TIME JUMP TWO WEEKSAnette's wedding was in two days and Leslie had not found any opportunity to carry out her plan she had taken time to plan. She had diclofenac that would cause her daughter to bleed out the baby. She was going to do all within her power to ensure that the wedding did not hold, there was no way her daughter would marry that man. Leslie stood at Anette's door and stared intently at the drugs in her hand. "This is all for you my dear daughter" she murmured looking down before raising her head with a sinister smile lining her face. She knocked and pushed the door open, Anette was sitting on the bed with a happy smile across her phone as her eyes darted from one end of the phone to the other. "Anette?" Leslie said trying to catch her daughter's attention."Oh Mom, I did not hear you come in," Anette said pressing the power button of her phone to shut it off before she placed it on the bed and shifted in her seat. She rubbed her belly lightly, in a few days she would s
Hello Everyone I am not a medical practitioner so I don't know the way these things work. I have only written from my research and experience. Thank you for reading (Inserts Heart emoji) Andrew was pacing up and down outside the emergency room, the doctors had told him to excuse them while they tried to save his sister. His mom was nowhere to be seen as she did not come with them to the hospital. His mind roamed back to what she said when he asked her to call an ambulance. She refused with a violent head shake and stood back watching her daughter groan in pain while she bled away. When the ambulance arrived she had refused to get in and he could not help but suspect that she had something to do with what was happening to Anette. He wanted to dig into it but he had to make sure his sister was okay first. It had been well over an hour and yet he had not heard anything from the doctors. He was hoping she and the baby were fine. "Where is she?" Richard asked storming in. Andrew ha
"Why are you apologizing?" Richard asked as he approached her as she sobbed in the bed. She was shaky so uncontrollably. Richard reached out to her and wrapped his arms around her her body now lost in his. "I did this, how was I so careless?" she said in between sobs. The baby was one of the most important things to her at the moment and she could not believe she had somehow managed to allow it to slip out her hand. "You did not do anything, I am sure we will get to the bottom of this soon" he said trying to console her. He was distraught but he was sure it could be nothing compared to how she felt at that time. He turned back to see that Andrew had left the room. "Hello Dad" Andrew mumbled over the phone. After seeing his mom's reaction he knew the only thing he could do was to call his Dad. "Hey bud, what brings you to call me" "It's about Anette, she is in the hospital after she lost her baby and I think mom has something to do with it" "To do with what?" Brian asked feeli
"Can you explain everything you witnessed?" Andrew raised his head as he dragged his hands along his trousers. He wanted to speak with his mom first but Richard was not having any excuses. The cops were going to interrogate him first before they went on to do the same for both Anette and Leslie. "Please in detail" the cop added. Andrew angled his neck back a bit to see his father standing there. He motioned to encourage him to talk. Andrew took a large gulp before nodding. "So I got back home from work and I noticed that something was being cooked but as soon as I entered the kitchen I realised that it was already done. It was strange to me because no one had cooked anything in that house in the past three weeks?" "And why is that?" the cop asked cutting him off from saying anything further. The man wanted to get a clear picture of the situation. "That's a private family matter that is irrelevant to the case" Andrew jumped to defend his family, he would not be the one to air his f
Leslie paced around her room, why did her son have to come right on time? If he had not come then her plan would have been complete. She wondered what the situation was at the hospital. She bit off her fingers as she thought about if it would be a good idea to call them to check on her. She took a deep breath as she thought of the expression on her children's faces when she refused to help. "Andrew must be on to something" she whispered to herself as she looked at herself in the mirror. If she was being honest with herself she was a shell of what her life had always been. She could barely recognize the person in the mirror. "I am only like this because of Jessica" she muttered as she pounded her fist into her palm. She thought of the possibility of Andrew showing up with the police. "I have to leave this place" she let out with a sinister laugh. " I can't afford them to catch me" she added before taking down a hand luggage. She pushed her way to the closet and she began to
Leslie was going to deny till the end. There was no evidence of her giving the drug to her daughter and if she denied it long enough she was sure to get out of the situation quickly. Although she wished she was not in it in the first place."So are you saying you made the meal?" "Of course, we have had a strained relationship for such a long time that I thought bonding over the pancakes would be a good time for us" Leslie answered. Her feet were sweating so bad but she could not show them her nervousness or else they would get on to and she would be doomed. "And why was your relationship strained?" "Excuse me officer you have been asking these same questions over and over again and I have answered you every single time. I don't think I need to answer you again" she said slapping the table.Someone came in and whispered something to the cop, he nodded and then turned back to face her. "I am sure since you are giving the police your full cooperation you would also not mind allowing
