Chapter 42
Camilla’s eyes were wide open in shock. Gush! She’s heard some terrible stories about how some prisoners made life a living hell for new roommates. Isn’t that going to be her lot now?
The smile on her lips gradually disappeared. Camilla waited patiently to hear what the rules would be.
“Rule number 1:No more sobbing in this room. Reason is because someone out there would be happy that you are sobbing.
Rule number 2: You will eat and not starve yourself. Reason is because your case has been determined and whether you starve yourself to your death, it wouldn’t change anything.
Rule number 3: You are not the worst human here. Everyone is here because of a crime. Whether you are innocent or you are guilty. The court declared you guilty and you have to leave yourself to fate.
Rule number 4: We are each other’s family here. You know why, there comes a time when family deserts you and the closest to you becomes your family…” Kimberly outlined and Camilla smiled broadly.
She had thought of something negative but Kimberly was actually educating her. She nodded and sat up wearily. She was famished and felt like she would faint.
She wanted to stand up but suddenly felt her knees weak and she collapsed onto the floor. When Camilla opened her eyes again, she was on her bed and Kimberly was by her side.
“You are awake Camilla?” She said and kissed her temple. She held her hand and gave it a soft squeeze.
Camilla tried to sit up and Kimberly gave her a support, placing a pillow behind her. “Thank you Kimberly” Camilla said and felt a little revived.
Kimberly smiled and nodded. She already knows Camilla was likely to be pregnant. She didn’t take her to the clinic but rather forced feed with glucose.
How can someone not eat for the entire day? She would collapse because she has no strength and anyone could.
“You would take something. I will take you to the cafeteria later but now, take more glucose” Kimberly urged and Camilla took it.
She became lively. The glucose helped and carefully he helped Camilla to her feet and requested that she should take her meal, taking her time and feeding her.
That morning, Eduardo decided he would have to go and find his sister. He was working on a project and as soon as he was done, he would travel out of the country and go to City A, if perhaps he would find his sister.
He calleuke to come over and give him the feedback of what he told him to do. When Luke came and sat before him, he sighed audibly and glanced at his brother.
He told his brother how Betty disappeared into thin air and her mother claimed to be looking for her. He only told her to come along for a DNA test for the unborn child. From there, the final verdict can be determined.
But he couldn’t find her for days. That means something isn’t right. Well, he would sit and wait until Betty returned and agreed with his opinion.
Eduardo smiled. He smelled a rat. Didn’t the mother and daughter pair came to his office to threaten him? But now she suddenly disappeared into thin air.
What were they thinking when they came to his office to threaten him? Those people are so annoying.
” I need to go and search for our sister. Wouldn’t it be so amazing if she gets to Meet with her family?” Eduardo asked, imagining what it would be like to see and hold his sister in his arms.
” It’s going to be great brother. I can’t wait to see that day come when she becomes the young miss of the Anderson family” Luke replied.
The two brothers smiled. Eduardo declared his intentions to visit City A in a month’s time when he might have been through with the acquisition of the contract he was working on.
Luke said he would go with him. It would be easier for them both to find her rather than him alone, but Eduardo said no. They both couldn’t leave the company at the same time.
Luke then gave up. He said he wished him well and hoped he would find their sister soon. He looked forward to being United with his sister in this life.
Jared opened his eyes and saw his mother sitting by his bedside. He looked weak and fragile. His body ached and he felt a plaster on his left eye.
He remembered everything that happened. To his sister and how he was manhandled by Rodrigo’s men. He saw his mother’s puffy face and knew nothing good had happened about his sister’s case.
“Mum,” Jared called. He knew his mother was awake but she looked worried and depressed. She probably couldn’t come to terms with the fact that Camilla’s still in jail.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
Sara heard Jared called her and looked in the direction of the patient bed where Jared laid. She smiled faintly and came to hold his hand.
” Are you alright now Jared?” Sara asked and answered the question in her heart. He looked so weak and pale, how can he be alright?
” Yes mum, I am fine. How are you too?” Jared asked, appearing cheerful to lift his mother’s mood. He knew he was not happy with the pain he was feeling.
