“You'd better have a very important reason for calling me here" Aramide spat the moment she locked eyes with Bola. Her steel gaze tore into the woman's skin and if looks could kill — Bola would be buried already.
When Aramide had gotten the message from Bola yesterday, She had a hard time contemplating whether or not to come. She knew Bola wasn't a saint. If anything the woman was the devil's candidate but Aramide also knew that Bola was the key to solving her puzzle quickly and completely ruining Tania. Aramide was aware of the fact that Bola knew this and that the woman was exploiting her for it too. But at this rate, she couldn't care less. All Aramide wanted to do was end this madness once and for all.
Their location wasn't a warehouse-like the last time, this time they had gone into the desert by the border, in the middle of Nowhere and Aramide had a half mind to just below the woman's head off once and for all. Yes,
“I agree" Aramide's was monotone. Void of emotion or any form of feelings. It was thick, heavy like the weight that rested on her shoulders now that she had to do this.It almost felt like Nostalgia. Ten years ago, Dared was the one who had asked her to go and meet Cole. Now, Ironically, Bola is the one asking her to do this. To go and meet Cole— Someone she had spent her whole life forgetting.FLASHBACK“You have to do this, We have to do this,” Dared stated as he came closer to her, “this is about our daughter, she isn't just yours Aramide, I won't let your past make us lose our daughter,” Dared explained painfully.“so what do you what me to do? huh? Should I travel back to London and appear at Cole's doorstep and say, 'Hey, I'm sorry about what happened years ago, you see, I have a child now, she's sick, and you know the best part? she's your
“W-what?” Mercedes cried.“Well listen, Doctor, it's really hard to determine right now and you know that" The nurse blurted out, She was one of Mercedes' nurses. “There were a few complications” Mercedes stared at her blankly as if she was trying to make sense of what the woman was saying before she pounced on her with more questions.“How is Aracely now? is she alright? is she okay?" Mercedes attacked the woman with questions before she felt Daniel pull her away.“You need to calm down Mercedes, you are scaring her” Daniel pointed to the nurse who was overwhelmed. Mercedes bit her lip.“I'm sorry, I just really want to know, is she okay now? what went wrong?"“All I can say is that she is stabilized, for now, I need to go back to work." The nurse said as she began walking away, Mercedes didn't have enough
“You are finally back" Efrain spoke from his seat on the couch in the living room *You are finally awake.” Aramide shot back as she took off her black coat and headed towards a chair to rest“Where did you get the intel?” Efrain asked as he stared at her suspiciously.“Have you verified it?" Aramide asked as she got comfortable on the black sofa in their home.“Yeah—"“So it is Tania's house?”“Didn't you know that before?” Efrain asked as he stared at her.“Doesn't hurt to verify.” Aramide waved off as she relaxed further into the chair.“You seem pretty exhausted. Care to share where you were today?”“No, I've never been a fan of sharing." Aramide stated and stood up
Aramide's sandals collided with the ground as she messily walked down the hall. The drive here had been quite bumpy for some reason there was traffic congestion and things escalated from there.Now, she was present in the hospital, walking down the hall to Cole's took after getting the number from the nurse at the reception. Aramide but her lips as she clutched her car keys in her hand. Her curly afro hair was tied in a bun and held with a silver clip. She wasn't wearing anything iconic, just some grey long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. The room number was room 325. Aramide was sure she just passed room 300 and the closer she got, the louder her heartbeat. She was ready right? She had gotten over Cole. this would be nothing but business. her whole didn't revolve around him and even she found it incredibly annoying how he could tamper with her life. she was stronger than this. right?FLASHBACK“W-w
“Aramide" His voice was hoarse and his name a bit off but he had said it, he slowly tried to reach out to touch her but Aramide immediately moved away.FLASHBACK“Cole—”“and what were you gonna do when she grew up asked who her real father was? Were you going to substitute that criminal for me?” Cole asked her with his eyes filled with emotions “Aramide if — If this never happened, would you have even told me?” He demanded as stared into her brown eyes. Aramide was silent, she folded and unfolded her fists, The ground suddenly became so uncomfortable, it was almost like she was stuck in a small box, Unable to do anything.But then again, what right did Cole have? what gave him the audacity to question how she had raised her daughter? Who did he think he was to drag Her present into this? How dare he? This was about their daught
Silence loomed over them for a while. Aramide held her battered breath as she stared back at the man waiting for him to speak again. Had it been an illusion? was she hearing correctly? did Cole not insinuate that something else apart from what they all knew had happened ten years ago? How was this going to affect their lives now? To be honest, Aramide was sick and tired of this back and forth. The only thing she wanted and craved was to be with her daughter and then go far away from all these conspiracies. But it had dawned on Aramide that the more she tried to move away the deeper she sunk into the web of lies that were laid. It seemed like an unending battle “Twelve years ago...” Cole began. His clear voice never failed to send chills down her spine. Had he been pretending? but why? He was going to tell her the truth now. So she hoped she was making the right decision by deciding to wait.
“What are you saying? what are you insinuating Cole! That's impossible! Bola is Angel's mother, right? So how is it that, Bola is sterile?” Aramide demanded as she glared at her man with furrowed eyebrows.“Angel isn't Bola's son and he isn't my son either. You'll be stunned to find out who Angel's mother is...”“Who is it?”Cole paused and bit his lip, Aramide could see the sadness in his eyes. he was in pain. He grabbed a fist full of the clothing that was laid on his legs and squeezed it before he spoke painfully in a sad voice. “Mercedes...” I found out a month ago that he was Mercedes' son.“That doesn't make any sense, Mercedes is too young to have carried a child at that time, how old was she? 16? That's impossible!"“A surrogate mother. Bola was a surrogate mother,” Cole announced. “Look, it to
~“Bola was the one who informed my uncle? She was the reason I got kidnapped? Bola was the reason?!" Aramide roared! “She's going to pay for this! I swear on my daughter that I am going to make Bola Hampson pay for this! just you wait and see!”“You are moving too fast Aramide, I haven't even begun to tell you all her secrets yet. You'll be completely shaken to find out the real Bola.”~“When you came back into our lives so many years ago. A lot of things had already changed— It was all messed up. Bola was friends with Tania— she constantly neglected Angel and since he wasn't my son — I didn't have much of a say as she could constantly threaten to take him away from me.When you came back though, standing at our doorstep, drenched in rain and saying you had a daughter for me...I'm not sure Bola could handle that...&rdq