A SECOND CHANCE TO YOUR HEART - CHAPTER 41&42
[ Dad!! ]
“Shut the f-__-k up!”Matty landed him another and he fell.
Hard…
“You should get going or I call the cops!”Matty thr_@tened and turned but Joelle already walked in. He looked at Jeffrey one more time before walking away.
Jeffrey stood up after a while and then left, still in tears. While back in the room, Joelle stood by the window watching him leave.
**
NEXT DAY, STATION.
“What! We heard a loud sound and getting to her door to ask what happened, we met her with blood all around her”the lady said.
A neighbour to Lydia is the one who brought her to the station after seeing Erica’s body.
“Did you ki|| your daughter?”the cop interrogating her asked again but she repeated the same thing, making it hard for her to be believed.
“I was only saving her, why would I ki|| my own daughter!”she cried.
“There’s no camera……”
“The girl is alive!”another cop ran in.
“What!”
“She survive it!”he said, breathing really hard. The cop interrogating her and the neighbour both walked out, leaving just Lydia who sat in tears as she thought about her life.
Is she regretting it? What exactly?
*
AN HOSPITAL.
“Erica!”Kingston walked in with Anna who isn’t interested.
“King”she muffled.
“What happened? Why are you like this?”he asked.
“Did your mother really do this to you?”Anna asked.
“No”she muttered.
“Then just say it to the cops and let her be released, it’s fine since you’re okay, I’ve got somewhere to be”Anna said and walked out.
“Can you please send a message to Joelle with my phone, I want to talk to her”she said slowly.
“Joelle? Mrs Joelle?”he asked.
“Yeah”
“Your phone isn’t here and I don’t have her contact”he said.
“Oh….”
“I’ll be right back”he rushed out.
Thirty minutes later, Joelle walked in the ward, Kingston called with Anna’s phone.
“What’s the show about?”Joelle asked, standing close to her.
“It’s no show …”
“Then what?”
“I’m sorry…..”she trailed.
“For? All I know, you never did anything wrong, at least that’s what you keep saying”
“I really didn’t do anything wrong but I did one….. about your dad….his death…..”
“You ki||ed him or was it Lydia?”
“That day….I heard him talking on the phone about selling the house for your college fee….I felt angry and told mom about it….why you and not me, why? Mom confronted him but he still stood his ground…yours comes first and mine later, making mom more angry and she did….. she….. she hit him.. causing his death”she cried.
“Why…. are you telling me now?”Joelle asked slowly.
“Cause….i…. have heart cancer”she said.
“Not cause you feel remorseful? Not cause you know it’s wrong? Not cause you’re sorry?”Joelle asked in tears.
“You made me feel like a slave in my father’s house! Like I was nothing, always enjoying the feeling of me crying and you being superior! You h@??d me for being my own father’s daughter, like it was a great sin or something…..I was trash to you! Why!?”
“Elle…..”
“If you feel bad a little then testify about what your mom did. I’d leave it to you and see how you do it, but remember, dad love we both and he was ready to do everything for us to…. take care”Joelle said and walked away.
**
News spread rapidly about sky’s investments and right now, the two companies is down completed. Just the school which we don’t know how it’d end when it resumes.
Genevieve lay on the ground like a mad lady, hair scattered with bottles of drinks round her. The door to her room pushed open and Jeffrey walked in. He has that disappointed face as he got to her.
“Leave us”he said to the maid standing by. Genevieve slowly sat up.
“Why didn’t I remember everything back then and why now?”he asked.
“You finally did?”she laughed.
“What did you do!”he shouted.
“What do you think I did! You think if you had her around you all this year’s, you’d be this great!”she shouted.
“Great? Great you say? I’m trash, trash! And I stink so badly! You should have left me! You should had let me do what I wanted!”
“I should have….. maybe all this wouldn’t be happening but I’m glad I did!”she laughed. He stared at her speechlessly. How could a mom do this to her own son, how?
“Why didn’t I remember her?”he asked slowly.
“Cause I made the doctor did. All those drugs was for you to forget about her! Everything about her and when I wanted you to have back the memories, just like now, I stopped it”she laughed insanely and he shaked his head. His phone rang, making him wipe his tears as he picked.
“Who’s this?”he asked slowly.
“Son*his dad voice came like a whisper and he gasped.
“What’s wrong? Why do you sound like that?”
“I just wanted to hear your voice*
The call disconnected after that.
“What did you do!!”he shouted.
“What do you think? Your useless father found out about my plans and I abducted him…all those calls you’ve been having are just his voice records I forced him to do before then”she laughed.
“You’re a monster mom!”he screamed.
“You shouldn’t be saying that if you want him to live”she finally stood.
“What?!”
“He’ll be dying today though, tonight!”she laughed.
“What! Are you even my mom!!”
“What! I birthed you idiot! I had you in for nine months!”she screamed.
“Where’s dad!”he shouted and she laughed before pointing at the dressing room in the room. He quickly ran there but it requires password.
“Password?”
“I don’t know!”she laughed insanely, she’s obviously not herself.
“Mom!”
“I don’t know!”she kept laughing. Jeffrey sighed then input his birthday date but it was a no, his parents anniversary still a no, then he tried the numbers of SKY, 191126. It worked. He ran in immediately but met emptiness, no clothes nor shoes. He began searching before finally finding an hidden door which he opened. There he saw his dad, tied.
“Dad!!”
**
AMUSEMENT PARK.
Jesse and Clara kept asking Matty to bring them here and now they’re finally here, along side with Joelle.
“An ice cream mom!”Clara shouted.
“You just had one!”
“Another”she pouted.
“Ugly!”Jesse scoffed as he handed her his but she wouldn’t take.
“What?”
“I’m not ugly!”she snapped.
“Cute”he smiled and she took it but he said it again. “Ugly!”
“Dad! Mom!”she cried which made them all laugh.
“Where would you love to go Dad?”Jesse asked as they found a place to sit.
“Everywhere”he smiled.
“No, just you and someone”he said.
“A beach”he said.
“You mom?”he faced Joelle.
“Me?”
“Yes, I wanna know too”Clara said.
“I’ve always wanted to go to Jeju island with someone”she smiled.
“Who?”Jesse asked.
“It’s obviously with dad, right?”Clara said. She looked at Matty and they both smiled.
“See that!”Clara gushed.
“I would be back shortly, need to use the restroom”she stood up, leaving them as they both talked to Matty about where they’d go next.
Joelle who was locating the restroom stopped on seeing Jeffery standing a bit far. She turned to leave but changed her mind, walking with the aim of walking past him but he held her.
“Sw….”
“It’s Joelle”she said.
“I’m….”
“Sorry? It’s too late Jeffrey, too late”she muffled, taking her hand from his hold.
“But I still love you it’s still there, everything I said that night were rubbish, I was just forced to say it and I looked stupid right now but I still love you sweetheart”he said loudly, loud enough for people who are close to hear.
“I’m married”she said.
“I don’t know why but I don’t care if you are!”he shouted again. Matty was already close to them with the kids.
“Stop talking and just go!”she turned, sighting Matty.
“I really do JJ! I love you sweetheart!”he shouted.
“Stop talking!”she shouted back but Matty already got to him. Matty raised his hand to throw a punch but a hand held his.
“Dad!”Jesse and Clara both shouted as they stared at the scene in front of them.
TBC