[53] ||Arlington Arlington|| Hardie asked to follow Lincoln and I to my mom's home, my home. I sigh in pa*ins as I slid to the back seat.This seems too hard to digest at a go! Jamel is dead and was k*lled by his suppose best friend. Now I know, I've always h*ted Gareth and his guts.I hate seeing his face that every one considered to be pretty, I hate his presence and everything about him but I never for once wish him dead. And he does wish my brother death?The ride was long as awkward silence hung in the air. Reminiscing over the past few months, I realized a thing, every thing happened in a flash. So fast, that they wasn 't enough time to digest it all.Lincoln stopped the car abruptly as he got to the front of my mom's apartment, I quickly hopped Down from the car."Hey, can I come with you to see your mom? Maybe I can come up with some good explanations?" Hardie asked. For the first time since weeks, he was using a calm and concerned voice but..."Oh, please!" I huffed
[54] ||Arling Arlington||Yesterday was Jamel's Wake keep. Well, a lot if people attended and mom was really uncomfortable with it but there's nothing she can do to change the fact that her only soon is kind of popular?Yeah, its been two weeks since the whole drama happened and every thing has gone back to normal. Maybe, maybe not?Well, it doesn't really matter since no one is talking about the whole incident any more. Its really nice pretending none of these happens in the first place, shutting Hardie's thought off me.Uh-huh! Today is a new day, Monday precisely and I'll be resuming work after three days off, same as mom.She is all good now but her weight still lag behind, but I guess she'll be okay and bounce back to normal in no time. Good one, huh? Of course, it is!I quickly dress up and had a quick breakfast but as usual mom was long gone before I could finish up with my daily routine.I stopped a cab and arrived early at work. Yeah, Jesse is here already."Hey, good m
[55]||Arling Arlington||"What else am I suppose to plan on doing?" I huffed. "I'm getting rid of it...""You what...?" Jesse was shocked, her face says it all. "You can't possibly do that.""I can't keep a child with out a father, I just can't." Tears were at their verge of trickling down my face."But you said its Hardie's, right?" Jesses asked, wearing a confused look. "How then is the unborn child with out a father?""You can't understand the mess I'm in, Jess. I don't wan' have any thing in common with him, keeping the baby will only remind me of him." I cried out, my heart was shattering inside me. "That guy was suppose to be my past, okay?""Okay, I'm confused here..." Jesse said with her brows knotted.I ignored her and turned to the doctor. "Please, I need to get rid of this pregnancy. You are a doctor and a professional at that, you are suppose to understand me better. Right?" I said, desperation laced in my voice.I can't believe I'm saying all of this but do I have a choi
[56] ||Hardie Morrison||Yes, I gave him a hard punch on his face. "Are you out of your mind?" I growled, my rage was burning beyond its limit. "How dare you say such to my face, Lincoln?"Lincoln doesn't look shocked a bit as he wipe his torn lips that was bleeding blood with his palm. "I'm not out of my mind, Hardie. Its you who is unable to control yours." He snorts at me. "That's the fu*king truth, you are in love with Arlington. The sooner you admit it, the better for you.""Say that again and see how I punch your teeth off their hinge with just a punch." I was really angered by his lame words. How can I fall in love? Nah, this is not possible.And it just did make no sense to me, how did I manage to fall in love? How?"I'll advise you to go for what you deserves you even if you don't deserve it which is love." Lincoln muttered. "Its your fault for bringing her into your stupid games and deals with Gareth and Jamel."Yeah, he is kind of saying the truth. But still, i
[57] ||Hardie Morrison||The past four months has been h*ll for me since I was badly loosing my sanity. Lincoln had made a suggestion for me to travel out of States since I refused to admit to my feelings."Maybe when you breath in new and different air with a change of environment, it will help in regaining your self." He had advised when he noticed I was spending most of my time on cokes and pipes with little or no food.I kind of refused at first, hoping to sail through it. But realizing I'm getting myself more buried in cokes and pipes, I grudgingly agreed. I'm a drug addict but I've gone way too far since the day Arlington returned to her mom.I travelled out of States with out thinking twice to Green Hill, where I spent two h*ll of months. At first, changing location seems like a very good plan until I start loosing my mind and going crazier than usual.Returning back into States, I decide to go check on Arlington in her mom's apartment but saw no one. Checking the
