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Chp 28 - Deaf And Chills
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COMING ALIVE PROLOGUE
Serena turned over in bed. She had been doing that for a while, no matter how much she tried, she just couldn’t sleep. She looked longingly at the figure snoring slightly beside her then she looked away again. How could he be able to sleep with no care when she was on fire here? She wanted to resent him sometimes but then she couldn’t because he was her love. They have known each other forever and he had kept his promise and married her. They have a house of their own that was a joint gift from their parents and he was an ideal husband.All she had to do was learn to be an ideal wife, which she seemed to be finding difficulties with. An ideal wife didn’t work when her husband and family told her that was the right thing to do but Serena had found that difficult to accept. What on earth had she slaved through school for? She had felt betrayed too that Mathew had waited till after their wedding to tell her that he did not want his wife to work, he would want her to be a full housewife
COMING ALIVE CHP 1 - Duty Of A Woman
Serena decided to stay away for a while when she saw that he did not bother to come after her even though she sat on their porch for a while.She wouldn’t go back. No, she wouldn’t go back inside to beg him. She was not wrong. She deserved to live her own life too, even though she was married, right? He was the selfish one. Serena thought to herself over and over again as she trekked to her mother’s place that evening.“Mother should be able to talk some sense into him. Or at least talk to his parents so they could talk some sense into him. How I wish Dad was still alive.” she thought on her way to her mother’s place.Her dad had been her best friend before she met Amara in college. He was her confidante, she loved her mum, of course, but her dad had been the person she always waited for on their porch to come home. She would squeal and jump as he parked his car before she launched herself on him the moment he got out. He was the one who taught her a lot of things even when her mother
COMING ALIVE CHP 2 - Stop Calling....
The day she had received a call from one of the hospitals, a reputable private practice, it was the same day Mathew’s mum had invited them for an impromptu dinner. She was amazed when she met most of his family there and her mother. Mathew came from a large family, unlike Serena who was an only child. The dinner had started on a good note even as she was filled with unease that the dinner would not just be a simple one. She had been proven right when one of Mathew’s nieces ran to her to admire her palazzo pants.“I can see that children love Mathew’s wife” the mother of the child had said promptly.“That is true,” one of his aunts added. “That must mean that she will soon be giving birth to her children too.”“Are you sure about that? Mathew’s wife is a certified nurse, you know. I believe that women like that do not like to start their families early. Career women” someone else had said, as if Serena herself was not in their midst.“Serena is not like that, you know” her mother-in-la
COMING ALIVE CHP 3 - Need For More
Serena looked at Mathew as he sat up in bed, grumbling about someone waking him up at this ungodly hour when he had a lot to do at the office in the morning. She was about to say she was sorry again when he looked at her like she was a nuisance and said “That is childish, Serena and I have told you before. I don’t expect you to keep making me repeat one thing over and over like you are a kid, you know.”Serena was not so taken aback by his words. He could be grumpy when one disturbed his sleep, and she had done so because she knew if she lost her courage now, she might not be able to do it again later. Not that he would patiently listen to her anyway. Now was the right time.“I am sorry,” she said softly.Mathew sighed and looked at her face. “It is not as if I want to complain or anything. It is just I have work to do. I understand that you might not get that since you are only at home and all, but I have to work. I have to fight for my promotion and that means I have to have enough r
COMING ALIVE CHP 4 - The Unrest
The shocked look on Mathew’s face made Serena feel like she had just told him to kill his cat.“Well, that could never be the case as he already deemed having a pet undignified,” she thought hysterically as she waited with bated breath for what he would say when he stood up slowly to face her.“Are you crazy? I am sorry about my language, but I would never have expected such a talk from you. You spoke like a dirty woman!” he exclaimed.Serena forgot her apprehension as she narrowed her eyes at him. “Excuse me?”“I do not want to say it, you know I wouldn’t disrespect you,” Mathew said as he rubbed his hand through his hair, then gave her a look that made her uncomfortable “You are…you are talking like a wanton woman, like a loose woman. What has come over you, Serena? I thought you were better than that!”“You did not want to disrespect me, you say? This sounds more than any disrespect anybody has ever accorded me recently and, believe me, I am getting enough doses of it almost every d
COMING ALIVE CHP 5 - A Dose of Amara
