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Alita was heartbroken when she got the news that Josh was poisoned in his cell. No, it wasn’t because se cared about what happened to him, instead she was sad that he didn’t live long enough to help the police get Richie. That would have been her ultimate revenge.She didn’t have to be told that Richie paid a dirty cop to kill Josh for him. It was typical of him to go to any extent to save himself, even if it meant killing one of his own. He was quick to get rid of her and he was that way with everyone.It would leave her devastated if Richie somehow maneuvered his way around all the fingers pointed at him and emerged free from his well-deserved punishment. He was definitely going to come for Benson and her again. He never leaves a stone unturned when he wanted something or someone taken off his path for him.The problem was there were many people as good and even more brutal that Josh working for Richie and they were all one call away. She felt unsafe every minute from when she heard
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"Sarah has not been talking to me. I know she is mad at me. She asks about my health and all when she calls, but after that, she hangs up," Alita said as her expression dulled."You are probably overthinking it. Sarah just called you a second ago, and you are, panicking over it here. She called you yesterday and the day before," Benson shook his head and raised his chin. "I don't understand the fuzz, honestly. You girls are okay. I mean, if I were your best friend, I would be a little," he pinched his fingers at her, "...mad at you for keeping your relationship from me. I might be a little mad that you were keeping us a secret, but I ain't Sarah, and I was keeping you a secret too so," he squared his shoulder as his brows rose."How did this become about you just now, Benson Astor," she gave him a once-over, and he shrugged in surrender."It was?" He muttered, looking away. "It wasn't-isn't….""What do you know… how many friends do you have?" Anita hissed and let herself fall into the
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“Why are you looking at me like I am a ghost?” Sarah raised her brow as she walked past Alita and sunk into the couch, tossing her bag to the side and stretching herself to relieve the stress in her joints.Alita's heart was beating twice as fast, and she just stood there, closing he eyes and trying to breathe. She wasn’t ready for Sarah’s Abrupt appearance. She wanted to settle in first and then rehearse how the conversation would go so she would know what t expect and what to say to the possible outcomes she would have deduced.“You don’t want to look at me too?” Sarah said, leaning off the chair as she rubbed her palm together. “You said you wanted to talk and not stand there like a statue or something,” Sarah grumbled.Alita cleared her through and turned around to face Sarah. Her chest rose and fell with heavy breaths. Her body didn’t hide her nervousness. She said, “Hi, Sarah, waving frantically at Sarah like she was across the road and not sitting away from her. How have you be
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118"And Sarah," Alita said massaging the back of her neck. "That text… I didn't write it," her eyes darted around, avoid contact with Sarah's."Oh, I know," Sarah waved her hand and swirled her head around. "I know your words and I know his.""You couldn't be that formal even if you tried," Sarah have her a half shrug.Sarah and Alita made up and they tell each other everything they had missed out on in each of their lives.Alita was happy that things were back to normal between the two of them. She took a cab and rushed home to tell Benson.Benson was sitting in the living room with a glass in his hand and a half filled bottle of wine on the table I'm front of him. He smiled when he saw Alita walk to the door. "From the look of things, that went pretty well, even though it took way more time than I expected," he sipped from the glass in his hand and set it on the table. "How long does it take to to freaking make peace?" He cocked his head as the side of his mouth twitched."Shut up
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You know that feeling when you win a lottery or when you see your name on the list of people that passed a test or an exam and you know it is a miracle because you didn't do anything to deserve being in that list. Sarah was feeling like everything was unreal as the day of her wedding drew close. It was all feeling like an dream and Alita had to pinch her out of her thoughts so many times at the boutique the had entered to check for a befitting dress for her."I will bite your mind out if your head if you zone out on me again," Alita's eyes went round. "I would have smacked your head rather than pinch you again if I hadn't known what you were thinking about," she whined."Sorry," Sarah raised her hand to her mouth and giggled. "It feels like a dream, you know… me finding the man that loves me the same way I love him and now I am getting married. It all feels like I am in an alternate universe. I never thought it was possible to get married after all I had been through," Sarah turned ar
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"There you go," Beatrix pushed Benson aside and he almost tripped as she opened her arms and hurried to Alita. "I couldn't wait for the car to stop," she pulled Alita in a hug and held her face in her hand. "How are you doing my dear," she smiled warmly as she tossed Alita's face side to side. "Forgive me but there should be a scar right about…""Here," Alita touched the left side if her neck. It was still hurting a bit as she touched him."Oh, wow," Beatrix exclaimed. "You covered it up," she laughed."Yeah… make up power," Alita bobbed her head. "Of course, I wouldn't go around with a scar on my neck. I would sink into ground with the first few eyes that land on me," she added."That's exactly what I would do," Beatrix cocked her head and took Alita's hand in here. "Show me to my room please," she whined."Alright, here we go," Alita glanced at Benson said, "come a long now, would ya?" She said mimicking a little of his mother's accent. He rolled his eyes at her and she jerked her f
