chapter 18

" Mother, she is not my girlfriend and I cannot be the boyfriend of such a spoilt brat who is so full of herself", he responded.

"If she is not your girlfriend then she has no place in my house, let me go and wake her up", his mother mumbled while turning to get into the house when all of a sudden Gael stopped her saying,

" Mommy, you will not understand if I explain anything but be rest assured, that anything I am doing, is for your good, trust me on this", he pleaded with his mom.

"What then are you hiding from me Gael, remember you always tell me everything, or are you now a sugar boy?", her words hurt him so badly but he had no choice, she did not have to know his deal.

She could not place her hands on what the matter was but the only thing she told him was that she was hoping that he was not in any sort of trouble because she was not going to intervene like she always did with his ex-girlfriend Lisa.

Gael promised his mother that there was nothing to worry about. Just as they were talking, his mother thought back to the pot that was on the fire so she rushed to check up on it.

" Oh my God, I do not think I will be able to keep up with this lie much longer, my mom is a real curios person", Gael's mind was a jumble but he had to play along with the normal mood so as not to make her more suspicious than she was already.

Yvonne's eyes were shaking and could be seen slowly opening up. Her hands as well began changing positions. Lifting her hand and touching her head, she opened her eyes fully though her first vision was blurred.

"What happened to me?", she questioned, turning her head and looking around. The wet towel on her head made her realize that something was happening to her. Yvonne had not yet noticed where she was but she tried to recall what had happened to her and her thoughts took her back to her argument with Gael on the road.

" I passed out on the road and he left me", she spoke out recalling that he was walking away from her when she had lost consciousness. Her eyes narrowed to the walls of a house and it looked like a little hut to her.

"Where am I?", she probed herself but her mind was immediate, her head spun to the side where she saw a big rat staring at her. Yvonne who had never seen a rat that was closed to her, remained still on the mat while pulling herself backward.

The stoolie just sat there and was looking at her and Yvonne, shedding tears as she was not used to having them, her mouth let out a huge scream that attracted Gael and his mother who were outside.

Yvonne had managed to get on her feet running to the open outlet that was in front of her. Calling for help, Gael was heading to the door as well and Yvonne without looking at where she was going to, bumped into Gael on the door fighting her way out with her eyes closed.

" What is the matter my dear, who is causing you from our house", his mother muttered but Yvonne who was so scared, could not open her eyes and all she was screaming was,

"There is a fat rat in here, a huge one and it was looking at me". Gaels mom walked into the house to see what she was talking about, but she could not find any rat inside the house. Despite that, she was still aware that there were many rats in her house and she felt embarrassed that it had frightened her guest or so it looks like.

" I am sorry that you had to lice something like this little one, hope you are better", her soft voice made her open her eyes to catch a glimpse of the person who was talking to her. At the sight of her, she saw a beautiful woman with the soot of grey hair on the front of her head with deep blue eyes.

Her beauty was very striking though one could see that it was covered with suffering. Her smile was unique while she was very slim and looked kind of sick. Yvonne smile back at her saying,

"Thank you Ma'am, but do I know you?, and where am I?", she inquire before thinking of taking up her head to see the person who was holding her. Her gaze had finally met Gaels who was so concerned about her and she screamed out,

" You again?", she screamed out forgetting that her leg was hurting and wanting to push Gael away, she lost her stamina and almost fell to the ground but he held her back to him whispered to her ears,

"Can you stop acting like a spoilt brat?". But Yvonne not even knowing where she was, scolded him with a lot of threats saying that she was going to beat him up if he doesn't take her out of there. Pausing for a minute, she gradually veered around her head in the direction where his mother was standing.

Taking a closer look at her and bringing back her head towards Gael, she swallowed the saliva that had established in her throat making it to pain and with a soft voice she asked,

" Are you his mother ma'am?". Her eyes looked around and seeing her car she tried to join the missing pieces of what was happening.

"Yes I am his mom and I am pleased to meet you ma'am", she responded. Yvonne trembled at the hearing of that and feeling all happy, she greeted her saying that she was sorry for her behavior earlier

" Please call me Yvonne, I don't have the right to be called ma'am by an elderly person", she narrated. Trying to move a step back, her leg hurt her so much, and taking a look at it, it had swollen up.