CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR
BURKE’S POV
I was in total shock after Diago’s confession, I am still trying to wrap my head around the incident, I am trying hard to remember everything but I could not get a clear image of it, it’s all fucked up in my head, and it gives me a headache every time I try and remembers what happened. After Diago told me that Hayley was not Catherine even though I could not remember what happened I just believed what he said, something in my guts just made me believe him.
This point of my life has to be the most confusing, I don’t have the slightest idea what to do,
“What are you doing here, don’t you know that the Alpha has to rest, leave, leave us now”, Hayley shouted at Diago immediately she barged in on us
“I’ll take my leave now my Lord”, he said.
“No no no, don’t go, what the fuck were you telling my husband, you were feeding him with so many lies and now he has his head fucking stressed out you cunt”, she said.
“Please I’ll beg you not to insult me, I’ll take my leave now”.
” I want you to repeat whatever you said to my husband”, she screamed but there was no reply from Diago.
“Say something, you idiot”, she yelled.
“Stop it, just stop. I am having a headache and you are making it worse. Both of you should just leave the room. I need space,” I yelled at them.
Diago left but my wife still stood there “Leave babe, I need space”, I said softly.
I lay on the bed, my mind occupied with a whole lot of things but mostly with the fact that Diago said that my wife is lying to me, and I am like why would she lie to me, what would she even gain from lying to me? I sure didn’t understand anything that’s as going on around me
I decided to take a walk into the dungeon, that Diago was describing. I entered and there was dirt littered around the ground there.
I turned to my left and I saw a girl who looked very familiar but I couldn’t place my head around it.
“Well, well well, look who is here”, she said.
“Wait what, you know me, I don’t even think I know anyone that looks half as tired as you are”, I replied.
“Stop acting foolish Burke, why wouldn’t I know you, my brother, you put me behind bars remember”, she said.
I tried to wrap my head around it but it was really difficult.
“Dummy it’s me, Ava, stop pretending, if you’re acting like you don’t know me how would you act when you see your wife Catherine, hey look she is over there”, she said pointing to the other side of the room.
I looked and there was this very beautiful lady, even though It looked like she had not taken a shower in days, she still looked very beautiful.
“Do I know you?”, I asked.
“Please don’t ask me any stupid questions, direct these questions to the bitch you put in your house, and besides what are you even doing here, to mock me, first you send your mistress now you come all by yourself, are you getting bored being up there alone”? She asked.
I didn’t even understand any questions she had asked so I didn’t know how to answer them.
“I don’t understand, why are you accusing me falsely and talking bad about my wife?”, I asked.
“While for the records you know I am not making any false allegations against you and for your so-called wife, yes she is a bitch”, she said.
” What’s your name?”, I asked. I mean I am really surprised by her audacity and attitude towards me.
” Burke why are you acting dumb, please I am not in the mood for this drama, after you have finished acting and you have nothing else to say you can as well get out I don’t want to see you here you disgust me”, she replied.
” You don’t talk to me that way I am the Alpha”, I said firmly
“Well go do that in your mansion not in this dungeon or are you the Alpha in the dungeon”, she laughed.
” Oooh Catherine I see what you did there”, the other lady said and they both burst into uncontrollable laughter.
I decided to leave their premise because it felt like I had embarrassed myself.
“Walk your walk of shame out of here”, one of them said as I walked out of the dungeon.
I walked around for a bit, the kids I met earlier walked past me without saying a word.
“Hey, have you guys eaten?”, I asked but there was no response from them.
“I am talking to you guys, the least you can do is answer me,” I said but still no response from them
“I am going to go inside to slow down since everyone in this Mansion has gone nuts”, I said to myself.
They were all acting weird like I was a disease or something, and I was fucking not up to it, I left the garden and decided to go up and rest my head because I had a long day and everything has been confusing to me, as I made my way into the living room I heard loud voices from inside and I decided to listen.
“Don’t you ever in your entire life make that kind of move again”, I heard my wife scream from inside.
“Well someone has to know, and he has to know the truth that you are not Catherine, and that you are just impersonating her, that’s wrong Hayley, how would you stop so low”, Diago’s voice came in from inside.
” It’s none of your fucking business, if you ever pull that kind of stunt again kiss your life goodbye, I am Catherine and Burke is going to live with that reality for the rest of his life, get that into your thick skull”, she said ….
The mention of Catherine’s name gave me a series of flashes in my head. It felt like I was trying to figure something out but I couldn’t, in a matter of minutes I found myself on the ground, with my eyes wide open.