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Alita and Beatrix talked more and got to know each other better. They grew close–Alita saw that Beatrix wasn't a scary model and a wealthy mother to a rich son. And no matter how intimidating she looked and sounded, she was a woman and a lovely mother at heart.The two of them mostly spent time with each other, leaving Benson alone with Julie. He was jealous and a little uncomfortable with how close they were because he feared his mother would influence Alita, and he didn't want any trace of his mother on Alita. Most guys out there would like a girl with some, if not all, the characteristics of their mother, but Benson wasn't that guy.Charity got caught up in his mother's lifestyle and could not balance it with her marriage. She drowned in the luxury and attention and their marriage crumbled. Beatrix could manage it though. It was her husband that was the fault for their situation. But what are the odds that Alita could?Benson kept all his fears to himself and let them be. He focuse
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Just as Alita feared, Richie saw the viral video and then the news everywhere was talking about her and she had to say her name to everyone that asked.He was furious and shocked at the same time. He had been asking himself how the police could have gotten such a lead against him. There were too many incriminating things about him that leaked out.When he saw Alita in the news, It all clicked. She didn't die. She just wouldn't die. He ordered her to be kidnapped after he found out she was the damsel with Benson at his party. That didn't work out and he panicked until he heard she and Benson were shot that night.Richie was disappointed when his intels told him that Benson didn't die, but comforted himself that Alita was dead and his secrets had died with her. Leaving a person like her alive would leave him vulnerable.At the party, after confirming she was the one, he could not help but ask himself why she had kept shut with all she knew about him. She must hate him for backstabbing h
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Drowned under his Touch Epilogue
It took a few days for things to come back to normal between Alita and Benson. It almost felt like the getting-to-know each other phase of their relationship just with serious sexing and less conversations, and she was sleeping on the same bed with him, yet.Alita had changed a bit in about a month they were separated. She had gatherer enough money to start her dream styling firm to incorporate her into the fashion industry, where she had always believed she belonged, which meant she had no time for nannying, although it wasn't all that necessary because she was used to taking Julie with her already. The problem was that Benson missed her presence more at home.They managed and in no time, came back to full connectivity.Benson kept his break up with Alita away from his mother. He couldn't afford her drama. And she was going to scold him for letting Alita go.Alita too didn't tell anyone. Sarah thought her disappearance was because Benson impregnated his ex-wife. She was shocked when
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Benson stayed in his house almost emptying his bar. He switched his phone off so nobody would disturb him. He was devastated. He had been living a lie all the while. Many times, Sarah and Luke came to look for but he never came out. It didn’t look like he was in the house.He just had to call off their engagement. She went too far and he couldn’t live with it. He couldn’t help but imagine how his life would have been if Alita came out and told him she Julie was his flesh and blood.It was unbelievable. Chris had assured him that he was impotent and that they had tried everything but nothing worked. He had to know for sure and the only way to that is to go back to the beginning.For the first time ever since that day, Benson went out of the house. He went to the hospital to meet and confront Chris about what Alita had told. There had been too many lies and falsehood around his life in the recent days and knowing this one truth or lie, whichever it would turn out to be, would be liberat
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“I was scared you would leave me if I told so I didn’t. This is me as I am, covetous. I don’t regret keeping this away from you but I am sorry I did. I mean it when I say I would do anything to keep you with me forever, and this—this was something I thought I had to do. I love you and I don’t want to lose you,” he peered into her eyes. “Please don’t hate me. Don’t stop loving me. I there were many times I wanted to tell you but how does a man walk up to his dear love and tell her to forget about any dream of ever having her own children?”“I knew, Benson,” Alita looked down as she pressed her lips together. “I knew if I stayed with you, I wouldn’t have any children but it didn’t matter to me because I love you so I stayed. I got so wrapped up in my mind with jealousy and contempt that it escaped my mind. I felt threatened and intimidated by her that I let her get in my head with her selfish words,” she leaned of the wall and held her hands in front of her.“You knew. How?” Benson’s br
