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Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy So wrong
She is so incredibly small and fragile … oh so fragile, in my large hands. She fusses a little as I carry her, but then she settles, makes some cooing sounds, and goes back to sleep almost immediately, causing my heart to melt like butter on a hot pan.“Hi there. I’m your daddy.” I whisper in the gentlest and softest of voices, hardly able to believe that this perfect creation is a part of me.“Awwww! You guys look so cute together.” Jessica says, beaming proudly at us, every inch a proud mother. It is then I realize that everyone else has left the room and we’re alone with our child.I head over to sit beside her on the bed with the baby and we both just spend some time staring at our daughter.“Just look at us. I remember back then on the island when we were talking about how we never wanted kids and all that. Now, I wouldn’t give her up for the whole world.”“I know, right? She’s one of the best things to ever happen to me.”“Oh, yeah? And what’s the other best thing?” I ask her, b
Last Updated : 2023-05-03Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy At long last
JESSICAThe first few nights after I get home from the hospital are tough as hell. Ava turns out to be a fussy baby at night, something I didn’t notice at the hospital because she was almost always kept away from me while we were there.Mrs. James proves to be a godsent though, and takes most of the burden off my shoulders. I thank my stars that she’s there to help me, otherwise, I would sure as hell have broken down. Adjusting to the reality of my motherhood is not easy, but it is very much worth it.Charles visits us all the time, so much so that it is a wonder that he has the time to work at all. When I ask him about his work, he tells me that he cannot continue his practice in the city he lives, because ever since the recent saga of his arrest, things have not been the same.He tells me that he’s looking for the best option that will allow him to be as close as possible to the baby and I, which I have no problems with at all because I’m positive that he’s going to make a very wond
Last Updated : 2023-05-04Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Question
I moan and lean into him, tilting my head to give him full access to my lips. My whole body feels like it’s on fire, and I’m consumed with the desperate need to have Charles at whatever cost. It’s obvious that he feels the same way from the way he’s kissing me. We kiss for long, blissful minutes, both lost in the moment.“Damn, I’ve missed you so much, Jessica. Everything about you…” He tells me, trailing kisses all over my face and down my neck. I moan sensually, and run my hands impatiently down his back, suddenly unable to control myself any longer. It feels like I’m going to die if I don’t have him, and soon at that.“Me too, Charles. You have no idea just how much.” I tell him, pulling at his shirt impatiently, but to my utter horror, he jumps off the sofa as though he has been stung by a snake or some other equally poisonous vermin.“We cant…” He groans, rearranging and straightening his shirt.“Why? What’s wrong?” I ask, looking down at myself and embarrassed to see that the fi
Last Updated : 2023-05-04Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Rediscovery
CHARLESIt seems unbelievable, but my murderous sister has all but vanished into thin air, and every effort made by the police to locate her has been in vain. Even the private investigator that Sebastian hired has had no luck whatsoever. How just one woman can manage to evade capture for so long remains a mystery to many, but the fact is that Charlotte is very good at covering up her tracks.A month and two weeks after my daughter is born, Sebastian informs me that a house in the high-end neighborhood where he and my stepmother lives as neighbors has been put up for sale, in case I’m interested in purchasing it and moving.Since Jessica and I already agreed that we would prefer to live as close to each other, I go to visit her again, so that I can get her opinion on whether she wants to live there or not.“I think it’s a good place as any to live in. The question is are you going to like living there too, or are you just doing it because of Ava?” She asks me.“I’m going to like living
Last Updated : 2023-05-05Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Irritating news
JESSICAIt’s been three months since I gave birth to Ava, and she’s growing much more rapidly than I can keep up with. She’s a happy, healthy baby with a bubbly personality, and seeing her beautiful smile never ceases to fill me with joy, just as it feels Charles with joy. He's no doubt her favorite person in the world, and watching them together is one of the things I like to do best.She looks so much like Charles, and therefore, like Charlotte too, something that is sometimes unnerving, but I love my daughter very much and wouldn’t give her up for the whole world. Charlotte is still nowhere to be found, but Sebastian and Charles are still on high alert, not wanting to be caught off guard which I understand, but I’m no longer comfortable.I feel like I’ve overstayed my welcome at Aunty’s place, although of course, she never gives me any reason to think so. Still, I can see the signs that my continued presence at her house has some effects, for instance, there was a day that Donald,
Last Updated : 2023-05-06Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Rude, much?
