Psycho lady

A BABY FOR BILLIONAIRE KNOX

EPISODE SEVEN

THEME: Psycho lady

Adella bursted out of the hospital exit door, it was late in the night. The area was so busy as she walked on and her eyes kept looking around in excitement. She giggled at the sight of the people she saw on the streets. "What's your name?" She asked no one in particular.

Five high school girls laughed as they passed by Adella. She studied them closely and she realized that she was different from them, totally different from most on the people on the street. They were neatly and nicely dressed like the ones she used to see those times she swam up to the beach . And to Adella she didn't care about her look instead it was an affirmation that she was truly in the human world and that she wasn’t just dreaming.

"Yes! I am in the human world!" She screamed into the skies. "It is so beautiful in here!" She added with excitement in her tone.

The people around stared at her and they whispered into each others ears.

"I think she is crazy."

"She is from the mental home just take a look at the gown."

"Should we call the cops on her?"

Many handful comments she walked pass the humans but she wasn't moved by their words.

Adella walked faster, turning around with her head tossed back.

"I feel like a human!" Then she began to hum a song as she walked on.

I would be a good human

I would sing to myself the whole day

I would comb my hair with the comb of pearl.... Adella paused to think for a second.

“Comb of pearl? That's for my world.” She scratched her hair. “There can’t be comb of pearl here.” She slapped her cheek. “Come on Adella, don’t sing anything that might take you back to the merworld, you have to be careful.” She said out loudly to herself.

I would be a good human

I would sing to myself the whole day

I would comb my hair with.. Adella paused again to figure what the humans use in keeping their hair clean but not occurred to her.

Adella continued with her eyes closed as she swirled around in excitement.

I will comb my hair with the human comb

And still as I comb it, I would sing and say,

I would be a good human

I would comb my hair till my ringlet could fall,

Low a down, low a down -

The song stopped abruptly when Adella bumped into someone and followed by a thud. A phone just dropped to the ground, shattering the screen in the process.

“Hey!” The person she bumped into shouted in sheer surprise as he bent down to pick up his cellphone.

Adella reopened her eyes quickly while the man she bumped into uttered a profanity. But she overlooked him and walked away without apologizing or even saying a word to him. Adella continued to hum her song in a low tone as she swirled herself around.

The man went after her, grabbed her clothes and pulled her back. "Hey miss -"

Adella jerked free from his grip. “Let me go!” she snapped at him.

He stood in front of her to block her pathway and then he couldn’t help but take in her features. Adella's long brown hair swept over one shoulder, she had incredible bone structure and skin that was nothing less than luminous. Her full lips, nice nose and eyes with long thick lashes - they were aquamarine!

He noticed she was dressed in hospital gown and she was barefooted - No shoes. She must be insane, he concluded. Adella made an attempt to leave again but he blocked her pathway.

“You stepped aside..” Adella pointed at him stamping her feet on the ground.

"You should apologize miss." He said.

"A - po - lo - gize?" She repeated carefully.

The man rolled his eyes."Yes...like say sorry.” He said.

Adella raised her eyebrow at him. In the merworld, you only say sorry whenever you do something bad like when you talk bad about someone. But she didn’t do anything bad to this man so why would she apologize to him?

"Sorry? for what?" She folded her arms.

"You don't know?" He showed her his broken phone.

"Who are you? And why should I apologize or say sorry?” Adella questioned him with a pout on his lips.

"You bumped into me and you ruined my phone.” He stated.

"It was your fault!" She pointed a finger at him "You were busy -" she paused and pointed to his phone but she didn't know what he had called it.

"Miss! Miss!" A familiar voice called out to her.

Adella turned back and saw Oliver, he found her again! “Doctor -“ Adella paused again as she had already forgotten his name again.

"Are you her guardian?" The man asked when Oliver was close.

“Not really, I am just a doctor in the hospital where she is receiving treatment.” Oliver explained.

He turned to face Adella. "Why did you run out of the hospital like that?" He scolded.

"I...I..wanted to see the human world.” Adella answered with shrug.

"Are you okay?" He checked her out to see if she wasn’t hurt anywhere.

"Yes I am fine.” Adella pushed him away.

"Excuse me young man, I don't think she is fine. She bumped into me and ruined my phone. And she is refusing to say sorry.” He explained.

