Another chance

Prologue

Duke Patrick is a 38 year old doctor, working in a National hospital.He had his first wife called Alicia who died mysteriously and Duke was framed for her wife's death.He was taken to the court.The day of his hearing, Andrew his best friend saved him from being imprisoned

Due to stress and alcoholism, he was forced to stop working for a while.

After a long period of loneliness, he decides to start over again, working and family because that's what he treasured most.He meets his highschool friend Amanda and falls deeply in love with her which leads to marriage.

Seven months later, Duke's step brother comes into the picture threatening to kill his pregnant wife if he doesn't give him the diamonds their father left.

This makes Duke have a hard time looking for the diamonds he knew nothing about in order to save his dear family.

Am so happy coming up with this story.Please mind your feedbacks.Any negative or positive opinion is acceptable.

Chapter 1

I had finished my daily duties, attending to patients for a whole week

It was very tiresome.

I had to go,get home and meet my beautiful wife whom I had missed soo much.

We had six months since we married each other,I can say we were still in our honeymoon.I needed most of my time to be with her,her smiles,cute face, sexy eyes and her admirable figure.for sure I couldn't wait to be with her

I arranged some few staff and parked them in my cool, black tinted saloon.being tired and sleepy,I started the engine, definitely this was after handing over the duty to my coligue Andrew,I was sure that everything will be alright.

Home was far from work and so I had to pass by the supermarket to get a good surprise I could give my wife.

At sunset,I had arrived at my gate.After calling my wife severally with no answer,I decided not to disturb her.I got out and slowly went towards the gate to open it for me to be able to drive in.

What a fuck! Someone grabbed and hugged me from the back,my beautiful wife Alicia is full of surprises.I couldn't control myself anymore.

Am sorry I had not seen her for along time and this time round she's right here with me in her short red nightdress with no pants,oh my goodness,my dick was already stiff I couldn't wait to fuck her.

I slowly turned around, hold her so tight in my arms, kissed her passionately my hands couldn't get off her big ass, at this time I could hear my heart pump so hard,so quickly and loud.

I quickly lifted and carried her like a baby to my sitting room,, I slowly lied her on my soft white fluffy coach.I took off my shirts and trousers,she was eagerly waiting to suck my big dick.

I sucked her soft nipples,as my hands couldn't get off her clit,she was really ready for the penetration and slowly allowed my dick to penetrate in her tight sweet pussy.

Fuck me babe! her sweet voice made me even crazier,I fucked her too hard to her satisfaction."you are so sweet babyy,I love you"

I could just say the sweet words as I cum inside her pussy.

The feeling was awesome.

"I can't wait to have more of this with you babe"she said as she laid helplessly on my chest.

"Am all yours love"I replied.She loved playing with the hairs on my chest and cheeks.

"Love I prepared your favorite meal,do you wanna try it?","Thank you my love,let me freshen up first then enjoy the delicious meal you prepared"I said as I stood up going towards the bathroom to have my warm shower.

There is nothing I enjoy more than warm water showering on my body from head to toe. I think this was my favorite moment because it relaxes my mind a lot and makes me feel relieved.

I could just think of my family since I couldn't wait to have a baby boy or a girl to just play around the house and demand for toys from me whenever I come back home.This was always my dream to have a family.

After my shower,my wife had already prepared dinner, serving it as she sung her favorite melodies happily, I loved her cute voice.Alicia was a jovial person,,I have never seen her sad since we got married.

I sat on my dinning chair ready to enjoy the meal served,when I heard my phone ringing from one of my office bags."Love I got you"she said as she went towards the phone.

"It's Andrew",she said as she handed me the phone,'Andrew?'I thought to myself why Andrew could have called at this time of an hour.

"Hey Duke ,we have an emergency at the hospital"then he hunged up the phone."Fuck you Andrew I told you not to call" I tried calling his number again and again but his phone had been switched off.

I had so many questions running in my mind,I couldn't figure out what was going on since Andrew was also a senior doctor who could deal with any problem conserning patients,but the way Andrew sounds it's like he's in danger or something.

Harriedly,I stood up went directly to my wardrobe,changed clothes,pick my car keys and left."oooh love come here",I grabbed her

gave her a peck on her forehead,"al be back soon"

"Drive safe babes"she said as she opened the gate to pass.

Here iam,the hospital gates were infront of me I quickly rushed inside.went directly to Andrew's office,"what a Fuck!"

