ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Kathy Pov

I stood by the window looking out to see if Louis was coming but he wasn’t and the time was way past nine pm, I called his cell again but it still wasn’t going through, even when it did go through he didn’t take his calls, I wondered where he was and why he didn’t tell me he would be going out, my phone has been ringing nonstop, and at a point, I considered turning it off, but I needed to reach Louis so I couldn’t turn it off, I didn’t know where he would have gone too, I have been here for over one hour now and still no sight of him, neither is he picking his calls, I was beginning to worry, why didn’t he tell me that he won’t be at home, he should have at least notified me then I wouldn’t have to be worried.

“No need to panic Katherine, just calm down,”

I said to myself but I couldn’t calm down, we have to leave town today or my parents are going to find me, I called his number again, silently praying that he picks up if not I am going to go into full panic mode, and thankfully, it went through and he picked up

“Oh my God, Louis where are you? I have been trying to reach you,”

I screamed when he picked up.

“Sorry, baby but I had to take Pearl to the clinic, I will be back by morning and we can leave,”

He said.

“What? You know we have to leave tonight, you could have taken her to the hospital, she is a grown woman and can take care of herself or you could also have her come with us come on Louis,”

I sounded insensitive even to my ears but I was way past caring, if my parents find me now, I will be in deep shit, I didn’t care about a grown woman who could have easily taken herself to the hospital

“Don’t be so selfish Katherine, Pearl is my relative I can’t just abandon her knowing she is sick, so it either you wait for me or go back to your parents,”

He said, this was the first time he raised his voice at me, we often disagreed and he gets mad at me sometimes too but this was the first time he would shout at me, I felt tears well up in my eyes and angrily wiped them off.

“What? Louis, for real? You know I risked a lot for this, Pearl was fine until today, I saw her this afternoon when we did that video call and she looked fine, so how is she so sick now that you have to stay with her at the hospital? And which hospital are you guys I can come over to, then we can leave from there,”

I said already picking up my bag.

“No, Katherine, you stay in the house, do as I say girl, don’t be so fucking stubborn,”

“That’s what you think? That I am being stubborn, well try running away from home, knowing your family can find you in any moment and it won’t be nice one bit, I am fucking nervous right now so forgive me for thinking only about myself, Louis, we had a plan, you didn’t bother to tell me you were going to the hospital and I have been calling since, do you know how I felt coming here and meeting an empty house? How worried and scared I was when you didn’t pick my calls, you don’t know the half of it Louis, so forgive me for not thinking about your sick relative,”

I let out in frustration.

“I know, and I am sorry, but there is nothing I can do okay, it either you stay there and I will meet you up so that we can leave in the morning or go back home, it is your choice,”

He said and hung up, I screamed and threw my phone away, I started pacing up and down wondering what to do, my phone started ringing, I checked and it was a strange number, I didn’t think before picking it up and regretted it immediately, cuz the voice that spoke is a voice that I thought I have forgotten after ten freaking years but looks like I didn’t anyway because I recognized his voice, Cross.

“Don’t you hang up on me young lady, where ever you are you better start coming back home or I will sniff you out and you won’t like what I will do to you,”

He threatened.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“Who the fuck are you?”

I asked.

“Don’t play dumb with me bitch, if you know you didn’t want the engagement you would have just said so and not have everyone gather here just so you could embarrass us, I don’t fancy my family being a laughing stock, better get your ass back here,”

He said.

“You can keep your threats Mr. I have no intentions of coming back, I never said I will marry you, neither did we ever meet, so what ground do you have? I don’t have any obligations to you or your family, you guys and my family made your bed and you have to lay on it, it not on me, it’s on you guys because I wasn’t informed, I was only told, no force and I don’t fancy people forcing me into doing what I don’t want, have a nice day or a bad day,”

“Bitch if you didn’t cooperate and just told everyone where you stood, then we won’t all be here, I don’t want this either but I agreed to it and I traveled all the way from New York here and you disappear, talk about being irresponsible, what you have no obligations to us? That’s what you think, bitch, the moment you agreed to this engagement, is the moment you chose to be part of it, so you must follow through,”

He said in anger, I didn’t have to be listening to him, no I didn’t have to, I heard my mother’s voice in the background wanting to speak with me, but looks like Cross didn’t give her the phone.

“I am gonna hang up now, y’all deal with the mess, and clean it up pretty well, of, and tell my mom she should get married to you instead since she is so bent on keeping the family relationship.”

I said cockily

“You will regret this, I am gonna find you bitch, and make you pay for this, you better hide well because when I find you, you will wish you were not in this world.”

I heard him say before I hung up, I turned my phone off, I shook off the threats because there was no way he is gonna find me, not when I will be long gone before they even know where I was since Louis already said I should wait till it the morning I trusted him so I will wait, I took off my clothes and makeup and lay on the bed to sleep it was hard to fall asleep with so much going on but due to my tired body, in no time I got the sleep…