ABIGAIL CONNOR
The moment the car arrived at the hospital, Connor ran out with Ava in his arms. I ran in front of him and called the attention of nurses and doctors but most of them seemed busy and stared at me like I was a mad woman.
"Help, she is dying, she is...." my voice was hoarse from crying so much, I could barely hear myself. I ran to the receptionist and and banged on the canter.
"Please, why isn't anyone helping" I cried. The nurse at the desk raised her head up from her computer and gave me a split second look before she returned to what she was doing with her computer.
"Have you been registered in this hospital before ma'am" the nurse at the reception asked without looking at me once and I stared at her in horror. How could she be asking that when someone was dying?
"No. no...." I replied her quickly.
"Ma'am you need to get registered" she said unconcerned.
"Come-on please, someone should attend to her first, please" my husband pleaded and she went mute.
"Can someone help, while I register her?" I asked and she remained mute.
"can't you see that she is dying?" I yelled.
"you need to register your name ma'am" she said indifferently.
"Someone should just take her in please" Connor pleaded still.
"You have been delaying, if she dies, it's on you" the nurse said rudely and more tears flowed from my eyes.
"Is that the way you speak to people around here?" a voice yelled coldly from behind us and we turned around. It was the wife of the formal head of state, the lady that had helped us.
"Ma'am....I....do you....." the nurse behind the desk stuttered.
"Get them immediate attention now" she barked at the nurse who looked frightened and immediately walked out from the canter and urged us to follow which we did without delay.
We followed the nurse who pointed us to a different nurse who took us to a different room and there we laid Ava.
"Leave the room please" a doctor walked in immediately followed by various nurses.
"Please save her" I was able to mutter at the sight of how pale Ava became before Connor pulled me out of the room.
"Oh my...what are we going to do, I can't loose her" I cried and Connor gathered me in his arms.
I couldn't afford to loose my baby, she was my child, I bore her in my womb and she had been suffering for so long I couldn't bare it anymore.
"Take me in place of her please, I can't loose her....."
"Shhh, we ain't loosing anyone. No one is going in place of any person. We are all going to be fine, now you have to be strong" Connor held me tighter, like my life depended on it.
"You have to be strong for Genesis, for Ava, for me" he sounded scared but I could tell he was trying all he could to remain strong for me.
LEONA CHASE
For some reason, I didn't leave the hospital, I felt terrible for the child. I could see the helplessness in the eyes of her parents. I understood what they were going through, I understood the fear and tension, I understood the panic and the pain they were going through. I had been there several times, it wasn't an alien feeling to me.
I felt strangely connected to them, so I stayed behind and watched from behind the scene as they both shed tears like children even without knowing the condition of their daughter yet. I watched them for a while till my phone rang and I had to walk away from where I stood and picked it up immediately. It was my p.a, she was a pain in my ass but she was always efficient and effective when it came to her work and I knew in my stone coded heart that I would not get a p.a like her in years time if she was to leave..... ever.
"Go on.." I said in my normal tone of language and waited for her to report to me.
"Samantha Brandon is in Netherland right now and I was able to get through to her but she isn't willing to reschedule so you both can have an official meeting" she reported and I immediately started feeling a migraine coming up.
I remained quiet while thoughts ran through my head. If she didn't want to fix a meeting with me, how else was I supposed to explain to her that she had to marry Jordan?
"Can you get me in line with her?" that was the only way I could think of.
"Yes, give me a few minutes" she said and I hung up. I sighed in clear frustration, when I remembered I still needed to get Jordan a wife in two weeks.
Just as my thoughts ran to and fro, I decided to get some painkillers for my migraine before I left for home. So I headed to the pharmaceutical department but not without looking around, though all I could see were my security men but I still looked around. when something caught my attention. Or someone rather.
She was lying down on a sick bed in one of the hospital rooms and I couldn't help but stop and stare at her. Though she was sick and a little bit pale, her beauty was beyond this world and the more I stared at her, I couldn't help but think about her as a daughter in_law. She was beautiful and could meet up to the family standard with her looks alone.
" I can't believe you fell sick after graduation. Your mom would be so worried" a girl her age said to her.
"I mean they have your sister to take care of and now you" the other girl sitting by her side said.
"Guys....they don't know I am here, and you can't tell them I am sick" the girl I admired so much said.