Andrew had been kidnapped,he was tied tightly on the chair, blindfolded,I rushed towards him unfold and untied him."What happened man" I harriedly asked him,"what happened to the security system?the gate man outside,who did this to you Andrew?"

All this time he was silent,just trembling his body was full of blood, they tried to kill him,I could just see tears rolling down Andrew's cheeks, I wanted to get out and find those people who did that,when I heard Andrew's voice for the first time."Your wife,Duke your wife is in d..da..ng..danger".

He couldn't even finish the word danger he was in much pain and he had lost alot of blood,my coligue Andrew was down to the floor he couldn't contain himself, I didn't knew what to do I was too confused on which step to take next, should I rush back to the house to save my dear wife,or should I attend to my dying friend I considered him as part of my family,"what a Fuck! Fuck you!fuck you all who did this," I shouted, Cried too loud as I get outside the hospital gates I couldn't even walk stable,I was torened to pieces, I am really going to save my wife's life?Alicia aaaaaaa!'shouted.''

Chapter 2

I even don't know how I arrived home,my mind was full of thoughts what could have gotten my dear wife Alicia,I couldn't figure out who planned all this,"do I have enemies?"I asked myself.

At the gate I packed my car in the parking lot, came out quickly shouting my wife's name 'Alicia! Alicia!'but all in ven, everything looked unusual all the lights were off and there were total silence, this is unlike her normal days, she love cool rhumba music at this hours of the night.The only thing I could hear were swaying of trees due to the wind and cat's sounds,it was frightening.

Alicia loves cats,she is a cat lover but on this"No"I said to myself as I rushed inside the house with the help on my phone touch.

I couldn't even think of switching on the lights inside the mansion,I decided to use the starcase since our bedroom was upstairs.At this time I could hear my heart pumping so loud,I was trembling vigorously, I felt so cold.

The bedroom door was wide open infront of me,Oh my God! I couldn't believe what I saw!"ooh! my dear wife u don't deserve this,No no no no noooooo"I yelled helplessly."No this must be a dream,it's a dream, who did this to you?fuck you!"

I wished someone could slap me so hard, to wake me up from that terrifying dream. "Fuck you, Duke this is not a dream it's reality get up and help your dieing wife,"I told myself.

I had to deal with the situation, I got up tried to look at my wife as I figured out the next step I could take.she was trying so hard to open her eyes and mouth to say something but all was in vein, no sound could get out of her mouth.

I bent closer to her, my hands still trembling,she wanted to say something though it couldn't happen, she was too weak to do it. In her stomach,I saw a knife,a very sharp knife pushed deep inside her belly.

I picked her up,for I wanted to rush her in a near by clinic, Alicia opened her mouth in much strangle,as her hands moved towards the belly"our ba…by, o.u.r ba…by i…is d..dead."my wife slowly closed her eyes,,she died right in my arms, I couldn't save her life! I cried so hard,so loud,I said all sorts of things,I felt so lone and cold at that moment.

The pain of loosing Alicia and my unborn child was unbearable.Family was all I could think of having, living happily with my pretty wife and kids was all I wanted,life was meaningless,I had lost it all.I couldn't stop thinking of the good moments I had shared with my wife she was such a beautiful person inside out.I wished I could've done things differently maybe I could have saved her from all this tragedy but if wishes were horses…I thought.

In my arms I was still holding my dead wife,in her belly there was still a knife,I thought of how much my innocent child has suffered all this,I decided to take out the knife from her stomach

Suddenly I heard some footsteps walking towards my direction,I quickly turned to see what it was,to my surprise they were police officers,I was so scared in my hands was aknife, on the floor my dead wife,"fuck you"I said as I knew someone had framed me up.

"Mr Duke patrick,you are under arrest for the murder of your wife and unborn child,you have the right to remain silent or anything you say will be used against you in the court of law"I hate those words,I only hear them in movies I can't believe am the one being told.For sure life fucks up "I hate you all ,fuck you all "I shouted as I submit myself to the police,"I promised whoever did this will pay for it, "You will all pay am coming back for you!, you will pay for sure!"I shouted

The land cruiser was awaiting, no matter how much noise I made the murdered weapon was found on my hands and therefore I had a case to answer.

My neighbors who had gathered around my house felt sorry for me,I could hear some of them crying so loud.They loved Alicia soo much I didn't believe she was gone,,they didn't believe that she had been murdered in cold blood.some even went ahead to blame me for all that had happened to her.

