David quickly slapped a black tee shirt on his brown chinos trousers. He was about to reach for the key to his G-wagon which was on the table when his doorbell came on. He left the bedroom and hurried to the door.Immediately after he opened the door, a middle-aged man dressed in a brown cop uniform stepped in, accompanied by Fred.“Thank goodness you are here, Sheriff. I was on my way to meet you at the office.” David said and ushered them inside.The Sheriff settled on the twin couch with Fred.“Give me a moment,” David said and rushed back to his bedroom.A few moments later, he returned with a file and smashed it on the table before the Sheriff.“This is a test result from a renowned lab. I had some tests run on the drink this morning to confirm my suspicions and guess what? It was confirmed that the vodka I took had traces of Viagra and amphetamine in it.” David said and settled opposite the men. “Turns out that bitch did not only induce me, she heightened my sex drive to make t
“Welcome home!” Eleanor declared with open arms immediately after they alighted from the cab Fred sent to pick them up from the police station.Sylvia stepped out with a smile. Her hair was tied into a loose knot and her eyes had bags underneath them from lack of sleep. She had been wearing the same clothes for over twenty-four hours. Just like her messy appearance, Eleanor suffered the same fate.Eleanor grabbed her by the hand and began dragging her into the mansion.Immediately after they got inside, the guards and some of the servants clearing the lawn hurried toward Sylvia to welcome her. Word had already gone around the mansion that she was innocent.The servants were soon sympathizing with her, taking turns to shake her. Others gave her soft pats on the back.“She needs to get some rest,” Eleanor said while trying to pull Sylvia away from the small crowd.The group surrendered and gave way. Sylvia smiled and followed Eleanor who then led her to her chamber. Immediately after S
Fred carefully shut the computer before him with trembling hands. He began to drift backward and was soon staggering to the door when reality dawned on him.June Castello, his best friend’s soon-to-be wife was the woman in the video.Fred traced his way out of his room with several thoughts fluttering in his mind. When he got to the dining, June was already kissing David goodbye.Fred remained on the staircase, staring at her with disbelief.Was that why she was leaving? Was she scared that the intelligence department might discover her dirty secret? He couldn’t help but wonder.Fred wanted to stop her. He wanted to run to the door and grab her by the arm. He wanted to point accusing fingers at her but he kept pondering on the possibility of the bracelet being a case of Photoshop.Fred shook his head in disagreement. This was something that couldn’t be swept off the carpet. June turned around and aimed for the exit. It was at that point that he realized the figure in the video belonge
When Sylvia lifted her head, she found David gawking at her with his arms folded across his chest. She couldn’t help but wonder what he thought of her.Cheap?Fred noticed her apprehension. He turned to her with a loving blink and whispered. “It’s okay.”She gave a slight bow and hurried out of the garden. “stop getting into trouble, Sylvie. “She muttered under her breath and aimed for her chamber.“What are you doing here?” David threw the question at Fred, lowering his hands to his hips.Fred raised an eyebrow. ”I should be asking you. You aren’t fond of gardens.”David had wanted to head to his room when he saw Sylvia heading to the garden but the desire to follow her overshadowed his decision and a few minutes later, he caught himself walking into the garden.“We’ve had cases of servants screwing up each other here so I came down to clarify that suspicion,” David replied. My father told me that the incident was quite rampant last year so he had to reshuffle the entire staff.” He a
Immediately after she dropped the call on Eleanor, June placed another call.“We have a problem.” She spat the moment her call was responded to. “What problem can be worse than the fact that you didn’t do your job properly? Last night, David had a media briefing and if you weren’t chilling in some darn beach, you would have seen the evidence he presented to the public, and guess what? The public is now sympathizing with him.” The man fired. June dropped her legs to the sand and clenched her jaw. “What did you want me to do? Remain at the mansion so that they could subject me to some hologram test?”She heard the man sigh over the phone. “I’m just pissed right now.” He said. “Well, I should be the one who’s more pissed because the last time I checked, I was the one who risked it all to shoot that video.” She retorted. “What problem were you talking about anyway?”She threw her head backward, wishing she could tell the man to stop getting on her nerves but her hands were tied.“I
Fred and David were taking a walk by the poolside. They had just gotten off the office and what they needed was a stroll that evening. Meanwhile, none of them brought up the garden issue last night. While David thinks Fred was infatuated with Sylvia, Fred believes it was difficult for David to comprehend his feeling because he had never been in love.A few moments later, one of the guards came running toward the poolside He saluted them with a bow.“The officer is here.”“Lead him here,” David said and began taking steps toward the permanent concrete seats adjacent to the pool. He sat and Fred sat right next to him.A minute later, the bodyguard led the officer to the poolside. He took the seat opposite David and Fred. Unlike conventional corps who wore their navy blue uniforms, the corps from the intelligence unit appears in casual outfits. That evening, Officer Darcy was dressed in black pants and a sweatshirt.David raised a brow. “Any news?”The officer was now acquainted with the
