WE BELONG TOGETHER

Chapter Fifty.

“What the hell is wrong with you two?” a female voice comes from the driver's seat catching our attention.

The voice is damn familiar and I look at Vin suspiciously.

“Mrs. Dima!” We call in unison and she chuckles.

“Lynn! Vin! Is that you?” My mouth is wide open and I'm thankful like a million times thankful to whoever created coincidence.

She stops driving but thinks against it immediately.

“I need to get you two somewhere. You look like crap and it's worrying.”

“Thank you Mrs…..”

“Jane…. Just call me Jane” she cuts Vin off

“Okay Jane. Thank you.” Vin says almost sarcastically and I smile.

“So what are you two doing in this goddamn darkness? All alone? She asks curiously. “And a Lynn! When did you even come back to the city? It's not even a week since your parents were buried.” When she says that, I swear I get chills all over my body and a river of tears that I have suppressed since George kidnapped us fall freely.

It's dark in the car so they won't even notice that I am crying.

I know I had promised myself never to just shed tears but that has triggered so much pain.

I look outside the window without saying a word and I feel Vin's hands on my shoulders.

I am a crap. My mum probably died because I wasn't willing to marry Toney. Then that led to dad's death. Here I am I don't even know where Lexie is when dad clearly left her under my care.

I sniff loudly.

I thought I did not have tears anymore. It was a lie.

I have more than I have ever had before.

“Lynn!” Vin calls gently and I don't respond.

I don’t want to look like a weakling. I am going to cover that like never before.

I want to create smiles and hide in them.

I want to make myself a person that many can admire.

That's going  to be hard though. Bearing in mind that I already messed up.

If I married Toney without calling Bob maybe, just maybe my parents would still be alive. Toney and the mum too wouldn't have died.

I caused all that.

I am messy and a messed up creature.

Life will never be the same again.

“We’re here.” Jane announces gladly startling me out of my train of thought.

I look at her briefly then turn again to look outside.

A few months ago, these could have never been hours to find me awake.

I am here now. I don't even know what time it is and I don’t know where we are!  But it’s a million times safer than the hell of George’s captivity.

All I know is that I should be sleeping like any other normal woman but here I am in a very quiet environment.

And Jane? Where could she have been coming from? Maybe I can ask her that.

We are seated on these very elegant and beautiful seats.

Who owns this? Well, there is no harm in asking.

“Jane!” We both call in unison and when I turn to look at Vin, she has her beautiful smile.

It is weak but genuine.

“Go first cousin.”

‘’No. Little girls first.” she says jokingly and I wonder where she even gets the energy to make jokes.

“Okay, big cousin. Jane can I take a bath before we talk? I don't feel sleepy.”

“Sure little girl.” she says and leads me to a bathroom.

It is big almost bigger than my grandmother's kitchen.

I take a long warm bath.

What do with my life? Can’t I make it better? Can’t I be a good girl for once? Where can I hide so that George will not be able to reach me?

I hate to say this but if I had a chance, I would kill George and then go and rot in jail or better still kill myself as well. We can meet in hell.

Well, I can’t do that. First because I have a life to live and second because I have a responsibility, too bad my parents had to die before I could make it up to them.

I wanted to build a big house for mum. Then buy a car for both of them.

I will still build a house there because that home will not die. We must or rather I must keep the legacy.

I hear a knock on the door and I remember I have been in the bathroom for almost thirty minutes just thinking.

The warm water is running on my skin and I am sure this is pure wastage.

‘’Lynn!’’

‘’Yes’’

‘’Are you okay?’’

‘’Yes I am I ….’’

‘’Can you come out?’’

‘’Please give me a second.’’

‘’One second Lynn. No more no less.’’ She says and I wrap a towel over my lower body.

I don’t bother covering my breasts as I walk out.

Jane and Vin are looking at me in awe, I walk past them but I can’t go any further. I don’t know the house so I go back to Jane.

‘’Hey Jane, can I get something to wear?’’ I ask and she grins.

‘’Where were you going in the first place?’’

‘’I need to sit somewhere and think because all these is purely tiring.’’

Go lie there.’’ She says pointing at a couch

I walk and lie on the couch facing upward, she comes and offers to massage me and I oblige.

Vin is done within a few minutes and there is hot tea on the table.

‘’Jane where were you coming from?’’ I wanted to ask that first but Vin beat me to it.

‘’I was coming from a friend and you two?’’

‘’We were running away from your lunatic husband. He kidnapped us and was doing crazy things before us.’’

‘’What kind of crazy stuff?’’

‘’Like fucking a woman as we watch, forcing us to strip naked and caress ourselves to turn them on as they fuck themselves silly before us.’’

‘’What the hell!’’

‘’Yeah, that guy is crazy. Totally crazy.’’

You know I should be home mourning my parents but he kidnapped Vin and I, brought us here making it complicated for us.

‘’I don’t understand his obsession with you.’’

‘’Me neither.’’

‘’When did you come to the city?’’

‘’I came here a few weeks ago.’’

‘’With the kids?’’

‘’Yes.’’

‘’Wow! That is nice.’’

‘’I am happy you decided to move to the city. It is a good transformation.’’

‘’Sure, I wanted to start a new life with just my kids. George left me with them so I need to do what single women do. Be a mother and a father at the same time.’’

‘’Good.’’

‘’What’s your plan for him?’’

‘’I am going to revenge. I hate him so much especially after what he has been doing to you.’’

‘’Why do you care so much about me? I have noticed that instead of siding with him you sided with me. Anything I should know?’’

‘’Nothing at all baby girl just that I am a woman and I hate it when women suffer.’’

‘’Thank you Jane.’’

‘’Any time. Now, can we join forces against him and teach him a lesson?’’

Yes we should.’’ Vin says but I don’t respond because I don’t know if I want to involve myself in that.

It is almost five am in the morning. I haven’t slept an inch.

We have been talking and talking about so many things I feel exhausted but I am happy I escaped from George.

Jane told us how she uplifted George and trust me, I don’t know what people are usually looking for. Jane is beautiful and I don’t know why he cannot see that.

I don’t remember myself falling asleep.

I am awake now staring at the beautiful wall. I am not seeing any meaningful thing but I am so focused

My phone chimes and I skip lazily from the bad to go pick it.

*Elsewhere,*

George wakes up feeling exhausted he doesn’t seem to remember what happened the previous day.

Careen is pretending to be asleep beside him.

‘’Lynn! Please wake up we need to take tea.’’ He calls without looking.

I am so sleepy.’’ Careen says with a slurry voice.

‘’Careen!’’ he calls startling her.

‘’Yes boss,’’

‘’Where is she?’’

‘’Who?’’

‘’Lynn and Vin. Where are they?’’

‘’I don’t know. Who are they?’’ she asks pretending not to know who he is talking about.

‘’The two ladies.’’

‘’Maybe they are sleeping in the other room. Let me go check.’’

‘’Hurry up and if they are not here you will have me to deal with.’’

‘’Yes boss.’’ She calls over her shoulder and she runs helter-skelter to the other room smiling secretly.

Just go!’’ George shouts as he walks to check the other rooms.

‘’They aren’t there.’’ She calls once she is back to the room.’’

George is one frustrated man at the moment so he takes his gun and shoots Careen in the head severally then when the watchman confirms that he hasn’t seen the girls. He kills him on the spot too.