EVERYTHING BUT NICE

ANA'S POV.

I don't know what I had thought would happen.

Maybe he would be a changed man and mend his ways but I was just dreaming.  Nothing like that was ever going to happen.

He would not wake up one day and realize that I was good for him and change.  That he would realize that I was the best thing he would ever have.

I laughed at myself thinking that I had started to develop feelings for him. He was not the kind of man that I wanted to be involved with.

I did not want to sleep at home worried about where he was or who he was with.

He tended to change women like he changed clothes. He could not have the same woman for more than one time.

Maybe all of this was my fault and not his. He has stated clearly that this union was not with love.

I was just too stupid to realize that he meant that. I thought to you know that maybe someday would reach and I would be what he wanted but that day seemed as far away as the first day I met him.

I had no right to be mad, he could do whatever he pleased.

That though did not make the pain I felt in my chest disappear.  It was still there and there was nothing I wanted more than not to feel it.

It would go away though. The feelings for him would easily go away the same way I developed them.

In the back of my mind though I wondered what it was that I did not have that those other women had.

A question that I would never be able to answer and he was the only person who could answer that.

I opened the door to Immaculate's room and she seemed to be awake. Her face beamed with excitement when she saw me.

"Hey I was wondering where you had gone", she said as she stretched her hands waiting to embrace me.

"I just went by Vincenzo's office", I said as I hugged her and sat on the bed.

"He is a nice lad he comes in to check on me every day", she said smiling.

She had lost a lot of weight but she still maintained her smile and I could not wait for everything to be over so she would go home.

"Yeah he is amazing", I said smiling.

Why was I lying?

He was nothing like nice. He only did that because we had an agreement but I do not tell that to Immaculate.

She would feel like she owed me a lot when in fact she did not owe me anything. She had taken me in when I did not have anywhere to go and I felt kike I owed her everything that I had.

She deserved that much.

"Well how have you been, Vincenzo says that you have been busy", said Immaculate.

"Has he? ", I asked her shocked.

I was not busy. All I did was sleep all day.

"Yeah he said that he offered you a job at the company that's why you have been busy lately", she said smiling.

To her, it seemed like I had accomplished a lot and I wondered why Vincenzo had said such a lie.

I could not tell her that he had lied to her because then she would start to doubt him.

"Yeah he offered me a job at the company", I said.

"Well is it okay are the people treating you differently because you are married to the boss?", she asked me.

It felt like I was having a sleepover with the girls and they wanted to know everything that was going on.

"Not really, none of them even know me and Vincenzo are married", I said chuckling because if the lie he had said was true that was how it would be like at work.

"Why is that dear, is he ashamed of you?", Immaculate asked worry all over her face.

Well apart if that statement was true but we did not want to have her thinking like that now did we?

"Not really I just don't want people to think I'll have it easy because of our status and I want things to be professional without mixing our personal life", I said smiling.

"Oh that is understandable", she said and we fell into a comfortable silence.

I could not remember the last time that I had a conversation with Immaculate. She was always sleeping every time that I came to visit her.

I sometimes wondered what would have happened if Vincenzo hadn't come to our rescue.  The best case scenario was that Immaculate would be dead.

But in other situations, death was better than seeing someone that you loved suffering in pain.

Knowing that there was nothing you could do about it. That was the worst of it all. 

Even though Vincenzo wasn't the best person on earth he had at least tried to make sure that didn't happen and the smile on Alphonso and Immaculate's faces was all I needed.

We heard a knock on the door and we all turned to see who it was if it wasn't Vincenzo the gynie who else would it be?

"Hey", he said as he opened the door and came beside Immaculate.

They all seemed to be happy to see him and I did not want to ruin the image of him that they had in their heads.

"How are you feeling today?", he asked Immaculate as he rubbed her hand.

"Am better than yesterday", said Immaculate.

"Well that's good to hear, I was wondering if I could borrow your daughter for a little bit?", he asked and I could see the smile on Immaculate's face.

She always looked so happy when someone called me her daughter.

"I have to take care of her", I said trying to interject.

"Don't be silly it's fine just go with him", said Immaculate and I sighed in frustration as I stood up.

"Okay ill be back in a few", I said as I kissed her forehead and left the room, Vincenzo following me.