HIS WORLD

Chapter4.Respect

I smiled sharply.

Come here. He said.

I stood in his front like a stranger.

Sit, he said with his deep voice.

John moved the dining chair backward for me to sit. The chef dished out my food, but I couldn't eat it. I just wanted to rant at him for hiring a teacher to torment my life, but I couldn't find a word coming out of my mouth. I kept on using the spoon to rotate the food angrily.

Is the food not to your liking? Or is there something you want to say?

I was about to talk, when a security officer arrived. He whispered to John.

Boss doctor Larry is around

Alex waved his hand. Doctor Larry came in with his medical box. He greeted Alex

Do your job., Alex said, and continue eating his food.

The doctor moved close to me, he took out a syringe from his medical box. I stood up immediately.

What are you doing? Alex, what's going on?

sandra!! Alex shouted.

Yes boss. Mrs Sandra answered. Her body and hands were trembling.

You didn't teach her anything.

I did, boss. Mrs Sandra said with a shaking voice.

Alex stood up. Everyone bowed their heads immediately, he walked toward me. I move back.

Are you running from me?

Why...why…will I run from you? I answered with a fake smile and shaking voice.

Of all the names you could see in this world after we got married, you chose my real name. Alex said, looking at me directly. He looked at doctor Larry. Do your job.

The doctor was about to inject the syringe into my body when I pushed his hand away.

I don't know what you want to inject into my body or what you are doing. I own my life, you can't keep on controlling it. You even hired a teacher to torment my life, and now a doctor. Now I am starting to get why all your wives say you are mentally unstable.

Your mum was right, when she told me you were still a child and should be patient with you. Now I know what she meant. That remains me. I was told you are in science class about to study medicine. That means you are unlettered because science students are always smart.

What? Unlettered?me. I was looking confused. How could he call me that kind of name in front of his workers?

Do you even know the meaning of that word"unlettered?"huh

I was bolling with anger. I inhaled in, to calm myself. I wished I could just punch his face.

Your sister has cancer, right? He said

And what does that have to do with you?

I really hate it when I ask questions and people reply to me with questions. It just makes my blood boil. Sandra, prepare the dark room now.

Sandra left in haste. I don't even know how the dark room got to do with what we are talking about.

Look, I may look seventeen, but I am not a child. I don't have any infection in my body like my sister and there is no way I am going to infect you and, by the way, cancer is not a transmitted disease.

Oh, wow.a round of applause. Alex started clapping. You know a lot, don't you? Now let me ask you a question. What is your body count?

Body count? You mean the number we have studied so far in school.

That's what I am talking about. You are still a child.

Alex moved closer to me. He leaned his mouth closer to my ear and whispered to me." I can see that you're so lousy, I really want to touch you. I want to hear you scream like the way you talk, but you are so lucky your father begged me you should clock eighteen. If not by now, you will know why I am mentally unstable."

Alex moved back from me after those words, he gave a sign to John. John closed his eyes two times. Immediately, I was held by two strong female bodyguards while the doctor dragged blood out of my body. Alex looked at me and smirked.

Lock her inside the dark room for three days, no food or water till I say so. I hate it when I am disrespected by a kid. Alex said and walked to his room.

I laughed. Kid ? Me! i shouted

I was dragged and locked in the dark. Everything was dark. I saw nothing, not even a shade of light. Nobody checked up on me. Everyone in my family knows I am scared of the dark. I know my dad will have told Alex that's why he is using it to punish me. I was in the dark room for two days. The third day in the morning, the door opened. I was too tired and exhausted to move. I lay on the floor. My face is facing the ceiling. Mrs Sandra looked at me. I could see her face. She was smiling. Mia and Juliet held me to support me, so I could move. I was taken to my room by Mia and Juliet. They bathed me, gave me food.

Since then, I have become very scared of Alex. Anytime I hear the sound of his car or his voice, I will run to my room and lock the door till he leaves the house. I tell myself I don't want to have any encounter with him because, I know myself, anytime I am angry I just can't control my mouth. It had been a month and I had been avoiding Alex. I was playing an online game on my phone with my sister. I quickly ran to the kitchen to grab a snack when I bugged my head on someone's chest. I looked up, it was Alex. He looks so handsome in his suit and he smells like heaven. John was behind his back holding his office bag.