Bianca was in the hallway screaming obscenities at anyone who wouldn\u2019t let her in and making the hell out of a scene. The nurses at the reception were trying to speak to her all at the same time while she cussed each of them out in turns.<\/p>\n
Shontelle, this is your opportunity to run for the hills. Remember Walter, your safe haven? Yeah, he\u2019s waiting for you. You don\u2019t have to get involved in this. <\/em><\/p>\n Subconscious tried to stop me as I made my way to the mini crowd Bianca had created. I was pretty sure she was loving every minute of it.<\/p>\n I need to see my fianc\u00e9e!!! <\/em>Bianca screamed<\/p>\n But ma\u2019am, you\u2019re not listed as next of kin, and only family members are allowed in there cos he just came out of surgery. <\/em>One of the nurses tried to explain<\/p>\n \u201cHow dare you tell me that next of kin and family bullshit? I\u2019m telling you I need to see my fianc\u00e9e not listen to the lame crap coming out of all your stinky mouths. You people really don\u2019t want to see the other side of me, so please don\u2019t make me lose my cool here cos I\u2019m trying really hard to keep my temper in check here o.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I chuckled\u2026 if this was what keeping her temper in check looked like, then only God knows what the main temper would look like, Armageddon probably. Thank God she didn\u2019t come with her minions, the chaos they would have caused by now though.<\/p>\n \u201cMa\u2019am!\u201d <\/em>A doctor tried to intervene so the crowd could disperse.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are only following protocols to keep their jobs. We all are, after all we have nothing to gain from keeping you from seeing your fianc\u00e9e. But rules are rules, so how about you calm down a little bit and sit out here for a while or something, then when he regains consciousness, which is in a bit by the way, and identifies you, we let you go in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou see, you lost me the minute you gave the \u201ccalm down\u201d speech. Can\u2019t you see I\u2019m calm? It\u2019s you dumbasses keeping me from seeing my fianc\u00e9e that need to chill the hell out.\u201d <\/em>Bianca retorted<\/p>\n \u201cHey Bianca!\u201d <\/em>I said from behind the doctor.<\/p>\n \u201cI think you should listen to the nice doctor and keep your cool until he regains consciousness. Or better still, just go home and sit it out, when Chike needs you he\u2019ll call you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOh no! This bitch is here? How come? Who the fuck let this bitch near my husband?\u201d <\/em>She was yelling at the top of her voice at this point. I\u2019m going to sue every goddamn person in this hospital to their last dime for this.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou were nowhere to be found and your darling fianc\u00e9e needed urgent medical attention so I filled the next of kin form, so the surgery could start immediately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOh! So you just conveniently happened to be in the hospital when Chike got shot? How sweet!! A round of applause for you, you came through.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSorry to burst your bubbles sweetheart, your darling Chike actually stalked me down here to beg me to take him back. I know he ended the charade you call an engagement, so you might really need to consider using other adjectives other than the tired fianc\u00e9e adjective.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf you think I believe any of the crap you\u2019re vomiting, then you\u2019re in for a shocker. How am I sure you didn\u2019t shoot him? I mean everyone is aware of how bitterly you took it when he dumped your sorry ass like a sack of rotten potatoes. We all know hell hath no fury as a woman scorned. So, I hope you have your lawyers ready cos you might be spending some time in jail for shooting my fianc\u00e9e.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHahahahaha!! I had no idea you were this deluded. I mean, I know you\u2019re a typical blonde, dumb n stupid, but I hadn\u2019t added delusion to the mix until now. For your information, before you start running your tiny mouth to the police, I know everything. Every goddamn dirty thing your daddy dearest has his hands in. Chike told me everything the cops would need to keep your daddy dearest locked up till you have grandkids. I\u2019m sure your daddy knew Chike was on to him and had ratted him out, which was why he decided to take him out. Well, unfortunately for your family and fortunately for Chike, he survived. He\u2019s fine and no way in heaven or on earth am I letting you anywhere near him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhat gibberish are you saying about my family? Are you crazy as well as bitter? Well, it figures, depression has made you Cray Cray right? You can\u2019t keep me away from my fianc\u00e9e, you\u2019re just a bitter old hag and when the investigation into this shooting is over, you\u2019d either be locked up in maximum security for murder, libel and slander or locked up in some asylum far away from my darling Chike and I.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWell Bianca, watch me keep away from your murderous family. I\u2019ve taken it upon myself; I\u2019ll move him out of here if that will keep you as far away from him as I want. <\/em>I said as I walked away\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDear God, what have I gotten myself into now?\u201d <\/em>I muttered beneath my breath<\/p>\n \u201cShontelle you haven\u2019t heard the last of me!! You just drew the battle lines and I won\u2019t stop until I draw the last blood!!\u201d <\/em>She yelled<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d be careful of everything I say if I were you. You know everything you say will be used against you in the court of law right?\u201d <\/em>I yelled right back<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI hope you don\u2019t regret any of those things you just said. Why do you have to fight everyone?\u201d <\/em>Jay whispered<\/p>\n \u201cOh my God! Jay!! You startled me!!, I\u2019m not fighting everyone, just this dumb bitch\u201d <\/em>I slapped his arm and he giggled. \u201cYou heard everything?