The next day, Archie is the first person to wake up in the morning. He walks up to the bathroom and does his business before entering back inside his room. He feels calmer after having the hot water run through his body.He dries his hair with the towel and dumps it inside the bin after having it soaked in water. The thought of cooking breakfast with his father flashes through his mind and he rushes with what he is doing so he could go fetch his father.He hadn't been that eager before to stay close to his father. He picks up the hand dryer and blows the hot air in his hair as he fantasized about what he's going to cook with his father.After cladding in grey sweatpants over a green baggy top, he walks out of his room and takes the hallway that leads to his father's room.Getting to the door, he didn't bother to knock, he hit the doorknob and enter the room uninvited. He sights his father sleeping with the bed scattered as if he fight against thousands of armies on his bed.“Het up m
“Ahh!” Melanie whimpered as the hotness of the hand dryer burn a part of her skin. She drops it on the dressing table and applies lotion to her hair.She carefully massage the part that got burned and she let out a small cry as she feel the pain. “Oh, why did I have to wash my hair?!” She groans and wears a band on her head.Her phone makes a beep sound and she peeps at the screen to see that she has a message from her mother. “Oh, mother!” she sighs and drops the phone back on the table without checking the content of the message.She needs not to check the content before she will know what the message is all about. “She needs money! And I don't have!” She groans inwardly.“What am I going to do? I can't possibly ask Kayla for money.” She sniffed and didn't realise when she started crying.It's not her fault that she couldn't send money to her money at the appropriate time. She needs to bear with her for a little longer. She heard directly from her assistant that Directors get paid e
Working endlessly on the system, Melanie grabs her pen and scribes down some things inside her notepad. She has been working her ass off since she gets to her office in the morning and she still hasn't stood up from her desk since then. She sent her assistant to grab lunch for her and she wonder what is taking her so long.March is the jovial type, she must have met with her colleagues and decided to have a chat with them.“I don't even know what my schedule is for the next hours.” she sigh and try to pick up her pad but she couldn't seem to have a glimpse of it on the table.“Perhaps March has taken it with her, guess she decided to work on my schedule during her free time.” she chuckles and moves her gaze back to the system.Melanie wants to stand up and go take a fresh air on the rooftop. Just then, a knock comes on the door and Melanie sigh, rubbing her palm on her forehead. She still hasn't said anything when the door twists open and Mia walks inside in her goodness.She walks st
Mr Gordon sits quietly on his office seat. He has been daydreaming since he got to work in the morning. He couldn't seem to have the thought of his mind and it was starting to border him.He stares into space and thinks of who he could discuss the issue with. His mind drifts to his secretary and he smiles at the brilliant idea.He picks up the office phone and places a call across to his secretary who she picks up at the first ring. “Harley, could you please see me in my office?” He speaks with respect and drops the phone after she has promised to come to his office immediately.There comes a soft knock on the door and he ushers the person in. Harley walks in and closes the door behind her.Her heels make a loud noise as she stylishly walks up to him. “Good afternoon, boss!” Harley greets warmly.“Please have a seat, dear.” Mr Gordon says and then adjusts himself on the seat.“Why did you call for me, Alfred?” Harley asks. She knows he is not talking business with her since he calls
“I love you!”That's all it takes for Melanie to come back to her sense, she slides her hand from his grip and moves her seat a bit far away from him.“Get a grip on yourself,” she yells at Andy and forcefully stands up from the seat. “What the hell did you think you are doing?” she shoots him a deadly glare and walks up to the window.Andy has realised his fault and he feels bad for confessing his love to the woman he wants to make his friend. He raises his body and lets his butt slide off the table.“Melanie!” he calls out to her and stands behind her back. He makes to hold her hand but she slaps his hand off.“You’re selfish, Andy!” she says, holding her head in her palms as she processes what he just said to her. “How can you develop a feeling for me when you know too well that I'm with your friend?” she throws her hands in the air and prop her elbow on the window.“That’s it, can't I have feelings again because you're with my friend? How would you know that I have a thing for you
