Mrs Amira's POV.

"Welcome, how was work?" I asked my husband.

"It was stressful." He answered me.

"I made lunch, should I serve you or will you shower first?"

"I will go shower first but I will not eat now I want to go see Daniel Arosanyi."

"Who is that?" I asked.

"One of my friends, he lives at Galadinmawa."

"Okay."

"I will go shower now." He informed.
My husband is working hard to take care of my needs and put food on the table the least I could do is bear him a child.

Thirteen years, it has been thirteen years since we got married and I still can not bear him a child.
We went to all sort of gynaecologists but still I have not bear my husband a child and he is not even pressuring me about it, he is such an amazing man."

"Okay, I am off." He said and left.

"Bye."

Not long after my husband left I heard screams of agony, who could be screaming like that, the screams went on,it sounded like it was coming from Mr Dario's house...No it can not be.

The scream continued even if he his beating her, he can not be beating her for this long it has been an hour and forty minutes and the screams have not stopped, then suddenly it stopped I thought I was just hearing things till I heard smashing sound and then everything went quiet.

I will go to Mr Dario's house and check what is happening, I really hope what the neighbours said and my hypothesis about all this is not true.

I took my cellphone with me as i went to Mr Dario's house, I rang the bell on Mr Dario's house several times before he opened the door, I rang the bell for about twenty minutes before he opened up, what took him so long?

"Mrs Amira how may I help you?" He asked.

He was sweating and he was breathing quite heavily.

"Can I come in?" I asked with a small smile.

"Why?" He asked.

"I want to speak to Axymah." I told him.

"Why? What business do you have with her?" He asked eyeing me down.

"Why are you sweating?" I asked curious.

"I just finished working out." He said breathing heavily.

"In the afternoon?" I asked with a raised brow.

"Yes, I can work out anytime of the day I want." He told me.

"Okay, you can listen to what I want to say while I say it to her." I told him putting my lip in a thin line.

"You can tell me what you want to tell her I will pass the message unto her." He said stubbornly.

"Why? I can just come in and tell her myself or is she not at home?"

"No she is not." He said flatly.

"Why result to lying? I just saw her come back from school and she as not come out if the house since then." I said with a smirk.

"Have you been stalking her?" He asked.

"Why would I when my house is right next to yours." I said not impressed by his attempt to throw me off.

"The only reason you are not allowing me in is because you have something to hide." I said eyeing him warily.

"What nonsense are you spewing Mrs Amira?" He asked looking at me in disgust.

"Let me into the house." I said flatly.

"No!"

"Fine." I said and turned around and did as though I was leaving then suddenly I turned back around and pushed him into the house.

He fell back, I took my chance and I went inside. When I entered I did not see anything suspicious in the living room.

"Get out of my house before I call the cops!" He threatened.

"Go on I dare you." I said glaring at him.

"I told you Axymah is not home, now please leave." He begged.

I was about to when I saw blood on the leg of the centre table and on the carpet.

"Wait!" I said sternly to no one in particular.

"What now? Just leave please." He begged.

He tried to sound polite but I could clearly see right through him.

"Why is there blood on the carpet and on the centre table?" I asked with my brows raised.

"I had a cut on my leg yesterday so I guess the blood must have stained the carpet." He said stammering.

"Okay now explain the blood in the leg of the centre table!" I said with my arms folded across my chest.

"Mrs Amira please leave my house now before I loose my cool!" He yelled.

I looked around and I saw only one door downstairs the dining table and an open space I guess was the kitchen right in front of the dining, then I saw a staircase.

I need to know if Axymah sleeps upstairs or downstairs, besides I do not see a door leading anywhere from where I stand, I will have to play mind game with him to get him to tell me where Axymah's room is.

"You know that the head is always up and the tail is always down." I said looking around

"Yes." He answered slowly.

"And you are the head of your home, right?" I eyed him carefully.

"Right, what are you getting on Mrs Amira?" He eyed me.

"So if you are really the head you will be sleeping in the bedroom upstairs and if Axymah is really the tail she would be staying in the bedroom downstairs," I said moving around a bit "but you are both staying upstairs with means you are both equal, you are not the head of her." I told him.

"What nonsense are you saying of course I am the head of this house, Axymah stays in the bedroom downstairs right by that corner and I stay upstairs, so what rubbish are you saying?" He asked frustrated.

"Thank you for the information." I said.

"What..."

Before he could complete his sentence I ran to the corner he talked about.

"Hey! Stop there do not go into that room!" He commanded but I paid him no heed.

I opened the door to the room and what I saw was horrifying.
Axymah was sprawled on the floor in a pool of blood looking battered and lifeless, so the screams were coming from her.

