A CHANGE - CHAPTER 19
🦋HIS FEAR🦋
Pearl locked the door from inside the moment they got in as they started catching their breaths.
“You are really a trouble maker, so you have once have issue with the soldiers” Kingsley said.
“And so? Those ones are just foolish. Moreover, aren’t you the one that started today’s fight?” Pearl rolled her eyes.
“Isn’t that what you do?” Kingsley attacked back.
“What?” She demanded.
“You always beat anyone that touches you and I was trying to fight for you, so how is that my fault?” He demanded.
“Is your fault because you could have just corrected him nicely.”she replied.
“Then why didn’t you stop me when you saw me attacking Him?” He demanded.
“You started it already so it will just be useless if I tried to stop you instead of joining in” she replied walking to her bucket to get water to drink whilst Kingsley let out a huge sigh when he no longer have an excuse.
There was silence among the duo while pearl focus on drinking the water until Kingsley broke it.
“Give me water” Kingsley said to her more like a command.
“Are you ordering me around?” Pearl glared at him.
“Just give me water I’m thirsty”Kingsley replied.
“Add please, this is not your house that you can be ordering everyone around like your slaves”pearl said spelling each words out for him.
Kingsley’s face change the moment he heard what she said as he went mute.
Pearl saw the changes in his mood and she felt guilty for hurting him.
“I’m sorry” she said giving him the water while Kingsley only nod his head in response as he drinks the water.
THE NEXT DAY
“I’m sorry about yesterday pearl, but you know I was only protecting you”Kingsley pleaded.
“Power ranger? Thank you. I don’t need your protection “she stated bluntly.
Despite all the pleas Kingsley pleaded with pearl to take her with him as she goes on sale with her bread, pearl still remain adamant that she won’t take him with her.
When Kingsley sees that she won’t bend to his will, he reluctantly let her go as he went back into the room.
It was just few minutes after pearl left that Kingsley started feeling bored and hungry.
He grabbed the dollar note pearl left for him before walking out the house. He had just walked few distance away from the house when he came across the coffee cafe he always come to spend his money on and as usual he entered the cafe.
“Oh, handsome man you are here today, why didn’t we see you yesterday?” The man serving the coffee demanded recongnising him as his favourite customer.
“I went out” he replied simply as the man hand over the coffee to him and he paid before walking out.
Normally, Kingsley always return back home after buying coffee but strangely he felt the need to stroll for more fresh air.
Kingsley was enjoying the feeling of the warm breeze on his body as he walked around the streets.
Suddenly he came across a shop where a lot of people are gathered at the front of the shop probably staring at something, curiosity got the best part of him and he stepped closer into the crowd to see what they were staring at.
A young boy was sitting in the midst of the crowd as he draws an old lady sitting in front of him in a big board placed in front of him.
A lot of people were marveled at how talented the young boy is and Kingsley won’t deny he also fell for the way he was drawing.
“He is really…the rest of the words got stuck in his throat when an heavy headache hit him.
Kingsley let out a groan as he held his head and suddenly it free him but just when he set his eyes on the painting it hit him more harder than the first one that he let out a painful scream.
“I’m sorry” he apologized when he realized he has distracted them and they hissed before turning back to the guy.
He stare at the painting for the last time as he made to walk away but blurry image of scenes he can’t predict started playing on his head.
“Please let me paint this butterfly” he could hear his voice pleading.
“I said no to drawing and painting! Are you deaf?!” He heard a yelling voice of a person he can’t predict.
Kingsley felt the world turning on its own as he kept hearing the voices whilst the images are not clear but he could pin point his voice.
“Argh!!!” He let out an angonizing scream as he felt his head grew bigger than it’s normal size while the headache add to his torture.
People started running to help him but before they could get to him, Kingsley was already down.
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