Chapter 26

Crystal and Gina had finally succeeded to get a car and they were having to Blazes Mansion as that was the only place that she could hide from her monstrous uncle.
Crystal had thought of going to her friend's house but she had also thought back to the fact that it will be the very first place that her uncle will go to look for her after finding out that she had gone missing and she did not want to put her fitness life and that of her mother in danger.
Gina was scared of what could happen to them if Max succeeds in getting his hands on them. They were in the car of a passerby who was passing by and had taken pity on them.
"Where are you going to again?", the man asked them and Crystal panicking at the front seat, gave the location to the man.
" Okay then it is on my way so I will just drop you off at the street", he spoke out with a smile. Crystal was grateful to have met that man there as there was no way to get a taxi as it was not going to be easy.
Max men were all over patrolling the whole streets while Max was under serious pressure as the Minister was already present at the arena to officially bond the two parties by the constitution.
Taking out his phone from his pocket, he called out to his guard's phone interrogating whether there was any news about the whereabouts of both ladies but the guard gave him a negative response, told him that they were still searching and doing everything they could to look for them.
"If you do not find them, then do not return to this Mansion", he yelled out as he hung up the call and screamed out in anger. Wondering how they had managed to leave that house, he thought back to the people that were upstairs and with that anger, he went back into the house, taking the stairs.
The man looking at Crystal and Gina wondered what two beautiful ladies like them were doing on the street all frightened but he did not want to interfere as he just wanted to help them. They looked scared of something or someone and were as though they were being haunted.
He has driven through the traffic as Blaze's house was a little bit far from where she lived so they had to take some time on the road. It was very dramatic for her to have gone through all that she had gone through but she had understood that it was part of life and there was nothing she could do to then back the hands of time except to live it and face it.
Taking the street that led to Blazes' house, she was happy as she felt that her troubles will be over and that she could only think of Blaze as her uncle could not think up that she will go to him. Catching up with the supposed house, she told the man to stop there as they were going to drop down there.
The man who had noticed Crystal's beauty all through the way raised a question on how he was going to see her again and she responded that she was not a good person to be caught a glimpse of again. Though her face had healed a bit, the scar on it could still be seen a little.
Gina helped to thank the man for saving her life and he drove off. Turning to the Mansion, Gina was wowed to see something that was very huge and glamorous than the one that she was working there.
Not being able to hold herself, she asked,
" Where are we and who lives here?"
"My enemy", Crystal spoke out and her response fell on Gina's ears like a branch of wood making hearing difficult to get.
" How can you say that your enemy lives here, Hate is a strong word Ms. Crystal and I have never known you to be a person who holds grudges so what happened?", she asked but Crystal was too tired to even give her an answer so she just let out a smile that made Gina more suspicious.
Gina could not still wrap her hands around the mystery that was going on so she just stood and waited. Crystal felt weak to ring the bell at the portal, and with a sad and frightened look, Gina could read every sign of her expression.
Waiting for some time without any response, she rang the bell again and a security officer came out. From his looks, Crystal could already recognize him and she greeted him politely.
"Hi ma'am, what can I do for you?", he asked.
Crystal looking at Gina, said that she was there to see his boss Mr. Blaze Jadiel and the security officer asked her name and she gave it. With a thoughtful look, he told her to wait for some minutes while he how's inside to place a call across to him.
Crystal was happy that she had come in a day that he was home and due to all the stress and tiredness, she could not stand on her feet for long anymore and she became shaky.
"Hello Sir, there is a lady out here asking to see you", he spoke out waiting for his boss's response, and Blaze asked who it was, the security officer said it was a certain Ms. Crystal Taylor.
" Crystal Taylor?", he asked with a surprising hue and the officer repeated the same thing that he had said.
Thinking to himself whether she had finally thought about her behavior and had come to see him, he told him to let her in and the officer answered back positively hanging up the call to go outside and ask them to enter but on reaching outside, he saw Crystal down and Gina shaking her to get up, wept bitterly.
