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"Time to get this date over and done with."Chase thought bouncing down the stairs. He frowned when he noticed his daughter was nowhere in sight. She seemed to have taken her puzzles along with her.He briefly thought of going to check on her to see if she's okay and remembered that he would be late if he stayed a minute more at the mansion. "I'm so sorry Dawn."He picked up his phone just as a call came in. He sighed and swiped accepting the call. It was Natalie.She was probably calling to find out if he was backing out. Oh how he wanted to.."Hey baby... sorry I mean Chase...I'm sorry I'm rambling but I'm just so excited."Chase sighed and would have laughed if this had been a normal date but it wasn't normal, nothing about this was. "I'll be there to pick you up in a few minutes, I'm sorry if I'm running late; I had to deal with a few things.""Oh don't worry about that. I'm ready, see you!"Chase hung up and stood still wondering why this was happening to him. He was in a tight s
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Kol was on his bed. He had managed to finish his work early at the store he managed as a side job.Ever since he was discharged by Natalie from the impersonation gig he was given, and without a dime, he had fallen back to managing stores and paperworks to fund his expensive lifestyle.He wasn't one who stood idly and his versatility enabled him to fit into almost every job requirement. His beautifully crafted body and glass skin aided his employment in almost every work sector.Not like he didn't have a generous amount of money already in his name, enough to last him a comfortable life, but he was a goal getter and for the majority of his life, his goal revolved around becoming stupendously rich.In pursuit of that goal, he had somehow fallen into the hands of the likes of Natalie, and although he wasn't anymore proud of his decision to take on the morally impairing job, he had no regrets.Kol was smart enough to know that if he hadn't taken the job, and poised as a fraud, he probably
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" Little Miss! Little Miss! Are you okay?" Leo pounded on the room door of Dawn, very worried and anxious to get a reply from the little one." Are you still asleep?" He asked aloud, reverting to making use of his words to reach out to the little one. All to no avail.Meanwhile, Dawn was seated on the cold tiled floors of her room, a shadow of herself. She'd bawled her eyes out all through the night after watching her father and Natalie have such close relations with one another.She felt hurt, helpless and betrayed. It was as though the world was moving on without her and there was no space or place for her in the lives of those who she truly cared about. First it was Hailey and now it was her own father.As the little and smart girl she was, Dawn knew that if her father was seeing and taking Natalie out, it was only a matter of time before they were reunited again and this time around, it could be permanent, there was nothing she could do." Dawn baby, open up!" Chase's voice bellow
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"I'm tired." Hailey said as she yawned for the thirteenth time. This was getting upsetting and worrying at the same time.How could she have all this evidence but be missing the key to tie it all together?"Argh!!!" She thought and flung the paper in her hand away running her hands through her hair.Only heaven knew how homeless she looked. Imagine if Kol saw her in such a state or worse Chase— she banished the thought as soon as it dropped telling herself not to go there.For weeks, she'd be doing so well now was not the time to relapse."I guess I'll have to pull an all nighter on this one." Hailey said as she stumbled on another dead endShe sighed and got up grabbing her mug from her table. She'd drown herself in coffee until she got what she wanted. The files were all there, she just had to find the glue that pulled them all together.But what was it? She wondered as she filled her cup with coffee. She had checked all the files, every last one leaving nothing.Ciara would advise
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"Leo, get me my juice."Leo sighed and looked heavenward begging whatever powers there were to give him patience. "Here's your juice ma'am."Natalie eyed him and motioned to the stool. "Drop it there and get me the sunscreen. I don't want the sun burning my skin when I go out later."Leo nodded and walked away heading straight to Dawn's room to get the sunscreen.He didn't exactly know where she kept hers, if she even had hers but he knew where Dawn's own was.That would have to do."Leo!"Leo stopped, one leg inside Dawn's room and the other raised in the air. "Yes ma'am?""I asked you to get me sunscreen!" She screamed and Leo rushed back into her room.This was the room she had been using before and now that she was back, she had settled into the room again without question."I asked for sunscreen, Leo." Natalie said rising to her feet. "Don't you know what it is?""I do ma'am. I was going to get it.""From where?" She asked glaring at him, a look of disbelief on her face. "The kit
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There was a lot of ruckus ongoing in the media house. The atmosphere was very rosy and red with the abundance of flowers being offloaded. As Hailey navigated through the chaos that was her company building, a lot of tongues were wagging and her eyes darting.' Oh Lord, what's going on.' Hailey mumbled underneath her breath, already feeling overwhelmed by the number of flowers which basically blurred everything else." Hi, I'm Hailey. Can I know what this is about? " She said to one of the delivery guys setting up the flowers in the lobby." I'm just the help, I think the sales person is outside. She'd be in a better position to explain ma'am." The guy said in reply, adjusted his hat, took a bow and headed on outside to continue with his duty.Hailey felt terrible, she was sticking out as a sore thumb as everyone seemed to be very busy watching the grand gesture take place. There were also some set of individuals who took it upon themselves to aww anytime a new batch of flowers were br
