Second Chance - Episode 15

 

Kathia

"Are you sure this is going to work?"

"Yes my lady" replied Bree as she kept picking out my clothes.

"This always look good on you" She said, spreading the short pink gown she was holding.

"Will this really seduce my husband?"

"Sure. You should look at yourself once you wear it...you once wore it out..but it was in the night.."

Well, I understood Kathie must have worn it to seduce Anthony...

"He's going to find out it 's not me eventually"

"Yes, and by then it would be too late, hopefully the storm they are talking about would have started and both of you would be together for days . "

I couldn't even think of that without murder coming into my mind. One of us would eventually kill the other.

Ngozi pushed the door open, startling the both of us.

"What is wrong with you girl? You startled us!" Bree shouted at her.

"Apologies my lady.." She said giving me  a slight curtsey.

"He just left in his car my lady"

My heart skipped as I gave Bree a knowing look.."Well Bree..it's show time"

Miguel

I checked the wall on the wall..I wondered what was taking so long. I had already unpacked ten hours ago and yet she was not here

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. I was so restless as I began to feel lonely and bored. Would have loved to take Peggy, my horse to a ride to ease the boredom. I had told Dwaine to bring her, Patricia loved riding horses, so it will be another way of making things work for me , but it was getting cloudy already..the thunderstorm that everyone was talking about would soon start any minute from now, I really hoped she would make it here on time.

Meanwhile, I decided to take a stroll out and get myself familiar with this place.

I had bought this area some years back, one of the periods when I had to run away from father and my evil brother and for months they didn't find me until I was ready to go back. I chuckled as I remembered how I later went back and found EMeka had been imprisoned for not telling where I went.   It was located in the middle of nowhere, perfect getaway. From the castle, it had taken almost SEVEN hours to get here . . The palace was another ten hours journey from here, that was where the rest of my family lived. My family..been a while I thought of them.

It was a beautiful island. The rest of the surroundings apart from the beach and the waters were just forests and tall trees

How I loved nature..

I surveyed the house, everywhere was clean and spotless, Emeka had done a very god job. I walked out of the house, taking my binoculars with me. By the time I would be through checking the surroundings out, she ought to be here.

As I walked in the woods, I realized the cloud was beginning to make the atmosphere a little dull and darker. I stopped in front of a cashew tree and decided to climb. hanging my binoculars around my shoulders, I held one of the branches and pulled myself out. Once I got to the top of the tree, I found a good spot and sat down. I could catch a wider view of the area like this.

This was what I did the last time I was here..when I had taken Camilla with me...we had such a wonderful time together, I didn't want to go back but I knew father would probably die of heart attack and brother ....I had no idea what he would do especially since I had taken his woman with me.

On getting back, pronounced my marriage to Kathia and banished me from the palace until he sends for me during the time of the feast.

This was why I couldn't go back to the palace because I  was being punished for my wayward life through a forced marriage and a banishment. 
I could still remember the look on brother's face when I was banished, he seemed satisfied..too satisfied and I hated it.

We had loathed each other so much since we were young, especially when it came to girls..I had no idea why the girls he wanted for himself always chose me..and I loved girls so I gave them what they wanted.

I was father's favorite so he never really chastised me, instead , he told brother to pick ladies and stopped picking whores who would f**k his brother. then Camilla came, she was a princess of another Kingdom. We were invited to her birthday and that was when I saw her, I never knew Mac had any interest in her..we flirted with each other throughout the party without knowing that brother wanted her as his lady-his future bride.

The day we were supposed to go pay her bride price was the day I took her with me....the day I brought her here..

So now, I was given a wife that loathed my gut and whose gut I would gladly shred if I could..father had thought it would put me in check..how wrong was he...

I noticed some movement down below and I put on my binoculars..it was a carriage....she was here...I grinned satisfactorily..

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By the time  got back to the house, it was beginning to pour..the cab man met me on the way and stopped.

"My prince, please don't kill me, I had no idea.." He started, with a pleading expression.

"What do you mean Musa?" I asked.

"The lady...." he shook his head. "It was out of control. They forced me, I had no choice, you know how mean she could be"

I frowned. Lady Patricia couldn't be mean,..the man was probably drunk.

"Go home, the storm is coming soon"

"My prince, the storm is going to last for a long time, I would suggest you take things as they are as running at this time could really be dangerous"

I squinted as droplets of water fell on my face. I had no clue of what the man was talking about.

