“What?” I asked surprised and wanting to know why he was staring at me. “He was abusive?” He said softly, I wanted to ask him who was but I remembered, he was talking about his dad. “He got really mad because my mum wouldn’t sign the inheritance over to him, she signed them to me instead and asked that I took over when I turned 18.” He started explaining. “So must of the time he’d come either drunk or angry and he would hit her so much that she wouldn’t be able to move and I couldn’t do anything, I just watch.” He sighed. “He would send me to my room and lock me up, sometimes for days. Julia and Adrian would sometimes come when he isn’t home and the would keep me company from outside.” He laughed “it was funny, they’d tell me stories and it would feel like I was with them until I fell asleep. Everything was horrible and quite traumatizing but, my mum loved him and he, he only loved her properties.” He finished sharing and I didn’t want to pressure him to share more. “
I woke up feeling better than I’ve ever felt before, I felt confident and even more beautiful than I’ve ever felt. Yawning and stretching I turned to see Connor still asleep, peacefully. Picking up my phone I checked the time. Shit, it was 10:45AM and I’d missed three calls from Camilo, I ignored that and I felt bad for ignoring him like that. Jumping up, I woke Connor up although I didn’t mean to. Connor sat up, he looked heavenly and once again I wanted him all over. “Good Morning.” He said scratching his hair and squinting before finally opening his eyes to look at me properly. “Where are you going?” He asked. “Where do you think?” I asked rhetorically. “Work, of course.” I answered. “Oh.” He said, getting up to join me, he was naked and I gulped down hard. “What are you doing?” I asked. “You ask too many questions, just get in the bath and let’s get ready.” He said to me and listening to him, I walked into the tub and he followed right behind me getting in aft
**CONNOR** I stopped walking and decided to go to Alannah and take her out for lunch today, I hadn’t told her anything , I just wanted to surprise her a little and she was. I got to her office and found Camilo was there already. Why was he there and what were they talking about? I looked over at Alannah to find her smiling and Camilo smiling back. Mad, I walked inside the office. “So where do you have in mind?” I heard Camilo ask Alannah and I immediately knew he was talking about taking her out to lunch. His presence alone annoys me and quite frankly, I have no idea why, maybe it was because he made Alannah smile, well I make her do more than smile I scoffed as I thought. And before Alannah would answer, I spoke “Nowhere, I’ll be taken her to lunch.” Alannah and Camilo both looked at me, surprised. Both freezing in their position like they’d seen a ghost. “We Leave in two.” I said again looking at my wristwatch. I saw the disappointment on Camilo’s face
**ALANNAH** It’s been a month since Uncle Eddie had called, I’d found a way to raise only 2million dollars and surprisingly my uncle had taken the money from me without much fuss. Adrian and Julia had gone on another vacation, a lot has happened this past weeks, then I remembered its also been a month and some days too since I’d reject Camilo. I still remember that day clearly and as usual he’d invited and took me out to dinner. “You look great, Alannah.” Camilo complimented. “Thank you. You too.” I said smiling and he took my hand and kissed it. It felt uncomfortable in a weird way. “Come.” Camilo said, inviting me to the table he’d reserved for both of us and pulled the chair out for me. “Thank you.” I’d said, sitting down and going through the menu. The waiter had offered a glass of water first and after deciding on what to order, Camilo decided to talk. “So, Alannah. There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you.” Here it comes I thought, I w
“Hey.” I heard Connor’s voice behind me, snapping me out of my memory lane. “Hey.” I said as I turned to kiss him. “What’s wrong? You Okay?” He asked looking worried and as usual stroking my hair. “Yes, I’m fine.” I answered. “I was just thinking.” I completed. “Oh Really? What about?” He asked before sitting down and pulling me to his lap too. “Everything. I miss Julia and Adrian too.” I said pouting like a little baby. “Should we go to them then?” He asked and my eyes lit up. “We can?” I asked in a squeal. “Yes. We can and in fact, we’re going.” He said before asking me to stand up, pulling out his phone from his pocket Connor walked out of his study and I could still hear his voice until they fade. I closed my eyes for a while to relax and my phone rang. I didn’t have to look at it to know who it was, it was my Uncle. I’d thought of ignoring the call, closing my eyes and laying back on the chair and just as my phone stopped ringing. I heard a
**ALANNAH** Connor told me we would be leaving for Paris tomorrow, I tried really hard to show my excitement even though I was not really excited, I was scared, scared that my uncle will once again find us and this time he will hurt Connor. I didn’t want Connor in any kind of danger, I feel it’s kind of like my job to protect him now from the danger of my uncle and besides he shouldn’t be caught up in all of this mess. It’s my problem, I should definitely deal with it. I sighed before smiling and cuddling Connor even tighter, he pulled me in and as usual gave me a kiss. Closing my eyes I drifted to sleep. “Good Morning.” Connor said waking me up with a kiss. “It’s Morning?” I asked scratching my eyes like a little girl. “Damn right it is.” Connor answered smiling. “Uhmm, I don’t know what kind of clothes you would wanna pack, so I moved your whole closet in here.” He finished talking. “You did?” I said, getting up and picking out my clothes. “I’m done.”