I blamed my self too it was my fault I wish I knew.The police took my wife's body as I watched and also took some evidence put them in a plastic bag and drove to the station,"am sorry Alicia, I couldn't even protect you, am such a useless husband, please forgive me!"I shouted.

As soon as I arrived at the station,I was immediately taken to prison where I was supposed to spend quite some days before my case was heard.

At the back of my mind I knew I had not committed any crime,,I couldn't kill my wife!,I loved her so much!are this fucking assholes insane?as much as I tried to explain my self it bore no fruit it was all in vain

I was thrown into a super dark squared room all alone..the next thing I heard is a loud bang of the door being closed up,I knew I was done at this moment I just needed myself,my lawyer and God.

Two days later,I was taken to court for the hearings.I knew this wouldn't be easier but I stood firm and had trust in my lawyer to

Chapter 3

I wondered what I was to say before the law court.I was the first suspect.My home was a crime scene yes but I had not committed any crime.i didn't kill her.

I was just about to talk,when I saw Andrew coming.I was shocked to see my colleague friend coming to my rescue.The last time we saw each other he was in a very bad state that I thought he couldn't make it.In Fact I knew he was already dead.

" Am here to testify,Mr Duke Patrick is innocent,he didn't commit the crimes he has been accused of.In fact he was framed here is the evidence"he said as he handed the evidence in his laptop to the judge.

I couldn't believe that someone could just come for my rescue from nowhere,I was surprised, indeed miracles do happen.I had so many questions to ask Andrew after the hearings,I couldn't wait.The main question was to know who did all that,,how can he even think of stubbing me from behind

The evidence showed that I was innocent, there were more investigations to be held,I was later allowed to go home and give my wife a better send off.

Andrew drove me back home the following day.The house that was full of life and happiness was so cold, full of blood stains, loneliness.I sat down for a moment trying to figure out what happened that day and my next step."I must fight for justice,I must find all those who were behind all that.

However I was not allowed to stay for long since the investigations were still ongoing. I was given a couple of hours to pick some of my things and leave the place.I moved in to Andrew's place and he explained everything to me right from the start.

I was surprised,some information I got shocked me, I cried out loud."I will never heal," this is a lifetime tragedy.

Two weeks down the line the investigations were already done and I was allowed to carry on the burial.

I knew I was going to have it rough facing the reality.First acceptance, loneliness and starting over again.

Everyone departed including my family members and close friends.The house became too big to me.I don't know where I was to start,I felt so hopeless and fragile.Memories of my late wife Alicia made me almost go mad.

My bedroom was the worst place I could go.I had suicidal thoughts,I thought of relocating but when I remember how much av spend building this house I can't help it I just had to face it.

Everyone was toxic to me.friends, relatives, workmates, neighbors everything even the pets in the compound I blamed them all. All I could think of is alcohol, alcohol was my best friend,and the new norm.I could drink, drink,drink and sleep the rest of the day.

Two alcoholic years was never a joke.I decided I have to rebuild myself.i need to stand up again and live a descent life I always dreamed of.I decided to renew my work permit.I missed so much attending to the patients in hospital.There was no other work I could do pationately.

" I studied so hard to get this and now I can't just let it go"I told myself.i have to move on no matter what.

Immediately I called Andrew and informed him about my decision to go back to work.I have never seen him as happy as he was after receiving this amazing news.He planned a welcome party for me and every one was there to welcome me back in office.i guess they had really missed me.

I felt good and at home to see how much they loved me.At Least I could still count on them because they were my new family.

Despite everything being new in my eyes;the building, Nurses, support staff,I promised myself to adapt as quickly as possible.

It was Monday morning, everything seemed so fresh. One thing I loved about Mondays was the energy I had for work.The moral was on top.

You could hear me greeting my colleagues cheerfully.I Think these were my favorite days.I went straight to my office to start my day.Every day as soon as I got into my office the first thing was to say a short prayer and begin the day afterwards.

Knock!knock!I heard someone knocking at my office door "come in please" What a surprise,Amanda! It was Amanda, my highschool friend, we had not seen each other since she went to the UK for further studies.

"For God's sake, Amanda, what are you doing here?" "I am the knew Nurse Andrew told you about""As soon as I heard that you also work here I told myself first thing in the morning I have to check on you and say hi"

"Am sorry Duke,I heard everything it shall be well"she said in a low tone and a somber mood

"It's okay, you know time heals wounds right?"

"Feel much welcomed in our facility"I said as I requested her to have a seat. We had not seen each other for long and definitely we had much to talk about.

That morning my thoughts were full of Amanda.

