Tia entered my room that evening to tell me about dinner being served.“I am not hungry, Tia,” I told her hoping that she would let me be and just walk out, but I had completely forgotten who Tia was. She stood still. “I am not hungry, Tia,” I stressed again.“You have been moody since you got back from school, and you have not eaten,” Tia said instead of moving out of my space which I expected her to do.It was not a question, so I kept mute.“Is anything the matter?” Tia asked, concern written all over her.“Get the fuck out of my room, Tia, and fucking act like I am your boss!” I yelled at her, and it amazed me that I am more astonished by my reaction than Tia.She bowed her head and left.I wanted so badly to feel remorseful about yelling at her like that. After all, she has been the only true friend I have ever had since this life of mine began. Tia has been more than the house cook to me, and she has cheered me up in ways no one has ever done. Surely, she does not deserve what
I have just gotten to the stairs when I heard the door bang open and Leah strolled in, in all her glory, and she carried with her an air of luxurious and nonchalance. I ground my teeth in annoyance, especially as all the domestic staff scurried around to attend to her like she was some goddess.They have never been so eager to attend to me like this before, and this realization did nothing but to aggravate me more. This only goes on to show that I am just a stranger in this house as anymore else. Tia greeted her and walked into the kitchen. Hers can be excusable; she is not a maid, and her place belongs solely in the kitchen.Leah and I met eye to eye on the stairs.She removed her sunscreen which I am fucking sure would cost an arm and a leg. “Hey you,” she said. If I had not known Leah for the period of time that I have known her, I would think she was actually trying to be nice, but the truth is, the last nice person in the whole of New York is Leah D’Nores. Well, again, I am n
Kozlova sat on his chair and thought about Morgan and Alice.There is this gut-wrenching feeling that the bastard was playing him, and if he dares find out that his instincts are true, Morgan would be dead.He would get his pound of flesh with D’Nores with or without Morgan.He wondered why Alice suddenly began to avoid him.Since after the party, she has refused to pick his calls or answer to any of his messages. It made it pissed off as hell, because who is the bloody little wench that would be treating him as such? He could snuff the life out of her with a snap of his finger. But Kozlova is a patient man.He smiled ruefully.He has been patient for more than a decade now. Yes, he has tried possible means but has failed, and he has had opportunity to strike Logan, but he hasn’t because he has a specific way that he wants the motherfucker to pay for how his life turned out.He wants D’Nores to be at his mercy. He wants the man to plead for his life before eventually taking him out. H
Morgan waited for Alice at the spot in school that they planned to meet. He was happy. He was hopeful, and joy bubbled inside of him. At last, his freedom has come!Morgan jumped for joy. He could not believe that someone like Kozlova would believe his horrible lie hook, line and sinker, and whilst they had all waited for this day to come when he would meet with Alice, Kozlova has given him king-treatment for a job well done. And then for the part of Alice his daughter, he also has her hooked. He noticed the pity and concern in her eyes when they last spoke, and it hadn’t been so difficult to make her want to see him again.He had actually thought that Alice would be extremely hard to buy over, but it had been the easiest task he had had to carry out in years.Now, all he needs to do is play his card this one last time, and then he would be completely free!The agreement now is that Alice would leave her class before it is over so that they would not have to waste her driver’s time,
Logan’s POVWe were spending way too much time in shooting this film.Initially, the producer had said three weeks max, but they are beginning to spend about a month and an extra week. Not that they weren’t being paid handsomely or being well taken care of, Logan just wanted to be done and over with this one so that one can return to his or her life.The one thing that has continued to piss me off is the fact that the producer keeps coming up one flimsy excuse or another. If one of his actors isn’t ill and needs to be replaced instantly, it’s the entire crew being shoved out of a location they have paid for.And now, they have sprung up Riley on as me as though it is something to be grateful for.I have tried my possible best to work with her civilly as a professional actor, but the constant seductive stare she throws my way and the disgusting comments by other actors on set are beginning to drive me wild.I have made up my mind that if we do not wrap up this goddamn film, I am packin
I returned from school a little later than usual, and I had to tell Don that I visited the library because I had some assignments to finish up on and I wanted to study for my forthcoming exams.I am supposed to be Don’s boss, I know, but I have this deep feeling inside of me that he gives detailed report to Logan about my movements-when I get to school, when I close, when I visit a café or restaurant, and certainly when I waste a single minute. Well, the reason I arrived at where Don parked the car is that I was waiting up on my father. We had had an agreement that he would show up again today, even though I still haven’t been able to talk to Logan about him.I remember how broken he had been when I had told him that, but that did not stop my yearning to just see him again. Tia has asked me since I started asking her to add to the quantity of food she makes and packing it up when leaving for school what I was doing it for.She had even teased me about giving the food to children of
