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Ryan could see the distaste and dislike in Margie’s eyes, as their visitor advanced further into the room, coming over to where Ryan was sitting to drop a kiss on his head. In truth, he could barely conceal his distaste either, as Angela sat down beside him and proceeded to stare rudely at Margie, who had finished eating now and was hurrying to clear off the plates that she and Ryan had used, and no doubt beat a hasty retreat. It was very clear that she did not like Angela very much, and as a matter of fact, neither did Ryan.“I don’t think you need to follow me to the hospital, Angela. Margie and I are going to bring the kids home. You’re welcome to wait here if you wish to meet them, though.” Ryan told her. Although she had come to the hospital about three times since the day they heard the news, she had never seen the twins.“Why is that? After all, I’m going to be a sort of surrogate mother to them, come to think of it. I think I should go with you to the hospital.” Angela said,
An undeserved second chance Homecoming
By the time they got home, Ryan was quite tired, and for the first time in a long time, actually looked forward to catching some sleep. Margie was seated in the passenger’s seat, beside the driver, while he was seated in the spacious back of the new car which he had bought, just for this purpose ... for carrying the twins around since it was very spacious. There were perks to having so much money. The babies were safely and comfortably strapped to their car seats, which Margie had had the foresight to buy. Ryan could not believe that he hadn’t thought of such an important thing. Already, he was beginning to feel like such a failure. If he didn’t know the basic things, how on earth was he going to know and remember the little things? “Don’t think too much about it, Mr. Harris. That is why we’re all here to help. You can’t know everything, and that’s okay.” Margie had encouraged him when she saw how disappointed he was at himself for not having thought of the car seat, and he smiled at
An undeserved second chance Surrogate mother
There was silence in the nursery for some moments after Angela spoke. Even the twins were quiet, as though they had been listening to what their ‘self-proclaimed’ surrogate mother had been saying and were just as dumbfounded as the other two adults in the room. Ryan broke the silence by bursting into loud, raucous laughter that had Taylor staring up at him in surprise. “You’re such a clown.” He told Angela at last, wondering why he even bothered to put up with her shit. “I know what I’m saying. Did you think I was lying when I told you that I raised my younger ones myself? Our mother was, and still is a crack head, who does not know who the different fathers of her kids are, talk more of being bothered to take care of them. I raised two kids at the age of nine, or even three, if you consider the fact that I practically raised myself too.” Angela said, narrowing her eyes at Ryan. “Are you sure you’re not a crack head yourself because this stunt you just pulled is exactly one that a c
An undeserved second chance Mending fences
By the time she was in her seventh month of pregnancy, Becca was totally tired and wished the days would pass by quickly so that she could be done with the whole thing. Her body felt like it belonged to someone else, and she was constantly tired, but there was nothing she could do about her condition. She wondered if this was how every pregnant woman felt and when she put the question to Sandra, the latter had assured her that indeed, she had felt that way too. She now visited the doctor every week and was assured that everything was moving smoothly and that her baby was doing well. This evening, she was relaxing with her feet up on the table as she was wont to do every evening, as she found that it helped relax her a lot when the doorbell rang. Groaning, she lumbered up from the chair in which she was sitting, to find Dan standing outside her door with a sheepish smile on his face. “Oh, hello stranger.” She said but stepped aside to let him in. Things had been strained between the t
An undeserved second chance A slip of the tongue
By the time Becca was in her eighth month of pregnancy, she began her maternity leave at the insistence of her doctor. Luckily enough, Sandra, whose position she had been sort of occupying, was back, but Becca was told that she was welcome to come back if she wanted a job after her maternity leave was over. Her last day in the school before her leave was one that would forever be ingrained in her memory. The kids she taught had all come with presents for her unborn baby, and with the help of Sandra, had thrown a small party in school for her, complete with a cake. It was the sweetest thing that had happened to her in a long while, and Becca had found herself crying profusely and alarming some of the kids.She was so thankful that Dan and Becca were her neighbors, and that they had taken it upon themselves to become her friends because she did not know what on earth she would have done without them. Dan brought her food and gave her the best foot massages ever, while Sandra came over a
An undeserved second chance Mystery man
Sandra was silent for some minutes, causing Becca to wonder if she was going to go off again, but then, she sighed softly and said,“I know you’re just trying to look out for me. I know you all are, but I swear that Sam has changed. I swear it! He’s a different man than he was. He was just drunk the other day.”“If you say so. But if you want my honest opinion, I think that drunk or not, that behavior he pulled was inexcusable, and you should have let the police arrest him so he could think of what he has done. He thrashed your brother’s house, for chrissakes, causing him to spend unnecessary money fixing things that weren’t supposed to need fixing. Such behavior…”“I know, I know. We’ve got it all figured out though. Sam is seeing a therapist. In no time, he’ll be better. You’ll all see. Then, he and I and Alex can all live together as one big, happy family. Maybe we can even have another child or two more.” Sandra finished, her eyes taking on a dreamy look that was scary because it
