Chapter 3: The accident.

A screeching sound is heard but it's too late to realize that it's me being knocked down at the road. My vision becomes blurry when I hear various sounds from the small crowd that has gathered around me. Truth be told but am always unlucky it seems like Lucifer is always besides me whenever I try to get out of my shell. I suddenly black out because of the too much pain in my head.

The black Bentley halts when the driver sees a young lady laying in the pool of blood. Beads of sweat appear on his forehead when a cold gaze meets his. His hands were sweating profusely since he didn't know how his boss was gonna punish him. His emerald green eyes were emitting coldness,the scar on his left eye was very scary that easily made people to be faraway from him. He had a well chiseld jaw with pink lips that could make any lady go crazy. The blue suit he was wearing fitted perfectly his muscles without an extra fat. He said in a low voice reprimanding his driver who almost peed his pants. " What are you waiting for?, aren't you one who drives recklessly just go and settle the mess you've done."

Holding the door handle with shaky hands,he opens the door in sloppy steps. He gets to where a young lady is lying with bruises on her arms and legs. He blames it all on the young lady who wasn't observing where she was going and ended up being knocked down by his Boss' car.

One of the spectators said, " I wonder how these rich folks are so ruthless and cold hearted, they've just caused an accident and instead of taking the young lady to the hospital,they have just parked the car observing everything as if it's an introduction meeting."

Apologizing softly,the crowd made way for him. Checking her pulses,he breathed a sigh he didn't know he was holding. Carrying the unconscious lady,he strode towards his Boss' car who took over the steering wheel while he driver held the lady. Driving at a reasonable speed,the car halts in front of KS international hospital. It's one of the biggest hospitals in country X with all professional doctors and surgeons.

The paramedic was waiting at the casualty ward. The unconscious lady was placed on the stretcher taking her towards the intensive care unit. The door closed at the surgery started right away since her head was bleeding. The driver stayed behind to observe the progress of her treatment not wanting to cause a scandal for his Boss. After two hours in the surgery,the door of the ICU opened with the leading surgeon and the attending nurses wheeling out the young lady with a pale complexion,a white gauze wrapped around her small head. Her lips cracked due to dehydration.

Walking along the nurses,he booked a VIP ward with a caretaker incase she wakes up with no one besides her . Ordering the nurses on what to do but to keep in mind to never whisper what had happened to anyone unless they want to seek their own death. They all nodded their heads promising to never let the cat out of the bag. Paying off the bills,he went to join his boss and convey how things went at the hospital. It wasn't until the sun was about to set that the scarlet opened her eyes . Adjusting my eyes to the dim light,the first thing that came to my mind was to check if every part of my body was still intact.

I tried to speak but my throat was burning like someone who orders a spicy dish but unable to eat it. Suddenly the woman who was the same age as my mom rushed to my side and rang the bell for the doctor to check on me. The doctor who was wearing a white coat with glasses on his handsome face entered the ward with a nurse in tow carrying a tray containing meds with some syringe. Looking at them with confusion,it suddenly dawned to me that I was in the hospital. All this while I had thought that someone kidnapped me to sell the organs to the black market.

" Young lady you will be fine, it's just a matter of few days and you will be as good as new." The nurse who had witnessed my confusion earlier on said comforting me. The doctor checked my vitals that seemed fine, prescribed meds with some orders towards the woman who was absolutely the caretaker.

Speaking with a cracked voice,the caretaker immediately brought me a glass of warm water refreshing my dry throat.

Touching my head,I realized that it was wrapped in a gauze when I smelt a red liquid on the tip of my fingers. The caretaker warned me in her stern voice not to touch the wound less I infect it . Raising the hospital bed,I tried to pry some info from the caretaker about the guy who caused my accident and the kind person who brought me to the hospital. But all I received was disappointment when the caretaker said she didn't know anything but was just paid to take care of me until am discharged from the hospital.

Left with no choice,I decided to relax and enjoy the good food made by the hospital cafeteria that's better than the meals we normally have at home. Somehow I was guilty of not informing my family what had happened to me but deep in my heart I knew they won't be able to deal with my issues at the moment. I decide to enjoy everything in this bustling city before I return back to my nasty life.

Remembering those final days mom would say whenever one of us is sick like " for heaven's sake you chose to get sick when we don't even have a single penny to prepare a lavish meal, just take aloe Vera if not wait and die."

From that day onwards I have learned to never let anyone know when am sick even if am on the blink of death so that they don't get worried of spending the money on me that they would have used to prepare a nice meal though that kind of a meal is like a taboo at our home.

I always end those people in uptown who cook excess food yet they know they wouldn't finish it all ending up in trash yet some people out there are looking for something to eat. So why not distributing the food to the orphanage and those children in their neighborhood.

For instance,a man takes his girlfriend out to have lunch. Her family situation isn't fine but because she wants to maintain that image of not being a glutton, she orders the most expensive dish on the menu but ends up just taking small bites and then tells the man.

" Thanks for the meal but am full." Imagine when the guy wanted to impress the beauty when he has never ate something expensive like that. The most funny thing is that when she returns back in her compartment,she regrets leaving all the lavish meal at the plate in the restaurant.

She would have returned home happily with a satisfied stomach but because she wanted to give an impression that she isn't a glutton ,she ends up sleeping hungry. Haha if it's me my dia,I would finish everything without leaving anything to show you my real self like am doing right now. Actually my accident is a blessing in disguise because I wouldn't have tasted such a scrumptious meal for the rest of my life. Whoever brought me to the hospital was generous because the VIP ward had a mini kitchen with food stuffs and ingredients stocked to the brim.

This caretaker is like an angel,I just requested her to make a scrumptious meal and she obliged to my request. Maybe my complexion made her soften because of my malnourished appearance like someone who has been starved for several years enough to move her heart.

Back at the downtown.

Melissa a neighbor and friend to Suzie ,a mother of scarlet and Belle knocked at the door of the small house carrying a big green polythene bag containing groceries.

Opening the door, Suzie who had just woken from her nap frowned but her eyes immediately brightens when her gaze meets Melissa her buddy. Melissa was wearing a brown skirt with a lose brouse that fitted her plump chest she had beeped like young girls. Her once light skinned face was destroyed by the numerous bleaching products she uses to increase her skin lightening but ended creating various colors like purple and pink.

Men always wonder what women want when they bleach to transform from their original natural skin tone. " Hey! Suzie have I disturbed your nap?". She asked with a knowing look. Suzie waving her hands,she denied it immediately though that's what she thought in the beginning but when she saw the big polythene bag,her face turned to a certain degree of happiness.