The heartless Lady episode 2

THE HEARTLESS LADY
EPISODE 2
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I drove so wrecklessly till l got to the central waste bin where l threw all those groceries I bought including my hand gloves, l flung them so deep into the bin. On my way home, l thought of driving back to check her purse or bundle her into my car boot and fling her exactly the way I flung those items but l changed my mind because l knew he was going to pay for the crime I committed.

When l got home, l undressed, went straight to my bath tube, filled it up with water and layed inside it for 30 minutes before l showered. I was not even thinking of the Lady I strangled but the back stabbing fool called Bar. Kelvin.
I know you might be wondering why a medical Doctor should act like a monster. Well, l grew up in the streets of United States of America, we are 3 and l am the first Daughter and second child of my parents. My parents were not financially stable to cater for us so my elder brother and l did a lot of unspeakable things in the street to survive and support my family which hardened me up and made me fearless. That's another side of me Kelvin never knew about.

As God may have it, my Mum met a saviour who changed our lives for good. She employed my Mum as her Nanny, my Dad as her personal drive and then got my brother and l a job in the hospital as a Janitor. We were all well paid that our lives changed within one year, then l was 15 years old.
One day, l forgot my phone at home and left for work which prompted me to return home after my morning duty at the hospital. When l got home, l caught my Dad on his matrimonial bed with a black Lady which got me so furious that l rushed towards her, pulled her to the floor and tried strangling her, but my Dad held me from the back while she escaped. I yelled at my Dad, called him all sorts of names for cheating on my mum who has laboured so much for our sake, who is the reason we had a better life. My Dad knelt down and begged me not to say a word to anyone, he begged me to die with the secret as he did not want to hurt my Mum. I eventually accepted to keep the secret but promised him I would not love him like l used to and l would never date any man, but peradventure I do, he dare not cheat on me because l would kill both him and the Lady. Did that end the matter? No! because l sent some street guys to take care of the Lady and till date, my Dad never knew l did it.

While working as the hospital Janitor, l fell in love with medical profession. I saved up some money and enrolled in to the university to study Medicine. To cut the story short, l worked and studied for 8 years after which I became a certified general physician. I practiced for a year in USA and decided to travel to my dear country Nigeria to help save my people's lives, if possible, build my own hospital before going back to USA. Kelvin was the very first patient I took care of when l got a job in a very big and popular hospital in Nigeria, he had pneumonia, l took very good care of him till he recovered ; we became friends, got closer to each other till we eventually fell in love.

By 9PM, Kelvin started calling my phone, but I refused to pick because l was still boiling with rage wishing he was there so l could strangle him too. He called my phone more than five times before he sent me a text message that read "Hi baby, where are you? Why are you not picking my calls? I am in the hospital, there is a casualty that needs your attention, please I need your help". After reading the text message, l was surprised he needed my help. I said to myself "does it mean she did not die? why would he need me to save his lady bitch? " I will never do that, she should die!. BOOM!! Something struck my head, l remembered he told me his cousin and kid sister living in Ghana would visit to celebrate his birthday with him. I screamed "Jesus! , could it be I attacked one of them? Oh! It had better not be. I was so stupid not to have at least asked questions or even looked at her properly to know that was his sister or cousin I had seen their pictures on facebook and instagram. Immediately, l replied his text "sorry dear, l was sleeping, I will be on my way now.
On getting to the hospital, l saw him in the waiting hall with other people, but l went in through the other entrance door leading to the casualty rooms. The second room by the left was where the girl layed with oxygen support as she could barely breath. The nurse told me she was brought in few minutes ago almost dead; she had foams in her mouth, bruises on her neck and head. I went closer to check her, but I was confused, l tried to compare her face to the beautiful faces I saw on facebook and Instagram, but l could not still place them. I wanted to cry, but I held my self to avoid suspicious look. I held her hands, checked her purse, opened her eyes, checked her tongue and then l instructed the nurse to pay proper attention to her. I left the room for the waiting hall.

Kelvin on seeing me walk in, he rushed up to me and said "Baby please save her for me, l don't want that girl to die". I asked him if she was his sister or cousin, he replied No! See my sister and cousin over there, they just arrived. At that point, l heaved a sigh of relief and the soft part of me suddenly disappeared when l screamed "If she is neither your sister nor your cousin and obviously not your neighbor because I know all of them, then who the hell is she and why is she on your T. shirt. Kelvin was shocked at my reaction and asked "how did you know, have you seen her"? I replied "yes, l went straight to her room to check on her, so go ahead and tell me who she is " Kelvin asked again "how did you know its her looking at me eye ball to eye ball" I paused, that was when l remembered I was dealing with a legal practisioner, so l had to play smart " the nurse said one Mr. Kelvin brought her that was how I knew" although the nurse never said such to me. " go ahead now and tell me who she is" I yelled again . He got so pissed off that he yelled back at me and said " Baby have you lost your mind? have you lost it? Why are you suddenly hyperventilating? Why can't you hold on and have me explain this to you when l am settled. She was attacked in my house by an unknown person and l am not having it any easy, instead of you to swing into action to save her life and save me too, you are busy asking me cross questions. Have you lost your human feelings and sympathy? Oh! now I get it, what really is going through your mind? Why do you want to create an embarrassing scene here in front of my kid sisters. I am not cut out for this right now, you have surprised me because I do not know you to be like this. Please go into that room, help us save her life, tomorrow we will talk better. I will be going to the police station to report this, l needed you to be here first before l leave". He kissed my fore head and left with his sisters.

I stood there for more than 15 minutes feeling so used and lost. I kept wondering who the girl was. I thought of going back to the room to finish what I started, but I changed my mind again, went straight to my car and drove off. On my way home, so many thoughts kept popping up in my head, I tried to fix everything, but l could not. I kept asking myself "if she is neither his sister nor neighbor, who then is she? Why wouldnt he tell me? Why was he so depressed and particular about her being alive? He cared so much coolval stories about her but refused to care about my feelings. Finally I said to myself "Kelvin you obviously do not know the type of lady you are dealing with, if you trace my background, you won't ever think it twice to cheat on me, l will show you how wicked I am for playing on my intelligence". I got home, took some sedative hypnotic drugs and slept off.


TO BE CONTINUED
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Sorry I bursted your bubbles. I also do not know who the girl is.
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