Amelia was done preparing breakfast, and she served it out on a white ceramic plate. She put some of the crumbled eggs on one side of the plate and the ground turkey on the other side. She placed it on a white tray and smiled widely as she stared at the food. She had tasted it, and she believed he was going to love it. She filled the glass jug with water and put a glass cap in the tray too. She headed out of the kitchen and walked to the dining table. She lifted her feet carefully so that she wouldn’t spill anything. She got to the dining table and looked up to see James seated already. Next to him was the woman that came home with him last night. She stopped in surprise and stared at both of them. ‘Don’t tell me you want me to feed her too.’ She thought. “What are you waiting for? Serve the meal,” James said, and she bounced her head slowly. She placed the tray in front of him and looked at the woman again. She looked truly beautiful and classy. “Why is there just a plate? M
Amelia drove to the company herself. She was happy she could still remember all she was taught at school about driving. James left the house the same time she left too. He didn’t say a word to her but she went ahead to greet him. She wasn’t bothered that he didn’t give her a response. She wanted to focus on the positives alone. She got to her desk at the office and arranged it. She missed the table so much. If not for Helen, she would have never had the chance to work in his company anymore. She began to work on her laptop shortly, when she heard someone approaching. She lifted her head and saw Tina standing in front of her. “Hi, Tina. Good morning.” She let out a bright smile. “Hm,” Tina responded and narrowed her gaze at her. Amelia creased her brows and stared at her. She had no idea why ‘Hm’ was her response. “You seem quite happy. I wasn’t expecting that,” Tina teased. “What do you mean?” “You are living in James’ house now. I believe that is the worse place you can be.
Amelia was done at the company where the meeting took place and headed to her car. She hadn’t spoken to James since they arrived in Florida. She wasn’t sure if she could head back to Alabama without him. She sat in her car and put a call across to Elena. She couldn’t stop thinking of how to get to her apartment without James knowing. “Hi, Elena.” “Hi, Amelia. How are you doing?” “I’m good. And how are you?” “I guess I’m good too.” “I’m very sorry about last night. I didn’t mean to make you cry.” “C’mon, Elena. It’s not your fault. It’s James’ fault. He is the one that made me cry. Will you be able to visit today?” “I’m not so sure, Elena. I’m in Florida as we speak. I just finished a meeting.” “Florida? Wow. So, you went alone?” “No. Mr. James is in Florida too, but he isn’t with me at the moment. He is in his Casino. I don’t know if I’ll be able to come back to Alabama without him. Even if I do come back, it will be late at night.” “That means you can’t come today, right?
James looked up and sighted Amelia and another man from where he stood. He looked closely and noticed they were closer than usual. ‘Are they kissing?’ He stormed to where they were, his heart was racing like a train, his respiration increased, and he was perspiring heavily. ‘Why would another man take advantage of my wife in an open place like this? In my Casino!’ He got to where they were, he grabbed the young man by the hand and pulled him away from her. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” He asked, and didn’t wait for him to answer before he threw a punch at his face. “Mr. James!” Amelia called in awe. “Don’t you dare call my name! What do you think you are doing? You wrapped your hands around him, like you were enjoying whatever he was doing to you?!” “She didn’t do anything wrong, okay? Who are you anyways?!” The young man answered, cleaning the blood that busted out from the corner of his lips. “I am her f**king husband, and who the hell are you?! Why are you ki
Amelia and James flew back to Alabama in the same airplane, but they totally ignored each other. Amelia tried looking for ways to talk to him, but James wasn’t ready to even look at her. Though Amelia was sad that he was totally ignoring her this time around, Fred was busy texting her over the phone. He said funny things that made her smile and sometimes giggle out loud. James often stole glances of her and saw her smiling while checking her phone. He wondered what or who could make her so happy over the phone. They got to Alabama in less than two hours and they headed straight to the company. They had a lot of work to do. Amelia was glued to her chair for more than three hours, organizing files, preparing documents, organizing and distributing messages from different departments. James on the other hand left for another meeting at his father’s company. It was a meeting Freddie was going to attend too. Amelia was still working when she perceived a familiar scent in the air. She
