Barbara watched Emily closely until she fell down in deep slumber. A wide smirk made way across her face as she shifted her face towards the baby who was now crying softly as though he was aware of the present predicament of his mother.“We would make this swift. You just have to sign these papers and that would be all”, Barbara said calmly as she grabbed some papers out of her bag. She had gotten the document from her lawyer some days ago. It was prepared specially to hand the child over to Barbara and Richard, with the excuse of not being able to take care of him.Barbara had it all sorted out and in Emily’s name. That way, everyone would believe that Emily had intentionally given her child to Barbara.“Emily, would you do me a favour of signing these papers?” Barbara whispered quietly as she glanced over at Emily who was mumbling some inaudible words in her sleep.The drug effect was quite minimal. After a moment of sleeping, Emily’s eyes opened slightly, but everything looked dif
The next morning was not entirely pleasant for Emily. Apart from waking on the bare floor, without an idea of what occurred last night, she was also faced with panic that arose from the burning temperature of her son. At first, she thought that it wasn’t something serious, but around noon, it worsened, and she needed no one to tell her that he needed the hospital.She quickly rushed him to the hospital and once she was certain that he was doing a lot better, she returned to the hotel room. However, minutes later, she was informed of the presence of some visitors who had come to see her.Emily was quite puzzled and blank as she walked down the stairs that led to the reception area. The people she saw made her freeze on the spot for a minute. It was Barbara, together with a lady who was dressed in a smart and beautiful suit. The lady had a smile on her face, but Emily didn’t fail to realize that it was only a cover-up to cover a brewing trouble.“What is the meaning of this? How the h
Emily gaped at the woman as though she were a ghost. Everywhere was dead silent that for a minute, she counted the seconds that ticked on the clock in the reception room. And then, finally, she swirled around to confirm if she was the one being referred to.“What do you mean by that?” Emily inquired with a dazzled look, shifting her gaze from Barbara and back at the young woman, who was clearly awaiting a response.“We would prefer that the mother gives us the most suitable date to come for the child. I mean, you should have a lovely time with your child since it would be a memory to hold unto”, the young woman explained while Barbara nodded her head in approval.“We would be back tomorrow, with the baby’s father”, Barbara informed, and started making her way out of the room.Emily was stunned by the present situation. She scanned through her head for a perfect answer to the raging questions in her soul.“You should never think of running. We would find you and your status would chang
Emily was crying profusely on Richard’s chest, while he struggled between consoling her and unraveling the meaning of everything she had just uttered. “It’s okay. Can we sit down and go through everything you just said?” Richard asked and cupped her cheeks into his palms calmly. He couldn’t recall the last time he saw Emily, looking so pale and disturbed.At this, he concluded that it was definitely something severe and heartbreaking.“Was Barbara here?” He finally asked, hoping that he would be capable of putting the scattered pieces together.Emily nodded her head as more tears trickled out of her eyes. “You don’t have to disturb yourself over that. Barbara would never win in a situation like this”, Richard said reassuringly.He wasn’t sure of what he had uttered, but rather than laying out his fears to her, he resolved to consoling her and dropping soothing words.“Do you understand? She came here with a lawyer, and they showed me a set of papers which they claimed I signed! They
They laid still on the bed, eyes digging into each other’s and their hands wrapped around their warm body. Emily felt a rush of peace and for a moment, she forgot all about her problems with Barbara.“With you in my life, I feel like the happiest man on earth”, Richard confessed, with his eyes closed in ecstasy.He inhaled every bit of Emily and as he did, a wide smile curved on his lips.“Too bad we can’t be together. Perhaps the universe is against you being happy”, Emily scoffed and rolled her eyes, disentangling herself from his arms.She stood up and quickly wore her dress, ignoring Richard’s fierce stares at her. “You should head back home. Barbara would be worried”, Emily advised with a serious look, avoiding his eyes.She couldn’t imagine that they had spent the night together even after she swore to stay away from him. It was unbelievable, but it happened like magic. They feasted on each other’s body, and even, professed their love for each other. However, the new day broug
“You have to say something Richard, you heard what she said”, Emily said to Richard who was still trying to understand the basis of Barbara’s utterance.In a split second, Barbara walked towards Emily and made to drag the baby out of her arms. Emily cried out and moved backwards, throwing dead glares at her, warning her to stay away.“Stop this moment!” Richard finally shouted when he realized that Barbara was really trying to take the child away from her.He took slow steps closer to her and stopped when he was only a foot away. He grabbed her on her wrist until she yelped in pain.“You killed your child and now, you’re trying to take another woman’s child?” Richard barked angrily, tightening his grip on her wrist and ignoring her quiet whimpers.“Your game is over! We should end all of this now”, Richard gritted his teeth in rage and started dragging her out of the room.Barbara pulled out of his grip and pushed him backwards until he fell to the door.“The game just got started. Yo
The atmosphere was tensed and hushed that the sound of a pin on the floor would easily be heard. Richard gazed intently at the man sitting opposite him, peering intently into his eyes and wiping off the beads of sweats that formed on his forehead.“Why are you showing me a video between two ladies who were seemingly having fun?” James, a detective with glasses on, asked, wearing a frown and scrunching his brows.Richard sighed deeply. He honestly had no idea of what he was doing at the moment. The moment he thought of verifying the video, the first person who came to his mine was James, his excellent friend in the city of Madison.“I just need you to confirm if it’s authentic. I really want to know if that really happened or not”, Richard explained, with his heart beating out of his chest.James scoffed and passed the phone over to him. He was clearly shocked and didn’t believe his ears.“I’m a detective whose job is to unravel crimes, not an editor who can point out a manipulated vi
Barbara slowly rolled on the bed in frustration as the constant blares from her phone disturbed her once peaceful sleep. She was so frustrated, she’d been so stressed the previous day and having to wake up, not to an alarm but the sound of a blaring phone, just frustrated her even more.“Who the heck could it be?” She asked herself as she sleepily covered her head with her pillow before groaning and then getting up. She took her phone and stared at the caller and on seeing who it was, she knew it had to be important and by important, she knew what it entailed, and immediately she realized what it entailed, her eyes immediately opened and every atom of sleepiness disappeared.“What’s up?” She asked as she placed the phone on her ear, she needed to know the updates. “Thanks” she muttered as she quickly hung up and put the phone back on the table beside her bed before rushing out of bed. She didn’t even care to dress her bed or anything before running into the bathroom to get freshened