INTERTWINED PERFECTION {Currently Editing}

CHAPTER 57

She was floating, she felt light headed.
Her eyes were in a struggle with its sockets to be set free. Her stomach was no exception. There was a war going on there as well.

She had one breakthrough however, her eyes opened a little just enough for her to know she'd left captivity.

"Honey can you hear me?" a voice that sounded like her Nana's said.

"Hmm" was what she could managed

Someone else said something but she couldn't comprehend it
She fell back to sleep when she woke up later her head had cleared.

"Mama"

Tears of relief filled her eyes as she realized her daughter was seated beside her, she was alive, with her family. "Baby!"

"Mama!" Ana-Blaire hugged her fiercely

"Oh my baby! I miss you" she hugged her back. Her reflex were still slow but who cares?

"I miss you too mama"

They stayed in each others arms for a long time. Catching up on missed embrace you might call it.
That night neither of them slept 'till way past midnight. Ana-Blaire filled her in on everything that happened in her absence. Rufi shared her experience with Teresa and Diana in return.

"Mama, do you remember anything from that night you were saved?

"No love"

"No hazy memory?"

Rufi thought for a moment "no"

"Aunt Cal said it was rough"

"You know how it happened?"

"Yes, Aunt Cal"

"Callie did what?"

"Saved you" Ana-Blaire grinned "she did not tell me until it was over."

"Young lady" Rufi said in her gist-me tone "fill me in"

"Of course" Ana-Blaire giggled before digging in.

"FBI?" Callie really is something.

"Hmm-mm"

"Wow!"

"Yeah"

She looked into her daughter's eyes for a long time before sighting "I missed you"

"Me too mama"

"I pray we never get separated again"

That has to be everyone's prayer. To be with their loved once.

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Henry still couldn't believe what Noah told him. Jackson Grey was the man who raped his daughter and Rufi?

If it were up to Noah to decide Henry knows Jackson would be cold in the grave already. As crazy as it seems Jackson would still be tried.

He parked his truck in front of the hospital and got out two warmers filled with food. At least he could feed everyone. They are now his family.

"Uncle Henry!" Ana-Blaire cheered when she saw him. "You brought food!"

"Positive" he chuckled at her wide eyes

Everyone uuuued and aaaad the moment he opened the warmers to reveal mouth watering food.

"Hold up! My girls plate first"

"What?" Callie asked

"Then my little princess" he finished.

There was a roar of laughter.
He handed over (more like surrender) the food to his beautiful audience after dishing out Rufi and Ana-Blaire's.

"Here you go honey" he gave Rufi her food.

"Thanks" she smiled shyly "just don't spoil me"

Henry feigned insult "what?! I lost a kid for almost three months and you're asking me not to spoil her?"

"Henry!"

"I plan to spoil you rotten, so eat that 'cus I've got a soup I bought specially for you"

"Don't say I didn't warn you" she grumbled as she ate her pasta.

"Warning heard but not taken"

"Whatever, I think I really need this after feeding on rice for more than two months" she'd never take eating varieties for granted again.

Henry was looking at her with a weird look but swept it under the carpet when he saw her looking at her.

"So are you enjoying you food" he said a little too brightly which is a red flag.

"Henry" she said timidly "is something wrong with me?"

"What?" ..... No! .... Why would you say that?"

"I don't know, you look you know something that is ...... I can't say but .... That look was strange"

"Rufi dear" he pulled his chair closer to her bed "you were kidnapped for three months, unconscious for a week, is that not enough to get me worried?"

"Yeah, sorry about that"

"I'm glad you're ok" Dummy! Idiot! He scolded himself inwardly.

Thank his stars Rufi believed his excuse. He wouldn't tell her the real reason he is worried.
He couldn't bring himself to allow her dig up the ghost she'd finally being able to burry. He would protect her from that one information for as long as he can. He knows he can't hide it for long but he'll protect his girl's i.e Rufi and Yvonne.

He doesn't want them revisiting their past unless it is necessary.

And as it were, it is inevitable.

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Jackson Grey looked nothing much like the rapist he is as he stood in front of the judge waiting for her pronouncement.

Everyone around the world sat glued to their TV set. CNN properly was recording its highest viewing rate at that moment.

After what seemed to be forever the pronouncement was made.
"You are hereby sentence to life imprisonment"