Rafael walked out of the hospital after making sure, no one except the doctors and nurses entered his wife's hospital room, the doctor already confirmed she wasn't waking up anytime soon, so he had to do the needful to make sure she gets justice, not even her parents were allowed to see her, he wouldn't let them, he held them accountable for what happened to his wife and their child, if only they had been able to get through to Natalie all of these won't have happened but they didn't, they were so slow about it and he felt stupid to have left everything to them, he could have stopped Natalie, he delayed, now look what that has caused him, nevertheless, he would still make her pay.He went back to the office when he got there, he forgot the reason he had come by, he didn't even think of what he came to do back at the office z he was just too confused and had just driven there without anything in mind, he got back in his car and dove back to the hospital without doing anything, his secu
Three days later, Nicole still laid cold in her hospital bed, she was responding to treatment but she wasn't waking up, it was as if she didn’t want to wake up, Rafael was fed up with hearing the same story from the doctor, they were giving him anything new to hold on to just the same old story every time he asked them what was up with her and why she wasn’t waking up. it was clear even the doctor didn't expect her to be this late, at least they made him believe that much even though they didn’t say that to him directly, he just knew by how confused they seemed too that they expected to be up earlier, he couldn’t lie that he was scared that she might not wake up again but he didn’t let himself dwell on negative things like that.He couldn't be with her all the time as he was still finding it hard to believe that she had disobeyed him which had lead to this, he still wasn't happy with her but he wanted her to be awake that way he can scold her, yes he was going to scold her a lot for n
"Wait, what?"Rafael asked, she could tell he was offended by what she just said but that's was it, he shouldn't have arrested her twin, it wasn't intentional, Natalie couldn’t and shouldn’t be blamed for what happened because it wasn’t right, it was an accident, if only she had tried to talk to her more calmly maybe it would not have happened."I said let Natalie go,"She said again."You, you must be kidding me, Nicole, you are kidding me, right? You can't have just said what I heard right? Ain’t no way you are saying that right?”He asked in an annoyed tone, she understood his anger but she wasn’t about to sit and let him arrest her sister no matter what, not on her watch."You heard me Rafael, let my sister go, she didn't do it intentionally, it was an accident, you can't lock her up,"She let out, she was still in pain finding out her child was no more but that didn't mean she would watch her sister get punished because of an accident that no one saw coming."I am not going to do
Nicole sat looking around the house, she was seated in her wheelchair in the living room, the house was empty, it's been over a week since she was discharged, she still had to use a wheelchair but she was slowly getting back herself, even though she still felt lost, what made it even worst was Rafael wasn't still talking to her, after he left the hospital that day and he never returned, he had gotten even more distant, the day she had been discharged, she had waited up for him but he hadn't come home, even two days after she was discharged he didn't come home, when he finally did show up on the thirds day, he didn't even acknowledge her, he walked right by her into their room got whatever he came for and left and he hasn't been home since, she hadn't been able to reach him, the only other person aside from her parents who reached out to her was Grace, she couldn't come around because she had semester exams, but she made sure to call her and she was grateful for that, Nicole didn't kno
"I said I want a divorce, I don't want to have anything to do with you or your family anymore, I want out of this marriage, it wasn't meant to happen in the first place,"Rafael let out, Nicole felt her world ending again, this wasn't it, this wasn't what she wanted to happen, she didn't want Rafael to leave her"No, you can't do this, why? A divorce? I don't understand? Until the accident we were cool but then after I know we fell apart but we can fix this, I don't want a divorce please,""I do, and I am going to get it, I can't stand you, Nicole , I can't stand seeing you anymore without thinking about the child we lost, the child I couldn't get justice for because you decided to play the sibling card, I can't stand knowing that my child didn't stand a chance because of some siblings feud and she had to suffer such tragedy and you won't even let me get justice, so this is my decision,"He said."I know, I know you wanted my sister to go to jail for pushing me, and you don't believ
"I love you Nicole , but I can't forgive you and if I can't do that, then I can't be with you, you might think this is not the best choice now but in the long run, you will realize this was the best decision, I hope you get through this and get back on your feet and be happy, sincerely, you made me happy but the sadness you caused me can't be written off by that happiness, I don't know if I would ever stop loving you, just like I don't know if I will ever forgive you, let's hope for the best for each other, good-bye, let's not meet again, I will send the papers over, all you need to do is sign,"He kissed her again as if it was hard for him to let go too, she held her onto him when his lips left hers."Please don't do this Rafael, please, I love you so much, I can't live without you in my life, Rafael please, I love you so much, I am sorry for letting our baby die, please don’t leave me, I can’t be without you now,”She pleaded, but he removed her hands from him, stood up and left eve
Rafael took a big gulp of his drink, looking around the clubhouse that has been his regular place for the past three days, he comes here, drink to the point that he couldn't remember his pain, and go sleep it off at the penthouse where he has been staying for almost two weeks now, he couldn't deny that his life has been a mess since everything that happened."Come on Rafael, not today again, at this rate one of those people that stalk you might see you like this and you know that won't be good for you,"His best friend Caleb who had been his drinking buddy and the one who made sure he got home, said collecting his glass from him"What's there again? They know everything about me, this is nothing compared to what they already know,"He said collecting his drink back, there wasn't a thing about him that wasn't public, okay except the divorce that was coming, they didn't know yet because he hasn't sent the papers, every other thing, the whole of Florida and neighboring state and might as
"Now I really wanna hear this, who is this woman and how did she make you commit? She must be important for you to still be talking about her,""Yes, she was, I mean she is but I made a mistake and till now she doesn't look at me and never ever respond to me,""Someone I know?Rafael asked out of curiosity, Caleb wasn't the commitment type, he had a different woman with him every week, how he didn't notice that his friend once had someone serious was beyond him, even when he didn't give two fucks about him, he still would have noticed, maybe it was before they became friends."Yes, she is someone you know, in fact, she is someone you still see every day,""Wow, who is that? Just mention s name already,"Rafael urged."It's Armani, your assistant,"Caleb said, wow, he hadn't expected that, Armani and Caleb had a thing going that almost lead to marriage and he didn't know? Talk about living under a rock."Wait, Armani? When? How? No, I mean did we know each other then? What happened? Wh