“I’m her boyfriend.”
“Where’s Mr. Jordan?” he asks, looking outside for Jordan.“He had to leave, but I’m here. Is she going to be okay?”
“Yes, all her tests came back fine. No stroke, which was a major concern. The meds are working, but she needs to rest, and the only way was to sedate her. She should be good when she wakes up.”
“How long will that be?”
“At least eight to ten hours or longer. You can go and return. The nurses will check on her from time to time, and I’ll be back later.”
“Thank you, doctor,” I say.
He leaves but I’m not leaving.
I turn to see Nkem’s eyes throwing daggers at me. It’s best I ignore her scorching eyes. I decide to read through my emails.
“What did you guys fight about?” she asks, her tone calm with underlying venom.
“Teni,” I answer.
She scoffs.
“Of course, it had to be that asshole that would cause a rift between you guys. You do know she would never date him again, as in ever.” She chides
I can’t hide my confusion.
“So, what happened?” Nkem continues. “Because she didn’t tell me, she was just crying nonstop.” Her voice tense
I exhale the anger I feel at the pain I caused her.
“I received several pictures on my phone of her and Teni in bed from your trip to Canada.”
“What pictures?” Her scowl is immediate.
Instead of answering, I unlock my phone and share the pictures with her. I’d deleted the most compromising ones. She has the same shock on her face as Anu did when I showed her the pictures.
“That conniving bastard! I can’t believe he would do this, but obviously he did.” She pushes my phone away and turns to me. “You know she’s in love with you, right, and she wouldn’t ever date Teni again.” All I heard was she’s in love with me, and I have screwed that up.
“He wasn’t good to her. He lowered her self-esteem and treated her like he was doing her a favor by dating her. When she broke up with him, I was very happy for her, and angry with her when she started allowing all the Xbox nonsense, he was pulling on her.”
I’m brewing inside as she talks.
“Anu told her dad everything about Teni. I guess her dad was upset, so her brother pulled all the business ventures they had with Teni’s family. Teni’s dad is not speaking to him, and he has been trying to get Anu back and save face. But when you showed up in her life, he probably decided to go scorched earth on her. The only answer to those pictures is Anu was drugged, and you didn’t believe her.” She sneers, pointing her finger at me with a lethal scowl.
I sit quietly. The machine beeps are the only sound in the room. I need Anu to wake up. She did try to tell me that the pictures were staged and not true, but I was too angry to believe her. My heart is heavy now.
I pick up my phone and text Bruce
Me: I need to take care of someone, fast.
My phone vibrates right away. I answer.
“You need to come here right now,” I whisper the moment I answer.
“Where?”
“The hospital, room 330, east wing.” I pause. “It’s Anu.”
He doesn’t ask questions. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
