THE COLLIDING

 After Tilda left, Christian began to feel the pain of losing his child when he was not born yet. The pain he felt in his heart was agonizing and it shattered him to pieces. The fact that he caused the death of his own child was the worst pain of all. He began to wish Tilda would not listen to him. For the first time, he wished that he was disobeyed by someone.

 The whole activity of the day was beginning to close in on Christian and he did not like to look or feel pitiful. Christian never liked feeling broken, so he decided to go out for a drink or ten. 

 He dressed up, got his keys and walked out of his room to go to a bar that he owned. One of his men wanted to come with him, but he turned him down "I want to be on my own" He said to the guy whose name was Jerald. Jerald still insisted "I'll stay from a distance, sir. Just in case" Christian looked at him with a raised eyebrow "What? you think I can't protect myself? Do I look like a weakling now?".

 Jerald knew what he was playing at. If he said 'Sir, I just want to protect you' that means saying "Yes, I think you are a weakling' and if he said 'Sorry sir. You can go', he would be indirectly saying 'Whatever man. Do your thing'. One wrong word, and it's death.

 He thought well about his answer before replying "Sir, I get paid to protect you not because you can not do it yourself but because it is necessary. I'm doing it to earn my money's worth". He was ready to pee his pants any moment because he was not sure if that was good enough.

 Christian looked at him for a long while before giving him the keys "Stay a long distance away from me" then he walked away. Jerald sighed in relief and followed him out of the house. As they passed, they came across many of the mistresses and house maids going around and when they passed, they would greet him as godfather Christian and give a slight bow. It was a normality in the house but that day, everyone knew Christian was in a foul mood cause of what happened to his man, Daniel. So, everyone was extremely cautious of every action they made.

  They walked out of the house and got into the car that made the 'beep beep' sound after pressing the car keys. Christian sat at the back and told Jerald where he wanted to go to "Go to the Hot House. That's where I'm feeling right now" He said and Jerald gave a head nod and began driving to the place. Jerald decided to pass through the road that was not always crowded because he knew Christian liked his peace, away from the bustling of town.

 People were usually scared of passing the road because major accidents happened there. So, the mindset of people was that, the road was cursed, and Christian did not mind it. He was actually glad of people having fickle minds, because he had the road all to himself. 

 They were on the road when a girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere and Jerald had to press hard on the breaks so as to not hit the girl. Christian had his eyed closed through all this. His body did not even move when the car jerked forward. He had gone through way more than that.

 Jerald on the other hand was shocked. He went out of the car to speak to the girl. He got to her and saw how small and petite she looked. Her hair was covering her face and she was on the ground. He could hear little sob sounds coming from her and he wondered why she was crying. 

 He bent down to her level and he heard her murmuring something like 'He still loves me. He loves me so much' He could not understand what she meant but he had to ask if she was okay "Hey, uh... Miss? Are you okay?" He asked. 

 Angela lifted her head to look at Jerald and she smiled at him. She took hold of his hand and shook him. She was smiling so widely as she told him "Thank you for coming by this road. God bless you. Thank you". Jerald continued to look at the crazy lady. He was confused by the whole situation. 

 He was not going to lie, he was fascinated by how beautiful she was. she had that soft petite face that seemed to be screaming 'help me'. The way she smiled at him looked very enticing to him. She had that look that would make a man want to protect her but, her aura told a different thing. She looked like the kind that would say 'Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself. Thank you' and he liked it.

 "What is going on here?"