"Hey dear, come over here." Jayden called out to her, Kathleen looked at her, she could remember the lady's face, and she sighed inwardly."You all are having a nice time, the mansion is more beautiful, still familiar just like yesterday," Shirley comments as she takes the seat available."Of course, you should know Dad, he likes to move with the trend." Jayden comments."Yeah! I could remember when the garden was still a mess, and that pond that was abandoned for years was still close to it.""How could you forget that creepy night, when we sneak out to watch a movie...""The zombies!!!" Shirley added."Yeah! We were really scared and Dante was the only one not scared, he had tormented us by wearing those scary costumes, causing us to sleep under Nanny May's bed." The two laughed heartily."How old was Dante then?" Sally asked."He was fifteen, yet he wasn't scared," Jayden added. "He was our big brother who could protect us even as a child, whenever we get involved in any mischief, h
At Dante's buildingThe next morning, Dante was more alive, anticipating how he was going to meet Barbara and trouble her till she had no choice but to accept him back into her life, he smiled at his silly thoughts. Shirley had moved in the previous night, so it was obvious that she would have to join Dante and Sally In his car, since Dante is the one who takes Sally to the company most time, on rare occasions her driver drops her off."Hey man, what's up with your grinning?" Jayden the troublemaker calls him out of his wild imagination, there at the dining he is thinking about Barbara again."Hey stop that, I am not grinning.""Come on big bro, you are grinning probably excited with something of the heart.""Of course, he is, his princess is back." Everyone moves their gaze back to Shirley who is making her way into the dining, she is beautifully dressed, and her hairstyle, make-up, shoes, and accessories are glamorous, she is like an angel, and she is really beautiful."She is beauti
At the vice chairman's office, Sally is busy giving details about her work and the pending files that Dante couldn't attend to since he is running her father's office and also his."If there are any questions, you are free to ask me or Isla since she is working closely with Big Bro.""What about getting it directly from Dante like I just did with the former?""I only let you ask him that instead of me first because that file is one of the files he is personally handling, he is a very busy man, and he had so many things to fix, like fixing the company and his personal life, I am sure, he is thinking of settling down now, the man is almost thirty, he needs his life and a family of his own""Talking about fixing a family of his own, do you all know anything about Barbara?""Uh? I don't know but I am sure Bro will. I heard she is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin, so there is nothing wrong with it, if you need any more information, I am sure Big Bro is in a better position to ans
"Momma! Please open up." Barbara could hear the little girl begging the woman on the other side, yet the woman kept laughing."What do you want? Drugs, I could give you drugs, it will make you not be Afraid of them, you shouldn't be a coward like your worthless father, he can't even fight for what he wants.""I hate you, momma.""I know, you love your grandma and that is the reason you should remain in there, it's a good thing she is not coming back, she is dead already.""What is dead?""This idiot, fine, she is not dead, now enjoy your play, I go on now, see you later.'"Momma!"The little girl called and screamed in anguish, Barbara could see herself as the little girl, she wanted to run away, escape from those cockroaches just as she too wanted to run away from the one moving on her skin now, she was terrified, scared to move, broken emotions, all those awful memories of that little girl's seems to be like she was the one experiencing it, she opened her eyes slightly then she could
Calvin was informed as soon as Dante admitted Barbara, the man sighed and looked at his Daughter helplessly on the bed, Dante's gaze didn't leave him."She had always passed out with the mere sight of that creature, I was surprised that she passed out after the creature had come in contact with her skin, she hated the sight of that creature since her mother always locked her in a room filled with..."Calvin stopped himself, then hissed badly, he felt like a failed father, he couldn't do anything for his lovely innocent child."You can leave, I will take it up from here, I will just cancel all my appointments." Dante could see that his assistant kept calling him, he must have a lot of things to do but he was struggling with his appointment and staying beside his child..."Don't worry, you can go attend your meetings, I will just stay here and wait." The doctor said she would not be up in the next four hours. Calvin looked at him, and he nodded to him."Thanks! I will return before you k
"Barbara! God, I was worried, when I heard what happened." Barbara looks at him."Yes, I called to check on you but Kathleen was the one that picked up.""Oh no! That naughty Kathleen will tease me nonstop." She facepalm, Jeffrey pushed her into a hug. "Don't worry, if she tries that I will tickle her. Barbara pulled Jeffrey's hand to sit beside her.""That means you want to kill Kathleen, you know that naughty girl doesn't like that.""Of course, I am only going to scare her with that." Barbara laughed and then hugged Jeffrey. I know you are too sweet to do that, here you should help me tie my hair in one. Jeffrey pack her hair blushing his finger a little on her neck. Hey, your hand is ticklish."Does it make you feel better?""Ahem!" Dante coughed, and Gordon moved his gaze back to the three, he had been on call since he entered the office, and he had left his meeting halfway, as soon as he heard what happened to Barbara. Gordon drops his phone, he knows Dante is dying inside alread
At the cafeteria, Calvin sips on his coffee and then looks at Dante."I am sorry! He stares more at him. "Sorry, I wasn't able to...""Stop it, you shouldn't take my daughter's words to heart, I am sure she is only teasing you, you kind of look funny when you frown, that face of yours is hilarious." Dante wiped his face with his palm. "I see the reason why my daughter is teasing you."He frowns more, Calvin looks at him, then sips on his coffee."Do you love my daughter?" Dante nodded, Calvin smiled inwardly but then his face was without expression."I am sorry." He stared more without blinking. "I am sorry for the scandal I put your daughter into, sorry that I embarrassed your family; sorry I lied to you and your family, that we are dating when we are not; I want to come back then to apologize, to stop all of them from making jest of her. I was scared, too scared to face you all, especially Barbara, I know you hate me, for putting your daughter into that.""Yes, I was mad, too mad tha
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"Those were the wicked laughter of Camille Kyle, Barbara's mother, the devil herself, she was watching the video of Barbara's torment, seeing the fear on Barbara's face when that cockroach crawled on her skin, that terrible look was the same look on that two years old girl."Ha! Ha! Ha!" She keeps laughing at Barbara, Shirley is the lady in the hoodie, whenever she visits Camille Kyle, she is always in a hoodie, two years back when she got the information about Barbara's identity, she looked for Barbara's birth mother, she promised to help her get out of jail but she have to also help her get the man, her heart long for and if she was to do so, she had to make Barbara look stupid and useless in front of Dante.So Camille Kyle suggested that they bring Barbara's past into her present, even though, she might be too young then to understand anything, she is sure, Barbara will get flashes of memories that are not clear, if those things happen to her again, Shirley at first dou