©️ Mhizlove_Writes
✨AALIYAH POV✨
I’d stayed with Ric for seven days and Jadiel do come around to play with me. He even bought me a new phone and expensive clothes.
I missed Mum and Dad so much. I felt unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of my parents. I which I had people around and I was sad because I didn’t have anyone except Jadiel.
My phone dinged, and I looked down, an unread text message blinked on the screen, then I opened the messages conversation
📥”I’m presently in a meeting and I won’t be able to visit you today”
Being in poor health, I felt bad after reading the text, he seemed to be the only one who truly cared for me in his own way. Ric cares for nothing but himself. Maybe he’d been taught to avoid strangers or maybe because I couldn’t talk. Tears burned my eyes, I broke down and wept
The only thing he had been proving lately was that he could successfully avoid me. Although I tried very hard not to force issues
After a few moments, I wiped my tears away. My body started shivering but it was my hands that felt it most. So I stood up and hugged myself, shivering like a leaf as I peered out of the living room window into the darkness.
After that, I turned away, slowly retreated to my room and lay on the bed. I picked up my phone, opened a message App, tapped composed and typed “I’m feeling a little ill” then tapped the send button to Jadiel.
🔅RIC POV 🔅
“Ric, I went to Richard’s house in the morning before I joined you in the office” Kohen uttered
“Yea, I’m aware. Did you find any useful information?” I asked
“The CCTV in the house has been removed but I won’t give up, I will seek justice for the dead very soon” Kohen replied
“There’s no justice for the dead, it’s just to help the living” I murmured under my breath
📥 “Ric where are you?Aaliyah is sick. I’m in a meeting. I’ll call you later” Jadiel’s text message brought me back to the unpleasant task ahead of me. I glanced at the text message again before my gaze returned back to Kohen
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By the time I reached the house, she was shivering terribly and stiff. She began to run an extremely high temperature, so I called the doctor
I placed my hand on her forehead, it felt smooth and her hair smelt faintly sweet. I mopped the sweat from her forehead with back of my hand, gazing down at her and tucked the blanket around her
Her breath slowed and then she opened her eyes to look at me but she was not happy to see me
I was looking into her eyes and lost in my thought when I heard someone knocking on the door
Doctor Mich and Kohen came into the room and we shook hands, smiling politely. Then I excused him to carry out his duty
About twenty minutes later, Doctor Mich came downstairs and I asked
“What’s wrong with her?”
“She’s suffering from insomnia. The inability to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom is causing her to suffer from bouts of sleeplessness. If it persist she might fall into depression” he answered
“How can we be of help to her?” Kohen inquired
“If it’s possible not to be sleeping alone. She needs people around her most especially at night. Being around other people makes us healthier and psychologically we prefer to go through life not alone because our brain seems to work better when we talk and laugh with people” Doctor Mich explained
“What’s her name?” He asked
“Aaliyah Richard” I replied
“Her life is in danger” he muttered. He stared at me, shocked and then apologetic by the enormity of what he had said
“How did you know?” I asked as I arched my well maintained brows
“I heard that her parents were murdered and I think she’s not safe as well” he answered, his raised eyebrows were furrowed with anxiety and hastened out of the house
“How did he know that Aaliyah is not safe if he’s innocent” I heard Kohen murmuring to himself
I raced upstairs to my room and went straight to the bathroom to have a cold bath
TBC….
