Janelle.My mouth hung open in the air as what Jeff said rung repeatedly in my head, I definitely could not believe my ears, what?!“Ma’am Becky was the one who ordered your kidnap,” he repeated clearly stating what he had explained earlier, I slowly turned to look at Adil, he tightened his fist into a ball as he clenched and unclenched his jaws.“Did you get any evidence?!” Adil asked and he shook his head slowly,“I’m sorry, I saw her walk up to the most private room, I followed them, I didn’t realize there would be CCTV camera in a room like that,” “The found me out before I escaped the building, explains why I’m bruised, they took all the tracking device Bella put on me and my phone, as a matter of fact they think I’m dead,” he explained, I exhaled deeply my heart pounding softly in my chest, what the hell! I gently reached for my chest and rubbed it slowly as I listened to him speak, “I was able to escape, and now I have to live the rest of my life in hiding,” he said, he move
Janelle Later that evening, 7:00pm.I slowly grabbed the door knob to Adil’s room and pushed it open, I tiptoed inside, I looked around and his bedroom was empty, I gently closed the door behind me and moved inside stealthily, his room is just how I remember it the last time, neatly arranged and screaming luxury, I gently walked to his wardrobe and pulled it open, it was filled with his clothes, I slammed it shut and continued opening the other wardrobe in search of what I was looking for, I opened the last wardrobe and finally sighed in relief, I reached for his collection of perfume and picked out his cologne I’ve always had my eyes on, “Looking for something?!” I heard his voice behind me, I flinched in freight as I grabbed the perfume, hid it behind me and turned to him, I cleared my throat noisily as I tried to think of what to say, “Need something?!” He asked again as he began to draw closer to me, he was shirtless, only on his trouser pant, I swallowed hard trying to take
Janelle.10.00pm ..“Hey I’ll help you with that,” Adil said walking up to me as he packed up all the plates and carried it into the kitchen,“I’m sorry if my dad made you uncomfortable,” I said walking behind him carrying the cups and glass jar, I gently dropped it in the basin.“It’s fine,” he whispered turning to me with a smile, “I’m used to your dad,” he added, my head suddenly began to ache, my hands flung to my head and I staggered backwards immediately, he noticed and reached for me immediately, I rubbed my forehead slowly,“My head suddenly felt fuzzy, and I feel tired,” I whispered, he swoop me up in his arms immediately,“I’ll do the dishes, you should rest” he said, with the banging pain in my head I could not even bring myself to argue with him, I just let him carry me up, he kicked the door to his room open and walked in, I slowly turned to look at him,“It’s more comfortable here,” he whispered as he dropped me on the bed, he helped me take off my shoes and tucked me i
Adil. I pushed the door to Becky’s office open and stormed in, I barged towards her table and slammed the table angrily,“What this nonsense game you’re playing with me ?!” I growled, she relunctantly looked away from her laptop and looked up at me, “Don’t you think it’s too early to constitute a nuisance here?!” She asked calmly, slowly reclining in her chair, it took me a whole lot of self control and respect for my late dad to restrict myself from reaching out and squeezing her neck in my grip, “I told you to not involve My wife in any of this! You have a problem with me ?! Face me!” I growled, she smirked as she pushed her chair backwards and got up on her feet, “What you don’t know is that your wife is the center of this!” She muttered as she gently walked away from behind her desk and walked up to me.“Is this you confessing that you’ve attempted murder on my wife twice!” I yelled, she slowly wrapped her hand around her chest, her lips stretched into a small smile and she s
Becky.4:00pm Her office.“Why did you do it!” The door pushed open as Enzo barged into my office, I rolled my eyes to the back of my head as I let out a sigh and looked up at him, Adil first now this?! “I told you to leave her to me!” He growled angrily, my eyes dimmed as I stared up at him, I gently pushed my chair backwards and stood up to him,“Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love with your target!” I muttered, he exhaled, tucked his hands into his pocket and moved closer to me,“I’ve told you, leave Janelle to me, I’ll take care of her!”“This girl will be the death of you! Do you think she’ll ever consider you for once!”“I even told you to join to company so that she wouldn’t trace anything to you, you refused! She’s on to you! If you don’t get rid of her now you’ll live to regret it!” I scoffed, I can’t believe he’s been sentimental right now, I’ve always known him to get rid of anything that poses as a threat to his business but now it’s a different story.I will not sit bac
Meanwhile.Janelle. “You okay?!” Adil asked as he took his seat beside me and placed his laptop on his legs, he opened them up and got working, “My first therapy session is tomorrow,” I whispered, he carried his laptop immediately and placed it on the space beside him, he gently moved up closer to me and took my hands in his, “Do you want me to go with you?!” He asked, I nodded slowly and he gently let go of my hands, reached for my hair and tucked it behind my ear, “Sure, I’ll do that,” he whispered, I smiled at him, genuinely grateful for the gift of him and how much he has put me as a priority in the few months we have know each other for. “Grandfather wants us to have dinner at his place tommorrow, it’s been a while,” he said, I held my lips up in a purse and nodded slowly, “ No problem,” I replied, he moved closer to me and raised my chin up to look into his face, “Tell me if it’s uncomfortable for you, I’ll let him know that we won’t be available tomorrow,” he said, I slo
