Alex did not know what to do. "But wait a minute, I thought he was back at his parent's house, why can't he call anyone to help him instead of me?" She wondered, "or is he really hopeless?" She was so confused about what to do. She loves her husband and would not want to do anything that will hurt him. Josh would not find it funny to hear she went over to Jerry's place. She dropped her phone and sat on the bed thinking. Her right hand came in contact with a paper and she picked it up. It was a note from Josh. "I am sorry, darling, for leaving you so early but something came up and it needs my attention right away. I will see you later in the morning. Bye, love."She dropped the paper and stood up, "what if I go see Jerry since Josh is not around? He would not hear anything unless I told him." She picked up her phone, "just hold on, I will be right there." She quickly typed the message and sent it to Jerry and then rushed into the bathroom to take her bath. A few minutes lat
Luke came out of the bathroom after freshening up. He had in mind to just brush his teeth but after a second thought, he decided it's good if he bathes as well. He had this smile on his face which Christy was trying to return but she could not. She felt sick to her stomach. She had to mourn the paper she lost and now, she had been called to tell by one of their neighbors that Mr. John was dead. Luke could tell something was wrong by the way she was trying to manage to smile. "Why the long face? Did something happen to you?" He asked her as he unwrapped his towel to wear his briefs. Christy looked away at the act. She didn't know how deep Luke and Mr. John's relationship was but regardless, he deserves to know. "Mr. John is dead." She dropped the bombshell. Luke chuckled at what she said, "the joke of the century, how can't he die?"He picked a shirt from his closet. Christy stared at him dumbfounded. She was not expecting him to react that way. When she heard the news, she
Josh came out thirty minutes later and saw Bianca sitting on his bed. He huffed and turned his back on her. He did not even acknowledge her and that was the least of Bianca's problems. "That's a rude way to greet your wife, don't you think so, Josh Bleak?"Josh chuckled, "in your dreams, darling, will you be married to me? I'm not single anymore so stop dreaming, someone else has taken my heart." "I am certainly aware of your marriage, my darling husband, I'm also certainly aware that you will soon be single. So I'll just have to wait for the one who is occupying my space to leave and I will have you all to myself and then Shina will have her father and her mother together," she said, stood up, flipped her hair and with a knowing smile, she left the room. Josh shook his head, "keep dreaming my dear." ********** "That paper belongs to me, how come it's in your custody?" Ander asked, not acknowledging the fact that he had found who his grandfather wa
Alex alighted from the cab and went into the building. She had not been there since Jerry left the country, for 9 years now. The building felt old and she had to think maybe his parents moved out. Though the family was a family friend to hers, at some point, Jerry's mom stopped visiting them and she had no reason to visit since her best friend was out of the country. "How time flies?" She said with a small smile on her face. She was standing in front of this large building that was more than 3 decades old. The painting was almost fading. It had seen more snow in its life yet despite how old it was, it did not lose its magnificent beauty and the fact that money was spent on it was clearly written by the interior and exterior work on it. The memories of her and Jerry playing in the background flashed through her mind and she smiled again. She knocked and waited for a few minutes and when the door was not opened, she pushed the door and it opened. She walked in and it w
Jerry saw the confusion on her face and figured out she might be wondering why his things were outside the closet. "I don't live here anymore, I am just crashing in," he explained and she nodded her head and then smiled, "that explains it but don't you think your shirt will be big for me, let me manage mine," she insisted."Alex, if you want to get something for me to eat then you have got to wear my shirt. If not, forget about it because I would not allow you to go outside looking like this. My shirts don't bite, you used to wear my clothes back then, nothing has really changed between us." Alex avoided his stares, something had changed between them. They were no longer teenagers and she was married. Things could never be the same again. But for the matter not to be dragged on longer, she agreed to wear his clothes. She just wants him to eat and then she would know if she would take him to the hospital and contact any of his relatives to come take over from where she would stop
Ander and Josh arrived in senior Bleak's room. Senior Bleak looked towards the door expecting Alex to walk through and when he did not see her, he looked at Josh who was wondering why everyone in the room had to wear a gloom on those faces. "Morning, dad and mom, good morning Grandfather," he greeted his parents and his grandfather regardless. His parents acknowledged him and Senior Bleak gave him a small smile instead. "Where is Alex?" Senior Bleak asked Josh, "She went out," he answered, wondering why they all kept asking after Alex. "Where did she go?""I don't know Grandfather, I went for a morning jog and when I returned, I did see her only saw a note she left saying she has got something urgent to do and when I tried phoning, she did not pick up." "Josh, your wife left without you knowing her whereabouts and you are here looking comfortable. Well, it might interest you to know that your wife is your cousin."Josh Chuckled at his grandfather's last statement. It was
