Falsely Accused

Fifteen

Falsely Accused 

Chapter Fifteen.

I walk away from Rue’s room to my room. Her parents are away on a trip so it is just her and I. I am so sure she is looking forward to the evening party but I will let her down.

I really do need to plan on how to locate Neilan.

I am not very sure if he was dumped in an orphanage but I will try never the less.

‘’Hey Nada, how are you?’’

‘’I am good doctor, yourself?’’

‘’Before I respond to that, I want you to stop the doctor thing and just call Me Jamal.’’ I smile at that. Why is he asking that I call him Jamal?

‘’Okay doc…. Umm Jamal.’’

‘’Good girl.’’ He says and I roll my eyes very slightly. ‘’Now, I am good thank you for asking. Can I ask you for a favour Nada?’’

‘’Depends, on the favour but go ahead.’’

‘’I want to meet you.’’ What does he want? I thought he said that we can meet in the next two days?

‘’Why do you want to meet me?’’

‘’It’s quite personal and I prefer if we speak about it in person.’’

‘’When would this be?’’

‘’Um... Tonight maybe?’’ I can sense some shyness from his end but that doesn’t matter.

‘’Okay doc….. Ooh sorry Jamal.’’ I say shyly.

‘’You will get used to this, let me send you the address of the meeting.’’

‘’Okay, bye.’’

‘’See you then Nada.’’ He is about to call me something else but he changes his mind.

Doctor Jamal is a very handsome doctor. He is young, in his late twenties and quite ambitious. I love his enthusiasm and positivity towards everything he does.

He is super calm and his understanding towards the happenings is on another level.

I appreciate him having walked through this path with me. It isn’t easy but he is always there as a doctor.

I have broken down a number of times when with him but he didn’t care. He consoles me and sometimes I see in him more of a friend than a therapist.

He has asked me a number of times to refer to him as a friend rather than a doctor but I hate fate, it might just decide to take Jamal away from me like it has done with my parents, Neal and Neilan.

I have lost almost everyone that life has given me in very despicable circumstances. I have been loosing people and my son is one person that I have to find no matter what happens.

I walk back to Rue’s room. She doesn’t even notice me come in to her bedroom. She is staring at the space blankly and anyone else can get to know that she is in deep thoughts. It doesn’t need me to be a genius.

‘’I am so sorry Rue.’’ I tell her and she gets a little startled.

‘’Stop it girl, you would have alerted me of your presence.’’ She says and I smile. ‘’You almost caused a heart attack.

At least someone is back home.’’ I say jokingly and she rolls her eyes. ‘’Why did you go so far from home?’’

‘’Because that’s human nature, sometimes it is good to go far for a bit and just then you will realize that you have a lot to think of. She says calmly. ‘’Now, can you tell me for what are you being sorry?’’

‘’Because I spoilt your date darling.’’

‘’Forget it. Just don’t be coming with that woman near me because I can simply beat the hell out of her.’’ She tells me and we burst out laughing heartily.

I remember her face when we were at the coffee shop, she is telling the truth. I wouldn’t want her to beat that woman in my presence though, I hate her guts and I might just join in.

I don’t want that because I came out of jail to try and locate my baby not to get sued because I decided to the some bitchy oldie to death.

‘’Don’t do that Rue, we might end up going to jail again and we don’t want that for our asses.’’ I tell her honestly and she nods.

‘’Okay sweetie. Now, can you tell me who just called you?’’

‘’Why should I do that?’’

‘’Because I want to know.’’ Trust a moody Rue to just bug me. I don’t know if it is just me or if she has issues today. She doesn’t seem really happy and that bothers me.

‘’Are you okay Rue?’’ she flashes me a slight smirk.

‘’I am okay baby girl. I just want to know who called you earlier.’’

‘’That was doctor Jamal.’’ I say with a shrug.

‘’Aww! He has finally noticed the beauty in front of him.’’

‘’What do you mean Rue?’’ I say raising my eyebrow.

‘’You are so beautiful baby. So beautiful that I am sure that guy is dying to kiss you.’’ I frown at that. I am not an innocent girl.

I have had relationships before Neal, Jude was the first guy I met. I had it so hard moving on after he cheated on me until I met Neal.

Right now, I am thinking so much on how to find Neilan that I don’t actually think I can have an affair. Neilan is my priority.

I called him my champion and if there be one person I want to concentrate on, then it should be Neilan.

I will use all that I got to find my champ. I skip the details of the call because she has not insisted on being told. Though am about to tell her about the date tonight but I too skip it as I wait for the address. Just then when the SMS notification pops up on the screen, I smile besides myself before I suffer my spirits dampened. A strange number it is.

It reads, hey b***h, just so you thought you are safe, secure and smart, go out to your benefactor’s dogs kernel and see something.” I feel suddenly sick, frightened and weak.

‘’Are you here Nada?’’

‘’Umm … sorry what did you say?’’

‘’What did doctor Jamal want?’’

‘’He is asking me to meet him later tonight.’’

‘’And?’’

‘’Not a chance! I am gathering all the energy I need to go looking for my son tomorrow in the morning.’’

She looks at me her face creased. ‘’You are meeting doctor Jamal.’’

‘’I am not Rue.’’

‘’Fine,’’ she shrugs. ‘’I will not help you look for your son tomorrow.’’