The security officer was confused and without much hesitation, he went down and carried Crystal up taking her inside and asking Gina to follow them into the yard too. Blaze who had not gone to work that day because of his unstable mind and spirit had agreed on staying back home to get over certain issues that were disturbing his psyche.
Catching a glimpse of his security officer, walking into the Compound and with a deep breath, he left his balcony, walking into his room and out of it along the stairs as he came down to the living room and rushing outside to understand what was happening, he saw that he was indeed carrying but Crystal in his arms and she seemed to be unconscious.
"What happened to her and who are you?", he asked throwing his gaze at the security officer and Gina. Taking Crystal from the security officer's hands, he asked Gina to follow him into the Mansion calling out on his maid to call his family doctor to come home as fast as he can.
The maid nodded and did exactly what he had asked and with a frightful look, he took Crystal and Gina upstairs to his room mad Gina was heavily crying out.
Blaze was confused and could not tell why they were both dressed in maids cloth and what could be the problem.
" Who are you and what happened?", he asked entering his room and playing Crystal down on his bed while waiting for Gina's explanation. Skeptical about him, she did not know whether to narrate everything or not as Crystal had said that the owner of that house is her enemy.
Lowering her gaze, she said that it was a long story and that she will prefer for Crystal to wake up and tell. The blaze was more convinced that something was wrong somewhere and veering around his gaze back to Crystal he could see that one side of her cheek was giving birth to
some deformity.
Taking a look at looking more as he lowered his look on her, he asked with an angry tone,
"Who is the bastard who has done this to her?".
Gina trembling closed her lips and with tears running down her eyes, she looked at Crystal in her oblivious state, she felt bad faced with that situation that she could not talk much.
It was an awful experience and she could not understand who Blaze was to Crystal, so letting out anything there, will be tantamount to betrayal. Blaze decided not to ask her any further questions again after watching the fear in her eyes.
The atmosphere was saved by the consultant who had just walked inside Blaze's room.
" Welcome doctor he rose to his feet".
"Thank you Mr. Jadiel, what happened here?", the doctors asked laying his medical box on the table while taking out his apparatus to check up on the patient.
He explained that she had stumbled in front of his gate and the doctor asked who she was to him and he responded,
" She is my friend".
Examining Crystal, he said that he could not see anything to be scared of except for a few places that were swollen either from falling or being beaten by someone.
"She needs plenty of fruits and vegetables as well as plenty of rest", he spoke out some more.
He further said that her state is stable and there is nothing to worry about and Blaze thanked him for his time and efforts and walked him out of the house.
Gonna who was left alone with Crystal got up from her seat and walked towards her, she knelt by the bed and crude out,
" You have to wake up Ms. Crystal.
The Minister and the others were already present as well as Nathan and his friends. everyone was waiting for Maxwell to go inside and bring his niece but he was just turning around imploring the Minister for some more time as there was a minor issue.
Mr. Bassey who has noticed the stress on his friend's face got up from his seat and walk to him asking what the issue is and Max looking at him shook his head, and said that Crystal had escaped.
Shocked by the news, he asked his friend how that was even possible and his friend said that it had happened just before his guard's eyes.
"This is not good at all", he said smacking his foot against the ground and asking what Max has done to remedy the situation, he told him that he has sent his boys out to look for her.
Bassey thinking of where she could have gone to, asked Max whether she has any family members or close friends who could take get in given the situation and Max said no but after reasoning what his friend had asked, he turned to him and with a long stare he voiced out,
" Wait a minute, there is only one person that she could have ran and gone to".
He let a mischievous smile that made his friend completely go lost as he called out his lookouts to head straight to a certain Ms. Georgia's house and look for his niece there. He told them the address and waited for her to be brought back.
Max's men drove to Georgia's house, hoping to find Crystal over there, and if they had to use force to get her kit off there, they will.
Crystal was still unconscious in Blaze's house and waiting for her to wake up, he asked his maids to take care of the stranger which was Gina, giving her anything she desires and making her feel comfortable.
