CHAPTER 56

It was as if he was caught in an electric shock. 

Lady Nana arrived at the study filled with lots of fear. She knew that all had broken loose. She was already afraid and enter the study while she knelt down.

" I swear that I did not know anything about my wife's dissapearance Sir" said Lady Nana as tears started welling down her eyes. 

" It could have been anyone. It could have been even you. Everybody can have a motive to kill Ruth. I do remember that none of you had indeeed loved her. You infact hated her especially when she decided to go and take care of my daughter Purist" said Martin angrily. 

" I might have hated her Sir but I could not have been the one who could have killed her. I am not capable of commiting murder. I was brought up well by my family"

" What did you see? The CCTV shows that you kept peeping through the garden window. I can't get a hold of that. Tell me what you really saw happening there? Something tells me that my wife Ruth was stabbed there. Is that the truth? " Asked Martin filled with lots of curiosity. 

Lady Nana stood and moved towards the door then nodded his head. 

How could she tell all that she had seen happened last night? 

She knew that it would give Martin a lot of pain and it would put Faith in a lot of trouble. 

Yet it was still wrong. 

She did not really have to do that.

Ruth entered the study in the golden wheelchair which she had been bought for. Lady Akeshia helped her with a safer place to stand. Ruth kept holding Martin's arm. 

"There is no need to do that. You are hurting everyone Martin. I have seen how Haggai kept crying at the closer gates gates. It simply means that Haggai is indeed deeply hurt by everything. You wait till I get well then I will simply tell you who did this and who helped me by taking me to the hospital" said Ruth in a pellucid voice. 

Purist who only heard the news entered the study filled with a lot worries. She quickly ran and hugged Ruth who was still feeling chest pains. This made the leison in her chest to ooze alot of blood. 

" Dad! I am sorry" said Ruth who was astonished. 

" It's okay Purist. You could not have known that such a thing would happen to your mother. Let me call the doctor to check on Ruth's leison" said  Martin who took his phone and called the doctor. 

Martin carried Ruth into their matrimonial room and laid her on the bed. 

" You will be okay Ruth. Please stay strong for me. I promise you that I will make the person who has done this to you pay" said Martin as he pecked Ruth.

All the things that he remembered made him feel harsh. 

The worst part of all was that Ruth was to start school. 

Now the teachers would think that Ruth had neglected the reporting day. 

Martin made an absolute decision that he would go to school and explain to the teachers what had really happened. 

The doctor came and helped to Nurse Ruth's wound. The doctor gave Ruth some medicine to relieve pain since Ruth kept crying that everything was indeed painful. 

" She will be alright but she should not be exposed into so much stress or move around too much" said the doctor who left in a hurry since he was going to check on other patients at the hospital. 

" Martin! Don't just........." Said Ruth but Martin suddenly interrupted. 

" Save your strength for other good things to come. Not this pain and agony that I reminded you and made you go through. You are such an amazing person and we do cannot let this single thing hurt you or anything in your life. Now sleep like a baby my little love" said Martin. 

Purist move closer to Ruth and sang for her a song which in her mind and thought knew that it would make Ruth to be apsalutely happy . She would fall asleep and sleep like a total angel. 

It was the exact thing she did. Ruth fell asleep and slept like an Angel. Martin and Purist silently left the room. Martin wanted to be the one to put Purist to sleep. He wanted to sing for her to sleep the same way that Purist made Ruth sleep. 

" Go and take care of mama Papa. You don't really have to put me to sleep. Today you have to take care of your younf wife whom people have done a lot of harm to. Until she is fine, then we will never know what exactly and really happened to her" said Purist who turned towards the other side. 

" You think like a big human you little human. I am so amazed by your confidence and your worth to make something small come out big. I am glad that you have been able to put Ruth to sleep" said Martin who left the room. 

As soon as he left , Purist locked the door. 

She sat by the door silently and thought. 

Unfortunately, she had seen what had truly happened there. She had seen the whole truth that it was indeed Faith who had stabbed Ruth. 

How could she say that?

She knew of how much Martin had loved Faith. 

He had spent his entire life working and aiming for famr just for the sake of his younger sister Ruth. 

She started crying. She had no idea that Martin had not left .He could hear her crying by the door. 

He therefore urged her to open the door. Purist open the door and hugged Martin extremely tightly. Martin could not understand the main reason why Purist crying. He wanted to ask her what made her cry but changed his mind. He knew that asking her would hurt his feelings more. 

" Goodnight Papa" said Purist as soon as Martin put her to sleep on the bed. 

Purist slept bit Martin did not live there for a single minute till he made sure that Purist was totally asleep. 

Martin slowly panted towards the door and locked the door. 

He arrived at his matrimonial room and found Ruth awake and could not stop crying .According to her, her wounds were really hurting. The only thing that could ease her pain were those songs that Purist sang fir her. 

Martin looked for painkillers and tried to give them to Ruth but Ruth refused to take any of them. 

" I don't want painkillers. I just want to see my mother first thing tomorrow in the morning. I hope that she has been told what has really happened to me. I really need to speak to my mother" Ruth demanded which surprised Martin since Ruth had never been too demandingly before .

" Is that what you want? Your request will be granted but only on one condition"

" Which condition?"

" On a condition that you tell me the person who had stabbed you since I am a hundred percent sure that you have not forgotten that person. That person must go through severe punishment and more that person must be sent to the cell of hell . And after that person has been released from the cell of hell, I will make sure that that person has been made to feel like an outcast. I will make sure that nobody outside the closer gates would welcome him or her to her home"

" What of the person was so special and matrered so much to you? Would you still do it? Tell me if you would still do it or maybe you would hide and protect her" said Ruth which astonished Martin. 

He could not stop wondering the main thing that made Ruth to think like that. 

Yet he knew that whatever would was being hidden in darkness and the person who was being protected would be revealed very soon. 

There was no such bigger difference .

" Just sleep my little Ruth. I will sleep just when I have seen you slept. Tomorrow morning I will go to your school and explain to them what happened. I don't want them to phrase you as a joker. We just do not want to loose this chance for you to get your education and become an important person in future" said Martin as they both smiled. 

" Thank you so much Martin. I do really feel proud of myself to have a husband like you. It's been long since I witnessed this kind of attention and care that you are giving me now. I wonder what will happen once I decided to become the mother of your child"

" Are you thinking about this now? I know that there is no doubt you are going to beome the mother of my child . I would pamper you like a little baby my love" said Martin as he pecked Ruth and bid her goodnight. 

He really wanted her to sleep. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.