Logan’s POVAfter Ethan left, I checked the time and discovered it was way past Alice’s time to be back from school, and Don hasn’t called me yet.Well, he knows that I will be at home, hence my thinking that that could be the reason he hasn’t given any report.Ethan has been telling me about Alice’s recent lateness after school hours, and the excuses she gives, even though they are about her school, do not add up to me. And now that Ethan has revealed that that bastard Morgan has been making attempts to see Alice, I don’t know now if I should trust her. Alice is always doing things that makes it difficult for me to trust her, otherwise, why isn’t she back by now? And I swear to hell, I will be mad at her if I discover that she actually met with Morgan without talking to me about it.She could have called me, or sent a bloody text message, but if she decides to play sneaky games with me, I will have to let her know that she cannot dare do that with me. The naïve girl has no idea how
“Really?” I asked completely surprised. I did not see or hear her come in, and with the way Leah said it, it seems like she has been back for a while now.So how did I miss her? All of this I did not say out loud, because I do not want Leah to think that I have missed Alice so much that I kept stretching my neck all evening in anticipation of her return.“Of course,” Leah said.Unable to control myself, I jumped up immediately. Leah looked at me in shock. “Where the hell are you running off to?!” she asked.“I am not running, Leah,” I said, even though I am already close to the door. “I just need to discuss something really urgent with Alice,” I said.Leah groaned in frustration and anger. “For God’s sake, Logan, we were going to have a family moment!” she yelled.“Sorry, be right back,” I said and exited the study. Leah’s grumbling followed me down the hallway, but I am far too gone to go back and try to pacify her now.She can think whatever the hell she wants to, I really do not ca
Logan’s POV“Why isn’t Ethan picking his damn phone?!” I muttered in exasperation and I continued to dial his number and pace around the living room.Leah just sat on the couch and stared.Ethan has been gone for some days now without telling me where he was going, which is unlike him, and very upsetting.“You need to relax, I am sure Ethan will soon be here,” Leah said to me.Then something clicked in my head. “Hold on, did he tell you where he was going?” I asked Leah and she looked away, a sheepish grin playing on her lips.Damn these folks, they are indeed playing a fast one on me.I heard the door creak open, and I turned immediately to scold Ethan, knowing he would be the one entering the house, but everything in me went still at who I saw beside Ethan.Alice.Leah and Ethan immediately went upstairs, leaving us alone. Seeing Alice after the betrayal is shocking, but nothing prepared me for the sight that beheld me; her stomach bump.We stared at each other for a long period of
I sensed that Ethan shook his head.“Logan could have told you, but he was protecting you way too much. Little did he know that you are slimier and more devilish than he would ever have imagined,” Ethan said.I expected to feel venom in his words, or scorn and anger and vengeance in his voice, but all I felt was an unexpected calmness.Something tells me that he is not exactly calm instead. Why should he? He is practically standing in front of the woman that plotted and killed his best friend and boss.Well, maybe this is the calm before the storm, which I am fully ready for now, only that I would rather he did not do anything violent in the home or even around the home that took a total stranger like me in without questions and showed me nothing but love and hospitality.Ethan cleared his throat, but he still did not move an inch. “Well, I will tell you what Logan failed to,” he said and paused.I have no idea if he expected any response from me, and I have been through so much to ev
Indeed, the farmer’s wife was right about their daughter; she is a chatty and vibrant teenager who unbelievably knew so much about the world even though they lived far away into the bush. I have spent a couple of months there now, and each time, my heart ached for what could have been; the love and happiness the farmer and his family shared were rare.I have never met a family so contented and at peace with their environment, and to think that his wife gave up her job in the city just to move down to his ranch.It even came as a shock to me when their teenage daughter spoke so fondly about Logan D’Nores, and to prove her point, she has magazines of him in her bedside drawer, and her most desired dream would be to see him someday and tell him how much of a fan she was.“She buys magazines that carry his pictures any time we go to town,” the farmer had said so one evening over dinner when she would not stop talking about the famous Logan D’Nores.Apparently, she is not conversant with
