In love and war batch 8

IN LOVE AND WAR::CHAPTER 16
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Ray was sitting on the bench. He was feeling nervous and had so many questions
“How is she?”
“She is okay no internal injury,” said the doctor
“Are you sure doctor?”
“Yes. She is even awake. You can go and see her.”
Ray followed the doctor. He walked behind him and was led in a room. The doctor opened the door and let him in,side.
“If you need anything I will be in my house,” he said before closing the door.
Ray made a step close to the bed. He sat on the bed and looked at Amy.
“What happened between you and Diana?”
He paid attention to the eye contact Amy maintained. He knew she was a good liar. She had lied to him several times. Amy needed to play the game rightly. She faked tears.
“I was just coming from the bathroom. She asked me who I was and when I told her that. I was your girlfriend. She got mad at me and threw me down the stairs,” she lied.
It didn’t make sense to Ray so he kept quiet for a while. He knew Amy was not telling him the truth. She and Diana knew each other.
“You need to tell me everything or else! You threw yourself down those stairs. I know you did it so that I could hate Diana. You didn’t really have a choice so you threw yourself down the stairs.”
Amy jumped in and corrected.
“I don’t want her to be with you. I wanted to get rid of her,” she said not thinking.
After realising that she had told the truth. She thought of another plan.
“I am laying charges of assault. She pushed me down those stairs.”
“You won’t dare. You crazy,” said Ray getting up. “If you come after Diana again. I swear Amy….. You will hate me!” he said walking to the door.
He stopped, turned and faced her.
“I don’t want to see you at my house,” he said and slammed the door in her face.
“Dammit Diana!” shouted Amy when Ray had closed the door. “This is far from over. Let the war begin.”
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Ray got in his car and made a phone call to his brother before starting it.
“Bro!”
“Ray. I am at work what is it?”
“Bro help me out. I need to see my lady. Can I have address to her house? Please bro I will buy you some sweets.”
“Man! I am not Kiara who loves sweets. We still need to talk about Diana. I know you guys are pretending but if it so happens that you have true feelings for her. I beg you to take good care of her. She has been through a lot in her life,” advised Raphael.
“I will bro. Now the address. The counselling save for later. Mr Marriage Counsellor”
“Okay cool. Write it down.”
Ray wrote down the address. He started his car and drove off at Diana’s house.
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“Miss!” called out Rose.
“Huh!”
“I can see you have a lot in your mind. For hours now I had been talking to myself. Let me leave you to rest,” said Rose getting up.
“Thank you Rose.I am sorry. I kinda wasted your time.”
“No need to. Guess I will see you tomorrow when you feeling better,” said Rose.
“Yes!” responded Diana walking her to the door. “Take care,” she said before closing her door.
She sat on her sofa. She wanted to see Ray and tell him the truth. Yes, they were not dating but she felt that he needed to explain to him what really happened.
She got lost in,side her own thought. She didn’t pay attention on what was happening around her. She felt cut off from the world. She felt trapped. A knock on the door disrupted her thoughts. She was not expecting anyone. Who could it be? She thought to herself. She walked to the door and opened the door.
He was standing at the door. His hands in his pocket. Her heart started pounding really fast.
“Can I come in,side?”
“Yah sure,” she said and closed the door when he got in,side.
He made himself comfortable on the sofa. She was shaking like a leaf and he noticed it. Different from Amy who used to hide her nerves.
“I want to ap….”
“Why did you push her down the stairs?!” he shouted at her pretending to be angry. He wanted to scare her and she was.
“I did not push her. She pushed herself. I mean she threw herself down those stairs,” she said with a innocent look on her face. “Why didn’t you tell me that you had a fiancee? To even think that I would fall for a guy like you.”
“What! She is not my fiancee D. We broke up months ago.”
“Oh please Ray. I am not a twelve year old that you can lie to. Enough of the lies. I may have not pushed her. I know I am not guilty but the guilt one here is you,” she paused.
“No, Diana. Listen,” he looked at her.
She was beautiful but not that only. He had devoped some feelings for her. She had too, but there was Amy between them. He was afraid to confess what he felt about her. She was afraid to be in love with him. Amy was a threat. They kept quiet for a while.
“I think it will be best if you leave my house. I don’t want to see you again,” she said with tears.
She didn’t mean it but she was trying to protect him. He didn’t want to leave. He didn’t want to let her go. She was his soulmate and he felt it. He walked out of the house.