"They didn't meet up for my graduation ceremony because of Ava, I don't want them worrying about me" she added.
The girls beside her went quiet and stared at her.
"Nate, Tiana and I gathered some money, but they won't be enough for your hospital bill" one of the girls said and they all went quiet again.
"Excuse me ma'am" someone stood in front of me with a tray of food in his hands
"Can I help you?" he asked and I stared at him, unsure of what I wanted help for, I stared down at his hands and then back at the girl.
"You know her right?" I asked and he looked at me unsure for a moment.
"Yes ma'am.." he replied.
"What's her name?" I asked and again he looked at me unsure of himself.
"Genesis Connor" he replied and a faint smile spread across my face before I left.
My phone rang again and my p.a once again was still efficient. I picked the call and waited for her to speak.
"I will be putting you through to her ma'am" she said and the phone beeped.
"Yes, Samantha Brandon here" her voice came through the other end of the line and I exhaled in relief.
"It's Leona Chase" I simply said and waited for her reaction.
"Good day ma'am" she replied with a voice that insinuated that she didn't want to speak to me.
"I have been told that you are too busy to schedule a meeting between us" i said.
"Yes ma'am" She simply said and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at Jordan's choice of a wife. I just didn't like that girl.
"Well, let me go straight to the point then" I started.
"You and Jordan were a thing for a long time I guess, before you broke his heart and left the city" I said the obvious.
"The universe has given you a second chance so to speak" I said in the nicest way possible.
"A chance at what?" she asked.
"A chance to be Jordan's bride. Before he comes forward with his request, I want to be sure of what you want. Will you be his wife?" I asked and the phone went silent while I hoped she would be the one to end my dilemma.
"No" her voice came strong and firm. I knew immediately that she didn't need more time to think about the request, she knew what she was doing and she sounded sure of it.
"Okay" my voice remained in the tone it was like I wasn't affected by her actions but weakness was never a strong point for me.
"Hope I get to see you soon though" I added.
"I will try my best ma'am" she said and we ended the conversation.
The pain in my head increase immensely and I hastened my footstep to the pharmacy.
I got the drugs and decided it was time to leave the hospital. I had to pick a bride soon, I had to get Jordan married and so far Samantha was out of the picture. So I had more work caught out for me, finding a bride wasn't the problem. Jordan, my son was.
As I walked towards the entrance, I saw the couples I had brought earlier to the hospital and went closer to them.
"What are we going to do?" the wife cried.
"We don't have such amount of money. How is she supposed to get a kidney transplant, even if we sell everything we own, we still can't raise such an amount" she cried bitterly and my heart went out to them.
"Should we call Genesis?" the wife suddenly asked and my ears perked up in a strange way, it was the third time I was hearing that name in that hospital. It was thesame name as the name of that pretty girl I had seen and I couldn't help but smile a little at the thought that came to my head.
"We missed her graduation Abigail, because we were busy taking care of Ava. She had been through alot also and deserves a little bit of peace before she comes back home. Let her be for now" the husband replied and I moved closer to them.
"But....."
"Her presence here won't fetch us the money we want would it?" he interrupted her.
"Connor ..." the wife whimpered.
At the thought of their conversation and the conversation I justed heard from the pretty young lady I saw earlier. I couldn't help but find a connection between them.
I turned towards the entrance of the building immediately with a smile on my face. I didn't need the painkillers to ease my pain, that day was a lucky day for me. I made my way to the car while dialling my p.a
"Yes ma'am..." she stated immediately.
"Get me all you can find on a Genesis Connor by morning" I said and entered my car.
"And I won't be leaving the country anymore, let the plane have a rest, I found my treasure right here" I said and dropped the phone.
A smile plastered on my face as the convoy started moving. If things were the way I thought they were. Then I had seen my bride after all.