"Finally, I got to see my grandson," Luke heard behind him and turned to behold an older version of ZICO. Indeed blood never lies. Though the place was dark, he could still make out what the man before him looked like. "Who are you?" Luke asked, pretending not to know him. "Why be so daft? I know your father did not mention me to you, I understand but you see, I did not die as your grandfather wanted. Someone saved me and for that, I have to hide away from your grandfather because if he gets to know that I live, he will come after me. I am sure he killed your father," William said as the victim he was not. Luke cursed in his mind. These two people had planned to use him by emotionally blackmailing him. They wanted to manipulate him into thinking that Senior Bleak was the devil when it was obvious his supposed father and grandfather were. He had been thankful that he heard the voice note yesterday, if not he would still think that his grandfather was the one behind the whole th
Bianca sat on the bed and faced the wall, Shina was still sleeping or so she thought. She was unaware of the saga going on in the mansion. She has been waiting to hear from Jerry and since he had not called her, she called him instead. Two rings and he picked up."How is it going?" She asked without wasting time."Things are going according to plan," Jerry said with no emotion attached. He was thinking he could do this without her interfering and calling him at that time was just to distract him. "I can handle this on my own. Just don't call me again until I call you."Bianca got furious and stood up, "you don't tell me what to do. If I did not bring up that plan, would you have known what to do? Just don't mess up, I can't wait to have the father of my child. Shina needs a father." Jerry gritted his teeth at the manner in which Bianca spoke to him. "You do realize that if I wanted this game to stop, I would do so. I would just walk to her this minute and tell her everyt
31 December…. It was seven in the morning and Luke stood in the middle of his room staring at the fake will his lawyer had passed across to him not long ago. He had signed the document and told William of the latest development. William had told him to meet him right away. He pulled his jacket up and walked out of the room with the files in his hand. He walked past his grandfather without saying anything and continued walking down the stairs. Senior Bleak did not even mind and continued his way up the stairs. Luke walked to the box of keys and picked up Josh's car. He was not boarding any cab today. His car and that of Christy will arrive today unfailingly. He strolled outside and walked towards Josh's car, got in, and drove away. In less than twenty minutes, he was at William's hideout. He parked and walked in through the secret entrance. Getting inside, William was waiting for him. "That was so fast, you did what your father could not do in just a day. I am proud of you,"
Stacy Jackson stood shocked as her father handed her traveling documents and a permanent resident card for her sudden trip to Australia. He did not even allow her to come inside the house. "Dad, what is all this?" She asked in a high-pitched voice. "Young lady, don't raise your voice at me. You leaving GreyWave, it's what it is," he responded without any emotion in his voice. He had vowed in his heart that no daughter of his would be a nuisance and since Stacy couldn't stop being one in Greywave, it was better he sends her off to Australia to go live there. From now onwards she ceased to be a resident of GreyWave. Let him see how she will be running after Josh Bleak. "Dad, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I haven't done anything wrong. Why are you sending me to Australia to go and live?" She cried out. "You've done enough harm, Stacy. You're relocating to Australia and that is where you will live from now onwards. I don't want to see anything close to you her
Christy managed and stripped off her dress and went into the bathroom to freshen up. She did not take time, she came out as soon as she entered. One would actually think that she did not shower at all but the water drops on her body will change your mind. She put on a simple gown and went out of her room. Bobby and Gab with Mrs. Matilda sat at the dining table with Erica absent. Christy took a seat opposite her mother while Gab kept staring at her with a smirk on. She ignored him totally and forced her mind to focus on how to break the news to the family. Erica appeared a moment later and sat beside Christy and gave her a sweet smile. "You can as well put a smile on your face please," Erica whispered and Christy nodded. "Shall we eat now?" Bobby said, putting his phone inside his pocket. "Of Course, we should," Mrs. Matilda responded and asked Maria to dish out the food for them. Lunch was off Black Pudding; a meal made from blood sausage of animals, cerea