Flashback to earlier that day.After she had received the money from Mr Gordon in the morning, she sent some of the money to her mother and she felt so happy to hear that she was doing good.Her mind was with Mr Gordon throughout the day and she couldn't process why he had to send such an amount of money to her. ‘Did he perhaps make a mistake, or did he send the money to her out of pity’?Melanie sent a text to Archie to meet her at the company after school, and she waited by her car in the parking lot for his arrival.Mr Gordon sent someone to deliver her car for her and she thanked her star for letting Mr Gordon remember that her car was still at his company.Archie arrived minutes later, in a taxi. Melanie told him that she need him to escort her somewhere and he nodded his head before entering the car.Melanie drove them to a store, different from the one they went to the last time. She asked Archie what she could get for his father and he shrugged his shoulder saying his father h
Archie rubs his bleary eyes and strides to the window. There is a pearly glow in the sky... The rising sun cast a rosy hue across the morning sky. His audible yawns travel across the room.“Hmm,” he breathes in the aroma of macaroni and cheese coming from downstairs.“Today is surely gonna be a sloppy day for me.” He yawns inaudibly and saunters to the bathroom.After brushing his teeth, he stops to check his reflection in the mirror. “What changed?” he asks himself as it doesn't seem like he add anything at all.He drops the brush and steps under the shower. After having a hot bath, he walks back to his room to the pitching of his phone. He wipes his head with a towel and dumps it inside the laundry basket. He stares at the pile of clothes inside and shakes his head negatively. “I will wash you tomorrow,” he says to the basket as if he's communicating with his mate.He hitches his head as he walks up to the bed. He grabs his phone from the nightstand and scoffs sadly. “Today is my b
Melanie drops her phone on the bed as Mr Gordon enters her room. “I just contact the lady now, and she will be here anytime soon.” She informs him without looking his way.“Alright,” he yawns and plunges onto the bed. “What is that?” He asks, pointing at the stuff on her bed.“Oh,” Melanie smile and pack the stuff together so he could sleep properly. “It’s just flower studs that I'm making for the kids.” She grins and Mr Gordon just nods and closes his eyes to sleep.“Stop stressing yourself, leave all the work for the planner.” he groans and pulls her to join him on the bed.“Seriously, I need to do this,” Melanie whine. She gently releases his hand and moves a bit away from him.Mr Gordon sits up and glares hard at her. “Did I pay so much money for them so that you could be helping them out?” He snaps at her and Melanie drops the flower stud in her hand.“I didn't stay at home so I could be playing with you, I'm doing this for Archie, not you!” She rolls her eyes. Mr Gordon didn't
TWO WEEKS LATERMelanie got discharged from the hospital a week earlier, she has been told by Alfred everything that happened that night and what happened after.She cried bitterly after hearing that her only friend, Kayla lost her life in the fight.Today, she choose to spend her day with her friend and let her know how much she misses her.The car pulls to a halt at the front gate of the police cemetery. Melanie opens the door before Alfred could get the door for her. She adjusts her sunglasses and steps down from the car.She walks over to the back seat and fetches a box. Alfred walks over to her and takes the box from her, guarding her to where Kayla’s body was lying to rest.Getting there, Melanie bursts into tears as she sees the burial stone of her dear friend. She goes on her knees, wailing profusely as she caresses the name on the burial stone with her thumb.“My dear Kayla, is this you?” she grips her chest as more tears roll down her cheeks.“Idiot?!” she sniffs, wiping her
A MONTH LATERMelanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened. Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he's asleep.“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.“Melanie? You're awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and w
“March?!” Kayla laughs wildly, she grabs hold of the pillar and pulls herself up. She staggered and chuckles lightly. She rests her palm on the wall to steady herself.March stands there, watching Kayla like she's in a movie. She doesn't understand why Kayla's laughing so hard, even though she just got shot in her thigh.“You…?” Kayla burst into a pearl of laughter, tears roll down the break of her eyes and she hastily wipes them off. “What is the meaning of this, detective?” she looks everywhere for her gun, but it is too dark that she couldn't see where she had dropped it.March scoff, she find it insulting to be called that title after all she's been doing.“Detective? Yes!” March grin, “Currently? Nope!” she beams as if what she's saying makes any sense to her, she tilts her head and puffs out air.“I got fired!” she whines, rubbing the bottom of the gun on her head. “After all the excellent work that I did, it only took one scheme from my colleagues to get me fired!” she scoffed
Eerie silent take over the room as they stare at Kayla in shock. “What the fuck are you doing here?” Harley gasp, her hold on Granny Vera tighten, piercing her nails into her rough skin.The old woman’s whimpers which make Kayla bite her lips in anger.“Huh, what do you mean by that? you held my friend and her family hostage, it's natural that I should be here to take them, don't you agree with me?” Kayla replies with a shrug, her aim on the trigger tightening as she gives Mia a dark stare from the corner of her eyes.Mia runs her hands through her hair. “Shit, you caused this. Why the hell did you let your little cousin get involved?” She stumps her foot on the floor, sending Harley a death glare. She grabs Melanie from the floor, her palms curling around Melanie's neck and presses her neck until her fingers leave an imprint on her skin. She spits on Melanie’s face and pushes her to the wall.Melanie whimper as soon as her head collided with the wall. She groans in pain and quickly c
