Within You Is A Sanctuary

My Name is Allison May, I am a medical doctor by profession, five years ago, my grandfather brought a young man named Chuck Wallen to our home, he told my mother and I that Chuck was to live with us since he had no place to call home, and that he was an orphan who was living with his Aunt who later died of cancer, my mother and i never paid any attention to Chuck furthermore, he was just a nobody to us, anyone who doesn't come from a rich family wasn't our concern not to mention the young man brought to us was an orphan.

After a period of time, my grandfather paid for chuck to learn driving, he had just finished his university and he didn't have an job so my grandfather thought is was a good idea for Chuck to be the family driver as he waited to get himself a good job, things were normal for my mother and i as far as Chuck didn't interfere with any of our business we were just fine with that. He was loved dearly by my grandfather to a point we even thought that he was going to be made the heir of our family.

Well it was not until one evening as we were all having dinner did my grandfather came up with something that me and my mother thought he was going mad, as we were all sitting enjoying our well cooked dinner, my grandfather said that he had made arrangement for Chuck and I to get married, who would want to marry someone like Chuck who had nothing or even family of his own to mention? has my grandfather gone mad or his age is making him think inappropriate things, is he even serious about what he is saying?

Well as I was lost in thoughts thinking about what my grandfather had just said, I never knew that we were on the Same page with my mother. Dad my mother called, how on earth would you suggest something like that, can't you see your granddaughter how beautiful she is not to mention she is also a doctor in a very well knowed hospital, how can you suggest for her to marry your good for nothing driver who has nothing to offer except for his good looks? things were getting heated up. My grandfather slammed the table with his hands and said that he wasn't suggesting that he had already thought about it and that's how its was going to be.

I have thought about it myself Chuck is a very hardworking young man and I want him as my grandson in law I have said that, My word is the law in this house and that's final anyone who dares to go against me should prepare to leave and never return. What is long with grandpa today, I thought is he really going to force me to get married to this good for nothing fool, should I run away from this family or what should I do?

But grandpa, not buts, said my grandfather, I wasn't gonna give up so easily without a fight so I interrupted him, why could you force me to marry someone I don't even like leave alone loving him? don't you know that Love should not be just a relationship, it should be a state of being too? I asked, don't you also know that human are like trees and that they also need roots and without them they are nothing, you need roots and if you continue arguing with me I will cut those roots and you will be nothing.

He then turned to Chuck who was silent and calm like a saint and said Chuck my boy, Within you is a sanctuary where you can retreat at anytime and be yourself,

find your self and make me proud. As much as I tried opposing the motion it wasn't helping, he continued and threatened to give everything to Chuck if we don't comply with him.

My mother wasn't ready to let Chuck be the heir so she pulled me aside and she told me to agree with my grandfather for now. My child she said I know its not easy for you to get married to this good for nothing fool. However, if we don't comply with your grandfather we might lose everything so just listen to me and get married to him and when your grandfather dies you will divorce him, mother! how can you talk of my grandfather's death as if its nothing? I asked.

Do you have any other choice? my mother asked me. Even though it wasn't easy for me, I had not choice but to give up and get married to him.

After one year, as we thought that things were moving on well, little did we knew that my grandfather would come up with another stupid idea that got us all shocked including my arranged husband.

As you all know that am getting old day by day, I wouldn't want to die before holding a child that will be of the second generation so the two of you I don't know what you are really waiting for, I want to hold your child before I die. We all thought that my grandfather was joking until he kept repeating those words over and over again.

Again, I was forced to do something out of my will and i wished that i wasn't from that family. Grandpa I called him out, what did I ever did to you, do you even love me as your granddaughter? first you forced me to marry someone I never loved, now you are again forcing me to get a child with him, aren't you going too far this time?

My grandfather was indeed a dictator and whatever he said had to be that way. I had no option rather than doing what my grandfather said. it didn't took me long to get pregnant with the man although I didn't like the idea. After a period of one year, I gave birth to a boy who really resembled his father. My grandfather was so happy about it he even bought me a BMW x6 which I was really looking forward to owning it.

It didn't take long for my grandfather to fall ill and later on he passed away, even though the old man had forced me to things I never liked, his death didn't sit well with me and even though I knew that soon I was gonna be set free from my arranged husband, I still didn't want the man to die.

After the demise of my grandfather, my plans to divorce the man was now put to action, we started searching for the proper way to deal with it. However my mother and I weren't getting to where we wanted, we kept on trying until one day I meet with a young and a rich man who claimed to loving me at first site.

I was in the hospital as usual attending to my patients in the clinic when a young man and an old man entered in the room, after attending to the old man, they left my consultation room only for the young man to come back later, he introduced himself and said that he loved me upon first sight, we later went out for dinner that evening and after sharing with him my story, he promised to help me get a divorce only with a condition of being his girlfriend. He was very good looking handsome man so I gave in to his conditions.

Few days later, I lied to my arranged husband that I was going to work that evening but the truth was that I was going to spend the night with Louis my new found boyfriend.

Everything went on well as planned and he managed to get me the signed divorce papers which I signed and waited for the morning for my arranged husband to sign, then Louis came up with an idea of kidnapping Chuck after signing the documents and getting rid of him which happened exactly as we had planned.

That following morning, I got to get the man sign the papers, although he hesitated, he had no option but to sign the papers and left the compound just as I had told him to do, we kicked him out and later he was kidnapped, thinking that he was taken care of, our lives went on normally until one day in a meeting where I was going to be promoted that's when I saw the man again handsome than I have ever seen him, I tried getting to him but at that time, he had four bodyguards who were protecting him and beside him stood a very beautiful woman and an old man who by the his looks, one could tell that he was not an ordinary man but a very rich one.