Gina, sitting on the floor by her Matron, thanked Blaze for his hospitality, and Blaze turning his gaze at her, asked her shy she was appreciating him and she said,
"I do not know you sir neither do I know the relationship that you have with my Matriarch, but I know for a fact that, if she could run to you in a situation like this one that we found ourselves, that only means one thing".
The blaze was not the weird type but he had to know what Gina had to say so he asked her,
" What does it mean miss?".
"It only means that you are someone she trusts completely", she finished her statement looking at him in the eyes. On giving attention to what the lady had just said, he looked at Crystal still lying on conscious In his bed.
Gina looked at his gaze and without wanting to sound offensive she said,
" She is beautiful right?", her question came out a little bit straightforward but Blaze swallowed some saliva and nodded in agreement to what she had asked.
She did not want to. push through so she turned to Crystal and hoped that she will wake up soon. While yearning for her to wake up from her state, one of the maids came to Blaze's door, knocking at it she listened to him asking her to come in and she pushed the door stepping into the room.
"Mr. Blaze the room you asked me to prepare for your guest is ready", she spoke out lowering her gaze. Duke smiled at her and told her that she may go now and she turned around and left.
Turning to Gina, he spoke to her saying that her room was ready and that there was everything inside. Adding to that, he gave an account of the things that will be brought to her like a new dress so that she could change into something better and neat while they wait for Crystal to wake up.
Gina hesitating said that she could not leave her Matron alone with him and she had to stay by her till she woke up. Blaze smiling at her and letting out that she doesn't have to be afraid of him took in a deep breath and went quiet.
Not wanting to force things, told her that she could stay then and that he was going downstairs to sort out some things.
Gina nodded in understanding to what he had said and turning his back to leave, he stopped for some seconds and speaking up with a soft and gentle voice he let out,
" As soon as she wakes up, do not hesitate to call for me".
"I will sir", she conceded. Blaze left his room and head downstairs for his office. It was great luck that they had found him at home as he did from feel as to go to work, wanting to work from home. Reaching his office, he walked inside and sat on the chair swirling from side to side without any focus whatsoever to work. Crystal's image was all over his head and he could not understand who could have done something like that to her.
" What did she do to deserve something like that, or did she go to steal from someone again?", he murmured alone. Looking at her, she did not have any serious injuries on her skin except for a few bruises and the sore on her face. Taking out a deep breath, he had no other option but to wait for her to wake up and nitrate what had happened to her.
His heart could not bear to see her in such a situation but he was very hurt by it and all the resentment and irritation that he was feeling for her after her failed program, had all gone when he saw her unconscious in his security officer's arms.
"I will kill Gina myself when I see her", Max spoke out in an angry voice, thinking of the betrayal that she had caused on him. He had ordered for his remaining men to make sure that the two guards and the stylist will be severely punished for their negligence.
They were been looked up in a room consigned to the grave in the basement, where all of their cries and screaming will not be listened to by the rest of the world. He was so mad and a guard had come to inform him about the whispering of people at the gathering, waiting to see the bride but nothing. Also, he pointed lit that the Minister and the groom were already tired of waiting. Filled with that anger, Max took up his eyes that were as red as a freshly cut pepper from the farm, and with a thundered voice he said,
" If you do not leave my sight now, I will assassinate you and feed your flesh to the dogs".
The guard could feel the tension in his voice and he had to go down with a mad rush for fear of getting consumed by his boss's anger.
"Where can you be Crystal?", he raised a question holding his head like a mad person.
Sounds of cars were being listened to outside Georgias home and her mother had just returned formwork feeling all tired. The security officer wondering who it may be that wanted to bring down the whole building, opened the gate to see who it was and the only thing he could feel was a hard punch on his face leaving him unconscious on the ground.
The men entered into the yard and made their way to the main building when Georgia and her mom had given attention to the noise that was coming out of their premises, came down to go outside and check what was going on.
Touching the handle of the door, as Georgia asked her mother and the maid what was going on outside, she felt like someone was coming close to the house and opening it, she saw armed men in their numbers pointing a gin at her.
Screaming bout in fear as she ran back to her daughter, she asked what they wanted and they told them to keep their voices down or they were going to blow out their brains in the ground.