Mishka hasn’t seen or read any papers or news yet. She ran to the hospital and talked to Zion’s assistant, Lucas. Her friend was in the hospital, but she didn’t know why. She turned and looked at Lucas.
“What was wrong with her?”
“I don’t know for sure, but there are no signs to show that she has been beaten or anything, which is good.”
“What? Beaten by who? What are you talking about? ”
When Lucas gave Mishka the newspaper, Mishka laughed and couldn’t believe what she was reading. “Wait, Lord Archer, believes this piece of trash?” She looked at Lucas and asked, “Yesterday, Maya was with me when Nathan and Teresa came in. Did you get to see what this person is wearing? Maya wasn’t wearing a red shirt; she was wearing a white dress. What kind of joke is this? I swear to God that I’ll go to jail if anything bad happens to my friend or her child. What the hell is going on, where the fuck is Lord Archer?” Mishka looked all around, but he couldn’t find Lord Archer. She ran outside and tried to wave down a taxi. Lucas couldn’t go after her because he didn’t want to leave Maya alone. Mishka headed to the front desk, where he was told that Lord Archer hadn’t come in today. She called another taxi and asked Lucas for Lord Archer’s address over the phone. Lucas gave Mishka his address because he thought Mishka wanted to clear the air. Lucas then called one of the helpers and told them to escort Mishka to Lord Archer’s study.
As soon as Mishka got there, she was taken to Lord Archer’s study. After she knocked, the man on the other side of the door invited the person who had been standing outside to come inside. Zion was surprised to see an unfamiliar, furious face entering his study. The woman went to Zion right away.
Slap!
Zion was taken aback by the sight of the woman and was curious about her. Mishka didn’t care if he was a billionaire or a man who could make her life a living hell. She used her index finger to point toward Zion.
“If something were to happen to Maya, I solemnly pledge to God that I would spend the rest of my life behind bars, and you will spend the rest of yours buried alive. Pray that the baby is okay and that Maya is okay. Because I swear to God that I will bust your balls if any of them don’t come out of that hospital room.” Even more surprising to him was the way she spoke with an Indian accent. It rolled off her tongue with such ease.
“What are you talking about? Who let you into my house?” Mishka’s laughter was infectious and infectiously insane. Zion thought his wife was crazy but never knew that she also had gangster friends who would burst his balls for her.
“Listen here, Zion, or whatever the fuck you call yourself. Maya is my sister, and because of you, she is in the hospital right now. Are you that stupid? Yesterday, Maya met me and drove me home, but do you really believe that twisted newspaper? Did you even look closely at the woman who was lying next to Nathan on the bed? Does Maya have blonde hair? Yesterday, did Maya wear a red top? How can you be so stupid?” Zion quickly grabbed the newspaper and saw that even though the other pictures were of Maya, the last one was of a blonde woman with a red blouse. Zion’s face was filled with regret as he thought about how he had pushed Maya and how she had kept holding her stomach. He fell over and hit his head on a chair. “Yesterday, your wife said nice things about you, but right now. I’m not sure how to feel about you.” Zion was almost in tears, but he couldn’t.
“What hospital is it?” Zion asked Mishka out of the blue. She didn’t want to tell him, but she didn’t know what had happened between them, and Lucas said he hadn’t hit her.
“You should come with me,” Mishka said. The whole drive to the hospital was so silent. Zion and Mishka didn’t talk to each other. When he got to the hospital, he saw his assistant Lucas waiting in the lobby, and his eyes got very big.
“Why didn’t you tell me my wife was in the hospital, Lucas.” Lucas looked at the man and didn’t know what to say. He then saw the fingerprint on his master’s face, then looked at the furious Mishka and back at his master.
“I don’t know what transpired between the two of you. I didn’t have time to give it much thought. I was about to leave the room when I noticed Lady Archer come out holding her stomach. Suddenly, I passed out. I was quick enough to catch her before she hit the floor. When I looked at her, however, blood was already pouring out.” It was as though Zion had seen a ghost.
What have I done? He thought to himself. What in devil’s name have I done? What have I done, I almost killed my children, because of jealousy.
Suddenly, the doctor walked out of the room. Zion was so scared that he couldn’t even ask if his wife and children were okay. No one asked anything. “Your wife is fine, Lord Archer,” the doctor told Zion as he looked at him. Zion immediately went to the hospital room. Maya was sleeping. As soon as Zion went in the door, he had a startling flashback to earlier in the day, when Maya had mentioned to him that she was exhausted. While Zion was holding her hand, Maya pulled his hands off of her and freed herself from his grasp.
Maya said in a low voice, “Get out.” Zion didn’t want to go. He stayed where he was.
“No, Maya, I can’t leave you like this. Let’s talk about it, baby, please.”
“Do you want to sit here with a bitch or a woman you are not sure that the child she’s carrying is yours?
Maya please, Zion pleaded
Zion, get out!” He left the room without saying anything. He knew what he had done was wrong, but he also had to find out who had shown those photos to the public. He might lose his family because of the pictures. Just by making one phone call, The Daily Times studio was over and done with. He went back to the waiting area to wait with Lucas. Even though he wanted to drink alcohol so badly, he didn’t because he knew it wouldn’t help. Mishka went inside and she hugged Maya.
He got up and stood by the door, wondering if Maya would forgive him. While Maya was being embraced by Mishka, she immediately began weeping.
“It’s okay, baby.” After a moment of embrace, she pulled away and immediately began sobbing violently.
“He almost killed my baby, Mishka.” Zion thought about how he pushed her and hit the couch. Even though he didn’t push very hard, it was wrong of him to do that.
“Shhhhh, Maya, your husband thought you cheated on him. He wasn’t thinking straight. He didn’t even take a good look at the pictures he saw. He shouldn’t have pushed you. He is human. He makes mistakes. You used to tell me that you liked an elderly guy. Do you want to give up on your Prince Charming because of this small mistake? I mean, it’s not small. He nearly caused you to lose the baby. Maya, when you told me about your husband, you were so thrilled. When he heard you were pregnant, he was so happy. Are you going to let Nathan and Ivy into your thoughts so that they can wreak havoc on your marriage?”
“He gave them that room. I asked him if he believed those pictures, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, he kept hurting himself and calling me a bitch. Did I deserve that? I’ve never slept with a man other than him in my whole life. What did I get, though? He told me that he wasn’t even sure the baby was his.” Mishka had no idea what to do.
“Do you want to divorce him?” Zion, who was standing outside the door waiting for his wife to answer, felt his heart tighten as he heard that question.
“No!”
“Do you love him still?”
“I don’t want to split up with him. I really like that, fool!” Mishka laughed. Then Maya started laughing. Zion, who was on the other side of the door, finally let out a deep sigh.