“So where should we begin from? The lies about a college degree in agriculture or you are going to start by giving me a damn explanation.” Sylvia spat the moment she stepped inside her room with Eleanor. As far as Sylvia was concerned, Eleanor studied marketing.Eleanor slammed the door and rested her back against it. She watched Sylvia pacing back and forth,“Don’t be dramatic, Sylvie.”Sylvia walked up to her. “Leonard had just given you a job Eleanor and do you know what this means?” Sylvia arched a brow. “Did you go to him crying about your unemployed state?”Eleanor moved away from the door and crashed into the edge of the bed. “Oh come on, what do you take me for?”“Then stop keeping me in the dark.” Sylvia fired back.Eleanor exhaled. “The thing is.” She gave her forehead a mild scrape and continued. “Miss Castello was the one who spoke to Leonard and I didn’t even think that he was going to buy the idea.”Sylvia’s jaw dropped to the floor.“When I learned that there was an op
Eleanor took her head into her hands and crashed onto the edge of the bed. Soon, the image of Sylvia crying while she hurried out of the room earlier wavered in Eleanor’s mind. “Shit!”She mumbled and stood up. What had she done? She began to pace and kept wondering. Had she gone far? The things she said to Sylvia began to flutter in her mind. Eleanor sighed. Poor Sylvia was still grieving and she had probably placed her on that path tonight. She clenched her jaw. She wasn’t mad at Sylvia. She was mad at herself for saying those hurtful things to Sylvia. Eleanor grabbed her jacket, wore it, and decided to go after her best friend and apologize to her. While she took steps down the hallway, Eleanor kept reminiscing her moments with Sylvia. The best moments in her life were the ones she had with Sylvia. At age 10 when she was struggling to maintain a cheerful life because she was forced to live with her Grandma after her mother’s demise, Sylvia came through for her. She befrien
"Come in!” Leonard responded from the inside.Sylvia exhaled sharply before reaching for the doorknob. She opened the door and stepped into the chamber feeling quite nervous.For the past two days, she had spent time with Leonard at the table. They had spoken about the future and other things and she was starting to grow comfortable around him and now, he had just summoned her to his room that morning.When she got into his room, he invited her to sit on the sofa adjacent to his bed. While rubbing her palms against each other tenderly, Sylvia sat and cast her gaze to the floor.Leonard cleared his throat loudly and threw his back against his chair.“David told me everything.” he began. He then took a deep breath. “I'm sorry!”Sylvia finally looked up at him.“I'm sorry for lying to you. When the autopsy report came and it was revealed that Ben was strangled, I was lost.” Leonard said.Sylvia sighed.“The thing about influential people is that sometimes, you can't differentiate your fr
Flashback!“What if I can't do it?” she said with trembling lips.The man sighed and walked up to her. He slowly reached for her hand. He then opened her palm and placed two pills inside.“We’ve talked about this over and over again June. You are not a baby. You can pull this off so go out there and show Daddy that you're a smart ass.” he said and patted her hand tenderly.June opened her palm and stared at the pills. Then, she slipped them inside her purse and took a deep breath.“I've done a lot for you child and I'm not asking you to pay me but if you can pull this one trick off, I'll be the happiest man in the world. I won’t ask for another favor other than this but if only she knew that it was just the beginning of his endless demands.She shut her eyes and felt a sense of calmness beginning to envelop her as he continued motivating her. He thenmoved closer to her and grabbed her arm like he was going to hug her.Then he began to whisper into her left ear.“If you want to make it
“You said we were only visiting June. You didn't tell me we were also going to see Cathrina.” Sylvia lamented as they traced their way towards David’s car.“If we are bent on making things right then we have to leave no stone unturned,” David replied. When they got to the car, Sylvia threw her back against the vehicle and heaved a deep sigh. David moved closer to her. He tilted her jaw with two fingers. “As long as you're with me, you don't have to worry about anything.”She threw her arms around him. “I love you, David.”“I love you most.”They got into the car and drove away. After driving for about twenty minutes, they made it to the detention center. As usual, Cathrina was informed of her visitors and she granted them an audience. The moment Sylvia and David walked hand in hand, Cathrina became emotional. She sniffled as tears began to well up in her eyes. The duo settled on the bench facing her. “You know what Sylvia? I used to think you were one of those gold diggers who
