Those eyes hunted her so much that she stayed up all night asking if she had really done the right thing cos she just couldn't understand why it made her so uneasy. Wilda blamed it all on her parents who had asked for a grand child when all she wanted to do was gift them her new car. They just had to spoil her day and make her hasten her plan of getting rid of him as part of her life. Now she was bearing the full burnt of her actions without her consent! She felt uncomfortable with the fact that he rejected her money. She knew he wasn't lazy despite not having a job and being a house husband. He was strange.
The next morning Wilda came down for breakfast which is something she hardly does and quite early at that. She wanted to catch a glimpse of him in his apron which she was only realizing now was the only thing she had ever seen him wear.
The maids were shocked to see their boss down for breakfast. So they hurriedly prepared something for her and served her but she was unconsciously looking around and hoping to see his blonde hair pop out of somewhere but that didn't happen.
She tasted the food and almost threw up. It was different from what her taste buds remember. She tried again but the same thing happened so she called one of her cooks.
"Why does this taste different? "
"It doesn't suit your taste ma'am?"
"It doesn't because this isn't how it tasted the last time I had this!"
"Oh... It's because Mr. Carl has been the one making them ma'am". Wilda froze.
"So where is he?"
"He left very early before you woke up". Wilda felt uncomfortable, like something was definitely wrong somewhere.
"Did he say where he was going?"
"No. He just said he wanted to get some fresh air "
"How long has he been gone?"
"It's been 2 hours now. And he left with a bag". Wilda sprang up and hurried to his room. They slept separately in different rooms. She was upstairs but he was downstairs and it was her first time in his room since they got married. Every where was spotless like life itself was gone from the room. Wilda stood there totally lost. She just couldn't understand why she was acting this way. She always wanted him gone but now he was gone she couldn't even force out a smile. She got out her phone from her pocket and tried to dial his number only to find out that she didn't have his phone number. A humorless chuckle escaped her lips. She was indeed a perfect wife!
Stepping out of the room she made a call to a secret detective.
"I have a job for you "
"Go on"
"I need you to find the whereabouts of a young man in his late twenties by name Carl Ray and I want to know everything... Everything he does ".
"Yes ma'am " And with that she ended the call and got ready for work.
In the following weeks Wilda stalked Carl. She knew everything and everyone he met but she still kept her distance. And it was from watching him from a distance that she found out that he was working as a chef in a restaurant and she got to understand that he was an eye candy! It wasn't helping that ladies kept flocking around him! She had caught herself fisting her hands at such sight. But he was practically a good guy who shyly and politely turned them down. Wilda 's parents were not aware of the situation yet so for now there was peace... But it didn't last very long....
Wilda was at work in her office, it was a very busy day and there was an emergency meeting fixed to commence in the next 10 minutes when she got a call.
"Hello"
Wilda 's face changed by the second as the news exploded in her face. It was the first time so many emotions flooded her face but one was very prominent... Panic. Wilda was in panic as she practically fled from her office into her car and sped off without paying attention to the traffic light.
"Please be ok... Please be ok..."
She whispered, her voice betraying her face and exposing her heart. The words from the phone kept repeating itself in her ears...
"Carl just got into a Gastly accident.. He is being rushed to the hospital".
Her mind was spinning and so was her wheel. How on earth did he get into an accident? What was he doing? Where was he going to? What was she going to tell her parents especially her mom? That she drove him out of the house and he got into an accident? She cussed and increased her speed as she arrived at the said hospital he was being transferred to nearly colliding into people, her long black hair flying behind her as she ran despite wearing very high heels. All people saw was a beauty running into the hospital. But on getting there, she saw her dad holding her mum who was almost passing out from shock.
"The guardian to Mr. Carl Ray... Is his guardian here?" A male voice rang out, it was one of the doctors in his lab coat and a nose mask on his jaw. Wilda and her parents rushed to him but before Wilda could say anything her mom spoke up.
"Yes"
"Who are you to the patient?"
" His mother... Mother in law"
"Ok. He lost a lot of blood and his vitals..."
Suddenly the emergency sound went off...