ENZO
A month passed, and Ariana didn't wake up. Suzie couldn't stop telling me the tales of Ariana's betrayal. Whenever I looked at Ariana, I felt so angry. I wanted to beat her up so bad, I wanted to break her legs. I wanted to paralyze her so she would forever be at my mercy. I stopped going home as well because Suzie and Valentina couldn't shut their mouths about Ariana. “Monty!” I called again but no response at all.
A few minutes later, my cousin, Ronny, stepped into the office. “Monty went out for a moment. What can I do for you?” Ronny asked and I waved my hand at him.
“Nothing. Whenever he comes back, just tell him to give me her progress.” I replied in a low tone, lighting up another cigarette.
“Alright!” He replied and was about to walk away when his phone pinged. He left without a word. I was left with my own thoughts and my loneliness.
When I couldn't take it anymore, I stood up and went to the hospital. I wanted to tell her how they aborted the child from her lover. Her tears would only bring me joy and the peace I had lost because of her.
I grabbed my keys and went straight to the parking lot. I hopped into my car, and zoomed away. When I reached the hospital, I found her lying on that same bed. Doctor said she could hear everything. She is just too weak to push her way out of her consciousness. But that day, something was definitely different.
Doctors were coming over, constantly checking her up. “What's going on?” I asked when I grew irritated. They were keeping me from enjoying her pain.
“Monty didn't tell you. We informed him that your wife has suddenly been very active for the last two days. We are checking her vitals regularly. Maybe it's the new medicine. But we are hoping she will wake up soon enough.” I only nodded my head at the news they gave me. To be honest, I couldn't say if I was supposed to be happy or sad.
I signalled them to leave and they did. “Well, I am not happy at all. I want you to be in this state forever. So I can do whatever I want and you get to say nothing at all. By the way, I forgot to tell you. The one I had last night was prettier than you.” I heard a loud beep. It was her heart breaking again when I told her that I slept again with another woman.
I was smiling, when I saw her tears rolling down her eyes. A loud knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts. “I need to tell you something very important, brother.” It was Ronny. As he called me brother, I already knew something was definitely wrong. Ronny too, addressed me as boss. But whenever he was to discuss something serious, he would call me brother.
ARIANA
Voices! They were cruel. Especially my husband's voice was tearing my heart in ways no one has ever had. He visited me every single day. And he came with the story of a new woman he had fucked iny place, in his bed. It was a misunderstanding in my case but he was constantly cheating on me. He was cruel enough not to even see how he was hurting me. He made me cry every single day.
That day was no different. He was unbothered by my condition. Even worse, he was unbothered by my progress as well. He made me cry again. I wanted my heart to just stop so this pain could finally end. Then Ronny came in. “Then say it!” Enzo growled at Ronny.
Then Enzo took my hand into his and started squeezing my hand. He knew I had IVs attached to my hand. Yet he squeezed my hand so much that it started to sting. “It's better if we go outside, brother. There's something you need to know.” Ronny spoke again, trying so hard to get that monster out of the room.
“If you want to tell me something, say it right here or you can wait until I am done for the day with her.” Enzo growled at Ronny again. I could hear everything. But I couldn't do anything. I couldn't wake up.
“I had a chat with the doctor. The one who quitted right after operating on your wife.” Ronny started and just then, my heart started beating faster for some reason.
“And? What's so important about that?” Enzo questioned without thinking.
“The reason why she quitted. There were some complications during the abortion. Your wife can never conceive again. It was clearly the doctor’s mistake.” My heart skipped a beat when I heard that. My body was vibrating suddenly. And my heart felt like it was going to burst at any moment.
Enzo had robbed me off of my motherhood. Something I was looking forward to. Now I could never conceive because he didn't believe me. “Good! Now she can never conceive her lover's child. So there would be no way for him to look back at her.” I was disgusted by his thoughts that he was speaking out so loud. I wanted to get up and claw his face, I wanted to rip his tongue out of his mouth.
“Fuck! You are so blinded by Monty, aren't you?” Ronny growled at Enzo. What they didn't know, I had already opened my eyes. But for some reason, I stopped myself from announcing my presence just yet.
“Are you fucking out of your mind? What's with the tone?” Enzo growled at Ronny, standing up from his chair.
Suddenly, Ronny pulled an envelope out of his pocket and slammed it against Enzo's chest. “Well, then you should have known when you knocked her up. The baby you ripped out of her belly, the one you called bastard and asked me to make sure he ends up in trash, was actually your own fucking baby. Too bad, you can no longer bury him anymore.” Tears rolled down from my eyes as I heard what Ronny said.
“What are you talking about?” Enzo growled as he opened the envelope.
“Yeah! Read that thing. It's the DNA results of that fetus. It says it's a hundred percent match to you and your wife. You killed your own baby because your bitchy ex filled your head with lies. I don't know anything about what Monty told you but I am damn sure that these reports don't lie.” Ronny growled back at Enzo.
I watched the paper falling on the ground, as Enzo stood frozen in his place. Through blurred vision, I couldn't see much but the title said, 100 percent match. I clapped my hand on my mouth as I could no longer stop myself from sobbing.
“All this long! I told you that I didn't cheat on you. I told you that the baby was yours. I begged you to run the test. But you didn't listen. And now, you robbed me off of the one thing I wanted.” I could finally vent onto him for all the things he had done to me.
“Ariana! You are awake!” Enzo spoke, turning to look at me. He was about to grab my hand but I slapped his hand away from mine.
“Don't fucking touch me! You did this to me. You are the reason why I can never conceive again. You ruined everything. I hate you so much, Enzo. I never want to see you again.” I growled at him. Suddenly, the vibration in my body became a kind of buzzing in my brain. The next thing I knew, I was being swallowed by the darkness again.