All Chapters of AGAINST THE TIDES: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

HELENA'S POV By the time I got into the apartment from my little tour with my new found friend I was happy I didn’t go to the party with Alexander. Liam, walked me in through the lobby and when we got to the front of my room. We stopped to bid each other good night. I couldn’t stop smiling as he spoke to me with so much ease and respect. Good night Helena he said as he turned to live, Good night I said to him and just when I was about to leave Alexander’s door opened before us. The lady came out first and Alexander followed behind smiling but the smile soon disappeared the moment he saw Liam and I standing side by side at the door opposite his. The lady flaunted herself in a stylish manner and walked past us. Alexander and Liam locked eyes for a few moments then Liam excused himself leaving me all alone with Alexander. I turned around to move into my room and suddenly there was a firm grip on my arm. Let me go, I screamed. And as I struggled with the grip it went worse and tight

I held my face in my hand as I tried to reminisce on what had just happened. She dared to lay her hands on me. Alexander stood and watched as the tears began to stream down my face. I walked out on the birth of them. The moment I entered my room my phone began to ring, my was the one calling. I hesitated to answer the call but owing to the fact that I had not spoken to him for almost a week made me answer the call without first thinking about the consequences. I sniffed in the liquid that had formed in my nose as a result of the cry. "Hello Helena are you there?""I’m here dad", responded after pausing for a few minutes.My voice shook as I spoke on the phone.Is there a problem?"No, dad,I'm fine""That doesn’t answer my question Helena". "Talk to me, what is the problem?"I began to cry into the phone. I didn’t know how to begin or how to tell my father I was tired and feed up with this shit hole called a marriage. I was so confused and kept asking myself why a mother and son could

The ambulance arrived as soon as I had placed the call. I didn’t want Alexander to die even though we haven’t been on the best of terms for the past few months. I wanted him alive and healthy. When I heard the approaching siren from the ambulance I thanked God. By now the scene was filled with well-wishers and newsmen who were trying to cover the incident first hand. I still held him in my arms, his blood gushing out from his shoulder. I was sure he was going to make it but the injury was severe. Clear, the medical team began to scream the moment they arrived. Those who surrounded us with cameras and those who made the scene with their phones paved the way for the medical team to reach me with a stretcher. You may step aside ma'am, the team leader told me. I let go of his head and knelt beside him as he installed the oxygen mask over his nose. He was still bleeding so they quickly put a bandage over it to limit the blood till they got to the hospital. They gave him a few injections th

Hours had passed since I had been sitting right in front of his bed. I had been given assurance that he would wake up in no time. It’s already past 9pm and there’s no sign of him jilting out of this unconsciousness that’s almost taking like eternity to end. I was still dressed in my hospital gown even though I was much stronger than I had been in the past few days. This incident wasn’t totally anybody’s fault. I sat there watching and waiting for him to wake up. I said a little prayer in my mind as I held his hand in mine. Suddenly he twitched his finger. I was glad to see that he moved. He adjusted his shoulder a bit while I waited for him to open his eyes. It took like eternity for him to even open his eyes. When he finally did, I sprang up from my sitting position."Alexander". I called himHelena” he responded."Alexander you’re awake, thank goodness". I said and cupped my mouth in my palm as an expression of surprise and excitement."What happened? What am I doing here?" he asked

I could remember vividly the fear on Isabella’s face when she arrived at the hospital for the first time. We have spent a week and some days at MTH and the doctor has confirmed after a series of tests that Alexander was fine. His arm was already recuperating from the injury he sustained. It will take only a few weeks and he will be able to use his hand perfectly again. I helped him walk to the bathroom to bath. He hasn’t had a decent shower since the incident and since he is insisting on bathing, I had to help him out. After he finished I helped apply the cream on his body. He still had the bandages wrapped through his arm and across his feeble shoulder which makes it really difficult to do anything with his left arm. I applied the cream on his body while laid on the bed with his body open except for the short he has on his waist. He let out low moans as I massaged his body with the oil. When I finished I kept the bottle of oil back on the rack beside his bed. As I made to stand up