I rushed to her side while Mr Dario stood next to the door, I reached her side and I inspected her, I saw the back of her head was broken, there was shard of glass sticking to her hair and inside her head.

The smashing sound I heard was because Mr Dario...

"You monster!" I yelled at him as tears rolled down my cheeks.

Before my eyes he fled and I heard the front door open and was slam shut.
I took my phone from the floor and I called an ambulance and I also called my husband, I do not know what to do how to help her, all does while I was talking to Mr Dario, I could have called the ambulance and they could have rushed her to the hospital.

I checked her pulse to see if she is Alive, she is alive but her pulse is very low.
Soon I heard sirens and sounds if ambulance, I went out of the house to see the ambulance arrive.

The nurses came out if the van and I quickly ushered them inside before they could ask any questions.

They went in with a stretcher and brought Axymah out. A police officer walked up to me and told me he has a few questions for me regarding what happened here.

"What is your name?" He asked.

"Mrs Amira issah." I answered shortly.

"How are you related to this young girl?" He asked.

"I am her neighbour, my house is the one next to this one." I said still shaking.

"Did you witness what happened?" He kept up with the questions.

"Yes I did." I said and my husband arrived just in time.

"Can you please follow us to the station, we will like to take your statement." He asked staring at me.

"Okay, give me a moment." I said as my husband joined us.

"What is going on here?" My husband asked eyes wide.

"Mr Dario assaulted his step daughter." I told him.

"What?!" He asked in disbelief.

"Follow the ambulance to the hospital I will go to the police station to give my statement, I will come meet you at the hospital, I will tell you everything there."

"Okay."

"I love you." He told me placing a quick kiss on my forehead.

"I love you too." I told him.

Just then three kids walked up to us, I recognized them as Axymah's classmates.
End of POV.

Alero's POV.

"Good afternoon." I greeted.

"You should get going with the ambulance." She said to the man next to her.

"Okay, take care of yourself."

"Afternoon, how are you all?" She greeted us with a forced smile.

I took in the woman's appearance, she had blood stains on her dress and she looked shaken up.

"We are fine, thank you." I replied her.

"I do not know if you recognize us but we are Azyma's classmates." Said Austin.

"I do recognize you all, are you here to see Axymah?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am." We told her.

"Well I am sorry but you can not see her right now." She said sadly.

"Why what happened?" Dinela asked.

"Her step father beat her mercilessly and broke bottles on her head, she is in the ambulance." She said and we looked towards he ambulance dumbfounded.

"You all should go back home." She told us in a small voice.

"Okay but which hospital is she being taken to?" Austin asked.

"The General hospital." She simply said.

"Come on Mrs Amira let us go to the police station so you can give your statement." Said the police man.

She followed after him into the police car and they left for the station.

"Anyone know what is happening?" I asked.

"Azyma has just been assaulted by her step father and she has been rushed to the hospital." Austin said.

"You guys do not believe this shit, I bet she is not even that injured, I am sure it was a minor injury."

"What are you saying? Azyma has been assaulted whether it is serious or not." I said glaring at her.

"What if she hurt herself then blamed it on her step father?" Dinela asked.

"Azyma is not a psycho like you Dinela." Austin said irritated.

"I am on Alero's side." Austin said.

"I want to go home now." Dinela said with a pout.

"How cruel of you Dinela." I told her shaking my head at her.

"Whatever!" She said rolling her eyes.

"Let us all go home now." Austin said and we all left for our various houses.

Mr Issah's POV.

"Is she going to be alright?" 
I asked the nurses that were in the ambulance with me, they put on oxygen mask.

"We do not know yet, if she makes it to the hospital you should thank God."
One of the nurses replied.

"What are you saying?" I asked.

"We can not tell you anything until the doctor has properly treated her." She said.

"Okay."

We finally reached the hospital and they carried her on a stretcher into the hospital.

The doctor came and examined her, and he told the nurses to prepare her for surgery.

"What why does she need surgery?" I asked getting even more worried.

"Can you not see that she has shards of broken bottle on her head?" He replied rudely.

I wonder if what my wife said is true, why would Mr Dario hurt his own step daughter, I do not think it is true, maybe there is a misunderstanding. But where is Mr Dario?

I did not see him when I went to the house and he is not here, if he is not here then how did he hurt her.

I will just have to ask Amira about what really happened. I sat in front of the ICU where the surgery is taking place, I hope she is not badly injured.

After about an hour the light in the ICU turned green and the doctor came out.
"Doctor? Doctor? Please how is she?"

"She is in a critical condition, right now we do not know when she will wake up."

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"She is in a coma!" The doctor said.

"What!" I exclaimed in surprise.

"Why? What happened to her? How did this happen?", I kept blabbering, "is it that bad?!" I asked yelling.

"Yes." He simply said staring right at me.

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