Chapter 213
Angel
When my eyes locked with Thea, I wasn’t ready for the reaction that came next because it began to make me doubt everything I had believed so far.
Why was she in such pain?
“Thea, Thea what’s wrong?” Florentine yelled holding Thea by the hand. I too was shocked at her sudden reaction. I didn’t know what to do but I was shaken from the look of pain she had. What was wrong? And why was she acting this way?
“I just want to go….” She cried with tears spilling from her eyes. My heart clenched seeing her show so much pain, my head was a storm of confusion and for the very first time I began to doubt everything.
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“Thea!” Florentine yelled as her feet suddenly went wobbly almost falling her to her feet. I didn’t know when my legs moved in a haste but I was standing next to Thea with my hands wrapped around her waist and my body shaken from fear.
She was scaring me.
“Thea, what’s wrong? What’s wrong with her Florentine!” I directed my worry through anger to Florentine. She said nothing but gave me a glare that could almost kill me.
“Get those filthy hands off me you bastard!” She yelled struggling away from me but I held her close scared that if I left her she’d fall. “You fucking monster! Let me go Angel!” She cried hitting against my chest with weak hands that inflicted no pain in me.
“Thea stop!” I yelled back holding her arms together. She stopped and looked at me with a gaze that showed nothing but hate. Her face was covered in her own tears and her eyes red from pain.
“Florentine, get this monster away from me.” She said staring dead into my eyes. My hands went weak around her and I blinked as her words inflicted pain on me. “Let me go Angel. I don’t ever want to see your face.” She sobbed those words as more tears streamed down her face. I let my hand leave her even when all I wanted to do was hold her. She turned around leaving my room while Florentine made to follow her.
“What was that all about?” I asked holding Florentine’s arm and stopping her from leaving. She gave me that death stare again and withdrew her hand sharply from me. A behaviour that was unexpected and came as a shock to me. Florentine was always the calm one but right now I could tell her loyalty was to Thea.
“Why don’t you just go back to her.” She said gesturing to Lola who I didn’t bother looking at.
“Why the fuck did Thea act that way?” I asked again, In a rasp voice as my throat constricted.
“Haven’t you done enough Angel? Haven’t you hurt her enough? Isn’t this the reason you asked her to come over here? So that she could watch you kissing Lola! She yelled as her eyes welled up with tears.
“You’re mistaken Florentine. That wasn’t what happened.”
“You disappoint me Angel, What do you really want from her? Why are you acting all worried after what you just did. You went too low this time and I will not stand for it!”
“Can you just hear me out!” I yelled back feeling greatly misunderstood. I cared, yes, I fucking cared about Thea’s reaction. That she had caught me kissing another woman, the same woman she thought I was to marry.
Everything that had happened before, all the dots began to produce a new and different meaning from what I had stood for before.
“Like you heard her?” Florentine said and chuckled bitterly. A tear fell off her eyes and she wiped it immediately. “Did you even care to hear Thea’s side of the story?
“What do you mean?”
“You have no right to worry about her after everything you’ve done to her.” She said and turned away to leave but then she stopped and looked at me again. “Don’t even think of coming after her, your face is the last thing she ever wants to see.” She said and hurried away and I let out the breath I was holding. I staggered and held the door frame. Sharp gasps left my throat.
There couldn’t be any better explanation for what had just happened. It got me thinking, had I been wrong all along? I remembered Cassie confronting me about listening to Thea’s side of the story but I let my anger overide my thinking and sent her out of my office. I also remembered Thea pleading to be heard but I gave her no eares. From the onset I had been told that I had misunderstood everything but I didn’t bother, all I care about was my own conviction but right now that conviction faltered and I doubted myself and my judgement. Had she just realize that she actually cared after seeing me with Lola or hurt the woman I loved for nothing?
“Angel….” I snapped out of my thoughts hearing Lola’s voice. For a moment I had forgotten about her existence. I turned around to see her walking towards me. She looked like guilt was ravaging her but that was the least if my concern.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. I just felt desperate. I’m so sorry Angel.” She said with tears dripping down her eyes.
I sighed deeply but said nothing to her. I needed answers for the questions that bugged my mind but I was forbidden to see the one person who could answer those questions. A sudden surge of guilt filled my heart as I thought about Carl the man I had shot and killed. If all this was a misunderstanding then I indeed killed an innocent man.
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“You should go now Lola….” I said and looked at her. She was in no condition to drive and I couldn’t be the reason someone’s life was in harms way again. “I’ll drive you home.” I said to her and saw the relieve that settled on her face which soon got taken over by the look of guilt.
