“thank you for everything Adrian, for being there for me, for constantly saving my life. I-” Aracely whispered as she locked eyes with Adrian, her eyes were filled with tears. “I don't deserve you” Aramide finished as a tear fell.
Adrian knelt beside her and he wiped her tear away from her cheek, He was about to speak when she continued “I don't deserve any of this. You deserve better”
“You are right.” He whispered back as he looked into her eyes, confusion flashed through Aracely's eyes “I don't deserve you, you are just too amazing, you are strong, you are a fighter, I watch you and I can't help but feel that I am the luckiest person on earth, you are so pure, And I want to be the one who can love you as much you have once loved” He finished. His eyes watered too,
“what if I don't want to be loved? What if— one day you are going to hate me, you are going to disgust me, you won't ever want to see or speak to
Growing up. Angel barely spent time with his father, The man was almost never around and whenever he was his mother was no where to be seem, it was almost like they weren't even trying yo hide their separation and it didn't take too long for angel to catch up on that. He could never truly understand why his parents were so distant, He didn't get when ta people who didn't care about each other would decide to bring a child into the world! He never understood why he had always been between them, walking one eggshells whenever his mother was around and not knowing how to properly express himself when ever his father came.The truth was, he never really had a good relationship with com because he barely knew the man, he had always been tucked in his own shell wondering about everything and anything but his five year old son, and as time went by Angel stopped believing he actually had a father and started seeing Cole as some stranger that would come by every week.
Angel never had a good relationship with his mother, The woman had always been trying to control his life and limit his every move ever since he was young, it was almost like she was trying to completely taint how he saw life.She was there every step of the way, ready to hush him before he could even speak, shut his eyes before he could see and complete rewind his brain to think however she wished. She was always ready to whisper all her sweet lies right into his ears, paint the world as everything that it wasn't just so he wouldn't be able to leave her bubble.Bola had always been an inch away, ever ready to plunge him from reality's ad right into her far-fetched reality she wasn't a mother, she had bee some kid of controlling monster, that voice in everyone's head, that they were honestly better without.Angel matched the woman's glare, she was doing that thing again — An action she had somehow
Aramide worriedly paced to and to in her living room, her phone was clenched in her grasp as worry remained etched on her barely visible features, she had ran her hand through her hair so many times she was sure it had started to break, She kept glancing at the front door.'Gosh, Angel was going to be a very sorry little boy if eventually came back home'Aramide felt tears sting her eyes, The boy was like a son to her,and now, he was missing! he had left without telling anyone, despite the state he was in,She recalled the doctor had told him to get bed rest but he did the exact opposite!Aramide glanced at the time on her wrist watch for the millionth time that night, it was almost midnight now,she couldn't help but wonder if Efrain was still on his way, it was getting late after all.The last thing Aramide wanted was to bother the man, She had half mind to call him and tell him tha
FLASH BACK “i won't make you any promises Aramide, I will prove it to you, I am going to stand by your side and protect you, let's do this together, Let's help each other heal” “you don't get it. I don't want to heal” Aracely replied in a monotone voice. She watched as Adrian's features morphed into confusion as he stared back at her waiting for some kind of clarification, Aracelt wiped a tear that tried to wall and showed him her thumb which she had used to wipe her tears. “these tears, this pain, this grief, I don't want it to end, I want to feel and consume it. I want to relieve all those memories over and over again, so that one day, when I have my parent's murderer in my face, I can make them bleed the same amount of tears I have shed over the past few years.” “Aramide” Adrian breathed as he reached out to her, They were still in their position, Adrian was knelt down in front of Aracely
Aramide rested on the railing in her balcony, For some reason her mind had travelled to her past today. She almost couldn't believe so many years had passed. So many.words had been said and heard and so many bonds had been broken and made, Change had been so consistent that she almost couldn't recognise herself. She's still remembers the day she had decided to come to London FLASH BACK "Ara, I think you are overthinking this, leaving it all behind was the best thing you could do! Besides, remember your career? how you worked so hard to get here, are you going to give up because some clothes aren't what you want?" Bola countered. "It's not the clothes, Bola. It's everything. I know I act like I don't care, but I do. I do. I am starting to regret coming to London, I should have just stayed in Lagos, that's my home! its-" "I can't believe you,"
Aracely nervously played with her hand, Her heart rate was getting higher by the moment. She glanced at her back over and over and even in the air conditioned restaurant — she was sweating. She could barely register the friendly chatter from people in the restaurant, waitresses walking from one place to another asking orders, If she could feel or move her legs she would probably be nervously tapping them on the ground like she was doing with her hands. “What's your order ma'am?” Aracely heard a waitress ask. “My order?”Aracely swallowed “Yes ma'am your order” The waitress bit back. If Aracely didn't know better she would at the waitress was ride for nearly being sarcastic with her, but she couldn't exactly blame the woman Aracely had been in the restaurant for about two hours now, Daniel was supposed to be there before
Aramide bit her lip.She knew her nerves were getting the best of her, She knew that Anxiety would probably kill her before she found out the truth, but she also knew that, She would never be able to forgive herself if she walked away now, For the past ten years she had desperately wants to go d out what really happened that day, the events of that evening and completely out her life on pause, it changed her, and now, now that she found out that her daughter is alive, she wasn't sure if digging up the past was the best idea, but she's also knew that she needed to quench burning inside of her, the one that was desperate to find out the truth.Aramide knew deep down that Ace had to be her daughter, there was just so many coincidences, it was almost like all the pieces had been in her face but she just never put them together; They were both the same age, they both had an amulet,Yes, Aracely rarely word hers and Aramide
“Tania Montes?” Daniel asked as he sat up right in his chair, “who is she?” He continued. “You don't know her?" Aracely asked with a raised eyebrow, as she rested her hand on the table, sure, a mild scene had been created when the glass broke — but she was fine now, after all, there were more mattes to settle “No, I don't know her, how is she related to all this?" He asked as he brought the cup of coffee to his lips Aracely frowned as she stared back at him, a bit of disbelief ringing at the back of her head, while her thoughts remained strained. “She is Bola's business partner” Aracely had definitely not expected the man to completely spit out his coffee and stare at her in pure shock, “Wait. how is..Are you...Do you think...do you think Bola is involved in any of this?" “I don't know” Aracely stated. Her poker face was on display as she stared intently at