MARRIED

Chapter Thirty-Two

"Wh-wh-what did you say?"

"You heard me right, Get out of my office!"

"You must be joking right?" he chuckled, looking straight into my face.

"Do I look like a joker? Nothing of that jerk is a priority to me. The only thing  I prioritize about him is revenge. Go and tell him that. And next time when you hear something, research about it very well before you make a fool out of yourself like you did today."

"I -I-I- " He was baffled. I guess he didn't know who they were up against.

"You will what? Don't worry, I will be in court on time just to see you and your client taken down. After which I can promise you that you won't be having any license to practice law again." 

"Who do you think you are woman?!" He bawled, balling his hands in a fist. I could see he was restraining himself from attacking me. I smiled, seeing one of his weaknesses. He gets angry easily. Good, that will help me in my battle against them.

"Get out of my office, get out!" 

Pharrell has done so much harm to me that can't be corrected, erased, or forgiven. I can not erase and forget all that he did to me. From making me his and his wife's maid. For starving me and all the insults that made me lose my self-confidence and worth. I cannot forget the day he beat me and almost killed me. What angered me was the bush he and his wife dumped my body thinking I am dead. They thought they could get rid of me that easily and they nearly succeeded if not for Heath.

Flashback

"Lia-Liana, open your eyes, it's me your boss, please open your eyes."

I could hear the voice talking to me but I couldn't open my eyes. It was like my eyes had been glued. I tried moving but I was stiff and couldn't feel my body.

"Am I dead?" I asked myself. I tried moving again but this time my legs. I winced in pain feeling like my whole body has been crushed. I don't know what happened but when I opened my eyes I was in a hospital with a lot of tubes attached to my body.

"Hey princess you are awake, are you okay?" A pleasant man asked. I later found out he is Doctor Martins, the doctor assigned to me. 

I couldn't talk I just stared at him the whole time he was examining me.

The hospital looked expensive, I can not afford it. That was my major worry. And who even brought me here. Doesn't the person know that I am a peasant? 

My question was answered when a familiar face came to visit me. It turns out the doctor informed him that I was awake. I was told I have been in a coma for two months and they had nearly taken me off life support but Heath didn't agree to it.

"She is such a strong woman Mr. Miller. She didn't even scream." Doctor Martins who was checking my pulse said to Heath who only smiled. 

"I didn't know what they were talking about until........"

If you will excuse me, I will leave you two to talk. He said when he was done with his examinations. 

"H-H-Heath" I struggled to say.

"Shhh, it's okay. You are okay now."

I cried myself to bed that day devasted about what had happened to me. How am I supposed to live?" I had wanted to die at the hospital that day. The pain was too much to bear and it was like the world has turned against me. But Heath was by me, making sure I am okay.

From that day, he kept on visiting me, day and night until I was discharged. On some days he acted tough and on other days he acted loving. Whiles at the hospital I tried recalling what happened to me. Thankfully, I have not lost my memories so it wasn't long until I recollected everything.

"How did you find me?" I asked when he came to the hospital the day I was to be discharged. He had told me a day earlier that I will be living with him until I go back to Spain.

"I don't know. I guess I was at the right place at the right time."

"Please tell me Heath, were you with them when they brutally beat me up?"

"No, I wasn't. You want to hear the truth?"

I nodded.

"You are so stubborn. I told you not to return to that house but you didn't listen. What kind of love is this? Is this foolishness or you are just naive?"

This was not what I was expecting. Him scolding me gathered the tears in my eyes making me feel like crying.

"You are so stupid. You are a fool. Can't you think for once? The man is married. He hates you. Why are you forcing yourself on him?"

So is this what it looks like. So they think I am forcing myself on him? 

"Enough! please stop it. I get it. I was a fool. I am a fool and will always be a fool but that's only when I allow it. I guess life wanted to teach me a lesson and now I am well learned." I cried out in pain. 

He was quiet for a while before speaking.

"Pharrell came to the club that day. He got drunk so I decided to bring him home. I was having one of my phones in my hand and the other had occupied my pocket so I placed it in his pocket whiles helping him to my car."

"When we got to his house, Carmine was on the floor crying so I left them.  Halfway through my ride home, I realized I have left my phone with him. So I drove back. It was shocking to see that the man I drove here very drunk was now very sober and was driving out of his house with his wife sitting by him at the passenger seat so I followed them at a distance to see what they were up to. To be frank I nearly gave up considering the distance they drove. Then they stopped by the forest. I thought their car was giving them trouble and was about to assist them when they opened the trunk of the car and they removed the body and threw it into the bush. I was astonished. I have never seen this before. I know my friend can be wicked but I never thought that he can be so to the extent of killing a girl together with his child. I waited until they left and I came to check whether you are really dead. You were not breathing at first but then you moved your legs."

My face was emotionless by the time he finished his narration. 

"I will kill them. Mark my words." I spoke out through gritted teeth. The only emotions in my eyes were pure hatred and anger.

End of flashback.

What they did to me made me see life in a different way. I stopped talking to people including Heath. I even ran away from his house and went to Pharrell's to kill them. But he found me and brought me back to his house.

SIX YEARS AGO

"Are you crazy? Do you want them to kill you again? Haven't you learned your lessons?"

He scolded whiles he had me sandwiched against the wall of his room.

"I want to kill them. I can not stay calm until I see them dead. What part of this don't you understand?"

"You want them dead fine! But you can not achieve that when you are dead. You need a strategy. They see you as someone who is foolish and naive but you have to show them otherwise. There are more ways to kill a cat other than cutting its throat."

"Hmm, so what do you suggest?"

"You need to be enrolled in an adult school. To learn how to read and write. I know Pharrell very well and I know that if there is something he values more, it's his companies and reputation. When you are educated, you not only take these two away from him but you become the woman he can not have since you were the woman he didn't want."

"That is brilliant."

I am glad you like it. I will make a few calls and see that you get admitted to the school. A private tutor will be coming here to teach you on weekends too. Trust me, that demon will get what he deserves. He will pay for what he did to you and your baby. He spoke with so much anger making me wonder what Pharrell did to him.