She knew she had to stop him or things might get awkward between them but she couldn't pull away even though that's what her common sense told her, her stupid heart refused to follow through and he got so close that their nose was almost touching."Ruby,"He whispered, she could feel his breath against her lips, stop him, she thought but she didn't follow through, just stood there waiting for the moment their lips will collide, her heartbeat increasing with every moment, just when she thought it would happen, Kristen yelled, breaking them both apart in extent, Liam walked back staring at her, they stood in silence for, Kristen yelled again and Ruby turned her attention to her, she started crying more."Liam don't stand there come over here and hold her while I make her formula,"She said to Liam who was still standing in silence."Liam?!"She called again."Sorry, what did you say?""Come and hold your daughter so that I can make her food,"She repeated walking up to him and giving he
Liam sat in Ruby's office not doing anything but he refused to return home until she was done, they have been on it for over two hours now and the doctors and nurses were all anxious, he could tell by their constant moving up and down, running in and out of the delivery room, Shouting out orders to each other, he couldn't stand the commotion anymore and decided to wait for Ruby in her office, baby Kristen was sleeping peacefully in the makeshift bed Ruby provided on their arrival, so much happened within the last twenty-four hours that he couldn't keep up, but the icing on the cake was when he almost kissed Ruby, he didn't know what he had been thinking to want to kiss her, he knew he liked her a lot but as friends, he wasn't ready for a relationship yet and even if he wants to, Ruby wasn't ready, he kind of felt stupid for his advances and had meant his apology until she had made him want to do it again, even the universe knew it was all wrong.For one, he wasn't ready to settle down
"Doc? Doctor!!"Ruby heard waking up from sleep, she rubbed her eyes to push sleep off, and saw Sara standing in front of her with panic written over her face, Ruby got up immediately, she didn't know when she had fallen asleep, she was only going to rest her head but ended up sleeping off."What Sara? Is Annette okay?"She asked picking up her coat."No, she is losing too much blood and it is worrying,""Oh my God, I thought she wasn't bleeding anymore,"She said as they both walked hurriedly out of her office towards the labor ward where Annette was, she had opted not to move her in case there is an emergency, now she was glad she did, she opened the door and rushed to her bedside, she looked so strength-less."Annette are you okay?""No,"That was all the woman said."Sara, get a PCV test done,"She instructed checking her vitals."I already sent the blood over and it will be here soon,"Sara responded."Okay, did you tell them to do a cross-match just in case she needs to be trans
Ruby waited patiently for Richard to take his call, she was going to give him a piece of her mind and made sure he knows that she wasn't going to let him take what belongs to her, not anymore, he has done a lot of damage already and she wasn't going to let him do anything to her again."Hello?""Richard, it's Ruby,"She said trying to control her anger, there was no use letting him get to her."Oh, Ruby, I am guessing you saw the letter from the court already,"He asked laughing, she wanted to go over to where he was and wipe those laughter off his face, but unfortunately, she was far away in Cacko."I didn't see the letter per se, I got a call from my lawyer, I am not in the city,""Ahha, okay then, all you have to do is tell your lawyer to hand the papers over and we will be done for good,"The stupid man said and Ruby felt her control slowly slipping away, he was talking nonsense so comfortably."You must be crazy, no skip that, I know you are crazy,""What do you mean by that Ruby
Liam sat staring at the screen of his laptop, no matter how he searched there was nowhere it was written, how the fuck does the internet not have a good document of how this fucked up island came into existence, he had been in it for over two hours, yes the name was there and there were some information about it but no one knew how it came about, not even the smallest of details about the founding fathers, there has to be someone who first came to the place and also when it started, the articles he saw dated back twenty years ago, and that was the oldest, he couldn't conclude based off that the island didn't exist until twenty years ago, he just have to look further, if only he was in the city, he would have gone to a library where history books are kept, there has to be something somewhere, he gave up on looking after checking for few more minutes, he went to his room where Kristen was laid sleeping, the little had cried earlier and after he fed her she played for a while before she
Ruby hurriedly walked to the hospital, without waiting for Liam, there was no much time to do that, she should have thought of Annette trying to leave, but it never occurred to her, she couldn't be on her own, she would die and the baby might die too, they both can't survive for long, she just hoped they will find them before it is too late."Doc, you are here,""Yes, Lewis what happened here?""The nurse in charge of her step out for a while and she disappeared, with the baby, it all happened so fast, and we have been trying to find her,"He revealed."How is that possible? How did she get by the reception without getting noticed?"Ruby asked, because she has to go through the section to get her baby, and someone would have noticed her because the baby ward was off-limits to no staff, except they are in to see their baby and it is always with the guide of a nurse."She requested for her baby to be brought to her, we couldn't deny her that since she had the right to see her child, I d
"God, this is messed up,"She thought closing her eyes for a second to contain her emotions because they were flying everywhere, she walked to the entrance of the hospital where she met the others, they all looked so worried she couldn't even blame them because she knew they were doing their best, yes they were trained to work under distress but this was a little overboard, this went beyond what they were trained for."I just hope they are found,"Sara said."They will,"She responded even though she could only hope.About twenty minutes later, her phone rang again, she quickly picked it up, it was Liam's number but it was Lewis that picked it up, she didn't even know he wasn't in the hospital."We found her,""Oh my God, for real? How is she?""Not so fine doc, but the baby is okay for now, we will be there shortly,""Thank God, thank you so much Lewis, and Liam too, oh God, thank you,"She said collapsing on the ground, her mind at peace, she stood up almost immediately"They found
Liam looked at the woman before him, she looked like she wanted to leave again, he didn't know how best to start the conversation they were about to have but he hoped that what they talked about can at least give insight into what was going on in this island and maybe he could finally get the link he was looking fir to declare this place unsafe."I know you have a lot to ask me but I am only going to say anything after you promise me that my son will be alright and that he won't be taken away by those evil men,"She said in a pleading voice."Don't worry, your baby is safe here at the hospital no one will come for him,""I hope so, I will die if anything happens to my son, I don't want to give him away, he is my only child, I can't let them take him away,"She said as she started crying all over again, he gave her his handkerchief."Ma'am, would you mind telling me what is going on? Why do you think someone is going to take your kid away?"He asked gently."Because they will, they hav
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