Chapter 105 ...Sally... The distance to Lucas' house was a silent one, Robert seemed to be deep in thought and honestly with how things were going, I found myself also worried. "Have you tried Lucas again?" Robert asked his eyes still fixed on the road "Its still off" I said, "Does she have any other friends?, i mean how come no one knows where she is" he said sounding frustrated "I don't know any of her other friends" I replied. Robert continued to drive and the only thing I could do is Pray silently Grace would show up soon. I kind of felt guilty that I didn't insist on knowing who her boyfriend was, maybe I didn't want to go out of place but now, I felt I should have asked. "We are here" Robert announced as he stopped the car, We went over to the front door and rang the door bell a few times but didn't receive any response "Maybe he is out" I said "Yeah, I think so, let's go" Robert and I were about to get into the car when another car pulled up. I immediately recognized t
Chapter 106 ...Sally... A week had passed, I have to admit that was the longest week of my life. It was intense, especially since we found out that the bones did in fact belong to Grace. This news was devastating for everyone, especially Robert. Today was the day of the burial of what was left of Grace. The police where doing everything they could to know who was responsible for the now confirmed homicide, Melissa was dressed in all black as the rest of us as we headed to the waiting car outside, she was clinging upto Robert like glue and though this wasn't the time, I felt angry, I wanted to hold Robert's arm, I wanted to comfort him but the least I could do was watch from a distance. I couldn't also help thinking Grace's death had created a rift between us. This was also mainly because Robert locked himself in, neither me nor Melissa were able to get to him, he just seemed lost and having lost both my parents, I understood him. We got into the waiting car with Robert on the mi
Chapter 107 ...Sally... I opened my eyes to find myself laying on a bed the sunshine from the window penetrating my eyes, Out of instinct, I closed my eyes again until I heard someone close the curtains, when I opened my eyes again, the room was pitch black. Looking around, I saw Robert standing before me. He looked awful, his eyes where all powfu and he looked like he hadn't shaved in a while making me wonder how long I had been out "Robert" I whispered my voice hursh "Sally, let me call the Doctor", he quickly walked out of the room and came a while later with a Doctor who did a check up on me. "How long have I been out and" I pressed my small hand on my stomach "What happened to my baby?" I asked, Robert took a sit next to me on the bed and broke down crying his eyes out, "Robert, talk to me" I said in more of a whisper as an awful feeling could be felt in the depth of my stomach, "The baby is fine, fortunately" I let out a sign of relief when I heard that, "Then what's w
Chapter 108 ....Melissa.... "Is this how its going to be?, are you going to be calling over the smallest things ever?, look, if you land yourself in trouble, I don't want you to drag me in it, you did most of the work, you should have thought of the main ways things would have gone wrong" I said to Lucas my eyes fixed on the hallway making sure no one could hear me, "He is on my neck Melissa, if the police don't release him, he will tell them I paid him to pretend to have been dating Grace" Lucas said in a panicked way. At this point, I was also panicked "What do you want me to do?" I asked, "Bail him out, disguise yourself and bail him out" lucas spoke like it was that easy "What are you planning to do once he is bailed out?" I asked, "I don't know, just do it" and just like that, Lucas hang up the call, I opened the door to the ward room Sally was in only to find her standing right there, "What the heck, where you ears dropping on me?" I asked her furiously "You were standin
Chapter 109 ...Sally... A few hours later, Robert was back at the hospital with some fresh clothes for me and some food, "Where is Melissa?" He asked,"I don't know, she left as soon as you did" I told him "That's strange, let me call her" Robert pulled out his phone and began making a phone call to Melissa "She isn't answering" he said putting his phone aside and fixed a table with food for me. The fact that Melissa who didn't have friends or family near would spend hours away without Robert not bring anxious or try to find out what she was up to didnt sit well with me, it made me think that perhaps he didnt love her as much as he said "Here, eat this" I smiled at him as he began to spoon fed me, "Am so happy to see you are OK" "Yah me too. How is Diana?" Robert looked away as a sad expression could be seen on his face, "She is home. Taking some time away from work and trying her best to do everything she can to be okay", I could only imagine how she was feeling and what she
Chapter 110...Lucas..."Promise me you wont think about this much and work on recovering?""I promise" Sally said making me smile and, Yes, Melissa was right. Sally really was hot on her heels and doing a better job at it than the police"Good, how are you feeling?""Am feeling better, Robert said I will be discharged in the evening or tomorrow morning" she said,"That's good to hear. I gotta run, call me when you are back home okay" I hugged and peaked Sally's check and then left.At the car park, Melissa was standing beside her car smoking just as she had said,"Already going back?" She asked"Yes. You were right you know" Melissa gave me a 'I told you to' look"What did she tell you?" She asked"She thinks you killed Bernard and have something to do with What happened to Grace" I explained"See, the more reason she needs to get out of our way" that was were Melissa was mistaken, Sally wasn't on my way, she was on hers and because I wasn't involved, there was no way I was going to
