Rescue Me

Dread

Fred looks at his wrist watch and it's already 2:15 pm , and Anna has not arrived there yet" Why on earth is she not here , but she assured me that she will be here by 2pm , could it be that the monster dad stopped her from coming", Henry was perturbed as he spoke quietly, then from behind he heard a sweet voice" hi Fred ", he looked back to see who, and behold it is Anna. He rushes to where she is and gave her a warm hug ," you scared me , I thought something might have happened to you" he said as Anna gave him an optimistic smile, "I am fine" , she said

Fred is tall and broad and this makes Anna fit in well into his arms whenever he hugs her,Anna thinks he would be a good athletes, he wore sunglasses and looked smart.

" Uuhm, Fred about what happened yesterday, am sorry you had to witness the awful sight" shy Anna says as she withdraws from him. Fred almost didn't want to talk about that because he wanted to discuss something else with her, but he just chipped in " hey Anna you don't have to take the blame it isn't your fault, but that of your dad" . Fred takes side with Anna, well , why won't he ?he loves her so much and want her to be his girlfriend.

" This has been going on for years , he has tormented me for years , now , I have no one to run to. no one to complain to, am all alone, just me and my useless dad . Sometimes I just feel like ending my life, because life hasn't been fair on me , my mom died when I was still a little girl", Anna said as tears rolled down her cheeks ". She was sincere , life has been harsh on her unlike Fred whose dad is a Billionaire, he got everything he wanted, he never struggles to get anything.

" Am so sorry Anna, I didn't mean to make you cry, alright, here's my handkerchief, use it". Anna took the handkerchief, she used it to wipe her tears and stretched her hands to give it back to Fred but he insisted she keeps it . The handkerchief is a white one with blue prints that reads "The castle law firms" it's a customized handkerchief for the castle's workers .

Fred tried suggesting to Anna that she should sue her father and have his dad who is one of the renowned legal practitioner represent her. "Anna , I will stand in as an eye witness , and your dad will be brought to book,we can end this once and for all and after he is prosecuted we can then freely get married", he smiled at her.

Anna lived in the dread of her dad, she thinks her dad can kill everybody no matter his status or caliber."Fred you don't get it, do you know who you are talking about here , my dad!! It won't be that easy and I don't want to die yet, and if my dad even finds out that am seeing you then am gone", she added.

The fear in the life of Anna is so tangible and all Fred is trying to do is to a place where she will take courageous steps against all odds. Fred just accept Anna's ideas promises to keep what he saw to himself. "But Anna what are you going to say about my proposal, when will you accept to be my girlfriend , I really love and cherish you, I have enough money to elope with you, so when will you give me an answer". Fred asked. Anna's beginning to become so uncomfortable, " do you know what Fred , I will speak to you later", and she takes her leave.

" She's so naive and fearful, she won't just let me take legal actions against Me Henry and jail him because that's where he belongs," feed soliloquizes.

Fred's love for Anna keeps increasing by the day and he send her flowers every morning. Anna on the other hand is already deeply in love with Fred but her dads threat won't just let her accept and be

with him.

In Mr Henry's living Anna is lying down on the couch, lost in thought starring at the pictures of her parents and herself. She hated the picture" maybe I was just born in the wrong family or I shouldn't have come in the first place and sometimes I feel like taking my own life, maybe if my mom cared for me things wouldn't have been this bad ,am just useless and hopeless. There's no reason to exist am better off as an inanimate animate object than a human, my mates are out there enjoying and exploring their lives while am here all alone in my struggles" she couldn't hold it as those tears rolled down her cheeks.

Mr Henry comes back home and meets Anna and sees Anna lying on the couch, he moves closer and asks if all is well , she doesn't respond, Mr Henry moves closer, looked her in the eyes and started kissing her. She tries to resist him but all to no avail. Henry finds his way and has s*x with Anna on the couch in the living room. Anna sobs quietly and sleeps off.