MARRY ME NOW

April walked out of his room with a smile. “Leave him be. He’s taken the medication. He’d be fine.” Said April.

Austin had driven out of the house. He remembered the last time he had spoken to Tessa.

“I think that’s what I meant,” I said before I could stop myself but also couldn’t stop myself from going on. “I know what you want, Austin. But doesn’t love comes from both sides? I don’t love you, I never did, I never will. I appreciate what you’ve done for me and my child and if there’s a way I could pay you back, I would..” Tessa had said.

It brought so much pain to his heart. But he needed to get to Tessa. Now. He hoped she was okay. He hoped she’d receive him.

He drove to her apartment. On reaching there he quickly got out of his car and walked to the front door. He rang the doorbell a couple of times, impatiently.

The door opened a lady stood there with a child. She stared at him. “I need to see Tessa.” He said.

She didn’t speak for about a minute. She just stared at the good-looking man before her. “Uhm… There’s nobody called Tessa in this house.” She finally found her voice.

He knew instantly that Tessa must have moved but something didn’t seem right. He had this guy feeling something was going on.

“I know the person living here before me was a lady called Tessa. My neighbour told me about her. She told me a lot. She told me how she was in danger before she left. She left to save her life.” The woman said.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I don’t know much. But since you had asked of this Tessa, I just thought I should tell you what I’ve heard about her, maybe it would help you find her. I know very little of the situation but my neighbour had told me about it and you could meet her to tell you all you need to know.” The woman said. “That’s her house over there.” She pointed at the opposite house.

He nodded his head. “Thank you.” He said. He cussed in his mind. By Tessa… Is in danger.

He didn’t hesitate and walked in the opposite direction. He rang the doorbell. A woman opened the door. She gasped.

“You!” She said.

“Do you perhaps know anything about Tessa’s whereabouts?” He sounded broken.

She nodded her head and then asked him to come in. He slowly walked into the house to the sitting room. “Please sit.” She said. He sat down hesitantly.

“Ever since that night when she ran away, I haven’t seen her in person, but I think I know where she is.” She said. “Tessa had left in the night. I had noticed a black car just outside her apartment that night. They had haunted her but I think she escaped as the next day, the car she escaped with was declared missing. I think they might have found her because of that car. I was scared for her. I encouraged myself to go to the police to tell them what I saw, but nothing was done, in fact, I was warned by a cop not to interfere.”

“I’d advise you not to interfere in this case ma’am, so you wouldn’t be a target. He could kill you or even throw you in prison without you necessarily committing a crime.” A cop had told me. Fearing for my life, I had back down.

“I didn’t hear of Tessa for a while not until recently, I got a wedding invitation. I have no idea who sent it. On the invitation was Tessa’s name and a man called Vick. Tessa had once told me of someone called Vick, she told me how her aunt almost forced her to wed this man and her narrow escape. I believe that’s Vick. I believe he is forcing her into this. I believe she’s seeking a way to escape. And I know… Only you can help her…” The woman said. She very well knew Austin was.

Austin hand fisted. He was blaming himself. If he hadn’t left when she had rejected him if he had kept on coming all this wouldn’t have happened. He now knew all he had to know but he had no idea who is this Vick.

“Do you perhaps have anything to identify him?”

“Yes! He’s everywhere on Google!” She said and took her phone to search for Vick. She showed Austin his picture and Austin immediately recognize him.

“That bastard.” He whispered under his breath. He was going to make sure he paid. Everyone behind this would pay. He walked away. “Wait!” The woman called. “I could help in other things…” She said.

“You’ve done enough.” He replied and walked out of the house. He got to his car. Entered and immediately made a call. “I need your help now more than ever before.” He told the person

**** TESSA’S POV ****

I finally walked out. There stood Vick smiling at me for a mile and walking closer. I looked down. He walked closed er, and stretch out his hand. Waiting for me to place my hand on his.

I didn’t. In, fact I didn’t want to. I raised my head a bit to look at his face. His smile was gone. He grabbed my hand. “Just minutes ago, you were blurting how you wanted to look good for me… And now you can’t hold my hand?” He asked, looking unbelievably.

I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t want to. I raised my head a bit to look at his face. His smile was gone. He grabbed my hand. “Just minutes ago, you were blurting how you wanted to look good for me… And now you can’t hold my hand?” He asked, looking unbelievably.

His hold on my hand was tight. I felt irritated. Only God knew how bad I wanted to hurt this man. “Let go of my hand.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

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