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
“Is she in there?” Barbara asked a familiar man. He was the same man who’d hit Emily on the head twice. He nodded, and she smiled to herself before walking into the room right after twisting the knob of the door. As she walked in, her goons also walked in with her, and they immediately went to Emily and dragged the child from her, which caused her to scream.“My baby!” She yelled, and they took the baby to Barbara, who had a smile on her face as she stared at the baby. It was such a cute child! Emily immediately got up and rushed to get her child back, but was pushed away by the goons, and she fell to the ground so fiercely that she got injured badly and tears steamed down her cheeks.“Give my baby back” she said as she got up and made to go to Barbara who was acting like there was no one in the room apart from herself and the child. Emily struggled to get to her child, the goons held her back, giving her slaps, and it wasn’t until Emily screamed, “let go of me!” That Barbara had re
It was a perfect day for a wedding. The sun peeked brightly as though it were also excited for what was about to happen.Emily walked down the aisle, with the bouquet in her hands and a wide smile on her lips. Her hair was arranged in an elaborate style on top of her head, and her white glittery ball room dress swished almost silently on the carpet aisle. A song rang through her mind relating to love and the aisle. If you go down the aisle when you’re in love, you would be happy forever!She caught sight of Mike’s daughter who was the little bride of the day. The little girl sprinkled pink petals on the aisle just as she walked on it. It was a big wedding and since Richard had influence in the country, it wasn’t surprising that many reporters had come to cover the event. The aisle suddenly looked long and Emily only prayed that her feet would not give her away. Her legs were shaking fervently and her eyes were lowered to the ground.She was nervous, anxious and excited. She looked u
Emily could smell her wedding in the air. Everywhere buzzed with activities and each day, she had different planners who came to fill her in on how her day was going to look like.She was now back at Richard’s apartment and she was going to be living with him until they got done with everything.“Today, you would be going to test your gown and choose your preference”, a lady who was in charge of the dress for the wedding said to Emily who clearly looked tired and exhausted. She was yet to really believe that she was getting married to Richard after everything. Somehow, it felt like a dream and she thought she would only wake up and see it’s not reality.However, as the days went by, she kept on realizing that this was happening and she would soon become his life and partner for life.The public on their part detested Barbara after what happened and Barbara disappeared into thin air. Probably with her lover who she claimed to be in love with. Now, Emily could feel that there wasn’t go
- Months later- The air was stale with the smell of a new sunny day. Gentle droplets caressed the outsides of Richard's window pan. He took no notice of the fineness of the weather or the aesthetics a sunny day provided. All he got his attention fixed on was the ads the newspaper on his hands provided. He was that kind of guy. The one who would focus his attention while on something and damned everything else, and because of this little personality trait, he was capable of loving immensely. He loved Emily so much, and his attention was something always focused on her welfare. Even the ads on the newspaper had something that reminded him of Emily. As Richard sat with his legs crossed and hidden underneath his dinning table and his reading glasses gracing his beautiful beads of eyes, lady in an Apron walked into the dinning room with a tray in her hand and a pretty smile on her face. Immediately Richard's eyes fell on her, he smiled brightly, folded the newspaper and sat upright. He t
Emily was clad in a tight fitted red gown, with her hair packed to a ponytail, and a red lipstick on her lips. She walked into the location where the meeting was scheduled to hold, with her baby in her arms and a little bag on the other hand.She met Richard, already sitting comfortably and deep down, she couldn’t help but wonder why he had come so early.“I’m here!” Emily announced as she finally took her seat, smiling widely at the lawyer who was already sitting.He was a young fine man and for some reasons, Richard felt jealous.“We are waiting for Barbara and her lawyer!” Emily said and smiled at her lawyer.“You look dashing, I know it’s not ethical to compliment my client, but I couldn’t remain mute!” The young man said and Emily blushed again.Richard suddenly slammed his fist on the table, pulling the attention of both the young lawyer and Emily.“Hello Mr Richard!” Emily said in an official manner, as though she had no idea of who he was.Richard wore a quick frown “Can we s
