Under His Protection

Laura didn’t wait for so long to see him since he barged his way in with Jadua through the front door ascending the first stair towards the second stair where she was standing with japhet and the gaurd, ” Laura!….” Michael called out, “…. where are you?’

“Michael iam here” Laura answered from the second floor, but before she could even had the chance to come down the stair as fast as she can, japhet swiftly held her to his side

The three men, Michael, Jadua and DèDon halted at the edge of the stair, they looked up at the second floor, Laura could see the way Michael eyes darken when he saw japhet and how he held her hand tightly, ” So this is where you have been hiding you sick bastard!”

Michael was about to take a climb on the staircase to save his finacee from japhet grip but before he could even have the chance to take a step, japhet snatched the gun from the hand of his gaurd who was already alert pointing his gun towards Michael, japhet raise the firearm in Michael’s direction point-blank, ” one more step you pig, I will put a hole in your head”

“No japhet…..” Laura stared in horror when the corked the gun, she could not bare the thought of seeing Michael’s lifeless body before her, she couldn’t bear the thought of Michael being killed because of this sick man twisted love for her, “….. please japhet, put down the gun, you are not like this, you are not a murderer”

“Why don’t you fight me like a real man?” Michael taunted at him, ” let go of Laura and face me like the man you thought you are” Michael sneered, his eyes were filled with anger towards the man beside her.

Despite her fear for his safety Laura managed to throw a scowl in his direction, why does he want to provoke japhet at this dangerous time? Thankfully, Jadua stepped in.

“Stop this nonsense japhet, release my daughter this moment and I will let you go free, my friend had already reported this incident to the police and few moments from now they would be here to arrest you”

Japhet pointed the gun at Jadua who stood there unflinched, his eyes fixed on Jadua were filled with resentment, ” I think I should kill you first for deceiving me and for letting your daughter marry that lowlife, what kind of a father are you?”

Jadua threw a lethal look at japhet direction, ” money will not make Laura Happy for ever, I do not hold her lif and she is the only one who have the right to choose whoever she wants to get married to, iam only here to support her as a father”

Laura heart lit with happiness, she has never imagined her father would say something like that, she heard japhet sneered, ” You are only saying such because you think he might have money soon, just wait until she faces hardship with that lowlife”

Jadua shook his head, consciously aware of Michael’s hand on the gun ” they will never face hardship for generations to come, Laura has been set to inherit a very large amount of money and half of my investments since she is my most favorite daughter”

“Enough!” Michael muttered, coming out behind Jadua while taking a step towards the stair.

Laura shrieked when a gunshot sounded, then she realized that japhet was the one who fired the shot, she was not sure if it was intentional or he just missed his shot in Michael direction.

“Next time, I will not miss my target you dirty pig!”

The thought of Michael lying down lifeless anytime soon was unbearable for Laura, she struggled to be free from his grip but he held her fast and tight.

“Let me go!” She shouted.

“No! Stay put”

Laura fought and struggled with all she had, damming the consequence, unexpectedly japhet loose his grip on her making Laura loose her balance and before she could have the chance to hold on to something for support, she realized in a slow motion that she was being thrown downstairs, from her chaotic Vision she saw the horror in Michael’s face.

In an instance Laur was on the foot of the stair with pains all over her body, she groaned as she felt throbbings everywhere, immediately Michael was on her side, kneeling on the floor to support her, ” OMG Laura, are you okay? Answer me please……”

Laura tried to open her eyes as her vision still swril when she tried to focus her gaze, she that she was in the arm of her father, Michael had launched himself on the stair and started beating the life out of Japhet before he also could come out from the shock, even his gaurd couldn’t stop Michael from ascending on japhet.

“Get up you lazy Bastard! Fight me…..”

Laura had never heard such menacing tone from Michael before, “…. I swear to God, I will end your pathetic life with my bare hand, how does it feel to be helpless? Huh?”

“Please stop him……” Laura told her father in a voice that was close to a whisper, placing her hand on her father’s hand, “…. please dad”

Jadua looked at her for a second and then he slid his gaze upstairs where Michael fist was generously trashing the life out of Japhet, ” Michael stop it, he is not worth your time in jail if you kill him, I will make sure he live a life of pain as far as iam alive”.

Laura fiancee wasn’t listening, he still continued to slug japhet like there is no tomorrow, Laura comprehended that the throbbing all over her body stopped when a distinctive pain remained in her belly.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“Dad….”

The horror she saw in her father’s face suddenly became her nightmare, ” Michael Michael! Come down here quickly, Laura is bleeding”

In an instant Michael was on her side with fear in his eyes, ” Are you okay my love?”

“Our.. our baby…..”

Thankfully her father’s friend finally arrived with the police, everything went blur in Laura vision as commotion erupted inside the manor, people were shouting at once, Laura felt she was losing consciousness as her last thought before surrounding to the blackness was the safety of their baby.

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The moment Laura woke up perceiving the smell of the sterile sheets, hearing the machine near her bed and seeing the room for the first time, she knew instantly what she had lost.

“About time you wake up my child…..”

Laura tried to focus her gaze at the woman beside the hospital bed, the grateful but sad smile of her mother confirm her worst fear, “…. How are you feeling?”

“Cold, sore”

Her mother pulled up the cover higher on her body, ” Do you need anything else? You have lost lot of blood from the accident and the doctor advice that you should take complete rest in other for you to recover”

Laura shook her head, putting her hands over her face as the tears threatened to fall, she could not summon courage to ask her mother about her baby since she had already mentioned ” Her accident”

“Mum?”

“Yes dear, do you want something? Just tell me darling and I will go get it for you”

“A… about my… my baby” Laura could hear the hard ponder in her chest as she tried to ask her mother about it, part of her hope wish she was wrong, that she got it all wrong, that everything that has happened was just a bad dream.

She felt her mother soothing voice as her caress her head gently, ” don’t worry about that for now, what is important is that you are safe and when certified okay by the doctor you will be taken back home immediately”

Laura squeeze her eyes shut as the realization hit her pretty hard, so she had been correct all along, she has been empty in the inside, she had lost her unborn child when she fell on the staircase in japhet’s house, Laura stared at her mother, eyes filled with tears.

“Where is he?”

Her mother smiled, understanding what she meant by, ” where is he?” She affectionately stroke her hair, ” Do you want me to fetch him? Iam sure he is so eager to see you, he has been so worried to death when they rushed you here but he and your father are rushed at the police station for their statement about the abduction.

“No mum!” She said hastily, ” please I don’t want to see him”

Her mother eyebrows drew together, ” why not Laura? I thought he is the one you will like to see once you wake up”

“No, he will never forgive me after what happened, I lost our baby because I became reckless when they came to save me, how can I look him in the eye again?”