I drove Lola back home, the ride was awfully silent and I was glad she didn’t say anything. It would have been easy to blame her but I was at fault too for letting her into my room. I dropped Lola off and drove back immediately. On my way, my phone began to ring and it were calls from Knight. I picked it up as I had an odd feeling from the call.
“Where are you?”
His voice came out hoarse and dead serious stirring me up in my seat.
“I’m on my way home.” I said, wondering if he heard about what happened already.
Knight may not have been very vocal about the way I had treated Thea but I didn’t think he had been in support. His body language had given him up many times but he was probably trying not to get on my bad side.
“Is there a problem?” I asked when he remained silent but I got no reply as he hung up on me. I tried to call back several times but I got no answer which increased my worry. I sped up not caring how fast I was driving, I just knew I needed to be home for whatever reason.
I hurried into the mansion once I got home and for some reason my first instinct was to head to Florentine’s room but Knight got to me before then.
“Where the fuck have you been?” He asked sounding pissed.
“I drove Lola home.”
He scoffed. “Did you have to go that low?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about Thea!” The moment Thea’s name left his mouth I felt uneasy.
“What happened to Thea?” I asked yet I dreaded the answer. “Where is she Knight?” I yelled feeling my heart drum so loudly in fear.
“At the clinic, she collapsed while you were gone.”
“What?”
I felt a pang of pain at his words and without wasting further time, I hurried back to my car driving roughly to the clinic.
Was she okay? Was she alive? I kept asking as I drove. My fear overwhelmed me. At this point nothing mattered, not the fact that she betrayed me. I didn’t care about anything I just wanted to see her and make sure she was alright.
I hurried into the clinic the moment I got there bursting doors open to know what room she was in.
I’d die if anything should happen to her. Up untill now, no matter the anger I felt for Thea or the pain I felt because I thought she had betrayed me, she was still very much the closest one to my heart and now she was in danger and it was all because of me.
“Where is she?” I yelled grabbing a nurse on the way.
“Who sir?” She asked fearfully.
“I said where is she?”
“Angel!” A voice yelled my name and I looked up to see Florentine, Camilo and Cassie all walking towards me with a mix of expression. Cassie had the most hateful glare at me, Camilo did too but with a mixture of sadness while Florentine looked pissed off and disappointed at the same time.
All of it didn’t matter, why the fuck were they all here and at the same time?
A sharp sigh left my throat and I felt my eyes sting with fluid as I dreaded the situation. My chest constricted in pain as I thought of possibilities.
“Thea….” I muttered walking towards them. She had to be okay, for my sanity, she had to be….
“You shouldn’t be here, you’ve done enough harm already.” Florentine said and I felt relieve instead. At least she was alive if she didn’t want to see me.
I dipped my head and let myself be vulnerable in front of the ladies.
“What happened?” I said breathing heavily.
“Its none of your business Angel. Just fucking leave!” Cassie yelled pointing the way out for me.
“Tell me what happened to Thea Florentine.” I begged but she looked away and I could tell she was trying hard to hold back her tears.
“What do you think happened?” Cassie said again. “You of course. Everything is all because of you!”
I remained silent letting Cassie voice out her anger. She had been against me from day one, it was only right for her to react this way.
“I want to see her… Please.” I begged.
“You’re shameless Angel. After how you treated her? When all she did was love you through it all.” Cassie said and I froze for some seconds. Did she just say love?” I stared at her and the others and they looked away. I knew they were witholding something from me.
“You don’t deserve her Angel. The best you can do is not show your face to her.” Cassie said and walked past me, brushing harshly against me.
“I’ll go back to the mansion and get some stuffs for her.” Camilo said in a low voice and walked past me refusing to make eye contacts. She obviously hated me for what I did to her friend.
“Give me one reason why I should let you see Thea.” Florentine said and I only hoped she was willing to give me a chance.
“…. I love her Florentine. I’ve always loved Thea so dearly. I may have been wrong, no I don’t even care if I was right. I was just hurt but more than anything, I need Thea alive and if indeed I had messed things up with her. I will do anything to earn her forgiveness.”
I said baring my feelings to her. Florentine was the most understanding person. I could tell the decision was difficult for her but either way I was going to see Thea.
“I will need to speak with her.” She said and went in but came back shortly.
“She’s asleep. You should go.” She said avoiding eye contact.
“Then let me just stare at her.”
“You can’t do that.” She said hastily and I knew she had been lying intially. I waited three seconds for her to reconsider but she didn’t do I barged into the room locking the door behind her despite her protest outside.