[58] ||Arling Arlington||The sun was near setting when we got to the sea side and the urge to stay till the golden colour of the sun reflect on the sea I'm feeling was alarming. What's more exciting than spending most of your time watching nature? No other feeling can beat with it though, cause its the best ever."Why the sea side? You've always love to take me to any classy restaurant that suit your taste." I retorted, trying to sound uninterested with the environment."Huh, tricky question." He smirked as he gave me a quick glance. "Don ’t act uninterested. I know you've always love places like this, most especially watching the sun setting."I was taken aback. "How did you know? I ’ve always thought you know nothing about me." I huffed."Wrong. I know much about you..." He was still smirking and I kind of, maybe embarrassed or shy?"You are such a snitch, I know nothing about you." I hissed, avoiding his gaze."Huh, looks like some one is jealous here...?" Hardie's voi
[59] ||Arling Arlington||After the awkward silence at the sea side, Hardie insisted I should see a movie with him at the cinema.I was still speechless at his speech though but decide not to say a word cause it ’s driving me nut.The movie was a romance genre with a villain. At the end of the movie, the villain did not die but turn a new leaf.Gareth was the villain in our story but he d*ed with out reconciling with any of us. How irony!He took me to the pack after the movie and like the last time we did so together, he bought me my favourites.Chocolate ice creams and cotton candy! They were once the babies I never joke with but now, I'll be having real babies.He told me some weird and hilarious jokes about himself and I couldn't help but laugh. It was really fun spending some time with him. He is not a bad guy after all and it ’s really nice having him around.But what if he is on pretence like those first few months when I met with him?I can ’t bring myself to trust h
[60] ||Arlington Arling||"I won't forgive myself if I should make the same mistake twice cause its all my fault for falling for him in the first place." I snorted, reminiscing over how I stupidly fell for his charm. D*mn!"Its not your fault, Arling." Mom muttered in a sweet tone. "Every body is prone to falling in love and its a very beautiful thing to do, despite the danger sign in it.""Yeah, every one..." I scoffs. "Every one except Hardie, he doesn't know and doesn't care to know what its all about." And maybe Gareth too? Yeah, I think.Thinking about Gareth, I badly wish I was competent enough then to k*ll him myself. Yeah, I know it's a very bad idea to think of but I can't help it. And, I think I owe Hardie for that."When I said every one, Hardie wasn't excluded either. Maybe he realised his mistakes and wants to make amendment where necessary." Mom uttered as she wiped the dishes dry. "Who knows? Maybe he do really need the second chance he asked for…"I was stuck wi
[84]The sun dipped below the horizon as the fiery colours infused the sky above the sky above them, painting the perfect backdrop for the end of an era. As the crimson hues bled into the night, Lincoln couldn't help but admire the scene from the rooftop terrace if Hardie's lavish home.The cool breeze brush past them, bringing forth a scene of melancholy that mirrored the thoughts racing through Lincoln's mind. It was hard to believe that after all the hardship they had faced together, their journey was slowly screeching into a halt.Hardie, in his usual assertive manner, told Lincoln that he did not plan of letting him go anytime soon. Despite anticipation, the words slammed into Lincoln's chest like a brick wall, causing him to struggle for breath.Although, Lincoln had mentally prepared for such a confrontation, the reality was far more difficult to accept. Over the years, the two had become intertwined in a complex net of loyalty and betrayal, blurring the lines of their allianc
[83]"Isn't she the same with her?" I heard her asked all of a sudden, her voice was laced with outmost surprise or maybe shock.I raised my head up to the television's screen, trying to figure out what she was talking about. It was Ms. Roselle, that was her name, Hardie's mom. Why is she on the media all of a sudden? "She's the one, right?" She asked again, this time turning to me. "This is Hardie's mother." "Yeah." I nod in agreement, drawling my words. "I'm sure she is the one, she looks like her and the name too." "Why is she on the screen then?" Charlotte furthered, staring questioningly at me. I frowned at her question, we are both in the same room and she is the one who had informed me about this yet, she is asking me such a question? She's seriously unbelievable! "Were you not the one who just told me about it?" I return her question back to her. "And we are yet to listen to what she might have done." "You are right." She said sounding defeated but I did not really care.