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The moment long waited for was there, and Alita wore a smile that evening as Charity stated she was leaving. It felt unreal that the whole ominous atmosphere was clearing already.“It is nice having you,” Alita waved her hand at Charity. “You can pop and high any time you want,” she lied.I don’t want to ever see you here again.As the door slid open, Alita shut her eyes and drew in a long breath, absorbing the relief in the air. She had missed the feeling. Her joy was cut short when she heard Charity’s voice.Haven’t you left?“I can’t go like this,” CHarity exclaimed, shaking her head as she shut her eyes. “I wanted to keep it to myself, but I just can’t,” she sniffled.Alita glanced at Benson, and he bobbed his head. “What are you talking about?” she held her hand to her chest.“He knows,” Charity pointed at Benson.Alita turned to Benson and batted her lashes numerously at him.“Know what exactly? Where are you driving?” Benson inclined his head and folded his hands across his che
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Alita was shocked to see the door slide open. Benson just walked to his room, and they were the only two people that could open the door.She balled her fist, waiting to see the figure standing in front of the door. She couldn’t see the face of the woman but as the door slid wider, she recognized who it was.Freaking Charity!Charity was the least of people she could expect to see. Many questions raged through Alita’s mind but the most outstanding was how she could open the door.“Benson,” Alita Bellowed crossing her hands on her chest as she jotted her hips, giving Charity a once over.“Yeah, babe,” Benson answered from his room.“You have a visitor,” Alita pushed her lips forward as she swayed her body from side to side.“I don’t have plans to—“Hi there,” Charity flickered her fingers in the air, smiling excessively as she looked over at Benson. “I let myself in,” her eyes went round. She looked around and observed the living room. “Things have changed here, haven’t they?” she snic
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At Sarah’s wedding, Alita wasn't the only one wishing to enjoy the bliss of a wedding day and, after it, the certainty that comes with elevating their commitment to a more permanent situation.Benson had the intention to propose to Alita the day he came back and met her in a pool of blood. He had planned it all head in his head. The band, everyone involved.He wanted it to be a prestigious surprise. She had always said she wished she was a princess, and he wanted to make her feel more than that. She was his queen, and he wanted to show her that she deserved to have everything she wanted.Benson felt he was ready to move forward with their relationship. She was perfect for him, and he needed to ensure that she remained his till the end of time.Before the morning he had intended to propose to her, he had planned how everything would go with everyone he thought necessary to involve. He would ask her out for a date and then surprise her when she got out of the house with her favorite ban
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"Let's go on a date," Benson said pouring wine into two glasses form them. "We haven't gone anywhere, we haven't gone out ever since…" his eyes snapped close as memories of almost losing Alita to the jaw of death flashed through his mind–not sonething you wouldn't want to remember, not even randomly. "What do you think?" He asked.Alita's face lit up and she giggled sharply. "Are you serious right now?" She squinted at him as she extended her hand and collected her drink. She gingerly whirled the glass before a sip and moaning to the taste that surprised her. "This is amazing," she nodded and took another sip. "What in God's name do I say to that?" She pursed her lips and raised her chin, playfully scowling at him."I don't know," he laughed softly, looking the other way as set himself on the arm of the chair she was seated on."You must be high," Alita jabbed her finger into his side and he yelped moving away. "Should you when ask me about it? You could have surprised me," she scrunc
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126Julie was Alita's only company as the days went by. As expected, everyone around her was distant. She would sit on the bed in Julie's room and talk to her, even though she knew Julie wouldn't understand what she was saying, it was comforting that she could talk to someone about the burden in her heart and how everyone all her loved ones were avoiding her.Sarah blocked Alita and cut all contacts from her. Alita went to their apartment and saw that Sarah had changed the lock. She went to Luke's house but didn't find anybody at home. It was while walking back to Benson's place that she realized they would have gone for their honeymoon.They say no mother could hate her own but it wasn’t looking like it for Alita. She hadn’t heard from her mother ever since her confession. He called but got no answer, texted but got no reply. She tried to go and see her at Chris’s apartment but couldn’t. One time, she was standing right in front of the door but froze when she raised her hand to knock
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Dumbfounded and dwindling between anger and confusion, Benson cleared his throat. The place went absolutely silent. “Why didn’t you say anything about it? You could have told me. I feel betrayed right now,” he face-palmed. “I just want to go home,” he breathed heavily. “I can’t believe it at all. I just can’t believe our friendship was built on lies all this while. We promised to…” Sarah whined and cried. “All this while, Alita, I thought we were best friends. I told you everything and I thought you did the same,” she turned and wrapped her hands around Luke, looked up at him, and muttered, “please take me out of here.”“Please don’t leave me like this,” Alita extended her hand as she moaned. Her throat patched as she watched Luke lead Sarah out of the room. She was too weak to move and she couldn’t possibly follow after Sarah when Benson was there also preparing to leave.“Let’s go home,” Benson looked at Alita with pain in his eyes. She wiped her face and dragged herself up.Ivy sa
