We were in one of Drake's car, driving down to his Uncle's place. I was having a terrible headache and cold maybe because I wore a sleeveless gown.

"James could you please turn down the AC ?" I kindly requested from one of Drake's bodyguards who was driving us. He's always around Drake more than the other guards.

He turned down the air conditioner and I leaned back in my chair, I used my index fingers to massage my temples so as to soothen the pain but it was of no use.

"Are you okay ? You look sick. "Drake has really changed a lot since the incident at the beach and I should be happy about that but I'm not liking all the attention and care he's giving me especially since he said I'm his responsibility now.

"You don't look good ,how about we bring in a doctor to treat you from home."Drake said while taking off his suit's jacket.

"I'm fine ,I just have a little cold."I coldly said. I know I was being hard but I just told him my life problems and I don't want him treating me like a charity case.

"Okay let me put my jacket over you so you could get warm"He stretched out his hands to put the jacket over me but I stopped him.

"It's fine I can put it on myself and thanks for lending me your jacket."I didn't want him treating me with so much care besides why the sudden change, he had always been mean to me.

We arrived in front of a huge and tall gate where one could see the beautiful house built behind it. As we drove in, I took in the beauty of the household. It had lots of glass walls with flower pots attached to the windows. It's entrance door had steps leading up to it.

We parked right in front of the door steps. His uncle and his wife were already outside waiting for us. His uncle was tall but slender, he was bald but his baldness complemented his moustache. His wife was short and plumpy, she had really long hair. She was smiling widely at me as I got down from the car.

"Drake my boy, I'm so happy to see you again !"His uncle held Drake in a tight hug like he hasn't seen him in years.

"Oh Drake you've grown so tall and when did you add weight ?"His wife stretched out his hands to hug him too. She had a nice African accent that makes her words stand out.

Drake laughed out loud and he looked so happy, I've never seen him look this happy. He's always having a scowl on his face and a bad mood to go with it.

My legs felt wobbly as I stood there and before I knew what was going on my vision went blank and I fell on the cold hard floor.

I could hear the voices of Drake and his uncle rushing down to come get me.

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I was so weak and tired. I struggled to open my eyes to know where I was. My eyes landed on two girls with the same face looking down at me with their faces so close to mine.

"Aaahhhhhh !"I screamed as I sat up on the bed making the two girls get up from the bed. Everyone in the room laughed including the doctor who was standing by my side.

"Oops sorry !"The two girls said while giggling. The two girls were tall and they had their natural hair packed in a bun ,they wore the same clothes which made them look really cute.

"Hi my name is Busola and she's my twin sister Busayo."One of the twin spoke as she put her arm around her twin's shoulder.

"We are cousins to your boyfriend, Drake."Busayo said while smiling widely at Drake who now have his eyes widened.

"Hell no, Drake's my boss"I said as I tried to get myself comfortable on the bed.

"What's wrong with dating your boss."Busola said with an arched brow while looking at her sister who shared the same expression. They really looked alike , it was like a girl was staring into a mirror.

"Okay girls let's go make lunch now,we have a lot of work to do in the kitchen because we are making one of my Nigerian delicacy."Their mom ordered them as their bright faces turned into a scowl as they exit the room leaving me with Drake, his uncle and the doctor.

"So how do you feel Miss Skai ?"The doctor asked me while he reached for his note to jot some things down.

"I feel okay but dizzy." I don't know why but ever since the beach incident I've always been dizzy.

"That's because that idiot poisoned you."Drake blurted out angrily as he stood up from his chair facing one of the glass walls at the side of the room.

"What ?!" I exclaimed while I looked at the doctor for an explanation.

"Well , you were exposed to a large amount of carbon monoxide for a while probably to make you confused or dizzy so as to knock you out." The doctor paused and he dropped the note down on the bedside table then he sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Thankfully whoever abducted you was nice enough to dump you by the beach because your drowning at the beach made the oxygen molecules from the water to induce the harmful effects of the gas."He said while taking out his stethoscope.

"So he knew what he had done to you that's why he dropped you at the beach."Drake said as he also settled on the edge of my bed.

"Thank goodness you are safe now and Drake told me everything about the Andre guy and I must ....."I cut off his uncle as he spoke. I can't believe Drake blabbed my life story to his family.

"You told him ?!"I asked him with anger.

"You have to take things easy, you are recovering from the effects of the gas."The doctor tried to calm me down but too late I was already hot.

"Why not tell the whole America so they could praise you for being the hero who saves the poor girl from the dangerous mafia Lord !"I lashed out on Drake who stood up with so much anger and annoyance.

"He's my uncle and not just anyone besides he let us stay here, sooner or later they'd like to know why we had to stay in their house on such short notice and your collapsing on their doorstep wouldn't make hiding it easy so for once try and be reasonable, you haven't even thanked him yet." He angrily shouted those words at me then his uncle held him by the shoulder to calm him down.

"Why do you have to be so rigid ?"He asked with his eye brows furrowed while he looked at me with annoyance.

"I'm not rigid, I just don't want people treating me like a charity case or feeling sorry for me. I can take care of myself."I said with gritted teeth.

"Then you'd have carried your unconscious self from the beach that night !" He walked out of the room slamming the door hard.

"I think I should take my leave now, your drugs are on the bedside table. Skai you need to take things easy."He said before getting up from the bed.

He nodded Drake's uncle goodbye and left the room. Drake's uncle came over and stood at the end of the bed.

"I believe we haven't introduced ourselves."He said with a smile.

"I'm Skai"I said looking down at my fingers that were playing with the fabric of the blanket.

" I'm Kelvin, I guess you already know I'm Drake's uncle but I became his dad since his dad passed away."His smile faded away as he mentioned the death of Drake's father.

"What happened ?"I asked now looking at Kelvin.

"Just a car accident, that aside let's talk about you ,are you still dizzy ?"He now had his smile back then he sat down on the bed.

"Yeah a little but it's better than before."I said as I rested my head on the bed headboard.

"I guess you must be famished , my wife and kids are making my wife's country delicacy for lunch and it tastes pretty good ."He said while rubbing his stomach like a small kid who just had a nice meal.

"Oh what country is she from ?"I asked wondering where her accent could be from.

"Why don't you take a guess."He narrowed his eyes waiting for me to make a guess.

"Based on her sharp and thick accent with her plumpy nature I'd say South Africa ?"I gave my answer in form of a question. He laughed at my answer for a while then he cleared his throat as he stabled himself.

"No she's from Nigeria"He said with a smile of pride.

"Well that explains the twins names. Your wife seem really nice and I need to have a proper introduction with her and the girls"I said as I relaxed into the bed to lay under the blanket.

"Yeah, you could do that at lunch in the meantime you should rest."He got up and tucked me to lay comfortably in bed.

"I'm sorry for my behaviour earlier, it's never a peaceful moment with Drake."I said as he was about to leave.

"It's fine Skai, Drake is a guy with so many sides."He chuckled and he turned around to leave.

"But why ?"I asked him hoping to get an answer.

"Well that's a story for another day and Drake would be the right one telling that story."He turned the door's handle and left the room.

I closed my eyes to sleep but the thoughts about what Kelvin told me lingered in my mind making me wonder what could have happened that would make a man so hard heartened.