Novels by Eileen Pryce

RUBYPeople often said that I was a resemblance ofy mother. The hair, the face, the smile... All was almost like my mother when he was young, except for the eyes. I have a pair of hazel eyes instead of dark brown of my mother's."Your resemblance. Seemed like the fate had brought me to you."The memory of those days instantly flowed inside my head. The only resemblance to me was my mother. "Do you know my mother?"Nicolas stared at me meaningfully. "Grace? Yes. I know your mother so well."My heartbeat faster as many questions formed in my mind as well as an impossible theory.However, my focus was diverted to his movement when he took something out of his pocket. It was a letter."Here. It's the last contact I have with Grace."I was initially hesitant. But then my hand moved to take it and started to open the letter that looked old.There was a handwriting.My mother.Dear Nicolas,I hope this letter finds you well. This is Grace, the love of your life from the past.How are you? I'

RUBY"Will you marry me, Ruby?"I flushed. I had never thought that what we would discuss after his conciousness was about my agreement of marrying him.I thought it was just a monologue and a guidance for him to return to me. Turned out, he heard of all it and even remembered it."You promised." Wyatt said again when I was merely silent for a few seconds. His eyes was full of hope, and I knew I couldn't crush it. It was my words, after all.So, I slowly nodded."Words, baby." Of course, it wasn't enough for him. He needed to have it with all of my expression.I could feel my cheeks heating. But I had to keep going or he wouldn't stop bothering me with this. "Y-Yes. Let's get married."His lips twitched into a smile, the widest he had given since awakened. It reached his eyes, brightening the life in them. "Can we marry tomorrow?"My face wrapped in a horror in an instant. "What?"However, what I got was a chuckle. He teased me, even in his condition!"I'm sorry, honey, but your react

WYATTIt was darkness.Wherever I saw was darkness. No light at all. Not even a point of it.But I heard voices. Familiar voices that kept me waiting for them to come again and again. That shoved away all the fears from the darkness until I found it. A dim light, which I followed and then brought me back to the reality.I was lying in a hospital bed, body stiff.Then a pair of clear blue eyes met me even before I could utter something."Daddy." And beat me for this as well.I forced a smile out although my cheeks were hurt from twitching. However, grateful was above anything else. I could see my son again, and I couldn't be happier than this.Oh, I remembered what happened before darkness took over me. I was trying to save Austin from a biker directing to him. But it hit me instead and all I felt was grateful that I succeeded and my son was safe. Then, it was dark.I tried to move my right hand. But the pain shot me right away, causing me to flinch and observing it only to find it was

RUBYI couldn't believe what I saw. Wyatt was awake.He was lying still. But his eyes opened, revealing the most beautiful eyes I always loved.I was staggering, trying to grasp the reality. Or was it merely my imagination?Or was I in a dream?"Daddy is awake, Mommy." My son's voice entered my ears. But it was only passing as if it wasn't enough to give me assurance.I needed to check it directly.I gasped the moment my fingers touched his warm cheek and his eyes were staring at me, weak but alive. And the touch on my hand was I needed to broke off. "Y-You're awake." I was stammering to speak as mixed emotions overwhelmed me.Was this really true?Wyatt brought my hand to his lips, kissing it lovingly as always. "I'm here, honey. I'm sorry to make you worry." His voice was hoarse from the long sleep.I shook my head, but my eyes were already pouring. "You're awake. That's the matter." I forced a smile out on my lips. "I'll call the doctor."I pressed the button and in seconds, doctor

RUBYIt had been five days since the accident, but Wyatt's was still peaceful in his sleep no matter how many times I begged him to wake up. He ignored her as if her pleas were lullabies, accompanying him to sleep more.No. It shouldn't be like that. He had to get up, not to fall deeper into his dream."It's Wednesday, and you have been sleeping for five days already. Aren't you tired of sleeping? Don't your body ache from lying on the bed for too long? You need to move your body, strecthing, running, or just walking. I will exercise with you. I promise. But you have to wake up first. You know, there's a due date for the promise, or it will get expired before you use it." Another monologue in the morning as I visited the hospital for the shift change with Mom and Dad.Of course, I came with Austin. He had seated himself on the sofa, rummaging his ransel and picking out of his stuff one by one. Two books, two car toys, and Legos. They were for accompanying him waiting for his daddy to

WILLIAM"Tell mw what you've gotten." I said through the gritted teeth as Todd, my assistant, came over to report his findings.Of course, I wouldn't let whoever hurt my family free. They had to pay for their sin."He refused to answer the investigator's questions. But they will send him to prison anyway and the evidence is enough to jail him for years behind the bars."It was good news, indeed. The prison was where the criminal ended up. But I needed more than this. Somehow, I felt that there was bigger picture about this incident. Someone else involved or was the mastermind of it, and I had a hunch of who it was."How's Foster?""Down." He replied to the point. "We're in the process of negotiating the price.""And Alex?""His trial will be hold after the holiday."Everything seemed to go well according to the plan. It did, though. Still, something else must have happened outside it. Something we hardly calculated.Foster's movements."Tina?""She was arrested for the kidnapping atte

