Chapter 14
After Micheal left Crystal's office, he rushed to the hospital were he dropped Lillian off for the DNA test. He was surprised to see that they were already done with the test.
"where is the test result?" he demanded
Instead of handing over the result Lillian walked up to him and pressed her body to his while trailing her hand over his chest "easy handsome... don't get all worked up for nothing" she said in what she thought was a seductive tone.
Micheal shoved her hard and she almost fell "the result" he demanded a dangerous look on his face.
Lillian handed him the result and walked towards her chair with confidence. As Micheal skimmed through the papers, he felt his world crumble. The little chance he thought he had with Crystal flew out through the window. He couldn't abandon his child but he didn't want to live without Crystal. He didn't care if he was selfish for wanting to still have everything.
He turned and saw a triumphant look on her face. How he wished he could strangle that woman with his bare hands.
Oh God! Please help me...he prayed
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A week had passed since he confirmed the child was his son. He had been totally miserable. He decided to give Crystal space like she requested and hoped he was not doing the wrong thing. He needed to figure out what to do.
The witch...like he called Lillian had not ceased to taunt him. She claimed to own him and demanded outrageous things from him. She even made several pitiable attempts to seduce him. To make matters worse, he couldn't bring himself to love the boy. He simply avoided him but gave him everything he needed.
Micheal was in his office struggling to focus when a thought crept into his head. What if Lillian manipulated the doctor? What if the child was not really his? He didn't put it pass her to bribe the doctor. He had swallowed everything without even questioning it. The more he thought about it the more he saw the possibility.
Infact looking at the child closely, he bore no resemblance to him. He had initially thought the child resembled his mother but now he was not so sure anymore. He could swear that he had used protection when he had sex with her so how did the child come.
He couldn't sit still again with all the thoughts racing through his head. His friend, Kelly's husband was a doctor and ran his own practice. It wouldn't hurt to retake the test, just to be sure.
Micheal called his friend and informed him of his predicament and arranged a meeting immediately then he rushed home to get Lillian.
"where did you say we are going?" Lillian asked with a frown. He had dragged her into the car against her wish
Micheal ignored her as he carefully navigated through the streets of Lagos. When he got to the hospital he got down and helped the child down. He began walking towards the entrance
"what are we doing in a hospital?" Lillian demanded
Micheal didn't even spare her a glance "we are here to redo the DNA test"
"what for? You've already seen the result" something about her tone wasn't right
"it dosen't hurt to be sure..does it?" He mocked
Lillian's behaviour added to his suspicion but he decided to ignore it. He knocked once before entering his friend's office
"hey bro.. It been long" Micheal greeted
"ahh Micheal its been really long"
"married life has really been good to you" Micheal told him
Kelly's husband laughed and sobered up immediately "what sort off mess did you get yourself into?"
Micheal sighed as he sat down "I don't know. Please can you do the test now?"
"sure of course. Is this the child?" his friend asked
Micheal nodded too tired to speak.
"just give me some few minutes" his friend told him as he left his office with the child.
Micheal paced the office restless. This was his last hope. Why was he taking so long? The door opened and he walked in with the result in his hand "congratulations man" his friend told him smiled.
Micheal stopped breathing as he hurriedly tore open the result. "yes!!!" he punched the air
His friend laughed "go get your woman buddy"
"definitely. I just hope am not too late. Thank you so much" he told his friend as he left the office. Lillian will pay.
As he matched angrily to the waiting room were he left her, he saw her cowering away in fear "you know.. You are a really good actress and your acting nearly caused me my happiness" he stopped and glared at her "what gave you the nerve to pull such a stunt?" he half-yelled
"Micheal I love you... Can't you see it. I have loved you since our affair and I couldn't just sit by and let you marry her. I had to do something" she was on her knees crying
"you love me" Micheal scoffed
"yes Micheal I do. We are meant to be, am sure of it" she told him
Micheal was sure Lillian had mental issues but he wasn't going to waste any more of his precious time with her "stay out of our lives.. Any day I see you around.." he left his warning hanging as he turned to go.