Sara smiled. She knew he was lying. He lied to make her cheerful. She nodded and played along with him.
That was when the doctor walked in and Joel followed closely behind. Seeing Jared was awake, Joel smiled and said ,” you are awake buddy?”
” I am Joel. Thanks for being concerned,’ Jared appreciated. He wanted to stand up, but felt a sharp pain by his side while the doctor and Joel told him to relax.
” You have a few broken ribs. So you need to be careful” Joel said and helped him lie back on the bed.
Broken ribs? Jared suddenly became sad. This was the extent to which Rodrigo went with him? That guy is brutal and without a conscience. How could his sister have been able to put up with him all these months when they were together?
The doctor examined Jared and said his bandage on his left eye would be removed but he would have to depend on medicated glasses to use that eye properly.
He would be placed on admission for another five days to ensure his inner injury was out of danger and the broken ribs have healed to a significant rate.
The doctor then left and Joel promised to see to the hospital bills. He gave Sara a key and told her to return to that apartment when Jared is fine.
He might come to check them again or may not. Depends on Rodrigo’s activities for the next couple of days. But he would ensure to visit them as often as he can.
When he wanted to leave, Sara asked ” why are you helping us?” She wondered if Joel wasn’t the same man that works with that fellow who is void of emotions and feeling.
That question made Joel pause. He wasn’t expecting to be asked such a question. Why was he helping them? He asked himself that question and then got the right answer.
“Because Camilla is my friend,” he answered with a smile. Sara nodded and said thanks as he watched Joel leave and a lone tear fell off her eyes.
” What happened to Camilla mum?” Jared asked. Sara sniffled before telling Jared everything that happened. How Camilla played along with those kidnappers and how Rodrigo took his revenge on her.
When Sara told him that earlier in the day, Rodrigo had announced his engagement to Emma Martins in two days time, she couldn’t help but start sobbing profusely.
Why does Camilla have to suffer such fate? Such a kind hearted girl. This was too much for a single person to bear in this life. The news of her life was flying around on social media.
Everyone in City A had known that she was adopted after being found on a dunghill where her parents had left her. Who had Camilla offended in her previous that jinxed her so much.
She is her daughter. It doesn’t matter what DNA she carries in her blood. She’s the daughter he had but didn’t conceive. She’s a daughter that she would prefer to have in her next life.
Jared’s eyes went red. Camilla can never do anything that she was said to have done. Someone else did it but remoted her to be the culprit.
She did that to save them. She must have preferred to be jailed than to see them killed or tortured. What evil had they done to deserve such fate?
His mother’s business was gone. Their home was no more all courtesy of Rodrigo Campbell. What a terrible human that fellow is.
He had done his worst when he had his men brutalise him while he stood and watched. This guy was void of conscience and he had shown who he truly was, a demon.
He was getting engaged to Camilla’s rival. That’s nice then. He probably never loved Camilla otherwise he wouldn’t have been too much in a hurry to be engaged to her rival in love.
What for, to hurt Camilla? He would one day regret his actions but when he does, it would be too late for him. He wouldn’t be able to repair the damages he had caused, no matter how hard he tries.
The evening when Eduardo went to pick Jenny, she was so happy. Spending an entire day with her mother had filled her with enough memories that would last for a lifetime.
She threw herself on him and hugged him for a long time. She doesn’t know what to say, or how to apologise to him for what she’s said to him back then.
Eduardo held her, circling his hand around her waist and smiling ” How have you been wifey?” Eduardo asked.
” Call me darling” Jenny requested and Eduardo laughed out loud. He didn’t expect she would say that and it surprised him.
” Hmmmm how about I call you honey?” He asked and Jenny nodded. Temisa Davis was happy. She was smiling and her eyes were clouded with tears already.
” But I will call sweetheart henceforth” Jenny told him and Eduardo shrugged. She could call him Eduardo if that is what she wants.
“I still want you here Ms Temisa. When it’s time, you have those bad people Arrested who made you a widow..” Eduardo declared.