James drove into the National park and parked and then looked at Alex. She had gone back to being gloomy and he was not quite happy about it. "We are here, do you need any special thing you want me to do for you?" Alex smiled at him and got her purse."Not really, I will help myself through," she said and got down and started walking towards the park restaurant. A man with a black hood on stood in the opposite direction and pretended to be getting a ticket when Alex walked past him. Alex felt some chill down her spine when she passed the guy but continued walking into the restaurants regardless. The national park was filled with brims because of the holiday Families were soon having fun together.The national park was built in a way that it had everything starting from the Kiddies' arena to the adult arena, lodge, and eatery too.Alex got into the restaurant and ordered wine and chips. She wasn't there to eat but to have some time to herself but on second thought, she
Josh walked into Senior Bleak's study and found his grandfather bent on something. "Grandfather, you send for me," he said and Senior Bleak looked up at him. "Yes, I did. Get your father for me," Senior said and waved him off. Josh turned and left. Getting to his father's room, he saw him pacing around with his mom under the duvet. The atmosphere was a bit tense. "Father, Grandfather wants to see you," he said to his father and made to leave but his father's words stopped. "I heard you both are getting a divorce?""Yes, we are," Josh responded and waited to hear his father lash at him but JB did the opposite, he shrugged his shoulders. "Do what you think is the best," JB said and Josh was shocked by his father's reaction. This was unlike him. Things were going at a fast pace and he was just realizing it. Ever since the truth was out, relationships began to break. Susan glared at her husband and threw her face away. Instead of asking Josh why, he was telling Josh
Josh was beyond reasoning. He could not hold himself anymore. The man standing in his front used to ask questions before dishing out blames but since he found his grandkids, he changed, it just has to be about them. Josh felt he was no longer his grandfather who nurtured and loved him. "I see where this is coming from. Alex was right. When you are done with your nonsense, meet me in the study, and as for the divorce, I will make sure it happens because I am the reason you both got married in the first place," Senior Bleak said and walked out of his grandson's room "The young man's sense of reasoning had been clouded with jealousy. A man that is jealous of his wife is not fit to remain married to her," Senior Bleak concluded.Josh kicked the bed and raced down everything on Alex's dressing table. This was more than he could take. It had always been him and no one else, he should better go back to the old Josh. The one who didn't care about love. His holidays were over fo
Alex stood outside the door and let her tears flow. She stared at her wedding finger, her ring was not gone. She had returned it to the man who gave it to her. The man who had openly loved her for five days, the man who had suddenly lost interest in her because he figured that she belonged to the top and was threatened by it and that maybe, she would be chosen over him. Someone who claims to love you would not stop loving you because a table has been turned around in your life. That's what with the rich dudes, they want a trophy wife and once they realize that you wouldn't be or there was every tendency you will be richer than them, they will oppress you to the extent that your sanity will be forever gone from you. For a moment, Alex thought things would be fine but finding who she was had taken more happiness than it had given but no matter how hard it was for her to forget what had just happened, she would forget eventually. She thought of taking a vacation but decide
The Devon family members sat round the dining table as they had lunch. It was not lunch time but Mr. Devon insisted because of Ander. Ander had seen more than he expected. The whole family was hell-bent on making him happy and as well making him feel at home. Devon was definitely planning something big for Alex and Ander but he was the only one aware of it. He wanted to take his family by surprise. The lunch was over and they left the dining room one after the other to the living room. "So Ander, I was thinking if you should live here but if you choose to live at the other place, it's your choice," Henry said and looked at his father. Ander hasn't really thought about coming in to live at the Devon's Mansion. He had gotten used to his maternal home. "It does not necessarily mean I have to stay here permanently. I could live where I want," Ander said, looking from one person to another. "You are right. You have options to choose from. I am just trying to tell you th
"Can I ask you for a favor?" She asked, looking so humble, she just had to be that way so that he could grant her the request. "What favor?""Can I take a selfie with you?" Adeana asked."Sure, you can."Josh gave her permission and she took a couple of selfies. After that, she pecked him on the cheek and stepped down. "Thanks for today," she waved at Josh, Josh nodded and drove away. Josh left and the smile on her face got replaced with a smirk. "Men like you are easy to trick, you have trusted me so much that you told me your little secret. I don't mean bad, just that I am beginning to like you," she murmured and walked towards her apartment. Josh could not stop thinking about what Adeana said. He just realized that he couldn't vouch for his wife because he didn't know her that much. "What if Adeana was right?" He kept asking. Something at the back of his mind told him that she might be right. If Alex could not deny it then there was definitely something and th