Genesis Connor
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LEONA CHASEI had a restless night, how could I sleep when my son's future was at stake, how could I blink when I knew that if I didn't act quick, everything was going to fall apart for him and his birth right would be snatched away from him.He might not have actually cared about it the way I did, but I still cared, his future was my priority and I wanted to do anything to make sure he had everything that would secure his future. Sleep ran away from me as I thought of how to go about getting him a wife, which I knew wasn't going to be a problem. My problem was actually going to be Jordan. He wasn't like the other young men around but I couldn't tell if it was a good thing or a bad thing for him to be so different. He wanted Samantha Brandon and it was clear the young lady didn't want him, I couldn't let him loose those properties because he was adamant about a childhood crush. But how was I supposed to go about it? If I
Two days afterABIGAIL CONNOR"Mom, I want ice cream" Ava pouted at me and I rolled my eyes at her. Ever since she came out of the operation room, her father had been spoiling her none stop with gifts and snacks and she was getting too used to it."No, baby girl. You have taken enough, no more sweet or candies. Nothing" I said to her and ran my hands through her hair gently while seating beside her bed."Dad....." she called and turned to her father who was sitting at the other side of her bed. He seemed to be the only one who did what she wanted."Darling, your mom is right, you need to cut down on those things for a while" he replied her."But dad ...""My hands are tied here baby, your mom is even glaring at me" he gave her a pout of his own and I laughed at his pathetic attempt."Don't do that again" Ava chuckled."But I do it amazingly well' he said playfully.
GENESISGstared at my sister with an amused look in my eyes while my lips remained jammed together, so to suppress the urge to laugh at how ridiculous she sounded but I couldn't hold it in for too long, it was just so far fetched, I couldn't help but laugh so loud. My sister and parents stared at me with weird eyes but I didn't stop, I laughed till my stomach began to hurt. Then I had to stop, I relaxed and took deep breathes before turning to them."What? did you hear you daughter speak?" I said and surpressed the laughter that threatened to come out of my loins again."I am saying the truth" Ava said in annoyance to the way I was laughing at her silly jokes.... I pouted at her."of course I believe you....." I said and sat close to her, her eyes brightened and she smiled widely."In our next life"I added and the smile washed off her face, it was replaced with a deep frown."Mom...
TWO DAYS LATERGENESISI sat down at the chair at the skin clinic, completely relaxed at thesame time exhausted. The marriage thing was happening so fast, there was no time to talk to my family or even my friends, I didn't even find the opportunity to talk to Nate yet and damn, it made me feel so guilty. I was getting married without his knowledge, it broke my heart. I didn't love him, but he was a friend and companion, I knew too well that what I was doing was going to hurt him terribly, but I couldn't sum up courage to tell him even when we spoke on phone. It was terrible but what was more terrible was the fact that I still didn't find the time to even ponder over my guilt."Genesis dear....here, you have to taste this" Mrs Chase gave me a piece of cake. It was the third one for that day. She had been all over my face in the past two days and didn't stop hovering around me like a wicked shadow about to take my life fro
GENESIS I stared in my sleep and became conscious of my environment but I was too lazy to open my eyes just yet. Left to me I was going to force myself back to sleep but the call I had with Jordan came creeping back to my consciousness making me alert. I smiled at the thought, with my eyes still closed, I recalled most of his words and it sent butterflies to my stomach. "Are you still dreaming sweet?" my mom's voice interrupted me and I snapped my eyes open. She was sitting at the side of the bed with her eyes on me. "Mom..." I grumbled. "How long have you been here?" I asked in a grouchy tone. I wanted to have my alone time and sleep but I knew her sudden presence was going to make it impossible. "Long enough my dear" she said and gave me a warm smile. "I want to sleep mom" I whined and turned to the other side of the bed. "You will be leaving the house to a new home, a home that would be cal
A day later đčđčđčđčđčđčđčđčđčđčđčđčđč GENESIS "Get up, we have to go to the hotel already" I could hear Tiffany yelling as I stared in my sleep. "Get away..." I mumbled "I don't think she knows she is getting married tomorrow" Tiana muttered to Tiffany. I felt the bed dip and smelt Tiana perfume. "Get.......up......." she yelled into my ears and I jumped up. I jumped up too fast and hit my butt on the floor. "ouch..." I whimpered. "Tiana...do you want to bruise her" Tiffany scolded and helped me off the ground. "Are you hurt?" she asked and I glared at her. She moved away scared of my next reaction and smiled sheepishly at me. "Okay girl...sorry" she muttered as I sat back on the bed. "What do you guys want?" I asked angrily. I needed sleep and they were not allowing me have it. I was already nervous with the wedding that was shove
