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Chapter sixteen

Emily Brown

It was now half past one when we left from the restaurant.

And I still wanted to hang out a while more.

Clara wouldn't mind having a little walk with me for some hours more. I just couldn't figure out where to go now.

If there was a place I really wanted to go, then it was my old home.

I wanted to meet my nanny and hug her tightly. Tell her about all the things am facing in my new marriage and to take some advise from her.

But I dared not go back to that house. My father would surely kick me out like as if am not his own blood.

"Now what are you thinking about again? Aren't you gonna go back home right now?"

My mind came back to reality after hearing Clara's voice sound from behind me.

Home? What home?

I didn't want to believe that I even had a home. Both my old and new home weren't warm and welcoming at all.

Looked like I was born to be homeless without any family except for my nanny and friend Clara.

"Clara, why don't we wander around the beach?" I suddenly came up with an idea.

Maybe wandering around the beach too might make my mood way better. I still needed something or someone to calm my nerves completely for me.

But what or who?

Clara is a very big talkative but her words only make me feel weird and absurd.

Yet, she's still the only one I can hang out with comfortably.

"Emily, are you sure your husband won't disturb my life if I hang out with you for a very long time like this?" Clara asked.

"Of course not. Why would you think that he'll disturb your life just because you hanged out with me?"

Clara was just being too obvious and I couldn't understand her now.

That arrogant husband of mine, why would he get angry with her for hanging out with me? He doesn't even care about me, his own wife. Not to talk about her being just my friend.

I grabbed Clara's hands and headed to the beach. She wanted to resist and let me go home, but I was also stubborn just like her. I dragged her forcefully with me and we went to the beach together.

We walked around and ran sometimes too. We were just busily enjoying ourselves forgetting about all the problems in our lives.

We wandered around there for hours non stop. The sky was darkening with each minutes passing by. But that didn't stop me from happing myself still.

Clara too didn't talk much this time, neither did she prompt me on going back home again. She just enjoyed our time together and chatted with some friends she met there also.

When the sky was almost dark completely, we both now noticed how hungry we were.

Clara took the problem to herself and went to get some food for the two of us.

I just sat down on the sand and waited for her calmly.

After some few minutes, she came back with two hot dogs in her hand. I was very hungry, so I didn't even wait for her to hand over the food to me. I just got up and grabbed one of the hot dogs in her hand and filled my mouth with a bite.

After filling my stomach to the fullest, I was now completely okay.

"Let's go home now Emily, it's almost seven now and your husband might start getting worried about you"

Worried about me? Clara didn't know anything, and so I couldn't blame her for thinking like that.

Earlier she thought my husband would get angry at her for hanging out with me, and now she thinks that my husband cares about me so much that he might start getting worried about me.

Thinking about this, I heard my phone ring suddenly. I checked the caller ID and it was an unknown number.

I don't usually answer unknown numbers, but this time, I don't know what pushed my hand to swipe across the screen and answer the call.

I placed the phone at my left ear and a hoarse voice full of coldness sounded from the other side of the phone " where the hell are you?"

From the voice I just heard, I could tell it was non other than my arrogant husband.

Why does he wish to know where I am now? Does he even care whether I die or live?

"Why should I tell you?" I questioned him in an unfriendly tone. I didn't see any reason why I should let him know where I am.

"Fine then" after uttering these two words, he hanged up on me.

Was that it? Wasn't he supposed to persuade me to let him know my whereabouts.

Did he really not care about me at all?

I stared at the screen of the phone for a little and said to Clara " I don't wish to go home right now, let's go inside the club "

I didn't know what I was thinking of anymore. All I could hear ringing in my mind was doing something more than this to calm myself down.

First I was cheated on by the only love of my life. I've lost a dearest friend and am also not liked by my husband and mother in-law.

Now what should I do?

My fate has not been good to me at all. How can I have such a bad fate?

I cursed myself under my own breath and smiled mockingly. I was mocking at my own self for not meeting a good fate.

"Are you insane? You want us to go inside that club now that you're married? What's wrong you now Emily?"

Clara wasn't wrong after all, before I got married yesterday, whenever we came here and Clara asked me to let's go inside the club for just thirty seconds, I would refuse boldly.

I never stepped foot into that club or into any other club here in Q city before.

I always thought that only dirty things went on in there so I was never ready to give it a try and go there.

But today, I feel like maybe the club is a better place than my own two homes.

Perhaps in the club, people wouldn't be ordering me around and treating me like a trash which is not useful at all.

Clara persisted but I still dragged her along with me forcefully just like in the afternoon and we went into the club.

The place was very cozy and noisy. Dozens of people were present in there.

Some of the girls wearing some weird bikinis were doing pole dancing while others were sitting on some of the men laps.

If they weren't having a romantic talk, then they were seriously kissing.

I could see how shameless the girls in the club were and it made regrets fill my heart for coming in here at the first place.

But that wasn't gonna stop me from doing what I came in here for.

I just moved straight to the bar counter and ordered for the strongest tequila.

Clara tapped my shoulder and said in a worried tone " Emily are you okay? Why are you taking something as strong as this?, don't forget you've never drank something like this before. You might fall sick "

My dear friend was so worried about me. Drinking something I've never drank before was surely gonna make her worried.

But I assured her firmly " don't worry so much Clara, I'll be fine. "

I pulled her to sit down opposite me and said " come on, let's have tequila together "

With the assurance I gave her, she finally agreed and also ordered for the same tequila as mine.

Clara was a heavy drinker and so, even if she took seven glasses of the tequila, she wouldn't get drunk.

My mind was full of so many things. I wasn't even concentrating on those skinny girls performing the pole dancing but Clara's attention was there completely.

I didn't realize when I gulped down the tequila in the glass in a single shot, neither did I realize when I asked for more.

By the time I realized, I had already gulped over five glasses of tequila down my throat.

I now started feeling dizzy here and there. I couldn't even see the girls performing the pole dancing well.

'Does that mean am drunk?' I thought uneasily.

If am really drunk then how will I go back home now?

How will I face my mother in-law now?

This woman doesn't like me already, and now, to go back home in this state then what will she think of me?

She wouldn't just dislike me, am sure she'll hate me brutally.

"Emily, you're drunk? How will you go back home now" I heard Clara's voice clearly but I couldn't see her face clearly at all. My eyes were blurry.

"Hey pretty woman, would you like spending a night with me?" Before I could say anything, I heard the voice of a man approach from my left side.

"Hey, you'd better stay away from my friend or else

.." I could hear Clara's voice warning the man who just approached us. From the way Clara was talking, it meant that the man was referring to me spending a night with him.

"There's nothing you can do" the man's voice sounded again.

And with that, I saw myself been lifted and placed on the shoulders of someone. But feeling how masculine the body was, I could tell it was the shoulder of a man.

I struggled on the man's shoulder to free myself but I was just too weak.

The man started walking and I could hear the voice of Clara sounding from behind helplessly " where are you taking my friend you jerk? Put her down "

Clara was probably following the man as he took me outside but I wasn't hopeful that Clara's screams could bring any help so I continued to struggle vigorously.

And when I thought there was no help coming from anywhere, I heard a hoarse and cold voice sounding ahead of us.

"Where the hell do you think you are taking my wife?"

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