They both sat in the car as if they were total strangers. Elsie looked out the window with her palm on her cheek throughout the ride. Oswald wasn’t any different, he looked straight forward on the streets as if they were the most interesting things in the world. Through the silence, they arrived at the Crofts. When they arrived at the house, Elsie looked at the building with missed feelings but she contained herself as if she was the least affected.Oswald saw the housekeeper and asked,“Where’s Grandma?”Elsie looked the housekeeper and smiled slightly, and she thought to herself,‘They finally got themselves a housekeeper after exhausting the importance of me as a housekeeper. I guess they could now afford one and they didn’t need my help anymore.’Oswald saw her in her thoughts and said to her,“Let’s go to the garden, I’m told that grandma is there.”Elsie nodded her head and walked ahead of him, she saw the old woman in a swing chair with spectacles on her nose and reading newspa
Oswald was in his office busily working when he heard his phone ring. He hesitated to check the phone ring because he was too busy and didn’t want to be disturbed. The phone rang the second time and he finally glanced at the screen. He saw the caller and he stopped abruptly, he looked at the lit screen and he thought,“Why is he calling me now? We haven’t spoken about business in a long while. Is this call about Tess or is it about business?”As he thought, the call ended and so, he took his phone called back. As soon as the person answered, Oswald said to him,“I’m sorry, I was busy and couldn’t pick up immediately. How may I be of help to you Hubery?”I heard something from my daughter and I wanted to confirm it from you.What is it, sir? I’m all ears.Elsie caused her accident, three years ago?Oswald was speechless, Tess had said the same thing to him resulting him and Elsie’s divorce. But it didn’t end there, she also informed her father about this. But he thought about it that a
It came as a shock to Elsie to see the woman she called mother in law act the way she was doing. She knew the Crofts had a good reputation and they would do anything to keep it that way. But Hulda was acting contrary to that much to her surprise. She sighed several times to try to speak calmer so as not to be in the same lane as Hulda,“Hulda. I didn’t think that I would need to say anything to you ever again in my life. The last time you spoke to me you knew they were your last words to me as your daughter in law. So trust me, right now, I find your action ridiculous. I took nothing not even a penny from your son, I was ready to pay him off if he asked for it.”Hulda shook her head hurriedly and said to Elsie,“You, pay my son off? You must have gone crazy after my son left you. You have nothing, you orphan with nothing can shop in this mall and buy from the executive area? If you didn’t extort from my son, how could a poor orphan as you afford this place?”Elsie sneered and knew tha
Oswald arrived at the mall and saw his mother standing by a pillar with her hands crossed on her chest. She saw Oswald and rushed towards him, Oswald looked behind and around but saw no one but her. He looked at her and asked her,“Where are the people maltreating you? Mom don’t tell me that you were playing a prank on me. I left a serious meeting just to meet you.”“It’s okay, don’t act rude to me. I was telling the truth but she left with them when I called you said that you were coming.”Oswald looked as if his energy had been sucked out of his body but he controlled himself. His mother touched his hand but he backed away. He looked sideways thinking that they might not have left yet but he didn’t even see a shadow of them.“So, she left even though she knew that I was coming? That means she doesn’t want to see me right?”As he was thinking, he heard his phone ringing and he answered,“Have you found it yet? If you have, leave it on my desk, I need to have a look at it first.”“No
Julian was having a quiet time when she heard the horn of a car drive in. everyone was in the house but Oswald and so, she knew he was the one coming in. She looked up wanting to catch a glimpse of him but she saw him along with someone else. It was Tess, Oswald knew Julian wouldn’t want to see Tess but he had to bring her after all, she was going to be his future wife. Tess bought a few gifts to be given to Julian.The maid carried the gifts Julian but she said to her,“You can’t have them even though I don’t need them. Throw these rubbish into the dustbin where they belong.”Oswald wasn’t happy with this and said to Julian,“You can’t do that, why are you refusing someone’s kind gesture. That’s not like you, grandma.”“Oh but she was kind enough to drive my granddaughter in law out her home. And you expect me to be kind to accept a kind gesture from this kind of woman? No thank you.”Tess suddenly started crying, Oswald looked at his grandmother angrily but she looked away unconcern
In the office, Rod had read about the news about the accident and walked into Oswald’s office in agitation. He apologised to Oswald,“Sir, I’m so sorry about the leak of the video. I can promise you that it wasn’t leaked by the IT guy that we spoke about the last time. I settled him enough.”Oswald nodded his head as he watched the video leaked to the media. His eyebrows were wrinkled and his tie was loosed unlike his gentleman look he had on all the time. Rod knew he wasn’t happy about the news and so he said to him,“Sir, do you want me to let the news disappear?”Oswald shook his head and said to him,“No need for that, the Timothy’s must have planned this. They wouldn’t be happy if we tampered with it.”Rod nodded his head dissatisfiedly and was about to leave but then Oswald asked him,“What about the engagement ring? Have you received it yet?”Rod nodded his head and walked away without turning back.The next day, the party of Tess was a heated topic among the people in the city
Elsie smirked and looked in the way of the woman and suddenly smiled and then she said,“I am sorry that I came here uninvited. By the way, you are making a wrong accusation if you say that I attempted to murder your daughter. You are mistaking her saviour for her murderer.”How could she say such a thing? Didn’t she see the video?I’m wondering the reason behind her lies.“She’s a murderer and a deceiver as well.”Elsie smirked when she heard the words of the crowd and she thought,‘Just as I thought, my words won’t carry weight over a video. And so, I can only prove myself with a solid evidence as well.’Elsie looked in the way of Tess and smirked once again, she looked on as she thought of how embarrassed she would be after she show her evidence. Tess’s eyes met that of Elsie and she shook out of fear. She felt that Elsie truly had something on her for her to be so bold in front of several people. Tess saw Oswald watching Elsie but he didn’t have anger in his eyes, she couldn’t des
The people around were surprised by Elsie’s actions. Who would donate blood for her husband’s fiancée who was on a brink on death to keep her alive? They weren’t the only ones, Oswald looked in the way of Elsie and he thought of how cruel he had been to Elsie because of his thoughts that she was the culprit. She never blamed him or accused him of anything but held onto him, serving him and his family as well without any complains.Oswald kept looking at Elsie which caught her attention. She looked back at him and sneered, because she knew at the moment that Oswald might be regretting his actions. She was her lifesaver but she was considered the culprit, she found it sarcastic and so, she said to him,“We shouldn’t be blinded by our love for our close ones. That when they are doing the wrong thing, we wouldn’t see when it’s obvious. Today, I admit that you love Tess very much just as her parents do that you would believe her every words.”The crowd watched on, they had witnessed everyt