Ruby sensed someone following her, she couldn’t be sure but she just felt like someone was following her, the red SUV behind her has been on her tail for more than twenty minutes now, She just drove past her route to confirm and the car was still following her, she told herself not to panic but she couldn’t help it. Who was following her and what does the person even want from her? She turned around to look at Kristen who was sleeping in the baby seat.“Stop following me,”She said increasing her speed a little, but the car behind her did too, she didn’t know what else to do, she had gone to see Liam’s parents earlier with Kristen, Liam had wanted to come to pick them up but she had told him that he didn’t need to, Liam had been a lot busy for the past week, he had a lot on his plate and she didn’t want to add to it, he said it is not a burden but every night, she could tell he gets more worried, Sloan has still not been found, she hasn’t asked him any questions about it but she knew
Liam called Ruby’s number for the tenth time but she still wasn’t taking her calls, he was worried at this point, it was almost seven pm and she should be back already, she had left his parent's house in the afternoon and no matter the traffic, she should be back or at least take her calls.He had seen her calls earlier and had returned them but she didn’t take her call and he just assumed that she left it in the bedroom like she usually does only for him to get home and she wasn’t there, he got off work early today just to be with the both of them since he has been so busy lately that he barely gave them time, he felt guilty even though she didn’t complain.“Pick the phone please Ruby,”He said, paving up and down in the living room, he ditch want to think about the worst, but the more she didn’t take her calls, the more his mind kept reading crazy meaning to her not being here, he didn’t want to think about such things.After waiting for another one hour and she still didn’t turn up
“Liam? We need to go home, we can’t stay here all night, let’s go home and we can talk about this,”Luca said, coming to stand by his side, what would he go home to do? He couldn’t go back to his house knowing that Ruby and Kristen were not there, all he could think about was he could have done better, he didn’t think Sloan would strike like this, he had underestimated him and now both Ruby, their unborn child and Kristen will suffer the consequences of his negligence, this was bad, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t get it off his head, he knew who it was, but how would he find Sloan? Someone they have spent almost going to two weeks searching for, Sloan did say he will find him when he was ready but Liam hadn’t thought it would be like this.“I can’t go back to that house Luca, not until I find Ruby and my daughter, I can’t,”He said when Luca tried to lead him back to the car.“You can’t find them if you stay here all night, let’s go home, even if it is not to your
Ruby woke up in a dark room, it took a while for her to be able to wake up properly, when she did open her eyes, it was so dark it was as if she has gone blind, or maybe she has because she didn’t have a glasses on and it sometimes happened like that, she couldn’t remember what happened but he whole body ached, she tried getting up and realized that her hands were tied, trying to free herself was not even an option because she didn’t even have the strength to do it.“Where am I?She whispered trying to figure out what happened, the last thing she could remember was,Oh God no, please not,”She cried trying harder to free herself, this has to be a dream, please let it be a dream, she silently prayed but the more she pulled at what was used to tie her hands the more this didn’t feel like a dream anymore and slowly she started to remember what happened, the man in the other car and parked in front of her and got her, she had tried to struggle and got hit, and then he had pulled her to hi
When Ruby woke up again, she saw a woman in the room and she was tending to Kristen, she quickly got up in fear, she didn’t know who the woman was and how she got in there.“Who are you? Please leave my daughter alone, please don’t harm her, she has done nothing wrong,”She pleaded.“You are awake, I am not trying to harm her, I will never harm a child, I have children of my own and won’t do anything to another woman’s child,”The lady responded, she didn’t look like a bad person but Ruby couldn’t be sure. She went over to her and took Kris from her and made sure to inspect her. Kris didn’t look like she was in any danger, she looked better than earlier and even had a change of clothes.“Did you bathe her?”She asked wondering who the woman was and why she was here in the first place.“Yes I did, and even fed her too, she looked hungry and was almost going to cry when I came in, plus you were just laying there,”She pointed out, Ruby hated that she couldn’t control herself and not fal
Liam paced up and down waiting for Sloan to call, he has been up since morning and they have been trying to no avail to track Sloan down, first, the car which he had used to pick up Ruby and Kristen had been found but after that, there was no trace of him, he had abandoned the car in a free area where there was no CCTV and no way of locating him, the police had told him to just wait for his car which they were sure he was going to make soon, Liam wasn’t sure because it was afternoon and still no words from him.“I don’t think I can do this anymore, the waiting is killing me, I can’t just sit here all day waiting for a phone call that might not come, I can’t sit here and wait for something I am not even sure would come,”Liam said as he continued pacing, both he and Luca were at his agency, he knew he shouldn’t be ungrateful because everyone was doing their best for him right now but he couldn’t help it, he hadn’t been able to close his eyes to sleep the whole of last night, not when h