The police reached out to Andrew to allow them access to the house for them to be able to search the house. Andrew was willing to give them all the cooperation they might need. They met at the gate and the search began. The ugly sight of the trail of bleeding that Anette left as they tried to carry her out of the house. Since the incident occurred in the kitchen the police focused their attention there while one police went ahead to check the master bedroom where Leslie used if anything else could be found. The room was messy from the mess that Leslie left as she was trying to escape. clothes, shoes and bags were scattered across, the man standing there wondered why and how Leslie still thought of clothes at that time. He began to go through the drawer and soon enough by the drawer on the bedstand, he found a card of diclofenac. He took it with him, what more evidence could he need than this, this was the same drug that was found in the body of her daughter.The man began to think of
"You did this" Brian said silently as he sat beside Lesile. She had come into the hospital but refused to go in to see Anette, she just sat quietly on the waiting bench out front. From the way her eyes looked Brian was sure she was thinking of something now that she had been caught."Did what?""This miscarriage, you did""How can you say that? Why would I hurt my daughter?" there was no way she would think of giving herself away. If the police failed to find any evidence she might be able to walk out of the entire situation and be free. She prayed to whoever existed and answered prayers in her mind. If the diety was able to get her out of the situation, she would go through with the divorce and flee. She knew it was the last straw and that her daughter would not trust her ever again. Her son would be an entirely different story, she knew he would be the reason the police investigation would have started anyway. She was sad to be in that situation but she was not sorry for what she d
Hello Guys this is the final chapter. I want to first appreciate everyone who has read this book, who had supported, commented, voted and called me order when I did not update for such a long time. Thank you so much for being such a support in these times. As this work comes to an end I hope you support me in upcoming works. This free Chapter is for you."Joshua we would be late" Aletta screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Honey are we using our government names now?" Joshua screamed back at her. "Joshua you know I do not like being late for any of these events" Aletta screamed back at him. Altetta paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs. "You know you should not be screaming while you are this pregnant"Joshua said as he came down the stairs with his daughter in his hands. "If you had come down earlier then I would have had no reason to scream that much" she retorted and he smiled. "It was my little pumpkin here who kept me waiting" Joshua replied as he got to stand b
"I am so happy for you, this is finally happening," Aletta said holding the arms of Jeanne excited."I am excited but also nervous very nervous does anyone have calming pills?" Jeanne said slipping her hands off Aletta's hand and feeling the sweat on her palm."Calm down, it's just you and Thiago, everyone else is just like a rock. I promise you once you get on that altar every of that nervousness would be gone" Aletta continued. "Thank you," Jeanne said sarcastically."Are you nervous because its mu brother? I can help you run away from this right now" Nichole suggested and Alethea rolled her eyes. "Are all sisters this way? This was the same advice you gave Aletta the other day" Alethea said and Jeanne shook her head. "How can I leave, I have been dreaming of this day" Jeanne replied. "Then calm down even though I don't know why you would dream of marrying my brother but we all choose our battles I guess" Nichole shrugged as she sat down."Nichole" Aletta chastised because she k
"You have to get to work" Aletta said rubbing the hand of Joshua gently. They had arrived back from their honeymoon over the weekend and this Monday morning was the first time Joshua was going back to work after the wedding."Can't I just lay down here with you all day?" he said taking out her hand and pulling her down to his level."You kept saying that and prolonged the honeymoon by two weeks,""Call me a criminal for wanting to spend time with my wife, I am getting the feeling that you do not want to spend any time with me" Joshua said opening one eye and giving her a judging look. "Joshua, you know that is not true, so get up now""You are no longer my assistant, you are supposed to be begging me to stay a bit more with you""What makes you think I don't want to do that?" Aletta asked taking his dishevelled morning hair back from his face."Because you keep urging me to get back to work so quickly, it's like you can't wait to get rid of me" Joshua took his head back to the pillow
