'I LOVE YOU, BUT...' PART 12 BY OPEYEMI AKINTUDE

 

" Babe!" Freeman jumped from the bed. He heard Pamilerin's scream from his deep sleep.

He rushed into the bathroom on seeing her on the floor.

" My leg! Freeman ...my leg hurts..my ankle" Pamilerin said loudly.

The door to the room opened and the kids rushed in. Remi stood by the door peeping to see what happened to her boss. She was not permitted to enter their matrimonial room unless she was asked to.

" Mummy..sorry..." Juanita said

" Daddy, Let's lift her ." Venita said

Freeman followed his daughter's advice and lifted Pamilerin from the ground.

He successfully laid her on the bed.

" Remi, get me one of those balms" Freeman called out to Remi

" Ok sir.." Remi ran towards the living room. The balm was in one of the cupboards.

" Baby...sorry...Who left the tap running?" Freeman said looking at the pool of water on the floor of the bathroom.

" I don't know..." Pamilerin replied while writhing in pain.

Remi returned with the balm.

" Come in..." Freeman said at the sound of her knock.

Freeman spent the next ten minutes massaging Pamilerin's ankle. Pamilerin wailed like a bereaved woman , because the pain was unbearable.

The girls couldn't go to school that morning as everything had been disrupted.However, Freeman had a 10am appointment he could not reschedule.

His secretary had told him there was a new investor looking into investing into their business. He was suppose to meet him at a lounge.

" I will be back before you know it. If the pain becomes unbearable we must go to the hospital." Freeman said to Pamilerin before the house.

*******

Pamilerin needed to go to the restroom but it was impossible. She laid her right foot on the floor and what followed was a strong internal gruesome pain that went straight to her brain. The pain felt like she was going to shut down if she made an attempt to go further. She sat back into her bed... At that point she had a flash of something hitting her leg in the dream, but the flash of the dream was not long enough for her to make sense out of it.

" It's just a sprain, nothing is wrong with my leg, it's not an attack. Pamilerin, don't spiritualize this fall, it was just an accident, not something from the devil. Don't give the devil too much credit." She charged herself up.

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" Where are you going?" Beauty said to Winter. She had been hearing the movement in the room ever since Winter stood up from the bed. She couldn't make out what Winter was doing. Winter also made matters worse by not responding to Beauty's series of questions ...

" Is she dead?"

" Have you heard from the herbalist?"

" If she is not dead, have they found why?"

Winter kept mute, there was a reason for it. She wasn't suppose to speak to anyone except her target.

" I know it sounds like I am nagging, but can you at least say something!" Beauty said

" Fine... I get it, you are leaving me. No problem..."

Winter walked out of the house. She would remedy the situation later.

*******

Freeman walked into the Posh restaurant the investor had asked to meet him. It was one of the most expensive restaurants in town.

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Winter sat in the VVIP LOUNGE sipping her white wine. She had not spoken a word to anyone that day. She even wrote her drink preference to the waitress.

Freeman walked around looking for any man who was sitting alone.

Winter and Freeman's eyes met as he looked around for his investor. Winter jumped to her feet after few minutes...

" Hey, Hello...." Winter said walking towards him. It was time to play the game she was so good at.

" Hi... " Freeman answered cautiously with a raised eyebrow. He wondered if this was the investor he was meeting.

"Well, if she is my investor,, she definitely must have a lot of money, judging by her expensively looking outfit." Freeman thought..

" Are you the one I am meeting?" Freeman asked

" Not sure ..but you have this striking look I can't place. Have we met before?" Winter said. Winter knew the " Have we met before" line was cliche but it always worked for her.

" Erm...not sure" Freeman replied disappointed the cash bag before him was not the investor..

Freeman tilted his head to the side to look around one more time. The investor had contacted him through email, so he had no phone number to call.

" Oh my God, the tilting of your head, just brought this deja vu feeling...like I have seen you do this before" Winter said laughing

" Oh really?" Freeman said smiling

Winter stood looking at him with her mouth wide open...Freeman was a bit embarrassed at the way she was looking at him...

" What Ma'am?"

" If I say this, I hope you won't say i am crazy?"

" You don't look crazy , so the thought won't cross my mind no matter what you say to me!" Freeman said laughing

" I see you in my dreams!" Winter said with the most serious look Freeman had ever seen on a woman...

Freeman was lost for words...

" What?" Freeman asked

" I see you in my dreams!" Winter repeated....

To be continued...

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