In the city of California, a beautiful bright morning. Aiden, stood in front of the mirror fixing his tie. He combed his hair and exited the bedroom of his luxurious, 5-bedroom apartment inside an expensive Estate in Beverly Hills. Wearing an all-blue-black slim tuxedo, he headed for another bedroom in the apartment. Inside another bedroom of the apartment, a pregnant woman was lying on a bed with wires attached to her body and connected to a monitoring machine. She had on an oxygen mask and a young man in his thirties was attending to the woman. The room was 12 ft by 18 ft (216 square feet). The bed was positioned at the centre of the room, with the wardrobe closed to the wall opposite the foot of the bed and adjacent to the entering door. The room was painted white with glass windows to the right and a table at the centre of the two windows far apart from each other. A white heavy drape was pushed to the sides of the window allowing in some sunlight. The young man, Dr Jerome, a pe
"Hello Dr," Aiden said as soon as he answered the call. "She is awake," Dr Jerome said "What!" Aiden exclaimed. "I am coming back home," Aiden said and disconnected the call. He shut his laptop down and called Lewis. There was a knock on the door and Lewis entered. Aiden handed his laptop and bag to him and they both exited the office. Aiden handed over to his next in command, Julian and exited the hotel with Lewis leading the way. "We are going back home," Aiden said as he sat in the car's back seat. Lewis got behind the wheel and brought the engine to life. He drove out of the hotel compound heading back to the Estate in Beverly Hills. On the way, Aiden tried to call his mother, Mrs Scott, multiple times but she didn't answer. He called his sister Ruth and got the same results. He called his father, Mr Scott and he also didn't answer. "What is happening at home? Why are they all not answering their calls?" Aiden thought and tried his mother's number one more time and this time
"Mum, is everything alright?" Ana asked reading the sadness in her mother's voice. "I wish I could say yes," Mrs Morrison replied."Mum, please tell me what is wrong?" Ana asked sounding concerned."Get some rest. I will speak with Mr Scott and once he gives me the approval I will come over," Mrs Morrison said."Okay, Mum," Ana said, recalling a term in the contract which says her mother cannot see her without permission.The call ended and Ana went to sit on the bed dejected. She wondered when and how she ended up in such a situation. She is pregnant and doesn't even know how far she is. It felt like it was only yesterday, she was celebrating with her mother and sister, getting the scholarship to pursue the course of her dream to become the world's best dietitian. How did she end up in this? "What could be the problem that mum needs so much to handle?" Ana thought, recalling the amount to be paid stated in the contract.The door opened interrupting Ana's thought. A young man entere
"Son, I warned you about this Monica girl, but you never listened. Now look," Mrs Scott said and Aiden remained frozen holding the divorce paper in his hand. "Son, it is obvious she cares more about money than you. Is that the kind of woman you were to share the rest of your life with?" Mrs Scott asked and Aiden looked in her direction."I will be back," Aiden said and walked away despite his parents calling after him."My love, just let him be. He is in shock. With time, I know my son. He will find that girl and try to find out things for himself. He will sign his part, I assure you," Mrs Scott said to her husband. "I hope so. Sometimes, it is difficult to tell how his brain works. I didn't make him the heir for nothing. He must marry Amanda and you have to ensure that happens," Mr Scott said to his wife.Aiden went out the front door and fetched his phone. He dialled Monica's number and brought the phone to his ears. It rang till the end but no one answered. He dialled the number a
"So mum and dad, were right?" Aiden thought, sitting on the bed. Aiden could not sleep and decided to distract himself with some work. He turned on his laptop and started working reading about the other businesses of the family. The following week, he would have to visit all the business branches to understand how things run over there and what he can bring on board. In Ana's room, the nurse was done for the day and was in her room sleeping but Ana could not sleep. She was wondering what was happening at home. Why would her mother sign such a contract and not even mention it to her? If she had not woken up, she would have carried a child and delivered it without knowing. Ana tossed and turned in bed thinking about it. She got down from the bed and decided to walk around a little to clear her head. She walked to the door and realized it was locked. She recalled another term in the contract, she could not go out of her room without permission. She went back to the bed and sat down. In
"Don't worry, Mum. Your health is what matters most to me. Don't worry. I will do my best to help raise the money for your treatment," Ana said and continued to hug Mrs Morrison as they both shared tears. Ana and her mother spent time together before Haga took Ana back to Aiden's apartment. Upon arrival, Ana was sent back to her room and Haga stayed with her."Is there anything you would like to eat?" Haga asked."I am okay with whatever you will give me," Ana replied feeling downcast. The nurse was worried. She had thought that if Ana sees her mother, emotionally she will be okay but now she looks worse than before. Haga exited the room and returned with a bowl of potato soup with fish. Ana frowned the moment Haga opened the covered food and the flavour went into Ana's nostrils."What, you don't want?" Haga asked seeing the look on Ana's face.Ana shook her head in a no and Haga sighed "Look, Mr Scott will not be happy if he hears you are starving yourself. It is past noon and you
"I will also not be a slave to love again," Monica whispered as she wiped her tears away getting ready for her next shoot."It is over. My beautiful love story is over," she thought touching her lips. "Ready for your makeover," came the makeup artist and Monica inhaled deeply before nodding. Aiden on the other hand, left the set back to the airport. He paid for the next available flight not ready to spend even a minute in Toronto. While he waited for his flight, memories of himself and Monica ran through his mind. Monica on the other hand was no different, she was unable to focus and take her pictures. The shoots were all coming out terrible. "Ms Hapkins is everything alright?" the director asked. "No, please. Can I take a break?" Monica asked. "Sure, let's call it a day. We continue tomorrow," the director said and Monica moved away from the set. Back in California, Aiden's apartment, Angela opened the door for Dr Jerome. He greeted her and went upstairs. He entered Ana's room
"Well, he is not back from work yet. So I waiting to find out who is in that room," Ruth said."Okay, Mum. You are right," Ruth replied still holding the phone to her ears sitting in the living room with her legs crossed. The call ended and Ruth called Angela to the living room."Now tell me, who is that in that room?" Ruth asked."Ma'am, I am telling the truth. I don't know," Angela replied."Are you as useless as you look?" Ruth asked angrily and Angela was silent. "How long have you been working for my brother?" she asked."Three years," Angela replied."Good, get ready for retirement," Ruth said and stood up."Ma'am, I swear to you. I don't know anything. Sir, asked me never to go up to the side of the room. Only one person goes up there but that is just to clean. I only work here, please," Angela said on her knees."Now we are getting somewhere. Who cleans that room? Get me the person," Ruth said and sat back down.Angele left the room immediately and returned with another maide