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Chase stood in his window pane, shirtless and overlooking the set of Lexus vehicles which trooped into the compound. It was way too early and he wondered who exactly would have been so audacious to drive into his home without due notification.While he pondered on these things, Chase was surprised when one of the car doors opened and a suited thick framed and black shaded man headed to the following vehicle and immediately opened the back door and stood by the side, as though waiting for someone.The first thing he saw was a cane, a black and gold cane which touched the floor, looking quite exquisite, before a foot adorned in one of the latest collections of Gucci shoes.Before Chase could properly see the visitor, he heard the screeching voice of Natalie, so loud that he took a double take to know exactly where the voice was coming from." Daddy! You didn't tell me you were coming!" Natalie greeted, feeling very ecstatic.Chase was stunned to see an elderly Mr Franklin walking gallan
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"Now that you've been able to secure your place in Chase's company, it's time to use that to our advantage. We need a new place for our shipments." Mr Amore said and Me Franklyn nodded agreeing with him.Although the hotel was a safe place for their shipments they couldn't rely only on it. Their business was a rather delicate one and if they wanted to be safe, they'd have to keep moving their goods from time to time to reduce the risk of getting caught."I agree, I'll schedule a meeting with him and then take a tour of the place. I'll ask some of my men to discreetly seek out the perfect spots for our goods.""Not just for our shipments, we need a new place to hold meetings just in case."Franklyn nodded having already thought about that. "Yes, I'll make sure all that is covered when I see him later this week if I can arrange a meeting. "Amore nodded and looked down at his shoes as a thought crossed his mind. Looking back up, he pinned Franklyn with a hard stare. "Are you 100% sure t
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The three days watch was finally over and Chase was over the moon. He had gotten up at the crack of dawn and had woken everyone in his house up. Today, finally after so many months of being apart due to one situation or the other Hailey was going to be moving into his house for good. Natalie, her grandfather were out of his life now and he was free to be with whoever he wanted.“Daddy?” Dawn’s voice pulled him back to the present and he smiled as he caught her form in the doorway.“In here Dawn.” He opened his arms smiling when she ran towards him. “You look happy, what’s the secret?” Chase asked lifting her up in his arms as if she weighed nothing. “Does this have anything to do with Hailey coming back home?”“Yes, I’m soooooo excited.” She started telling him her many plans for Hailey’s arrival. Chase nodded his head as he listened attentively, his mind creating images of the kind of family he, Hailey and Dawn will make. She continued listing out her plans and Chase let his mind d
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" Is she going to be okay?" Chase asked the team of doctors and nurses who came for the morning round and observed a sleeping Hailey." She is a fighter, Mr Denver. No doubt she'll be fine. So far there's been a lot of progress." One of the doctors explained with a smile, hoping to ease of the tension on Chase's shoulders.Chase sighed in relief, " oh thank you doc. Hopefully she wakes up early." He added, patting her hair for better measure." She will be up in no time. Just give her some time to flesh it out." The doctor affirmed and headed out of the ward, not before they'd both shook hands on it.It had been three days of total blackout. Hailey was yet to awaken and Chase sat by her side, looking rough, barely going home and waiting for her to wake up.For the first time in a while, Chase reevaluated his thoughts and prayed Vehemently that she woke up in good health alongside the child within her. He watched like a hawk for any little changes and continually felt the stomach of
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“She’s in critical condition.” George said speaking to the nurse who came outside to help them.The nurse nodded and placed her hands on Hailey’s wrists checking for a pulse. She smiled when she noticed there was indeed a pulse. “She has a pulse but its barely there and she has lost a lot of blood. She will have to be admitted immediately.” The nurse said and ran off to get the stretcher and some backup.George looked at Chase and sighed placing his hand on his shoulder. “Your wife is going to be fine Mr Denvers, they are good at their job.” He said and quickly answered someone over the radio. “I have to heard to the station now, there are some things I need to take care of. I will need Hailey’s statement and all the evidence she has against those men so we can ensure that they pay for all their crimes.”“You’d have to wait for her to get better then,” Chase said and sighed stroking Hailey’s hair. “I don’t know where she left the files she had been working on. Infact, she refused to g