“You must be out of your mind to think that I will do something like that,”He yelled back at him, the audacity to tell him to do such a thing.“Well, I guess you don’t want to see your family, you do as I said or you say goodbye to your wife and kid, she is a pretty lady and I haven’t gotten laid in a while, I can do as I please with her before I kill her and dispose of her remains and it will all be your fault for not saving her, should I mention she had magnificent breasts? I am a sucker for breasts and she got me with that, if you don’t do as I say, I can keep her with me for a couple of weeks, maybe months, until I get bored, and you know what will happen? Your child will be born with me and you know what I do with newborn babies right?”Sloan said and Liam wished he was where the man was so that he would kill him by himself, how dare he say such things about his woman, he was beyond livid, how dare he say such things, Ruby was his, and there was no way he would let Sloan keep hi
“I am not standing in your way Liam, we are talking about this, I am not just going to let my only son confess to a crime he didn’t commit just because a crazy man wants him to, no way, I won’t let that happen,”“It’s already going to happen, I don’t fucking mind, leave me alone!”He yelled again and hung up on her, he wanted to throw his phone away but since he still needed to reach Sloan he didn’t do it, he hated Luca for this, for telling his parents about his plans when he had told him not to, after this, if he was able to get his family back and also clear his name, he was done, he wasn’t going to work for Luca anymore, always reporting every issue to his family? Yeah, he wasn’t going to have it anymore, he drove angrily to the agency, he couldn’t believe that just a few hours after leaving him, he already called his parents to inform them.“Liam you are back, good, I have something to talk to you a**”Liam didn’t let him finish, he walked up to him and punched him in the face.“
One year later…Ruby stared at the pregnancy kits she placed on the restroom table and blinked waiting patiently for it to read, she was counting the seconds until it would be done and as the urine flowed through, she saw the first line and smiled proudly, but she waited for them all to be done and yes, she was pregnant again, exactly a year after she gave birth to her baby son, Kelly was going to be a big brother and Kristen would be a big sister too for the second time.“Welcome to the family,”She whispered to her unborn child as she held her stomach, she quickly disposed of the kits, she had felt weird for days now and had decided to check it and yes, she was carrying.One year in marriage and it felt like a honeymoon every day in her home, Liam was the universe’s gift to her, not just Liam, but his family too, they made her forget her horrible first experience and it was beyond what she could have ever imagined, if someone had told her back when Richard had broke her heart that s
Ruby smiled happily as she walked down the garden towards the man she loves and would love forever, they had invited everyone they know to their garden wedding, everyone from the medical Team, some of the women from the island especially Annabelle who looked a lot healthier and even has a boyfriend, Elsa, of course, was there and Annette’s older sister brought her son too.The day was already emotional and it wasn’t just because it was her wedding day but it felt like a reunion to all the people who played a part in getting her here today, she wished she had family members in attendance too but you can’t always get everything, she had a new family now and she knew they love her and would do everything to make her happy.“You are so beautiful,”She heard her colleagues cheer as she walked past them and smiled hard, this was it, she was walking down the aisle to her forever, the first time she had done this, she had been sure but now, she was even more sure, she knew this was it, her li
“Is it true what my wife was screaming about last night?”Luca asked him as soon as he got to work the next day, it was still hard for him to believe that he was getting married on Wednesday.“Yes, she decided we should be married before our baby is born, and managed to get every one of the ladies on her side so I have to be married by Wednesday which is five days, wait, make that four days away,”He said and Luca started laughing at him.“What’s so funny Luca?”He asked.“You sound like they are forcing you to get married,”He said still laughing, force? No way! He was happy, beyond happy that Ruby wanted to marry him but he was just a little bit scared that she might change her mind, she was pregnant and if she adds the wedding stress to it, she might back out and he didn’t want that.“Are you feeling like it is forced? You are frowning Liam, you want to marry her right?”Luca asked as if that was even a question.“Of course, why would you ask that, you know just how much I love tha