“Did you just hear what Fred said?” Sylvia flung the question at David the moment they walked into his room. “We can't get married in ten days.”David crashed by the edge of his bed with a sigh.The restless Sylvia began to pace.“Come and sit with me,” David told her.She didn't. She kept pacing back and forth.David stood up and grabbed her by the hand. He then led her to the bed.“There’s a lot on our plate David. There’s June to deal with, there's Griffin, and now…“Do you trust me?” David interrupted.She turned to him. “You know I do.”David swallowed and took charge of her hands. “There’s something you need to know.”He was staring directly into her eyes. Sylvia felt a tingling in her eyeballs. “There’s something you need to know too.”David sighed and then cleared his throat loudly. “I'll go first.”Sylvia encouraged him with a nod.“I met June recently.”Her eyes widened in horror.David didn't take his eyes off her. “I left home the other day because I couldn't bring myself
“You have five minutes!”Sylvia shut her eyes and opened them immediately. “You can do this, Sylvie.” She muttered under her breath and began marching forward.After making breakfast that morning, she decided to visit Cathrina at the detention center. She had thought about it the whole night and was ready to face one of her demons.She walked up to cell 4 as instructed by the woman at the counter and before opening the door, she stopped to ponder.What if David rages mad at the idea that she went behind his back to confront Cathrina?She sighed and reminded herself that she was on a personal quest. She will only be at peace once the circumstances surrounding her father’s death were laid to rest and now that she was carrying David’s child, she wanted to be at peace with the Wells.Sylvia pushed the door open and when she stepped in, she met Cathrina looking at her straight in the face.“I was taken aback when the officer told me one Sylvia Baker came to see me.” Cathrina spat and motio
David pulled open the door to his chamber. He walked inside with a bright smile and traced his way to the mirror.“I'm going to be a father!” David muttered under his breath as goosebumps took charge of his body. He stared at his reflection with prestige. Amidst the chaos, David never thought that he could be this happy. He cupped his face with his hands and broke into a resounding laughter. He quickly moved to the table beside his bed and began to pull all the cabinets out. When he got to the last cabinet, he collected all the photos and dumped them on the floor.When David returned to New York, he had asked his agent to get him the pictures of all the curvy girls in town; The one's he found appealing to the eye and for the past few months, he had been exploring them.“No more!” David declared and seized the pictures.He grabbed a matchbox and dashed out. When he got to the backyard, he set the pictures ablaze and headed back to his room to continue his cleanup.He then collected
David was about to usher Sylvia into the car when Eleanor slipped out of her corner behind a grocery store. Immediately after David pulled up right in front of Sylvia, Eleanor stayed hidden.Sylvia wiped her tears with the edge of her palms and moved closer to Eleanor who was greeting her with open arms.They shared a warm embrace.“We have a new mummy on the block!” Eleanor spat.Sylvia broke off their embrace and stared at Eleanor with astonishment.Eleanor giggled and squeezed her hands.David faced the women. “Eleanor called me when she saw you walking into that store.”“How did you know the kind of pill I came for?” Sylvia threw the question at Ellie.Eleanor folded her arms across her chest. “Well, I followed you inside the pharmacy and when I saw you pick those abortion pills, I made my judgment and decided to get baby daddy.”Sylvia exhaled.“How could you even think of doing such a thing without informing me, Sylvia? I thought we were each other's rescue mate?” Ellie said and
Chapter 105Sylvia kept tossing from one edge of the bed to the other. She had settled for green tea that night because her stomach couldn't take anything. She had lost count of the times she had thrown up that night.It was past midnight yet she was unable to fall asleep. Her joints were aching and her head was hurting badly. She was just restless. She sighed and tried to sit up. The moment she threw her back against the wall, she felt her intestines tying into a knot. She groaned in agony. Sylvia couldn't wait for morning so she could hit the hospital. She had one thing in mind; food poisoning.***“Are you ready?” Maurice demanded after Sylvia stepped out.It was a few minutes past 9 am. Immediately after she woke up, she told Maurice that he was going to drive her to a hospital so immediately after breakfast, Sylvia got changed and then set out to meet him.“Yeah,” she replied and hurried after Maurice to the parking lot. He helped her get settled in front and after he was r
“You came to gloat? Go ahead son, it's what I deserve. Your father didn't make a mistake by keeping me here.” Cathrina said and hugged her knees with her chest.David moved closer to her and positioned his hands on his hips. “Did you say, my father? The last time I checked, you wanted to give me away to someone very easily.”She exhaled sharply and gave a smile but beneath her smile, David could see her pain.“You didn't care about how I felt or what I stood for. You just wanted to fulfill your selfish wish but I promise you, your lover will be apprehended and you guys might get to enjoy a little reunion before you end up in prison.” David said.“Leonard is a good man!”David chuckled. “Since when did you figure it out?”“I didn't just figure that out but I've always known from the start but to be honest, I have never been fair to him. I married him and never loved him.” she then look up at David. “When you meet someone you love, don't hesitate to spend the rest of your life with them