An undeserved second chance Giving in
“Ah! I knew I’ll find you here. Hello, Becca.” He told his sister, and spoke to Becca at the same time, coming in and placing a kiss on Sandra's forehead, before taking Alex from her arms and expertly tossing him up in the air and catching him. The child giggled happily, smiling up in adoration at Dan. Dan was clearly his favorite person, even more than his mother was.“Yeah. Welcome. Guess what? Becca’s got this hot date and she’s refusing to tell me about it.” Sandra told him, shaking her head in mock annoyance.“Well, I don’t blame her, seeing as you’re such a tattletale. Anyway, I’m glad you think that I’m hot.” Dan replied, winking at Becca who smiled at him.“What are you two talking … oh! I feel so stupid! You’re the one taking her out. Well, you should have just said so.” Sandra exclaimed, slapping her palm against her head in frustration, as her brother and Becca laughed at her. “Anyway, are you ready, Becca? You look really gorgeous, by the way.” Dan told Becca.“I’m ready
An undeserved second chance Passion
The touch of his lips against hers sent a jolt of electricity through her veins. Dan gasped when she kissed him, and remained still at first, causing Becca’s heart to pound in her chest and making her wonder if she had overstepped her bounds. The split second before she decided to take her lips off his and apologize profusely, however, Dan sighed and kissed her back, causing her to sigh in relief. The kiss was passionate and long, and the desire that had been gripping Becca for the past months sprang to life, as she moaned into his mouth and ran her hands over his well-sculpted body. She reveled in the feel of his hard muscles that rippled under her fingers as she caressed them.Dan kissed her so expertly that she never wanted the kiss to end, and she kissed him back just as fervently. Before both of them knew what was happening, the kiss began to get out of hand, and Becca was already beginning to undo the top buttons of Dan’s shirt, immediately forgetting her resolve not to do anyth
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An undeserved second chance Promises
It felt as though large bags of cement were holding down Ryan’s eyelids, and try as he might, he could not force them open. He could hear his daughters’ voices as they talked over themselves about something that he did not have the energy to follow. Then he heard Becca’s low voice asking them to keep it down so as not to wake daddy.“But daddy won’t wake up. He never does. I want him to wake up.” Taylor said, banging on the table and chanting ‘wake up, daddy’ several times. Within seconds, Emma took up the chanting too, while Becca tried in vain to get them to quieten.“Your dad is unconscious, but we have to hope that he will wake up soon. If you don’t behave yourselves, I won’t let you come visit him again. The doctors think that he might be able to hear you. He wouldn’t like it if you both were being stubborn and disturbing him, would he?” Becca asked.“No. I just miss him so much. I’m glad that those bad men are gone.” Emma’s voice said, and then Ryan felt a small hand patting his
An undeserved second chance A broken heart
Becca watched in horror as Sam and Ryan collapsed to the ground, almost as though in slow motion. They fell gracefully, as though they were doing a dance, and then both remained unmoving. By the time all this happened, Ben had gotten to the car and opened the door to the backseat in which the children were, the remaining cash from the ten thousand that Ryan brought firmly clutched in his hand. He opened the car door, produced a knife from seemingly nowhere, and although it took great effort because of his busted shoulder, he managed to cut off the ropes binding them and told them to make a run for it. Then as the shots rang out, he somehow managed to get himself into the driver's seat and drove recklessly away from the scene. The children ran towards Becca, crying and shivering, and after hugging them all briefly, she ordered them not to move from where they were. Ryan’s head of security was combing the bushes, trying to find a sign of any other person there, after he called for help
An undeserved second chance Confusion
“He’s clean.” The man who was watching Ryan and who had searched him said at last after he was satisfied that there was nothing incriminating on him.“Where’s the other car?”“Travis is bringing it.”“Good. He'll leave with this one.” The man said. Ryan’s heart sank further. There was yet another of them, making them four, and those were the ones he knew about. Ryan wondered which of them was Sandra’s ex-husband.“I’ve fulfilled my own end of the bargain. Release my children.” Ryan said.“The man in the car will take them back to town, where they’ll easily be found.” The man who had been giving commands told him, staring at him in a way that made him extremely uncomfortable. Ryan had already dubbed him ‘commander’ in his mind.They stood there waiting for the person called Travis to bring the car that they were waiting for. Ryan was on edge the whole time, wondering if at any moment now, all hell was going to break loose. If only the children were already out of there. The Travis guy
An undeserved second chance The meeting