"Bye Joe"

I said to him and watched as he drove out of sight and vanished into the woods.

The storm could take forever as far as I'm concerned..being with a woman at that time would be the best thing that could happen to a man.

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I entered the cabin, a beautiful lavender scent filled the atmosphere. She was standing by the window, in a beautiful white gown and a scarf around her neck. She stood, holding her hands out.. Her back was towards me.

"My lady" I began, removing my hat and advancing towards her.

She didn't turn so I walked closer and put a hand on her shoulder, she still didn’t move. So I pulled her towards me and kissed the corner of her neck from the back. I felt her wince and then slowly, I turned her around to face me ...and when she did and I saw her face..like lightening I bolted back.

"What the hell! What the hell are you doing here! What kind of madness is this! Who the hell are you! Why are you here woman! "

She said nothing but removed her hat and her scarf, then stood akimbo, not looking a bit scared.

"I am here because I  am your wife, husband! "

I must be dreaming! This could not be  happening! I was going to lose my mind. I didn't even know what to say, instead she returned to the window and continued holding her hands out.

"What are you doing here Kathia?" I demanded, trying hard not to loose my mind.

She gave no response so I angrily pulled her and flung her on the settee.

"Answer me!"

She seemed terrified but in a flash, the terror was gone.

"Have you forgotten we are married Miguel? I go wherever you go. You are stuck with me here and don't even think that Patricia is going to come here"

I groaned, holding my hands in so much frustration.

I pointed a finger at her.

"I am leaving now!" I said to her and ran upstairs.

My head was banging and I was losing my patience. The rage I was feeling right now towards her, I was afraid I might kill her.  I angrily flung all my cloths back into the bag and then rushed downstairs...

"Where are you going..it’s raining..the storm has started already"

She shouted at me as she ran to catch up with me.

I didn't care about the bloody storm, I just wanted to go far away before I murdered someone.

"Miguel please listen..it’s dangerous..."

I got out and loosened my horse from where I had tied her, then I climbed on her and patted her on the back. Without looking back, we galloped into the words as her voice echoed behind me.

KATHIA

I was angry and confused at the same time. I was supposed to woo him and not make him mad. How would someone even woo such a man! He was just too angry!

I was restless and more confused as I watched him ride away on the horse.
 I remembered the warning from one of the women that I had met by the bridge, she had said to not come back her within some days because of the storm that was fast approaching and that idiot has gone straight into it.

I sat down with my face in my palm.

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. If he dies now, would everything not been a waste? Would anything change at all...

Do I follow him?

Of course not, he was on a horse, I would be walking....what if i die? Well, maybe would wake up in my real world because I was just too tired of all these.

I decided to follow him...

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The heavy drops of water attacked my body as I ran through the woods blindly. I sprinted quicker, ignoring the pains from the  branches that cut through my ankles and arms. My shoes pounded heavily across the ground causing the mud to splash on my legs and stained my gown. I took a deep breath and then I continued, yelling at myself that I didn't notice that I was sliding on the mud until my butt hit the ground with a loud thud ...

Great..just great!

Now I was covered in mud but I continued..I was close to the bridge now...it was just right before the woods..then I saw the horse in a distance. It was alone.

The droplets were blinding and my hair glued on my skin. Where was he?

I ran faster until I began to see a figure on the floor, there was a big plank of wood on the ground next to the horse, and under it was Miguel, the rain was falling heavily on him and he wasn't moving.

My heart began to beat faster and  ran even faster.....

"Miguel..Miguel.." I tapped him as I knelt beside him..then with all my might, I shifted the heavy plank on top of him a little and then I came around to pull him . He was just too heavy and I was getting so tired.

So I decided to just focus on the plank and I pushed...the water soaked my gown, making it very heavy , I couldn't even pull myself.....angrily, I removed the gown , leaving only my underwears....The downpour was hard against my skin, like slashes of cane. I pushed again, to no avail..I sat down beside him and began to cry while the rain fell on us both, harder.

Just then, I saw someone in the distance, holding an umbrella, it was the woman I had seen earlier. I wondered where she must have come from.

"Help me...please"

I called out to her..then she came and we pushed the plank away gently and then we both carried Miguel on the back of the horse .

"Come with me. I can take care of him..." and then she looked at me too, I was almost naked and bleeding from my ankles and arms..."I would take care of you too. "

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THAT WAS HOW MIGUEL LANDED HIMSELF INTO TROUBLE O....LET'S HOPE HE GETS WELL SOON...