Amanda was such a pretty girl back in highschool,her long black curly hair,her height was on point,her light soft skin,her brown eyes,her voice, her smiles, she was such a beauty. Everything about her was good; she had a pretty soul too. I loved Amanda soo much.The only problem with Amanda was her dad.

Chapter 4

Her Dad was too harsh. He was an army commander.He threatened to discipline any man who could come near his daughter.We used to fear police officers or army officers because they used to walk around with firearms.No one could imagine being shot by a gun.

In Fact we used to run away whenever we came across men in uniforms.

Most boys and men feared getting close to Amanda,she was the only daughter among four brothers and that made her father love her even more and oveprotect her."Amanda!Amanda!"I exclaimed as I got out of the office.

I didn't even know where I was going but I just wanted to walk around and meet her in the corridors of the facility.

I also wanted to see the department Amanda was working with since it was a big hospital.

"I need to have more time with you Amanda.I wanna know much about you"

Fuck! I even forgot to ask for her phone number.

That whole day I didn't happen to see her again.

At night I couldn't sleep,Amanda was all over my head.she came at the right time,the time I was full of loneliness. I really wanted someone by my side, I think she's not married yet I thought to myself.

I was the first one at work since I hardly slept that night."when will she arrive"I didn't even blink,my eyes fixed at the gate waiting for her to arrive and be the first person to say "hello to her""There she came finally"I stood up going towards her direction

"Morning"I greeted her, she hugged me warmly, with lots of smiles."Hallo Duke?,how was your night? you came too early today?"I wondered which question I was to answer first but definitely this was a good sign to me.I don't remember last time someone as pretty as her hugging me.My late wife's love language was just a kiss and presents,she never loved being hugged or hugging someone,she could do it occasionally.After that hug I was left confused ,and full of thoughts such that I even forgot I was to ask for her phone number for us to be able to communicate frequently ,I also wanted to ask her for a lunch date, I remembered all that when I was in my office."ooh! poor Duke".All this time I could smell her perfume on my shirt.The fragrance was amazing.

"Am I in love?" I wondered.I couldn't focus anymore,I felt like peeing but whenever I went to the washroom i couldn't even do it,it disappeared.

I was too disturbed to even settle and concentrate on my work anymore,"I should approach her and tell her how I feel about her"

"I can't get you out of my head Amanda!"

I promised myself to do it no matter how hard it will be."I hope this time round your father will not get in my way anymore. You are grown now".I thought.

"Amanda can we be friends?""please be my girlfriend","No!No, Amanda will you marry me?""this is crazy how am I going to asked her?""how and where,when I proposed to my late wife Alicia nothing seemed so hard I took it as a surprise and now that she loved surprises she really loved it but on this, things are totally different I wanna impress her.I don't want to disappoint her or annoy her"but I don't know her likes and dislikes.

" You can do this Duke ''I told myself.I rehearsed the whole night,I wondered if Amanda would accept my dinner date request.I hope all goes well.

In my office early in the morning,I sat on my soft chair just swaying left and right,a pen in my right hand wondering what I should do.

I knew any step I was to take,I was to do it faster because Amanda was a super pretty and sexy lady most men around could admire to be with her.

"I want to be the first one to make a move on her and if any man comes my way I will definitely deal with him"

I hope she won't turn me down."I Am handsome anyways that's why many girls flood my DM requesting my hand in marriage"I consoled myself.

It feels good having genuine friends around you.Andrew was that one friend I could count on he was such an amazing person I could never afford to loose.He was always by my side he never wanted to leave me alone since the demise of my late wife

Andrew knew how much I loved Amanda,he could do anything for me to win Amanda's heart.He always took everything simple even though they weren't.

He pushed me so hard to do it and this time I was not going to disappoint him I promised to make him happy. I decided to make a step,I called Amanda and invited her at my house for dinner

Lucky enough,she accepted my request.At exactly 6:30 pm Amanda arrived at my house.I was so excited to see her, I thought she could change her mind.

I warmly welcomed her and directed her to the house,, With the help of Andrew and Michael ,Andrew's friend we had prepared everything in the house so it was in order,all meals were ready.

We enjoyed the dinner together and there after the two friends left to give us ample time to talk privately

I had not talked about Amanda's beauty.She showed up in a red mini dress that showed her admirable figure. Her makeup was on point.All this time I was just salivating.I couldn't wait to hold her so tight in my arms.

We were just enjoying our drinks as we talked more since we wanted to know each other more.