Anna peered through the common bathroom door on the first floor before stepping out casually as if nothing had happened. She walked past Dave, who was sitting on the couch in their living room and reading a report on his tablet, with Zach crawling on the floor."Zach, baby, come here." She called for Zach's attention, which was never hard to get. "Let's play outside."And his reaction was predictable. He was running toward his mother excitedly. His smile was so big that it was going to explode.Being a child seemed fun, didn't it?She followed him, running out of the house to their yard barefoot. She couldn't help her own smile from forming on her face at seeing him and another happiness she had just found out about today.She was pregnant with their second child.But be quiet. Anna wanted to make a surprise for her husband.Oh, she couldn't wait to see his reaction!"Zach, come here. Mommy wants to say something to you."Zach halted his running to look at his mother with an indescrib

Three years later.She watched everything. Their every move, laugh, giggle, scream, and more. She couldn't help but grace a wide smile over that. It was too good to be true. But it was what that was as it was the reality.Baby Zach was now three years old and in his active days. He had run on every corner of the house and was always excited to run outside.Although it tired their body from following him around, she didn't complain, especially Dave. He always had the energy to play with him and never ran out of ideas. He raised their child with all his heart.She shook her head to force herself back to her place. She couldn't only observe them all the time, as she needed to finish the cookie dough.Zach had the exact liking as hers for sweets. So she tried to be the best mom by baking them instead of buying them outside or ordering chefs to make them. It was cheaper and could adjust to her family preferences, which she wanted, not too much sugar.As Dave said, sugar was a killer.She

"Hi, baby boy. I'm happy you're awake, and I can hold you. Your mother must feel the same way. But she's resting now, so let's not disturb her and play with me instead." His voice was laced with happiness as his eyes flitted the same feeling. There was nothing happier than this moment when he finally held baby Zach. And the fact that he was born healthy was wonderful. It could be perfect if his wife's recovery went well.Baby Zach wriggled his tiny hands and managed to capture Dave's finger. He gripped it though his eyes were still closed. Baby Zach might sense familiar and safe, so baby Zach didn't cry, which made Dave's heart swell with pride and warmth. Only his touch could do that, and he couldn't be more proud of that."What do you think about this world? It's amazing, isn't it? You have me, your mother, and your entire family by your side. And in the future, you will find your own friends."Baby Zach was just quiet, and if his grip was not still on his finger, Dave might have th

A few months later.Anna was closing drawers after checking what was inside was still inside.It might be confusing. The point was Anna had just finished looking at their baby’s needs, such as clothes, diapers, socks, blanket, and more. She wanted to make sure everything was ready when the time came, which was soon. Her due date should be this week, and she couldn’t be more excited to finally welcome their baby.She moved to the only bed in the room. It was big and had four wooden walls on four sides to protect the baby from falling. And it was the one Dave said could accommodate her body while breastfeeding their baby. She even could sleep on it too.Her hand touched the doll on the nearby side and placed it neatly between another doll and the pillow. She had some, mainly cute animal characters, to accompany him while he was sleeping.Yes, him. Their baby was a boy.“Do you like it, honey? It’s nice, right? Your father prepared them for you.” She spoke as her hand caressed her so big

"I saw everything, Anna. I know what you hide behind your back." His eyebrows raised as if waiting for her to reveal it by herself. There was no point in hiding it anyway since it was why he approached her. He already saw her enjoying the ice cream!"What do you mean?"So she was going to play with him. Unfortunately, he didn't want to pretend that he did not see that. "The bowl. Ice cream."And she could only force a grin."Come here." His hand reached out to invite her to come near him."No. You will scold me.""That means you know you were doing wrong. How many bowls have you had?""Hmm. Five?""Count it correctly, honey.""Okay. Okay. Nine." She raised both her hands in the air and surrendered herself."No, honey. The bowl in your back is the eleventh."He actually didn't have a problem with her enjoying the ice cream. But Anna liked overeating, and she might have more if he didn't watch her."Good job Dave. She needs to be more careful with her health." Rebecca, standing beside h

Finally, the day they had been waiting for came. It was hectic but also fun. Their friends and families gathered together to celebrate the happy day. What was more pleasing than that?The vow went well. Although Anna felt more nervous, everything was perfect this time compared to the real one. Her father led her to the altar and handed her to Dave, which generally did at a wedding ceremony. And she and his husband stated their vow again and became husband and wife one more time.And to make it perfect, he sealed their vow with a kiss on her lips. Then cheers and applauses filled the hall.It was indeed a favorable moment. And it lasted until night."It's a pleasure to finally meet the newest Mrs. Byrne." Alexander greeted Anna and took her hand to land a quick kiss, like how a gentleman met a lady for the first time. "My name is Alexander Green.""Oh!" Anna couldn't help but show her surprise. She heard a lot about him from Dave, but this was the first time they met in person."Based