Primrose

Chapter 2

Three days had passed since John died. Primrose was sitting on the bed of the room she was placed in. Tears were flowing endlessly from her eyes. Deeply in her heart her wish was that all the misery was just a nightmare but her mind knew it was real and true. Martin got in her room when Primrose saw him she felt her blood boil in rage. Martin slowly got closer to Primrose as Primrose looked at him in a very bad way with her eyes brightened by tears.

“I have given you enough time to mourn for your good for nothing Dad.” Martin said. “And I will give you days no more. When I look at you, you look exactly like your beautiful mother and I just can’t wait anymore to give you what I have always wished to give your mother.” He said that and then removed his coat. This action shocked Primrose and she quickly got up confusingly wanting to run away but Martin held her strongly. Primrose could do nothing but cry and there was nobody to help her. Martin mercilessly r***d Primrose on that night, she was just 18 and he was 48 like her dead father.

After rapping her he left the room and met face to face with Rosario.

“You r***d that girl." She said.

“Don’t stick your nose on my business or else I will forbid you from entering my house forever.” Martin said and walked to his room. Rosario got angry and got out of the house and went to the casino where it was more of like a home for her.

In the morning a certain maid went to take food for Primrose, she found the poor girl lying on the bed like a dead person and tears flowing endlessly from her eyes and her eyes were red and swollen. 

“Miss I brought breakfast for you." The maid said. Primrose was just silent and didn’t say a word.

“Miss you have to eat." She added.

“The only thing I will put in my mouth is poison if you have it give it to me." Primrose said. The maid left the room astonished. Rosario came in.

“I had that you don’t want anything rather than poison." Rosario said. “You really want to die, don’t you?” She asked and there was no response.

“I know everything about you and even what Martin did to you last night." Rosario said. “I know that you are facing so much pain in your heart but you are not supposed to forget that you have a sibling and if you see him right now it will just add to your pain." She added.

“Where is David?” She quickly asked after being touched by her last words.

“I can’t tell you more than what I already said, my point is if you can be strong for that boy then be." Rosario said. “By the way don’t trust me it’s not like am on your side I just wanted you to realize that." She added and left the room. Primrose closed her eyes and screamed with so much grief in her heart.

David was tied up with ropes and was in so much grief too.

TWO WEEKS LATER.

Primrose for the first time went to open the door of her room and got out of the room. As she walked slowly she saw Martin and his men chatting in the sitting room. When she realized that Martin saw her she quickly turned back and began walking back but before she could make 5 steps she began feeling dizzy she put her palm on the forehead and finally fell down and fainted. Martin walked towards her he looked at her carefully and said “Gerry call a doctor." 

The doctor soon arrived and examined Primrose as she laid on the bed. Martin and Gerry were standing beside the bed as Primrose woke up.

“What is wrong with her doctor?” Martin asked.

“Boss, the girl is pregnant." The doctor said. Martin and Gerry looked at each other with surprised faces.

“No! no! no!” Primrose cried.

“You can leave now doctor." Martin said and the doctor walked out of the room.

“I will not let myself carry this monster in my womb." Primrose claimed.

Martin got closer to her and sat next to her on the bed. He looked at her intensively and said, “Oh yes you will! It has always been my dream to have a child with Cassie. Thanks to your good for nothing dad my dreams were shattered though doesn’t really seem they are." He then held her chin tightly and spoke rudely to her “Whether you like it or not you will carry that child and you will give birth to it! And I warn you not to try anything stupid or you will regret it." He then walked out of the room and Gerry followed behind. On the other hand, Primrose was left behind sobbing her heart out.

David being tortured in the horrible warehouse was also introduced to drugs and then they took him to a mental hospital and paid the doctor to keep on toxifying him with drugs.

Days passed by with so much misfortune and sadness for both Primrose and David who wasn’t even in his right mind. Primrose thought day and night of how to abort that kid.

FOUR MONTHS LATER

One day when Martin wasn’t in the house, Primrose was in her room making something up after being aware of Martin’s absence. Gerry was on a serious business meeting with some new partners in the house and Martin told him the meeting should not be postponed in whatever circumstance.

