HOW DID I GET MARRIED?

Shola breathed a sigh of relief the moment madam Lu left, Nathan turned to look at her, he held her shoulders gently "Are you ok"

Shola sniffled looking at Nathan with a pitiful expression

"I'm fine, just tired"

Shola was deep in thought, the woman admitted to poisoning her but, why did Nathan look like he was not surprised at all?, like he knew about it.

Shola decided not to dwell on it any longer as she remembered that Joanna was coming over, right after Nathan left she rushed to look for a better outfit.

Joanna and Shola agreed to go out for awhile, she really was tired of being cooped up in this house.

When Joanna arrived, after making alot of noise (as usual), they both left the mansion in Joanna's car. Shola took a deep breath feeling better after leaving.

The pair decided to first visit the mall, Shola did have alot of clothes but...you know what girls are like.

"M..Mrs. Lu!" the girl at the counter rushed over the minute she spotted Shola.

The girl looked scared, she spoke really cautiously as if she was making sure Shola wouldn't get angry.

"Please this way ma'am, I will take you to the V.I.P section as usual"

Joanna saw the overwhelmed look on Shola's face, she giggled as she stared back at the girl "Not today Maria"

The twenty three year old breathed a sigh of relief and excused her self.

"What was that about?, why did she look so scared of me?" Shola was puzzled, it was thesame look on the maid's faces and now even the staff in a mall.

"Shola I think its time I tell you about.....you "

Joanna took a deep breath and continued "You were.....not exactly as you are now"

"What do you mean?"

Joanna cleared her throat, she really wasn't sure if she should be doing this

"You.....when we were nineteen, we ran into a man, he was really handsome and he said he was interested in me but he also told you secretly that he liked you as well so..."

Shola nodded her head understanding what happened "So we both dated the same guy"

"Yes, he was your first love. You were always talking about him and so was i but we didn't know it was the same guy.

He was a kind of psychopath , we were not the only girls he had done that to!"

Joanna stopped speaking as she stared at Shola as if she was scared of something "Are you sure you want to hear this? I mean...."

"Just go with the story, maybe I might remember something" Shola said not noticing the look of surprise on Joanna's face.

"Well, when the both of us found out about you know..... we both decided to confront him but then he....he locked both of us up in his room, he was way stronger than us combined.

He knocked you out and tried to have his way with me but then you managed to wake up and stop him you...." Joanna was already at the verge of tears, she held Shola's hands and spoke softly

"You told him to have his way with you instead and let me go, he pulled a knife from his counter and put it on your neck, he opened the door and told me that I was free to go but if I called the police he would kill you,

you kept telling me to go. I had no other choice but when I brought back help you were no longer in his house.

The police finally managed to track him down after a week, you both were at an abandoned warehouse. When we saw him,

his face was badly disfigured but he was laughing, he said he was happy and that we were too late!. When we saw you, your clothes were torn and you had injuries all over but...you showed no emotions, not happiness nor sadness or anger, your eyes were just....lifeless"

Shola felt a sharp pain in her head, remembering her nightmare and than man's disfigured face,

Joanna didn't notice the change in Shola's expression so she continued.

"You never spoke a word about what happened that week, and since then you were cold to everyone, you despised men alot and you had anger issues, you were always nicer to me but I kept blaming myself for what happened to you. You never told me what he did to you and you always snapped when someone brought up the topic,

and that's why everyone is scared of offending you, you really were scary"

Shola was trying to process everything she had just heard, she massaged her aching head trying to see if she could atleast remember what happened between her and the man in that warehouse.

"W....what was his name?"

"Oh...it was Jackson Filler"

Shola's head began to spin, that name....it was so familiar like she knew that was his name before she asked the man's disfigured face appeared in her mind again and soon everything went dark.

"Shola!"

Joanna saw that her friend had collapsed on the floor and she immediately regretted telling her the story, it was the darkest time of both their pasts and Shola was just recovering.

Joanna panicked as she dialed 911, waiting for them to come another named popped in her head and she quickly dialed Nathan's number.