CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE
CATHERINE’S POV
I opened my eyes and all I could see was myself on a nice bed with people staring right into my face
, “What is it, do I have something on my face e I asked?”,
“Yeah, she is awake, she is finally awake everybody”, dicky screamed in excitement.
Then immediately Burke walked in with the family doctor, he held my hands and I knew immediately that he wanted to check my pulse rate the next thing he said was: ” she will be fine just make sure that she eats good food and has a lot for rest”.
” Thank you very much doctor, I’ll send a message to you if I need any assistance.”, Burke replied in excitement, I watched Burke and the doctor leave the room and then there was Burke again back in the room seated on the corner of my bed.
“What happened to me?”I asked.
“Long story short, you are back home and we are all happy that you’re back”, Burke said.
“Thank you, my love, what about the kids where are they?”, I asked worriedly.
“They are all fine”
” Nikky”? I asked if she was the main reason for my worries.
“Cat, Nikky is fine and she is with her siblings, you should be worried about you, you know?”, he said.
“I just wanted to make sure that she is okay”, I said, giving a huge relief.
” Well she is, I want to talk to you about something Cat”,
” Okay?”, I answered curiously.
” I don’t want us to keep on fighting when you were out of the house for these past few days I knew I didn’t want to lose you again, we can sort this out find out who took the body and look for how to tell the pack that you are innocent after all, I understand you did what you did as revenge and it felt like you couldn’t do anything to help yourself or your family, I’m sorry for been too hard on you cat, I love you so much”, he said with a sad face.
Gosh, I’ve missed seeing Burke this vulnerable because of me, it’s the best sight to behold, knowing that there is a man out there ready to do anything for me, I do love him.
“It’s fine, I overstepped and I’m sorry, I put us in a more difficult situation, come here, ” I said leaning forward to kiss him.
The taste of his lips has never changed, still that vanilla taste, that I felt when he first kissed me.
“I am forever grateful for the gift of you Burke, I love you”, I said with a smile on my face.
“Thank you Cat, let me tell them to prepare something for you to eat, ” he said.
I remained on bed rest for about three more days and it was the most fulfilling bed rest I have ever had, I didn’t have to lift a finger to do anything, Burke already took care of everything. My only fear was Hayley, I knew that by now she would have figured out that Nikky helped me get out and Nikky is immune to her spell, Nikky knows a lot of things now which means Nikky is in great danger, and so am I. I didn’t know whether to tell Burke that the child she was carrying was not his own or I should pretend that it was none of my business, but of course, it was my business, I’m his wife and I needed to tell him but I don’t know how.
The days went by fast and my fears of Hayley grew rapidly, although she had not come to the mansion since that incident I knew she was planning something all I could do was pray to the moon goddess that it wouldn’t be something that would hurt my children.
I mean she could hurt me, deal with me but leave my kids out of it which is one thing Hayley would never do.
I woke up this morning feeling much better. I took my bath and ate breakfast. It was almost noon and I had still not seen Burke. It was strange as Burke was all over me a few days ago, I wondered what the problem was.
Nikky, Dikky, and Rikky rushed into my room laughing and jumping around and that gave me a scare
“Gosh, you guys should stop that rough play”, I said with fear in my heart.
“Mummy you’re always uptight, please let us have some fun together”, Dikky jumped on me
“I didn’t say you can’t have your fun, but you shouldn’t hurt yourself while doing it, and besides you gave me a scare”, I said.
” Okay, we are sorry, we only just wanted to check up on you”, Rikky said.
” I’m okay, thank you my lovelies for checking up on me, I appreciate your efforts towards my well-being”, I said whilst smiling sheepishly.
” You are welcome mummy we are going to take our leave now, our tutor is waiting for us in the living room, so bye mum, and be sure to take care of yourself, if you need anything you can tell the maid and if it’s not within their reach they should let us know”, Dikky said.
” Stop treating me like a child. I am your mother and by the way, I think I need something”, I said.
” What is it?”, they all chorused, giving me another shock.
“I need to know where your dad is, I haven’t seen him since morning and it’s very unusual of him not to check up on me”, I said worried.
“I don’t know I saw him leave the mansion he was going towards the direction of the garden, probably he has an assignment that he wants to complete he would just sit back and relax”, Nikky said.
” Okay okay, thank you my lovelies you guys should hurry up you don’t want to keep your tutor waiting”, I said leaning back on the bed.
I stayed in bed for a few more minutes after they left but I was bored and worried, especially for the fact that I had not seen Burke all morning and I needed to tell him what transpired between Hayley and me.
I got up from the bed and walked down, the stairs were really difficult for me to go down because my back still ached but I tried anyway.
“My lady, you should be on bed rest, come here let me help you back to your room”, one of the maids said, stretching her hands towards me.
“Thank you for your help, I am okay and I am not invalid that you should treat me like one besides I want to see my husband, please I do not want you telling the triplets that you saw me”, I said.
” Okay my lady”, she replied.
I took the kitchen door. It was the only way to avoid the triplets. I walked into the garden, I searched for a few minutes and then I got the shock of my life.
Burke’s mouth in Hayley’s mouth.
“Burke”? I called