Chapter Twenty Eight
Chapter Twenty Eight
LENA's POV
I saw it, the softness in his eyes as he got off me, it was only for a few seconds that it was there but i had seen it. It was evidence that he was human after all and not some monster that had fallen off from the sky. The banging on the door had stopped and i could hear Mrs paxton call out to me asking if i was fine, it was more of an affirmation to know if i was still alive or her son had ended my life. I shakily called out to her that i was fine but i didn't hear her walk away which meant she was still standing there.
The calmness i saw was gone in a twinkle of an eye and he was back to looking at me like i was the worst woman any man should be weary of.
“Answer me Lena.” he spoke softly but i could still hear the threats evident in his tone, it was even worse because i had forgotten the question i was asked and i knew i was going to be in Even deeper trouble. But i had been sharpmouthed all evening and there was no need to suddenly turn cold.
“I would love to answer your question Richard but unfortunately i wasn't paying much attention to listening, so maybe you could repeat yourself.”
He gave a maniacal laugh and paced back and forth clenching his fist before turning back in my direction.
“Were you trying to get me to kill you?”
“Oh that, well what use am i if you will not even treat me rught, so i decided it was better to just allsow you wbd my life, you were so close so why stop all of a sudden?”
“You don't deserve to be treated right love, every girl on earth except you deserves the right treatemebt. You didn't think you were going to mess yourself up all these while and then get a husband who was going to treat you like gold right?, you've got to be kidding me. And about killing you, you are not worth dying by my hands or even dying at all, that's too much luxury tgat you don't deserve, so i am going to take my time and watch you while you suffer endlessly.”
“My suffering gives you that much joy?” i responded in a sad tone, i had planned to have a content attitude towards whoever i was going to end up tying the knot with but ending up with Someone like this was jit something i had ever imagined. I was treated like shit by my family all those years and my only regret had to be the fact that i had consoled myself with my future partner instead of fleeing when i had the chance to.
“Oh yes i do, and i would love to see you suffer endlessly so don't think of dying, because if you do, that child inside of you is going to be the next to partake in the suffering, something like generational curse.” he smiled like he was excited to analyze the whole situation.
“Fine, i wont die, but i aslo would not stress you or try to disturb you in any way so how about we just coexist and not be in our spaces”
“So you can have more time to go on your scandalous acts with Tyler right?”
“There is nothing between Tyler and i.”
“Oh well that's what you want me to believe. But about your offer? My answer will be NO. I call the shots here alright?, my house and my rules, you don't have a say in the situation or how things will be ran, you can only do my bidding. Is that clear?”
She nodded.
“You don't nod when i speak, is that clear Lena or do we need to go another round for me to pass my message?”
I wanted to ignore him, but riling him up only meant bigger problems for me because the more i decided to be stubborn about things, he was only going to beat me up and get me sore in places that i already was, he had vowed not to kill me so it was obviously pointless trying to annoy him.
“Yes Richard, its all clear.”
“Good, now be a good girl and have a nice night bath, don't act like anything happened or maybe i will actually consider killing you.” he threatened and i frowned looking disgusted
“I have a question.”
“Usually i wouldn't entertain questions but ask away.”
“If you knew nothing about my past and things I had done at the club or men I had been with, would you treat me any better?” I asked
“Nothing will ever make me treat you better, your first mistake was accepting to marry me when I wanted nothing to do with in the first place. That’s the only question I would be accepting tonight, Adios.”
He went and forcefully unlocked the door. Like I predicted, Mrs Paxton was still at the door and I knew she was waiting to be sure everything was safe with me. She gave Richard a deadly stare before rushing to pick me up ,she had a sorry expression and a motherly care on her.
“I am so sorry Lena, I can take you to the hospital, we could run some check ups.”
“No Mrs Paxton, I am fine and I need you to stop worrying about me okay?, this is the life I chose and I have no choice but to live with it like Richard said. I am not bleeding so obviously the baby is fine.”
“What baby is fine?, what you’ve been injured internally, I can’t bare to see you in this manner, you look really disheveled and the baby could be dead, we don’t know”
“Dead babies come with blood.”
“Not all okay?”she returned
“Alright, maybe not all of them, but majority of them and like I said, I am alright, so maybe you should trust me. I would like to have a bath and think about the next line of action since my plan tonight didn’t work out.”
“That was a stupid plan Lena, what if you really got yourself killed, I would spend eternity blaming myself for your death, don’t ever try such a foolish act okay?”
“Oh I don’t need you to seat there and tell me that my plan was idiotic because I know that already, but at least I am trying to do something since no one would come to my aid. Now I am aware that he’s not going to kill me or let me die, I can’t even try to kill myself because I will feel guilty thinking about the fact that Ty saved my life to keep me standing, and every new day I see is just a reminder of how fucked I am truly.”
“Ty? You’ve even got a nickname for him now, that’s cute.”
“Of all the zillion things I said, this is the best thing you could pick Mrs pacton?.”
“Oh I’m sorry, I am only trying to make the atmosphere less tense than it already is, and I know you said you don’t like Tyler, but this is starting to look like a new love story and I am loving it”
One thing about Mrs Paxton is that she never seized to amaze me, the more I related with her, the easier it was for me to relax and bring down my walls around her.
“Oh well he’s just a friend, and I can’t even move in that direction because he is Richard’s friend and the only reason Richard has not ordered his execution is probably because he doesn’t have solid proof yet, and I would rather not bring problems to a young man who is only trying to live his life. Also, he has a woman.”
“Oh wow, he told you about his woman?, at least he’s honest, most young men would lie to you.”
“He didn’t say it himself, but I saw a young lady in his album and the were looking really good.”
“Silly you, what if it’s his sister or cousin?” She questioned
“Cousin?,as if. He is obviously in a relationship and with what I saw, those lot are deeply in love,”
“Oh well better not to Mrs’s with a beautiful relationship if it’s working out, I see why it’s best not to assume that a man has feelings for you until he chooses to tell you about it.”
“Tell me about it , well I’ve decided to let things be for my own peace of mind, Richard can kill me whenever he’s done having his fun I guess.”
“He is not going to kill you? Not while I am still well and alive okay?, I already promised to keep you safe and it might not look like I am doing much right now, but I am putting things in place and very soon I will execute the plans for your safety.”
“Thanks Mrs Paxton, now I really need that bath and a good nap, maybe food would help too since I have not had anything to eat except what Tyler offered me this morning.”
“I’m on it love. And we are really going to see a doctor in the morning, you are not allowed to say no.”
“Alright ma’am.”
She prepared the bath and got me something to eat , after eating I went off to bed thinking of the child inside me and hoping that a better future would come for us, a future without Richard and his nonsense….”