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
Aramide breathed deeply. Her hands rested on the door as if to knock before she recoiled it back, She could feel Efrain's hand on her shoulders as if to offer her some form of comfort, she smiled at the gesture but it didn't reach her eyes,She honestly couldn't believe that she was doing this, but the truth was that she would do anything for her daughter, absolutely anything. Without a second thought Aracely knocked on the door, it took a few minutes before rustling was heard on the other side, foot steps were heard and almost like lightening the door suddenly, Aramide wasn't sure whether it was the fact that's she and been lost in thought or probably the way the woman opened the door but she found herself taking a few steps and almost stumbling down if not for Efrain's grip on her. The girl seemed to be in her late twenties, she was wearing some shorts and a sweat shirt, Her hair was tied in a messy bun and her lips were pursed in a str
FLASHBACKAramide! Aramide! Please listen to me!” Cole's yells echoed throughout the streets as he ran after me, I alternated between wiping my tears and trying to get a taxi, I felt used, pathetic, and stupid, once again, once again I had let someone play with me. Why? Why didn't I just stick to my career? Why? Why did I have to fall in love with the wrong person, all over again? “Aramide,” he said again, as he managed to catch up and held my arm, and in a split second my palm collided with his face.“don't touch me” I gritted out through my teeth“hit me!” He yelled, his eyes were red too, had he been crying? Who cares.“Hit me!” He yelled again, as he took my hand and slammed it on his face a couple of times, “But please listen,
“I never knew Bola and Cole had a son, or that Bola was Cole's wife, gosh, I never even knew they had things for each other, because the truth was I wasn't supposed to know something like that! It was my best friend and the man I had at one point wanted to marry...” Aramide's voice filled the room once again, Her eyes were dry now, She seemed drained but looked like she's wanted to go on, Mercedes wasn't staring at her anyone, The blind haired woman had moved on to cleaning off dirt from the already clean table in front of her, A smile spread across Aramide's lips but it was gone as soon as it came. “The day I found out...it was the exact moment I reunited with Cole,” Aramide swallowed a lump grew in her throat as she's tried not to recall the memory, it was a memory that had haunted her all these years,it was the picture of her best friend—someone she had done nothing by trust and respect, and the man she had loved unconditionally and forgived time and time a