Chapter 111...Lucas...Spending a few hours with Sally was refreshing, I couldn't help noticing every little detail about her, how she smiled, how she lovingly talked about her sister and even gave me a figment of her past. Each moment I spent with her made me a little scared because I realized one thing.Sally wasn' Grace whom I had an affair with just to get back at her mother for the abuse she started when I was young. She wasn't Diana whom I slept with to keep my place as the legitimate son of the Crown family. She wasn't Melissa whom I seduced and slept with just to prove to myself I could have anything or anyone that belonged to Robert. Sally was Sally, just Sally. A beautiful young naive woman and I liked her. Like really liked her."We should get going" I was driven out of my thoughts by her voice as she stood up carrying her shoes in her hands,"Come on, stand up" she brought forth her hand which I pulled making her land on top of me,"That took a turn!" She laughed as she r
Chapter 112...Sally...Robert was seating next to me holding my hand tightly, though he appeared to be calm and composed, his hands were shaking indicating how nervous he was. Every now and then, I squeezed his hand lightly with a smile trying to tell him everything was going to be okay but even with that insurance, I knew he couldn't be calm.Over the months, I had now realized that the only person that Robert really loved and was close to except Grace was grandpa. Grace had just recently died, I couldn't bare the thought of what would happen if something happened to the old man as well.Doctor Crown and some other doctors finally got out of the ICU with a few nurses carrying Grandpa on a hospital bed,Robert immediately rushed to meet his mother,"How is he?, how is the condition, is he going to be okay?" He asked, Doctor Crown had refused him from entering the ICU room with the other doctor and looking at how restless he had been, I knew she had done the right thing"He is still i
Chapter 155LAST CHAPTER…Sally…Robert immediately rushed to his brother,“I never wanted to see you end up like this Lucas” he said holding his hand, Lucas let out a weak laugh,“You didnt think I was going to repent did you?” He paused painfully with a heavy breath,“In this lifetime, you win little brother, you get to live, to marry the love of my life Sally and to see me get buried but I can promise you in the next lifetime, I will win” I kneeled in front of Lucas as tears filled my eyes“Lucas” I whispered“Don't cry Sally, your makeup will be ruined” he held my hand in his and looked into my eyes“I love you” he said and slowly let go of my hand dying in front of my eyes, I wanted to scream for him to wake up but couldn't. I hated Lucas, wished the worst for him because of everything he had done but I didnt want him gone like this,Maybe in prison yes but not really die and disappear from the face of the earth, at one point, I did like him very much and considered him my friend
Chapter 154…Sally…“Drive!” Lucas repeated yet again, my hands where shaking as I held the staring wheel“Lucas, please don't do this, at least not today, am pregnant, am happy, I don't want you to hurt me” I cried. To think neither Robert and I had expected Lucas's comeback to be this way only showed how much we underestimated him and his obsession for me,“You can't be happy, at least not without me, Am the only one who can make you happy Sally. You always complained about how much you hated Robert’s character, so I did you a favor, here is Robert's face that you are so much in love with and my character which i know you like” I shook my head as tears made their way on my face“I love Robert” I whispered but Lucas heard me and his facial expression changed“Don't make me angry Sally, you have no idea what I went through for you, the least you can do is be happy and thankful, now drive” he said,I started the car wondering how I could inform Robert or the police of the current situa
Chapter 153…Sally…A lot had happened over the last month, after I was rescued, Diana was released out of prison because of the confession from Lucas, David stayed in prison because he had been working with Lucas and Ben and Steve were given less sentences. Ben's daughter was found dead while his wife had starved to death. He was devastated when he heard this news and I tried my best to comfort him.Diana had changed, she took care of grandpa even better and made time to have family Dinners with me and Robert. You could say their broken relationship had finally been mended.“Sally, why are you still laying in bed?!” Rita yelled as soon as she entered my room“I miss Robert” I said in a sleepy voice even though I was wide wake,“You haven't seen him only for today, if you miss him so much then why don't you hurry up and start preparing for your wedding?, or did you forget you are getting married today?” Jane was the one to ask this time,“No i did not forget, that is partly the reason
