FLOWER

Chapter Nineteen

Cleopatra didn't like the way her life was turning out,she didn't like the emptiness she was feeling,she thought that choosing Aaron would bring a new path for her,but instead it had brought her doom,she trusted him wholeheartedly, he promised not to hit her again,but the man that now stood in front of her as she lay helplessly on the ground wasn't her husband,it was a monster.

She had thought every thing through, she had accepted her happily ever after with or without love,but now she was sure the universe hated her and it wanted her dead.
She didn't do anything wrong,it was a man's fault,he was the member of the Kings and had come to visit one day,but Aaron wasn't present so she informed the visitor,little did she know the visitor's motives,he didn't come for Aaron he had come for her.
She had asked the man to leave but the man only smirked and inched closer,he's Cologne was suffocating like liquor and she felt herself suffocating when he touched her,she struggled with all her might but he overpowered her,he tore her dress and kept her under him,but when he was about to possess her,Aaron walked into the scene .At first she thought Aaron would definitely believe her story, or Aaron would trust her enough,but with the look on Aaron's face she knew she was terribly wrong .And now she was facing punishment for another's man's mistake.

"You little prostitute". Aaron shaked his head as he spoke,his voice was filled with terror.

He brought out his belt and slashed her bare back,the whips made her back bleed,her skin was too delicate for such a massacre,he continued to whip her not wanting to stop anytime soon.
He knew what he saw,he knew it wasn't her fault but he couldn't go against his co-member,so she had to take the bait.

He grabbed her by her hand and jerk her up so she was standing,he kicked her stomach and she flipped over and held her stomach with her fist.

"Aaron please stop,I swear I didn't do it". She cried as he punched her face repeatedly,her swollen cheeks could not take anymore but she had to endure.

"You promised me Aaron,you promised you would never hit me again". She said as she tried to stand up but failed miserably.

"Then its a good thing I never keep my promises".he smirked as he lifted her, threw her over his shoulder and walked out of the room.

Her legs were dangling on his shoulder as he went towards the stairs,she widened her eyes when she realised what he was about to do and she screamed for help.

"Aaron please don't do this,please". She begged but he didn't listen.

"You deserve this Cleopatra,you deserve this". He said as he threw her down the stairs, she rolled and screamed and continued rolling,her body kept bumping and bruising but all Aaron did was watch from a distance with a smile on his face,soon she was at the bottom of the stairs with a loud thud,her head was bleeding,her elbows had sprained,her lifeless position at the end of the stairs made Aaron heart fill with pride, he would destroy her and every single pint of hope she had .He walked out of the house stepping on Cleopatra on his way down the stairs,he drove his car and zoomed of into the streets with not a single ounce of guilt.

Nobody was home,all the house staffs had gone out for one duty or the other,Cleopatra couldn't scream either,so no one could save her,all she could do was close her eyes and sleep in her own pool of blood, her hair was all over the place getting soaked in her own blood,her dress was torn in several places and her back skin had lines and marks and bruises,her face was bloody and her neck was cocked in a dangerous position,her entire body felt like an artwork sprayed with colours;red,blue and black .She felt miserable and stupid, she fell for Aaron's ploy,she thought accepting him would change her life for the better.
But now Cleopatra knew her acceptance was her biggest nightmare.

Meanwhile Theodore had thought of the night he saw her,he missed her,he loved her,and he let her go,then why did he feel like he had committed a sin by letting her go,wasn't it noble of him,wasn't it what she wanted,but he still felt uneasy,like she was in terrible trouble.
He had stop feeling this way for some weeks,but at the party when she had told him she missed him,he broke inside,he wanted to tell her that he missed her too,or that he still loved her,but he couldn't, he didn't want to complicate things further.
However he chose to listen to his instincts, he got into his car on his way to meet her,he just wanted to make sure she was okay, that she was safe,that she was happy.
The drive to her house was anxious,he stepped out his car and walked to the door of Aaron's house,he was reluctant to knock.
He raised his fists to the door and knocked but he didn't get an answer,he knocked again and he still heard nothing,he wanted to turn back,go home,forget this ever happened,but then he heard whimpers, like someone was sobbing or wailing or crying,so he pushed the door and surprisingly it opened.
The sitting room was dark,but he could see,he was always teased for his clear vision at night,he walked around the house until he stopped, he felt like an intruder,what kind of man was he, walking into somebody's house like that.
He turned back ready to leave until he bumped into something with his foot,at first it was unclear to his sight but after looking closely he widened his eyes in shock .Before him was Cleopatra in her blood stained dress.
He bent down to the ground to make sure he wasn't seeing things,he was beyond shocked,he was frozen to the ground when he saw her battered state,slowly he shook her shoulders but she didn't move, he shook her shoulders again but she still didn't move,now he was getting worried,he hoped she wasn't dead, he felt her pulse and noticed that she was still alive but barely breathing, she was running out of time.
Without wasting any more minute he carried her up and led her out of the house.
He had never been so scared in his life,scared that he might never see her beautiful face again.