Dinner went well as everyone was catching up on where we’d left off, forgetting about the attack or my uncle, everything seemed a little bit normal again. We finished eating and we all went to the sitting room and settled for a movie. Adrian and Julia excused themselves before we finished the movie but we stayed through it, when the movie ended we both decided we were going to bed. Connor and I got to our room, pulled off our clothes and had our baths together, we played like little kids laughing, remembering and sharing our funny moments together. We got out of our bath and laid on the bed. “You were about to say something before we had dinner?” He asked. “Oh. That’s nothing, it’s fine. Don’t worry.” I lied as I told him between fake smiles. “You’re sure?” He asked. “Yes, I am very sure.” I nodded before laughing at my attempt to be a child. He laid down and I laid on his chest, listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat and hearing him breath. I closed my eyes.
**CONNOR** “Let’s go see what the girls are up to.” Adrian suggested, we’ve walked together for almost thirty minutes and we were already exhausted, neither of us liked the idea of the camping as the both of us agreed we’d rather stay home but, whatever the girls want, the girls get. I laughed at the thought. “Yeah, Okay.” I agreed and we both walked back to the house, what we’d seen at the entrance shocked us both. Coolers for the drink, a basket of fruit and other food items, bags etc. “uhh, What is going on here?” I asked looking at Adrian and he returned the stare, was also as surprised as I am. “We’re going camping soon, silly.” Julia said and I saw Alannah struggling with a bag, I moved to help her with it. “But, we didn’t think you girls would be ready so soon.” Adrian said, speaking my mind and I nodded in agreement. “Well, we are. You both get ready. We leave soon.” Alannah said, sending Adrian and I upstairs. We got ready not long after, loade
*****5 Years Later**** **ALANNAH**“Ariel!” I called. “Get back here!” I added as I ran around the house chasing after my toddler. Having a baby isn’t what I thought it would be for me, I would be occasional stressed out and the little one isn’t helping. Running around and trying to catch her, my phone rang.Ring ring ring came from my phone, I paused for a while to see who it was and I smiled as I saw it was Connor.“Hey baby.” He called from over the phone with a smile.“Hey.” I answered breathlessly. “Ariel, No, Stop!” I yelled again and I heard Connor laugh at me.“What’s going on over there?” He asked still laughing and doing nothing to stop his laughter.“Your daughter.” I started saying. “She’s driving me nuts.” I added, wincing dramatically like I wanted to cry. “I’m tired, I need a break, a vacation where she doesn’t get to come.” I ranted.“Oh, So now she’s my daughter?” He asked and I just know he did that with a raised eyebrow. “You’ll have a vacation but definitely
After waiting a while, a doctor finally came outside and we all stood up to walk over to him.“How is he?” Julia asked before any of us could speak.“Calm down Julia. Let the doctor talk.” Uncle Matt said and the doctor let out a small smile.“He’s stable now.” The doctor announced and Uncle Matt and I let out a sigh of relief, although we were shocked, Alannah held her chest for what seem like minutes before getting control of her breathing.“Can we see him now?” Julia asked, cleaning her tears with her palm.“Yes. But, he’s asleep now, I suggest you get him something to eat and let him rest before getting to see him.” The doctor said, leaving us alone as we said our thanks.“He’s Fine!” Julia screamed, jumping on me and all smiles.“Yes, Yes He is.” I laughed too and after some time of celebration, we all made our way to go freshen up and make some food for Adrian when we get home.“You need to take a rest.” I said to Alannah and she smiled, hugging and holding me tight.“I’m just
I was going to handover the papers to him when we heard gunshots, ducking, I jumped over to where Alannah was standing in a bid to protect her. Uncle Matt’s and his men shooting became rampant and we made our way to the safety, I saw my dad trying to escape and I immediately ran over to him, pouncing on him. I slowed him down.“You don’t want to do this.” He said trying to stand up. “I’ve been waiting for years to do this.” I punched him and he spat out blood. “That’s for Alannah.” I said. “This is for Nanny McPhee.” I said as I punched him again. “And this..” I said making my hand in a strong fist. “.... is for my mother.” I punched him hard not giving him a chance to breath or even speak. He was still so strong because he immediately rolled over and was on his feet in no time.“No fucking time pass by that I don’t remember how you killed her.” I let my anger surge through me as I dashed to where he was, he spun around quickly not letting me get to him.“She killed herself.” He answ
I opened my eyes in a dark room with a fuzzy head. My head and ears ringing, I tried so hard to remember what had happened but the more I tried, the more my head ached. “Where am I?” I asked myself as I tried to stand up and it was then I realized I was tied to a chair with my hands behind my back, my legs tied up too and my mouth duct taped. I groaned.“The more you try, the more painful it becomes.” I heard a familiar voice say, I strained my eyes to look properly and I saw Steve, Connors dad. I struggled more on the chair and tried to say something that only came out in a muffle as my mouth was taped already, he lifted his hands up and a man, My Uncle, came closer to remove the tape from my mouth, I spat and inhaled.“What do you want?” I said.“You know what I want. Connor does too.” He answered. “You just tell him to step down and everyone is fucking happy. That son of a bitch is stubborn and if anyone could talk to him, it’s you.” He added.“And you really think I will?” I said