Liam didn’t think he heard her right, maybe he had a little too much cake to eat at Nathan’s and Emily’s wedding, he knew he shouldn’t have eaten so much but it was so sweet.“You want to marry me right?”Ruby asked again and he finally came back to his senses.“Of course, I gave you a ring, remember? I want to marry you,”He answered and she smiled brightly.“Then let’s get married, I don’t want a big wedding like that of Emily and Nat,”She said and he just stared at her“Wait, what? You want us to get married this week? Ruby? You are almost due and might give birth before the week runs out, she can barely do anything and you want to be married? Are you sure you are alright my lady?”“What are you saying? We still have two weeks, do you know how to count? Let’s get married before I give birth, I am calling you and your siblings right now,”She said picking up her phone and tapping fast on it, her phone soon rang and he knew just who was calling and it turned out to be that person wh
“Honey? Will you hurry up? We are going to be late and I want to be the one to catch Emily’s bouquet, we don’t go on time I might not get that chance,”Ruby yelled to Liam who was still getting ready, he was one of Nathan’s best men but that didn’t mean he should take all the day dressing, it’s been almost a month since after her divorce with Richard had been finalized and life had been all shades of fun since then, today they were all going to gather to witness Emily and Nathan say I do and she was so excited and really wanted to catch the bouquet even though she was already engaged.“Wait, you wanna catch a bouquet? How are you going to do it with the way you look right now?”He asked, mocking her, she looked so huge now she wondered how she was still able to move freely, she was eight months and two weeks pregnant, just two more weeks and she would meet her baby, okay, maybe three if the baby decides to delay.“I will, don’t get in my way,”She insisted.“I won’t have to baby, Kell
After speaking with Liam, and clarifying everything, everything was back okay again, the very next day, Sam filed the lawsuit and they got a hearing date, she didn’t need to show up in court, that was the best part of it, Sam said she would handle it and everything was discussed between Sam and Richard’s lawyer, she didn’t even need to meet Richard again, he called her and she told him off and blocked his number, she didn’t want his negative vibes, he had her before and lost her himself, which she was grateful for because if he had not ended things with her then she won’t have gone to Cacko and if she hadn’t gone to the island, she won’t have found Liam and Kristen and she would not have the life she had now.Only after a few days after filing for the suit, Sam called her that she had a huge chance of winning and it did happen because when he called her again, it was to tell her that the court has ordered Richard to sign the paper, she was so happy, but she hadn’t told Liam about it,
“Sam?”“Yes, he is my lawyer, I spoke to him and he suggested I go talk to Richard, I did that today but Richard is so selfish he doesn’t want to sign so I am going with Sam’s first suggestion which is to file for a lawsuit,”She informed.“Well, in that case, Sam is one of my favorite people now too,”He said and she laughed.“Oh, I missed us so much,”“Me too, I miss Kristen too,”She said in a sad voice.“We can go see her, she is enjoying her time with her grandparents, it’s just them as none of my siblings are at the mansion, mom called earlier and Kristen was having a fun time in the background,”He revealed and she cheered up.“That sounds so cool,”“Yeah, we can go over to see her if you want, mom won’t let me take her away until the one week I promised she would spend there is up, we can go be with her too, I know mom will want to see you too,”He said and she frowned in sadness again.“What is making you frown this time woman,”He asked pulling her face to his.“Talk to me,
“Why would you think I am angry at you?”Liam asked not understanding how that even happened, he couldn’t deny that he had pretty much been avoiding talking to her for the past couple of days but that had nothing to do with him being mad at her and everything to do with him giving her space, he didn't want to crowd her with everything going on.“I thought you were, you didn’t talk much to me, you haven’t hugged or kissed me for days, you haven’t told me you love me either, and I haven’t seen you for days, I thought you were not here,”She said and he felt like hell, he went up to her and kissed her.“I was here all along, saw you every time you left the room, I thought you knew I was home too and you just didn’t want to talk to me, I am not angry at you Ruby, believe me, I acted like a selfish idiot that day and felt bad about it immediately, I wanted to talk to you and say sorry but you didn’t want to talk to me,”“I shouldn’t have locked you out that night, I thought you would say s
She spent the next couple of days on her own, mostly in her room, the house was quiet most of the time except when the cleaners come to clean or when the cooks were around but as soon as they leave the whole place was so calm and quiet, the loneliness was heartbreaking, today she was finally meeting with Richard, she got up early and took her bath and ate breakfast, not like she had much appetite these days, she only ate just so her baby will be fine.Ruby drove to where Richard had agreed for them to meet up, if this doesn’t go as planned then she would just leave it to Sam to handle it, no way was she going to let Richard ride off her, she wasn’t a push over and he couldn’t hold her to a marriage that she didn’t want.“Richard,”She said in greeting as she struggled to sit down as the chair was relatively small and tight.“I never knew I would see you like this, with a big tummy, wow, maybe we needed to be apart for it to happen,”Richard said. he was shameless but she wasn’t about