Janelle.“That bastard?! What do you mean that bastard ?!” I scoffed placing my hands on my hips, he slowly let go of my hands and turned to face me, I could barely read the expression he had on. “Why didn’t you tell me ?! Tehilla had a living mom! And she could just show up Anyday! I could have prepared mentally for it!” I screamed stepping closer to him, the veins in my neck popped out.“What?! Living mom?! No way! What the hell did Enzo say to you! Are you going to chose to believe him over me!” He asked, I scoffed as I looked away from him briefly and turned back to him, “Then who is Ginny?!” I asked my voice barely above a whisper, “I was going to tell you,” he muttered, I exhaled deeply and facepalmed myself brushing my hair backwards, I wiped the tears that streaked down my face and looked up at him.“I’m sorry,” “I shouldn’t have let Enzo get in my head, that’s fine,” I muttered and made to walk away, just as I moved few inches away from him, he turned around and grabbed m
FLASHBACK CONTINUED Five days later.My eyes slowly fluttered open, I turned my head in the bed I was laying on as I tried to register where I was, I saw myself connected to all sorts of tubes and ropes and it came back to me immediately.Janelle! Was the first thing that came to my mind, I reached for the mark on my nose, took it off and threw it to one side of the room, I reached for the drip immediately and peeled everyone of it away aggressively causing blood to spill out of my skin, but I didn’t care about that right now.Just as I got up from the bed, a nurse walked into the room,“Sir, what are you doing?!” She asked rushing towards me, I reached forward and grabbed her by her collar, “Where’s my wife!” I growled my grip on her uniform tightening as I dangled her carelessly, “W-who is your wife?!” She stuttered her face turning red already.“The woman I came in with! Where is she!” I growled.“N-be-next room by your right,” she muttered, I let go of her and she dropped to th
Janelle.Thirteen years later.12:00pm …“Do you really think that works?” I muttered and slowly turned to look at Adil beside me, he adjusted his glasses and his lips slowly stretched into a smile as he stared at me.“Come on now Adil, I’m being serious,” I grumbled as I slowly let go of the keypad, leaned against the chair and turned fully to face him.He reached out slowly and gently caressed my hair his eyes twinkling in admiration,“Thirteen years down the line and you’re even more beautiful than when we first met,” he muttered, I chuckled lightly and slowly arched closer to him.It’s actually being thirteen years down the line, I wouldn’t say those thirteen years have been bed of roses but it has been the most perfect years because I have my family around me.Tehilla is now nineteen years and ten years ago we birthed our second child- Hazel, she’s the cutest and sweetest and we love her so much, we love both our children so much, and I actually won’t prefer doing life without my
Adil.Next day…“Careful,” Janelle muttered for the umpteenth time as we walked into the house, I told her that I could walk myself but she insisted on holding me, my hands was around her neck and her hands around my waist as she assisted me inside.“Welcome home!” Everyone yelled excitedly as I walked into the living room, the living room was decorated with small welcome home posters and balloons, it wasn’t too much of a decoration but it was cute.“Welcome home dada,” Tehilla squealed as she ran towards me with a bouquet of flower.“She insisted on getting you flowers,” Janelle whispered to me as she gently let go of me and Anna Tehilla nanny came up to take the shoulder bag she was carrying from her.I looked around and all our intimate family and friends were present except Janelle’s parents, I turned to face her and just as I wanted to ask her, Laura walked up to us,“Big Man! You’re back!” She teased, I furrowed my brows at her and moved closer to her as if trying to examine so
One month Later.I sat by Adil’s bed with my hands folded across my chest, after all the bullets from Enzo he went into coma and it’s been four weeks.Four weeks of everyone of us praying and hoping that he would come awake, four weeks of me crying every night just because I could not bear to lose him just when everything is starting to look bright, I don’t know what I would do if he remains asleep for longer than this.I slowly reached out and placed my hands in his hair rubbing it slowly,“Adil please, it’s okay now, you’ve rested enough, come back to me please,” I whispered tears starting to fall off my eyes and I just let them fall freely.One month back, I got the shocker of my life, Diane was Enzo’s Sister?! I definitely did not see that one coming and then I just came to realize that what we just conquered is a carefully well thought about plan that took years, the positioning of everyone Enzo used was very strategic, No wonder all the investigators before me never got anywhere
Enzo.“Hello, you don’t have any other option,” I said and with that I removed the phone from my ear and ended the call.I exhaled deeply with a sigh as I turned to the corner where Tehilla sat playing with toys absolutely caught up in her own world, Too bad that she’s about to be caught up in the world her parent created.“Uncle Enzo,” she called and slowly turned to look at me, I dipped my phone in my pocket and turned to look at her with a small sneer at the corner of my lips.“What of Dada and Mama, when will they be here,” She asked, I rolled my eyes to the back of my head as I picked up my car keys, about to head out of the house, the door opened and Diane walked in, I paused in my tracks and slowly turned to look at her close the door behind her and walk in, after her outburst yesterday, I did not expect to see her here again so soon.She slowly walked in and looked around, her eyes went wide immediately she saw Tehilla in the room, she blinked rapidly and slowly turned to me.