Getting home, Connor made sure I took my supplements, we decided to stay back and watch TV for a while before going to rest.“The Multibillionaire and most eligible bachelor is set to be a father soon? Are these rumors true....” Came from the TV and Connor immediately switched it off.“How did they know?” I asked, puzzled. We’d made sure to not let anyone else in on the news except close families and maybe the servants around the house.“I don’t know but things about me don’t pass by the media that easily, they always find it all out eventually.” Connor answered.Ring ring. The doorbell rang and one of the maids had gone to answer it.“Connor! My man!” Adrian called as he made his way to us. Julia followed suit and gave me a hug.“Congratulations.” Julia said. “Thank you.” I smiled and turned to Adrian who also congratulated and gave me a peck.“And I’m sorry about Nanny McPhee. We’ll all miss her.” She added.“Yeah. I’ll really miss having her around.” Adrian added.“It’s Okay, lets
Connor helped me to the bathroom and also assisted with my bath like I was a little baby, he was so gentle like I’d break if he does something stupid.“Goodnight little one.” Connor whispered before kissing my belly and I only smiled a little.“When are we holding McPhee’s Funeral?” I asked and he sighed.“I’m three days time.” Connor answered, “it totally skipped my mind to break that news to Adrian and Julia, they love her.” He added.“I know. You were too excited.” I said and he smiled.“I still can’t believe I’ll be a father soon.” He smiled again. “It’s exciting.” He added.“It is.” I said as I yawned.“Oh. You should go to sleep now, it’s been a long day and you’re most likely tired.” He said.“Goodnight.” I said, resting in his embrace.“Goodnight baby.” Connor whispered back and I closed my eyes to give into the sweet arms of sleep.The loud clanking downstairs and the door opening woke me up. “Good Morning.” Connor said in a singsong way. I rubbed my eyes before I opened them
“Connor, I have something to tell you.” I said as we got into the room. “What’s that, Baby girl? Are you Okay?” He asked, pulling off his clothes.“Yes. No. I’m fine, I’m good.” I told him and something about the way I answered made him walk closer to me.“What is it then?” He asked, lifting my face up.“I’m pregnant.” I rushed out the words like I was eating something very hot. Connor dropped his hand and moved a few steps farther away from me.“What?” He said, confused. “You’re what?” He asked again.“I’m pregnant.” I repeated. “I’ve been aware of it for a month now and I couldn’t bring myself to tell you..” I started saying. “I know you’re not ready to be a father and it’s fine if you don’t want to have anything to do with me anymore or the baby. I just thought it’s only right that you should know. You’re the father.” I said and he still looked shocked.Connor didn’t say a word to me, he slowly walked out of the room and I laid on the bed devastated. “I probably shouldn’t have tol
**ALANNAH**“What?” Connor asked and I nodded as I repeat myself.“That is my uncle.” I said again in shock.“Eddie Smith.” Uncle Matt announced as he walked back into the small barn and I nodded.“How did you know where we were? You got our location?” Connor asked and Uncle Matt shook his head.“No.” He answered.“Then how?” Connor asked again.“Alannah told me where you guys are, she’d called to inform that you were in potential danger and had sent the location, we came here as soon as we could.” Uncle Matt explained and Connor smiled.“Thank you.” Connor said to him as we made our way out of the barn. “Lisa!” I called as I ran towards my best friend. “Are you Okay?” I asked and she nodded as she swallowed hard.“I’m Okay.” She managed to say. “You should’ve seen Mr. Connor, he beat the shit out of all of them. He’s a freaking Superman.” She added and that was how I knew my best friend was fine. I looked up to see Connor talking with Uncle Matt and I smiled. They both walked p
As I looked around in search of Lisa, my phone rang. Ring ring ring. “Hello. Uncle.” I answered the call as I sniffed.“Where are you guys? Are you okay?” He asked and I could hear the worry in his voice. I sniffed again before I answered.“I’m good. Nan McPhee is dead.” I announced.“What?!” Uncle Matt said, shocked.“He killed her but I swear, I will not spare him when I find him. I’ll kill him, Uncle. I swear.” I threatened as I hold back my tears and made my hand into a fist.“Calm down, Son.” Uncle Matt said. “Where are you guys.” He asked and I told him I’ll send him the address immediately I drop the call, I was looking for Lisa. He hung up and I immediately sent him our location which I’m not sure he got because just as if sent it, the service left my phone and I groaned in frustration.“Lisa? Lisa?” I heard Alannah call and I rushed to where she was. Lisa was also tied down and fortunately, she was still alive. Alannah and I struggled to untie her but the knot was tied too ti