Once Upon A Single Wink

Four

Manna

Disgust washed over my entire being when the words slipped out from his mouth.

"I'm here to purchase some painkillers and a........condom . Yeah that's what I'm buying."

Young men of these days were unbelievable. He was freaking bleeding yet all he could think about was sex. And he had the audacity to freaking wink flirtatiously at me.

The nerve of him.

Oh goodness.

Turning my gaze from his, I immediately searched for what he requested. Getting to the counter, I packaged his order handed it to him.

After he left, I shook my head in disgust. Damn Casanovas. Still playing with the hearts of young naive girls.

Moments later, Harriet showed up holding a first aid kit.

"I brought this for the bleeding man."she muttered once she noticed my pointed glare.

Nodding, I dismissed her after explaining the situation with that man.

I don't know but I just couldn't help but feel angry, pitiful and disgusted.

I could already imagine those poor girls wailing their eyes out after they left alone with nothing except a cheque and a nasty farewell.

Then the smirk on those damn men's faces after they'd gotten what they wanted.

Angry I stormed into my office. Settling behind my desk, I tried getting some work done but I just couldn't stop thinking about the situation.

It just kept recalling in my head. This was why I kept my feelings locked out. I could concentrate on my work fully. But this guy just managed to ruin my peaceful mind.

Grabbing my hand bag, I left the pharmacy. I needed to clear my thoughts.

Walking to a nearby park, I settled on a bench. Looking around, I noticed many children playing around with their parents and my heart jolted painfully at the sight.

Nearby,a little girl had fallen and grazed her knee and her father had rushed to help and soothe her pains.

I remembered how I used to be my father's little munchkin but that no longer existed.

I was probably the disgraceful daughter. I sighed as I took of the little hair band out of my hair letting the auburn curls fall down my shoulders.

The wind was gently blowing and I could feel my hair flow in it. This was something I'd done in a very long time. With my mother.

If only she was here, I wouldn't be the emotionless soul I was now. If only that accident hadn't happened.

I never meant for it to happen.

After all,it was just an accident.

Sixteen year old me had recently learnt how to drive and my mum and I had decided to have a girl's day. We'd gone to a swimming club, had all the fun we could.

Only for it to end in the most ghastly accident. Only for me to crush the car I was driving.
Only for my mother to leave this world.

And the worst part of it all was that I'd been drugged that.

Whoever did it and for what reason I didn't know but that was enough reason for my father to hate his sixteen year old daughter.

"How could you Manna? Drugs? What for? For what stupid and senseless reason would you do drugs? Because of you, your mother is dead. Because of your foolish acts, Pina left me and our family. It's your fault and I am even ashamed to call you my daughter."
The words my father spoke after I'd woken up in the hospital rang in my head.

He shunned me from his company. I became an outcast. Even my brother disregarded me.

Everything I did was just not good enough. I was compared to my brother in so many ways.

Academics, attitude, you name it.
It was as if I wasn't even part of the family any longer. It broke my heart till I just couldn't take it anymore.

I shut my emotions off. I became blank,an empty shell. Nothing they did or said got to me after all I'd been broken till I could be broken no longer.

And now, I was who I was.

The ice queen. The rebellious Alberton daughter.

The imperfect child.

But I'd felt nothing till now. My head was spinning with emotions,my blood pulsing in me. It felt like everything was clamping down on me.

All the bottled up emotions crashing on me. And just like that I felt myself growing faint till my eyelids closed and my body fell to the ground.

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My eyelids felt too heavy to open when I finally gained consciousness. I willed myself to forcefully open them and the harsh rays of the sun hit my eyes with a force.

Groaning I clamped my eyes shut, a voice startling me.

"Are you alright, Miss?"my eyes opened again and I noticed a stranger sitting at the foot of the bed. The male had blonde hair with brown soft eyes.

"Yes, I am.", I frowned looking round the room,"where I'm I and who are you?"I questioned.

"Dennis Brody. You're in my house."

Startled I shrank back into the bed. Noticing my fearful state,he coaxed,"calm down, Miss. I just saw you faint in the park and I helped you. I'm a doctor myself."

I narrowed my eyes,"then why I'm I here? Shouldn't I be in the hospital? You're a doctor, you should know much than to take a young lady who has fainted to the hospital. What if I was seriously sick? What would you have done then?"he looked guilty but I ignored his expression.

"I have to leave-"I began but was cut off by a little voice speaking from the door.

"Papa,is Mama alright?"the little boy stood at the door, concern lingering in his eyes as he stared at me.

Confusion filled my head.

Mama?

Where did he get that from?

"Chase, I told you not to call her that. She's just a guest. She's not your Mama."Dennis spoke calmly.
Looking at me apologetically, he introduced his five year old son to me.

"But Papa, grandma said she's my Mama. She told me that you would bring my Mama here very soon. And you've brought her here. Back to us, Papa."he spoke innocently.

I sat still watching the exchange between father and son though my mind was at an alert.

Was it possible that this guy was a deranged man looking for a woman to replace his son's mother?

I had to get out here.

"Don't listen to your grandmother. She doesn't know when your Mama will come back, neither do I. We just have to be patient."he spoke softly to his son.

Breaking the father son bond, I cleared my throat.

"I'm sorry, thanks for your hospitality and care but I need to leave. Where are my things?"

"I'm sorry,"he began," but you can't go anywhere. You can't leave."

My eyes widened at his words as fear filled my heart again.

I'd been kidnapped.

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