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CHAPTER 17
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He drove his car to his house. Upon arrival he parked the car at the garage and headed to his house. He opened the door and poured a glass of water. He sat down on the floor his hands on the head. Eversince he broke up with Amy he never felt so broken before. He felt as if someone so special had been taken away from him. His happiness and laughter. He thought he was going to get what a man could wish for. A good woman, beautiful with a good heart, adored by everyone and very funny. The tears that ran down his cheeks were filled with sadness and hurt. She crossed his mind every minute and hour ever since he met her. Forgetting about her was going to be so hærd. He knew his heart was broken before but after meeting Diana. It healed, his heart beat for her.
“Ray!” called out Raphael tapping his shoulder. “What are you doing sitting on the floor? You left the door open. What is happening? Talk to me.”
He sniffed.
“I lost her brother. I lost a woman that I thought I would spend the rest of my life with.”
“What did you do to Diana? What do you mean you lost her? Isn’t it you guys were pretending just to please mum and dad?” asked Raphael with a hint of confusion in his voice.
He helped Ray to get up from the floor. They sat on the couch.
“What happened?” asked Raphael concerned.
“I had fallen in love with her bro. I could feel it in my heart that she was the girl I had been praying for. I wanted to be with her,” he went on. “I wanted to wake up every morning with her in my bed. I wanted to love her, treat her like a queen but I can’t now. She kicked me out of her life.”
“Why?”
Ray started telling his story. How he met Amy? And that for Diana to kick her out. She had met Amy.
“Wait! Amy! You mean the ex Mayor’s daughter?” asked Raphael surprised.
“Yes, bro. She is exactly the one.”
“That family is bad news. I don’t think I should be the one telling you this but Amy and Diana used to be best friends. The Mayor tried to rape Diana when she had just finished high school,” he went on. “The Mayor got Diana arrested but I bailed her out. He lied saying she stole his money. That is the reason. If that girl is back Diana is not safe. To even think that you dated the girl. Wow. An applause for you.”
Ray scratched his head. He got up and poured himself a glass of wine. He took it all down and took a deep breath before going back to sit with his brother.
“A hell of a story. What should I do? I made them sleep in my house last night. They met in the morning and Amy was pushed down the stairs by Diana,” said Ray.
“What!” exclaimed Raphael
“Don’t worry I didn’t believe Amy’s story. That one is a good liar. I think she threw herself down the stairs so that I could hate Diana. But that made me fall for her even deep. I can’t stop thinking about her bro.”
“What kind of girl does that?”
“She is obsessed with me. I need to go and see Diana. If I go at her house she won’t open the door for me. Can you call her say Auntie Miriam wants to see her. Please bro,” he begged.
“You will pay me.”
“Yes! I will buy you sweets,” he said with a serious look in his face.
Raphael immediately called Diana and she agreed to come. Later the two men drove to Raphael’s house.
“Auntie Miriam, I am nervous,” said Ray late that night.
“You don’t need to be. Be honest with your self. Tell her what you feel. She is a good girl,” said Miriam as he sat beside her.
They heard a knock on the door.
“I think its her,” said Raphael. “Come on wifey let’s leave the two love birds.”
They walked hand in hand heading to their room. The twins were not around. They hærdly spent the time with their parents. They found them so annoying and boring thus they prefered staying with their grandma. Their parents had gotten used to it.
He took a deep breath before opening the door. His heart pounding really fast. He opened the door slowly. Their eyes met
“Hie!” he said.
“Hie!” she kept her voice bright, as if this scenario was one she was familiar with and met his gaze.
“Come in,side!”
She walked in,side the house and sat on the sofa. He sat beside her. He smiled at her and the butterflies in her stomach fluttered even more widly, but before she could speak he continued.
“You look beautiful my lady.”
She didn’t respond with words but he saw her expression change. She smiled back.
“I believe you did not push Amy down those stairs. Amy is my ex fiancee. She slept with my best friend. I caught them. I know that she was your best friend,” he said. “I love you Diana. I know we hærdly know each but you the woman had been looking for. I can’t stop thinking about you. Don’t worry about that psycho Amy. She will never harm you as long I stay by your side.”
“But What if.”
Unable to control himself, he silenced her with a k-ss so hærd and deep he almost couldn’t breath. It was as if bond was forming with the k-ss. He pulled back.
“This is what I feel about you. I am in love with you my lady,” he smiled.
She smiled back and held her tightly in his arms.