Annabelle's last days

Seven

Annabelle's last days

Chapter seven

A mother later.......

*Annabelle*

Have you ever had one of those out of body experience? Well that's what I am having of late, yes I'm stuck to this chair and I catch one infection after other since my immune system is now feeble but gosh, my friendship with Mtho has had me feeling alive, I look forward to another day of late which is something that has never happened after I got shot. I find myself laughing and talking a lot, the other day I was feeling sick and Mtho stayed up with me until my fever broke, we spoke the whole night. He never left my side and for a moment I just wondered.......I just hoped that I wasn't like this.

"Hey baby," my mother says walking into my bedroom and she sits on my bed, I'm still inside the covers.

"You are glowing," she says and I laugh.

"Ma please," she stares at me for a while before clearing her throat.

"How is your friendship with Mtho?" I shrug.

"Trudy mentioned that he stayed in your room the whole night,a few days ago," I nod.

"Sweetheart I hope there is nothing going on between you and Mtho because......," I don't let her finish.

"Because I don't deserve love?" She frowns.

"Love? Baby, Mtho is paid to be your friend. It might be genuine on your side but to him it's just a job and even if it was real, he has no business being with you. You come from different worlds, he is beneath you."

"Then why the hell did you bring him to be my friend if he is beneath me? You know what, don't even answer that, I know it's been you're selfish."

"Selfish?" She says looking hurt.

"Yes selfish, I told you I want to die but you won't let me be. You are only thinking about yourself not caring about my quality of life, you expect me to live my life depending on people to wipe my *** for the rest of my life while you attend your book clubs, your high tea parties with the first lady and travelling around the world while i am stuck on the damn chair with a nosy nurse," she wipes her tears.

"I'm not going to watch my only child die, you can hate me all you want but I will not lose you and if that makes me selfish then so be it," she says getting up.

"Then stop asking me stupid questions about love and good kind people being beneath me because that low class man you are looking down on is the reason I'm still holding on."

*Mthokozisi*

I pull out and roll over before removing the condom. She turns to the side and faces me as I try to steady my breathing. Liv and I have been sleeping together and I must say, I'm enjoying the ***.

"Are you okay?" I ask because she's boring her eyes into mine.

"I'm ready," she says and I frown.

"Ready for what?"

"Marriage and kids," I clear my throat.

"Sthandwa sam, we are not getting any younger and besides, it doesn't get any better than this. Our *** life is amazing, I am hardworking and I can afford a comfortable lifestyle for us, you can't be Annabelle's circus show forever," I sit up frowning.

"Circu show?" She heaves a sigh.

"Come on Mtho, Mrs Jones hired you to entertain her attention seeking spoiled brat. Anna doesn't like black people, she didn't even greet me or any of the workers. She was very prideful but God brought her to our level, she got what she deserved if you ask me," I get up and shake my head heading to the shower.

A few minutes later.......

I walk out of the bathroom and find her sitting up with her back leaning on the headboard.

"I'm sorry if I offended you," she says and I chuckle.

"If?"

"Okay I.....," I interject.

"I don't care about who Annabelle was but I care about who she is now and if you knew her the way I have come to know her you would realise that she's actually a beautiful soul. Anna is smart, she is funny and she's one hell of a story teller," I say laughing while shaking my head.

"Did you know she speaks 9 languages? she loves cartoons especially regular show, did you know she wanted children and she was going to name her first child Alaina, she loves crossword puzzles and she once fasted forty days while on vacation in Kenya? Her eyes sparkle every time she speaks about her travels."

"Oh my god!" She exclaims and I frown.

"What?"

"You have fallen in love with her."

"Don't be ridiculous, just because I feel for her that doesn't mean I love her," she nods.

I decide to walk out of her bedroom and I find myselfwaki in the garden.

"Beautiful isn't it?" I turn to find Mrs Jones staring at the rainbow roses, yes they're beautiful but I wasn't really looking at them, it just so happens that I was staring at the flowers but my mind was somewhere else.

"Yes," I say not even paying attention to her.

"You've been doing a great job with my daughter," she says and I just nod.

"Too much of a great job in fact," I turn to look at her and she looks down at her feet.

"I think my daughter is quite taken by you and we can't have that can we? I trust that you know the reason you are here," I take a deep breath.

"Mrs Jones, Annabelle is a human being and just because you birthed her it doesn't mean you own her, I promised you six months but if you feel that I'm not doing what it is you wanted me to do them I can leave," she looks up and finds me staring at her not backing down.

"I don't like your tone."

"And I don't like yours," she gasps.

"Anna doesn't have the luxury of falling in love, she's suffering physically and emotionally, if you see a little sparkle in her eyes right now is because she's trying to hold on for the people who care about her but deep down inside she wants to die," she tears up.

"I'm sorry, it's just that.....," I don't let her finish because i don't want to say something that will offend her, I decide to leave her standing there. I don't understand women. I swear I thought she's a good woman, same goes for Liv mxm.

*NARRATED*

Mtho decides to go see Annabelle, as he's approaching Annabelle's bedroom he here's Liv's voice, the door is slightly open so he decides to evesdrop.

"I hope you heard me Annabelle, Mtho is mine, go to that con artist of yours and get your crippled self off my man, he doesn't want you!" She says the last part hashly.

"Okay," Anna says and Mtho decides to enter the room.

"Both of you can leave my bedroom, I'm not in the mood for your nonsense," Anna says before turning her back to both Mtho and liv with her wheelchair. She looks outside the window heaving a deep sigh. She hears the door closing and she shuts her eyes letting her tears fall.

She's startled by big arms scooping her from the wheelchair gently placing her on the bed. Although she knows it's Mtho, she doesn't open her eyes. She just lets the tears fall. After placing her on the bed, he takes off his shoes and lays next to her before bringing her head to his chest and gently wipes her tears.

"You have me miss Annabelle," he says laying a peck her forehead.

"Yes I have you," she closes her eyes feeling all sorts of emotions.