Chapter 60

"Please..."Blake stands to hit the boundary once again.

As he is about giving up, an idea comes into his mind. If Abigail could die because of Irye's blood, maybe the boundary will break down if he tries it.

Right now, Irye is in too much pain for him to bother her with another problem.

Meanwhile, Evie and the others devastatingly shake Irye, hoping to make her come to her senses.

They may lose her if she continues like that. She is already on the verge of death, looking at the amount of blood she lost.

Irye's seizure stops and her breathing becomes steady for a while. Her eyes are still open but she can see nothing.

Grams kneels near her and takes Irye's head into her hands.

Her tears are uncontrollable.

"Darling, don't do this to me...to us."she pleads with her falling tears. "Stay strong Irye..stay strong." she brings her into a hug.

Suddenly, Blake rushes to their side and begins taking off the piece of cloth on Irye's wound, with haste

"What are you doing?"Claude pushes him. "What do you think you are doing?"

His eyes are filled with fury and he might throw a punch at Blake if he doesn't control himself. Claude balls his fists as he speaks.

"Can't you see we are trying to stop the blood?"he yells. "Don't you see we are trying to better things?.."

"And do you think am trying to worsen things here?."Blake yells back.

Gerrard starts sniffing a fight between the two. Claude and Blake may not be able to control themselves if they continue.

"Guys, guys"Gerrard steps in. "You know we all want...."

"I love Irye. Do you really think I will hurt her in any way?"Blake doesn't see neither does he hear Gerrard trying to make them calm down.

"I want her to recover more than anything..more than you want!"he yells in continuation. "You think I will do this without thinking thoroughly?"

Claude stares at Blake and sees the seriousness in him. He sees the love Blake has for Irye.

Taking in a deep breath, he asks"Are you sure of this?"

Ignoring Claude, Blake walks to Irye and continues taking off the piece of cloth. Grams holds his hand and looks at him in question.

"It's alright Grams, you can trust me."Blake assures her and she let go of him.

He successfully takes off cloth and fortunately, there is a lot of blood on it. He runs towards the boundary, hoping it will work.

His innermost prayer draws on his face as he nears the boundary.

"Please work, please work"he crosses his fingers and begs for a miracle.

At the Brown's house, Richard and Mrs Brown keep chatting.

"She really did that?"Richard asks in shock.

"Yes, she did."Mrs Brown replies. "She was all hardworking and very respectful when she first came.I came to like her because of that. Not knowing she did all that because of money Because we were so rich."She pauses for breath.

"She squandered our money, asking my boy for big amounts just to buy things frivolously. A day came when Andy had signed a contract worth millions. He was preparing to start the project. You see he is a building constructor."Mrs Brown's smiles at her last sentence.

A proud look polishes her face as she looks into the air, dreamingly.

"Oh wow."Richard breathes. "That's nice, but I guess Abigail did something too stupid that he lost all that money?"

A feeling of disgust washes over him as he really hopes Mrs Brown will disappoint him. He would feel stupid to have married such a woman and claimed her to be his lifetime love.

Well maybe hope doesn't really work for him. Mrs Brown nods and the feeling he is trying to avoid fills his guts.

"You are right. It seems you really do know her. Did she do that to you too?"Mrs Brown asks and sips on the coffee served by her house-help not long ago.

"Well I couldn't say yes but it's something similar to Andy's issue."Richard answers. "She frequently took money from me and since she knew the passcode for my bank account, she began taking money without my permission. She would claim what's mine is also hers since we are married."He explains.

Richard scoffs" I thought it was love, that she was thinking about me and her being one." He exhales and keeps his head down, playing with his car key.

"She never changes. I had to stop Andy from sending her big amounts of money. We always sent enough money into her account but she was never content. She began coming home late using cooking classes and other businesses of hers as an excuse. I had someone follow her and caught her cheating on Andy. Come to think of it, you look a lot like him. That must be the young you."Mrs Brown narrates further.

" Andy trusted her with everything. He was blinded by love. Abigail knew all his accounts and signature thoroughly. The contract being one that people were jealous of, Abigail sells it to a contractor..."

"What?!"Richard almost jumps from his chair.

" She noticed I came to find out about her secret relationship and for her to run away, she needed money to take care of her living expenses, without us."Mrs Brown notices the shock on Richard's face, later changing to deep regret.

She smiles."This is no time to feel regret son. It's not your fault. You never knew she was married. She would take off her ring when she comes to meet you right? I saw from the pictures my spy took."

"Am so sorry Mrs Brown"Richard quickly kneels. He bows his head in shame."I led her on and made her cause such ruckus to your family. I should've known she was married."

"Dear how would you have known?"The old lady holds Richard hand and urges him to get up. "I don't think am the only one who know her true character. She is always after money. Get up. You got nothing to do with this."

"Thank you ma'am..a lot..thank you."Richard can't express how he's feeling at the moment.

"It's nothing..just know you are not to blame for what happened."Mrs Brown tells Richard and pats him on the hand.

All the while, Blake is hesitating on touching the boundary with the bloody price of cloth.

"What if it's doesn't work? What if I put Irye in danger for nothing?. What will happen to Irye?" A bunch of questions rise in his head that he doesn't notice when Evie and Gerrard come to him.

Gerrard holds Blake's hand and so does Evie. Startled Blake just stares, his eyes asking so much question and holding fear.

Gerrard pats Blake back and Evie nods at him. He turns to Gerrard and back to look at Evie.

Taking in a deep breath, together, they slowly send their hands to the boundary and wipe it with Irye's blood.

Nothing happens and Blake almost goes crazy. As he's on the verge of breaking down, he hears a noise.

The boundary, from the top, begins to crumble.

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