Chapter 3

Damien felt his throat turn dry after Rebecca ended the call on him. He stared at the screen for a minute before it dawned on him that his wife had suddenly changed and did not care about him in any way. At least not anymore.

He placed his phone in his pocket as he slowly found his way to the kitchen. It took a minute to get there. Opening the fridge, he got out a bottle of water and grabbed a cup. He uncapped it and turned it over to pour the content into the glass. 

“And who said you could drink our bottle of water?” Justin, Rebecca’s younger brother said

“I’m thirsty” he said, not wanting to argue with them

“You are thirsty for water and not for wealth” The mother appeared next

“I just need water mum” Damien said

“Oh, you shut up, fool. Who is your mother? This would be the last time you would open that mouth and call me your mother. Do you look as miserable as you right now?” she snapped at him

“I’ll place it back” he forced a smile

He spun around cocking the bottle. Justin snatched the bottle. “What are you doing here anyway? Aren’t you supposed to find your way?”

“Oh, he would leave. I’m sure he wants to stick around and claim what is not his. Rebecca told me you signed the papers. Finally, you decided to free us and her from your poverty. You are good for nothing. For a year since you got married to my daughter, you have done nothing. You could not even secure a position in the company you work for”

“I-”

“I am trying Mother” Justin said and he laughed with his mother

“Aren’t you tired of that line? Every single time you are trying. There will be changes soon. I’ll work on it but nothing. Nothing! You can’t do anything. You claimed you got a good degree so why don’t you have a job with it?”

Rebecca’s mother continued, “Take a look at Alex. A young man that is ready to do anything for us. Just a single moment he came into my daughter’s life, changes were evident. You on the other hand” She spat on him

“Mother!”

Justin punched him. “You dare not raise your voice at my mother,” he said as Damien stumbled back not expecting the hit

Justin did not stop there. He knocked Damien down while he was still in shock as to Justin hitting him. It was something new to him. Damien knew Justin was a little bit violent but he had never directed it at him before except today.

Damien refused to hit Justin back even after being thrown to the ground and kept being beaten. All he could do was protect his face to prevent any damage to it. Justin was happy with the turn of events.

Finally, he could beat the idiot who told him he should stop wasting money unnecessarily. It took a lot of effort not to snap at him then and tell him, Damien that he was not wasting money and the reason why he was seeing it like that was because he was poor.

He did not even have a single penny in his name. Damien’s pay in the company could not even prepare a complete meal. If not for Rebecca, who knows if they would have been eating at all? Then someone decided to bless them for their patience with the idiot, Damien.

Alex was the light in the tunnel they always wanted. He was rich and the moment he came into Rebecca’s life, they began having in abundance. Rebecca would come back with cash and even gifts for all of them to hold on to.

Now, Justin chose to beat the living the daylight out of the man who made their life even worse by being poor and leaching onto them. “Enough, Justin” his mother finally said after being satisfied with how much Damien had been beaten

He dared yell at her when he had nothing.

“Throw him out” she instructed

Justin got up from Damien’s stomach, grabbed his shirt and pulled him up. It did not end there. He pulled the innocent Damien who could not say anything but let the young boy pull him towards the door.

Rebecca’s mother opened the door and Justin pushed Damien out. Without a word, he slammed the door in his face. “Mum? Justin? I’m sorry Mum. I did not mean to yell. Please just let me stay. I’ll find somewhere else soon. Please”

Damien stood at the door, knocking and speaking occasionally but the individuals paid no heed to his words. His knocking only attracted the neighbours so with a sigh, he left the door. The only place he thought of going at this point was his uncle’s place.

His parents would not take him back even if they found out he was no longer married to Rebecca. He was sure the president’s daughter had found someone else to get married to and even at that, he could not just forget Rebecca that easily.

He was not in love with the president’s daughter but he was in love with Rebecca. Taking one more glance at the door, he walked away. His mind was having a million thoughts at once. He stood at the side of the road waiting for a cab and then it dawned on him that he had no money on him to pay for it.

He had spent the little money he had on the rose for Rebecca. With he sigh, he began to walk. With his hands in his pocket, he decided to trek a few miles away to get to his uncle’s place. It took him some time to get there.

The huge mansion came into view as he approached. He pressed the button on the intercom. “Who is it?” his uncle’s voice came through

“It’s me, uncle,” he said

“Damien?”

“Yes, uncle”

The speaker went quiet but the gates did not open. After a few minutes, it opened but his uncle stepped out. “Why are you here?” he asked

“I really need a place to stay, uncle”

“I thought you had a place to stay with your wife”

“We just got divorced and I got thrown out of the apartment. I… I don’t really have any money with me right now and I can’t go home either. Can I stay here till I’ve sorted everything out?”

“I’m sorry, Damy. You know you are not in good standing with the family. I cannot let you stay. All I can do is withdraw from R****h Align like you requested”