The night air was cold, and the streets deserted, which was not a surprise, considering how late, or early it was. Ryan hurried through the streets, his head down, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible as he hurried through the night with the bag in his hands, even though there was nobody around. He had been warned not to take his phone along with him, so he left it in his room, along with a note for Becca in her room, explaining what he had done. Even though everything in him pushed him to look back to see if he would notice his head of security following him, he resisted the urge to look back.The kidnappers might be watching him and the last thing he needed was to look suspicious. He trusted his people's ability to do the job. The other man had once been a private investigator before coming into Ryan’s employ, so Ryan was confident in their abilities to blend in with the shadows. Finally, he got to the place where he had been told to come and saw the car that had been provide
An undeserved second chance A walk in the night
Sleep was a long time coming for Ryan, as it had been since he got the news of his children’s kidnap got to him. Tonight, he was sleeping in his room as against the previous night, when he had spent the night comforting Becca. She was sleeping in the guest room again, with Sandra this time around. Ryan was trying his best to be strong for her, but he was getting to the end of his endurance. The thought of his sick daughter and her sister holed up somewhere with some bloody kidnappers was enough to make him go insane.He got up from his bed, pacing to and fro the wide length of his room, his mind in turmoil. The money was in the process of being sent, but since it was such a large sum, it would be days before the kidnappers would get it in the account details they sent. Were the children supposed to remain with the kidnappers till then? The thought of that sickened and scared him to no end. He was operating on autopilot, having not had more up to five hours of sleep in two days, but ea
An undeserved second chance New plans
“Ben has to go.” Sam thought to himself, as he sat with the children, watching them. It wasn’t as though they had anywhere to go, or that they could escape, considering that one of them was sick. If they even managed to escape, the chances were that they would die of starvation in the dense forest, that was if some animal did not get to them first, as he had told them. None of it mattered to him anyway, because they were going to die one way or the other. What mattered was that the millions that he was expecting became his before they died. He had thought and thought of the best way to dispose of them, and he had finally come up with a smart plan to dump them in a river some distance away from here. it would be ages before they would be found, if they were ever found, that is.One thing was sure, however, and that was the fact that he was not going to let them get back to their parents and let them know that he was the one who had kidnapped them. For all his tough talk while they were
An undeserved second chance Not to be trusted
Becca awoke with a start, immediately realizing that she was not in her own bed. The events of the previous day came rushing back to her in a jiffy. Ryan was not in the room any longer and her phone was ringing. That was the sound that had woken her up. She dived for it, hoping that it was the kidnappers who were calling. They were to send the account details in which they wanted the ransom to be paid today, and also let Becca and Ryan talk to the kids today. Becca had sent the names of the drugs that Emma was supposed to be using, to the kidnappers, but she didn’t know if they received them. It wasn’t the kidnappers who were calling though, but Trevor. “Becca? Where are you? I was at your house last night, and I’m here now. I’m just coming from your school and was told you hadn’t come in today.”“I’m at Ryan’s place.” There was a short silence, which was filled with disapproval from Trevor’s end.“What are you doing there?”“Emma, Alex, and Taylor were kidnapped yesterday.” Becca in
An undeserved second chance Feverish
Sleep was a long time coming for Becca and when it finally came, it was filled with nightmares. Never in her life had she been so frightened. Her daughter and other kids whom she saw as hers were out there somewhere in the hands of a maniac and she was here lying in a very large and comfortable in one of the guest rooms in Ryan’s house. Maybe she had been wrong in asking Ryan not to involve the police. Maybe by now, the police would have found them, or at least, would be close to doing so. She sure as hell did not trust Sam to take care of three children for as long as it took them to send him the money.She tossed and turned on the bed, her mind drawing up different scenarios, none of them good. Finally, she fell into an unrestful sleep and dreamt that for some reason, Sam had gotten pissed, and had sent Emma’s two feet, and all ten of Taylor’s fingers in the mail, with a note that said Alex’s head would follow suit. In the dream, as soon as she opened the bag containing the gruesome
An undeserved second chance Captives
“Damn! I can’t believe how far we’ve come. We’re going to be bloody millionaires before long.” Ben told Sam enthusiastically, as he wolfed down a large bowl of pasta that he had prepared himself. “Yeah, me too. I hope the account into which we’re sending the money is legit.” Sam said in turn. He was also eating a plate of pasta, but he was eating his food more slowly than Ben was.“You’ve asked me this several times, and I’ve told you several times that you have nothing to fear. I’ve done stuff like this numerous times before, just not with such a large amount, and I have the right connections. Or don’t you trust me? The only thing is that we’re going to give a commission to the person helping us, but we will still have a lot of cash when we’re done. That’s for sure.”“Okay. I trust you. Are you sure they’re not dead yet or going to die? Why aren’t they awake? It’s been hours. I’m starting to get worried. That Ryan guy seems like he might pose a problem. He would not give us the money