"Mom don't cry again, you might get a serious headache at this rate," Aletta said rubbing the back of her mother while in a hug. The entire wedding was over already and the whole family was seeing the couple off as they were going directly to the airport for their honeymoon. "Come on, at this rate they might miss their flight" Leon said trying to pull Eunice off her daughter. She had been bawling the entire ceremony, if someone saw her they would think it was a sad occasion. "My daughter," Eunice said as she finally pulled away and took a step back. "I am so happy and so proud of you because you managed or find love for yourself even after everything" Eunice sniffled and smiled. "Thank you, Mom," Aletta said with a smile. "You better get going now" Jessica said stepping forward."We are on our way now" Joshua said pulling open the door and gesturing for Aletta to get in."Call us when you get there" Jessica called after the shut door."Do not call us" Xavier said as if he was giv
"I was always unsure about how I felt about you, You were always around me, taking care of me and I felt anxious whenever you were out of sight. A little secret that was the reason I always made you work overtime even when it was not necessary" Joshua said and there was a burst of small laughter across the room.They were both standing in from of the priest and altar but they had decided to take their custom written vows there. Joshua cleared his throat and looked up from his paper to stare at Aletta whose eyes never left his face. He flashed a small warm mile to her and she returned it."I never realized my feelings for you until you made that drunken confession that night that caused us to go into a relationship. I had always thought about marriage but for me, it was the only way for me to make children that would take over the company one day, being with you makes me so excited to think of waking up every morning with you by my side, I think of planting kisses on your lips and spend
"Are you feeling nervous?" Alethea asked Aletta who was sitting in the waiting room with her shaky hands. "Yes I am, who wouldn't be?" Aletta asked as she closed her eyes to steady her breath. "I mean you are very right, who would like to marry my annoying brother, as much as I would like to call you my sister in law I can help you escape if you wish to" Jeanne chimed in. "Thank you so much for the suggestion, I am nervous about this and not rethinking my decision. I can't wait to be married to him" Aletta said as her eyes shot open. "Ew" Jeanne said as she gaged. " What do you see in him?" she added as she picked at her nails. "Everything I want to see" Aletta added. "Jeanne stop trying to put ideas in her head" Jessica cautioned coming towards them. "What did I do?" Jeanne whined."I heard what you said" Jessica replied giving Jeanne a warning look. Jesica knew that her daughter was playing around but she did not want Aletta taking any of the words to heart. "I know I have s
"Mom's boyfriend would be here soon," Alethea said as she dropped the dish in her hand to the table. "I can not believe that I am being made to meet my mom's boyfriend at her age" "What I can not believe is that she can't order out but is making us to make food for him"Alethea whined as she moved back to the kitchen."What is even more crazy is that she is in a relationship again" Aletta exclaimed as she moved behind Alethea. "Don't get me wrong I guess I am glad she is finding love again" "Same here, if she is happy then there is no issue. Love is in the air" Aleteha added coming back to the table "So why don't you have anyone to share the love with?" Aletta asked. They were making the last trip from the kitchen to the table. "Says you? Who told you that I do not have someone to share this love with?" Alethea said dragging out her sentence and a weird smile climbing her face."Alethea you are hiding something from me" Aletta said going to clutch her sister's hand. "Spill now" sh
Aletta and Joshua tried to reach Anette and Richard but it was as if they had fallen off the radar. "At least we tried" Aletta said as she set down the phone to the table. "Happy now?" Joshua asked and she nodded. "I guess I have to get going now" she said taking up her phone from the table."Where to? You just got here" Joshua was sad because they had finalized her resignation and she had not been around him like he wanted her to be. He was happy regardless that she was doing what she loved. "I have to go finalize things with HR on hiring your new assistant and then I have to go shopping with your mom and sister" Aletta explained. "Can we at least have dinner together?" Joshua asked and started expressing shock when he saw the expression on her face. "We can not? I barely see you anymore these days" he whined like a child who was cheated of having any ice cream. "I am having dinner with my family, mom is introducing her boyfriend to us today and honestly, I love spending time wi
"Did you hear about Anette?" Aletta asked as she pushed the jar of pickles into the hands of Joshua. They had picked a date for the wedding and it was in three weeks. They were having one of the date nights where they stayed back home and cooked for each other. "What happened to her?" Joshua asked. Anette shook her head in bewilderment, how could this man be so oblivious to everything happening around him?"Have you seen her in a while?" Aletta asked. She wanted to know how much he did not know. "Well, since that day she came to our house, I did not think much of it when I did not see her again," Joshua said truthfully before taking off the lid of the jar. "But you know she called off her wedding and left the country so abruptly with Richard?" Aletta asked hoping that he at least knew about that fact. Yes, Anette did hurt them all but it would be too mean to not care about her when she had sincerely apologized."Maybe they did not want the wedding again?" Joshua asked shrugging. Al