Alicia finally arrived at Diane's school, the moment she got out of her car, she ran straight to the principal's office, when she got there she placed a gentle but nervous knock on the door and was asked to come in. She heaved a deep breath before going in, meanwhile Diane who's been sitting on a chair that's placed in one corner of the principal's office instantly got up when she saw her mother, then she ran to her in tears, Alicia crouched down to embrace her and console her, telling her that everything is going to be okay.The little boy with whom Diane got into a fight with was also there with his mother, his mother was seated in a chair that's in front of the principal and she was carrying him on her laps, the moment Alicia stepped in, she couldn't stop glaring at her and scoffing all the while.Alicia finally managed to calm Diane down, then she went to take a seat on the other chair that's also in front of the principal, when she was seated, she carried Diane on her laps."Welc
Kevin and his mom were headed to their car that's parked right outside the school. When Alicia finally came outside, she was lucky that they haven't left the school yet."Hey!" She yelled and Kevin's mom turned to look at her, when she saw it was Alicia who called out to her, she rolled her eyes hard."Why don't you go wait for me in the car baby." She said as she opened the back seat of the car and Kevin quietly went in with a gloomy face, it's so obvious that he's still in pain.Alicia hurriedly ran to catch up with her, she briefly looked at Kevin who was in the car already, then she asked his mom if she could talk to her in private and away from Kevin."Now why would I even want to talk to you in the first place?" She folds her hands across her chest, staring at Alicia with so much anger and hate. "I thought I already made things clear back there so just leave us alone and go train your little brat in there, also pass this to her that I want her to stay the hell away from my son b
When Alicia and Diane arrived home, she helped Diane took a bath, while she was getting her ready for bed, Diane asked the question she wasn't expecting, or maybe she was expecting her to ask but was still hoping she wouldn't at the same time."Where's my father Mommy? Do I have a father too?" Diane asked softly.Alicia who was adjusting her nightwear froze when she asked her that question, she looked at her daughter's beautiful innocent eyes, she knew a day like this would come, but didn't expect it to come this soon, she remembered her answer to May when she asked her what she would do if Diane ever ask about her father, that answer still remains the same. Her father is dead!She truly hates the fact that she'll have to lie to her daughter for the very first time, but this lie is something she won't regret because Diane doesn't deserve a father like Adams, she doesn't deserve to have a father so cruel like that man."You don't have a father honey, your father is dead." She replied b
Alicia was in the kitchen making breakfast when May came to join her."Good morning." She greeted and Alicia replied with a smile."Anything I can help you with?" May asked."Nah, I'm almost done here, hope you're feeling better now and is Diane up yet? Today's friday and I need to drop her off at school early.""I'm good and yeah she's up, I already got her ready." May replied. "And one more thing Alicia." Alicia left what she was doing and turned to her since May sounded quite serious."Diane told me what happened yesterday, you really did tell her that her father is dead."Alicia groaned. "Please May, let's not talk about this now, I've really got to get things ready and for your information, I don't regret telling her that, after all, I do consider that man dead to us and I wouldn't want my daughter having anything to do with him either, they don't deserve a place in my daughter's life and they won't be getting any." "I wasn't planning on saying anything since you've made up you
May was busy working on her laptop when a lady walked up to her."Excuse me?" She said softly, causing May to turn her attention to her."You're May right?" She asked. May nodded."The boss will like to see you in his office."May frowned a little on hearing that. "The boss?" She repeated."Yes. Mr Adams Carter.""Adams!" May unknowingly blurted out, but she instantly used her hand to cover her mouth briefly. "I'm sorry, hope there's no problem." She said in a whisper."I guess you wouldn't know until you go see him yourself, please come with me." The lady then walked away, not sparing her the chance to ask anymore questions."Why in the world is Adams asking to see me!?" May mentally screamed as she hurriedly went after the lady.When they finally arrived at Adams office, May was reluctant to go in at first, but the lady urged her to go in since one thing Adams hate is to be kept waiting.She braced herself up before placing a knock on the door, a few seconds later she was ushered in