“I would miss you baby boy!” The nanny said as she played with the baby who giggled in excitement. Emily thanked her for being there after which she appreciated her with some money.She had just reached the living room when she heard another footstep behind her. She decided to keep her face front, since she was not ready to meet Richard.“Would you leave without saying a word to me?” Richard asked, but Emily ignored him and walked towards the door instead. Richard was shocked that he ran across to her and grabbed her wrist.“Emily!” He called out and reluctantly, she turned her head, with a stone cold expression.“I have no business with you, Richard! I came for my son”, Emily said as she gritted her teeth in rage. She recalled how Richard had yelled at her and how he never believed that she was not the one at fault. This caused her heart to break to a thousand pieces.“Why? You want to go ahead and live with Brian? Are you that worthless and…”, Richard was saying when a deafening s
Emily picked out her phone and took pictures of Barbara and Brian. She couldn’t help her feelings and in a split second, she broke into a loud laughter. Brian glared at her furiously, but she quickly apologized and asked him to proceed with the act. Emily could not just believe that Barbara was the one laying on the bed, lifeless and unable to react or stand against what was being done against her.“Ride her! Create that illusion that you are riding her. I want the world to see this and believe every bit of it”, she said aloud and Brian continued the fake ride on Barbara.When Emily was satisfied with the number of pictures she had taken, she gestured for Brian to get down and put on his clothes.Together, they watched the pictures and videos and somehow, Brian felt glad that his facial features was not in view. It was only that of Barbara that was clear and bright.“She would beg me to throw this aside and I would remind her of how she took my child away from me and went out to tell
Richard was staring into his phone and gazing at a picture he took with Emily and the baby the day they visited the park.Just then, Barbara walked into the living room and caught sight of it. She felt a wave of jealousy flush through her, but she shrugged and started laughing instead.“This is so pathetic! You lost your goddess!” She said and continued with the laughter.Richard only gazed at her and kept mute. Barbara was clad in a very short gown, which almost revealed the type of pant she had under. That disgusted Richard, but he decided to keep mute about it since she was no more his wife.“When are you going to sign those papers?” Richard asked Barbara who was walking out of the house.“Right after I have some fun time with my lover!” She said and licked her lips seductively.“Do you know who my lover is?” She asked Richard who didn’t appear bothered at all.“You would get mad if you know him! Have a nice lonely day!” Barbara said and dashed out of the house.Richard sighed deep
Barbara laid on her bed as she thought of how she had warned Emily to stay out of her paths. She felt fulfilled because she could swear that she destroyed Emily.Just then, her mind went to Richard and somehow, her heart skipped a beat. She knew that the marriage would eventually come to an end, but she didn’t expect it to be so fast.She wasn’t ready to sign the divorce papers, at least, not yet…The loud sound of her phone distracted her from her thoughts and immediately, she picked it up with hopes that it would be from a company. Ever since her marital scandal erupted, Barbara had lost countless jobs and contracts.Most of them told her that they weren’t willing to work with someone who had a history of some sensitive situation like marriage issues since it won’t speak well for their brand.“This is Barbara, do you have a job for me?” She asked with a wide smile on her lips, hoping that she would get a positive answer from the other end.“This is Brian!” His voice boomed from the
“You would have to help me if you want me to believe all what you have just said”, Emily announced, while Brian stared at her with keen interest. Of course, he wanted her to believe him because he wasn’t ready to throw their friendship down the drain.“I’m willing to do anything, as long as it makes you to believe me!” Brian said defiantly, while Emily kissed her teeth and walked around the room thoughtfully.“Well! It’s not as easy as it sounds. But then, I’m glad that you are ready to do this”, Emily responded and finally sat down on the bed.“I’m ready to do this as long as it helps you, and also, if it’s going to go a long way in punishing Barbara!” Brian said defiantly while Emily gestured for him to sit down on a couch which was directly opposite her.“If it works well, I would have my son back! And her secret would be out in the public, too. I mean, that is just all what I want. Barbara caused me so much pain already, and I’m not going to let it slide!” Emily said defiantly.Br