Chapter 47: chapter 47

  "Ana, for the nth time! Where the hell are we going?" He asked me impatiently."You'll see"."That's what you are saying for the past an hour. Night is falling and I'm scared that we are going to get caught by some creep or pervert"."Relax Chris! You should stop seeing those crime series".His face lightened up, "Oh! I know" he smirked, "You got bored of us doing inside the house. You want to try something different in the wild"."Christopher, how the fuck you tie everything to sex?"He got disappointed, "So, we are not doing it?""No," I gave him a firm No."Ugh...these surprises always make me cranky" he twitched his lips like a child.I smiled and kissed his cheeks, "Still it's cranky?"He looked into my eyes, "I'll say if you stop somewhere and we" he tilted his head, "You know..."I poked his chest, "Alright! Enough! Keep your pervy thought with you. We reached the place".We both stopped before an apartment building. He kept his eyes at the building and asked me, "What are we doing here?""Get out of the car".We both stepped outside the car. Lawrence has been following us back in a car. We signaled him to wait, he nodded. We entered the elevator and I pushed the third-floor button. Chris stood nervously, I touched his hands, "Relax! It's not we are going to save people from terrorists".He exhaled, "Right, sorry".Elevator stopped. We came out and walked through the hallway. We stopped before apartment number 139. I rang the doorbell, a few minutes later door unlocked. There she stood, Evangelina, Ian's ex-girlfriend. She viewed us both between the chain lock.I smiled warmly looking at her, "Evangelina, I'm Ana. We spoke on the phone".She nodded and closed the door to unlock it. I looked at Chris for reaction, he dropped his jaws and was shocked. He couldn't believe that he is here, "You...You...are kidding, right?" He asked me in a broken voice.I interlocked my fingers with him, "No, I'm not. Let's get inside".We entered the house, it was empty. The only thing there was a couch. The room was a little bit dusty. Drapes were closed preventing the sunlight inside. I looked at her, she is a blonde Latina woman in her late twenties, approximately 5'6", brown eyes. She was wearing a Neon color t-shirt and a knee-high skirt.Chris hugged her, "Omg! Evangelina! How are you? I've been looking for you all these years"."I'm sorry" she replied with a tinge of sadness, "I don't know about this"."What happened? Where were you all this time? I...heard that you are pregnant with Ian's child and I tried to contact you...but...""Chris" she sniffed her nose, "I'll explain everything".She paused for a second to regain herself, "I found out that I'm pregnant a day after Ian's death" she tried to hold back her tears."I tried to contact you, but my parents found out and locked me in a room. After a day of discussing with your Dad, they made a decision" she let out a breath, "Your Dad took me to a house and said I should be there until I give birth to his grandchild. He left me and Mom with two servants. He removed all forms of communication. We kinda lived in olden days"."Everything was fine until 4 months" she bit her lower lip, "One day, I had severe pain in the abdomen. We rushed to the hospital and before I could realize what's happening...I became unconscious. When I opened my eyes again, they informed me I had an ectopic pregnancy" she wiped the tears fell from her eyes, "Yes, I had a miscarriage".Chris stood still in shock. She continued, "Your father was so relieved hearing this. He threatened that if we speak about this to anyone, he'll kill me and my parents. After this incident, I felt so heartbroken. So, my parents send me to London to recover from this. I thought you know about this, I'm sorry" she apologized again.After few minutes of silence, he spoke, "So...so this means...my brother's child never born and...and...my parents lied to me only to keep me under their thumbs?" He asked in an upset voice."I'm afraid so" she replied, "I was angry with you at that time"."But...why? What did I do?""That's because I thought you knew everything happening and you are not interested in me or our child. Ian never passed a day without talking about you. He always said once he escape from there, he'll bring you along with him, and together we can start a new family. But, you never showed up once...So...I thought...you are selfish, I'm sorry" she cried, "I don't know anything until Ana called me".He sighed and hugged her to comfort her, "I'm so sorry that you have to go through this alone. Believe me I've been searching for you for the past 12 years. What can I do for you, Evangelina? Please I feel guilty".She tried to smile, "You know what he always wanted. Your life to be normal and good. He thought all his burden rested on your shoulders and you took responsibility to please your parents. So, he wished you to get all the happiness in the world. So, do that. That's what we both need from you" she rubbed his back gently.A splash of tears ran out of his cheeks, "Thanks for this once again and I can't ever stop loving him".After few seconds, they moved away. She spoke, "What we did may be wrong, teenage pregnancy and he into the drugs" she let out a breath, "But, he never stopped loving me neither do I"."You don't have to explain it to me. I know how much he loved you" Chris said shoving his hands inside the pocket, "I mean, you are the best thing that happened to him".She smiled, "Thanks"."Evangelina! Please tell me you moved on" Chris asked her in a begging tone."I did after 5 horrible years. My parents and I moved to London. Now, I'm a flight attendant" she smiled, "I met a guy a year before. His name is Adrian. I told him everything and he loves me. He is waiting for my reply"."I hope you are ready to accept him," he asked.She smiled with a shy, "That's what the next thing I'm going to do"."You too deserve all the happiness in the world" he added.She nodded, "Thanks. The reason why I asked you to meet here was, this is the house me and Ian sneak out to avoid paparazzi. We spent more night here than in your house and I want you to have this"."Re..really?" He asked her with a surprise.She nodded, "To commit me fully to Adrian, I should move on. So, can you take this?"He looked at me, I assured closing my eyes. He replied, "I will".She handed him a key and smiled, "All the best, Chris"."You too, Evangelina".She gave me a hub and left the apartment bidding goodbye. She was happy like she dropped the weight she is carrying for years. I hope Adrian and she live their life happily with each other.After she left, Chris hugged and kissed me all over, "Thank you...thank you so much for this. Finally you gave me closure"."You happy?""Very much so. Thank you once again" he hugged me tightly sobbing, "I can be free from the devil's hands. I love you, Ana. You are the best thing in my world".I loved to hear that and I'm the reason for his smile."But, what I couldn't digest was, All these years, I hoped one day, I'll meet Ian's child and introduce myself as his fun uncle...but...now...I...I..." He placed his head on my shoulders.I rubbed his back gently, "I'm sorry, Chris".We stood there for long minutes before his phone interrupted us. He answered it moving away, "Yes, James?"His face changed into anger, "When?""...""Okay, we are coming" he hung up and looked at me, "Ana, we need to go to our home"."Why, what happened?""There is an intruder in our house".We came back to our apartment. There, James tied Timothy in a chair. Shit! No! What the hell he is doing here? He was bleeding from his nose and mouth.James answered before we could ask, "Boss, he tried to sneak into your bedroom. But, I caught him before he can escape and guess what, he is the one who contacted Collins regularly. I found his burner phone with Collin's number".Chris didn't ask anymore. He gave a tight slap to his cheeks. Clenching his shirt collar, he asked, "What the fuck you are doing in my house?"No! No! No! Don't say anything about the deal. Please! Please! Please!He spitted blood out of his mouth and replied, "I came back to take my bug in Ana's handbag. Cause, everything between Ana and Collins ended smoothly"."Huh...what do you mean?" Chris asked him with confusion.Tim looked at me, "You didn't say him about the deal?"I lowered my head, pressing my lips together. I felt oozy and weak because of Chris's angry eyes running on me.He turned back to him, "Look at me! What's the deal? What are you talking about?"He snickered and explained everything to him. I looked at Chris studying his expression, all I know from that was he was angry and upset.