“Okay.” Millie answered and drew a deep breath, gathering strength in her lungs before letting it all out in a wail. “Waaahhh! Mommy! Mommy! Open the door! I don’t feel good. Sob… Am I going to die? Wahhhhh! Mommy! Open the door, please…” With Millie’s cries throwing Mona into a fluster, the latter opened the bedroom door right away. “What’s the matter, Millie?” Mona picked Millie up and nervously examined her from head to toe. “Where does it hurt? Tell me.” Millie rubbed her nose and jumped into Mona’s arms before crying louder. “Mommy… Mommy, don’t be sad. It hurts here…” Millie put her hand over her heart as her face turned red from weeping. Daddy told her to turn on the waterworks, but the girl was honestly sad because she felt sorry for Mommy. “Now, now, Millie. Don’t cry. Come with me to the room.” While pacifying her daughter, Mona was about to close the door when Thaddeus tried to enter the room. However, she kept him out with a threatening look. Helpless,
Mona was having an afternoon nap when there was a knock on her bedroom door. With her eyes closed, she listened to the noise outside. It was Thaddeus talking. “Open the door, Mona, or I’ll burst my way through.”Paying him no mind, she turned and looked outside the window. Like a doll with no feelings, Mona was unaffected by anything around her. The man outside the door was true to his word and kicked the door open. Startled, Mona turned to the man who had broken into the room. She propped herself up. Thaddeus took the lunch from the maid, walking to Mona’s bed before putting the food on the bedside table. He was about to sit when Mona yelled, “Get out!” The man looked at her like she was a kid throwing a tantrum. “That’s enough. Eat.” Mona kept her head down and said nothing. With her mind all over the place after what had happened, she was at loss for what to say to the man. Thaddeus understood that no reason could get past her rage at this point. Hence, he was wil
Mona could not wrap her head around the reason why Thaddeus would say such a thing. Though, one thing was for sure. It was not something she wanted to hear. “Don’t say that. Nothing will happen to you. You’ll live to be a hundred.” Thaddeus curled his lips into a faint smile. The woman did care about him. “Silly girl.” The man took the opportunity to sit beside Mona. After a pause, he said, “Don’t be scared. I will make sure you and the kids are covered before I leave the world. I will do everything in my power to have everything laid out for you.” Mona gave Thaddeus a cold look. “What’s with the downbeat attitude? I think you’re playing the sympathy card. Don’t try to change the topic.” “I told my people to take Ginny to the hospital for a check-up. We will know once the medical report is out.” Then came the phone call from Thaddeus’ assistant. Under Thaddeus’ orders, Marcus checked the surveillance cameras last night. Thaddeus went to Ginny’s hotel room on his own
“The most likely mole among the domestic help is the butler.” Mona was certain as Maria told her that Sebastian and Jennifer were close. During Ginny’s stay at the residence, the three of them were involved in setting Mona up. “Ha. Of course it was that sly man.” Thaddeus narrowed his eyes. The butler had control over the household staff, so it would be easy for him to cover anything up. “Are you sure?” “Yes. I don’t say things I’m not sure about.” Mona was firm on that note. Thaddeus nodded his head and picked up the internal phone to call downstairs. “Tell the butler to come to my study.” No sooner that Thaddeus left did Anna enter Mona’s room. “How was the party last night?” “I don’t want to talk about it.” Mona looked dispirited. “Thaddeus and Ginny spent a night together yesterday.” Anna’s jaw dropped in surprise. “Did you see it yourself?” “I went to the hotel to catch him red-handed. I found hair belonging to a woman on the bed. He admitted that the wo
Thaddeus’ hand awkwardly suspended midair before he withdrew it. “I need to explain about last night.” Mona turned her head and stared at Thaddeus’ face for a while before moving her gaze back to the window. Judging by her nonchalance, clarification must not matter to her anymore. Feeling down, Thaddeus sat on the sofa and met Mona face-to-face. The distance between them seemed wider than ever. “Sebastian messed with my medication. He told the cleaning maid to switch my medicine for vitamins, giving my secondary personality control over my body. He acted upon Ginny’s instructions.” “Okay,” Mona callously answered.So what? It did not change the fact that he slept with Ginny. Her response did not sit well with Thaddeus. It was not what he expected. “That means it was all a setup. How long are you going to hold this against me?” “I’m not holding it against you.” Mona calmly looked at Thaddeus. “Let’s drop the subject. I don’t need your explanation.” Thaddeus stared
“They won’t divorce.” Holding Millie in his arms, Bobby gently patted her back. “With us around, trust me, Millie. They won’t.” Relieved, Millie heavily nodded her head. “Yeah. I trust you, Bobby!” Bobby planted a kiss on Millie’s forehead and tenderly soothed her. “Come on. Get some rest. There’s nothing to fear. I’m here.” “You’re the best, Bobby.” Millie snuggled up against Bobby before closing her eyes to fall asleep. Bobby cuddled his sister while staring at the shadows of trees outside, lost in his thoughts. Daddy did not come home tonight, and Mommy was not in the best of moods. Something bad must have happened between them. It was high time to figure out a way to get through it. Mona woke up bright early in the morning. Before she could get out of bed, Bobby brought a breakfast tray into her room. “Breakfast time, Mommy.” Her son knew the way to her heart, always perceptive of her down days. The boy would do all he could to make her feel better. “Mommy, I
Thaddeus then hung up the call. “Alright.” Bobby was in distress as Daddy and Mommy had an argument, and it was something big that they could not set right. “Bobby, is your mommy around?” With a voice calling out to him, Bobby turned around and saw Mommy’s agent – Sophie. “Mommy is having breakfast in the room.” Flashing a smile at Sophie, Bobby drew close and took her hand. “Sophie, are you here to talk about work with Mommy?” “Yeah.” Sophie smacked a copy of the script in her hand. “See this? It is your mommy’s homework. Don’t tell me that your mommy is still lying in bed.” “No. She’s having her breakfast.” Bobby pulled Sophie downstairs. “Come downstairs. I have something to tell you.” “Um, but…” Sophie cocked her head back and glanced at Mona’s shut bedroom door as Bobby dragged her down the stairs. Bobby took the script from Sophie and put it on the table. “Sophie, there’s something I need to talk to you about.” Sophie narrowed her eyes at Bobby, who seem
Sophie dragged Mona out the door once Mona was done making herself presentable.It only stuck Mona to ask when they were in the car. “Who are we meeting?” “Stella.” Sophie buckled up and glanced at Mona. “She said she wants to talk about the script with you in person.” “Must it be today? I don’t want to go.” Mona’s mind wandered to the two seniors in the hospital. Sophie was not too pleased about it. “Then where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Stella is the investor in the movie. She’s not someone you can throw hissy fits at.” “My grandparents are in the hospital. I want to visit them.” Sophie slammed the brakes and pulled up at the side of the road. She looked over to Mona. “You’ve changed.” Mona was confused. “How so?” Sophie pulled out a compact mirror from her handbag and placed it on Mona’s palm. “Look at your eyes.” Mona thought it was strange. “What’s wrong with my eyes?” “There’s no twinkle in them anymore.” Sophie expressed her lament. “Your