🖤Skin To Skin.🖤

Chapter FORTY THREE

Back in Western Cape, Dean was lying on his bed feeling hopeless from his situation. This new day felt like another day in hell to survive for him.
All he did was starring the window from his hospital bed, wishing to find his son before it's too late.

He silently starts to cry and unexpectedly Masesi catches him in that state. Her heart felt deeply sorry for him and it was conflict with how she previously felt about him. For some odd reason it felt as if she was slowly developing a crush on him.

"Hey, I came here to see how you're doing." she softly spoke to him. Dean blatantly ignores her and turns his face back to starring at the window. Masesi places her cooked meal for him on the side near his bed and then went to take a seat. "I'm sorry for what happened to you. That car crash took a toll on you for real." Masesi carried on speaking.

Dean finally turns to her direction and said, "Why do you care about me all of a sudden? I'm basically stuck here all thanks to you." Masesi felt guilty about this even though she knew that it was the right thing to do.

"I am going to regret asking this but what is it with you? I mean honestly, you just like to shit on everyone even when you're at your lowest. I helped you because you were basically going crazy. You had a mental breakdown Dean and that can't be ignored. I may not know what are you going through but whatever it is, it led you to lose your control of your car and the rest is history. " she said to Dean.

"No offense to you for what I'm about to say but just fucking back off and leave me alone. I got shit to worry about than have a pep talk to you. Even if you are the last woman on earth who offers emotional support, I would've chosen to die than to feel your presence. I hate you and you hate me too. So, let's keep the same energy going and stop the pretense okay?" Dean harshly tells Masesi which made her feel upset.

She stands up from her seat and then looks at him for the last time before she leaves the hospital. She said,"if that's what you want then fine Dean." She discreetly takes a transparent cup that had water in it, and then pours it on his manhood. Her move made Sean feel the coldness of that water which resulted him flinching from the painful sting. She left him alone and never turned back.

Dean looked over at the food she cooked and then throws it inside a small trash bin. He then looks at the window again and remained silent in his sadness with stress about his baby boy.

** A Week later. **

Dean's body was recovering positively however it wasn't good enough for him to be discharged from the hospital. He was anxious about not getting a private call from the strange man who abducted his son. His depression was haunting his spirit and all he could do at this moment was to breathe or shed some tears.

"Nicole.... My son." he sadly mentions as he recalls the traumatic experience that happened.  Late in the afternoon after he spent the whole day feeling heartbroken, an anonymous text message was sent on his phone. He immediately opens it and it reads,

> Wait for His call and stay obedient. Anything that goes against this order, your son will be dead and a video of that will be taken for proof. Choose your actions wisely.

Dean was feeling exhausted by this stressful situation and his stay in the hospital was making him impatient. The security management of the hospital was tight which makes it highly difficult for him to escape from under his severe condition. None of his men had called for a follow up or even notify him a possible lead. He felt like everything was about to end in his life.

** 2nd Week later **

Dean was finally out of the hospital and went home to freshen up so that later on he prepares to look for his son. While he was loading some guns and packing his hoodie inside a sports bag, his phone started ringing.

He was able to reach for it quickly and answered the unknown call. "Rikhado, Rikhado MY RIKHADO." Zain's voice echoes through the phone speaker. Dean was secretly grateful that he finally reached out but then he was serious enough to get straight to the point with him. "Zain just fucking bring back my son!"

Zain chuckles at Dean's demand and then said "Some things will never change. I heard you received some head some time ago. It must've surprised you for sure."

"Cut the bullshit and tell me where my son is at?" Dean interjected Zain out of irritation. "Listen here little boy, if you continue to disrespect me, I will consider retaliating the same disrespect to you and trust me, your son's head will be at your door step soon. So, if you are willing to behave, you will humble yourself and apologize to the big man how about that?" Zain intimidates Dean in a calm manner.

Dean found it hard to swallow his pride but for the sake of his child's life, he lowers his voice and starts to respond to Zain. "I'm sorry." Zain was dissatisfied with Dean's so called apology and then said,
"What a weak ass apology! It's tasteless and I don't like it Dean. So, let's try again and this time, you better do it good. If you think I'm gone play with your energy, you're mistaken. Don't let your king get angry."

Dean takes a deep breathe in defeat and then said,"Mr. Radebe I sincerely apologize for the chaos I've done. I won't stand in the way of your love with Larona and I promise to keep my distance by all means to respect and honor your boundaries. Please bring back my son alive."

"ooohh... that sounds beautiful. Good boy. I will send you a location to where we can meet. However, I won't send it today. Just wait for my next call and we'll conclude this accordingly." Zain ends the call with Dean.

The wait was killing Dean spiritually. His known arrogance and power was already pointless or useless. For the first time in a long time, he started to accept that Larona's heart was no longer for him.

Her absence made him feel powerless and he hates her for that. His obsession for her turned into a poison of hatred in realizing that she completely rebelled against him for Zain. He stopped whatever that he was doing before thereafter, he started to drink his sorrow as he reflected on the things he had gone through. When it came to Nicole's death, he was hurt about it.

His only light remaining to his dark life was his baby boy and his deepest wish was Zain not planning to kill his son. He hated the fact that he couldn't trust Zain because he likes being unpredictable. All he could do from this point moving forward, was waiting for his call once again.