THE LIGHT

Heartless

Jackson Residence

The relatives of his wife heard of the tragic death their daughter faced and have come to claim her body or ashes and take Portia with them. When they arrived they were welcomed by a young woman in shorts and one of Alex's shirts. One of the uncles greeted " greetings my girl"  the lady looked at him " yes, how can u help you?"  she asked busy filing her nails, the aunt that was with spoke " we are here looking for Alex where is he?"  she lifted her head and looked at them " oh! he went out but should be back any moment now."  she said "and where is Portia" asked the aunt again " i don't keep tabs on witches so i guess you can ask her kind they might know where she is" the aunts and uncle gasped at her words " what exactly are you saying?" "mxm"  the lady clicked her tongue and walked away. The aunts and uncles were left alone asking themselves who the rude woman was. They heard a car pull up and they waited patiently for Alex to come in. " baby who's car is that?" said Alex coming in and closing the door behind him. He turned around and saw Laura's family. " greetings" he said and sat down but no one spoke, everyone was still shocked by the "baby" part. Finally the uncle broke the silence and spoke" greetings Alex, how are you?" Alex cleared his throat before he spoke " we are really trying but in all honesty its difficult"  he said and looked at the uncle " mmm let me get to the point, we heard what happened and we are here to find out what exactly happened?"  Alex clicked his tongue before he looked the uncle dead in the eye " what happened was that you people gave me a witch for a wife as a result she started introducing my daughter to her evil ways. So her evil deeds finally caught up with her and she was killed" he said still looking at the uncle as if challenging him "Laura was never a witch Alex and if she was why would you only see that after 15 years of marriage?" asked the aunt clearly angered by the accusation." listen here woman i am a man and i wake up in the morning and go to work, i don't know what Laura was doing at time so how could i have known that she was a witch?" he asked her, angry himself that these people are disrespecting him in his home. " So after so long you side with strangers and let my niece be killed in the process. Now tell me who is that woman?" asked the uncle "am sure she's the reason our beloved Laura is not here today and where is Portia"  asked the aunt. " How would i know? she's a witch like her mother so how would i know where she is?"  he said looking as Laura's aunt with challenging eyes " i asked you a question Alex who is that woman?" the uncle asked again " with all due respect uncle, you can't come to my house and interrogate me and if that's the case then there is the door" he was now fuming with anger. " you right, we have no right to question you but our niece is dead and when we come to her house we find another woman. She's not even buried yet"  he said the last words with a voice full of pain " his woman to be precise!''  spat the aunt angry " This is my house after all, i bought it with my money so Laura has no claim in this house or any of you for that matter"  Laura's aunt looked at him for the longest of time with hatred in her eyes. " wow" she said in a low voice, she couldn't believe that the son in law they knew all those years ago could change so suddenly. " can we at least get her ashes so that we can do a ritual for her to be able to rest in peace" requested the uncle sounding defeated " there is no peace for the wicket uncle but if you all came here for that, then you can go to the park where she was burnt and you will find her ashes there. I don't know if you will be able to distinguish between her ashes, the tire and the dirt she lays on." he said with a bit of amusement in his voice " you mean to tell me that you didn't even get people to gather her ashes? surely they would have been more than capable of distinguishing her remains from the dirt as you say." said the uncle not believing what he was hearing. " Why would i do that when i have so much to deal with?" asked Alex shrugging his shoulders. "You will regret this Alex and i hope that God lets me live long enough to see that happen" said the uncle with a pained voice. " If you are done then you know where the door is" he said pointing them to the door."Where is Portia?" asked the aunt " I don't know" he answered with no care in the world " what do you mean you don't know?" she couldn't believe what he was saying." Exactly that! now leave." he said calmly " Amen! brother we have to find her" she said to her brother " we will dear sister, we will but for ow let's go to where Laura died and at least say a few words" The aunt nodded in agreement and they left. The woman came out of the room downstairs and looked at Alex sternly " what have i done now?" he asked not understanding why she was looking at him that way. "will it always be like this?" she asked " Come on Sandra this was bound to happen, but it doesn't mean it will happen again. Those people don't have any more reason to come to my house again." he said getting up from the couch going to her " I hope so" she said as he hugged her. " It is so, now come here and give me some love." he says pulling her closer and pecks her lips. " That's not what i had in mind" she says smiling at him and he returns it. "so what did you have in mind my love?" he asked with a raised eyebrow." How about we give your son the nutrients he needs to grow?"  he smiles liking what he was hearing," i hope you giving me a son, i need an heir to the Jackson empire" she kisses him then pulls out " let's hope you will get your son then, did you bring my stuff?" she asked " Yes, how can i not? what my son wants, my son gets" he said with a smile on his face. " alright then, let's go feed your son" they held hands and walked to the kitchen, Sandra and Alex have been together for a year now and she's 3 months pregnant with his child. She stopped working so that she can rest as per Alex's orders.