By admin Burn those Who Burned Me Novel Ch 5
-Thomas POV:
As the night fell, I found myself staring at my phone. The time was 10:13pm, Rabena had been in the shed for over 9 hours and still had not called me begging for forgiveness.
“What the hell has gotten into her!”
This wasn’t the Raben I had grown accustomed to. When I first met Rabena she was 15 years old. I remembered everyone talking about how the Crests brought home their long–lost daughter. Apparently she had been kidnapped from the hospital shortly after being born. To be honest I quite surprised, The Crests never said anything about a missing daughter. The first time I saw her, she was playing a violin in the garden, I remembered thinking how beautiful the music was. When she finally turned to look at me, she reminded me of some type of angel. There was bright light in her eyes that I had never seen before. She gave me this angelic yet vivacious smile, I had to admit, I found her breathtaking. But that didn’t matter, I had already promised my heart to Danielle, and I wasn’t going to betray her.
Rabena tried everything she could to worm her way into my life including saving my grandmother. Luckily for her it worked because shortly after, an arranged marriage was set between the two of us. I’ll never forget the day I found out I was to be betrothed to Rabena.
“Grandmother what is this!”
My grandmother sat at her rose garden clipping flowers for her vase when she looked up at me.
“What’s what boy? Be clear.”
Annoyed I began to protest.
“Why are you marrying me off to Rabena Crest! You know I love Danielle!”
“You’re asking why I want you to marry the young woman that saved my life?”
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I knew she was going to bring that up, although I was grateful Rabena saved my grandmother, I didn’t understand why I had to pay that debt.
“Grandmother, can’t you just give her some money or something?”
My grandmother stopped clipping her roses and looked at me with fierce anger in her eyes.
“And exactly how much do you think my life is worth?”
She always did this! Twist everything, I say!
“That’s not what I meant grandmother. I’m just saying I love Dan-”
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“I don’t care! Listen to me boy, one day you’re going to learn that Danielle girl is nothing but trouble! I just pray I’m not alive to see the downfall. You’re marrying Rabena and that’s final! You’ll do well to treat her right!”
And that was it. I couldn’t contest, not if I wanted to become CEO of Lockwood Corp. So, I angrily married Rabena, I didn’t even give her a wedding. Just a trip to the courthouse and a cheap silver band. We didn’t even consummate our marriage; I refused to touch her, afraid that it mean I was betraying Danielle. Still, she played the role of a dutiful and obedient wife, never wavering or giving any trouble. That only made me hate her more, it was like she was trying to make me purposely feel guilty. Now, she was lying in a shed all because she couldn’t say sorry. Every other time she would apologize with no issues, why was today so different? I suddenly knocked out of my deep thought by Danielle sitting on my lap.
“Hey, what are you thinking about?”
She looked up at me with the sweetest expression. I was always a slave to that smile.
“Nothing. What are you up too?”
“You know I can tell when you’re lying. You’re worried about Rabena aren’t you?”
I hated to admit it, but I was worried. Why was she being so damn stubborn.
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