I drive my car like a mad man. Not only did i have to go to work on a Saturday morning to stop my sisters from tearing my company down, i had to leave my wife back at home when i know i shouldn't leave her all alone.I'd offered to bring her way with me but Lucy had declined, saying she was too drained and tired to join me. I get it. If my mother spent a great deal of time shaming me, I'd be down to.Clenching the steering wheel with both my hands, i saw my knuckles turn white and looked ready to pop off.I pulled up infront of the Thompsons Fashion, TF for short, and hopped out of the car without caring to properly park it. Throwing the car keys at my assistant who was rushing out of the large front entrance and walked past him.He knows what to do with my car.I then went straight to the conference rooms my sisters were locked in. The head of HR had hesitantly informed me that the two conference rooms might not be in a good shape by the time i arrive.I took the elevator and as so
Lucy Chaw...I looked around the tense table. All of the Thompsons were quite, which is very unusual considering the fact how they always share some light conversations over dinner. But, tonight is different.I turned my gaze towards June- who seems to be having trouble swallowing as she said the scratch around her neck was very painful- and to be honest, she did look like she got hit by a bus.I then looked over to April, even though her busted lip and bruised cheeks looked quite painful, she, unlike her older sister, haven't even once complained about the pain.Karl had told me about their fight and all April said before she ran out of his office.Word- for- word, it was what she as crying about on ice cream night yesterday.Even though the ice creams, the talks and the new female companions had been great, April was really bummed out the entire night until we had to sleep.That night wasn't fruitless though. Princi's aunt- her father's sister - works in a small
"so... Making mends and talking freely about your oast has been helping you."Dr. Goodman stated before she scribbled something down on my file. The older woman pushed her reading glasses up the bridge of her nose with her index finger before looking at me.Nodding my head, i found myself smiling even more than i did the last time I was in this office."This is very good, Lucy. Really good. Tell me how things as at home with your husband."Damn it if I don't blush."It's going really good. Karl ... He's been attentive and caring and ... Everything i never though i would have, i never thought i would deserve. He's by my side when ever he can be ... It's just been so prefect."Dr. Goodman smiled my answer before nodding her head."Your support system is growing a lot. It's very promising."The rest of the session went on by me telling Dr. Goodman my plans to make more mends.I'd though about it last week but i was too chicken to actually go through with it. But i though if i could get t
I stared the the number, hands trembling, fingers hovering over the dial numbers... Sweaty forehead.I blew a loud breath out and ran my fingers through my ling hair.Just do it, you Chicken.I pressed the first three digits of the phone number only to retreat my fingers and fall down flat on my back.The soft mattress breaks my fall and i stretched my arms out at either side of my body.I've wasted the whole week on trying to distract myself with work and the kitchen. All the confrontation with my mother would be a waste if i just let the damn year book rot in my suitcase.But today, Saturday evening, i know i had to at least start looking through the book and the very first person the the book, is a person i needed to call.I sat up and looked down at the first person again.Abriana Santos.She used to be cheer captain freshman year of highschool and I'd bullied her into giving me that spot, making me Capitan through out highschool.I remember how I'd locked her up in the bathroom,
Karl Thompson...I watched as my wife walked out of the walk-in closet. My eyes turned to the suitcase and the small duffle bag at the corner.A week ago, Ethan had called while i was at work and told me that Lucy went back to her old house. I wanted to call her, ask her why she went there without telling me. But I'd decided against it. She is mine, but I didn't want to control her that way. Instead, I'd come home early to wait for her.When Lucy arrived with a duffle bag filled with her old clothes, I'd felt like the world's biggest jerk. Lucy said she liked the clothes so she wanted to bring them. But, she didn't want to tell me about the two books i saw.I'm not proud to say that I've checked her bag to see what they were. A year book and a Diary.I wasn't messed up enough to read her Diary or look through the year book without her knowing. That would be a completed invasion of her privacy. I though she would tell me on her own time.But a week has pass
My fingers tapped against my desk. My impatience is growing by the second.I feel like a jerk, a truly deserved a-holl. Having Ethan follow Lucy the entire day was a wrong idea. But it was also a necessary one as the thought of Lucy doing anything deceiving against me was making me loss sleep.I don't know what to expect from this. Do i expect her to have a lover on the side, some one from her past? Do i expect her to have another color when she's not with me?I don't know. Even half of the things going through my head confuse me.Ethan had called earlier to tell me that Lucy had excited the building once to meet someone infront of the company. From the looks of the car, he'd told me that it might me a very important person that had business with the Davis Company.I'd told him to keep his eyes on her and inform me of her every move, especially on her lunch break.God, i feel like a jerk.Blowing out a breath, i forced mt focus away from my phone and looked at the documents my PA gave
