“I'm sure you don't know that you can't father a child.” Frederick went silent for a few seconds trying to apprehend what Lucy just said. “You know that brings me to the question, is Brielle really your child or another lost kid who thinks she has found a home with you.” Frederick was too stunned to say a word.“Lucy, are you playing with me.” “Oh no, Mr.Davies news flash you can't father a child. You. Are. Impotent.” She spelled it out for him. His world collapsed. “You know I tried many times to get pregnant by you, but it wasn't working, and I was left with no other choice than you find out whose fault it is, but I doubted it was my fault, knowing how fertile I am. As suspected it was your fault, you were impotent, I couldn't bring myself to tell you, because that would make you disregard me, I had to push my way into your life.”“I'm impotent.” He said not believing it, everything was just happening too fast, finding out that he wasn't the father to the children he had adored
“Noah.” She recognized this voice.“How are you?” She furrowed her brow.“Noah.” She called out again to be certain, this time she was confident that he was the one when he answered. “What happened?” She queried him.“What do you mean?”“I couldn't find your number, everything about you disappeared from my phone.” She rambled on the phone. The other end went silent for a moment before he replied again.“I don't know about that.”“Hmmm, can we meet?” She asked before she could process her words. “All you need is to say it and I will be there.” “I will send you the location and time.” With that, he disconnected the call. She have a lot to ask him, she has searched for him online for days now, and she couldn't even find any of him on social media. This had her wondering whether he was human, nothing about him was on the net.Later in the night, she spoke with George, she was tempted to tell him about meeting Noah but she waved it off, that it was of no use and he didn't need to know.
“I'm confused, I don't know which one to believe, the card or him.” She threw the card away on the floor.“I will have someone look into it.” He made a call to a certain person asking them to look into the card. Brielle stared at the card on the floor, with the name Christain inscribed on it. She picked up her phone to call him, but it entered voicemail. “He will get back to us in a few minutes.” Frederick said sitting beside her. They stayed in silence for a few minutes before Frederick’s phone rang again.“What did you find?”“I sent the details to your phone.” He disconnected the call immediately. He looked at the details that were sent to him, with a picture attached. He handed the phone over to Brielle. She scrolled through the phone over the description, her eyes widened when she saw the picture attached to it.“This is not adding up at all, the card is real, did he lie to me about his name.” “So it's him?”“Yes.”“I think you should call him, he might have a logical explanat
“Yes, but please let's not talk about it now.” The room went quiet as Frederick gulped his drink, trying hard to hold his pain and not let Brielle see him at his worst.The day seemed to proceed slowly, finally, the call Brielle had been waiting for came. She picked up the call at the second ring, waiting for him to speak, when he didn't, she saw it as her cue to speak her mind.“I think you owe me an explanation.”“About what?” He asked acting novice. “About yourself, you seem to have a new thing you are hiding all the time.”“I have never hidden anything from you, you are among the lucky few who know me the most.”“Are you trying to gaslight me?”“There are only three people who know my name in this Virginia and you are among them.”“Wait, what are you saying, you have my head all buzzing around this, trying to get the core. So just answer me this one question, what is your name?” “Can we meet for dinner, like you said before I have a lot to explain.”“Are you okay with that?” He
He took another step closer to her, trapping her in her car, before she could comprehend what happening his face was touching hers, and she felt weak in her knees. She fought the will to let him or push him. It was a hard decision for her to make, she didn't know what was wrong with her. When his lips were an inch closer to hers, she moved her face away from hers. “Don’t do this please.” He took a step back immediately. “I'm sorry.” He apologized.“You don't need to, good night.” She hopped into her car and drove off without sparing him a second glance. “Shit.” He muttered kicking the tyre of the nearest car to him. Brielle ran to her room immediately she came back, ignoring her father in the living room. “What happened, who is after you?”“I was stupid.” “What do you mean?”“I don't know what’s wrong with me, I was just feeling weak, I wanted it, he made me feel butterflies, Dad I can't explain.” She looked up from her finger to her Dad and saw him smiling.“Dad I'm serious.”
“So it has been you all this while, what do you want?”“You should be gentleman, take a seat.” She gestures at the seat adjacent to her. He rolled his eyes at her before he took a seat. She beckoned to the waiter and placed her orders. “You won't take anything.” He ignored her and watched her make her order. “Get straight to what you have to say, I don't have all day.” He blurted immediately after the server left.“You know, you shouldn't rush me, but if you think you can't wait for me then you can leave.” George was getting agitated, no one had ever treated him this way, it was always him, calling the shot. So it felt new to him to have someone call the shot for him. “You know the only reason I'm here, so don't mess with me, get on with whatever you want to say.” “You are only here because I have to involve Brielle.” Her words only infuriate him more. “Sapphire, the next time I will ask you why I'm here, I will walk out.” “Oh, I didn't know Mr. George to be one who talks too m
“When are you returning?” George asked Brielle on the phone.“I will check with my schedule and know.” “You sound pretty busy.” “Not really, just occupied with some important task at the meeting moment.”They chatted for a few minutes before disconnecting. “I think you can go“When are you returning?” George asked Brielle on the phone.“I will check with my schedule and know.” “You sound pretty busy.” “Not really, just occupied with some important task at the meeting moment.”They chatted for a few minutes before disconnecting. “I think you can go back now.”“Dad, are you chasing me?”“No, you are the one using to hide from your feelings.”“I'm not hiding from it.” “Then you tell him about it.” “It's not easy, the way our relationship started off, it's not any normal relationship.”“You can make a change to it.”“No, it would seem awkward.” “What do you mean, you rather keep your feelings than tell him about it.”“If there is one thing I'm sure of, I'm not the only one feelin
“Brielle I'm really sorry for the way I treated you, I was.” She didn't get to finish her words before Brielle interrupted.“It's okay, most mothers would have done the same thing.” “Not a sane, I just realized how insane I was, to cater to another man’s children and neglect mine, I am deeply sorry.” “It's okay, I have forgiven you.” She engulfed her in a hug, squeezing her.“I promise I will make it up to you.”“I will look forward to that.” The duo smiled at each other, before turning their attention back to Frederick who was watching them with so much fascination.“Thanks.” She said to Frederick who nodded in response. “Do you mind spending tomorrow with me?” She asked of Brielle. “Of course not, I will gladly join you.”“Thanks, I will be on my way.” She picked up her purse from the table ready to go. Brielle bid her farewell. The upcoming days went so well for Brielle and her new grandmother, she took her shopping and they hung out in many other places. She had finally made u