THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS

A'S

ec." Bets

was being poured ice water and

ec??" My m

lecs do we h

ll me that you are pregnant

nd as far as I am concerned, I don't acknow

se....I was waiting for her to say something...

you could give him what Alira couldn't give to him."

with you Mother but promise you wouldn

hing dear... I

ng from her and he said Alira was too stubborn to take it out and so I suggested that he did the job himse

n't br

lungs locked up like they d

ven move...

and my spine was too rigid to bend, too frag

from the outside, I must've looke

ut realizing it, like I needed somethi

ed, wide and dry,

here, but shock had wedged itself betwe

g in the room and still, I stood there...

a right for always acting like he knows it all...but w

l him due to his love for me.. he's like my puppet."

nt back back slowly int

headed madam??"

e." I

the noise in my head was loud...too

rom the car, walked into the house an

ned up and sat on the couch in th

just sat down still and wallowed t

n't change position and then Alec walked into the room humming a song and

eard some good news??" I asked w

ou didn't inform me you were

d my question Alec...

cting stran

m I

ing news but I will share it with yo

I asked with a smile on my face wh

.. don't understand."

just said do you not understand Alec?? The m

oth

ou...but before then I have some good

good

told by the doctor that I wouldn't be able to ever c

good news??!!"

cause that's what you

ira.

s pregnant and so I headed straight to her house from the airport to celebrate with her but I hea

a maniac and tell m

and the only Alec I know of is you." I

in his eyes and it was q

he pit of hell!! I am not re

ersation but she said something else that was more interesting...she said when I was pregnant with our child,

..listen to me.

because my ears are itching to hear it." I said w

uth severally but e

one question

hat

id you propose to me if you we

I only fell victim to her desper

er into marriage and the other into bei

wait...tha

hat is to report a case of murder to the authorities because you murdered m

e!! I swear I didn't mean to

as I walked down the stairs because I did

down the stairs

ehind me and

ke but a push by the hands I k

t from under me as the

ream...there

mewhere between my t

cond, a bolt of white-hot pain up my

crumple at the base, limbs twisted

d once, m

... n

and as I welco