Best Friends

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April 23, 2024
Maria Pov

"Good morning, beautiful."

I open my eyes and Alex is laying beside me, he insisted on sleeping beside me after I experienced a nightmare lastnight.

"Mor......."

I rush to the bathroom and barely make it to the toilet in time to empty the contents of my stomach.

Alex comes up behind me and rub my back while I throw up again.

"You sure a nuh water or something?" I ask flushing the toilet and grabbing my toothbrush.

"We are the same thing. So I should be sick too."

"Maybe it's the medication I got...."

"Maria you a fucking idiot or what?" He says in a strong tone behind me.

I snap my head around to see him angry behind me.

"Why are you cursing at me?"

He stare at me blankly then frown. "Nothing, I'm going to make some breakfast."

He walk out of the bathroom and I shrug and continue to do my hygiene.

The bathsoap in the shower was so disgusting until it made my stomach sick. I had to throw it away and use just the water to clean myself. Later today I'm going to get some hygiene stuff for myself.

I walk downstairs and into the kitchen to see Alex sitting at the counter eating and browsing through his laptop.

"I made eggs and nuggets for you." He says not looking up.

"Okay then."

I pull the food towards me and hide the fact that it smells funny. I take a bite of the eggs and spit it out instantly.

He looks up at me and the front door open and a few seconds later a guy walks in with a bag from fontana pharmacy. The guy hands the bag to Alex then nod and walk out.

"Here" he says and push the bag towards me.

"What's that?"

"A pregnancy test. Take it." He says in a commanding tone.

I stand and look at him. "I might be in your house but you don't tell me what to do. You don't think for me. I'm not taking a pregnancy test."

He grab my hand when I turn to leave, I spin around and face him.

Before I can open my mouth he slap me right across the face. I grab my face in shock.

"Take the pregnancy test and bring it back to me." He lift the bag and throw it at me.

The bag fall to the ground as I continue to hold my face and he swing at me and slap me on the other side of my face as I cry out.

I'm receiving several slaps to my face while I bend down in an effort to shield my face.

"Look what you made me do. Take up the bag and take the test." He yell at me.

I grab the bag and rush upstairs to what was told is my room and lock myself in the bathroom.

I slide down on the wall crying my eyes out in shame and disgust. No one has ever placed a hand on me not even my parents and Alex hit me.

Maybe it's the adrenaline but I feel like I want to throw up again and crawl to the toilet where I release some things from my stomach.

The test on the ground catch my eye and my mind run back to all the times I have had sex with Kahjeel and not once did I use a condom.

I can't remember the last time I even saw my period either.

I feel another lump at my throat and I empty my stomach again.

Alex has been trying to break the lock for five minutes now and I'm trying to get to Kahjeel but it's going straight to voicemail.

The bathroom door is open and I sink myself further to the wall in an attempt to shield myself.

He walk up towards me and grab my phone from my hand. "A wah u a do?"

He goes through it then throw it with immense force into the wall shattering the phone.

He grab me by my hair and pull me out from the corner of the room while slapping me in the face.

"You nuh have a fucking sense, look wah the boy do you and you still a force yourself pon him. Mi go teach you fi have sense."

He pull me by my hair once more then release his grip on me. He pull the test out of the bag, pull it and hand it to me.

"Take it, NOW" he bark and throw it at me.

This time I catch it and turn my back to him.

"Can you get out."

"You don't have that privilege anymore. Don't let me repeat myself."

I slowly ease off the floor and pull my clothes down a bit with tears in my eyes. Alex stand at the entrance to the room and watch me take the test.

He instruct me to place it on the counter which I do. After a few silent minutes I glance at the test and it has two bright lines which means I'm definitely pregnant.

Oh my god!!

oh my god!!

I'm pregnant for Kahjeel.

"Your going to kill it cause I'm not raising another man's child." Alex says throwing the test on the ground.

My mind is blank as I try to process the fact that I'm carrying a Lewis inside of me.

I'm pregnant with Kahjeel's baby.

"Did you hear me Maria." Alex ask looking at me in disgust.

"No."

"I said your aborting that thing because I'm not raising a bastard."

"My child is not a bastard you jerk and I'm walking out of this house. I don't know why I thought you were a good person." I attempt to walk past him and he swing at me.

I shift and grab the nearest thing towards me and slap him with it across his face twice.

He slup towards the ground in pain and I kick him in his crotch. "That's for putting your hands on me."

I push past him bleeding and hurry down the stairs. I open the front door and rush towards the gate.

"Open the gate."

"No can't do."

I look at him like he is crazy. "OPEN THE GATE, I WANT TO LEAVE."

I try to push him but he stand firm in the way.

Someone grab me by my hair and I scream out while the men at the gate watch as I'm being pulled by my hair.

"After all the shit I went through to get you to trust me. You really think I'm going to let you leave. Oh Maria, you have alot to learn."

Alex continue to pull me until I'm inside the house again and he is standing over me.

"Why are you doing this?"

He looks at me like I'm a prey and he is the hungry predator.

"You are my friend Alex. Please just stop this."

A line of blood run down his face and he use his finger to touch it then place his finger into his mouth.

"Your my new slave and your going to do whatever the fuck I say bitch."