Anthony stood from the chair next to Liah, where he had been sitting for the last four hours, stretched, and was about to get some fresh air when Liah groaned. He quickly sat back down and leaned towards her. "Liah, can you hear me?" He asks eagerly, and with another groan, she slowly opens her eyes.
"Well, it's about god damn time you open your eyes, woman, you've been asleep for three freaking days now." He sighs with relief. "Tony?" She croaks. "Yes, it's me." She tried sitting up, but he stopped her.
"Hey, don't move, alright, I'll raise the top of the bed, just stay still." After raising the bed, he took up a bottle of water and placed it to her mouth with a straw. "Here, drink some of this. How do you feel?" He asked after she had taken a few sips.
"Like I was hit by a truck." She groans. "Yeah, you were, and its name is David, but don't worry, that truck was taken to the junk yard and dismantled." He whispers in her ear.
"David? That bastard tried to kill me." "I know." "Wait, my baby, Tony, I'm pregnant, with Michael's baby, what happened to my baby, Tony?" She cried.
"Relax, your baby is fine. David cut both your wrists; you lost a lot of blood, but we got you to the hospital before it was too late." "He was really going to kill me, wasn't he?" "Yes, he was, and he would've succeeded if we hadn't gotten there when we did."
"Who are we?" She asks. "Me and a few of my men," "But how did you find me? How did you know that he had kidnapped me?" "That's the thing, I didn't know he had you, we were tracking him because I found out that he was the one who got Zoey pregnant."
"He was behind everything, Tony, everything that happened, and Zoey was helping him; he set Michael up and, oh god, Michael, Tony, where is Michael? Please tell me you didn't kill him, please?" She cried.
"Trust me, sis, I couldn't kill that man if I tried, actually, it came down to the point where he could've killed me in my sleep, but he didn't." Anthony snorts. "What?" She ask confused.
"Alright, listen, there's a lot you need to know, and I will fill you in on everything, but first I need to find the doctor and ask him how quickly I can get you out of this place, so just relax, I will be right back." Getting up, he quickly walked away from her.
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Two days later, Anthony was driving Liah home while she sat in stunned silence, trying to wrap her mind around everything he had told her over the last two days. "You alright?" Anthony asks, then adds before she could answer. "Listen, just take all this in strides because as I said before, this is a lot to take in all at once."
"If everything you're saying is true, then that means I'm carrying the future heir to the throne of Saudi-Arabia in my stomach, Anthony. I don't even know what to say, think or feel right now." She cries, tears streaming down her face.
"As I said, a lot to take in and listen, I'm not going to deny it, a lot of shit has happened, he was seriously wronged by our entire family. Zoey framed him, I tried to kill him, you turned your back on him, and Mama judged him harshly." Anthony snorts, then continues.
"A lot happened after you left for the retreat, and it happened fast. Should you have left? No, but then again I can't really blame you for wanting to get away from all the shit that was going on, and now he's gone home thinking that you went back to that piece of shit...
so me a guess that he's very pissed right about now, but despite all that him still needs to know that you a carry him child." Anthony sighs.
"But come on, even after all that happened him still left us all this cash, so maybe he's not as pissed as we think he is," Evan says from the back seat. "Then again, this cash might just be his way of bringing all the shit that happened to him to a close before him return to his normal life," Anthony states.
"Nah man, you didn't see him before he left, he wasn't pissed, he was hurt and sad, he hardly said two words to us the entire drive from Jody's house to the airport," Evan adds. "All the more reason for him to be eager to put all this behind him," Anthony adds.
"He must have felt so betrayed when he heard David refer to me as his fiancée. I can't even imagine what he must be thinking right now." Liah sobs.
"Alright, enough of this. As soon as you're settled in Kingston, we will figure out how to get him back here so we can make amends, now Jody has already packed all your things from the house, we just need to stop by her house to pick them up before we head into Kingston." Anthony snaps in frustration.
"I'm never coming back to that community, so I need to speak to Mama before I go, and I also have a few words to say to Zoey." She says between clenched teeth as her fingers fold into fists.
Thank you for reading
words of encouragement
Fight all your battles with prayers
You will always win
Riddle from the last ch: what do you call a professional boxer's dog?
Ans: Fight
Wait, fight? Come here, fight, sit fight, roll over, fetch and beg fight, ha, good one, try this one
What did one gas tank say to the other gas tank?
Good luck with this one.