Close Enemy

Chapter 32

A month had gone by after my brutal and heartless experience with chuck, I looked through the window as I stared at the sky.

I kept having flashbacks of what I had experienced, as the taxi kept moving I kept on staring at the sky, just thinking of the fact that I could have died that day.

The car finally came to a stop, I paid the driver then came out the car slowly. I could still feel the pain from the gunshot.

If the couple had not found me during their trip, then I don't think I would be here to tell my Story today.

After Chuck had shut me I grieved in pain for close to an hour, I tried my possible best to untie myself but all my effort were futile. It got to the point were I tossed myself round and almost fell into the lake.

After all my wasted effort I became really weak because of the blood I had lost, my eyes started shutting slowly until I had lost consciousness, I thought I was going to die that moment. 

Hours later leading to dawn I regained my consciousness, at that moment everything was blurry to me, I could see my own blood soaked on the sand and on my shirt.

After a while I made up my mind that I wasn't going to lay there quiet, I started by making moaning sounds with my mouth hoping for someone to hear me out and come to my rescue, but to no avail. My eyes shut again but this time I didn't wake up after some hours.

Three weeks had gone by till I woke up, when I had woken up I was at the hospital, when I had lost consciousness I thought I would wake up between some few hours.

The couple informed me that I had been in a comma for three weeks.
I was shocked it felt like I had slept for just a short period of time.

After I had come out of the taxi, I strutted through my driveway straight to my porch, I climbed the steps leading to my front door.

The neighborhood seemed so quiet I could only hear the squawk of the bird and the ripples coming from the wind.

I knocked on the door, I didn't have my keys on me, I banged on the door several times but there was no response, I pulled the door knob to see if the door would open.

The door seemed to have been unlocked all this time, I paced into the house everywhere seemed quiet I walked through the staircase and went straight to my mom's room.

When I got into her room I met her packing her things in a heist, it seemed like she was rushing to travel somewhere.

Several of her luggage were arranged on the bed as she randomly threw clothes from her wardrobe into them, and she had arranged several documents beside the luggage.

She kept throwing the clothes into the luggage in a heist, but when she saw me she paused, she seemed frightened to see me like she had seen a ghost.

She staggered when she sighted me, she tucked her hair behind  her ear, her eyes opened wide, she slowly moved backward.

"mom where are you going to? "

"Hmmmm Hmmmmmm I'm selling some clothes I'm not going anywhere"

"okay why do you need to sell your clothes "

"nothing" she said gulping a saliva down her throat

"Mom I don't understand, I've been gone for over a month and you didn't even bother looking for me"

"Dear I tried, but my hands were tied. Chuck said if I did report to the police that he would kill you"

I placed my right hand on my forehead, placing my other hand on my waist as I nodded my head in disbelief.

"Okay where's Joel? "

" I took him somewhere were I believe he would be safe"

"okay tell me the place"

"I can't, until chuck is behind bars for your kidnap, your child has to be far away from you, just know his with a family member "

I paced towards the side of her bed and took a sit, I felt really frustrated and confused at that moment, I started having mixed feelings,  should I believe my mom or chuck.

"mom I don't know what to do, 
can you imagine what chuck tried making me believe "

"what lies are those" she said as she continued throwing her clothes into the luggage.

"he tried pinning the death of Joel and Brenda on you "

"what!?!, i can't believe that"

"he also said that you promised him that you'll get both of us married in exchange for $500000"

"And did you believe that crap?"

"I don't know what to believe, he showed me a debit alert"

"okay I'll tell you what really occurred, chuck offered me that amount if I could get you to marry him, I refused to accept his money, before I could reject it he transferred the money to my account, I told him that you would marry him on your own accord that all that wasn't necessary, and all I ever wanted was for him to make you happy "

"okay, so who do you think is behind Brenda killing Joel "

"it's either him, or maybe someone else, or maybe she just wanted to "

"okay, I need to freshing up " I slowly got up from the bed, as I was still in pain from the gunshot, my mom seemed to notice my pain and was forced to highlight it.

"what happened to you?"

"he shut me "

"oh my...,  that man needs to be arrested "