Chapter 24 He has another woman
“We will do something about it
he said patting Mr. George on the
shoulder.
Mr. George was speechless, at
the whole saga, he didn’t know if
he should get angry or hold his
peace, but he choose to hold his
peace and see where all this is
leading.
They all hug and kiss Gina
goodbye and promise to come
back again tomorrow.
“Dad, tomorrow! What are they
coming to do tomorrow? I will be
out of this hospital by night fall,
she said when the Jacksons
have all left.
“There is nothing to panic dear,
they don’t mean any harm, is ok if
they want to come and visit you.
“No dad, I need some times along,
I need to clear my head, and am not pregnant, who told these people
that am pregnant? Dad!
“That’s the right thing to do Gina.
“No!, that’s not the right thing to do,
I mean is my life, and you really
need to stay out from it.
“What? Are you asking me to
stay away from you?.
“No that’s not what I mean, I mean
you should stop treating me like a
child, am 24 dad.
“I know, you are 24, but it doesn’t
mean you have experience.
“Dad, I really want you to stop.
“Ok, ok, I will stop looking into
your life, and is ok if you ask me to
stop
been your dad.
“That’s not what I mean, please
don’t get me wrong, Gina was still
speaking when Mr. George open
the door and left.
“Ohh. My God what is all this?,
what have I gotten myself into?,
first is Ken’s disappearance, then am pregnant, and now dad has started
his own. What is going on? What
should I do now? I need to talk to
someone, but who? I don’t have a
girlfriend, I think I will go to Patrick,
but Patrick…. I always go to him
whenever there is trouble, will he be
willing to talk to me, seeing the way
he looked the last time ken came
to take me away, he didn’t look happy
at all. But any ways I just need to try,
he may have a solution to this.
Gina got up to go to Patrick’s house,
but the nurses stopped her.
“Where are you going ma’am,
you need to stay in bed, you’re not
fit to go around now ma.
“Oh.. I just want to go outside an..
and buy something.
“Ok, give me the money I will
send someone to do that for you
so you can go back.
“Ohh.. ok, she start searching for
the money in her pocket, ohh I forgot
it inside, let me go and take it, she
said and went back inside.
“Damn…, what kind of hospital is
this, holding someone hostage huh..
You are not fit to go outside huh..
do I look sick? She murmurs and
went back to bed.
“Mr. George then send Gina’s PA
to go and look after her, because
she went home after the incident.
“Please Charity, can you arrange
for me to see Patrick?
“Yes ma’am, it will be done. She
went outside and within minute
everything is done.
“What? How did you do it Charity!
“Is simply ma, and that is why
where father hired me.
“I see, anyways lets go. they both
entered the car to Patrick’s house.
only Gina went in, but Charity stayed
in the car.
“Hey Patrick.
“Hey Gina how are you?
“Am fine, No, am not.
“What! What happen?.
“You’ve not heard?
“Heard what? Ask Patrick.
“Ken is missing, and am pregnant,
she broke down and cry on Patrick’s shoulder.
“Heyy,.. so sorry, where did he go..
“And who is pregnant? Patrick. a
voice ask coming from Patrick’s
bedroom.
“Ohh.. am so sorry Gina said, I
did know you have someone with you already.
“Ohh.. Patrick said, “not knowing
how to really explain to Gina.
“Patrick.., she keep calling as she
walk out of the bedroom, and who
is she? Pointing at Gina.
“Ohh.. Gina, meet Amanda my
girlfriend, Amanda please meet
Gina my childhood friend.
“Hey, Gina said.
Amanda just wave her hand at Gina
and walk back to the room.
“Oh ok.. I think I will just go, maybe
I will talk with you later Gina said.
“Ok, Patrick said and lead Gina
back to her car.
“How did it go? Charity ask, as
soon as they get on the road.
“Patrick is with a woman, can you
imagine that?, and he didn’t think to
tell me first. And did you see the
way she looked at me?
“Nope, Charity was wondering if
she should have seen this girl from
the car, but she just said nope.
“You need to see how she looked
at me like am a piece of shit, I knew
Patrick before her damnit, she has
no right to look at me like that.
“Can we forget about this girl? I
mean what did Patrick say about
your case, Charity asked Gina seeing
that Gina was just going on and on
about this girl she knows nothing
about
"Well, Patrick didn’t have the
chance to say anything because
of the girl, what’s that her name
again, A-..Amanda.
"Oh.. is that her name? Charity
ask, because Gina has change
the topic to Amanda again.
"Yes, that is her name, and is
not as if she is that beautiful you
know, what did Patrick even
sees in her?.
"Ginaa… ma". Charity called,
before remembering that she is her
boss. she forget for a seconds
that she is her boss, but you won’t
blame her because Gina has stated
behaving like a little girl who is
jealous of her man.
"If you need someone to talk to,
am here, you can talk to me.
"Really"! she hugs charity.
“Thank you, thank you, am relief.
“Ok, ok”. Charity said trying so
hard to breath because of her hug.
“Can I breathe now?” Charity ask.
“Yea, Ohh.. yes, sorry".
“Ok, thanks”. Charity said after
taking some few breaths.
“So what were you going to ask
or tell Patrick? Do you mind telling
me? You know, I might be of help”.
Charity ask Gina and then wait
to hear a command, since she is
not use to Gina.
But instead Gina starts narrating
her story to Charity from the
beginning to the end.
“wow, what a beautiful love story?”
but I think Patrick loves you the
most, yea, from the story you just
told me I know that he loves you,
but maybe he didn’t know how to
relate it properly to you. And you
are not taking him seriously
because he’s your childhood
friend.
“What! Naaa.. Patrick cannot love
me, am his best friend.
“Maybe, but it doesn’t look like
it to me.
“What do you mean Gina ask”.
“I mean seeing the way you react
when you saw that girl with Patrick
and the way Patrick has been
behaving around you, I can only say
that he is in love with you.
“Naaa… that’s not true”
“Ok, if you say so”, Charity didn’t
want to drag the topic so she let go
of it. “So what are you going to do
about the pregnancy?
“The pregnancy won’t matter to
me if ken was here, but now I need
to think seriously, my only problem
now is that my dad has already
told Mr. Jackson and ken’s mom
about it.
“Yea, that’s a big one”. Charity
said, thinking seriously on how to
help Gina out of this situation.
Getting abortion is not an option
since everyone now knows about it.
“What will I do to help”?
“What are you thinking about”?
Gina asks charity because she has
been silence for few minute now.
“How do I help you”?
“I don’t know, I wanted to ask
Patrick to help me find Ken since
guys always know things, he
might know how to find ken.
“And you think Patrick will help
you out with that”?
“I don’t know, what do you think
I should do”? Gina asks Charity.
“Well if I were you I abort the baby”;
“What! No, I will think of another
way, I heard people die from abortion,
I don’t want to die”.
“You only die when you go to an unqualified doctor. “You have the
money just do it and free yourself”.
“No, they will find ken, I know so,
he has to come back and take
responsibility”.
“Ok if you say so, let’s go to the
office or you want to go home”?
Charity ask Gina.
“Anywhere will do, Gina said more confuse”.
[Back to the forest]
Ben and the men together with
Miriam keep looking for ken without
success. “Let’s go home, is been
two weeks already with no sign
of ken. Let’s just go back”. Some
of the men start murmuring.
“Let’s search two more days ben
said, then we can go home please”.
The men looked at one another
and agreed to search two
more days.
“Where are you going”? Miriam