Chapter 32
Greg
I couldn't sleep because of my anger that night, how dare he hit me, how did I let him throw those punches, I tried to push him away as I remember but he was very strong and impulsive. I spent the night wandering in my father's library, and putting an ice pack on my face ,scattering books and breaking antique ceramics, I promise you I'll take revenge, Linka, I'll show you what Greg can do.
In the morning I looked at my face and nose in the mirror in my bathroom, I can see the bruises on my nose and cheek, how can I meet people like this, I thought not to go, but there was an important work waiting for me
"Damn it," I said while hitting the bathroom mirror with my fist.
I arrived at my office early before all the staff, I intended to finish all the necessary work and go home to clear my mind and plan a new way to get what I want and take revenge on this spud stuffer
"Good morning Greg, I've got the mail for you to sign, there are some urgent things..."
"Put it on my desk, I'll put it back on your desk as soon as I'm done," I interrupted Margaret, As I pretended to be concentrating at the computer screen, I don't want her to see my face.
"Okay, but,…. oh my God, Greg, are you okay?, what happened to you?"
"Nothing, it's none of your business, get out right now and ask someone to bring my coffee immediately" I exploded in anger at Margaret who left my office angrily
After Margaret went out, I found my phone ringing on the edge of my office table.
"Finally you thought of calling me, where have you been, you idiot, if you are not capable to give me the news of the girl as it happens, I know how to replace you for someone else worth the money I pay him."
"I'm sorry, sir, but I'm not late for anything, believe me, they just left their apartment and went to the hospital, and I'm currently outside waiting for them to come out."
"The hospital! Why did she go to the hospital?" I said in amazement.
"I don't know, sir, but they entered the gynecologist's office."
"Oh, yeah, she should go to the gynecologist, I forgot about that, … Listen, I want you to tell me everything that happened inside and what the doctor said to her. I want a detailed report on her medical condition, do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, but this is very difficult, sir, how can I access the medical reports that you require?"
"Create your own way, your immoral acquaintances, bribe them with money, I don't care, I'll pay you for it, and most of all, this is a very secret matter, you have three days, Dylan, and if you don't bring me the information I want, consider yourself fired, and you won't see a penny."
I hung up in anger I almost broke my phone, I put my head back against my seat, I can't stand the amount of idiots around me, they don't let me think straight, I can't believe she slipped out of my hands and went back to that red head after the accusation I accused him of, I signed the papers that Margaret left, took my laptop and went home
Although I didn't want to go back to the house, where I was distracted by my father and the servants, not to mention the endless work calls, I thought I'd go to my apartment, but something was pulling me to sit in the library in my house.
I came back and sat at my father's desk in his library
It's very big, full of old bookshelves that no one has read, pictures of statues and animals dictate the place, it's a scary place, it wasn't on the floor plan when we bought it, and when we saw it on the ground my father was told it was the old owner's room where he had kept his valuables for several years and kept a secret until recently, my father put all his books and my grandfather's old books, many valuable antiques scattered in the corners, the heads of the animals that my father and grandfather hunted when he was young, some of the heads of the animals that I and my father also hunted on hunting trips some time ago. I have always been a good hunter.
Behind the desk there is a picture of my grandfather. I like to look into his eyes when I think. I was told that he was a good man. When I quarreled with my father he would shout, "Where did you get all this evil from, my son?" He knows exactly where , from the woman he chose to be my mother
I lit the fine cigar that I kept there, and I drowned in my thoughts, and I looked at the picture and spoke to it.
"So, what do you think I should do now, grandfather?" His eyes were pointing at the old books on the shelves where the old house maps caught my eye, before we bought it, and I stared at them closely. "I think I've found something, thank you Grandpa."
I laughed hysterically and put out cigars in the ashtray
Wheeler/Linka
It was a normal working day for Linka, but she couldn't hide her happiness that her man came back to her life last night.
"You see, I told you, all you had to do was just talk to him honestly." Gi said trying to tease her
Linka's happiness was only disturbed by one topic: "Is Wheeler the father of the child?"
After the duty finished, on her way home, Linka went to the pharmacy to buy the vitamins and medicines that the doctor told her to use during pregnancy.
She went to the maternity and baby section, started looking at what she could buy more, a stretching cream, a nursing pillow, diapers, a breast milk pump.
"Oh boshy moy, it's too early to think of these things, maybe I'll just buy the anti-stretching cream." She looks at the pretty things for kids around her and is thrilled that she's going to be a mother with the man of her dreams, but "Oh, if only I knew that Wheeler is the father of this baby" she went back to her dark thoughts again, and she saw Greg's face showing her between the shelves, "He's my baby." So I hurried to the cashier, paid for it, and came home
Wheeler had arrived fifteen minutes before Linka, and had begun to prepare dinner, in order not to tire her in the preparations, he was preparing the fastest and most delicious dishes for him, a burger with fried potatoes
"What the hell is that smell?" Linka entered the house with her hand over her nose, disgusted
"Hey babe, how are you and the baby?...I'm making...what's wrong?" Wheeler walks towards her
"Oh boshy moy" she was looking at the hamburger in the frying pan and then she ran into the bathroom to vomit
"Babe, what's the matter? Are you okay?" Wheeler followed her to the bathroom, with the spatula in his hand
After raising her head from the toilet, she looked at him in annoyance, "What are you cooking?" then she got up to brush her teeth, closed the door with the other hand so that the smell does not reach her
"It's just a hamburger, babe" as he speaks loudly behind the door
"I can't stand this smell." She quickly ran out of the bathroom and into the bedroom with a bath towel over her nose and mouth, Wheeler followed her into the room.
"What? Babe, you love hamburgers, just as I do. What's new now?"
"Now I hate hamburgers, I hate the smell, I hate veal and sausage and anything related to red meat".
