The garage door closed behind them and Greg turned off the engine and told Rose to head in while he and Marianne took a minute to talk,
“Hey sweetie go in and watch some TV, Mummy and I will only be a minute okay?”,
He maneuvered his way to the back while still in his seat, helped her out of her seat belt and opened the door for her and she quickly ran to the entrance through the garage into the house and disappeared.
Greg got comfortable and turned to Marianne,
“I really did not find any cake, they must have-“,
“you think I’m worried about that?”, Marianne cut him off with a question.
“What was in that milkshake Greg?”, she went straight to the point.
“What are you trying to say Marianne, I put nothing in it. How could you think of me like that?”, he answered so offended by her accusation then turned to the wind shield and placed his hands on the wheel to lay his head on them.
Unmoved, Marianne’s feelings started changing by the minute. First she was scared when it all happened, then sad and desperate when she woke up in the hospital, angry when she discovered it was food poisoning and now total disgust looking at him trying to deny everything in her face when some years ago it was easy for him make the decision of aborting their second child against her own will.
Marianne had to play smart in a situation like that, she decided it was time he realised what happens when you mistreat a woman for years when all she had been was nothing but literally a wife to him.
Her mother use to tell her when she was just a girl,
“Sometimes when you act like a wife to certain men they see no point in marrying you”.
Marianne admitted she had gotten herself into a complicated relationship because of her kind and loving heart, but it did not mean she could not get herself out of it. She had made the decision to take up Lucy’s offer and leave once and for all, how many more abortions would she have to go through for him to realise it wasn’t right?
“I need to do this strategically and without him knowing or he’ll stop me”, she thought to herself.
“Well I’ll try to believe you Greg, but you can’t blame me for thinking it was you when you had a sudden change of heart when you didn’t want this baby in the first place. You yelled at me”, she tried to convince him that she were willing to talk and brush off the matter.
“I know but I’m a changed man now honey, I realised how much of a pain I’ve been and how much you’ve tolerated that for years. So I felt you needed to be rewarded by letting you have what you wanted”, he said.
“Did he just say rewarded?”, Marianne asked herself in shock and amazement.
She had to brush off any pathetic replies in order for her plans to work out and for a peace of mind at least that night.
“Okay, let’s just forget about this and go inside, I’m really tired and hungry”, she insisted and started getting out of her seat.
Greg pulled her back and kissed her passionately thinking everything was fine, Marianne had to return his kiss if she needed him to believe she was being fooled.
“Of course, anything for you my love”, he came of the car and walked over to the other side to help her out and carried her things for her then locked the car and they entered the house.
Rose was sitting comfortably on the sofa watching TV while stuffing her face with the cake Lucy gave her, she saw her mum and dad walk in and smiled at them then turned her attention back to her show.
Marianne went straight to the kitchen table, placed her bags on it and quickly grabbed the poisoned food to dispose of it immediately with tears in her eyes.
She still couldn’t believe that she lost another baby, her heart felt so heavy for a second she held her tummy and found support on the kitchen table as she slowly sat down.
Greg was just doing the usual when he got home, shoes off, coat off and asker for food. So Marianne got up again to start warming up the food he left behind, apparently he had time to put the food in the fridge before rushing her to the clinic.
“Let me know when it’s ready, I’ll be in the bedroom freshening up”, not considerate about her state he left the room and got into the shower.
Marianne finally finished with Greg’s food and placed everything on the table for him to find once he was done in the bedroom, she also warmed up hers because it had gone a bit cold and gave Rose a portion she had manage as well. She sat down and tried to enjoy her first meal of the day even though she had no appetite.
Greg still didn’t leave the room as she was about to finish, so she went to find out if he was done and remembered she was suppose to call him but,
“a hungry stomach searches for food”, so she didn’t bother.
She was about to knock but heard him approach the door and headed back quickly into the kitchen and sat back on her chair.
“I said you should call”, he told her.
“I forgot”, she said unapologetic.
He sat down and started to serve himself while she was finishing up and asked if Rose had a proper meal, “Has she eaten?”
“Yes, and I’m done with mine so I’m just going to freshen up and start preparing to retire to bed”,
Marianne said as she got up to place the disposable pack in the trash and headed to the living room to collect Rose for her evening bath.
“So early, don’t you want to watch a movie or something?”, he asked.
“No, I’m super tired and I’ll probably just sleep through it all”, with that said she and Rose both left the room.
Greg took out the card he had been given at the clinic by the curvy nurse and checked what her name was, he was too distracted by her luscious curves to even introduce himself properly.
“Stephanie Johns”, he read quietly so as not to get Marianne’s attention and wondered if he should make the call or not, the temptation was too strong to resist.
He reached for his pocket and took out his cell phone and begun to dial, but just as he was about to hit dial Marianne ran into the kitchen to collect her handbag.
Greg, shocked as he was, dropped his phone and crushed the card which contained the number and quickly made a fist to hide it. Marianne also shocked by the act, gasped, turned to look at what just happened and saw his phone split open on the kitchen floor and looked at him. The room was left in total silence.
