Chapter28

Wheeler/Linka

When Linka and her co-workers return from Hanco company to their place of work, she remained silent all the way, feeling so sad and thinking about what Greg had said to her, " does it really so difficult to raise a child on my own? Maybe he is right on this point but I will not accept any help from him, no way, but what if this child was his? Nyte …It's not impossible he's a wheelers, oh boshy moy…Wheeler... should I tell him know? What can I tell him? That the baby could be his or the most person he hates! This is just ridiculous

When she arrived to her apartment in the evening, she remembered that she almost didn't eat anything all day, except for some juice and sandwich before she went to Hanco company, she did not want to eat or drink anything that Greg offered her after what he did to her last time, although all her colleagues ate and drank, but she refused.

she opens the fridge is was almost empty of food, she hasn't bought any food supplies since Wheeler left her apartments, she only orders delivery since then , which is definitely not healthy food, but she doesn't feel like anything is important any more, she does not care , she has no longer desire to live. He's still in her heart despite all what he did to her (as she thinks) "He's dreaming of me taking him back into my life, or answering one of his calls" she looked around the apartment, it didn't look like a girl's apartment any more , it is messy, dusty and The dishes haven't been washed for some time , she just soaks them with some soap and water, she's not sure, does she leave the house dirty like this because she's sad and so desperate, or is she tired of pregnancy and its symptoms, or she's not in the mood to allow her to do normal activity anymore, all she knows is that she's forcing herself to go to works every day, that she can't lift her head from her pillow for the rest of the day.

She grabbed her phone calling a restaurant to ask for a delivery service, she can't believe how she became so neglected about her health, even she didn't go to the gynecologist since she found out she is pregnant until now, she doesn't know how long she will stay in this bad situation

"I didn't know that Wheeler's presence with me would make such a difference, he's been the light of my life, but I can't forgive him." She let her tears run down her cheeks and cried out loudly

While she was crying, the doorbell rang, "It must be the delivery guy." She took her purse and went to the door, but she doesn't remember how much her order was, she opened the door looking at the purse

"How much did they told me?" She was busy looking at the money, when she raised her head to take the order, her eyes opened in astonishment, and it was a very sensitive moment for her.

"Wheeler!" Their eyes met for a few seconds in silence, all the words died on Linka's lips, she no longer knew what to say, She wished that she would fall into his arms crying and tell him what happened to her after he left, She wishes if she could tell him what Greg did to her and how he was right about him, or tells him how sad she was like her soul was stolen from her, tells him that her apartment is like a ghost mansion without him,

She wished she could tell him how much she misses him, his blue eyes, and his lips when he kissed her, his arms when he wrapped them around her.

Wheeler was very excited to meet her, and to prove to her his innocence and that he had not betrayed her since she entered his heart. He was getting ready to put the kisses he missed on her mouth, and squeeze her in his arms to make up for the past weeks

"Linka, were you crying, are you sick?" He looks into her eyes anxiously

"I thought you were the delivery man" She tries to escape from his gaze

"Listen, I have something important to tell you, please let me in, it's necessary

"Come in…. I guess" She doesn't know how she said that, though she was determined not to talk to him or look at him forever, she thought she just needed him to be with her like before, and any news he would bring would be no worse than the news of him cheating on her anyway.

"How many times should I warn you not to open the door before you know who is knocking." And when he entered the house, he found it so messy.

What's going on here? Then he turned to her and grabbed her jaw and raised her head to his face and started looking at her eyes, "Are you under the influence of drugs again?" After a long experience with drug users, Wheeler can distinguish them from their eyes "No, there is no sign of drugs" Then we look at the sofa Where she put her pillow with a quilt "Do you sleep here now?"

"You said you wanted to talk to me about something." Once again, Linka couldn't face her emotions, she couldn't tell him anything, and she'd rather look strong, so replied in a firm tone.

"Ah, it's about that girl that claim that she had a relationship with me"

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS "

"Lin, please listen, she works in a gang of scammers, we arrested her two days ago"

WHAT

"Investigators questioned her, her real name is Victoria, not Chelsea, she lived in another state and moved here recently ,she works in a strip club, someone gave her money to do what she did, she's in jail now, and if you don't believe me, come with me tomorrow and you'll hear from her for yourself."

"W…What.. but this is impossible,...what about those pictures? How did she knows all the personal information about you?

Wheeler pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, its the statement from the phone company, "This is a statement from the phone company. I took my phone to them since... I mean the second day since our fight, it proves that my phone was hacked, the Chelsea gang took my private pictures, cut my face and put it on someone else's face with Chelsea, here you will find the network used and the computer number used

Linka quickly took the paper from Wheeler and looked at each picture, the caption attached to it. Her eyes were filled with tears, her face was red and her heart was beating fast, "So... then you didn't cheated on me."

"Not even in my dreams, babe "He smiles at her, expecting her to hug him and everything will return to the way they were before and they will forget it like nothing had happened.

