“Sorry about that,” Kelvin apologized as he cleared his throat and tore his eyes away from the tempting sight in front of him.“Are you sure you are okay? You are acting weird,” Ariella told him as she moved to clean herself and rummage around in her closet for something comfortable to change into.“I’m good. It is just some business deal I’m trying to close,” Kelvin lied through his teeth. He could not possibly tell her that it was because of her he was acting the way he was. First, it was how to tell her that her mother was gone forever. He was not even done with that, she walked out in a towel.“It is a very important deal, huh?” She called from inside the closet, her voice was muffled.“Yeah,”“You can leave to attend to it since it is very important,”“It is important but don’t worry about it, Jerome will be attending to it until I need to go to work tomorrow,”“Alright, if you say so,” Ariella was relieved when she woke up and saw that he was still in the room with her. She was
“I’m relieved,” Gladys said with a smile, “My only fear now is her mother. How do we brooch the topic with her because very soon she will—” Gladys was interrupted when Ariella strode out of the kitchen with a plate of food and Mariam screaming curses inside the kitchen.Ariella gave Kelvin and Gladys a cheeky smile as she walked past them and headed for the running table.Gladys gave her a wide smile in return and both mother and son kept on watching as Ariella walked away from them.As Kelvin watched Ariella drop on a chair with a carefree expression, he did not know when he said, “She’s changed,”Gladys looked at him with questions in her eyes, “Changed? How so?”“She is no longer the shy girl I used to know. She is now very free,” “It is a good thing right?” “It is, but I keep wondering how long it will last,” Kelvin mused. “Don’t worry, with time everything will be fine,” “I hope so,”***“I’m really sorry about the Hannah stuff,” Ariella started when they were in the middle
Ariella was staring at the wall in front of her with an unseeing gaze. She’s been like that since forever. After overhearing Mariam and Kelvin’s argument and also discovering that her mother was dead and gone from this work, Ariana collapsed and when she woke up a day later, she woke up with her memory completely. Arielle did not know if she should be grateful that she got her memory back as she wished or if she should have remained the way she was. Her memory came back with the pain of losing her mother and so many other things she wanted to forget. The few weeks she spent without her memory were happy and blissful. She did not have any worry in the world and accepted things the way they were. Why couldn’t things just remain that way? Why did she have to go off to find Mariam in the kitchen, and why did she have to overhear them and get her memory back? Now, her life was back to its complicated state. She wanted to run away, but how could she run away from herself? How was that
“Fuck!” Mariam cussed loudly causing Ariella to become anxious.“What’s wrong?”“I think you met the worst woman on earth. Amelia Preston is a fucking bitch. I’ve put it at the back of my mind to kill her the next time I see her.”“What? Why? I know she must be somewhat of a bitch when I met her that night, but why would you want to kill her?” Ariella knew that Mariam was dramatic, but Amelia must have done something extreme that would make Mariam talk about killing her the next time they met.“Somewhat of a bitch? She is the devil himself only that she does not have horns!”Now, Ariella really wanted to hear what Amelia must have done for Mariam to be talking about her like this.“I need to sit for this,” Mariam moved to hop on the bed so that she was sitting beside Ariella. Ariella rolled her eyes before she moved to make space for Mariam.“You know,” Mariam started once she was comfortable, “It is funny how you are in the industry, yet you don’t even know about anything that’s goi
“Correct,” Mariam continued after Ariella’s response, “I hate her like there is no tomorrow and there was a time I went looking for her to try to talk to her, but she refused to see me. It was almost like I offended her too. The day I cornered her in a mall, bitch raised her nose in the air and told me she did not care who fell while she was in the process of dragging Emma down. Trust me, when she entered the dressing room, I made sure to lock her inside.”Ariella snickered, “It was okay that she wanted to take Emma down. Emma was not a good person and no one liked her but did she have to drag innocent people down too?”“According to her, it would make everything much more interesting to the audience following the news. We were just collateral damage,”“Well, it is a good thing that you were able to stand back on your feet despite it all. I was so busy with working different jobs together with my little modeling gigs, so I could pay off the loan my father left behind, I was not there
“Found it,” mariam exclaimed when she finally found her phone after emptying her purse. She had a wide smile on her face as she bounded back to Ariella and hopped back onto the bed. “Now, we are going to play detectives,”Ariella chuckled as she moved closer to Mariam who was turning on her data so they could browse the internet.“Where is it, where is it?” Mariam was muttering under her breath. “Found it!”“When was it?” Ariella asked, her eyes brimming with curiosity.“It was exactly two months to the time Hannah sent you to his bed. Thank God,”Ariella could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Two months was enough time for lovers to have a breakup. Even if it was not enough time for Kelvin to fall in love with someone else. The hope that was already surging in Ariella’s heart died down as fast as it came alive.“Two months is enough time for them to break up,”“Yes. Well, I can sense that a but is coming. What’s it?”“But it is not enough time for him to fall in love with me. N
“You know what Mariam, I think I’ll face it. I’m not going to let Hannah have a hold over me forever because if I don’t stop her now, it will be like this forever. I not only owe it to myself to be free but I also owe it to my child. One day, I’ll have to appear with my child and the father outside. My child might need us together so what am I going to do then? Deny my child? My parents never did that to me. If the world is going to drag me, I don’t care. Like you said, one day another explosive news will swallow my own and everyone will forget about it.”To say that Mariam was shocked was an understatement. It was like her ears were playing tricks on her or some alien had taken over Ariella’s mind all of a sudden because where was all of this coming from?Was this not the same Ariella she has been trying to convince for months that she should just live her life the way she wanted because nothing she did would stop the news of her having Kelvin’s baby from getting out?Ariella refused
Mariam scratched the back of her neck with a sheepish expression, “If you ask me, I don’t know. I think Kelvin is the best person to ask any question you have about this hospital. No one would even know that such a thing exists. I was shocked too when I was told about your accident and led down here,”“I just hope to God that this won’t turn out to be like the movies where the male lead is an underground mafia boss but everyone thinks that he is a billionaire,” “Ahhh, about that… I don’t think we should conclude yet. He might really be in the mafia,”“Eh? Why would you say that?”“Except for the fact that he was once Hannah’s boyfriend who she loved showing off to the world and that he got you pregnant, we know nothing about this guy. There is something I also need to tell you,”“What?”Mariam cleared her throat. She looked hesitant.“What is it? You know you can tell me anything, right?” Ariella asked when she saw Mariam’s behavior. Mariam always said things out without filter and w