"Ashley, are you okay?""Not at all. My head aches so badly""So sorry, you need to rest"They helped her to lie down on the bed while Susan put on the air conditioner for her. "Please don't bother yourself to prepare for the interview. You already know your capacity. Just try and have a good rest so that you won't find yourself back in the hospital again""Thank you very much. I will try and rest but I will still need to get up and look into some things. You know I don't have to so much depend on myself""Yes, I understand but for now you need to rest. You still have some hours to do that""Susan, let's leave her to rest" Roland chipped inRoland and Susan left the room and closed the door behind them. They went back to their bedroom. "So honey, you haven't answered my question about what happened because I have not seen you in such a mood before. I am so shocked at what happened earlier this morning. So could you explain it to me?""Are we still on this matter? I don't owe you any
"Your husband? What happened to him?"Susan couldn't talk but she was crying and entered the car with them. Ashley was confused. She ran into the house to check if everything was okay but she found out that everything was fine."So what is the problem? Was it a bite or did he fall? He wasn't sick. What happened?"She picked up her phone and called Susan to know where they were headed and she told her they were heading back to the Mayo Clinic "Fine I will be there"She quickly arranged herself and left the house. Ashley moved towards the Mayo Clinic. When she got there, she saw Susan sitting on the floor and crying."What is the matter? What happened to him? Where is he?""They are taking care of him. They said I should wait""But what happened to him? Can you talk to me? Stop crying""He missed his steps and hit his head on the floor""Oh, my God! I know how painful that will be, especially hitting his head on a tiled floor. Was he bleeding?""No, but he is unconscious""Don't worry,
Ashley quickly ended the call and left the house. On her way to the hospital, she was thinking deeply. "I just hope nothing has happened to Roland. Susan is too young to be a widow" The car pulled up in front of the hospital and she alighted immediately. "Ma'am you haven't paid me," The driver said to her"Oh! So sorry, I am physically present but absent-minded" She dug her hand inside her bag and gave the driver the money. She dashed into the clinic at the speed of light and moved straight to where she left Susan but, when she got there, nobody was there. The room was empty. "Wait! I left them here, or am I mistaken?" Ashley searched for them in the other rooms but couldn't see them. "Is Roland dead? Maybe he has been moved to the morgue" She asked no one in particular Her heart was beating faster "I hope it is not what I'm thinking" Ashley met a nurse "Please excuse me""You are excused miss" The nurse answered with a smiling face. "I am Ashley, I am looking for Mrs. S
Alex walked into his enterprise that morning and asked his secretary to bring all documents to him. "Come in" "These are the documents s,ir" "Reschedule my meeting for tomorrow. I am sure you know what to do" "Yes sir" "Good" She left the office. Alex was going through the documents when he received a call from the secretary "I never had an appointment with anybody" "What's his name?" "George?" "Alright, let him in" Alex wondered who George was. He had forgotten that he once met him when there was an issue between Ashley and her father. There was a knock on the door "Come in" The door flew open and Alex was surprised to see George in his office. He recalled that they had met before but he pretended like he was not surprised. "Good morning Mr. A.lex" "Good morning, please sit" George took his seat immediately "What do I offer you?" "I am okay for now, thank you" "So to what do I owe this visit?" "I am sure you might not recognize me again" Alex pretended an
"What do you mean by he escaped?"George was so furious. The boys had luck that they didn't meet him in person, if not he would have sniffed life out of them. "If you tell me this bullshit tomorrow, you won't be alive to tell what happened"He ended the call in annoyance. "Shit! He escaped this but I assure him that he will not by tomorrow. These guys shouldn't mess around with me" George was very eager to deal with Alex. It pained him so much that Alex insulted his class. Truly, George never reached anywhere. He was not of the same level or class as Alex. He never feared that Alex might want to get him. He always thought that he was always smart. "But what does Alex mean by not knowing the whereabouts of Ashley? I am yet to understand that. I will torture him till he tells me where she is" He picked up his phone and called Alex"Hello, this is George on the line. You mean to tell me that you don't know where Ashley is, right?" "You are very lucky that you escaped those boys, i