‘’You are blackmailing me Rue.’’

‘’Think whatever you want. I am only looking out for my sister. You need some distraction.’’

Rue never minces her words, I know better than to just meet the doctor because I had agreed to meet him anyway.

‘’Okay Rue, I was going to meet him anyway.’’ I tell her and both her eyebrows go up.

‘’You were lying to me Nada?’’ she says throwing a pillow at me and I throw it back hitting her big butts.

‘’Not exactly I was just teasing my beautiful sister.’’

‘’Silly.’’

‘’I’m hurt.’’

‘’Aww, sorry sis. Please get your ass to the bathroom, and get clean. You are going to see the doctor and then you get back in time to have enough sleep for tomorrow. We will wake up very early to go start with our search.’’

‘’Thank you. You have been very supportive and I cannot thank God enough for you.’’

‘’You are welcome Nada, I found in you the sister I never had.’’ She says and moves closer to give me a hug.

The hug is so reassuring and I know Rue and I will keep going together to the end. She has been there for me and I want to do the same.

I know I cannot offer much but I am happy we have each other.

I walk into the bathroom. I take two minutes to strip naked, then I stand under the shower and wash myself thoroughly.

I let the water run over me as I take my sweet time to think about Naomi, about the strange sms, about Jamal and about life and back to Naomi.

She is almost five years older than me. I love her as a sister but something is totally odd about her. We grew up together and even though she was older than me, she has always been there for me. I don’t know what changed. I don’t know why she had to lie about her witnessing me kill Neal but I believe something is off with her.

On that fateful day that we were travelling to the village, she forcefully wanted me to travel in dad’s car. If I didn’t insist in travelling in her car, I wouldn’t be here by now.

I would be a forgotten case.

I don’t know if I am just overthinking but something isn’t adding up. Could Naomi have had something to do with our parent’s accident?

Why did she insist on trailing closely behind them instead of cruising on the road like a lunatic as she always does? I want to find out what Naomi is hiding from me.

My mind move swiftly to the baby I just lost, I need to find baby Neilan. I have that plan for tomorrow and I just can’t wait.

Tears are welling up in my eyes, I want to cry but I put the thought away by blinking severally. Crying isn’t a solution.

I need to pull myself together, be strong and capable of standing up for my champion.

I take the white towel and wrap it on my upper body then walk out hastily.

Rue is lying on her back in my bed and frowns at me once she sees me but I ignore her deliberately. I walk to my closet but her voice stops me midway.

‘’Don’t do it darling, your dress is here.’’ She says pointing beside her.

I walk to the side to glance at the dress laid proudly on the sheet.

She has picked a long red dress and black stilettos. There is a beautiful necklace with a nice sign of palm pendant. My earrings are golden as well and before saying a word, I know I don’t want to look so elegant so all these looks so exaggerated to me.

She bought all these using her own money. She is such a blessing.

‘’You want me to wear that Rue?’’

‘’Yes, you will look elegant.’’

‘’Is there anything to look elegant for?’’

‘’Yes, for you, for the baby, for me, and for us. You need to look elegant and remember not to be frail at any time.’’ I nod absently at that.

‘’No make up for me.’’ I defend myself before she can start asking me to sit down for that.

She however doesn’t hear any of that but I like the fact that she can always do very light make up on my face.

When done with the wardrobe I walk towards the dogs’ kernel and am dump founded to find Shark, Rue’s dad’s best dog out of the kernel, dead with a card tied on a string round its neck. The words catch my attention though.

“This could have been you but we decided to be civil and warn you at least.”

My energy just wanes off and am falling when Rue just on time holds me as I hear her dad from the back tell her to take me to that date when I feel alright.

How did he come back? How did he know about the date? How did he know am here?

We are seated in Jamal’s house. He is seated at the opposite couch looking right into my eyes. The eyes are so sharp for my heart and I feel like it is piercing through my soul.

‘’I wanted to talk to you about something personal.’’ He says breaking the silence.

‘’What would that be Jamal?’’

‘’Wow! My name sounds really sweet coming from you.’’ I swear I blush like a thirteen year old. ‘’Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I cannot handle your therapy anymore.’’

‘’What do you mean?’’

‘’We can only do that if I saw you as a patient but that’s not the case. I don’t see you as a patient anymore.’’

‘’What does that even mean?’’

‘’I am sorry Nada but I am starting to feel romantically attracted to you. I have feelings for you and they are very intense. I will however recommend another therapist to take care of you.’’

My eyes go wide open and my mouth drop open.

I pinch myself secretly to find out if I am really not dreaming.

‘’When did this happen?’’

‘’It is a feeling I have been suppressing but not anymore. From the first day I saw you with Rue’s mom I knew I wanted you for a different reason. Sorry I know it is against our ethics but before being a therapist I am a human being.’’ He says and I sure cannot hide my surprised face.

He brings his hand to hold mine and I just let him.

‘’I love you Nada.’’ He says and I just keep my eyes locked with his but I don’t say a word to him.

The last time I heard that phrase from a man it came from Neal, the love of my life and it was super exciting to hear him say that.

He was genuine.

‘’You know I am still….’’

‘’In love with him?’’ He asks and I feel a tear falling. ‘’He is dead Nada, please let go.’’ I hate the reminder that my Neal is dead. Especially that he died and I couldn’t even show him my last respect.

I miss him.