Linka collapsed near the coffee table, hid her face in her hands, Oh boshy moy...I'm… I'm so sorry Wheeler... I wish you had told me this earlier... I'm so sorry" She let tears run down her cheeks and felt like the universe had come to an end

"It doesn't matter Babe, the important thing is that you knew the truth, and now are we good?" He wrapped his hands around her shoulders.

"Nyet... It's too late, it's not fair to you, you're so good for me now, you don't deserve a girl like me, you don't want me anymore"

"Linka, you are all I want in life, what are you talking about?" Wheeler started to get worried, Linka's words frightened him, he had never expected this to be her reaction

"You can do better than me Yankee, it's just not fair to you, not after what happened "She still hides her eyes from him and looks at the ground, wiping her tears with her fingers

"Lin, what are you talking about? Please tell me, what happened to you?" Wheeler raised his voice, grabbed her arms, shook them and raised her face to meet his eyes, when their eyes met, Linka's eyes filled with tears, "Does it have anything to do with Greg?" Linka remained silent and sat on the couch, "linka , what happed , please tell me…. Did he hurt you?" Wheeler sat next to her, listening to her worriedly.

"It was supposed to be a dinner between two friends in the restaurant, nothing more, I told him, it's a dinner, not a date... I needed to talk to a friend.. a friend who doesn't know you and doesn't defend you,... someone who only hears me.. .without judge me"

"Didn't you find better than him to accompany? Oh my God, then what happened?"

"We were eating dinner normally, I was drinking my beverage, I hadn't finished it yet, and I was completely conscious, until…. Until "she started crying again

"I remember that the earth was spinning around me at that moment, then the glass fell from my hand and I heard the sound of breaking on the floor and this is the last thing I remember"

Wheeler's heart was pounding so hard, he was sure what he'd hear would never like it, he wished he is deaf just not to hear what he was going to hear" OMG…. No ..please no "He fell to his knees, turning his face to her

"He says I was drunk, but I'm sure I wasn't... when I woke up... I…I found myself... naked in his bed." She said it in a low voice, she was too ashamed to say this

"Noooo…no ..no …OMG no" He turned his back on her, hit his forehead on the coffee table and started hitting the table with his fist.

"I thought he was a good person, I thought he was a friend"

"Didn't I warn you about him, Linka? Didn't I tell you to be careful ? Look what he did to us,"

"I'm sorry Wheeler, I'm so sorry, but all this won't help now"

"I'll kill you Greg, I promise I'll kill you, how dare you give my girl date pills and pretend to be innocent." Wheeler became very angry and started talking to himself

"What drug are you talking about؟, he told me I got drunk and then it happened between us"

"Of course he'll say that, he'll blame you for his mistakes" Then Wheeler grabbed Linka's face with both hands "Babe, when you drank when did you feel weak?"

"After, after about fifteen or twenty minute, why?"

"How did you feel before you passed out?" Wheeler is still holding Linka's head and looking into her eyes, as if he is interrogating her

My muscles were so relaxed and Numbness, I couldn't even open my eyes, the restaurant was spinning around me, and my vision became hard."

"The next day, you got nauseous, lost your balance, and you were stammered, and the vertigo was still going on, wasn't it?"

"Yes, it all happened to me."

"Don't you see, it's a dating pill, he sexually abused you, we in the police know these pills very well." Wheeler rose from his seat and began to spin around the sitting room aimlessly." Fuck , fuck "

The shock was too much for Linka to bear, she remained silent, looking no where

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you go to the police, why didn't you go to the hospital to be examined and file a report against him?" yelling at Linka

"I don't know, Wheeler, it's more difficult than you think. I was afraid and ashamed of myself."

"WHAT ARE YOU ASHAMED OF LINKA? YOU ARE THE VICTIM. You are not the one who should be ashamed."

"You just don't know Wheeler, Greg is a well-known man in business word, and if anyone finds out about it, it will be a big scandal for me, and this will hurt my family, the press will write about me, my brother will know, my relatives in Russia will know, what will they say about me? I can't stand it." Linka stands in front of Wheeler and yells at him

"Linka, you must do it, if you don't, he will continue spreading evil everywhere he is a criminal, where are the clothes you were wearing? Did you wash it?"

"I... I burned them"

"FOR GOD SACK LINKA HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND, YOU HELPED THE CRIMINAL IN HIS CRIME, how are we going to prove that now?"

"I don't know, I didn't want to think of anything, I wanted to forget about it and ignore it like it never happened." She was screaming crying in front of Wheeler

Wheeler kept wandering around like crazy, cursing and swearing at Greg and hitting the table a few times

"Wheeler, calm down, please, there's something worse than that, something I couldn't tell anyone.

"Nothing's worse than this Lin, nothing"

"Yes there is" as she trying to gather her strength to tell him

"so, what is it"

"Do you remember our anniversary night when... when we made love on this sofa?"

"Yes, I remember" He feels pain remembers the beautiful memories

"Well, what happened with Greg happened about two or three days after that, and now I... I... I don't know"

"No... no...Lin...don't say it...don't ever say it" He knows exactly what news she wants him to know

"I don't know which of you is the father "She cries in pain