It's Not You

Chapter 3

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The day looked so bright and promising. Hope filled my heart, I felt happiness all around; we had no choice than to be happy. The arrival of Maggie’s son brought about a fresh feel of  bliss into our abode.

Maggie’s son kept on staring at me all through, wondering who I was. He was as loving as his mother but he hardly spoke.

At noon, we all dressed up with our eyes sight on going to the motel. On getting to the motel, everyone was extremely happy on seeing Maggie’s son, the workers flocked around him , he hardly had any breathing space, now I ran through the motions in my head on why he decided to come home at a very odd hour.

Maggie smiled all through the day and even offered rooms to our lodgers on 60% discounts. Meanwhile her son so full of energy helped the workers in the kitchen to wash dishes and even prepared meals…that was his area of specialization, one day in and I find myself getting attracted to him.

We left for the house after so much fun at the motel, the day was so lively and free, I was so sure we would all go to bed tonight and have sweet , better dreams with high hopes for tomorrow.

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As days, weeks and months flew by, I had learnt lots of valuable things from Maggie and her son.

I had no choice than to start my medical section with Doctor Travis, and it was really working.

I had learnt how to cook various recipes, how to do most house chores and most importantly, how to show love.

I knew that the love I was feeling , I had never felt it before not even in my past, Maggie showered me with so much care that I couldn’t wrap my head around it, she's a woman with a very kind heart and a mother to a loving young man, at this point I had realized that love is all we need, a happy and good home is built on love.

We dressed up and left home for the motel, it was a week left to the December festival, Celebration is Wealth, people from far and near of higher social status stopped by to lodge at Maggie’s motel with their families in tow , I was sure we’d make a lot of sales this period.

I stepped out from one of the upper rooms at the motel, and most of the workers were gathered at the receptionist office, I wondered what was going on.

Maggie and her son stepped out from her office and went to the receptionist's office and ordered all the workers to return back to their duty posts.

I was really anxious to know what really happened, Maggie took the guest into her office I then realized that the visitor must be a very influential person.

I left all I was doing and rushed down to Maggie’s office.

I opened her office door without knocking, on sighting the guest my heart skipped its beat, I felt like the gate of heavens had just been opened, my greatest fear has just been brought to reality and my nightmare has just begun…

I stood still on sighting the guest; I became so restless and speechless.

“Oh, Natalya, are you okay?” Maggie asked me curiously.

I nodded positively in response to Maggie’s question, but, the guest looked at me as if she wanted to say something: Maggie’s son noticed my dormancy and insisted on taking me home to rest.

“Mum, I’ll just take her home so you can attend well to our guest” He said calmly to her

“Okay son. Then you should also take her home…” pointing at the guest…”Since she already agreed to all our terms” She said to him

Why would Maggie rent a room in her house to a guest? The thought kept on boggling my mind then I knew right there that my worst nightmare was a reality…

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I slept last night and wished yesterday never happened. There was a knock on my door, it was Maggie’s son, he entered and sat on my bed…I was so sure he had noticed my awkward behaviour since yesterday.

“You’ve been this way since yesterday, is everything alright?” He asked so calmly

I looked at him and couldn’t give an answer to his question, tears rolled down from my eyes as he cuddled me closely to his chest.

“I know there is something wrong. Is it about your past? C’mon, you can say it, it will not change what I feel for you” He said to me.

It looked so easy to him to just speak up; him and his mother got the magic words to ease one's mind, what I was actually thinking of was so hard for me to say out.

“Na-tal-ya! Come out for breakfast”…Maggie called out from the living room.

Daniel and I stepped out to the dining table to eat breakfast, my face still looked like a sadist; the terrifying guest I saw yesterday stepped out from her room to join us at the dining table, she sat opposite to me.

“Natalya, are you okay?” She asked…

Well, they all knew I wasn’t okay; I had to say something to calm down the nerves of everyone.

“Hum! I am okay, my head has just been hot since last night” I said to her.

The guest wasn’t even bothered with our discussion and how the whole atmosphere was, she kept on eating despite the fact that everyone else wasn’t eating

“I’ll just call the doctor so he’ll come check you at home. Might be you’re about to remember something big”…She said to me as she picked up her phone to call the doctor

“Madame…” The voice of the guest made the whole atmosphere hot; I was bogged and felt within me like my world has ended.

”What’s wrong with your daughter?”… She said to Maggie

Maggie innocently answered her question and explained my whole condition to her; she then offered to watch over me while Maggie and her son should go to work.

“Oh, I thought I could help. You can just call the doctor and leave for work, I’ll watch over her for you” She said to Maggie with a timid voice.

Maggie quickly placed a call to the doctor. That was how our breakfast was ruined apart from the guest who ate all her meal.

“He said he’ll be here soon" She said to the guest " Daniel, you go to work while I will watch over her at home” She said to the guest.

She spoke so calmly and acted like a real mother, I knew she would never leave me in the hands of a stranger.

“No mum, you can just go to work while I watch over her at home, I'll take care of her don't worry" He said to his mum

I almost cried out knowing that my situation was really disturbing them.

I tried my possible best to make them think less and I really do hope that I would overcome this someday.

Everyone stayed back home till the doctor arrived. He carried out some checkups on me and insisted I come to the hospital tomorrow.

The day went on like that; there was no fun at home ever since the guest from the city arrived, things took a turn for worse and I was living in the shadow of my very being.

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