Chapter 48 ...Sally... Jane came to pick me up from the hotel, "Are you okay?' She asked looking at how disturbed I was, I let out a deep sign with a heavy heart as tears crowded my eyes, "Am not fine" I said stopping myself from crying but when Jane squeezed my hand in comfort, I couldn't hold it anymore and broke down crying in her arms, "Oh Sally, what has happened," Jane asked as she held me tightly, I couldn't even bring myself to say anything. My life Is a total mess now, "Just drive to your house" I said in between sobs as I pulled away from the hug, "You need to tell me what happened to you, is it Rita?" She asked but I only responded with shaking my head, Jane started the car and drove to her house without asking me anymore questions When we got to her house, luckily her mother was still at work so I went straight to her room. Jane came back a few seconds later with a glass of water which she handed to me "Thank you" I said, I had now stopped crying "Are you okay?"
Chapter 49...ROBERT...Upon learning that Joshua was behind everything, I gave the officer the phone,"I will be leaving now" I said to him"What do we do with the man we captured?" He asked"He deserves to rot in prison, release the information about him to the media and let the court handle the issue, but don't cut any deals with him" I instructed,"Thank you sir" I shook the officer's hand and headed out.When I got to my car, I immediately called Mom and told her about what Joshua did. I wasn't one to involve myself with the issues mom was having with Uncle David and his family about the inheritance but I was still upset that Joshua decided to target me, knowing Mom would not take this lightly, I was now at peace but one question remained at the back of my mind, who sent the evidence to the police station, for some reason, I suspected Lucas, he was the only one who supported both parties and was more likely to know about this. Mom might not be aware but I knew Lucas was close wit
Chapter 50 ....Lucas... My plan had worked as I sat in front of my laptop watching Diana having a huge fight with uncle David over what Joshua did through the camera I had pressed in her necklace. I then closed the laptop and turned to the students, Sally was still nowhere to be seen which made me feel uneasy, I conducted my lecture and hurried off outside to my car immediately Much to the dismay of the female students who probably wanted to make their advances at me, This wasn't uncommon to me as I usually found myself surounded by women who wanted me, be it at the hospital or at this school or even at home, when I got to my car and entered, I began to watch the older video from the camera with Diana hoping I would get to know what had happened to Sally, I still remember how worried Robert looked the previous night coupled with the fact that Sally didn't come home or go to school today, I realized something was off. Fortunately for me, I managed to find the video clip with Sal
Chapter 51...Robert...It had been exactly two days since the last time I saw Sally, each passing moment, I felt like I was losing my mind as I worried about my baby's life,I couldn't concentrate on anything and hence Made Adam take over with the process of rebuilding the burnt hospital, he agreed without any second thoughts."Does she have any relatives you know of?" Adam asked as we sat in what was my office before the hospital burnt down"She has her little sister whom Mom enrolled at a boarding school" I explained"Maybe Sally had gone there to see her, you could check in on her, perhaps she might even know where Sally could be hiding or might have gone to" Adam suggested, now that I thought of it, I scolded myself for not thinking about this early,I had noticed that Sally cared a lot about her little sister, there was no way she would go anyway without her"That's genius Adam, I should have thought about this earlier" I said as I pulled up my phone and called the private inves
Chapter 52....Robert...."Keep the cheque and use the money. Has for Rita, I can assure you nothing will happen to her, you don't need to worry about her" I assured her"No, I don't need the money honestly" she refused the cheque and so, I took it"If i have to fight head to head just so this baby survives then I will gladly do so but I want you to stop hiding now, let's go back home" Sally was hesitant"But she warned me not to go back, I don't want something happening, you might not know but your Mom isn't someone whose warning I can take lightly, Am scared" she said making me kneel in front of her holding her hand in mine"Sally, I want you to trust me, can you do that?" I asked softly, she slowly nodded making me smile at her"I promise, nothing will happen to you or to Rita, now let's go back to our place" I said and Sally nodded"Let me say bye to Jane" she said, I wheeled her to the front door and waited outside the door when she went inside the house.A few minutes later, she
Chapter 53...Robert...Sally's fever had only gotten worse and I had to stay up all night in her room to take care of her, eventually in the early hours, I dozed off and when I woke up, there was light coming through the window indicating it was already morning,I robbed my eyes and looked to the bed, to my horror, I found it empty and immediately panicked,Where had Sally gone, did mom come for her while I was sleeping?, all those questions where at the back of my mind making me restless, surely I would have heard the commotion if Mom came here I thought as I walked out from Sally's room calling out her name loudly,"Am here!" I finally heard her voice coming from the kitchen, I let out a sign of relief and took long breaths to calm myself down before I entered the kitchenI found Sally eating hungrily"You are here" I said shocked to see her eating so much"Yes, I didn't want to trouble you by waking you up, I was really hungry" she said, I touched her forehead"How are you feeling
Chapter 54....Sally....Before I could respond to Mrs Crown, Robert spoke up"What?, did you expect her to run off and have an abortion like you wanted?" He asked, Mrs Crown didn't even bother looking at her son as her focus was mainly on me warning me with her eyes"What is happening, what are you talking about?" The old man asked"Mom paid Sally to have an abortion and run away from here" Robert explained making the old man instantly furious"Diana is that true?" He asked, Mrs Crown was speechless as she faced the floor clearly ashamed"If David did something like this, I wouldn't think much of it because I know that's how he is but you, I never expected something like this from you, you have disappointed me and proven to me that you are just like these other vestures""Dad, you are mistaken, Robert is just accusing me, I did no such thing" Mrs Crown tried to defend herself, the old man turned to me, "Sally dear, tell me what exactly happened"I was hesitant as I looked at Mrs Crow
Chapter 55 ....Robert....Immediately Sally entered the room, I knew something was wrong and instantly got worried"Are you feeling sick again?" I asked thinking it was probably her fever back again, I met her halfway through the room and touched her forehead but her temperature was okay"No, am fine" she quickly said,I didnt try to press her with more questions in front of grandpa but I would ask her when we got home,"Come here, even Robert has noticed you don't look fine, what happened?" Grandpa asked"Am fine Grandpa, am just tired" she softly spoke,"You should get going and go and rest at home, I will see you some other time, do make sure to visit whenever you can" the old man said"I will grandpa" Sally smiled at him"I will see you soon" I said and wheeled Sally out of the room,When we got to the elevator, I turned to her"What happened, did mom tell you anything?" I saw how stiff she got and realized Sally looked disturbed because of Mom"What did she tell you, did she thr
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