Janelle.Next day, 2:00pm …I pushed the door into my parents house opened and walked in, I closed the door behind me and made my way inside the living room.“Ohh you’re here, we weren’t just about to have lunch,” Dad said to me immediately he saw me walk into the living room, he raised his head and flashed me a smile, shortly after mom stepped out of the kitchen, our eyes met and she wordlessly walked up to the dinning table and dropped the jar of water she was carrying on the dinning table. She gently turned around and walked up to me.“You finally came to see your father,” she muttered, ignoring her, I dipped my hands into my bag and took out the paper I found yesterday.“Actually I came to see you both,” I replied in a whisper, Adil’s voice begging me to calm down and listen to whatever explanation they had ringing in my ears. I just could not fathom why he is still being calm and nice after everything they have put us through, I slowly looked up at her locked gazes with her and
Janelle.I picked up my coat at the entrance and put it over my pyjamas, Adil rushed towards me immediately and grabbed my hands, he gently turned me around to face him and pulled me closer.“Relax, “ he whispered, “He has been bugging to see me all these days well I’m ready now,” I grunted, he slowly raised his hands to my hair and patted it gently, he caressed my hair slowly and gently cupped my cheeks in his hands, he stepped closer to me and stared down in my eyes.“You’re not honey, Don’t go there tonight and ruin your already bad relationship with your mother,”“I don’t plan to mending the relationship,” I replied stubbornly, his lips stretched into a small smile as he gently placed his palm protectively around the back of my head and pulled me into his chest in a hug.He patted my hair gently and I instinctively wrapped my hands around his waist.“Go to your parent tomorrow Morning instead, take tonight to collect your feelings, so you don’t end up saying things you don’t mean
Five days Later ….9:00pm Thursday….“I’ll stay with Tehilla,” I muttered as I walked towards the bed, picked up a pillow and duvet and headed out of the room, Adil stood up from where he sat immediately, grabbed my hands and pulled me back to face him, “Don’t worry, I’ll leave the room for you, Be comfortable,” he whispered and with that he let go of my hands and took the pillow and duvet from me,“Sleep well,” he whispered, I slowly turned to him as I watched his retreating figure walk out of the room, it’s been five days days since he came back home and I’ve always slept crouched beside Tehilla on her bed.Although I was still chairwoman on Paper, Adil had returned back to his office and has taken over his project once a again, it wasn’t difficult for him to get back because he was proven to be innocent, he was apologized to for Tarnished image and everything has returned to normal, except that we still weren’t on talking terms and I’ve managed to still ignore my parents, and I
Janelle.“Why?!”I slowly held my mouth close and turned back to face the policeman as soon as Adil got to us. He stood up straight immediately and bowed to Adil slightly,“I’m sorry sir, Miss Diane informed us this morning that she’s no longer in charge of the case,” He explain, I sighed rolling my eyes to the back of my head,“And so?!”“So I came to see my mother you won’t allow me in also?!” He said and I slowly turned to look up at him, he just called Becky his mother like it was nothing.“I’m sorry sir,” the policeman apologized bowing again, “Good, now let us in, My wife and I would be going to see my mother, don’t we have right to visit?!” He said and the police man nodded continuously.“You do, you do sir, this way,” He muttered.“I’ll just stay here,” Bella said and I turned to her, I winked at her desperate begging her to not leave me alone with Adil but she didn’t meet my gaze intentionally and she nodded with a small firm smile.“Please go ahead,” she muttered, Adil sl
Janelle.2:00pm …“After all the evidences presented by the court, the Marriage of Peter Castillo and Angela Williams has been therefore Annuled and dissolved by the high court of law,”“Mr Peter is expected to part with Fifty percent of every of his assets and these assets be bequeathed to Miss Angela for all the damages caused, Mr Peter as requested by Miss Angela has also lost Custody of the unborn child and right to visit,” The Judge ruled, he lifted up his gravel and slammed it softly against the table finalizing his judgment.I slowly turned to look at Peter in the prosecution box where he stood, his hands gripping the box tightly, I could see the veins pop out in his neck, even while we were still together he had always felt like because he had money he could get away with anything and I am happy that I’m finally able to prove to him that even with his money, he’s still a piece of trash that I could easily stomp on. I used all of the anger from Enzo and Adil to deal with him a