Primrose in her room began screaming. Gerry had to excuse himself for a minute and attend to her. Soon Gerry and some maids arrived in her room.

“Help me please, help me!” Primrose cried while holding her belly.

Gerry carried her outside and put her in the car. Before he got in he remembered Martin’s words about the meeting. He closed the car’s door and told the driver, “Make sure you get her to the hospital safe and keep your eye on her, do you understand?!”

“Yes boss." The driver responded.

“I will be right behind you in the next few minutes, now go." Gerry added and the driver took off right away.

As the driver was driving Primrose continued crying behind the car. Before getting too far, she removed a black piece of cloth that she hid earlier and quickly covered the driver’s eyes.

“Am so sorry David but my life ends here, I can’t take this anymore.” Primrose thought as they hit a truck and the car crushed.

Martin was discussing business with Mr. Greg suddenly he had a phone call from Gerry.

“Boss am very sorry, Primrose got an accident on her way to the hospital with the driver, she is in the ICU." Gerry said.

“What did you just tell me?” Martin was surprised by the news as he got up from his seat.

Soon Martin arrived in the hospital where Primrose was hospitalized. He went directly to Gerry and asked, “What did they say about my son?”

“Am sorry boss, they have said nothing yet Gerry replied.

“I warned you, nothing bad should happen to my son Martin yelled.

“Am sorry boss." Gerry apologized.

The Doctor soon came out.

“Doctor how is the baby?” Martin desperately asked.

“Am sorry there was no way we could save it the condition was so bad." The doctor said.

“Oh s**t!” Martin turned to Gerry angrily, “You will explain all this non sense to me." He blamed him.

“Please calm down Mr. Martin and let’s talk about the lady’s health." The doctor said.

“Is she even alive?” Martin asked.

“Yes sir but she is in a coma." The doctor replied.

Martin looked at the doctor and walked away. He actually cared less of what would happen to Primrose at the moment.

Yeah of course you are not supposed to die now, I will torture you enough and I will kill you myself...Martin thought as he walked away.

It was in the morning beautiful birds were flying on the blues sky, some singing outside the colorful hospital environment. In the inside Primrose was lying on the bed unconsciously and there was no hope of her waking up any sooner. Soon the sunlight was fading and it was dark, it was night already.

Day after day, night after night, months after months, year after year until 5 years had passed still Martin secured the room Primrose was lying in so that when she woke up, she would not escape. A nurse was going in her room to attend on her, 10 minutes later Basil saw her coming out but like she got in, she wore a surgical mask. She walked away and disappeared from them. Basil was suspicious and so he got in to check on Primrose, weird enough she was covered with the bed sheet the whole body, he took it off and it was not Primrose.

“Oh no! she has escaped He was shocked and immediately got out of the room and went with two other men searching for her everywhere but they couldn’t find her.

“They lost her?!” Martin yelled. “Look for her everywhere and bring her back to me. Martin said to Gerry who informed him on what happened.

Primrose was walking around a certain beach in Montes, the poor girl was crying endlessly with so much pain in her heart. She had woken up from the coma three days ago but she just kept on pretending to be unconscious while figuring out what to do and putting herself together.

“Did I have to still be alive? I never wanted to live at all, I don’t even know for how long have I been in the hospital, I wonder how David is doing, much less I wonder if he is even still alive.” She cried painfully while pressing her hand on her chest. “Should I go report Martin to the police? But what if he still holds David? He would kill him if I do that and above all Martin is the boss of everyone in this town, even the police are corrupted by him, there is no justice in this damn world.” She sat on the sand helplessly.

Sunlight was fading and darkness slowly overcame, Primrose was in the same position. One man came from behind and covered her mouth. Primrose got very shocked but she couldn’t scream because her mouth was covered, he took her to the woods and wanted to r**e her, Primrose struggled to save herself as she cried. Suddenly that man was shot on the head from behind. He immediately fell aside and died on spot. Primrose got surprised of how everything happened so quickly but at that very same moment she closed her eyes and saw the image of her dead father, how he was shot on the head and died she also remembered how Martin r***d her. She put her hands on her head and cried aloud.