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“We’ve found her.”Chase was on his feet before anyone else, his heart beating wildly in his chest. ‘Finally, some good news.’ He thought but said instead. “Where is she? Is she okay? How’s the baby?”The cop would have laughed if it had been a different situation but this was a very sensitive case. “We have found her location but we wanted to let you know first.” He said and watched as several emotions crossed Chase’s face, the most obvious ones being relief then concern.“Where is she? Can I see her?” Dawn asked walking towards the cop. “Where is Hailey?”“Come here little one.” Leo said and pulled Dawn away earning him a grateful smile from Chase who was looking frazzled. “Let’s go and get some juice for everyone.”“But I want to see Hailey.”“Come on, daddy will bring her back.” Leo said pulling her away.Chase sighed and turned to the cop. “I’m coming with you to bring her back. I can’t stay here while you go.”“Me too, I am coming along.” Ciara said. “She’s my friend and I can h
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An unconscious Hailey was bound by the arm and taken out of the car by some buff men. At the arrival of the car in the shady outskirts of town, Franklin's men were all in standby, waiting for the arrival since word was sent of the successful mission." What happened?" One of the men asked the alleged driver as soon as Hailey was carried into the building." Bitch tried to kill us both, and had to knock her out cold." The man said, taking off his glasses and showing a scar which ran through his lower lids." Get rid of the car and every other trace, there must be no traces." George ordered and immediately walked into the building. Leaving the man to his devices.The car was driven to a blind spot and set ablaze. Hailey was thrown into a leaking and dirty cell room, leaving her to await the arrival of Mr Franklin and Mr Amore.Hailey was brought to consciousness the moment water poured upon her from the leakage. It was raining outside.She looked around her surroundings and fear gripped
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While Chase was continuously ringing Hailey, her phone was on the couch of the sitting room. She had unconsciously dropped it while waiting for some sort of reply from Chase but to no avail.Everytime a new message came into her phone, Hailey rushed to see if it was the reply, abandoning every other thing with high emotions. After the fifth occurrence, she decided to put her phone on do not disturb mode in order to be able to get some work done.As she became submerged in her work, Hailey totally forgot that she had previously placed her phone in total silence. In that haze she worked tirelessly until she couldn't any longer and dozed off spending the night on the couch.The next morning, Ciara stumbled out of her room and met Hailey seated in an awkward way on the couch, the laptop was halfway down the floor, opened with the screen on and battery almost empty.After putting the laptop in place, she headed over to a sleeping Hailey and with two successive pats, she woke her up." Get
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Ciara was in Hailey's room, playing on her phone and simultaneously observing the little changes she noticed in Hailey's body.Her hips seemed much wider, and eyes much more dilated alongside her constant urge to puke. She had earlier researched on the known causes of such symptoms and the only diagnosis that seemed to tick all boxes was the pregnancy idea.Ciara played with the idea of Hailey being pregnant but she couldn't reconcile the two. At first she'd vehemently kicked out the idea of her being pregnant out to the curbs of her mind but then she remembered Kol.For as much as she knew, there wasn't any relationship between them and she believed if something of such nature had taken place, the Hailey she knew would definitely speak to her about it.At the same time, in contrast to that point, Hailey had shared a kiss with Kol not so long ago and deliberately kept it to herself.Although she was made to understand that she thoroughly regretted it and deemed it a mistake that would
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Three weeks later, Hailey and Ciara were finally leaving the hotel. Due to their prolonged stay while searching for an apartment, there was pretty much an hole in the middle of their pockets.Despite how fast they were able to secure an alternative apartment with decent security, it had cost them three weeks worth of money to lodge. A price for the protection of their lives.While they were in the hotel, Hailey reached out to Mrs Whitmore, informing her of the recent events and asking for some time off to figure herself out.Surprisingly, Mrs Whitmore was lenient and it was pointblank unbelievable when she accepted and later sent in a contract which included a working from home agenda and how to conveniently report to due authority for as long as the process dragged on.Originally, when she demanded some time away, she'd been scared of how Mrs Whitmore was going to react but with the reply she got, she was beginning to think her boss wasn't so bad after all.Or maybe she'd finally sca
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"Hey Cee, I'm home." Hailey said walking towards the house. She couldn't wait to lie in her bed again. Work had been hectic!"I'm craving some of your delicious snacks." She said and paused at the door noticing that the handle was broken.With her heart beating wildly in her chest, Hailey opened the door and frantically searched for her friend."What is all this? Cee?" She rushed towards her friend when she spotted her sitting beside the living room couch. It was turned upside down just like the rest of the house.What could have happened?With concerned eyes, she scanned her friend's body sighing in relief when she noticed no bruises or scars. "Cee, what happened?""This house is no longer safe Hailey. I met everything like this when I came home from work."Hailey pulled her friend close and hugged her silently listening to her sobs.Hailey didn't need the police to tell her who had done this, Franklyn must have put his men up to this. He was so desperate to scare her that he'd do an