Adella huffed. “I didn’t..do anything wrong.” She said to Oliver. “I was just singing and then-“

“You bumped into me.” The man completed her unintended sentence.

Oliver studied the man and immediately he knew his identity despite the disguise. Oliver wondered what a man like him was doing on the street late night. He had even tried to hide his identity with the face mask and change of hairstyle to disguise but only a true fan of his could tell that he was one of the best international models and top most celebrity in the country.

Oliver wasn't a fan of celebrities but Ryan had done a good job at pestering him to buy him posters of celebrities so he would put them up in his bedroom. And Knox Martins was Ryan’s favorite celebrity and his demands had made Oliver to know some other famous celebrities in their country.

“Now..you ruined my phone...” Knox scoffed.

Adella stood defensively. “I didn’t ruin your..Pho-ne.”

Oliver wondered why Knox Martins was making a fuss over a phone when the big time celebrity could afford to buy hundred of phones if he wanted to and even more.

“You did.” Knox countered.

"No..I didn't ruin it!" Adella and Knox argued.

“That's enough, I will pay you for the broken screen of the phone.” Oliver said. Luckily he had his wallet on him. So he did well by bringing out his wallet to pay Knox for the broken phone.

Knox felt insulted by the gesture. "Hey doctor, do you know who I am? I can as well buy hundreds of this phone so I don't need your money. She only needs to apologize to me and I will let it go.” He said with pride in his tone.

“Okay fine, the patient is unstable at the moment so I will apologize on her behalf. I am sorry.” Oliver apologized.

Adella eyed Knox. “Why take sorry so personally?” She hissed and concluded that she doesn’t like this type of human.

He wasn’t kind like the doctor and he was so full of himself that he doesn’t have respect for anyone. Who does he think he is? She fumed.

“I will only accept your apology because you said she is unstable. Someone like her shouldn’t be out in the opening, you should use the money you are offering to me to check her into a proper mental home and buy her a shoe or better still just confine her to a mental home for life so she won't go about hurting people.” Knox Martins said in a harsh tone.

Anger crashed over Oliver at the Knox’s words but he did a good thing at hiding it. More reasons why he doesn’t like celebrities, they are so full of themselves and don’t have respect for others.

"Thank you for the advice but you can as well learn how to talk to people properly and learn some manners. Being a celebrity doesn't give you the chance to be rude to others.” Oliver held Adella’s hand and pulled her along with him.

"Who is he? I don’t like him...he is a bad guy right? I hate bad guys." Adella blabbed.

"Are you okay?" Oliver asked.

"Yes, I am fine.” She replied.

"Did he hit you?" Oliver asked again.

"No.” She responded.

"So why didn't you just apologize to him?" Oliver demanded.

"It wasn't my fault!" She countered.

"You should have said sorry to him for ruining his phone.” Oliver scolded her.

Adella clenched her teeth as she looked back at the man. In her world he would have bowed to her as the Princess of Merivilla kingdom and special mermaid of all seas.

"Where are we going?” She asked.

"To the hospital.” Oliver replied.

"Where is the hospital?" She asked again.

"The place you ran -"

"No!" she jerked free of his hold on her wrist.

Oliver tried to hold her but she stepped away. “I don't want to go back there." She objected.

"You need to get better.” Oliver said in the calmest tone he could muster.

"No I said I am fine! I don’t want to go back there.” She stamped her feet.

"Then I will be forced to carry you.” Oliver replied with a serious look on his face. He was responsible to her now so if anything goes wrong then it would be on him.

"What?!" Adella gasped out.

Oliver crouched down in front of her. "Hop on my back,” he instructed her.

"What?" Adella stepped aside.

"Come on! As a patient it is not good to be out like this..you don’t even have a shoes on.” He coaxed.

"Can't I stay in that thing?" She pointed to the moving taxi.

"No..not now please..let's go.” Oliver said.

There was no arguing with him so she climbed on his back and he carried her up. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yes I am fine.” Adella moved.

Knox Martins watched from where he stood as he realized that the doctor knew his identity. Then he thought about the lady with the doctor.

"Are they dating?" He asked but not loud enough for anyone to hear him.

"No...what responsible man would leave his psycho girlfriend to roam the street at night..with no shoe.” He thought.

Knox waved it off. It was none of his business. Knox concluded but he still found himself drawn to the Psycho Lady.