When Love is not enough

38; Motives unveiled

They both stared at each other. Is Sona still in this city? But as shocked and surprised as he was, he glanced at the baby she was holding and saw she was convulsing. Without another word, he took the baby away from her and rushed into the doctor's office with Sona behind him.

Quickly the baby got the doctor's attention and she was administered some medication and she was admitted. After having a calm atmosphere, Andre stared at Sona from head to toe. She was a close friend of Jasmine and she avoided him after the whole incident of her friend's betrayal.

“Whose baby is this, yours I guess?” Andre asked. Seeing Sona, he felt he was staring at Jasmine and all he could see was betrayal and deception. How can she be any way better than her friend?

“Yes, she's my baby” Sona replied and quickly continued “I'm sorry Andre about everything that Jasmine did. I deliberately stayed away from you during the period those incidents happened. I couldn't bear to see your face, it will leave me more shattered than I was”

“I don't need your apologies. I just can't see you differently from the way I now see your friend…” Andre was saying but Sona interrupted him “She's not my friend. We broke up the day I realised she was dating Patrick and I couldn't take it.

I cautioned her and scolded her why she should be cheating on you despite the love you have for her. But she got offended with me that I was having a rich boyfriend and I don't want her to live comfortably and happy in the future. She'd rather have no friend than have an enemy disguised as a friend like me.

That was the end of it. From that day we parted ways and I didn't know a thing about her again until I heard she got married. Since I couldn't bring myself to tell you about her double lifestyle, I felt I was not qualified to come check on you and besides, I just had a newborn at the time…” Sona explained.

Casually waving everything she said aside, Andre asked “Where's your husband, why hasn't he come over to check on his daughter?” They've been there for over an hour and he hasn't come around? Didn't he know his daughter was rushed to the hospital?

“We're not married yet and I can't call him except he does” Sona replied. Though she'd sent him a text. That's the best she can do. But calling him, never. His mother would chop off her tongue and pull it out of her mouth.

“You can't call the father of your daughter even when she's in a critical state? What exactly was your relationship like?” Andre asked, completely flushed by Sona’s helplessness.

“We were in love. We thought we would be getting married. But his parents forced him to get engaged to a rich lady and the engagement was already two years old. They got engaged three months into our relationship.

They don't love each other at all. Just as he was forced by his parents and threatened with his inheritance to get married to the lady instead of me, the same way, the lady's father threatened her to accept my boyfriend.

But then I became pregnant. The pregnancy came as a bond to our love and he promised to love us only and would always return to us no matter what happens…” Sona explained.

Andre sighed. Being in the middle class of society is not so encouraging. He lost Jasmine because Patrick has more cash in his name than him. And now, Sona might lose her boyfriend to another woman who is wealthy and rich.

“Then what's going to happen? Will he break up his engagement with the rich lady and return to be married to you or you'll raise your daughter as a single mother while holding onto mere promises?” Andre asked.

Promising her that he would return may take another ten or fifteen years time. What would she be doing at the time, if not raising her daughter as a single mother or better still referred to a mistress and her daughter as an illegitimate child.

“No, he'll go ahead with the wedding to the rich lady. But promised to divorce her and then return to us” Sona replied with confidence. Jack wouldn't lie to her and their daughter. He loves them more than anything else in this life.

Andre sighed. He doesn't know what to think of Sona's trust. But he doesn't believe such anymore. Didn't Jasmine promise to love him alone in this life? She would moan in pleasure when they make love and says she would fuck him alone forever.

Where is she now?

“You appear so confident in his promises, I hope he keeps to his promises” Andre mumbled. He wouldn't poke his nose where it doesn't belong.

“He will. He hates the rich lady and he's getting into the marriage to drain her finances and take over her company. Once he gets all she has, he'll divorce her and come back to us. That's exactly what his parents also told him.

He is the only chess his parents have to get the company and businesses to themselves. And that's why they insisted on him getting married to her…” Sona was saying when the door pushed open and a certain person walked in.

Sona paused and turned around quickly to see her boyfriend “Darling, Jennifer had another seizure and here she is” Sona said, going to hold Jack and placing her head on his torso.

“I'm sorry honey for making you bear Jennifer's parenting alone. I'm here now…” Jack Johnson said and gently turned to glance at the other person that was also in the hospital ward.

Andre was just staring at the dude from the moment he stepped into the ward. He'd always know he was an idiot but didn't expect that he was also a cheat. He was not surprised, such a thing has stopped leaving him breathless.

If Jasmine could do that to him and he survived, he'd develop thick skin now. But seeing the shock on the face of Jack Johnson, he appeared to suddenly go pale and his pupils shrunk.

“Who…who…I mean…what are you doing in the hospital?” Jack stuttered, beads of sweat on his forehead.

“You didn't tell me earlier that the hospital is your private property” Andre Torello casually replied, a smirk on his face.