Camilla's POV
The pill lodged in my throat, just as I let it down into my mouth. My chest burned as I coughed
uncontrollably. I quickly grabbed the glass of water and took a long drink, clearing my throat.
At that moment, Raul walked in. I quickly shot up from my chair, "where are you coming from,
Raul?" My voice still croaked from coughing, but loud enough for him to hear.
Raul completely ignored me and kept on walking towards his bedroom and I followed behind
him. "Answer me, Raul, where the hell are you coming from?" I repeated my question, this time
louder for him not to ignore.
He stops and runs his hand through his hair and turns around, facing me, "Can you mind your
business, for one second, Lady?" His words took me back.
"Raul, you are changing." I said, my voice mixed with pain and confusion. "I've noticed your
character changing, Raul."
"And I don't care." Raul replies me sharply
"What do you mean, you don't care?" I shot back.
"I said, I don't care! Why the fuck will I care, Camilla?" Rauls voice became louder now. "Look at
you, Camilla, you're a shadow of yourself, you've let yourself go. You say you noticed me
changing, yet, you changed a long time ago." He snapped.
His words only increased my anger, "I ended up like this because of you, Raul!" I screamed at
the top of my lungs, "I ended up like this, because I wanted to carry your child, Raul. And I went
through extreme measures to try to make that happen and I got all these un…unhealthy fat from
all the drugs…drugs I was consuming." liquid now leaking from my eyes.
"Well, I didn't ask you to take all those drugs." Raul shot back. And I burst into tears.
"You promised me family, Raul. Now you're acting like I forced everything on you." I said.
"You wanted a baby more than you wanted me, Camilla." Raul yelled back, "there, I said it,
Camilla."
"I sacrificed everything trying to be enough for you!" I shot back.
"You think love is suffering? That if you hurt yourself enough, I'll magically love you more?" He
continued raining his words on me.
"You think gaining weight was a choice, Raul? You think I enjoy looking into the mirror and not
recognizing myself? Answer me!" I yelled, tears flowing on my face.
He throws his hand into the air, "Everytime…. Everytime, I walk into this house and it's like a
fucking funeral."
Every one of His words tore deeper into me and I couldn't handle any of it, I was breaking
within.
"This is why you keep losing everything around you, Raul. Your life, your honor as a man,
even….Dani." My words clearly hurt him, as his eyes widened.
"If you keep torturing me with your sorry voice every day, I'll pack my things and leave!" He shot
back and stormed out.
I regret everything.
I regret turning out to be like this.
I let the glass cup in my hands fly and hit the wall, beside where Raul has just gone past.
The tears on my face had stopped now. I didn't need to shed any tears for that ungrateful man. I
walked over to the sink to wash my face.
I cupped water and splashed it down my face. The reflection in the mirror wasn't me. I had fallen
apart, I wasn't even myself. I wouldn't recognize myself If I walked past on the way. I punched
through the mirror, small shards of glass sticking in my hand.
Sitting on the bed, I pulled out the tiny shards carefully, as the shards drew out red liquid from
my hands and tears from my eyes.
Dani's life had turned around for the best, and here I am, falling apart in the worst possible way
there is. My once beautiful self is gone, and so are the gigs with it. No one wants to hire an
unhealthy girl. I don't know what to do with my life anymore. The money's not coming in
anymore, and we're going broke slowly.
And the worst part of it all is Raul. I don't know what's gotten into him recently. He used to be
loving and supportive, but nowadays, he never comes home early, yells at me at every given
opportunity and mocks how I turned out after trying for him.
I hate everything.
I finish pulling out the shards and wrap my hand in bandages. But Just as I was about to leave
the room, Rauls phone buzzed to life from a text message.
I quickly made sure he wasn't coming for the phone. I picked it up and unlocked it after a few
password guesses. I first went through his texts but couldn't find anything, just texts and
conversations with his colleagues, friends and bills.
I wasn't satisfied.
My thumb hovered over the screen for a moment, thinking. Then I tapped his call logs, and my
eyes widened immediately.
He had dialed Dani's phone. Her name repeated over and over again, not once, not ten times,
over a hundred times. And what surprised me. The call wasn't received.
This got me furious.
Before I could continue going through his phone, a hand shot and snatched the phone from me,
startling me in the process.
He didn't say anything. He just went through the phone for a brief moment, Like I had put
something in there he didn't like.
Silence filled the air. I could only hear our breathing.
Finally, he raised his cold gaze.
"What?" I snapped, my defences rising and expecting him to say something or atleast explain
what I had just seen. "Well say something!"
He didn't. He just stared at me and then without another word he turned and walked away.
Why would he be dialing Dani's phone so many times?
Why would he be calling her in the first place?
Is something going on I should know about?
Whatever it is, I'll find out.