[82] ||•Lincoln Shire•||"Welcome..." The hotel receptionist uttered, wearing a delightful expression as she smiled warmly at us.I'm not the type that smiles but I was kind enough to reciprocate it. Charlotte, on the other hand, just gave her a slight nod with a blank expression on her face. It's obvious that she's too tired for all of this, every thing about her tell it all."Two VIP..." I simply stated but the stare on her face tells otherwise, I need her not to say much before I understand her expression. "We'll just hop for any available rooms left, okay. As far as it's as comfortable as a home, we have no choice to it."She shook her head with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry, Sir..." She muttered, avoiding eye contact with Charlotte and I. "It's just a room left, all other rooms are occupied for the night."Mere looking at Charlotte, she was not comfortable with herself as she scrunched her face tightly in displeasure. "Why...?" She requested with indifference
[81] ||•Lincoln Shire•||The day has been kind of hectic for Charlotte and I, tailing and spying on other lords just to get want we want from them.Well, as usual, Charlotte was used as the bait to get to them. I must commend how much she has done in the nick of time.She made every thing much easier for me since they are things I can do and places I can't penetrate as a male, yeah .Retiring for the day, we decided to lodge the night in one of the suites around till the next day.I would have vouch for a clubhouse instead because there, I would surely meet with new lords but Charlotte had insisted we get a proper night sleep instead.Well, I have no other choice to obliging. We will just find a suitable suite for us after we are done with our drinks. •••"I think I need a break after this." Charlotte muttered before chugging down her last cup of wine. "This is becoming much more challenging than it ever was.""What break —?" I asked with my brows raised in questioni
[80] ||Hardie Morrison||I speed up and in no time, we arrived at the park, the same park I brought her to couple of months ago. It was just few weeks after we met. Arlington was a little bit surprised, well, it reflected on her face."I guess I did not see this coming..." She countered with a soft chuckle after. "Why did you bring us here?"I ignored her question and helped her undo her seat belt. "Come on." I said instead and hopped down from the car.She hopped down immediately after I did before I was able to turn around. "I can always help myself with the door, you should stop worrying over little things." She said as she shut the car's door behind her."Little things also matters, Arling." I told her in reply and hold her hand, and intertwined it with mine. "What did you want?" "I want… that." She pointed at the cotton candy not to far from us, wearing a wide smile on her face. The smile of hers that I did not want to miss, not now or ever.I’ve done so much wrong
[79] ||Hardie Morrison||"Ms. Roselle is coming home with us." Arling suddenly announced which made Hardie stopped in his track."What...?!" I blurted out, almost choking on my own breathe. " think I heard wrong, yeah. What did you say?""What did I say?" She repeated my question with her brows deeply creased. "I said; Ms. Roselle would be coming with us, did I say some thing awful?"These days, ever since this fóxy human suddenly introduced herself to you, I see you enjoy getting on my nerves...” those were the words I wanted to reply her with but said some thing else instead.I know and I'm sure of it, this fóxy human is trying to cause a rift between Arlington and I the same way she did to Amelia and other people too.But then, I would never give in to such cheap plan she drafted. I'll just have to pretend I never heard Arling speaks about her or made mention of her name."Aren’t you tired of staying here?" I asked, diverting the topic else where. "You’ve been in the ho
[78] ||Ms. Roselle||There are so many things to regret but I don't think I have a reason to regret any of them, except of course, if I lose access to them.Yeah! That would be my only regret!How do I regret my source of income and wealth? Because I smug in drugs? Or because I'm an old stripper and a s3x worker? Probably because I rob dignitaries off their wealth?I've done and indulged myself in so many shits and dirty works and I'm glad I did, if not, how do I gather so much wealth in the nick of time?But of course, I do have one regret! It's hurts me and I'm suppose it's never too late to rectify it!No taming Hardie when I have the chance to was my only regret! I couldn't hold in the pain I felt seeing him succeed in his own games and outsmarting other drug lords in the game.Most time, I do wonder how he was able to attain such height at a very young age. He used to be the gentle type who barely talks or socialize himself with others, how did he turn out to be the b
[77] ||Hardie Morrison||It was hard to convince Arlington about the babies being alive, she felt we were lying about them to have want her to go home with out thinking of seeing the babies.For this, I have to asked the doctor if it was okay and safe to visit just for the air to be clear and he gladly permits with out blinking an eyelid about it."They are much stronger than they were in the last few days and out of danger too." He told me. "They are recovering faster already, it safe to visit them."Due to the babies being conceived earlier than they were supposed, one of them was too weak and barely look like she was going to survive as of when they were birthed.The impact from Arlington's fall made her weak and having almost near de@th experience. Thankfully, she turned out to be a strong survivor and did not d¡e and the other baby was safe too.I couldn't just imagine how hard it will be on Arlington to hear about one of the babies not surviving. She will definitel
[76] ||Hardie Morrison||The weather temperature today was cold but not that very cold. That doesn't matter, what matters is Arlington would be discharged any time from now since I already signed documents for her to be discharged."Please, keep her under close watch and make sure she doesn't go under pressure. She should be stress free too and nothing should threaten her health status too." The doctor advised as he scribbled down things on a pad. "She is still prone to shock and I'm sure you won't want her to go in to coma again.""Why will I? I won't be foolish to repeat such mistake again." I muttered in response. I don't want her mom to take her far away from me, I won't be able to stand the pain that would come after it."Here are the drugs she will be using..." The doctor handed the scribbled piece for me, not after explaining each benefit of the scribbled drugs and how she's suppose to use them."When is she gon' be discharged?" Min hung was the first to asked immediat