I listen to this unwelcome news with unaccustomed anger, an irrational urge to find and slap the hell out of whoever that bitch is overwhelming me. Charles? Looking cozy with another woman? The thought doesn’t sit right with me at all.“Oh, wow! Talk about the devil. I guess it’s more serious than I thought, then.” Carol suddenly exclaims, looking in another direction. I look in the direction in which she’s looking only to see a blonde woman walking briskly in the direction of the garden.I can’t exactly make out her features from where I’m standing, but she looks like she’s going to be beautiful, and she has a very nice figure. Scowling, I watch as she reaches where Sebastian and Charles are standing in the garden, shakes Sebastian’s hand, proceeds to ignore Charles’s extended hand, and instead, grabs him in a hug, resting her head on his chest.The irritation I’m feeling increases tenfold when he does not immediately push her away, but rather hugs her back, and says something which
Last Updated : 2023-05-06Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Impassive
It does not take long after I leave for the garden for me to start to feel bad at the way I had spoken to Charles. He had had a look of genuine confusion on his face as to why I acted the way I did.“Anyway, that’s his business. If he wants to get all chummy with blondie, by all means, let him do so, but then he can’t eat his cake and have it too.” I think spitefully to myself, trying to justify my rude behavior.A soft and gentle breeze is blowing in the garden, which is almost a replica of the one at Sebastian’s house where I was kidnapped a few years ago. I had always loved that garden, as did Carol after she got married to Sebastian.It would be nice for Charles to plant one in his compound. If we ever define our relationship, I’ll definitely enjoy spending time there, and planting numerous colorful flowers and plants, as I’m sure our daughter would too.Ava coos contentedly, and I smile at her and kiss her smooth, small forehead, breathing in her sweet baby smell, my heart awash
Last Updated : 2023-05-10Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Freedom
As soon I park my car at Sebastian’s place, I whip out my phone and place a call to Charles, as I unfasten Ava’s seat belt and carry her out of the car. Richard comes over and makes to open the backseat, no doubt so that he can carry my bag out, but I lift a finger to stop him.“What the fuck is wrong with you?” I ask before Charles can even get a word out.“What have I done again?” Is the resigned reply.“I want you to call off your dog immediately. I’m a grown-ass woman and I should be able to go wherever I want to go by myself.” I say through gritted teeth. The only sign that Richard minds being called a dog is the fleeting clench in his jaw, and then his face returns to its impassive state.“That’s a very rude thing to say. It is for your own…”“Protection, I know, but I don’t need you, your guards, or anyone protecting me. I’m very capable of doing so myself. This is getting very ridiculous.”“Might I remind you that Charlotte is still out there doing god knows what, probably mai
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Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Aftermath
JESSICASix months later, it still feels like a dream that it's finally over. But life is finally getting back to normal, or at least it’s finally getting back to what I think normal should be, and it’s blissful. I can go out any time I want, go wherever I want, and do whatever I feel like doing without having to watch my back.I have my loving family, both my immediate and extended ones. By extended, I mean Sebastian and his family, along with Mrs. James, of course. They’re the only family that I’d ever want or need. My brother, who had been estranged from me for a very long time, despite all my efforts to reach out to him over the years, finally reached out to me three days after the whole Charlotte saga.He’s a stranger to me now though, and I don’t consider him family, although once, I worshipped the ground on which he walked. He had literally raised me up until my teenage years when he disappeared without a single word. Now that I know the reason why he disappeared, I'm glad he d
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Victory at last
“I don’t want either of us to get hurt, Charlotte. If I try to grab the gun, one of us will surely get hurt, or wind up dead. You still have enough time to run if you don’t want the police to catch you.” Charles tells his sister after about two minutes or so of them going back and forth.The pain in my knee is beginning to be unbearable, but I struggle with all that is in me to swing my legs as silently as possible from the bed. My legs feel rubbery, as though they belong to someone else, but I know that it is now or never. If I fail, Ava might not grow up with her father, mother, or both of them.Although every muscle in my body is in protest, I struggle to move silently, and I’m almost all the way to where Charlotte is when all hell breaks loose. She’s backing me, while Charles is facing me, so he obviously sees me trying to move to where they are, but he pretends not to and continues to engage Charlotte.However, she must have noticed movement out of the corner of her eye, or maybe
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Distracted
"You’re joking, right? I mean, how is that even possible.” Charles asks in bewilderment. From his expression, and the tone of his voice, it is clear that he thinks that his sister is batshit crazy, which she obviously is. As for me, I remain silent, not even daring to breathe too loudly, so that Charlotte would not be reminded of my existence.What she is saying is pretty wild to me too. I mean, I haven’t seen or spoken or heard from my brother in well over a decade, and neither do I have any desire to speak to or hear from him, so I don’t know why someone would want to harm me just because of him.“I wish I was joking, because if I were, then my daughter and her father would still be alive, and maybe, just maybe I would have someone to love me too because it’s clear that you don’t give two hoots about me.”“Well, you make it hard to care about you, considering the fact that you go about killing innocent people for no reason other than the fun of it. Wait! What’s this bit about a daug