“What do you mean by she is with you? Your wife is here, she should be with you, not her!” Helen uttered. James smirked and looked at Amelia who had tears gathered in her eyes already. Before he could say anything, Amelia turned to leave and ran out of the house. “Amelia, wait!” Helen called behind her and began to run too. Charles hurried down the stairs after hearing the loud voice of his wife. He got to the living room and saw James in the living room, holding a stranger. He couldn’t find Helen anywhere. “Hey, when did you get here? Why didn’t you call me? And where is your mother? I just heard her voice.” “I don’t know what happened, Dad. She just ran out with Amelia. She will be back soon, don’t worry.” He let go of the woman’s hand and headed back to the couch. “Why is Madison here?” Charles asked, looking at the woman who looked extremely confused with everyone’s reaction, including James. “Her car developed some faults after I left the company, it refused to start. It
Fred got home and carried Amelia out of the car and into the house in a bridal style. He stared at her face until he laid her on the neatly laid bed in his guest room. “Hmm… why is it so hot?…” She moaned and turned on her side. Fred placed her bag on the lamp stand and hurried into the bathroom to get a wet towel for her. He soaked the white towel he kept in the bathroom with water and walked to where she laid again. He made her lay on her back again and began to mop her face carefully with the towel. As he cleaned her body, she smiled widely occasionally. Fred giggled at the slightest reaction she gave. ‘Why is she so cute?’ He was done with her face, and he slowly moved down to her hand. He picked up her right hand and cleaned it. He couldn’t help but gaze at her body. It was so smooth and beautiful. He looked away from her hand and down her leg, he saw a scar on her left leg and furrowed his brows. “What happened to you here?” He asked in a whisper and ran his finger on
‘What the hell.’ James stared at the staircase which Amelia had climbed in great shock. He couldn’t believe she had just walked out on him. “Ame…” All of a sudden, his phone began to ring, cutting him short. He clenched his jaw and walked up to the couch, where he had left his phone. He picked up his phone and saw his mother calling. He answered the phone and angrily placed it on his ear. “Mom,” He muttered. “Woah… what’s with the cold voice?” “Nothing.” “Are you sure? What’s wrong? Is Amelia back?” “Mom, can you please not ask me about her? If you want to know anything about her and her whereabouts, you can call her and ask. I don’t care about her.” “Hey… can you calm down? I never asked if you cared about her or not. Why are you acting weird? Who pissed you off?” “No one. I’m fine.” “Fine. I’ll call her to ask her then. But you have to apologize to her for what happened last night. You did something wrong.” “Mom, I am not apologizing! I have to go now.” He hung up the
~After Five Years~“Amelia!” Elena called as she pulled up the dazzling white wedding gown she wore. “I’m coming! Can’t you stop making it so obvious that you’re nervous?! It’s your wedding day, not a horror show night.” Amelia rushed out of the room to the living room where Elena and a few friend that were the bridal trains were waiting for her. “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. I had to make sure I got my makeup right since I insisted on doing it myself. I have been practicing for over three years for this day. To do my makeup myself!” She said proudly. “And you didn’t disappoint me! You look absolutely stunning, sister.” “Thank you! You look so beautiful too! I bet you’ll look even more beautiful when you walk down the aisle with our father today.” She answered with great excitement. “Do you think he’ll make it? Do you think the judge would grant him a temporary release just to attend a wedding?” “Don’t worry about it too much, Elena. We already talked, okay? They have bee
~One Year Later~ “Bababa!” Alice called out to James, who was busy eating Amelia out in the kitchen. “James… James… Alice has been calling on you for minutes. Won’t you go and see her?” Amelia’s voice was barely heard by James. He raised his head from between Amelia’s legs and looked at her face. His lips curved out a smirk slowly and he stood up. He kissed her lips so she could taste herself in his mouth. “Can’t you just take her to school already? She doesn’t let me get freaky the way I want.” He whispered a few inches away from her lips. Amelia chuckled and pulled him closer with her legs. “I already told you that I’m working on that. I don’t want her to go to school in Alabama. Let’s go somewhere far from here.” “To where exactly? You’ve been saying this for months and I keep asking you where we should go. Are you yet to figure it out?”“I told you to let me know when you can leave the business here and relocate. Have you found someone competent to look over things here?”
