Mrs Amira's POV.

I started following him, moving slowly behind him with my car, after about 10 minutes, I saw him chatter a tricycle, I followed behind him but I lost him in the traffic. I was so close, what could he have been doing in Mr Dario's house and what was in that black nylon he was holding.
I will inform the police about this, they should be on high alert and to monitor Mr Dario's house. I will go to the hospital first then go to the police station on my way back home.

I reached the hospital about 45 minutes later, I went to the doctor to inquire about Axymah's recovery.

"Good morning doctor." I greeted him and he greeted me back.

"Doctor please how is the patient that is in coma doing?" I asked worried sick.

"She is still in a critical condition and she is still in coma," he said with a sad expression "ma'am, I need you to tell me exactly what happened to her so we will know how to help her." The doctor said.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"She was severely battered and bruised and it was like she was whipped over and over again because of the long whip marks all over her body and she has had other internal injuries and also a wine bottle was broken over her head." He told me sternly.

"Doctor I think she has been abused over and over again." I said seriously.

"What do you mean by "you think" are you not related to the patient?" He asked staring right at me.

"No doctor, I am not, I am her neighbour and I have frequently heard screams and yelp coming from inside her house." I told him.

"Can you explain exactly what led to this incident?" He asked.

"Yes of course." I told him.

"I began telling the doctor what happened."

"Flashback."

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 was sweating and he was breathing quite heavily.

"Can I come in?"

"Why?"

He asked.

"I want to speak to Axymah."

"Why? What business do you have with her?"

"Why are you sweating?"

"I just finished working out."

"In the afternoon?" I asked

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

"Okay, you can listen to what I want to say while I say it to her."

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

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

"No she is not."

"Why result to lying, I just saw her come back from school and she has not come out of the house since then."

"Have you been stalking her?"

"Why would I when my house is right next to yours."

"The only reason you are not allowing me in is because you have something to hide."

"What nonsense are you spewing Mrs Amira."

"Let me into the house."

"No."

"Fine."

I 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."

"Go on I dare you."

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

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

"What now? Just leave please."

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

"Okay now explain the blood in the leg of the centre table!"

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

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."

"Yes."

"And you are the head of your home,right?"

"Right,what are you getting on Mrs Amira."

"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 d bedroom downstairs.

"But you are both staying upstairs with means you are both equal, you are not the head of her."

"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?"

"Thank you for the information."

"What..."

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

"Hey,stop there do not go into that room."

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 where 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 head was because Mr Dario...

You monster 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.
"End of flashback."

"That was what happened." I told him.

"Okay, with what you said I think he caused what happened to her, he has been abusing her, her lungs is damaged but not beyond repair." The doctor told me.

"Until she is out of danger and stable, we can not say if she will be fine or not, she has to be stable and out of danger first till then, keep praying for her." The doctor said.

"Can I go in to see her?" I asked pleadingly.

"Yes." He simply said with a curt nod.

"Okay doctor, thank you." I said grateful.

"Excuse me." He said and with that he left.

Alero's POV.

Last class for the day ended, Austin and I exited the class and went to the hall way, it is a good thing we do not have any homework and gym class did not hold today because my Greg was sick.

We met Dinela in the hallway, we went to our lockers kept our book and we left school.

"So you will start working as a janitor from tomorrow right?" Austin asked.

"Yes." I answered with a sad face.

"So sorry." He told me.

"It is okay, thank you."

"Take care girls bye."

"It is just a matter of a month, everything will go back to normal after that." Dinela told me.

"I hope so, it is not as easy as it sounds, sweeping and mopping the whole school and also cleaning the toilets, how will I cope with all that for a month." I complained

"I will assist you do not worry, I have got your back." Dinela assured me.

"Really?" I asked.

"Really." She answered.

"Okay, thank you."

"We said our goodbyes and we parted ways, these couple of weeks will be the worst weeks of my life."

End of POV.

Mrs Amira's POV.

I went in to see her and immediately tears rolled out of my eyes, if only she had confessed to me what he was doing to her, if only she had told me the truth, none of this would have happened.

I wonder why she did not just tell me the truth, Please get well soon Axymah.

I stayed awhile before I left.
I went to the police station to tell exactly what happened today but the police in charge was nowhere to be found, I will just have to come back tomorrow.

I went home and my husband welcomed me sweety. After I was done, I sat on the bed with my husband.

"Honey, why don't you make me some spring rolls, I want some." My husband told me.

"Okay my love, I will make you some." I said lovingly.

I went to the kitchen I checked if I have all the ingredients to make it, thankfully there was, I made the spring rolls and I put them all in a plate for my husband and I.

We ate as we watched one of my favorite movies, "Strain"

The evening went well, night fall soon came and I made pounded yam and vegetable soup for dinner. My husband and I ate peacefully after after awhile we went to bed.

I heard my cellphone ring and I went downstairs to pick it so I will not wake up my husband. It was a call from my friend at work, we talked for a while as I looked out the window at the sky. I then saw someone enter inside Mr Dario's house.

"Hold on, I will call you back." I told my friend right before I hung up.

I grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen and I walked quietly to Mr Dario's house, whoever it is, I will get the whereabouts of Mr Dario from him and what he is doing inside of Mr Dario's house, he can not just go Scott free.

Besides how did the person manage to get inside, there is a police officer watching Mr Dario's house, so how did that person enter into the house, what on earth is going on.

When I could not find the officer in charge of the case, I asked another police officer that knows about this case to keep watch over Mr Dario's house. I will have to get to the bottom of all of these.

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