Amelia woke up and sat up on the couch. She looked around the living room and let out a heavy sigh. Fred wanted her to sleep in one of his rooms but she refused. For some reason, she didn’t want to feel comfortable. Not after what she saw. Soon, the aroma of scrambled eggs filled her filled the air and her nostrils. She knitted her brows and looked at the kitchen. She knew Fred was at it again. She stood up and dragged her feets on the tiles to the kitchen door. She leaned on the door and stared at Fred as he cooked. He didn’t realize she was watching him until he looked back to pick a plate. Then he saw her. “Hey! You are awake.” He said with a bright smile. Amelia divulged a smile also and bounced her head. “Yes, I am awake.” She responded, still leaning against the door. “Did you sleep well? How are you feeling now?” Fred further asked, moving close to her. “I’m fine, thank you.” “Please wait at the dining table, breakfast will be ready in no time.” He said to her. She no
~At Parker’s Mansion~The whole mansion and compound was lit up with beautiful lights and decorations. The air was filled with the aroma of different food delicacies. The living room was also filled with so many people of great caliber and status. It was Charles’ fiftieth birthday, and Helen had thrown him a birthday party. She invited all of his friends from near and abroad. “Happy Birthday, Charles. Here is a little present from me.” Freddie said as he hugged Charles tightly. “Thank you so much, Freddie. You never disappoint.” Charles responded, collecting the bag of presents he gave to him. He gave the bag to one of the waiters and asked him to drop it in the room where they kept all the presents. “Where is your son and his wife?” Freddie further asked. “Oh, they should be on their way here. They are running late because of work.” Freddie smiled and bounced his head. “Your son has finally snatched my daughter away from me. She hardly comes to visit. All she does now is call
James walked out of the spotlight and headed to where Amelia stood. Her eyes were glued on him like she had never seen him before. He got closer to her and slowed down. He swallowed hard and stood in front of her. “Can you give me another chance?” James asked with his face so close to hers. Amelia gulped and looked around to see that people had shifted their attention to the next person that was giving his speech. “Why were you kissing her?” Amelia responded, and James smiled feebly. ‘At least she wants to talk to me now.’ He thought. “Before I answer that question, please let me ask you another question. Can I?” He further asked. Amelia exhaled softly and bounced her head. “What?” “Do you still love me at all? Any little feelings? I promise to manage it.” He uttered, and Amelia lowered her head. James’ eyes widened in fear as he stared at her. ‘What is taking her so long to respond? She doesn’t love me anyhow? Is this because of Elena or Fred? Is that how quick feelings die?
“So…” James moved his hand on top of hers and held it slightly, making her close her eyes slowly. “That night, we were supposed to do it.” He added, and Amelia nodded. She opened her eyes and looked at him. “We can do it now, right?” Her voice was filled with hunger for pleasure, and James could hardly hear her. “Do you want us to?” He further asked. “I have never done it before, and I don’t have any gifts to give you.” She responded, and James giggled. “You don’t have to give me any gifts. You are a special gift to me already.”Amelia smiled heartily and moved closer to him. She laid on her right side and lifted her head in the air with her right hand. She got so close to him that she could perceive the soap he used to bathe. James kept smiling as he moved his right hand to Amelia’s fair and smooth face. His hand touched her cheek and her ear found its way in the middle of his fingers. Amelia closed her eyes and rubbed her cheek against his palm even more. She couldn’t help b
Amelia and James rode in the same car to the company. James refused to let her drive because he believed she was still hurting from the previous night. That wasn’t the only reason though, he didn’t want her so far from him. So he kept her by his side as he drove and held her hand too. He stole glances of her beautiful face as he drove. One way or the other, she looked more gorgeous to him than ever. He believed it was as a result of what happened the previous night. James parked the car at the parking lot and told Amelia not to get down yet. He ran to her door and helped her open it. “What? That was why you told me not to alight?” She asked, and he giggled and bounced his head. “Yes! I wanted to help you open up. Isn’t that a good reason?” He asked, and she chuckled. “Of course, it is. I’m just a little surprised you want to help me with the door. That’s so sweet of you.” She complimented and planted a soft kiss on his cheek. “Is that a thank you from you?” “What do you think?
“Ermm, Patricia, can we start with the makeup now?” James asked, pushing her off him slowly. “Ohh… yes. Sorry about that, I didn’t mean to..” “It’s fine. Let’s just go straight to business. Time is fast spent already.” Patricia moved away from him and reached for her large bag. She pulled out her large makeup box from it and placed it on the table. She opened it and began to look for the shades to use for James. As she got prepared, Amelia walked in again. She had two cups in her hands, one had coffee and the other had warm tea. “Mr. James, I’m back.” She said with a large smile, and James looked at her and grinned. “Welcome back.” He responded as Amelia stretched the cup of tea to him. “Coffee?” He asked, and she shook her head and chuckled. “I know you don’t drink coffee, okay? I wanted to say tea, but coffee fell out of my mouth instead.” James giggled and took a sip from the cup. He closed his eyes and a wide smile curved up his lips. “I love it! Thank you.” Amelia nod
Freddie sat in the private room in his mansion. He was going through some documents, when all of a sudden, he heard a knock on the door. “Who is it? You know I hate being disturbed when I’m in here.” He responded, without looking up. The door opened despite his words of warning, and he looked up to unleash his anger on whosoever it was. When he sprang to his feet and saw who came in, his words just stuck in his throat. “Mr. Freddie, it’s been years. How are you today?” He asked and walked in majestically. “Mr. Hopper?” Freddie responded with great shock. “Why do you sound so shocked? I told you I’ll pay you a visit one day. You can’t expect me to just forget I have a daughter somewhere. Can I sit?” Hopper asked, walking to the single seater in the office and sitting before Freddie could say “Yes”.“But… Why didn’t you tell me you will be paying me a visit? I would have made more preparations.” Freddie said nervously, rubbing his palm on his thighs. “Well, I never thought I woul
“What are you talking about, uncle!” Amelia yelled and sprang to her feet. “Elena is your sister, Amelia. She is your twin sister!” He responded and also sprang to his feet. “Noo… that is impossible. Elena can never be my sister. Do you know how much that girl hates me?” Amelia asked in anger. “I’m sorry, but I didn’t choose that, okay? Can you at least let me finish explaining?” Freddie asked, and she shook her head aggressively. “I would love to hear from that man outside.” She uttered and stormed to the door. “That man is your father, Amelia! He isn’t just a man.” Freddie answered, following behind her. Amelia stormed out of the office and headed to the living room to look for Hopper. She got to the living room and found Hopper sitting on the couch and doing something on his cellphone. “Amelia…” Hopper heard Freddie call, and he looked up to see Amelia in front of him. She stared at him speechlessly. “Heyy…” He said and stood up. “I want to hear everything from you.” Amel
~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