I woke up in the hospital and saw Henry by my side; I was about to scream and he covered my mouth with his hands and said "I told you I'll never leave your side".
"But how?" I asked him softly
You got lucky again, chloe; you've always being so lucky" He said, as he smiles.
I was still confused and yeah I got lucky again and still do not know how! Out of curiosity I asked "But how did it happen, how did I get here?, how am i still alive?".
"I am sorry I had to shoot you to get you out of there, I saw the environment wasn't friendly and I needed to do something about it, so the only thoughts that came into my mind was to shoot you where you wouldn't die fast so that I can rescue you by lying I wanted to go dump your body or till the police will arrive, though it was a risky plan but I had to do something, i am sorry" He answered.
"I could have died, Henry; what if I didn't survive?" I questioned him.
"I knew you would, you've survived from the beginning and I trusted God you'd survive" He replied.
He continued "Anyways, Tina is dead and her friends got arrested eventually".
I was surprised and sad at the death of Tina, I hope I wasn't the one who killed her.
"But how come she's dead?" I asked him.
He answered "You stabbed her but you didn't kill her, don't worry. While she was talking, the police came in(I called them earlier on my way coming to Tina's house). I didn't see you for hours and I went to your house to check up on you If you were back but I couldn't see you and so I got worried as i knew something might have gone wrong. I couldn't trust if the police could make it faster to her place so I had a Plan B which was the shooting and I had to shoot you twice to kinda proof to Tina that I wasn't on your side and...".
"And how did you get a gun?" I asked.
"I always keep a gun in my car below the seats; not to harm people but to protect myself and also to help in cases like yours" He answered.
"Oh okay, I get it, so what happened to Tina?" I asked.
He continued "When the police came in, she snatched the gun from my hand and pointed it to the police officers; she was asked to drop the gun and hands up but she refused...."
"The Police shot her!" I interrupted.
"NO" He replied.
"She said 'I'd rather die and my entire family perish than to rot in jail and be a disgrace to my dead family' and then boom, she shot her brains out, I meant straight in the head" He said.
I felt hurt deep inside my heart, though she hurt me, she did things worse to me but I never wished her dead, maybe i deserved what i got for having the wrong father but she didn't deserve death, her family was hurt, her family was destroyed and her whole generation is gone. I felt sad for her and how I wish I was able to give her a tight hug and tell her I forgive her. She lost everything, it is not easy.
I stood up and cried bitterly. "Why are you feeling sorry, and even crying for her, she got you raped, she stabbed you and was ready to kill you, she was ready to wipe your family out and died in place of you, you should be happy" Henry said.
"I feel no joy in her death, she really deserved a second chance" I replied him.
Few months after it was all over, I always try to go to the cemetery to visit both my mom and Tina's graves every weekend, to greet them and give them flowers. Sometimes, Henry do go with me and most times I go alone.
I might have lost my pride but i as well lost a friend and family. I recovered but they never got the chance to.
THE END