On her way back to her department, May bumped into Mike."Hey." He held her shoulders. "Are you alright?" He asked, his voice laced with concern.May stepped back a bit. "I'm fine, and I'm sorry, I wasn't focused on where I was headed.""It's fine." Mike replied, but he didn't fail to notice how upset she looked. "If you don't mind me asking, is everything alright, you clearly don't look happy to me, in fact you look so pissed and like you want to hit someone."May scoffed. "Then I guess you should go see your best friend, then you'll know why." She replied before walking away."Exc..." Mike trailed since he doubts she'll even listen to him at this moment. A confused frown appeared on his face. "What have you done this time Adams?" He groaned in frustration.He wasted no time in going to Adams office, when he arrived, he knocked on the door but got no response, he tried again but still nothing."Fuck this!" He spat then he opened the door, the first thing his eyes caught was the broke
May was busy working when her phone vibrated, she had to pause what she was doing and picked up her phone that was lying on the table, she saw it was Alicia calling her, she bent her head a little and answered the call.After a brief moment of speaking to her, she finally agreed to what Alicia asked her to do.She dropped her phone on the table and checked her wrist watch, it's only about half an hour before Diane closes from school, Alicia said she won't be able to pick her up, so doing that is up to May."I better get this done quickly." She said to herself and hurriedly began typing on her computer.****Night time....By the time Alicia returned home, it was so so late, she literally returned from work by 12am, and it's all because she had to do a fan meeting and also have a meeting with some clients that wants to work with her.She took her spare key from her purse and opened the door, there was no sign of May anywhere in the living room and Alicia could only smile, she didn't ex
Adams was just leaving home when his phone rang, he paused and fetched his phone from his pocket."Mike." He muttered, sighed before answering the call."Hello Mike.""Hey Adams, are you at work already?""I was just leaving, anything wrong?""Err... I'm currently at the station.""What!?" Adams blurted out. "What happened? What are you doing there? Are you alright?" He questioned in one breath."I'm fine Adams, it's just... remember the men who attacked me before?" Mike asked. Adams frowned."Yes I do, what about them? Don't tell me they came at you again." Adams said, already sounding pissed."I don't know if it was them but when I left your house yesterday, I noticed a car was following me, I couldn't go home and so I had to come to the station, they followed me down here too, but left when they saw I wasn't going to leave the station. I already reported the case and I also spent the night here, a police officer has been assigned to be with me 24/7, hopefully we'll be able to catch
The door to the wedding hall opened and all heads turned to look at Alicia, she also couldn't believe that there would be so much people in attendance. The path she would walk had flowers on it and the one who had done that was Diane since she was the made the flower girl. Alicia looked at Adams and she couldn't help but smile, Mr Antonio was right beside her, he was going to walk her down the isle. As he walked her down the isle, everyone began clapping and cheering so loudly. Adams couldn't hold back his tears, his eyes was fixed on Alicia alone, she looked so beautiful and it could only make him realize how lucky he was to have such a woman by his side, they've been through so much together, there's been so many ups and downs, so many obstacles but those challenges had only made them closer and their love stronger. He was so thankful when he proposed to her and she accepted, he had foolishly let a jewel like her go once, but he's never ever going to do that again, this time he's
The first place the police went to search for Ashton was his home, when they arrived they couldn't find him anywhere, then they began searching all the rooms.Meanwhile, Evie who was tied up and locked in Ashton's closet began making muffling screams, alerting the police that were in his room, they hurriedly went to open the closet and were shocked to find a woman tied up in there. The police loosed the rope Ashton had used to tie up her hands and then removed the tape from her mouth.Evie couldn't stop crying and pleading for the police to save her."It's alright Ma'am, you're safe now, you're safe now." The head officer assured her, he then went on to ask her who she was and why she was being locked up in there.When Evie mentioned her name, it instantly ringed a bell. "Evie Blair?" The officer questioned, just to be sure he heard correctly."Yes officer, my name's Evie Blair and I..." Evie trailed when she noticed the look the head officer gave to the other officer beside him."W..