“Miss Officer, I think Mom is in danger.” Archie cries out, he hugs Kayla tightly, ruining her shirt with his tears.Kayla put her hand on his back, rubbing her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. “Hey, I don't know how you get to know about this but that's why we’re here, we are here for her and we will do everything to get her out of there.” Kayla exhales heavily, she releases Archie from the brief hug and stares deep into his eyes.“What’s going on, do you know what happened to her?” Archie whispered, his brown eyes staring deep into Kayla’s forest green eyes, searching for an answer from her eyes.“Um, I kind of know what happened and I think I could sort everything out if you quietly stay here and wait here for us.” Kayla clears her throat, she takes a few steps backwards but Archie grabs her hand and she arches her brows. “What? Don't you want to stay here?” she asks, wondering why he's holding her hand when he ought to hop into the car.“I can't stay here, I want to go
Alfred cries bitterly while listening to the confession Mia and Harley were making, through the bug. Kayla smirked and tighten her grip on the steering wheel. None of them could believe that their closest person was the one behind everything.“Who would think my cousin could do such a thing!” Kayla laughs in amusement. Right now all she's feeling is rage.“Kayla, I trusted her with everything. I've loved and adored her all these years and I never for once had the thought that she might be behind her death. She always talked about Selena with a smile on her face.” Alfred sobs quietly, clutching tight at his phone in his hand.“Mia too?! I never thought someone that I took as my sister would plant my death because of a mere fortune, why?” he ask no one in particular. “If she should have sat me down and narrated everything to me, I would have told my uncle to forget about giving me anything, I've had enough, I don't need any of my father's properties, I should have told them to take eve
Melanie's p.o.v“Hello, my dear, Melanie!” a cheerful, yet deadly voice says my name by the door, followed by a pair of legs walking in.I glance at the door and the sight before me left my mouth hanging open in shock.I feel a sickening chill run through my body and blood draining from my system as I drop to my knees from the shock of what I'm seeing. “You!” I scream in terror as I watch Harley enter the room with my baby, Skye in her grips.“What are you doing here with my child, Harley?” I yell, I try breaking free and run up to save my child from these demons, but again, I couldn't break free from the rope that tied me down to the iron chair.“Relax baby girl, nothing is going to happen to your family, only if you do what we want,” Harley smirks down at me and I feel the urge to punch her in the face.Terror is visible on my baby's face, she's afraid of the scene before her and fears they might do something to her if I let her remain in their possession. The tears on her face call
Melanie woke up to the sound of a heavy booth thumping on the floor, she groans and opens her eyes only to meet with blurry faces in the room. She tries moving her hands but she feels her hands have been tied to her back.“Ahh,” she groans. Shaking her head to steady her vision but it seems impossible.“Guess someone is finally awake after being asleep for over an hour.” A voice chuckles beside her which makes her almost jump from her seat.Melanie twirl her face to where the voice is coming from, she could swear she has heard that voice before but she doesn't remember where.“Who… Who are you?” She grumbles and then a bucket of chill water was poured on her head from the back, the water dripping down from her head to her toes.Melanie shiver as her vision become clear and her eyes met with the clear face of the lady in front of her. “Mia Gordon!” she gasps in shock, moving back a little on her seat which makes the iron chair make an awful noise.“Yes,” Mia chuckle standing up from th
It has been a while since Melanie left the house to get groceries at the nearby store. Archie who has been waiting outside for her return gets tired of waiting and decides to go look for her at the store.He walks into the living room to see Granny Vera pacing to and fro in the living room. Archie moves his gaze to the couch to see Skye sleeping soundly on the couch. He carefully walks up to Granny Vera in an attempt to not wake the girl up from sleep.“Granny Vera, didn't you say the store is just a stone's throw from here?” he ask the poor woman who has been worried sick about her daughter, who has went to get groceries exactly an hour ago.“Yes, the store is just a few blocks away from here and she ought to have gotten back by now.” She replies, her voice breaks due to how cold she feels.“Oh,” Archie sighs for the nth time. “Have you tried calling her? I call her here and she's not picking up,” he complains, showing his phone to the woman.“I tried calling, but her line was not r