Chapter 5

Slowly I moved next to Amanda,zero distance they say, my fingers were moving slowly in her hair.I gently touched her smooth skin as we talked in sweet romantic voices.She was too weak, I was weak too,she ended up lying on my chest helplessly

"I love you so much Amanda,I wanna spend the rest of my life with you please be my wife"I said as I continued touching her.

She couldn't utter a word, she was silent for a while."Babe,I mean it i can't help but to love you since highschool,my feelings have never changed towards you'"And if you decide to say no, I will as well respect your decision"

There was still silence for a while,I thought all was done until she opened her mouth later and told me she loved me so much and she also wanted to be with me. I couldn't believe my ears.I was so excited . This was good news.

She confessed her endless love and feelings to me all this time she loved me but she couldn't say it to my face.She was all over my chest touching and playing with my hair she really triggered my feelings I was too high but I was afraid to ask her for sex.I had not done it for some years now.I almost fainted,I seated helplessly on that couch.Amanda opened my zip and slowly took out my dick which was stiff!

She held it in her soft hands and started licking it.Ouch! My whole body was treambling the sexual desires were too high I grabbed her,laid her and slowly allowed my dick to penetrate as she was already wet.We fucked so hard.I couldn't believe that this girl was still a virgin!.This made me even to love her more.

We went to the bathroom where we took a cold shower together.No one was afraid .She was too exhausted to go back to her apartment,we decided to spend the night at my place.

We decided to make our union formal.I planned to meet her parents, especially her father, to negotiate about the bride price and all that.

I couldn't wait to marry Amanda and spend most of our time together.Since that day I couldn't stop thinking about her,she gave me the best encounter.

We dated for quite some time and decided to make our wedding arrangements since her father gave me a go ahead.With the help of friends, family and colligues.It took us two months to get married,the wedding was awesome.Everyone was happy for us.We were given a one month break from work and so we had adequate time for our honeymoon.

I was too excited to start a family again. I believed I was going to make things right this time.I had so much hopes and plans for the future.

We enjoyed our honeymoon alot and now it was time to go back home.

Life with Amanda was so awesome.we enjoyed every moment we spent together.We had challenges yes but we agreed to face them peacefully.Our biggest dream was to grow our family.

One Monday morning I had prepared to leave for work.My wife had prepared a delicious breakfast for us. At this time she was seven months pregnant.We were expecting our first child and this made our union even stronger

Her pregnancy made her look prettier.I loved kissing her big belly and hearing our child kick so hard.She had been given a leave for she could not manage to work due to some minor complications.

As I was ready to leave the house I got a suspicious call.The number was strange.I slowly received it and I couldn't believe what the person demanded from me.

"Hello,I am Luke, I am giving you until tomorrow night. I need all the diamonds Dad left or your pregnant wife will be dead!" He then hugged up the phone.

"Diamonds!? Which Diamonds?"Ok Luke was my step brother.My dad loved us equally,he was a big business person but I never knew he had diamonds.Since Dad died I have never even thought of the inheritance or finding the will.

I didn't want my wife to suspect anything or be worried about anything due to her condition.I promised to protect her because I believed this was my second chance to do things right.

I gave her a peck on her forehead and left the house.I never went to work that day.I could only think of the darm diamonds.

I went to my Dad's mansion with one agenda: "finding the diamonds" since I did not have much time. I needed to be smart to save my family.

I searched everywhere, nothing was left unturned.i thought of all possible secret places that the diamonds could have been kept but there was nothing.I even went to the bank where dad kept all his valuable things but I couldn't find them.Time was running too fast, giving up was not my options"I will fight till the end"

I went back to my Dad's place and started the search again.My dad loved a sutain wall clock, everytime I went to visit him he could talk much about this clock.How he spent a lot of money to get it,how he imported it from Turkey but I never thought there was something else about it.

I remember the last day I was with my dad on his dying bed,he pointed at the clock and said weakly"please son take good care of it, it's now time,"he died pointing at it.

I stood there for sometimes just staring at this wall clock asking myself too many questions."please help me dad I don't want to lose my family again" i couldn't control tears rolling down my cheeks.

I decided to take the clock from the wall and have a clear look at it.Immediately I took it off the wall, millions of Diamonds poured down the floor.I couldn't believe what I saw. I was left speechless for some time.I wondered how dad managed to keep this as a secret for all this time.

"So all this was not just all about the clock!''I said as I went down to collect the diamonds.I only had 30 minutes left to save my family…