Instead of heading straight to the house, Penelope went down to the station to see Hopper and Freddie. She couldn’t keep the news of Clara still being alive to herself. She got to the station and waited till it was time for the conjugal visit. When it was time, she asked to see Hopper first. She was taken to a private room so that they could talk. She was happy she didn’t have to stay behind the desk to talk to him this time around. She was going to finally touch him after a long time. After a few minutes, Hopper arrived. Immediately he stepped into the room, a smile lit up his face. He opened his arms and embraced her. She was also fully ready to embrace him. “How are you, I missed you so much.” Hopper said as he broke the hug. “I missed you so much too, Hopper.” She responded and that both sat. Penelope heaved a sigh and gulped hard as she sat. Hopper furrowed his brows and looked at her closely. He could sense something wasn’t right with her. “Penelope. What is it this tim
“Oh please, do you think you can scare me with those words? What can you do to me, hun? All you can do is throw me into jail like you did to my husband, then I finally get to be with him. I’m not scared of you, James.” “That’s enough, Mom! I never knew she could be insensitive about this matter. You are clearly at fault and you’re still acting so strong. You’ll lose everything you’ve always wanted and the ones you had always had.” Elena uttered. Penelope clutched her jaws and looked away from Elena. Deep down, she never wanted it to play out so badly, but now it had to be like that, she wasn’t ever going to act weak in front of them. “I have always known that you miss your husband so much. But I never thought you’d go to the extent of going to jail just to be with him. Well, congratulations, your wish would be wholly granted.” James added. “No.” Amelia uttered after a long time of silence, and everyone looked at her. “Amelia…” “She won’t be going to jail. I won’t press charges a
~The Next Day~ After sedating Susan to stop her from overthinking about what Amelia told her, she got better and before she knew it, she was discharged. Only Amelia stood with her throughout her stay in the hospital. James couldn’t go home either because he couldn’t let her be all by herself. He wasn’t going to let anything happen to her again. ‘I have lost her once, and that would never respect itself anymore.’ He told himself. Susan was taken to James' house after he got discharged. She was driven home in his car. She asked that Amelia let her call Tonia and explain what was going on so that she wouldn’t get too worried about her. Tonia told her she would find a time to visit her before the end of the week. She also was eager to know more about Susan, since she never caught a glimpse of her past life when she was still with her. Getting to the mansion, before they entered the house at all, the aroma of roasted chicken filled their nostrils. James smiled faintly and looked at
Throughout the impromptu ride to the hospital, Penelope was quiet and in shock. Elena kept asking her why she called that strange woman Clara, but she seemed too stunned to speak. They got to the nearest hospital shortly, and Susan was rushed into the emergency ward. They were all asked to wait outside for the doctor and nurses to do their work. Amelia seemed to be more worried than the others because she feared something bad must have happened to her. “She’ll be fine, Amelia.” James tried to console her. Amelia shook her head and exhaled pretty hard. “I asked her to come with me, and now this happens? What if something bad happens to her? She has a guardian. What should I tell her if she finds out?” She worriedly answered. James didn’t know what to do other than console her till they heard from the doctor what had really happened. He didn't know anything about her yet. “Come here.” He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. He patted her head slowly and planted a kiss
“James?!” She called out, catching everyone unaware. The cops rushed out of their hiding places, and before Fred could realize what was going on, he was surrounded with cops who pointed their guns at him. “Your hands in the air!” They announced, and he raised his hands. James also proceeded out of his hiding spot and ran towards Amelia, who was also running to him happily with Alice in her arms. “Alice!” He called happily and opened his arms wide. Amelia ran into his arms, even though she was quite conscious about Alice that she carried in her arms. The first thing James did was carry Alice from her arms first and then embraced Amelia with his side. Alice took one side, Amelia took the other. “I have missed you so much, James.” Amelia mumbled and tears began to stream down her eyes. James shut his heated-up eyes pretty tight, and let his tears stream down freely. “I missed you so much too, Amelia. I thought I lost you.” He mumbled too. He opened his eyes after a few minutes an
“She will be going home with us, Fred.” Amelia uttered and gave Susan a reassured nod. “What? Are you crazy? I can’t let a stranger go with us to the house. You know why I can’t.” He responded in anger. “Susan, can you please look after Alice for a few minutes? I need to talk to this man.” After giving the Walker to Susan, she walked up to Fred and exhaled softly as she started talking. “You abducted me, didn’t you? Not just me, but my child.” “Why are you saying this?” He answered almost immediately. “And since this happened, after I chose to be with you, have I ever bugged you or tried to run away? We sleep on the same bed, I know where you keep the keys to the door, so if I wanted to run I would have.” She took a pause and waited for him to say something else, but he didn’t. “If you can’t trust me, I see no reason why you want to be with me and my daughter. Can’t you just trust me the way I trust you? I left my daughter in your care, not the first time, but the second, becau
Amelia, Fred and Alice got to the shopping mall shortly after a taxi dropped them off.“Here we are. Where do we start from?” Fred inquired. “We or I? Fred, you don’t have to go around looking for this woman for me. You don’t even know what she looks like. Just stick around with Alice. When I’m done, I’ll come to you. Please keep Alice safe. I trust you and that is why I’m letting you be with her.” Fred smiled widely and nodded. “You know how much I love you and Alice. I would never let anyone hurt you. We’d go around the mall, maybe to the Game Center. But please don’t stay too long. If you see or notice anything weird, call on me. I’ll come running.” Amelia divulged a soft smile and nodded too. She leaned closer to him and planted a soft kiss on his cheeks. “Thank you.” Amelia clutched her jaws slightly and turned to look. She looked around the mall and reminisced on where to start looking first. ‘The restroom.’ She thought and headed to the restroom. She often looked back at