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYes sis! Every goddamn thing. Somehow, I think that was very brave of you. But then again, after everything Chike has put you through, you\u2019re still willing to throw yourself in the middle of all his drama? I can help but think that that was very stupid of you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWell, if you knew you wanted to insult me, why didn\u2019t you just start the sentence with \u201cShontelle you dey craze o\u201d?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cShon! Com\u2019mon!! You know I can\u2019t insult you now. But what kind of brother will I be if I can\u2019t tell you the truth? Huh? It\u2019s bad enough that I\u2019m not around to defend you or always have your back or watch over you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEasy there champ! I don\u2019t need anybody watching over me or having my back, I think God does enough of that already. Besides, I can do bad all by myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMy point exactly! You\u2019re Shontelle Eze not Olivia Pope or Annalise Keating. This is reality not some fictional series you seem so obsessed to live out. You are no superwoman.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI still don\u2019t get the moral lessons of all your plenty comparisons bros.\u201d <\/em>I barked<\/p>\n \u201cOkay! So Chike stalked you down here to give you some bull crap about breaking up with Bianca to get back with you the ends up getting shot. Yet, you still want to stay in the middle of that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHow do you know it\u2019s bull crap?\u201d <\/em>I replied<\/p>\n \u201cHow do you know it\u2019s not bull crap?\u201d <\/em>He yelled. \u201cIt\u2019s Chike for God\u2019s sakes, when isn\u2019t it bull crap with him? When Shontelle?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWell, I didn\u2019t say I was taking him back so you can get your panties back up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t wear panties and I know this is your way of trying to make light of everything so you can change the subject. News flash!! I\u2019m not dad, so it doesn\u2019t work on me!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt didn\u2019t work? Nah man!\u201d <\/em>I groaned. \u201cBut honestly I never said I was taking him back. I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt sure doesn\u2019t look that way to anyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOh really? Y\u2019all in my head and mind now? So you know what I\u2019m thinking right now? Cos if you did, you\u2019d know I\u2019m a second away from whacking you on the head with that flower pot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEven if you kill me, my ghost will still follow you around and continue this gist. See Shon, I know you\u2019re on some grown woman P, I get it. But that won\u2019t stop me from holding your hands when we\u2019re about to cross the road cos I know how terrified you are of crossing roads.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJeez! Jay! Thank you for reducing my cool kid rep. you don\u2019t know how much of my street cred you just destroyed, do you? Not cool man! Thank God no one was here to hear any of that. So before you begin to spill major childhood secrets, just lecture me already. I promise not to interrupt again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou see? I still have all your Mumu buttons.\u201d <\/em>He squealed and I glared at him<\/p>\n \u201cOkay! Okay!! You claim you don\u2019t want to take him back, yet when he got shot, there you were with his head in your bosom, crying and begging him to wake up and you\u2019d get back together with him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI said that in the heat of the moment joor. You know those things mothers tell their crying children to pacify them so they stop crying?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOnly in this case, you\u2019re not his mother neither is he your crying child. But chill, let me conclude my lecture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOkay sensei!\u201d <\/em>I grinned<\/p>\n \u201c6 hours later, you\u2019re in his hospital room. Not too long after that you\u2019re in a screaming match with his fianc\u00e9\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEx fianc\u00e9!\u201d <\/em>I retorted<\/p>\n \u201cEx, cos he said so. How many sides are there to a story again?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c3 sides\u2026. His side, her side and the truth.\u201d <\/em>I replied grudgingly<\/p>\n \u201cGood! Not only are you yelling at his fianc\u00e9 like two divorced parents over custody of their kids, you\u2019re also threatening to expose secrets about her family. Secrets I suppose you know about. But of course, you always want to have the last words so you had to drop that in to spice things up. Are things really looking good for you now?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou do have a point bruv\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n My phone rings and interrupts me. It\u2019s Walter<\/p>\n \u201cHey baby\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Jay winks at me<\/p>\n \u201cMadam, your parents have quizzed my generations\u2019 history out of me and if I have to watch Carmen and your dad all lovey dovey for one more minute, I\u2019ll just stab myself.\u201d <\/em>Walter complained<\/p>\n \u201cAwwwww!!! I was already on my way to you then I ran into Jay and we had to do a little catching up. I\u2019m racing to you right now. Tell Carmen and Pops to get another room and stop harassing you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJust hurry up abeg\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou know you still have to talk about the drama of crying over Chike\u2019s unconscious body with Walter too, right?\u201d <\/em>Jay said as I got off the phone.<\/p>\n \u201cI know and I will. I promise. Can we hurry to them now?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAfter you sis\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bianca was in the hallway screaming obscenities at anyone who wouldn\u2019t let her in and making the hell out of a scene. The nurses at the reception were trying to speak to her all at the same time while she cussed each of them out in turns. 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