"How are you feeling?" Adams asked as he stroked Diane's hair lovingly."Tired and weak, but mommy says I'll be fine." Diane smiled. She loves how Adams was caressing her hair, for some reasons, the little girl felt drawn to him."Your mommy is right, you'll be fine." Adams reassured her."What's your name?" Diane asked innocently, staring at him curiously."Adams dear." "Adams." Diane repeated. "I've heard mommy talk about you." She blurted out.Alicia's eyes widen in shock. Adams turned to look at her, then he looked at Diane."Really?" He asked. Diane nodded."What did she say?" He asked, but before Diane could say anything else, Alicia interrupted."You should leave now Adams, Diane is tired and needs to rest.""But I'm fine mommy, and I don't want him to leave, I like him." "You don't even know him Diane, you shouldn't like him!" Alicia said sternly.Diane took Adams hand. "Please mommy, I don't want him to go now, I want to spend more time with him." Diane pleaded with teary e
May was just leaving work when she heard someone call her name, she turned around and saw Mike running to her."Mike? What's wrong?" She asked when he got to where she was."Are you going home?" Mike asked and she nodded in reply."Err...can we go out?"May furrowed her brow. "What?" She asked in surprise."Dang it!" Mike muttered. "I knew that didn't come out well." He said to himself once more."I..I mean, remember the last time when I said I wanted to take you on a date? Can I take you out now? I've got a—""I'm really sorry Mike, can we do this some other time, I need to head back home and help Alicia.'' "Alicia? Is something wrong with her?" Mike asked worriedly."No not her, it's her daughter, Diane, she's unwell and I would love to go back and help her take care of Diane. She had to put a lot of things on hold so as to take care of Diane, I need to go home and give her a hand.""Then I'll come with you.""What? Why?""Because I can't remember the last time I saw Alicia and I..
When Mike met with Diane, his jaw dropped in shock, he turned to look at Alicia, then back at Diane.Diane stared at him in confusion as she wondered who he is. "Mommy who's this?" She asked softly."He's a really good friend of mommy my love, you can call him Uncle Mike." Alicia smiled.Mike was speechless for a while, he couldn't say anything as all he could think of was the striking resemblance Diane shared with not just Alicia but also Adams, Adams features are really evident in Diane, she literally look like the both of them."Alicia she's....""My daughter." Alicia hurriedly cut him off. "My daughter, Diane.'' She repeated, laying emphasis on her word.Mike looked at her. "Right!""Diane." Mike called as he walked to her, he looked at her with so much love and admiration in his eyes. "She just as beautiful as you are Alicia, she looks just like you and..." Mike trailed when he realized what he was about to say."Never mind, hope you don't mind me taking a seat beside you Diane?'
"Thanks for coming Mike." Alicia said when they got to Mike's car."It's nothing, I'm glad I came here today, at least I got to see Diane for the very first time." Mike replied. "And Alicia, I don't want you to get mad or anything but I just can't resist asking about Diane's father.""Please Mike I don't want to talk about this." Alicia turned her back to him, then she bit her bottom lip.Mike went to stand in front of her. "Please Alicia, I just want you to say something before I decide to talk.""And what's it you have to say Mike?" Alicia asked, although she could already tell what he wants to say."You know too well what I'm talking about Alicia, Diane obviously look like Adams...I mean she looks like the both of you but Adams gene is also evident in her. She's you and Adams daughter isn't she." Mike stated calmly."No!" Alicia snapped. "Diane is my daughter, she's mine!" "She told me the day she was born Alicia, October 15 2021, that's eight months after you and Adams divorce. I
Alicia finally closed her laptop after working on it for hours! She heaved a deep breath, stood up and stretched her body, she could literally hear her bones crack and it felt so good, although she was having a splitting headache after putting some chapters of her new book together. All she wants to do right now was take some pain killers and go to bed, but she needs to go pick up Diane from school, she would have asked May to help her out, but then May won't be getting off work until late at night, she can't have her daughter stay in school for that long.She took her coffee mug and gulped down the whole content, then she walked sluggishly to the bathroom to take a quick shower before leaving.When Alicia was done with her bath, she dressed up and left the house.The drive to Diane's school took longer than usual due to the terrible traffic on the way, when she finally arrived, she blessed the heavens.Alicia got out of her car, she could see other kids parents coming to pick them up
Alicia had just arrived at Adams mansion, his gate was locked so she had to honk so loud to get the attention of the security guard.When the guard heard the car honk, he hurriedly opened the gate and went to meet Alicia.Alicia brought down her car glass so she could talk to him, she also noticed that he was a new guard, he asked her a few questions which she answered impatiently, only when he was satisfied with her replies did he agree to open the gate for her.When the gates was opened, Alicia drove in, memories of the past began flooding in, but she did her best to push them aside. She finally got to Adams mansion and then she got out of her car.Alicia looked at the house and then the environment, nothing much seems to have changed, everything still looks the same, she looked at the door and she could literally see her old self dragging her suitcase out and hearing the loud banging of the door after she left.She remembers everything, she remembers it all like it only happened ye
Alicia bit her bottom lip, how could she have forgotten that a drunken Mike is also a blabber mouth."Alicia." Adams called softly."It doesn't matter Adams, I don't care what you say, I don't see you as Diane's father, you were never there for her, so don't even think of calling yourself her father, and I hope you didn't say these nonsense to my daughter because I swear to God I'll never forgive you!" She seethed."I haven't told her but she does deserve to know the truth." Alicia scoffed. "It's useless, I already told her you're dead, so Diane knows she doesn't have a father." She replied and turned her back to him."What? Why would you do that when I'm still alive? Why would you tell her that!?'' Adams half yelled and Alicia sharply turned around."Because she was being bullied by the other kids at school for not having a father! I didn't want my daughter to think about you because you don't deserve her, so I ended the whole questions about her father by telling her that you're de
Alicia and Diane finally arrived home, she got out of her car and went to help Diane out next."Why did we have to leave Mommy? I wanted to stay and play with Uncle Adams for a little bit longer." Diane whined."Then would you prefer to go live with him too?" Alicia asked.Diane thought about this for a little while, then she shook her head. "Although I really like Uncle Adams a lot, I don't wish to live with him Mommy, you're the only one I want to stay with." She smiled, she then raised her hands up, asking Alicia to pick her up.Alicia smiled as she carried her in her arms, Diane then hugged her. "I love you so much Mommy, and I never want to leave your side, I'm going to be with you for the rest of my life, just me and you Mommy, Just us and Aunt May, we'll all be together forever and ever." Diane said happily.If only the little girl knew the effect her words had on her mother."Just the three of us Diane, forever and ever." Alicia repeated softly."I'm thirsty Mommy." Diane said
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