“Ser!”Serena looked up in the direction where the sound was coming from. She smiled as she saw Amara running to her as her husband told her to calm down as he tried to catch up with her while holding their toddler. He tried to carry the girl, but she cried “Daddy, walk.”Bo had no choice but to let her walk as he kept his hand on hers to guide the toddler after her mother, who paid her husband no heed as she continued to run toward her friend. A run would have been used liberally in terms of what Amara was doing though. Waddling was more the term.Amara was heavily pregnant.“Sweetheart, Serena is just right there. Take it easy”, Bo said, exasperated as he looked down at his daughter who had the same temper as her mother and would not take it kindly if he ignored her request and carried her. He really shouldn’t have let Amara run.“I will take it easy when I die” Amara called back at him.Serena laughed as she stood up to go meet Amara halfway. She knew her friend wouldn’t trade her h
COMING ALIVE CHP 6 - Hovery Lord
“Whew! Finally got rid of the Hovery Lord!” Amara said dramatically as she adjusted the skirt of her gown, settling it around her legs in the shaded part of the park where Bo had insisted they have to sit if she wanted him to leave as his wife had asked. She looked over at Serena when her friend laughed. “What? What is it? Am I wrong? I swear that man hovers around me more than a mother hen would do whenever I am pregnant” she smiled. Serena tried to curb her laughter to reply to her friend with the minimal result “No, no, not that. When you said Hovery Lord it sounded like Ovary Lord” she snorted again. Amara was confused “Of course, that was what I me…oh” Her eyes widened and she laughed when she realised what her friend was talking about “You meant O-va-ry, whoever made up these words must be a rogue” then her smile turned lascivious as she patted her stomach and gave her friend a sideways look “Well, he is lord of that too. Hello? Proof right here” she smacked her lips. Serena
COMING ALIVE CHP 7 - Some Credit
“To see your face of course. Do you see how beautiful you are? You are a damn gorgeous woman, sexy in fact. You know I would kill to have amazing hair like yours. Instead, all I have is this mop of dishwater hair” Amara said as she picked up a handful of her hair for emphasis. “You know your hair looked amazing. You are just saying that” Serena said in a miffed tone as she collected her ribbon back. Amara sighed then she smiled “Yes, I admit that. Moreover Bo loves it, his ash blonde hair coupled with mine seems to be what gave Tanya her platinum blond hair. I swear I can already picture how much of a fashion diva that girl will be” Serena tucked her hair beneath her ears and briefly pondered packing her hair up back into a bun “If she ended up as one, she would have gotten it from you. At least the diva part” she said cheekily. “Hey, I can be fashionable too,” Amara said in protest then she grinned as she remembered all her makeover flops in college. Serena had been the one that s
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COMING ALIVE Chp 28 - Deaf And Chills
The “room” was actually a suite on its own. Serena was sure that her entire house was just a bit bigger than the suite that was given to her. It has a large-sized bedroom, sitting room, dining room, dressing room, and a separate area furnished with sizeable cushions of varieties of colours. “That is the lounging area,” Lorraine said behind her. Serena turned to look at her and she was immediately annoyed by the sneer on the arrogant lady’s face. “Yes, yes, I know. Kincaid is rich and all a woman wants. Just don’t get too comfortable” she added as she gave the clothes bag beside the door a little kick. Serena had it with this pompous lady and she was about to lay on her when Lorraine pointed at the bag."As you might have expected" she added with a roll of her eyes and a put-upon smile. Yes, I acted the maid fit you and I purchased everything according to what I thought your size will be. Some of them are already in there" she said as she inclined her head towards the dressing ro
COMING ALIVE Chp 27 - No Questions
Serena was pissed, frustrated and also awed by the grandness of what she saw.When the man she went to meet for a lift in front of the hospital had agreed to carry her, Serenahe had been so hopeful that she would be able to get out of Kincaid’s annoying presence and as a result, leave the island and somehow find her way back home. But then just as she was going to the passenger’s side of the car. She heard the man clear his throat.And he said “Oh, I am sorry, miss. I will not be able to carry you again” Before Serena could even ask him anything, he hurriedly got into his car and drove off. “What the…” Serena had not completed her confused statement when she saw Basset standing in front of the hospital as he gave her a direct look.Serena realised what happened as she looked at him and back at the departing figure of the car hightailing it out of that place.“That was you, wasn’t it?” she asked as she stalked over to him in anger “You made that man run though I didn’t hear you say a
COMING ALIVE Chp 26 - You Will Go, But Not Now
Serena entered Kincaid’s assigned room after she left Rayl’s bedside. The latter was eerily still on the bed as she was strewn up to the life-support machine and the only sound in the highly sterilised room was the constant beeping sound of the ECMO machine. Serena had to leave at last since the sound was only rattling her overstrung nerves too.The scene she met in Kincaid’s room was not unusual as doctors, nurses and even the directors of the hospital were always checking on him not to talk of his men. But what she found surprising was the content of the conversation that he was having with the director when she entered.He wanted his sister and Kevin transferred. The doctors had thought it was not a good idea for the patients who still needed intensive care to be away from the hospital and Serena seconded that thought so as well but then Kincaid had been so adamant about the fact that the patients are more in danger at the hospital than if they were at the mansion.“I have the faci
COMING ALIVE Chp 25 - You Have A Husband?