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy The genesis
“What the fuck?! You’re not supposed to be here. How did you get here so fast?” Charlotte asks him, her composure cracking for once. She immediately dives for the gun which she had discarded earlier, and points it at Charles. There’s no need for her to be worried about me, because I’m in no condition to do anything other than lay on the mattress on which she placed me. Charles is not armed, and neither had I thought that he would be, because where on earth would he get a gun in a foreign country? But then, I had expected him to at least come with help, and not just charge in alone, although come to think of it, I should be thankful that he showed up when he did, else, Charlotte might have amputated my leg by now. “I drove like a maniac and no doubt, broke all the laws there are about driving too fast in this country, but I had to get here, considering the fact that you’re hell-bent on obliterating my family.” “How did you find this place?” “By sheer luck, and technology too, plus I
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy An interruption
"Get on the bed? Wh … why?”“Don’t ask me questions. Just do as I say.”“What are you going to use all those tools for?” I ask her, backing away as she inches closer. I’m not prepared for the loud bang of a gunshot from the gun in her hand. I don’t hear the sound of the bullet whizzing past me, but I feel it, and my heart jumps into my throat. It takes everything in me not to turn and run out of that building, but I manage to stand my ground.“Next time, you won’t be so lucky. Now, get on the table. If you think you’re stalling long enough for help to arrive, you have another thing coming. You’re never going to be found, and there’s no reception here, so just do as I say and this is going to be a fast, painless experience.” Charlotte orders.Looking at her, one would be forgiven to think that she’s a socialite or a very respectable banker, with her well-pressed clothes and perfect hair, not the mentally deranged criminal that she really is. Still, there’s no way I’m getting into that
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Deceptively calm
"Okay, I don’t want any problems. Please give me my daughter, and we can forget that this ever happened, while you go back into hiding or something. Look, I forgive you for all that you did to me.” I tell Charlotte, my voice wavering so badly, but there is nothing that I can do about it, or about anything.“Ava, isn’t it? She’s a very beautiful baby. She takes after my mother’s side in the looks aspect. My mother was a very beautiful woman, although I can’t say the same about my birth father.”“Yes. She looks just like you and Charles when you were babies. I saw your family pictures.”“You did?” Charlotte asks, sounding genuinely surprised.“Yes. Charles showed me.”“Cool, cool.” She says, still rocking Ava as slowly as though she has all the time in the world. To say I’m confused is an understatement, but I’m starting to relax a teeny tiny fraction.“Please give me Ava, and we’ll both be on our way,” I tell her, wondering what the meaning of all this is. She doesn't seem to be in a h
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy A grand welcome
The road is rough and bumpy, but I’ve turned on all the lights of the car to illuminate my way. Charlotte isn’t making it hard for me to follow her at all, which makes me believe what Charles has said, that she’s leading me into a trap. Anyway, trap or not, I can’t just leave my infant daughter at her mercy, so I have no choice but to follow her.Soon, she branches off into a bushy part, which makes driving even more difficult than it had been when we were still on the gravelly part. It is difficult to follow her closely here, considering that the car I’m driving isn’t made for rough terrains, while the one she’s driving is, and after a while, I lose her, but it is easy to follow her, because of the tracks that her car makes in the bush.My phone keeps ringing all the while I’m chasing Charlotte through the woods. I know this because its lights keep coming on, lighting the dark interior of the car with each call. Finally, I decide to answer it, knowing that it’s Charles who’s calling.
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy The chase
JESSICABy the time I gather my wits about me and rush up the staircase, taking them three at a time, so I can get my phone, I can no longer hear the sound of the car in which Charlotte is getting away with my baby. I speed-dial Charle’s number and rush down the car, grabbing the key to the spare car that we had rented.I send a silent prayer of thanks above that Charles had had the foresight to rent two cars, even though I had kicked against it, saying why would we need two cars, as I felt that it would only bring us unwanted attention. Now, though, I’m grateful for the availability of the car, because I don’t know how I would have gone after Charlotte without it.Charles picks up the phone on the first ring, just as I’m rushing down the stairs in my robe and slippers. There is no time to change into more suitable clothes as my daughter’s life is at stake.“Hel…” Charles begins to say, but I cut him off desperately.“She’s here! Oh, Charles, she’s here, and she has killed the nanny a
Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy Disarming smile
CHARLOTTEI’ve barely gotten to where I parked my getaway car when I hear the unmistakable voice of Jessica screaming out Eric’s name in a panic. She has no doubt discovered the lifeless body of her nanny and the fact that her daughter is missing, which means that very soon, she’ll take the bait and follow after me in a bid to recover her daughter.“Sorry, honey. Eric’s body is preparing to stiffen somewhere out there, so he can’t hear you.” I say, laughing gaily to myself. Once everywhere is silent again, I start the car and rev it loudly so that she can hear it and give pursuit.Luckily enough, Charles isn’t around, as the men who were spying on the cabin this evening informed me. Eric had told us that Jessica and Charles were supposed to go to dinner, so the men had been watching the cabin to alert me to when they’ll leave, only for Jessica to stay behind.This was actually better for my plans, as it gave me the chance to lure Jessica alone. Getting into the cabin had been very eas
