Phoenix

chapter nine

Seven years ago......

The wedding was very simple, very few people were there, I even invited my boss.
It was the best day of my life,I never thought this day would come.
We said our vows and before I knew it the wedding was over and I was officially Mrs Niretah.
I thought we would go for the honeymoon immediately, but obviously jason had another plan, we went to his house and I went in to change my wedding dress, it was beautiful, but very heavy.
When I stepped out of the bathroom, jason wasn't there,  maybe he went to get something, so I decided to wait for him.

He never came, so I fell asleep.

The next morning he still wasn't back, something was wrong, what if he was hurt.
I tried to call him, but he wasn't answering.

Maybe he wanted to leave me, was I not good enough, why would he marry me, if he would leave me the same day, who would I go to, he was all I had.

I was sitting in the room when he came back, he acted like he done nothing wrong, gave me a kiss and went into the bathroom.

"Am tired"he said he stretched, he was already in his PJs

"Where were you" I asked calmly, but I was furious.

"I went to a place"he sat next to me.

"You left me on our wedding day" I screamed, I felt like giving him a slap.

"It was urgent"

"So what,you could've at least called me" I was getting even angrier.

"I didn't see a reason to"

"Maybe because am your wife, jason"

"I know"

"You disappeared for a week, I called your mother"

"You did what"he screamed.
I have never seen him this angry before, I was scared.

"I called....her.......I ... I was scared"i stuttered.

"Do you know that my mother is sick"he yelled, and before I knew it,his hands were on my throat, squeezing life out of me.

"I told you not to stress her"he kept squeezing, I couldn't breathe.

"I...... can't.........I can't breathe"I managed to say.

"Why did you tell her"

"Please........stop"
He threw me to the ground and left the room leaving me on the floor, scared and confused.

I locked the room door and sat on my bed crying till I fell asleep.

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"You locked me out of my room" was the first thing he said when he saw me the next morning, I didn't play on coming out of the room, but I was hungry.
I didn't say anything,though I knew saying nothing could make him angry again

"Am talking to you Eve"he came closer.

"It's a habit, I forgot I was not living alone"I said and opened the fridge, I was starving.

"Am sorry"he said softly, I ignored him and took an apple.

"I didn't mean for my anger to get out of hand" he continued.

"It's okay" I smiled and left him to his thoughts.

I should still be angry but I wasn't, he loves his mother very much and stress wasn't Good for her at all,

So he made sure she didn't stress herself.
I even forgot to ask him where he went to for a week, he said it was urgent, I wondered what he wasn't telling me.
We just got married and he was already keeping things from me.

I went to the room and locked the door again.