The sky was yet to give its great light to the inhabitants of the earth as darkness still spread its wings around the wall of the city.Giggling of bells and a beautiful soul-lifting song filled the air demonstrating the joy of the season. Matthew Callaghan woke up as early in the morning to prepare for the day and his trip.Sophia had lots of fun last night without the knowledge of Matthew so, she slept more in the morning. The radiant glint of lights beamed Sophia’s eyes however and she struggled to open her eyes.Just when she opened her eyes, she rubbed them rashly as she saw Matthew preening himself in front of the large extensive mirror with his bag meticulously packed on the bed.“ Merry Christmas, my love” She tried to speak, but her voice sounded a bit hoarse.“ Merry Christmas, my Angel,” He replied uninterestedly, his fingers running deftly on his Hexiton blonde tie.Surprised, Sophia lifted her body to sit on the bed. It's Christmas and her husband was leaving her again?
“ Why is Sophia not taking her phone?” Simon grunted. It's Christmas and he wanted his only daughter around him.This was the fifth time he had called her but she was not picking up her phone.When he left his room that morning with a worried look on his face, he came downstairs and the scent of a different meal pierced his nose and he sneezed. He walked to the kitchen to find Joana and Kelly running their hands vigorously on every task in the kitchen. “ Merry Christmas Uncle, “ They chorused In unison. “ Merry Christmas” He responded and continued.” Joana, have you tried to reach to your cousin, Sophia?” He asked, with concern on his face.“ Uncle Simon, Sophia can't be here now. She's with her husband “ Joana replied with her face buried in the garlic she was chopping.“ Don't worry yourself too much, Uncle Simon, Sophia will be fine” Kelly assured and then returned her gaze to what she was doing. Immediately after Simon left, Joana inhaled deeply and turned to Kelly.“ I can't
The feeling of betrayal sliced through Joana's heart as she sat with her head buried on the floor. This was her worst Christmas ever.Sophia is her cousin, best friend, and everything. Since childhood, they have been standing up for each other regardless of what the situation may be.It seems she has been distant from her little cousin even though Sophia had narrated some of the challenges she was facing in her marriage to her. Joana knows how fragile her cousin is. Sophia could take her life away simply because of Matthew's character. Perplexed, she took her phone to call Sophia but the phone was switched off. Yesterday, Joana could see how Sophia was panicking after Matthew called her.‘Did Matthew abuse her physically?’ she pondered within. Standing up, She hurried to the room to take her bath and leave for Sophia’s.Kelly was all loud, chuckling on the phone with someone when Joana got in. Her persistence over her crush suddenly paid off Joana guessed.Joana did not take muc
The love of the day and season was consumed by acute pain and sorrow. Despite Joana’s persistence for Sophia to give Matthew space, her efforts were fruitless. Sophia has made up her mind to condone Matthew's abuses even if they would claim her life.Gosh!In seeking a more profitable solution to curb the problem, Joana opted for help from a therapist but Sophia bluntly refused with reasons that she just needed a child to end the mess.Simon had called Joana to know if all was well with his daughter and in the end, Joana had sweetly lied and flattered Simon till he fell for her lies.Kelly however did not call and Joana was worried as hell. She was new in Atlanta and that alone haunted Joana. About 3: 12 pm that day in Sophia's place, Joana decided to give Kelly a call. Her phone rang but Kelly was not answering her call so she texted her instead. Shortly after the message was delivered, Kelly replied telling Joana she had met Anthonio and that she was at home with Uncle Simon
The tumultuous pains kept haunting Joana even when she was all wrapped in the warmth of Shawn’s hands.Sitting beside her, Shawn allowed Joana to remain close to his guiltless heart until she was bold even enough to confront him.With their head buried in Shawn’s chest, Joana wiped the agonizing tears off her face and raised her gaze to face Shawn.His eyes were guiltless but full of sincere love. “ Why did you do that to me?” She summoned the courage to ask, her heart not willing to accept his betrayal.Having thrown a straight question at him, Shawn shut his eyes and took a deep breath, ready to say the truth that would set them all free and push their relationship to the next level.Amidst these, he kept battling with the fact that Joana would never trust him again because of the magnitude of her brokenness.“ Do you still love me, Joana?” He asked in a whisper, with eyes searching deep into her dilated pupil, longing for a sincere answer.Like a deflated balloon, Joana's strength
Joana sat in bewilderment not knowing what to say about what Shawn just said to her.Has the feud between her boyfriend and his father been settled? She questioned herself. “ Shawn, that's not true. How did it happen?” She asked in disbelief. It was hard to believe and even more hard to accept. Shawn’s father, Knowles Fabiola, is the owner of a multi-billion dollar company and also the current mayor of Atlanta. Shawn had to leave like a pauper simply because he disobeyed his father by choosing Sophia over every other thing on earth including his inheritance and by this action, his father excommunicated him and withheld his inheritance from him as the only heir of the Fabiola empire.Shawn smiled and took her two hands. “ You, my darling. You made it happen. It's so amazing how you can calm a devastating hurricane with your divine powers and intelligence” He praised, coaxing Joana’s hands.“Congratulations, my love” She opened her mouth to say in exhalation and hugged Shawn.Her
The sky cast a bright light on the earth, pulling off dusk and bringing in dawn.The glorious beauty of Nature and the current atmosphere that carries the greatest gift humans ever desire; love, made Joana sleep peacefully like an infant that was fed well with suck.As agreed, she promised to return to Sophia’s place last night but here she was, sleeping peacefully on Shawn’s bed, being gripped down by the power of love.Wrapped in the tick warmth of the blanket, she stretched her legs and hands rigidly, unaware and disregarding the delicate penetration of daylight. If there was one thing she wanted right, it was for her to remain on the bed without any disturbance. For weeks now, she can recall the number of times she battled insomnia and fought depression to break free. Now, she has that one person; Shawn, and that was all that mattered. Therefore, she would sleep till sleep itself got tired of her and let go. Just then, however, her peaceful rest was interrupted by the loud
Shawn called his father and waited for him to take his calls.He and his father used to be best of friends before the separation but now, it felt so real to be back as father and son again.As he sat cuddling Joana, waiting for his father to take calls, he noticed his father was not taking up his calls perhaps, he was busy. “ Your dad isn't taking up, why?” Joana asked him with a worried look on her face.Shawn did not seem interested in the calls anyway, he wanted to be with Joana and probably sort things with his father later.“ Yeah, I think the old man is busy,” He said, glaring into Joana's eyeballs.” I want to spend more time being around you in my world,” he said in a whisper.As he resolved to begin his romance with Joana, his phone rang and he frowned at the deprivation. “ Hey Dad, how was your night? You called a while ago” Shawn’s voice thrilled. “ How ridiculous, Shawn, “ His father giggled.“ What's up with you, man? You tend to miss me too much these days” Shawn jok