Lucy Chaw....Another awkward night of dinner.I take a bite out of my home made pizza and silently chewed.I don't look at Karl or even try to start a conversation. What's the point?We've been like this for about a week and a half now and neither of us seem to want to talk about what happened in that hospital.That day was a disaster.Not only was Karl having me followed because he thought i might be up to no good, he'd barged into Dr. Goodman's office and interrupted my session.I hadn't been able to talk after he left. Even though Dr. Goodman tried to give me time to dry my tear and continue with what i was telling her, i just couldn't. I wasn't able to utter a single word as the tears silently rolled down my cheeks. The other woman didn't try to force me to continue. Instead, she sat there and kept me company, a very quite company. My next session with her was exactly the same. Ethan had drove me to the hospital, but I wasn't able to talk.It's
I stare at the woman infront of me, sitting in a wheelchair with her arms cross across her chest.The man that had pushed her in had left the two of us to seat at another table with a clear view of Abriana Santos.It's been almost ten minutes since the man had pushed her infront of me and I'm still unable to say a word.Abriana, just like me, doesn't seem to know what to say."Wow, this is awkward." She breaths out, breaking the silence.I look at her again. Abriana has cut her blond hair short, highlighting her green eyes. She looks at me with curiosity, not disgust or judgement."Did i..." I started, wondering what the hell i would do if what i think actually happened. "Did i do this?" I asked.I can already feel my eyes sting and my neck burn from the panic that was threatening to get through my chest."Do what?" She asked.I looked down at my hands on my lap, realizing that i was playing and twisting the wedding band on my left ring finger.I heard a soft chuckle coming from Abria
Lucy Chaw... You know how the say the groom shouldn't see the bride in her wedding dress or else bad things will happen on your wedding day? Well I used to think that it was just a silly superstition. It's not. Preparing for the second wedding had taken a bit longer than we thought. It took me a few weeks to make the dress with the help of my two sister-in-laws and the over all preparation had taken a few more weeks which meant that April, June and I had to alter the dress around the waist all over again. But after much time of preparation, we are finally ready to renew our vows. Karl and I never had vows on our wedding because, it was never a marriage of Love. But now, we want to do it the right way, say what we want to say, read our vows to each other in front of our friends and families. Finally, at thirty- six month pregnant, I was finally ready to marry my husband again. But... but... After April helped me in to my dress and we were a few minutes short from walking down th
Karl Thompson..."I'm almost there. Traffic jam is not a joke today." April's frustrated voice came from the other side of the phone."Alright, take your time and drive safe." I warned before hanging up the phone."Is she here yet?" June asked, catching my attention.I looked at my younger sister sitting front across me in my office and I shook my head."She's stuck in traffic." I commented and watched as June leaned back on her seat with a sigh."I'm kind of nervous." She said after a few seconds of silence.Looking down at the document on top of my desk, I nodded my head.I understood her nerves. April had been wanting to be apart of the Thompsons Fashion since she was a little girl. Her ambition had grown even more when June started working here.I still don't know what my two sisters talked about or when and how they made up but ever since they did made up, the two have been attached to each others hips.Their sisterhood has grown so much that April invites June out for
Karl pulled me over to the room across from our girls room and opened the door.If breathtaking was the last room, then this one almost caused me to pass out."Happy birthday, wife." Karl whispered in to my ear as he stepped behind me and gently pushed me further into the room.There are shelves filled with large, different colored fabrics, a few mannequins stood here and there, a large pale pink table stood in the center of the room.The walls are graced with beautiful arts and designed wall papers. There are empty picture frames hanging on the walls."There are empty so you can feel them with anything you want." Karl commented from behind me as he let go of my hips and let me wonder further into the room.I stepped closer to the shelves holding the fabrics and I couldn't help but reach out and pinch them between my thumb and forefinger just to see if they were actually here.The fabrics felt expensive in my fingers, so beautiful and elegant.I looked across from the shelve to see a