"What? Didn't you find something else to hate? It's my favorite food group." with disappointment
"Oh boshy moy this is so disgusting, the apartment smells stinky, like I put my face in the cow's ass."
"What? Oh my God" Wheeler sat on the edge of the bed, and he put his left hand on his head, "And how long will this situation last for you?"
"I don't know, maybe three months, maybe nine months" She lies on the bed and catches her breath
"Oh, shit" Wheeler hurried to the kitchen after he forgot the hamburger and fried potatoes on the stove
He quickly poured the food into the plate, opened the windows, and then went back to the bedroom
"Sorry if I burnt your dinner, Yankee." She holds the pillow and looks at him with regret, extends her hands to him
"It didn't burn but, it just overcooked " He took her hand and sat beside her on the edge of the bed, and kissed her hands, they exchanged glances for a few seconds before turning his head towards her and kissing her lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and when they parted,
"Well, now what are you going to eat then?" He said to her, looking into her eyes tenderly
"Can you go get me a fruit salad?" She looks at him innocently
"Just fruits, babe you're pregnant you should eat well, how about I get you some grilled chicken and a green salad?"
She thought, and looked to the side, "Mmm."
"Please don't tell me you hate chicken too."
"Oh no Yankee, chicken is ok." Her fingertips roamed around his chest
Then he got up from his place and picked up his jeans and started putting it on
"I'm sorry Wheeler"
"For what babe?"
"I know you don't like to go out when you're tired and just arrived from work"
"Hey, anything for my little baby, and his beautiful mother." Then he approached her, and she got up and grabbed him. He buried his head in her neck and kissed her shoulders, up to her neck and lips.
"Okay Yankee, let's finish this when you get back, if we stay like this we won't have dinner for two hours and I have a kid to feed." She was trying to withdraw from his kisses and hugs.
"You're right, I'll finish this later when I get back." He walked out the door and said, "So Be ready," as he spoke to her outside the room.
"I promise I will be " raises her voice to be heard
When Wheeler came home with Linka's food, she had changed her clothes and set the table already for their dinner,
They sat happily eating their food, talking and laughing, Linka was trying to hold her nerve from the smell of hamburgers that it had become unbearable for her lately, Wheeler was talking about Kwami and how he shook his hand today, as if he hadn't quarreled with him and hit him last night and how Kwami wished him all the best with their new baby, Linka also told Wheeler how she and Gi were teasing Karen after finding out about her relationship with Kwame
Wheeler was not satisfied with how much Linka ate, "You didn't eat anything, Babe."
"I feel full, Wheeler."
"Come on, little bites more" He puts food in her mouth
"You're just trying to make me fat." she eats happily
When they had finished eating, Wheeler completely refuse the idea of her washing the dishes or cleaning the table. He carried her by his arms to the sofa and gave her the remote.
"We will switch roles over the coming months. You've been spoiling me so much, and now it's time for me to return the favor" He kisses her forehead and goes to the kitchen to clean
When Wheeler finished cleaning he made some popcorn and joined Linka on the sofa, he took the remote from her and started jumping between the channels as usual.
Linka looked at him from the side of her eye and smiled briefly , she remembered the beautiful days they spent in their small apartment, all the little details he was doing that made her angry, and how she missed everything about him after they separated, she put her head on his shoulder "I missed you"
He wrapped his arm around her waist and brought her close to him, "I missed you too, Lin" He kissed her forehead, then turned off the TV, "babe, I want to talk to you about something."
"Yes, of course." Thoughts raced through Linka's mind. She knows she won't like what he's going to say (Oh my God, does he want to dump me because he thinks the baby isn't his? Does he want me to dump the baby? I can't do that. Oh my God, did he cheat on me when we were apart? Did he sleep with another woman?)
"Lin, tomorrow I want to take you to the police station, so you can file a complaint against this bastard Greg."
"Wheeler, I... I don't know." She said hesitantly.
"Linka, you promised! I will not allow this son of a bitch to escape from justice, you know that I am a law enforcement man, criminals like him must be punched, otherwise he will continue his crimes and you do not know what he can do next."
"Wheeler you don't understand, I'm ….I'm just afraid," Linka interrupted, her eyes brimming with tears
"Lin, don't be afraid, I'm with you and I'll never leave you alone". He held her hand and looked deeply into her eyes
"But Wheeler, what will my family will say about me, what will the press write, what will my brother and uncle Dimitri's reaction will be?"
"For God's sake, Babe, they should sympathize with you. Why does society always blame the victim and leave the criminal? This is not fair," he said in a loud voice, and then Linka began to cry in a muffled voice, and before she ran into the bedroom, Wheeler grabbed her and hugged her tightly.
"Lin please, please, if you will not do that, I'm going crazy, I can't resist the urge to kill him for what he did to you." His voice was choppy and he wanted to cry too.
"Wheeler, don't you do any crazy thing …I... I'll go with you tomorrow." She knows Wheeler and knows what he can do when he acts emotionally, and she, no matter how strong she appears on the outside, knows that she can't face the world without him.
"Okay that's good," he said, stroking her hair and holding her tightly to him
Then Wheeler started telling her what they would do except, and how she will be subjected to interrogation from the investigators, reassuring her that everything would be fine and that the investigators are his friends and Captain David was aware of the matter as he told him everything that happened to her, and how he sympathized with her case and how he would everyone supports her. The fact is that Linka knows Captain David, she has met him many times on different occasions
"Oh my God, I have to tell Gi that I'm taking a leave of absence tomorrow, looks like I will have a big day tomorrow."
"Don't worry Babe, everything will be fine, I promise." Then he took her to the bedroom, showering her with his love and support, and she was so trusting and feeling that her heart and destiny were safe in his hands.