GENESIS"Oh my word..." Tiana shrieked when she saw me, making me blush a little.She was as shocked as I was too, I hadn't even gotten over the shock yet when she stumped into my room in her bridal gown."Shit...." Tiffany muttered when she saw me too, they were speechless and so was I.Not because I was too beautiful, well yes I was beautiful, really beautiful with my hair and makeup and lashes and nails. When a girl in her teens wishes to be beautiful, she wishes to be as beautiful as I was. I was not just beautiful, I was breath taking. But enough of my flattering.They didn't just scream and looked shocked because I was too beautiful, it was also because of my gown. Yes, my wedding gown.They had seen the gown some where, they all knew they had seen it somewhere but couldn't just figure it out as they stared at me in awe."You look....""I don't think there is a
GENESISMy heart skipped at the way he stiffened at my touch, it felt like something was wrong or something might go wrong.I had watched too many romance movies to actually have this fear that he might call off the wedding at that time. It was a weird thought but it just popped into my head and I didnt want to be the girl that was left at the alter or left at her wedding. It was going to make a news headline if the Jordan Chase actually dumped me on our wedding day few minutes before we tied the knot. And it was going to hurt me terribly because I did like him alot, plus the humiliation I would have to face, the society wasn't going to be kind to us and I was not ready, I would have never been ready to go through that. He stared at me for what seemed like hours with an unreadable expression in his eyes, the feeling in my guts told me something was wrong and you know how it is, guts feeling never lies.&nbs
My phone rang again and I smiled as I picked up my husband call this time. âMiss me yet, wife,â he teased immediately and I groaned. âNo, but the kids want you home.â âToo bad. My flight got delayed.â He sighed. âWhat?â I jerked up from where I sat. He chuckled. âEasy their wife. I just got to town and would be home soon,â he entered and I sighed. âByeâŠâ I ended the call abruptly, feeling angry at such expensive joke. I had everything ready already. After two hours, I was perfectly ready and had stepped out of the room and back down only to find out that I was a late host. Everyone was present. My parents, my sister, Tiana, Nate, Tiffany and her fiancĂ©e, Jordanâs cousins, their girlfriends, his mom, my p.a and Margaret. Yes her. she was a huge part of Jordanâs life for long and we could not let her to keep being a staff here so we freed her with a lot of money, a house, something to keep her going and a family. âI told you that she might be painting,â Julianâs loud mouth entere
FOUR YEARS AFTERI ran down the stairs, feeling completely exhausted and disheveled, not to add, disorganized and slightly angry. With my robe on, I decided to check if everything was set and ready. I couldnât help it, it had to be perfect, it all had to be or I might lose it. Anna strolled into the house at that particular moment, and she stared at me with a wary look as I made my way to the kitchen.âIs everything alright?â she asked in her very sweet voice.âGo change and rest up,â I reprimanded. She had only just returned from college and shouldnât be concerned by things like that, yet she was ever so humble and would in fact start on chores the moment she returns from college which was slight annoying. We made her go to college for a good reason, to better her life and not to turn out like a staff her entire life, yet she looked so dedicated to being one.âI would the moment you tell me what is wrong,â she followed behind me with dedication and became a nag that I didnât want at
GENESISEven in my unconsciousness, I could feel that emptiness inside of me. I could feel the hole, the empty, painful hole that was once filled with life, I could feel the vacuum there. I knew that something was different and I feared what it was. When I opened my eyes, the first sight I wanted to behold was my beloved husband. His scent was the first thing I wanted to caress my nostrils, his warmth the next feel I wanted to feel against my cold skin. But he wasnât there as I had hoped. And that had shattered whatever was left inside of me. He had threatened to leave me, maybe he did.The fear of such possibility had made me fear and panic especially when I didnât see him around me. It scared me but the familiar faces gave me a little bit of comfort. They were family and ones I loved. They had such effect on me. Not till I recalled what happened, how I fell. My hands had voluntarily found its way to my stomach where I wanted to feel the life inside of me. I was in a hospital for sur
I could hear my baby crying in my ears. Screaming in pain and asking me why I did what I did. I could imagine the judging, hateful look those blue eyes would give to me once she opens her eyes and the pain that would show itself in those eyes of hers. The pain was enough to consume me, to burn me, to torment me. With heaviness in my chest, I looked away from her unconscious body, lying on the bed with families around her. I could not bare to look at her, I could not dare to even think of going close to her, not what after I had done.I should have been more patient, more careful, more tolerant, I should have attempted to listen to her. But I didnât. It was not her fault and I would have accepted my own child. She came at a time that our world was dark and I was about to lose my life, she came way before I decided that I didnât want to have a baby, and like a miracle, she survived. How I snuffed the life out of her.I would forever live with this pain, wouldnât I? This guilt, the memor