I looked around the backyard as our friends and family sang me a happy birthday.The beautiful birthday decoration stood behind me and my birthday cake stood in front.I pressed my palms flat against each other in front of me and listened. My cheeks were already hurting from having to smile too much but I couldn't stop my lips from stretching.I looked at the faces of my friends and families, each of them having a smile in their faces and I couldn't believe the fact that they were all here for me.I leaned closer to the cake once they finished singing me a happy birthday and took a deep breath to blow out the candles. I made sure to close my eyes and make a wish before the last candle was out.I glanced at Karl, who winked at me, quite literally winked at me, forcing heat to burn my cheeks.Soon enough, the cake was cut and pieces were making their ways out to our guests. Karl took my hand and led me to a chair. I let out a groan as soon as I dropped myself in the chair because I did
I took a deep breath as Zeus finished his final touch and stepped back to take a look at his work."Do I look better?" I asked.Zeus chuckled before he offered me his hand and helped me up. I stepped towards the mirror and looked at my reflection. Zeus gave me a soft smile as he placed his hands on my shoulders."You look beautiful, Lucy." He commented. "I mean... I wan the one who did your make up, so it's only natural that you look your best."I playfully glared at Zeus through the mirror before a smile made its way to my lips."Thank you." I whispered. "You really are a life saver."Zeus nodded his head. He really was a life saver. In the last ten minutes, he was able to remove all the runny and ruined make up off of my face and do a soft natural look, all while trying to calm me down."Don't worry about it. I got you." He patted my shoulder before he started collecting the brushes from the sink."Still. I'm really grateful. And I'm sorry I made a scene out there."Zeus stopped col
Lucy Chaw...I stared at my reflection with uncertainty. Placing both of my hands on my large baby bump, I looked down at my long, pale pink dress through the full length mirror. Instead of feeling happy and excited, I feel scared.I don't know why but it all felt fake. Like if I close my eyes for too long then it would all disappear and turn in to a far memory I could barely reach.The long dress Karl bought for me is beautiful and looks way too expensive. The pale pink fabric is decorated with small dusted golden glitter form the top to bottom. This morning, after Karl and I had breakfast alone because he said the cousin twins had an "Errand" to run, a group of stylists and make up artists had invaded the house and kept me locked up in our bedroom, pulling at my hair, stabbing at my face...Okay, fine. I may be over reacting.There were actually only three women that came at Karl's request. One woman to style my hair, one woman to deal with my make up and a third wo
The entire family clapped their hands as soon as the youngest Thompson walked up to the stage and got her medical degree.The loud noice, claps and cheers caught Kaily's attention and she waved over to us with a shy smile in her face.From the moment she walked up on the stage to the moment she walked down, each of us showed our support.Lucy stood beside me, happily clapping her hands for my baby sister. It really surprised me when I saw the two walking into the sitting room together the night of Kaily's surprise party. But what shocked me more was the fact that those two have gotten closer to each other to the point that the two, including April were making plans to have a sleepover at April's old apartment.All of us sat down after Kaily was off the stage and I couldn't help but look around me.Every single Thompson was here including our grandmother Candis. Although, I was a bit surprised when she warmly greeted Lucy when we all met our front before we walked in.Lucy looked just
Karl Thompson...I looked down at the package Stuart just gave me as I was walking up to the front door of our house.It's addressed to my wife but since Stuart and Ethan were both aware about the stress we're dealing with thanks to Garzei Chaw, they had decided that they didn't want to stress her out. So, they waited for me to come home to give me the package.I walked through the long hall and then up the stairs to make my way to our shared bed room. But before I could reach out room, my eyes traveled over to the rest of the bedrooms and empty rooms on our floor.I glanced at our bed room door before walking past it. I silenced my footsteps and walked over to the next room which was the same room Lucy was staying at when she first came back home. I reached out for the door knob and twisted it open Seeing this room reminded me of that horrible night. Looking side way at the door, it almost made me feel like I need to rip it out. It made me feel like I need to rip out
Lucy Chaw...I sat at the back of the car with Ethan in the drivers seat.I scrolled through my phone, absently looking at the screen as I kept recalling the session I just had with Dr. Goodman.We didn't talk about anything different from the last session, although I did mention the shock of a life time when Karl and I found out that we were having twins. Dr. Goodman had congratulated me before she started analyzing me again. She had asked me questions I wasn't able to give answers to, like, why I was so freaked out when I realized that the baby was not just a baby but babies.I had tried to sum it up to hormones and move on but the look Dr. Goodman gave me made me really uncomfortable. It was as if she was telling me that most families with backgrounds like Karl and I wouldn't be upset if we have two or three kids come at us at once. So, why had I been so freaken upset.I sighed as I leaned my head back and closed my eyes.I had a pretty fun morning. Spending time w