Lillian caught his leg "what has she done to make you as blind as this? What does she have that I don't have even more?" she sounded desperate
Micheal smiled and bent low to her level "firstly she has given me genuine love. Secondly she has everything and you don't even have half of what she has. Lastly am madly, hopelessly and insanely in love with her. The earlier you get that into this dumb skull of yours, the better for you" he shook her hand off and walked away without another glance.
Chapter 15
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Micheal rushed back to the office to see Crystal. When he got there her office was locked and her boss told him she had taken leave for the next three weeks. He was scared. What if she had travelled. So many things had been left unsaid between them. Now that he had the real result he needed to talk to her.
As soon as he stepped out of the office building he raced to his car. He had to check her house. He was even surprised that the road traffic officials had not apprehended him by now.
When he arrived, Much to his despair, her house was also locked and the kind security man told him that she travelled just that morning.
The pain in Micheal's heart increased. Why did she travel? Couldn't she have waited a little longer? Why hadnt he found out about Lillian's scheme earlier? All this questions weighed heavily on his mind as he sat in his car tears threatening to fall down his face. He couldn't wait for her to come back in three weeks time, a lot of things could go wrong in that long span of time.
Then he remembered Kelly. Surely she would have told Kelly where she went. He needed to see Kelly. No matter where Crystal went to, she took his heart along and he had no choice but to follow.
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Crystal laid her head on the car trying to rest. The journey to her parents house was not far yet she was totally drained. She could only attribute it to the emotional trauma she was in.
Micheal... She hadn't heard from him in days. How did he even survive without speaking to her because she was barely sane. How could he even stay away from her. True, she was the one that asked for space but he should have known that she meant the exact opposite. She just wanted to see him fight for her. Instead he choose to stay away.
She rubbed her head tiredly and looked out of the window thinking of how she was going to make sure her parents don't notice anything. She knew it would not be easy to deceived her mom. That woman had sharp eyes.
"Miss we are here" the driver pulled her out of her thoughts
"okay. Thank you. Here's your money, keep the change" she alighted the car as the driver thanked her profusely
She stopped for a moment to take in the familiar surroundings. She had really missed them. She kept her tears at bay as she made her way up the front steps.
After two knocks the door pulled open to reveal her mother "Crystal.. We weren't expecting you" her mom hugged her happily before pulling away to scan her face "sweetheart what's wrong? Why have you been crying?" Her mum asked concerned leading her inside the house.
Crystal didn't answer, she just hugged her mom tighter as sobs wrecked her body. So much for hiding it. Everything was now out in the open.
Mrs Jason didn't ask questions she just held her daughter as she cried wondering what had happen to shake her like this. She hoped it had nothing to do with Micheal. When her tears stopped flowing, she simply took her to her room to shower and rest while she went to the kitchen to make dinner. She was glad her husband wasn't home. He would have been so worried.
As she went around the kitchen making dinner, she prayed that God will give her daughter peace. She knew Michael couldn't be far from the reason for her daughters tears. Nothing other than love could make her daughter cry like that..
She still had her doubts about Michael. She approved of the relationship only because of how happy Crystal had been. The last she had seen Crystal that happy was before her sickness.
Mrs Jason rubbed her temples tiredly. Thankfully her husband was away for a few days. Crystal would have calmed down before he returned. Her husband loved his only daughter so much and seeing her in such a state may deteriorate his health further.
Mrs Jason watched as her daughter struggled to eat dinner. When Crystal was done, she parked away the plates and faced her. It was time to talk
"Crystal what really happened?"
Fresh tears poured from Crystal's eyes as she looked at her mother. She started from the beginning and told her mum all that happened. When she finished, she collapsed in her mum's arms too tired to cry out.
Mrs Jason silently comforted her daughter while thinking about what she just heard. She knew her daughter had acted rashly but it was not the right time to tell her that. She would wait until Crystal had calmed down before telling her.
Soon Crystal drifted off to sleep. Her mum tucked her in bed and stared lovingly at her. It pained her to see Crystal suffering like this. But she knew that everything would eventually be alright.
A/N; hey lovelies, first I will like to start by apologizing for not posting any updates throughout last week.. It was totally due to unforseen circumstances and am really sorry to have kept y'all waiting.
To make up for that I have posted two chapters today💝
Hope y'all enjoy reading it.. Please share with your friends and don't hesitate to let me know what u think of this chapter.
Next and final update will be on Wednesday..
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