MANNYManny felt her heart pound hard in her chest, it was all she could hear.Her gaze shifted between Andrew and the breaker. The child was his?She had held onto a little bit of hope that maybe all this was a mistake, a ruse, but it wasn't, the child was his and he was going to leave her.She wanted to get angry but she couldn't, the news had drained any bit of strength she had left and the look on Andrew's face broke her all over again.Heavily and subconsciously, she dragged herself to him. Andrew watched as Manny walked over to him, what was she going to do now?The last time she came to him in that manner, he nursed a sore cheek. Manny stood before him, tearful. It pained her to know she was carrying his first son.With teary eyes, he gave him the best hug her belly could allow. Though surprised, Andrew wrapped his hands around her, he hadn't expected her to do that, but still, he was glad she did.Andrew was the one with tear-filled eyes, but his wife was the one crying. She h
MANNYAndrew went to work and left both Kate and Manny at home—only if he knew the disaster it would create he would have done otherwise.Manny left Kate at the table and headed to the living room, a bowl of ice cream and chocolate on each hand.She was already one step in when she saw a surprise visitor and quickly turned around to walk away.“Don't even try it." Kari said as she spotted Manny. What she felt was beyond anger, how could her own daughter do something so terrible to tarnish her image?“Mother." Manny greeted curtly, the giddy feeling she had was no more.“Don't be rude." Kari remarked, sat down, and looked at Manny, expecting her to do the same. She wanted to clear things out.Realizing this, Manny sighed and took her seat. Seeing her mother already made the day a bad one.“You think I won't know when you return, I have people watching Manny." A sneer appeared on her face as she talked to her daughter but all Manny could think of was how after the conversation, she was
MANNYManny paced up and down the room, as she thought about what she had done, her hands and clothes still covered in blood.How would she explain what had happened, she didn't even understand what happened. Liam was coming in for a hug and the next thing she knew, he was on the floor covered in blood, a knife inside of him. How he got hold of the knife remained a mystery.Andrew’s son was in the hospital and everyone thought it was her fault. Manny grabbed her bag, in search of her phone, and she poured its contents on the floor. She called Andrew, and it rang but there was no answer, she called again, and still no response. She called him once more but it said switched off.There was no one she could call again. Confused and stressed, she started to cry, If there was any chance of her in the Cooper family before, after what had happened today, she was sure that opportunity was gone, the next day they were going to kick her.Scared and exhausted, she fell asleep—not caring about he
ANDREW“Did it work?” Jason's voice boomed through her phone. Kate had revised her plan with Jason, she explained how she would set up Andrew's beloved wife and ruin their marriage.Kate and Jason had been working hand in hand since she had a meeting with him, from the DNA test to the setup.“Not quite, but it did the job.” Kate answered as she took a cigarette from a pack and lit it up, Manny was gone from the house but not their lives. She needed to finish the job, she had to be gone permanently.“It's just sad that poor Liam had to be collateral damage." Kate took a long drag from the cigarette and blew in the air as she spoke of Liam as if they weren't related.The desire to get the Cooper's wealth surpassed the love she had for her son; she hadn't even been to the hospital to visit him.“What's the next step?” Jason asked, the ruffling of papers disturbing his voice.“There's only one thing to do." The silence on the phone was a long one, like each of them reading the other's m
MANNYManny was confused.Between the crying monitor, what Liam had just said and him fainting made her frazzled, everything happened so fast.Andrew rushed in with the doctor who immediately got to work. They checked his vitals and other necessary things as the monitor beeped loudly.Andrew dragged Manny out of the room as she screamed and wailed over Liam, she didn't want to leave. She thought worst of the boy as she took one last look at him.Andrew walked a disheveled Manny to her car, she was in an unstable state.The last time she was like this was when she had set an hotel on fire, and couple with everything, the present situation was more heartbreaking for her.Andrew opened the door and made her sit at the owner's corner while he called one of his drivers to come pick her up. He waited with her in the car, afraid of leaving her alone.Manny's sobbing broke him. She wasn't Liam's mother yet she was this way—and Kate seemed to not care—she pitied her, she had to live with this
ANDREW “Are the cargos at the warehouse already?” Andrew asked as he went through his phone. He's thrown himself into more work these days, he couldn't allow himself to think about any other thing, just work.“Yes, but one was stolen.” Tristan voiced and placed his phone on the table, showing Andrew a video.Over the months since they met, Andrew convinced Tristan to be his business partner, and Tristan of course saw a golden opportunity and jumped on the offer. "Stolen? Same people?" Tristan nodded. Andrew hissed. The new faction that was created was getting on his nerves, they were supposed to be working with him, not against him. The audacity to even steal from him! He needed to do something about them.“Tell your men to get prepared then.” Andrew ordered.“It won't be that easy, This time the operation was ordered by one of the triads.”"Aren't they all dead?” "No.” Tristan replied and further showed him the picture of the last one standing.Andrew then remembered Jason's slo
MANNYJosie thought her friend had gone insane. Didn't Andrew make it clear he wanted nothing to do with her? How else could he say it? She watched Manny put on the dress that she had picked out yesterday and put on a lot of makeup to cover eye bags. Her friend was in denial, she had no idea what to do that could make her snap out of it.“How do I look?” Manny asked as she adjusted her clothes. She looked better than she had looked in days, she couldn't say ‘no don't go’. If this would help her get over everything once and for all, then she had to be supportive.“You look great.” Josie complimented, as she mirrored her friend's smile.After they both had breakfast, Manny went to see Andrew. She was going to ask about Liam and most importantly, to talk to him about what his son had said.“Mommy did it.”What did that mean exactly? What did Kate do?She got to the gate and they let her in instantly, it was good to know that she wasn't fully restricted from the Cooper's Mansion. Manny
ANDREW Josie paced through the corridor as the doctors were busy with Manny in the ward. She called Tristan on the way to the hospital but he never answered. Now she was alone with Manny without an idea of what had happened to her.She remembered there was one more person she could call, so she picked up Manny's phone and luckily her passcode remained the same over the years. She searched for that one number that could help her and dialed it.The phone rang as she kept her fingers crossed, her hands sweating as she pressed the phone to her ear and hoped to get a response.“Manny, I can't talk right…”“Manny's in the hospital.” Josie exclaimed before he could finish his sentence.“What?” “She's in the hospital. She complained—”“Text me the address of the, I'm on my way.” He interrupted and quickly left work in a frenzy.Andrew drove like a madman to the hospital, the ringing in his ear couldn't stop.He shouldn't have left her alone, he should have stayed with her. He gripped the st