The door knob turned and Basset entered immediately Serena asked that question. Serena was curious to know what the lady’s answer would have been if Basset had not come in. she would never know now because instantly the lady saw the person that entered, her expression morphed into the very picture of innocence and pure affection. Her pearly whites and perfectly straight teeth went flashed in a beatific smile as she came forward to hug Basset.“Oh, you are here, Lorraine,” he said indifferently. A moment before she wrapped him in a warm hug. Serena could see the surprise on his face but then he patted her slightly on the back.The latter crooned “Oh, I am so sorry about this, Basset” she leaned back from his embrace. “I am sure y’all will get hold of those bastards and this will be properly avenged. The boys are working on strategies right now already” she said before she looked over at Kincaid’s unconscious form on the bed.She moved towards the bed with a sudden mistiness in her eyes
COMING ALIVE Chp 24 - Fairies Don't Scowl
Basset looked at Serena as they waited in Kincaid’s newly assigned room and said “You are covered in blood” Serena looked down at her spandex gown and sighed “Yes, I look a mess alright but so do you” she nodded towards his blood-spattered yellow shirt and the dark splotches on his khaki trouser. “Yeah” he muttered nonchalantly. He stared into space for a while before he muttered “A lady shouldn’t look like that” Serena looked at him and he nodded even without looking back at her “Yeah, I know. I was an asshole. I shouldn’t have dragged you into this like that” Serena had no idea what he expected her to say. Especially when he added “But then I am sure I will do the same thing again if the situation repeats itself. So yeah, I am an asshole” “Uhh” Serena hummed as she find something to say even though she agreed with him. Basset looked back at her with a humourless smile that did not touch his eyes “At least let me make up for that by getting you out of that disgusting dress” he sm
COMING ALIVE Chp 23 - Uncalled For
Serena had to stay with Basset in the waiting room. She smarted at the fact that the nurses had not allowed her to go in with the victims. She had even told one of them personally that she was a certified nurse.“Really, in which unit are you practising?" the caucasian nurse had asked her. Serena had no choice but to tell her that she had never practised before. When she saw the look on the nurse’s face, she was about to explain to her that she had taken care of Kincaid on the way to the island though but the woman had hurried off after telling her to go sit in the waiting room.She was just getting to the waiting room when Basset passed her without a second look. “What the…” She saw where he was headed in a minute. A team of doctors were hurrying down the corridor and the way they all greeted Basset respectfully made it evident to Serena that they knew him. Basset hurriedly pointed towards the ICU where they took Rayla and the others and he hurriedly led him towards the unit.A nurs
COMING ALIVE Chp 22 - Thready Pulse
The frenzy that followed was unlike anything that Serena had ever set her eyes on before. The intruders were all wiped out and then Basset dropped his gun as he ran with all his might towards where his brother lay. The irony of it was that Kincaid and Rayla were not far from each other. Basset looked torn as if he has no idea who to run to first. Then, he shook Kincaid hard “Don’t you dare! You can’t die on me, bro. You can’t. Who will avenge those bastards?! You….somebody checks Rayla. Check her! Fuck this” he cried.Serena jerked out of her shock as she rushed towards the lady she only met a few minutes ago. Serena was shaking so badly and her stomach seemed to be in a flip-flop contest. Yet she forced herself to look at the gory scene before her. It was messy, to say the least. The bullet had pierced Kev’s stomach from the side, taking out a chunk of flesh with it on its way out with a strip of his shirt. What was left of his blue shirt was soaked with blood and it was not showing
COMING ALIVE Chp 21- Leave Him, Ray!
Rayla dragged her down with her as she ducked beside her car. "Those bastards!" She said in fury as she patted her body as if anything could be hidden in her skin-tight one-piece suit. She seemed to realize that her guns had been handed to someone else and she swore, long and hard. Profanities that Serena was sure would make her mother develop migraine and probably make Eugenia drop dead. "Illinois!" She hissed at one of the men returning fire to the men shooting at them with guns fitted with silencers. "Yes, miss" Illinois, a lanky young man that couldn't be more than in his early twenties replied to her even as he ducked behind the car and returned fire. "How many are they?!" She yelled. "About…." He shoot back as another silent ping hit the car, rocking it with a jarring sound that made Serena flinch "...Ten this time, miss" "Shit! Who are these people? How dare they…scoot down more, Serena! How dare they do this on Aslanov land?" "No idea, miss but they seemed intent on tak
COMING ALIVE CHP 20 - Out in The Open
Stupid, stupid shaking Serena thought to herself as she tried to atop the spasmodic reaction of her body yet no amount of “You are fine now" from Kincaid nor her determination to stop the shaking changed anything. It was as if her body was functioning independently from her will, so she just huddle there and shook like a leaf in the winter night. A whistle from Bassett had her looking up "Wow, babe. You look hot! No wonder the men couldn't shoot straight" Serena craned her head to see who he was referring to. A gorgeous redhead in a pink leotard with what seemed like mile-high leather heels on her tanned, dainty legs stood with a pistol in each of her hands as she rolled her eyes at Bassett. "Oh, hush. Remind the bad guys to give me some ample warnings next time they decided to strike and not do it when I am in the middle of my training, will you?" She leaned in to kiss his cheek soundly before shifting her gaze to Kincaid. Her eyes shone with curiosity as she saw Serena and she
