She didn't judge me. She didn't cuss at me or remind me how much of a terrible person that
The loud, rapid beeping sounds from Anna's vital monitor pierced through my subconscious, instantly waking me up from my deep slumber. My heavy eyes flung wide open, my weak legs pushing my aching body to my throbbing feet. The intense panic that clawed its way to my windpipe was enough to numb every other pain that my body felt. I noticed Anna laid completely still, her chest wasn't rising and falling like it did before I slept off. “Nurse!" I screamed so loudly, I hoped it would wake her. She remained still.In a heartbeat, my weak legs mustered up enough energy to run. I headed straight for the door, pushing through it like a hurricane. “Nurse!" I called again, louder. Two worry stricken nurses ran in my direction. I didn't wait to be asked what was wrong. “Her monitors are beeping." We all ran to where my sister lay. The nurses quickly started pulling plugs, pressing buttons, grabbing stuff. Their hands moved so fast, I
My legs were shaking, back and forth, up and down, while I sat in the waiting room of Anna's hospital. I rushed in less than five minutes ago, hoping to see the doctor but I was told she was in surgery, Anna's surgery. I was told that her blood pressure spiked, again, causing some implications as well as internal bleeding, resulting in an emergency surgical procedure that needed to be carried out. I begged the nurse to let me wait in Anna's room, but she didn't let me. Too weak for a struggle, I yielded to her offer, landing in the waiting room with other nervous family members or friends waiting for their loved ones. My insides were in a knot. I had felt so much anxiety in the past few days, my brain couldn't register the feeling anymore. I was numb. I couldn't cry, I could speak, breathing was a chore, and my eyes sometimes closed on their own. While I waited, the sudden urge to consume food came over me, but the uncertainty of Anna's situation was enough to suppress the
The past few days had been miserable. I was cut out of David's life, as well as his finances. I was cut out of Rain's life, as well as his finances. Since I couldn't afford her salary, Maya moved out of the apartment. I was running low on food and money. If David hadn't paid a year's advance for the apartment, I definitely would have been homeless as well. All I did was cry, day in, day out. I couldn't bring myself to eat anything. I had a baby growing inside of me that caused me to be sick every morning, but I had to drag myself around the house because I was by myself. I had tried to reach Rain so many times but after so many tires, I realized he had blocked my number. The same went for his father. Both men had blocked my numbers and I couldn't bring myself to show up at the house. I didn't know if the witch was still living there and I knew she could very much hurt me without hindrance from any one. The only person that showed me care was my sister. We spoke e
At the sound of the intruding voice, my legs spun me around. I felt my heart beating again, thumping loudly, when my eyes met David's. He looked pale, as if he had seen a ghost. I tried to breathe but it was continuously caught in my throat, hanging halfway. “Dad," Rain whispered behind me. I didn't need to look to know he was on his feet. David's eyes shifted to his son behind me. When they shifted again, I knew they rested on the diamond ring in Rain's hand.“What are you doing here?" Rain's voice dragged his father's gaze to him. After a second, he shifted his eyes to mine. He quietly moved his feet towards me. I wanted to step backwards but my legs were numb. The closer he got, the harder my heart pounded, creating a feeling of dread that traveled through every cell in my body. “Are you pregnant?" He asked again. His low, bloodcurdling voice sent ripples down my stiff spine. I struggled to push down the lump in my throat
From the minute Rain started the ignition, pulling out of the hospital parking lot, my heart pounded. I was completely distracted, unconsciously spacing out when I wasn't being spoken to. Rain was especially chatty while he drove, and Maya happily indulged in his conversations. She also seemed unusually excited which made me conclude she was in on whatever Rain had planned. When we drove into my building parking lot, I was relieved to finally be home. I hated every minute of breathing in that hospital and everyday I begged to be allowed to leave. When Rain brought the car to a stop, Maya was the first to jump down. Before I could undo my seatbelt, throwing my legs to climb out of the truck, there was no sight of her. “Where’s Maya?" I asked when I walked around the back of the car to meet Rain waiting on the other side. He took his left arm around my waist, pulling me forward. “She went up first." he answered, pressing the lock button on the car remote.
After two days of imposed bedriddeness, I was finally being discharged and Rain was to take Maya and I back to my apartment. When Rain called, letting me know what time he was going to be coming, I sent for the nurse to request that I be taken off the tubes before he arrived. She initially refused but after my insistence, the determination to cause a big scene although it was intercepted by my doctor, I was let off the hook. Without hesitation, I was freed, after which I headed straight out of the room and down the hall. I hadn't forgiven Maya for picking Rain's call a few days ago. She was the reason I was in a difficult predicament. If she wasn't such a tattletale, I would have instantly gotten an abortion and no one would know about it, but with Rain as excited and involved as he was, the chances of getting away with that were zero to none. I was either to have the baby, or lose it in an unfortunate situation. What amused me was how clueless she was to the way
My eyelashes slowly fluttered open. Instantly attacked by really bright light, I closed them, giving it a moment before trying to open them again. The painful feeling of its intense impact reduced as my blurry vision adjusted to reveal images of things around me. After a few more blinks, I noticed the familiar arrangement of a hospital room. The sterile white walls, the bright overhead lights, the small TV hanging on the wall with the small fridge directly beneath it, all seemed to stare back at me. As my eyes traveled through each item, they fell on the person who sat by my bed. “Rain?" I managed to mumble, my voice raw and weak, unsure that he was going to hear me. He did. He looked up from his phone. When his eyes met mine, they immediately lit up. A smile of relief crept onto his face.“Hey beautiful." He said, his voice filled with warmth. He leaned forward in his chair, taking his hand to delicately stroke my hair. It then occurred to me