JORDANThe screamâŠ.The screamsâŠThe scream of my wife and the staff was what it took me to stop. Fear engulfed me and swallowed me whole, leaving every anger, betrayal and pain I felt earlier. I snapped my gaze back to the direction I had come from, knowing that her scream came from there.âNoâŠâ I screamed, seeing her rolling down the stairs. I could feel life leaving me at the sight of her. My legs started towards her as fast as I could just as everyone else. She came to a halt at the edge of the step and my heart died at her position. Then the blood.âOh God! NoâŠnoâŠnoâŠ.ââGet the car,â I screamed, feeling tears burn my eyes while I slowly placed her head on my thighs. She was bleeding and still fucking naked with just that robe.âGet the car,â I cried at the top of my lungs, fearing for the worse. I immediately checked for her pulse, praying, hoping, wishing that it would not come to that. I might as well die if it did.We rushed her to the hospital and the doctors immediately plac
GENESISI took a longer time in the bathroom this time around. The heat and steam of the shower had become my comfort and I was scared of leaving it. I would only return to our bedroom that had turned to a hunting ground for me. Each place and thing smelt of my husband and with the feel of him reminded me of the anger he had against me and the secret I had adamantly been keeping away from him.I missed him, each part of me missed him. It was almost like life was leaving me slowly and gently, yet I couldnât stop it. Not that I couldnât, I still didnât know how to. I looked down on my tummy to notice the slight bump that showed the life growing inside of me. It was still so small and with my present choice of clothing, no one could notice. But how long? He deserved to know, I had to tell him and explain to him how it all happened. I had to before I completely ruin our marriage.I sighed heavily, feeling a familiar burn in my chest area while my hand ran in a circular motion around my s
JORDANI ended the meeting and shook the hands of the Russian investors. In a polite tone and a business manner, I thanked them and watched them leave the restaurant before I left. I got to the car and thought of what was left for me to do before I returned home.The thought of home made me smile, yet it made my heart ache. I had been away for five days and things had still not changed between Genesis and I. she was hiding something from me and I was losing my mind. I picked up my phone and stared at my wallpaper for a while. It was a picture of her, sleeping, and it was the most beautiful I had seen her. But again, she was beautiful in all ways, especially when she had her blue eyes opened. My heart ached and still longed for her.Just in the nick of time, she called and my heart leaped inside my chest. I picked it up quickly because I had missed her, I missed her voice, her face, her warmth, I missed being close to her. I simply missed her.âWhen are you coming home?â her whinny voi
âWhat happened?â Tiffany pulled me into a hug the moment I walked into the house and once again, I broke down before her. She took me to the sitting room where I sat down and cried my eyes out while she soothed my hair and simply allowed me cry.I recalled the pain in my husbandâs eyes when I told him that I could not tell him the truth. I recalled the hurt, the pain, the fear I saw within those gazes, it burned my chest. I had looked him in the face and told him that I could not tell him the truth. What kind of wife was I? I was breaking all the promises we made to each other and keeping this, this preciousness away from him.âWhat happened to her?â I heard Tiana voice as her footsteps followed too.âShe came in this way,â Tiffany answered and rubbed my back gently. None of them said a thing and simply comforted me while I cried till, I could no longer do that anymore.I drank a cup of water after which and I relaxed into the couch with the heaviness of the world on me.âI still canâ
Days went by with nothing much happening. Jordan was constantly busy with work or simply being a loving husband while I grew lazier by the day. It was a good thing I had subordinates to handle my business, I would have totally been thrown into the dust with the rate at which my laziness grew. I slept more, ate more, slept more again, ate even more. My taste buds were also acting different, making me want something entirely different and hating things I love too. Margaret would usually get me what I want no matter how it got and she paid even closer attention to me now.I suspect she knew exactly what was going on with me, but had not said a thing, so I was happy about it and relaxed with her. However, I tried to sleep less and control myself when my beloved husband was available.It was burdening and aching my heart as the day goes by. But what was I supposed to do? I still hadnât found a way to tell him what it was that was going on and I still didnât have the boldness to speak out l