The police has been questioning Adams, asking him about the location of Alicia but he kept on telling them that he doesn't know, they even threatened to torture him so they can get the truth out of him, but Adams words never changed no matter what they said to him.One of the officers interrogating him got so frustrated and was about torturing him when another officer interrupted them, he told them that they just got a tip about Alicia's whereabouts and that she's in Adams company, locked in his office.On hearing this, the officers glared dangerously at Adams. "So that's where you've been keeping her huh? Locked away in your office thinking no one will ever find her right?""W... what?" Adams stuttered in disbelief. He tried speaking with the police, but the wouldn't hear him out, they forced him up and took him back to his cell, telling him to pray hard that nothing bad happens to Alicia otherwise he will regret it for the rest of his life.The police hurriedly drove to Adams compan
When Ashton left Adams company, he went straight to the police station to lodge a complaint about Alicia missing, he also showed them a text he claimed she sent him, telling him that she was in trouble and that he should come help her. He accused Adams of being the one who kidnapped Alicia and pleaded with the police to save her before Adams does something bad to her.With the evidence he provided and the police knowing that Alicia was a renowned author, they swung into action immediately and went in search of Adams first, not caring about his status in the country. The police went to Adams mansion to look for him but there was no sign of him or anyone at home, just when they were about to leave, Adams car drove in, he and Mike were both confused when they saw the police at his home.They stopped him halfway into his home and asked him to get down from his car, pointing their guns at him and warning him not to try anything otherwise they would be forced to shoot at him."What the hel
It was getting dark, everyone who attended May's funeral had left, Adams stayed back with Mike for a little while longer because Mike wasn't ready to leave then, but now he was, he thought Alicia would be back by now since she's been gone for too long and there's no sign of her anywhere."I'll go look for Alicia, she's meant to have been back by now." Adams said to Mike.Mike nods in reply. "I'll be right here." He said and then he took a sit beside May's grave. Adams looked at him for sometime, he felt so sorry for his best friend, he heaved a deep breath and went to look for Alicia.Adams searched the whole area, he even called out to her but still nothing, he couldn't find her anywhere and that's when he began to panic. He searched everywhere he could but still couldn't find her, in fear he ran back to Mike."I...I can't find Alicia anywhere." He said, breathing heavily."What?" Mike asked as he instantly stood up. "What do you mean you can't find her anywhere?" "I can't find her
Today's May's funeral. Alicia couldn't believe how many people from her work place attended her funeral, each and everyone of them all had nice things to say about her, evidence of how kind she was and how she's lived a good life.Alicia, Mike and Adams all stood in front of her grave holding flowers in their hands, they couldn't bring Diane along so they had her stay with Adams parents. While they both tried to be strong for the sake of Mike, Mike couldn't stop crying. Alicia dropped her flower on May's grave then she told Adams that she needs some time alone, she asked him to be with Mike and that she'll be back once she feels better. Adams understood that she needed sometime alone and simply let her leave.Alicia took a little walk, she went somewhere a bit far from where May's funeral was being held, when she was alone, she was able to let out all her emotions, every memory about May flooded through her head, causing her so much pain and making her weep bitterly. "I'm so sorry Ma
Mike laid on his bed, staring at a photo of May in his hands, he had large dark circles underneath his eyes, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, they also seem to have lost their spark. His room was so dark since he had pulled the curtains of the window together, refusing to let in any light.The longer he stared at her, the more the image of her lifeless body appeared in his mind, he's never ever going to be able to forget about that day, thinking about it was driving him even more insane, sometimes he even hallucinate, he sees her everywhere and kept on crying that he wants to be with her."I want to be with you May." He whispered in tears.He kissed her photo and dropped it on his bed, then he slowly got out of bed, since he hasn't eaten or drank anything for three straight days, his body was so weak and he staggered, he almost fell but he quickly held onto the table by his bed side. When he was calm, he slowly walked to his window side and separated the curtains, the moment
The news about May's death already spread across all media like wild fire. Mike, Alicia and Adams were all devastated, but her death hit Mike the hardest, this was the woman he loved and he came home only to meet her lifeless body drowning in a pool of her own blood. The police has already started investigating the case, they had no lead at all as to find out who was responsible for May's murder. They were able to tell that it was a man who's behind this due to the cctv footage outside Mike's apartment but that was all since there was no footage of his face at all, his face was well hidden.The news eventually got to Ashton and the only person he could think of was Evie, afterall, the questions she was asking him about May made him suspicious since he saw no reason why she would leave their original plan and focus on May who's not even important. He grabbed his phone and called Evie, asking her of her whereabouts. Evie gave him her home address and he immediately left his office, head
Marcel was having a drink when he heard a knock on his door, knowing who it was already, he hurriedly went to open the door.The moment Evie walked in, he greeted her but she ignored him, she saw the drink he had poured for himself, took it and went to take a sit on his bed.Marcel was already used to her behavior, so he could only smile when she did this, he went to get another glass and poured himself another drink."How have you been boss? What happened to your face?" He asked, his voice laced with concern and worry."What do you think?" Evie replied, taking a sip of her drink. "A bitch did this to me."When Marcel heard this he was shocked, for all the times he's known Evie, no one has ever dared to hurt her like this. Whoever that person is, they've definitely made a huge mistake."Anyways, she's the same reason why I brought you down here, you're the only one I can trust with a job like this Marcel, so let's get to business." She brought out her phone from her purse and sent a t