Chapter Eighty.

I told my driver to wait for sometime so that I would be back. I don't want this to linger. It will be very insensitive of me to pretend as if I don't know what is hurting her feelings and leave just like that. I need to go now and see her and also encourage her.

"Neil, you forgot something?"

"No, where is she?"

"She ran upstairs."

"Okay." I climbed the stairs and tried opening the door but she locked it. I heard someone crying and sniffing.

I knocked so that she could open the door before she killed herself with tears. "Zina, please open the door."

It took a while before she opened the door for me. "Zina, what's the matter? Why are you crying?"

I held her but she removed her hands and went back to the bed. I locked the door so that nobody would interfere. It was our business and we had to settle it without bringing my parents in.

I went closer to her bed. "Zina, please talk to me." She cleaned her face and sniffed but was silent. She was lying down on her stomach and faced the