Ashley walked into her room and sighed angrily, she loosen her hair from the bun and change her cloth into comfortable wear, she lay in her bed and thought about what Hayden said. Is she really that lazy and don't worth anything good? “He couldn't even apologize.” She muttered and hugged her stuffed bear tightly, a tear rolled down her eyes and she sniffed, slowly it turned to whimpers.After thinking and crying, she finally fell asleep, she woke up hours later and discovered it was late already.She slowly sat up on her bed and turned to see who she least expect sitting beside her, she screamed and rolled off the bed in fear.“Ouch, that must have hurt right?” Hayden asked and she sighed angrily, she stood up and threw her stuffed bear at him. He caught it and stared at it.“The bear actually did nothing wrong.” Hayden said and she glared at him before sitting on the bed.“What are you doing here? Are you here to insult me again and make me feel less of a human?” She asked angrily.
“Hayden.” She called and he snapped out of his thoughts.“What?” He asked.“What are you thinking about? She asked and he rolled his eyes.“I guess you are thinking about my list right?” She asked and he scoffed.“I have to go.” He muttered and stood up.“What? Did I do something wrong?” She asked and he ignored her.“Hayden.” She called and he didn't give her a response till he walked out. She sighed and rolled her eyes.“I didn't do anything wrong right?” She asked herself and shrugged, she glanced at the time and noticed it is almost dinner time. She stood up and walked out of her room. She got to the dining and had her dinner alone because Hayden wasn't there. After dinner, she wasn't feeling sleepy yet so she decided to take a walk around the house, she walked for minutes in the huge house till she came across a lounge. She was perceiving an unpleasant smell from the place so she walked to the place and found Hayden smoking.“Hayden.” She called and he stared at her.“Why the he
Ashley sighed and walked into her house, she looked around and found the living room empty.“Dad.” She called as she dropped her bag on the couch.“Dad, am home.” She yelled and she saw him rushing out of the hallway.“Ashley.” He exclaimed and hugged her tightly, Ashley giggled and hugged him back.They both pulled away and she smiled at him.“How have you been?” He asked creasing her hair.“Am fine dad, and you? What about mum? Is she improving?”“Well, have been okay but your mum isn't improving, the doctors said she is dying slowly but she can still make it if we pay the bills earlier.”“We will, it's almost the end of the month.” She replied and sighed.“Okay dear, why are you home by the way?”“Aren't you happy to see me?”“Of course I am, it's just a question.”“I took the weekend off to come to see you and mum.”“And they allowed you?”“Dad, do you want me to go?” She asked feeling slightly sad.“No dear, am just curious.” “Whatever.” She muttered and carried her bag before h
Ashley walked out of the ward in tears and sat in the hallway, she bowed her head and cried silently. She cried for a while until she felt a presence watching her, she looked up to see a little girl in front of her, the girl smiled at her and she smiled back. Although the girl stood a bit far from her and she wondered why.It was obvious the girl also has the same disease her mother has but it's probably still at an early stage.The girl held a small box and Ashley saw it was an oxygen box.“Isn't that heavy?” Ashley asked referring to the box as she wiped her tears.“No, it's not. Am used to it already.” She replied with a smile and Ashley nodded.“Why are you crying? Are you okay?” “Yes, am fine,” Ashley replied and sniffed.“But you don't look fine.” “Am fine dear, so tell me, how old are you?”“Am eight years old.”“Eight? How long have you been here?”“I have been here since I was five.” She replied with a smile.“Really? Why are you staying so far from me?”“Oh, the doctor sa
“Why... Why are you asking that?” She asked and raised her head from his shoulder.“Don't answer a question with a question.”“Am just surprised.” She muttered and smiled.“I don't know when I will like to have it, but I don't want it anytime soon.” “Okay.” He replied and she placed her head on his shoulder again.“When will you be back at the house?” “I should be back tomorrow evening.”“You shouldn't be out here by this time, the 6:00 pm rule.”“Oh, I thought I didn't have to follow that since I am still within my house.” “Okay, always stay indoors wherever you are once it is 6:00 pm.”“Okay.”“Come on, it's getting late.” He said and she raised her head from his shoulder, they both stood up and Hayden watched her as she headed into the house.“Don't you want to come in?” She asked and he shook his head in response.“Okay, bye Hayden.”“Bye.” She replied and walked in, Hayden waited for a while and made sure she was in and wasn't watching him. He jumped off the roof and walked to
Ashley sat in the lobby and went through her phone, she decided to ignore Hayden till he listens to her. She thought about telling Bryan directly but she didn't know how to go about it. “Ma’am.” She heard a voice call and she turned to see a maid.“Yes?”“Sir Bryan is in the living room and he would like to see you, ma’am.”“Oh, okay, thank you.”Ashley stood up and the maid walked ahead of her, they got to the living room and Ashley smiled on seeing Bryan.“Hey.” She called happily and Bryan smiled at her.“How are you, Ashley?” “Am fine.” She replied and Hayden walked into the room, Ashley looked away from him immediately and sat beside Bryan.“How was your weekend with your dad?”“Oh, it was fine, sorry I didn't inform you.”“It is not a big deal.” He replied and she nodded with a smile, she thought of talking to Bryan about the adoption of Lydia and she hoped she will get a positive reply.“Bryan.” She called and Hayden suddenly looked at her, she avoided his look and paid atte
Ashley waited patiently in the living room for Bryan to show up so they would visit the hospital together, after what seemed like forever, he finally showed up and they both left for the hospital. After some minutes of driving, they got to the hospital and they both walked out of the car, they walked into the hospital and the nurses smiled at Ashley.“They seem familiar with you,” Bryan said as they walked into the elevator.“Yeah, I told you my mum is ill, so she is here.” “Oh, right. Sorry about that, I kind of forgot.”“It's fine.” She replied with a smile. The elevator opened after a while and they walked out, Ashley walked to the nurse’s counter and smiled at them.“Hello.” She greeted and they smiled.“Hey Ashley, are you here to see your mother?”“No, I am actually here to see Lydia, the girl from the orphanage,” Ashley said and the nurse glanced at Bryan.“Oh, is there a reason you want to see her? No one has checked up on her in months.” “There is no reason, I just want t
“Hayden,” Ashley called and walked out of the game room, she met him in the hallway and rushed to him.“What the hell are you saying? Why are we suddenly exercising?” “It's part of the new scripts Empire wrote, you said you are uncomfortable with the sex scenes so they wrote a new one.” “Oh, but exercising is so hard.” She groaned and Hayden shrugged. “Do I really have to make twenty thousand steps a day?” She whined.“I didn't write the scripts, don't question me.”“But it's... ““Look on the bright side Ashley, you get to do a lot of exercises and keep your body fit.” Hayden said and she glared at him.“I don't want that, all I want is to just sit in a position and anything I want will be brought to me, not exercise, it is so stressful.” She whined and tears rushed into her eyes.“Are you going to cry over this?” He asked staring at her surprised. “Yes, I can't walk twenty thousand times a day, I will feel like am going to die.” She said and a tear rolled down her eye.“Ashley,