Second chances

Chapter Twenty Eight : Reunion

****Flash back

Please Vicky drop the gun, please!!! Think of Aaron, he's your godson. Don't let this ruin your life, our lives.

"Why shouldn't I put this bullet in your head!! Tell me Esther tell me!! " I yelled with a gun pointed at the woman

I trusted you all, I loved you like sisters why did you do this to me?
I sobbed
Shut your eyes, do it now!!!
I watched them shut their eyes and then the gun went off.

Present
This time I wasn't the one with the gun and Esther definitely did want my eyes to be wide open.

"Are you' not even going to give me a hug? o tego kwanu" she said smiling with the gun still pointed to my face.
Whatever she was trying to do, prank or attempted murder, I had very bad memories about guns.

One thing I knew was that , she didn't know if i could remember her, so I had to pretend like I didn't.
My heart was beating so fast I felt like she could hear it as well.
I parted my lips to say something but the words didn't come out at all. To top it all my bladder chose that moment to send messages of emptying it. I felt tremors in my hands. My body did not like guns at all

"Vicky" another voice whispered

The sight of the gun had made me unaware of every other thing in the room. When the voice called out to me again, I turned to the direction it had come from and saw another woman.

When I looked at her I recalled immediately who she was but made no attempt to say a word.

"Oh Esther please drop that gun, she doesn't even remember us. Besides you're supposed to be warning her not scaring her." Nasa admonished . She turned to me and smiled.

"Biko relax the gun is not loaded"

I felt all my tensed muscles relax a bit then get tensed again. I couldn't take their words for anything, they were the storm I'm facing.

Esther lowered the gun and strode to where I stood, before locking me in an embrace.

"it's so good to see you alive and well Vicky, you don't how sad and scared we were after the accident"

I moved my head in a nod before clearing my throat. That gun had scared the act of speaking out of my body. "I'm sorry but I, umm, I don't really remember the two of you that well. Christy has mentioned you but the accident gave me this amnesia that I'm battling with"

Nasa withdrew her hands while Esther drew me into a hug too. "I was so afraid those times I visited you in the hospital, I thought you would never wake up. Charles had told us to keep our distance, else we would have come to see you."

Esther began to pace around before we heard a knock on the door.

"Perhaps we should continue this conversation somewhere else, we don't want to hurt some people's bladder". I turned to leave first before Nasa stopped me and handed my purse to me. The thing must have fallen off while I was in my state of shock. The ladies gaited quickly and I struggled so much to keep up with them.

We got ourselves seat in a restaurant and continued from where we stopped. Esther was the first to speak
"Listen Vicky, I know you may not remember us" she paused a bit and gave me a concerned look.

"vicky are you okay? you've been panting for the last ten minutes and you seem to be sweating like you ran a marathon"

I gave her a nervous smile before proceeding to wipe my face.
"I am okay"

A waitress walked up to us and inquired of what we would have.
She left after complimenting my friends and I. She had thought we were sisters.

"Listen the gun you saw me with, that's your husband's gun. Do you know any woman named Grace that he works with?" she looked at me waiting for a reply.

"Oh yes I do, but I must tell you my husband has been nothing but sweet to me. Please don't think for a moment that I'd take your word over his." I paused then looked at them,i didn't want to give them any impression that I didn't trust Charles, which my presence was probably countering." No offense " I added slowly

Esther seemed to be drumming her nails on the table." Listen Vicky I know he probably told you it was an accident but that's a lie. He had planned to get rid of you way before his mistress almost killed you. You are in danger, it's a miracle you survived the first time Victoria, just be careful"

With that she stood up and Nasa followed, "take care of yourself and your daughter" I nodded in response before telling her to send my regards to her son since I didn't remember much about their families.

I was still staring at them before a voice called me to attention. "Your sisters didn't pay for what they ordered ma". I reached into my purse while staring at the pristine white shirt the young lady was wearing. Who knew what she washed her shirt with. My hand fumbled with the zip of my purse,the purse had become bloated for no reason. I finally slipped my hands into the purse and went cold as I felt the metal in it. I managed to regain composure before flashing her a smile and giving her money.
She turned to leave then came back.
"please can you tell me the name of sister's weave ma, I like it"

I laughed at her mistake and corrected her. "They're my friends, we're not sisters"

Well you three look so much alike, it's hard to believe that you're not related "

It finally occurred to me that I had been gone for too long and Charles would have been worried. It was funny the way the young girl had made assumptions, if only she knew what those two really were.

The movie was almost finished by the time I got back. Charles had whispered into my ears that he went looking for me. The cups of ice cream supported my claims.

We went home after the movie  I was too tired to spend another minute outside my bed.

My feet had barely stepped into room before Charles dragged and turned me so that I was facing him.

"How long have you been able to remember?"

His gaze was serious and a bit scary. had he found out that I met with the ladies.

Remember what Charles? " I was still perplexed and wanted to know the reason for his angry countenance.

Oh don't play dumb with me Vicky, how long have you been able to remember the past. Your memories?"

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