Chapter 29
FAITH
I don't know what we told her but it's certainly not pleasant news, and she tells me that bad news doesn't come alone, it doesn't mean anything to me, Boff seriously it looks like it's a curse that falls on us
Me: but what's wrong?
Leila: she has just told me that MODE VALEE has just been vandalized
Me scandalized: what?
Leila: okay a truck for which I work so hard, and no need to tell you who is behind all this
Me: are you sure they are?
Leila: you don't need to be Einstein to know that, as by chance they vandalized my workplace the day they attacked me, that's clear
Me: but these girls are psychopaths, there we must not miss this, they will pay
Leila: no no we're not going to do anything, whatever it is, it's her husband's money
Me: and you, it's your effort and so much time to devote to all this
Leila: you would never have thought that I would have had my own fashion house one day, right? In this same way I will start from scratch, I no longer want to have anything that binds me to this man, I leave her husband to him, I will free the enclosure as soon as I get out of here
Me: but they will have won, you worked too hard for all your
Leila: and I'll start again, I have my 10 fingers, I just want to end all this, I'm so tired you know?
Me: whatever your decision you can always count on me, I will always be there, I can always learn to sew
Leila smiling: don't create problems for me, you have two left hands
Me: don't worry, I'll settle everything with MODE VALLEE you won't have to set foot laba
Leila: thank you very much
Me: don't worry darling, rest now
I pull up her blanket on her, and I sit down at Chris's who hasn't let me go for all this time, he takes me in his arms, I lean against him and he whispers in my ear
Chris: you were very brave
Me whispering: thank you
A few hours later….
We slept in the hospital today Chris and I, I really hurt all over, I get up I notice that Leïla is still sleeping, when I go back to my seat I notice that we are knocking on the door, Chris and I we look at each other
Chris surprised: who is it?
Me, I do not know
When I go to open the door, I find a familiar face who is not at all welcome here, I don't even know what he is doing here
Me: Hello, what are you doing here?
Him: but I come to see Leïla, I learned that she was here
Me: Do you have the nerve to come here? You're not welcome here at all, you have to leave
Chris approaching me: who is my heart?
Leila in a barely audible voice: let him in
Me: but Leïla!!!
Leila: Please...
Chris and I move aside to let him in, when he comes in Chris and I leave the room to give them more privacy, when we return to the exit Chris starts
Chris: he's her boyfriend isn't he?
I do !!
He says nothing more and changes the subject once we find chairs or ask ourselves
Chris: how are you?
Me grimacing: I have pain everywhere and especially in my back, but that's normal, isn't it?
Chris: you should go home and rest, James is on his way, he will come and take you home
Me: no I want to stay here with her
Chris: it's not debatable, you go back to rest I said, do you want to be hospitalized again?
Me: no, I understood I will go home with him
Leila
I was already waking up when I heard voices, when I open my eyes I see faith talking to someone and she said that this person was not welcome, who could it be if not this man, this man who gave me a semblance of joy and happiness, who took me more and made me more miserable than I have ever been, this man who made me dangle a future that I could never have
When he enters he rushes towards me to take my hand which I immediately withdraw from his grip
Me: what are you doing?
Him: I learned that you were hospitalized so I came to see how you were doing, but what happened?
Me: you really don't know what happened?
Him :….
Me: I suspected it, I beg you I never want to see you again in my whole life, stay away from me, go take care of your family
When these sentences start to come out with accompanying tears of pain, I felt so miserable…
Him: But why do you say that? You know we have plans, go get married you and me
When he finishes his sentence he takes out of his pocket, a box which he opens, in the hollow of this box is a ring which carries a beautiful stone of a good size and which carries on each side of the stone two small stones smaller in size, this jewel that would have made me the happiest woman in the world a few days ago, is indifferent to me at this precise moment, I feel so angry for it
Me in a contemptuous tone: are you sick or sadistic? You like to see people suffer, don't you? Your wife and your daughter beat me to the point of losing my baby, they had my shop vandalized I lost all the equipment and the whole collection this morning you have the courage to come and show up here and tell me pull out a ring you want to marry me? You want my death ?
Him: but cal….
Me cutting it off: you're going to shut up and listen to me, your wife and your daughter I don't intend to denounce them or file a complaint against them, all I ask of you is to stay away from me, don't come any closer from me please, our relationship ends today, next week we will send you the keys to the locale
Him: you are such a humble and kind-hearted person, that's what made me fall in love with you, I really wanted us to share our life together you know? I wanted to start a family, you and me, you're not a woman like the others, I would have really liked this child to live
Me with his back: leave now please!!
I don't want him to see those tears on my face, nor to see his face, all I have left is to forget him and put a cross on this impossible love
I hear someone close the door, it's probably him, the tears flow even more, I have no choice I have to let him go and rebuild my life