After work, took a cab back home, it was quite an eventful day, from being my manager's secretary to being The CEO, the owner of KHANNA CORPORATION' secretary. But I would say am impressed, Mr khanna is devilishly handsome,am not sure I will keep up, I must agree with Debrah, he is definitely hot, like hot.. reach my apartment building and once again reminded myself that I was not his time, am middle class, he is Rich, so it's not going to work, plus am black, he is indian, never gonna work.
I stare at mine apartment building and tell myself,over and over again, that it's not going to work, plus why am I thinking about love right now, i should focus on my bills, my sister's health, my aunt's health, they mean everything to me.
As I worked into my apartment, everything was messed up, the furniture was on the floor, there was broken glass everywhere. I panicked, "Emily, Aunt" I called out. No response, I was about to call out I again when I heard sobs in the corner of our living room. I followed the sounds and it was my sister crying, she was badly bruised and she was beat up pretty badly. I couldn't help but pull her into at tight hug and started crying with her.
Me: 😭he did this , didn't he?? When is he going to
stop, am tired Emily am tired..
Emily: what did I ever do to deserve this,Rinah
What??
I pulled from the hug and looked at her face. At that moment my heart broke again. A man is doing all this and I was fed up.
Me: am filing a report, this has to stop
Emily: 😭NO!! Don't, I don't want him to hurt you.
Me: am tired of him hurting you, Emily, AM TIRED
ALL HE EVER DID WAS CAUSE YOU PAIN.
He used to cheat on you DAMMIT, he used to
beat you up. How many times did he force you
to abort his kids. Why are you allowing him
to continue doing this to you?? Why?? Tell me
Why??
Emily: because I still love him Rinah.
Me: this love is gonna get you killed, I can't see you
Like this.
Emily: you don't know what love is, Rinah , you will
never understand.
Me: I know I haven't met my parents, but I know
they too, wouldn't want you to go through some
shit like this.
Emily: he will change..😭 am sure he will
I was pissed. Mark has been making my sister's life a living hell, ever since my sister moved out of their apartment. I can't keep up with this. What is love, if it's full of pain. I left her there, and went to my aunt's room. She was also crying..
Me: 😭 please don't cry aunt, you know you are sick
you will get worse, I beg you please don't cry.
Aunt: 😭 I have raised both of you to be strong
Independent women. But your sister is in
Love, no words can change that, unless she
Decides to change herself .
Me: 😣 it hurts me to see her like this, how much
beating can she take, she's only 26, and she's
going through alot. I want you guys to be fine.
Aunt: ( crying loudly) it's my fault Rinah
Me: shhhh Aunt, this ain't your fault, trust me this
Ain't, please rest. Please rest.i want you to get
better, please.
When my aunt fell asleep, I went to the living room to clean up the mess. I was almost done when my sister walked in the living room
Emily: Rinah am s....
Me: (interrupting) how much did he want this time?
Emily: ( looking down) $3500
Me: ( raising my voice) where the fuck am I going to
get $3500 from?? ,
Emily: Rinah I kn......
Me: ( interrupting again) they're things you
Sometimes have to consider Emily, this ain't
only about you. I have bills to pay in this
Apartment, I still have aunt's medicine to pay
Why are you being this way. If Mark ever loved you, you wouldn't be going through so much pain
right now. Now I have to buy new dishes all
over again, plus a new second hand tv, again
Just because you don't want to accept
some things.
Emily: am sorry.
Me: save it, This time around am not paying for
for anything cause you don't want to help
yourself.
I left her in the kitchen, I didn't have time for this , I was tired, Mark only comes to this house when he wants money, everytime he has to beat up my sister. And everytime we have, well I have pay him money cause he demands money all the time he enters this apartment. I was so caught up with all this that I forgot my phone, Shit I had 6 missed calls from an unknown number. When i wanted to redial the number, the number called again.
Me: ( on call) Hello
Man: ( on call) Ms Stevens if you don't want your job
you can tell me I can fire you this instant.
Me: ( on call) No sir, am sorry sir, I wasn't with my
Phone sir.
Mr Khanna: (on call) make sure you go through the
reports tonight, fix a meeting
with Vixen enterprise, for tomorrow
@8 am, present all the reports
after the meeting. I hope everything is
Clear.
After saying this he cut the call, he didn't even say goodbye..how rude..😒.. so I decided to start with my work earlier, I couldn't afford loosing this job. With Mark constantly popping in our lives,I couldn't afford to lose this job, cause I know mark can go to any extent just to harm us.
That night, My sister and I didn't talk, we slept in the same room but well, am hurt by her actions.
Emily: I brought you a cup of coffee, you didn't eat
supper again.
Me: with everything happening, I lost my appetite.
Emily: listen Rinah ( Sitting on the bed, next to me)
Am not perfect.
Me: am very much aware of that. No one is.
Emily: please hear me out. this is hard for you I
know.
Me: are you listening to yourself right now, so you
don't care about yourself,? Huh, if this is
the conversation will be having, then I
Would rather not take part in this madness. I
can't believe you want to justify this.
Emily: am not trying to justify anything.
Me: do you know, you are the reason I hate love?
Do you?? Cause you don't seem to notice just
how much your relationship has affected me.
Emily: am sorry 😞.. I will file a report against him
I promise. I don't want to see my sister like
this. So tell me how is work? Have you met
Mr khanna.
Me: my goodness, I can't believe this..
Took my laptop, and charger and note pad and walked out of our room. I can't be doing this with her, this is about you but you want to change the topic like your life ain't important enough. That night I just hoped she files a report.