Chapter 152…Robert…“Unless what?” I asked Lucas,“Unless you help me escape, I will need a private jet with no police around, I will need all money from my accounts withdrawn and given to me in cash, when am sure I will not be caught and brought back here, only then will I let you know where Sally is otherwise you will never see her alive Robert” he was insane to place all these conditions“You think you can just run away from this?, you made your own bed, lay in it!” I said standing up“I forgot to tell you one thing” he said before I could walk away“And what is that?” I asked“I left a poisonous gas in the room am keeping Sally in, if I don't return after one hour, the gas will slowly lick and she will die slowly” he said with a smile“You are lying!” I yelled but Lucas burst out laughing“Well then, why don't we wait and see what happens” he challenged, I left the room and immediately I did, I received a phone call, it was from the head maid at the Crown mansion, I then answered
Chapter 51…Sally…Lucas left for what felt like forever, I was uncomfortable with the way I was sitting which made my body hurt all over,I knew this plan was risky but I didn't imagine it to go south immediately,The dress I was wearing didnt do much to help me either as it felt tight and surpressing my tummy,I was going to die if I didnt drink any water with the way my throat was dry. The door finally opened, I wish it was some sort of miracle and Robert would be the one to walk in with The police but unfortunately for me,It was Lucas with a bottle of water,“Am sorry I had taken long” he said locking the door, he opened the bottle of water for me and brought it to my lips,“Drink” surely he wouldn't put any drugs in the water and even though he did, I didn't carry about It as i was too thirsty, I took the water until the bottle was halfway, then I began to feel hungry,“Did you come with any food?” I asked,“I just found out am the most wanted person dead or alive with a huge su
Chapter 150…Robert…The police and I watched the entire confession from Sally’s necklace, when she suggested this plan, of course I thought it was crazy but I let her go through with it and now that insane Lucas had her somewhere tied up and I was here helplessly waiting for the police to locate her. They were taking more time and each second that went on made me feel even more restless,“We have the entire confession of his doing, we need to find my wife” I urged the police on“Our men are doing everything they possibly can Mr Crown” no matter what they said, my heart wouldn't be content until they found her.Lucas stood up from floor playing with the knife, I couldn't see Sally's face but I knew damn well she was scared out of her mind“What are you doing Lucas?” She asked as he took steady steps towards her, I inwardly gave a silent prayer for her well being,“Do you want to live Sally?, do you what to get out of here alive?” Lucas asked, with the way he was acting crazy, I doubte
Chapter 149…Sally…“I don't know anything, just let me go Lucas. Is this a prank, cause if it is, then I dont like it anymore!” I said laughing awkwardly“Sally can I ask you a question?” I nodded“Sure”“Do you know what I hate the most?, people who lie to me, especially those I consider to love?” He said“am not lyinh” I whispered“I get hurt Sally. I know you think am some cold inhuman person but am not, I have feelings too and when my feelings get hurt, you wouldn't like it one bit!” he said, I know I said Lucas wouldn't hurt me but at this point, I wasn't even sure“One last time, how much do you know about me huh?” He asked, I shut my eyes slightly,“Nothing” I said. Lucas burst out laughing,“Now you are a bright girl Sally, I know you know something, I would hate to hurt you because of the condition you are in” he said as he removed a knife from his pocket, that was unexpected and made my heart beat increase“Tell me” he urged on“Fine!,, I know you are the mastermind?” I sai
Chapter 148…Sally…Has we looked at Melissa's body for body viewing, I couldn't believe she was really dead, the first time I was at her funeral, we had no body to burial and now, she was really died, couldn't escape this I guess,I looked at Robert and saw how he was crying so I held his hand in comfort. I was surprised when I saw Lucas among the people that had just arrived,He didn't say anything about attending Melissa’s funeral, I felt uneasy as I didn't know how to act, my emotions where visible on my face most of time but I knew I had to act cool or he would know. He walked towards me and Robert and stood just behind us.The nerve of this man, standing looking down at Melissa probably laughing his heart out. How insane can someone be?.After the burial was over, Lucas, Robert and I walked to Robert's car“You are okay” he said “Yes, you?” I asked“Am fine” I could feel Robert's hand tighten around my own hand, he was uneasy,“I think we should get going so we can plan our wed
Chapter 147…Sally…Robert was kneeling on the floor massaging my shallowen legs,“That feels good” I said relaxing my head behind the wall“You shouldn't have troubled your legs like this” Robert scolded“But then if I didnt, you wouldn't have been here massaging my legs so I would say it was worth it” I said with a chuckle,“Sally” Robert called, his voice sounded serious so I lifted my head to look at him,“Yes” I answered our eyes locked“I love you” that was the most unexpected thing to say, I found myself tongue-tied, I could feel my cheeks already getting pink but before I could respond to him, his phone rang“Should i answer it or I should wait for you to respond to what I said?” Robert asked still holding my gaze“I think you should answer it, it could be important” I said finally looking away“Nothing is more important to me than you” he said making my heart do flip flops, I loved this man and to hear him say it just felt magical,“Seriously, get the phone Robert” I said, H