Greg hurriedly picked up his phone and sat back on his seat, Marianne came closer to see what was up with him and he pretended to reach for something in his pocket so he could hide the card.“What was that all about?”, she asked him about burst in laughter because it looked like he was about to sweat his hair off.“Nothing, you just startled me, a whistle would help you know”, he said so agitated yet trying to keep his cool.Marianne couldn’t help but laugh at the scene, he looked like a child trying to hide a piece of meat in his mouth while being interrogated by his mother. It was really amusing for her.“Anyway, sorry”, Marianne apologised as she exited the kitchen still chuckling.Greg let out a breath of relief thinking he had handled that well, most women would be on their man’s neck trying to get the truth out of him.“But she didn’t seem to care”, he thought to himself with eyes squinted and fingers pressed to his chin. He also wondered ho
Marianne still couldn’t believe what just happened, as she drove away she glanced into the side window to see if Greg was waiting for her to leave or running to the car to stop them.He just stood there, motionless, straight faced and blunt. She couldn’t make out what emotions he was showing from that distance but deep down she knew he was waiting for this day, but if she was frank with herself, so was she. 10 years of a lifeless meaningless relationship? What was she doing?Now all she had to think of was how to survive on her own with her little Rose, the first step was to find Nurse Lucy and see what happened from there. Only God knew what lay ahead.“You okay sweetie?”, she checked her mirror to see what Rose had been doing in the back so quiet.Marianne was shocked to see that she was flat asleep holding her favorite stuffed doll, the one she called princess Mickayla. Such a sweet site she could shed a tear, but that was not necessary especially since sh
"We really need to stop meeting like this sweetie", a faint voice echoed as Marianne was coming to.Disoriented, Marianne held her aching head and started to look around the room with squinted eyes for her daughter. But she wasn't in the room with her, she put her head back down and asked, "where's my baby?"Marianne asked with a horse voice and swallowed to wet her desert throat hoping they didn't give her bad news."She's okay, you're lucky those people called for paramedics fast. Any later and you both would've been dead by now", nurse Lucy replied.She checked Marianne's stability and did the usual mental test of 'what's your name?' and 'torch in the eyes'.Marianne could not just lay back not knowing where her daughter was and how she was doing. She attempted to get up with one hand but Lucy would not let her and she started to resist, after all all mothers would do the same until they knew their child was safe and sound."I'll take you
Marianne came face to face with the most beautiful man she had ever seen, he probably in his mid thirties, at least six foot two, chiseled features and a well built body structure. So fine you could eat off of him, such eye candy.It felt wrong that she was drooling over a fine man while her daughter lay lifeless right in front of her, as she quickly sat back in the wheelchair Lucy addressed the man,"Mr Sorrell, is everything alright", she asked him as she walked to the door where he just froze as he watched poor Rose laying in the hospital bed with so many bandages.Raphael turned his head with eyes still fixed on Rose to respond to nurse Lucy,"Oui?... Oh", he shook his head, making his midnight black hair shift sides and fall just a little above his forehead and faced Lucy."I'm so sorry, I am just concerned about the little girl laying there", his French accent sent chills down Marianne's spine as she sat hiding her face away from Raphael.
Raphael was escorted to another section of the hospital, where the mortuary was. As they got closer, his body ran cold and he couldn't believe it was actually reality. He was filled with too many emotions to contain, he promised his late wife that he'd protect and care for their daughter with his life. Unfortunately fate had other plans.10 months ago..."Will you promise me something?", Christina said on her death bed, feeling her life escape her body with every second that passed.Raphael held her hand and leaned in to hear her faint voice, tears filled Christina's eyes as she thought about leaving her still very young daughter in this world without a mother to comb her hair and give her boyfriend advice when she becomes of age, or take pictures of her at her graduation and hold her grandchildren.Her heart sank as she looked at Raphael who was trying his very best to be strong for her sake and the sake of their daughter, his slightly dark skin st
Raphael remembered that he left the car key in Christina's bag so he went back for it real quick, but as he was getting closer to the room, Raphael noticed that there was commotion a around his around his wife's room so he quickly ran up to see if Christina was okay.One of the nurses tried to tell him that he could not get in but the words happened to pass him like a flash, he managed to work his way through and into the room, Christina had been shaking uncontrollably and then shut down right before his eyes.She was gone, no more life in Christina Sorrell. Raphael wondered where Bellamy was during all of this only to see her coming with a bunch of toys, skipping and humming to a song.Still in shock and a little disoriented, Raphael had to pretend nothing happened and get Bellamy away from the scene.Present..."Mr Sorrell?", the nurse he was walking with called.Raphael snapped out of his flashback and looked at her with eyes red from cry
When Rose woke up the second time after dozing off talking to her mother she felt the need to relieve herself so she asked Marianne if she could go, Marianne called for Lucy and she came almost immediately."Anything wrong?", Lucy asked."No, she just wants to go to the bathroom", Marianne told her.Lucy walked over to Rose to help her down but as she was uncovering her Rose didn't feel the grip on her legs to help her down, she tried to move them but had no feeling in them."Mummy, I can't feel my legs!", She cried out.Lucy looked at her and was shocked at the development so she put her back and ran to find their doctor, "I will be right back"."Mummy I still have to go", Rose complained.Marianne who was now at a loss for words and scared of what the doctor might say looked at her with fear,"I know my baby, but the doctor has to see why you can't move your legs okay".Lucy came back after a few minutes with doctor ca
"She's a very beautiful woman", Raphael said to Lucy as she approached him.Lucy looked back at Marianne walking towards the car and looked at him again,"Mr Sorrell?", she called as she waved a hand in his face because it looked like he was lost in a trans.Raphael blinked hard and turned to Lucy,"Oui mademoiselle, have you come to complain?", he asked gently and curiously."Why would I come to complain? It's not like you have been indirectly harassing my patient", Lucy said with sarcasm.Raphael thought for a second and realized how ignorant he had been, losing two people in one year can really take a toll on your brain. He squeezed his soft dark lips inwards and offered to apologize to Marianne while she was still around."I don't think that's a good idea Mr. Sorrell, she seems really upset right now. Maybe you should give her some time okay?", Lucy insisted.Raphael agreed and asked, "But how will I see her when she calms