“Shut up!” A harsh voice from a lady who was holding a gun was heard by Primrose. Primrose glanced at her.

“Go home." She said. Primrose remained speechless as she looked down.

“I said go home!” she pointed a gun on her.

“Thank you for saving me." Primrose said.

“I repeat for the last time, go …” the lady said but Primrose interrupted, “I don’t have a home."

“Then I can help you no more." She put her gun down and walked away. In few steps she stood and thought, “What if another man tries to r**e her?” She turned back and walked towards her.

“Then go to places where there a lot of people, what if somebody else tries to r**e you?” she asked harshly but Primrose looked into her eyes as tears fell through her face.

“Damn!” The lady said as she rolled her eyes.

The lady took Primrose to certain old small house which was almost to the borders of the town and hardly noticed with few peaceful neighbors. The lady didn’t switch on any light until they reached in one room and sat on the bed, she then switched on some dim light.

“I don’t want to know much about you because you are none of my business but what do I call you?” she asked.

Primrose was quite afraid and so she just stared at her a bit.

“Listen I too don’t trust you I am just giving you shelter for tonight, what do I call you?” she asked again.

“Um… my name is Rose." Primrose said.

“Good, am not sure of how you would be in this town and have nowhere to live but all I can say is that you better find somewhere to live in two days because I wouldn’t be wanting a visitor in here past that time." She said.

“Why did you save me?” Primrose asked.

The lady looked at her and said, “I didn’t do it for you that’s for sure."

“Then why?” Primrose asked.

The lady looked at her and faced away from her and walked towards the window.

“I will never let a r****t live or anyone who intends to r**e a woman live, never!” She said as her eyes were brightened with tears, she didn’t let herself cry and turned to Primrose.  

“Would you...” Primrose tried to speak something but the lady interrupted, “don’t ask me why don’t." She walked towards the door and before she walked out she said, “Don’t switch on the lights, sleep well and after two days that would be on Thursday I will come I don’t want to find you here." She added.

“What do I call you?” Primrose asked, she turned back to her and said, “sleep well.” And she walked away.

Primrose closed all doors well and switched off the light in the room and went to sleep. Before she fell asleep she heard people’s footsteps approaching the house. She got shocked and slowly got up from the bed and went standing beside the window and pipped outside. Surprising enough she saw Basil and this other guy named Lucas, she bent down as they got closer, she was trembling. They got closer to the window she was from outside since it was near a tree. They sat under that tree and began talking as Primrose overhead.

“Bro I don’t think if Primrose knows about this house, her grandma and Cassie moved out of here even before she was born. Just take a look at it, it’s abandoned. Bro it was a very long time ago she wouldn’t be here at all." Lucas convinced Basil.

“What is the time?” Basil asked.

“it is 1:00 am brother, aren’t you tired? We shall do the rest tomorrow." Lucas kept on insisting.

“Well alright lazy dude let’s get the hell out of here." Basil said tiredly as he yawned and they left.

Primrose was very shocked after what she heard. “what?!” she wondered. “This is my grandma’s house? Oh my…” she cried. 

She went on the bed and slept holding the pillow tight. “Mom you were once sleeping in this house." She wept and soon fell asleep.

Two days later Primrose was curiously waiting for the lady who arrived late in the evening.

“What are you still doing here?” the first thing she asked.

“Waiting for you." Primrose said.

“Do you want me to throw you out?” she asked.

“Who exactly are you? And who is the owner of this house?” Primrose confidently asked. The lady chuckled.

“You know what? Get out." She harshly spoke and tried to throw her out.

“It’s my grandma’s house." Primrose claimed, something that extremely shocked that lady, “What did you say?”

“Like I said it is my grandma’s house." Primrose insisted. The lady closed the door and gripped her hand and made her sit on the bed.

“What non sense are you telling me?” She asked again.