Logan’s POVI woke up feeling like shit.“Took way longer than I expected,” Ethan said.I recognized his voice immediately, and I turned to him. “Ethan,” I muttered.“Do you feel any better?” Ethan asked.“No, but I would like to have a mirror. I know I look a mess already,” I said and ground my teeth.“There is no way I am letting you get close to a mirror right now until you are completely on your feet,” Ethan said.“Aside feeling like shit, I don’t feel much pains,” I said as I stretched my body on the bed. “The doctor has confirmed that you will be fine. There are no broken bones, and that is why you are not wrapped up in bandages,” Ethan said, chuckling.I groaned. “I detest bandages.” I said, and then looked at Ethan worriedly, “Where is Leah?” I asked.“Relax, man, she only went to her room to get a nap. She has been up by your side ever since the accident, and she hasn’t slept a wink.I had to literally force her to go and rest her head. You gave us all a scare, Logan,” Ethan
When I woke up, it was at around 4am. The pain had stopped, as well as the dull headache. There was a dim light glowing from the bedside lamp, but it was just enough to illuminate the room.I could still hear the chirping of the birds, which reminds me again of Logan and his multimillion naira mansion.Then I jerked up!My baby! I touched my stomach, and my heart started to race really fast.I am no longer in pains, and the bleeding has obviously stopped, and I really slept for hours; I am not sure I have slept this long since I was a child, and now, I have been sleeping uninterruptedly for hours since I met this stranger who is being extremely nice to me for no reason.What have they done to my baby?! I wanted to wail and scream, but it is still dark outside, and I am yet to fully understand my new environment.Silly me, I should have thought and made adequate plans on my own before running away just like that. Now what if I have landed myself in the hands of an evil man and his fami
I ran as fast as I could without stopping. My heart was pounding really fast. “I have killed Logan. I have killed Logan. I have killed Logan,” my heart continued to remind me. Fortunately for me, I did not have to run long enough before I heard the sound of a moving train.There was a stop just ahead, and I added extra speed just to meet up so that the train would not leave me. I got there just in time.The train had just finished taking in its passengers after others got out of the train, and I jumped in as well, looking like a lunatic.I could not get a seat, and worse, I did not even know the destination of the train, but I did not mind. I head onto the pole to steady my quivering feet and my breath.“Hey, are you okay?” I heard someone ask.I turned and saw that it was an average looking man. He looked like a merchant to me, or possibly a hunter with his cowboy hat and boots. Without meaning to, tears gathered in my eyes instantly. He immediately noticed this and got up.“Please
Kozlova texted me the moment I woke up that it is time, and I needed to act fast or else he would take a different action that I would not exactly like, then he went on to send me the details of it.We already had the plan on ground, all I needed to do was get Logan D’Nores to the location for execution.I waited for Logan with bated breath, and when he eventually entered the room carrying a tray of food by himself, guilt nabbed at my heart.He has practically been babysitting me since the accident, and paying him this way is not exactly right, but there is nothing I can do.The nausea and dizziness have reduced, but I sense Logan looking at me in a way that is sort of suspicious.I know the doctor did not divulge the secret of the pregnancy to him, so why would he be staring at me in a weird sort of way? Does he suspect anything? Is it so obvious that I am pregnant? According to the doctor, the pregnancy is just a month and a week old, which means it definitely cannot be so obvious.
“We need to talk, man,” Ethan said the moment he entered the room about an hour later. Alice is still sleeping peacefully, and Leah has since gone to change and freshen up. Before I left Alice’s side, I made sure she was breathing fine.“We will not spend more than five minutes,” I said as I stood up and followed Ethan to the study.He nodded in agreement. Somehow, he and Leah have decided to be very co-operative this period, which is very sensitive of them.“What have you found?” I asked him. “It is Kozlova general, is it not?”Just then, Leah entered.I wanted to question her as to why she is present. Usually, I do not approve of Leah being present or involved in my businesses.I prefer to keep her protected, and completely out of the way, as it has always been, except of course, it is unavoidably urgent. But right now, I decided to just let her be.If she wants to be here to know what happened, then she can, and it is also because of the genuine concern she showed to Alice earlier
Logan’s POVAlice got discharged from the hospital three days later. According to the doctor, she was really fortunate not to have sustained any severe injuries, and the few bruises would not cause a scar.She still looked sick to me, and her cheeks are swollen now, but I am just glad that the accident did not take her life.I have ordered Ethan to make sure he gets me the person responsible for it, and even if it is the last thing I spend my life doing, I will.I had wanted her transferred to my hospital where my competent doctor would look after her, but eventually discovered that the small hospital she was rushed to was equally competent. Another advantage to it is that it would not get out to the press.The last thing I need right now is for fucking news to be flying about, about Alice’s near assassination.Of course, I suspect Kozlova general, he is the only enemy I know, but according to Ethan, we mustn’t jump into conclusions until he has made his findings. When we arrived hom