“I don’t know exactly what you want me to do Mrs. Parker, and that is why I told Mr. Parker, I would love to see you.” “I understand, Mr. Nicholas. All I want to know is the business my late parents were into. I need to know everything, either good or bad. I want to know who killed them also.” Amelia responded. “Your late parents, what are their names, please?” “Clara and Stanley Cooper.” Nicholas nodded and kept his eyes on his computer for a while before looking up. “Okay, Ma’am. Give me a few days to dig up information about them. I would also pry into the lives of other family relatives if you don’t mind.” “I don’t mind at all. The other family members include my Uncle Freddie and his children. Stanley had only one brother.” Nicholas smiled and bounced his head. “I’d have dug that up myself. But you don’t have to worry. I’ll start working on it as soon as possible.” Amelia smiled faintly and stretched forth her hand to Nicholas. “Thank you so much, Sir.” She stood up and
Amelia woke up very early to prepare breakfast for James. She wanted him to eat and take lunch with him to the office. While he was in the bathroom, she stood up, picked up her phone and hurried to the kitchen to prepare pancakes before he could stop her. Since the news about her pregnancy, James had stopped her from doing virtually everything. It was so bad that he even helped her in the bathroom sometimes. Amelia often complained to him that he would end up spoiling her, but he didn’t mind. He just wanted his baby and wife to be healthy and fine. Amelia was done with the pancakes before James stepped out of the room. She began to set the table in no time. “Amelia.” James called, hurrying out of the room and he caught her setting the dining table. “Hello, love. Good morning.” She responded with a bright smile to bribe him from complaining about making breakfast for him. “Amelia…” He called in a low tone and walked to the dining table. “I told you not to stress yourself.” He ad
It was evening and James was still busy on his PC when he heard a knock on his door. He didn’t bother to look up before he asked the person in. The door opened and unbelievably, Fred walked into the office. James raised his head and when he saw it was Fred, he knitted his eyebrows in disbelief. “What the hell are you doing here?” He asked, and Fred let out a soft smile. “Take it easy, James. I’m not here to fight you.” “Then why are you here?” “I came to check up on my friend, Amelia. I thought she would be busy at work, but it turns out I was wrong.” James slammed the table with his hands angrily and stood to his feet. “I can vividly remember she called you this morning and told you not to worry about her. Honestly, I don’t know what you are trying to prove.” “Can you just calm down?” Fred asked, acting like he enjoyed how paranoid James was about him coming to pay a visit to Amelia. “There’s no reason to calm down. Stay away from my wife, okay? We are good and she doesn’t n
“What are you going to do about the truth you’ve just found out about your dead parents?” James asked Amelia as they sat in the living room. Amelia heaved a sigh and looked at his face before talking. “I am going to confront them first. Then I hand them over to the police afterward.” James’ eyes widened and he moved away from her in surprise. “Hand them over to the police?” “Why are you so shocked about it? They killed people. They should suffer the consequences.” “Amelia…” He called slowly and reached for her hand. He sweetly squeezed it and began to play with her fingers. “Have you thought about this well? This could be dangerous. You can end up regretting this at the end of the day.” He said, and she withdrew her hand from him. “Why do I feel you are trying to be on their side?” She muttered. “No, Amelia. I’m not on their side. I’m on and always on your side. I’m just worried about you. It’s your father and Uncle Freddie we are talking about here. Do you really want to do t
Amelia got ready to leave for Freddie’s house. She got to the living room and met James all dressed up too. “I’m going with you.” He said, and she shook her head and walked up to him. “Babe, you have a meeting with an important client in thirty minutes time. You should go there. I can sort this out myself.” She said to him, and he shook his head. “No, I want to be with you on this one, okay? You don’t have to do it on your own.” Amelia exhaled and cupped his face in her palms. “Trust me, Freddie. I can do this alone. I’ll tell you everything when I get back. I won’t keep a single thing from you.” James lowered his head and slowly nodded. “You’re telling me everything, without removing anything, okay?” He uttered, and she bounced her head. “I promise.” She lifted her pinky finger and wagged it, waiting for him to touch it with his. Instead he pulled her hand to his mouth and planted a soft kiss on it. “You smell so good.” He mumbled against her skin, sniffing hard. Amelia laug
“Hudson, what is wrong with you? Why do you keep doing things that make me regret you were ever born?!” Freddie smacked as Hudson tried to stand up. He wiped his bloody mouth with the back of his hand and lifted his face to look at Freddie. “Can we just stop pretending that you are always the good guy for a second? You think I didn’t know?! All these years, I have known you are not the man people think you are!” Hudson responded in a loud voice. “What the hell are you talking about?” “You think I’m stupid? You think I didn’t know you killed your brother? You think I didn’t know you once tried to rape his wife even when mom was still with us!” “Shut up, Hudson!!” “Why? You’re surprised I know all your secrets and how filthy you are? I got that stupid attitude from you, but you are always scolding me. Why?” Freddie’s eyes heated up and watered as he listened to Hudson speak. He clenched his jaws and lowered his head. “Why are you crying? Did you think no one would ever find out
~ After Six Months~ Amelia got out of bed and shuffled to the bathroom. Her legs were shivering and her back was hurting like hell. She needed to pee but it seemed like a big deal. She sat on the toilet and spread out her hands and held onto the wall that was on her two sides. She shivered as the urine finally found its way out. She cleaned herself with the tissue and was about to stand up when she felt a sharp pain in her pelvis. “Arghh!!!!” She cried out so loud, making James jump out of his sleep. “Amelia!” He yelled and ran into the bathroom. He saw her struggling to stand up from the toilet. He dashed to her and gave her his hand. “Are you okay?” He asked with great worry. He got so confused and didn’t know what to do next. “I think. I think the. The babyy…” Amelia shuttered. “That baby is coming?” He hurriedly pulled her hand and placed it round his neck. He held onto her waist and made her rest on his right side. “I’ll help you walk. Can you walk?” He asked, and Amelia
“You came all the way here and stayed till I gave birth. Come in already.” Amelia insisted on Elena coming in. Elena slowly nodded and opened the door. She walked in, keeping her eyes locked on Amelia’s face. She waited at the door so that the nurses could also clothe her with the gown too. After they finished, she fiddled with her fingers in the glove and slowly asked to Amelia’s bed. She stood next to her and lowered her head. Elena wanted to say something to her, but she was too scared to find the right words. After how much she hated Amelia, she really didn’t know any nice thing to say, as she was confused. Amelia noticed how guilty Elena was and helped her out by starting the conversation. “Are you not going to see her?” Amelia asked and turned her head to look at her baby’s cradle which was surrounded by James and Penelope. Elena looked at the cradle and felt reluctant to move closer to it. Penelope looked back and saw Elena staring. “Elena, come here, come and see your