“It is not non sense, why don’t you tell me the truth, does it belong to you?” Primrose asked.

“Who exactly are you?” The lady asked.

“And who are you?” Primrose asked too.

“Answer me first." She demanded.

“The only thing I can say to you is that this is my grandma’s house and she lived here with my mom years ago."

“What is your mom’s name?” The lady asked.

“I won’t answer that until you tell me who you are." Primrose said.

“Okay my name is Reina." Though It wasn’t her real name. “What is your mom’s name?” she asked.

“Cassie Duncan that was her name, she is dead now." Primrose hardly spoke not being sure to trust her though.

“Cassie?!” Reina cried and turned away from Primrose and some memories came into her mind.

Reina remembered years back then when she was 7 years old, she moved with her grandma to that little house leaving their big and nice house in the middle of the town. Cassie came to visit one day from the city with 4 years old Primrose.

“Mom you didn’t tell me that you moved back here." Cassie wondered after embracing her mom and Reina whose real name was Veronica.

“I didn’t want to worry you Cassie’s mom said. Cassie looked into her eyes and looked at Primrose and Veronica who were happily embracing each other.

“Oh look at you my beautiful little babies." She said with a smile. “Now Vero you go show your little cousin around and play, don’t go far." Cassie instructed.

“Okay” The girls said in unison, held hands and ran out joyfully. 

After they left Cassie and her mom had a conversation. Tears dropped out of Reina’s face knowing that the girl behind her was her lovely cousin sister. She slowly turned back and went to embrace her while crying.

“What? Who are you and what do you know about this house?” Primrose asked.

“I… know your grandma, she was such a wonderful woman." Reina said as some tears dropped from her eyes.

“Was?” Primrose asked. “Grandma should still be alive, she is just not living here anymore, we were together in mom’s funeral." Primrose sadly wondered.

Reina sighed and said, “honey she died finding out your dad died and you guys were nowhere to be found. She had stroke after all the miseries and she died."

Primrose and Reina found themselves crying together over what happened in the past.

“Why do you know so much about my family?” Primrose was curious.

Reina closed her eyes and sighed, she said “like I said I know your grandma, I loved her and she liked me a lot so I know much about her family and even this house." Reina said. She couldn’t resist but embrace her again.

“Thank you for what you did and what you have suddenly become." Primrose said.

“Hey girl you can stay here for as long as you can ever please." Reina said.

“Um I don’t really understand the relationship between you and grandma." Primrose wondered.

“All in due time, I promise you will understand." Reina said.

“That makes me more curious but what I have heard today is something peaceful I have heard for such a long time." Primrose said happily.

The girls chatted for quite long until late at night where Reina left the house. Immediately she shut the door, her face was full of rage and she thought as she walked.

“So like I thought you also murdered uncle Duncan, you killed aunt Cassie and you bothered my grandma day and night those days, and you destroyed my life. You sent your horrible men to kill me and they ended up r****g me and throwing me in the bushes after shooting me." She cried. “You took my little cousins and tortured them and even r***d Primrose. Your days are numbered Martin I will place your head on the palms of my hands, I promise you." Reina thought in grief.

Two weeks later Veronica and Primrose were in the house and Primrose was dressing up with some clothes Veronica brought to her.

“This is not what I want for you my dear cousin but you seem desperate and you can’t be convinced." Vero said.

“I understand Vero but you can’t fight this battle alone.” Primrose said, “you need a companion and that’s me. Vero I love you are my sister I would listen to anything you tell me, but I am a grown up girl who has been through a lot am just 23 but with everything happening I feel like 33 trust me. I need to be side by side with you let’s wait no more, Martin is getting stronger day by day. Listen Vero I already told you am going to work for Mr. Greg for just 3 years and am out and you know I will because I already told you how, let’s be together in this let’s be strong and fight this battle together.” Primrose convinced.

“But primrose we are criminals and I don’t want you to be one.” Vero tried to say something but Primrose interrupted, “No buts dear." Vero sighed and looked down feeling in between.