"Really! Ashley Simpson was a mistake?"Alex was shocked that Monalisa knew her surname. He rolled his eyes and wondered how she knew about her. "You know her?" He stammered."Yes! I know her. She used to be my best friend" Alex couldn't believe this. If someone could be Lisa's best friend that means they are the same. He wasn't sure Monalisa was telling the truth. Maybe she had heard her name before and now wants to spoil everything about her. "Interesting! So could you tell me all you know about her?"Monalisa looked at him with surprise. "You are serious, you want to know about her? I thought you had met her before""That I mentioned her name doesn't mean I have met her in person"Monalisa was put in a tight corner. She was speechless about what to say. She thought Alex must have met her. Lisa wondered how he got to know her name. "But you just said you missed her"Alex had to find a way and cover up so he doesn't get caught."You didn't allow me to finish up my statement befo
"Did I hear you say work?" He came closer to her, giving her his right ear so he could hear what she said clearly. "You heard what I said" She kept a stern face looking all elegant in her outfit. Alex was surprised that she had thought of working, but what he didn't know was the kind of work she talked about, and why she was looking suffocated in her outfit. "When, where, how, and why did you get a job?" He wanted to be sure of the job she was talking about. "Why are you asking me all those questions?" She became tensed and was thinking out exactly what she would answer."I am asking because I am surprised that you could think of making something good out of your life, and of course not all jobs are responsible", he said with a smirk on his face. Monalisa felt embarrassed a little bit. Those words pierced through her skin down to her bone marrow. "Alex, these questions are not necessary. Were you expecting me to remain in this house and cook for you like some sort of house hel
"Hmmm… My downfall" Alex muttered under his breath. He began to think deeply and remembered George. "Could it be him?" He asked no one in particular.The secretary was confused about who he was referring to. "Who?" "George"He said calmly and slowly with his head bent, trying to think and be sure of what he said. She became more confused "Who is George, sir?" She askedAlex looked at her, stood up, and walked round his table with both hands in his pocket. "George Chulley was the one who visited two days ago. Do you remember?"She recalled that there was a shabby-looking young guy that walked into the enterprise and demanded to see Alex. He was putting on loose jeans with a bogus white shirt, though the white color was fading to brown. He also had a dirty-looking brown shoe with its mouth shattered, his hair was bushy including his unkempt beard, in all his dressing, he crowned it with a big golden chain on his neck. "Sir, you mean that dirty looking human? What would he want
Alex stepped into the house, he took note of a strand lying on the floor, he looked around for an item with weight, he took a few steps backward and threw the item toward the strand and just like he thought, an explosion occurred. George was on his way to the ship when he heard the explosion. “Yes! “ He yelled, laughing boisterously, Ashley who looked half dead, too weak from her wailing, mourning Alex just stood there as he pulled her toward the ship. Hearing the explosion, she was startled, she wondered why he would blow off the abandoned guest house when he was about to get away. “It's finally the end, we can finally start a new life, with nothing to worry about, Don't worry I will take care of the child since it means a lot to you, All you need to do is love me, much more than you did Alex” He blurted out, caressing her cheek, she slowly pulled away from him. He clenched his teeth, as he watched her pull away, he pulled away as he was filled with ecstasy from the realizati
Alex lay on the hospital bed, watching as the fluids flowed through the line into his veins. “Buzz!” his phone buzzed, he tilted his head to pick up his phone, and he saw a message from an unknown sender. He yanked himself off the bed and he punched his phone to check the message. “If you want your wife and child in one piece, show yourself, and let’s end this once and for all” Alex read it out, he looked around but no one was there, at that moment another message came in “Involve the police and she gets it!” Alex looked around panicking, the thoughts of Ashley stuck with the monster again scared the shit out of him, He groaned, flipping his phone out of sight. He was not ready to dance to George’s tune, more so he wanted all this to end as soon as possible. He looked to make sure no one was watching him, he pulled out his car keys from the shelf next to his bed. He got up, walked toward the door, peeped through, and rolled back to his ward, pacing around the room as Cops w
Alex opened his eyes slowly, staring at the ceiling with his lashes constantly falling on each other, he titled his head to his left but there was no one next to him, he titled to his right, same emptiness, he rose off his bed, he looked around him, nothing felt familiar to him, stroking his hair, he walked through the walkway before him. ''Hey Alex, you’re up" Ashley hurled toward himHis jaw dropped, and puffed out a sigh of relief, seeing Ashley hale and hearty with their child still in her belly. He dashed toward her, pulling her into his arms, ''Oh baby, I was so worried, I thought something bad happened" He shivered as he held her hands. She pulled away gently with an awkward smile, “Something did happen but I'm glad you’re okay, let’s have breakfast” She urged as they walked together “Ashley, where is this?” Alex asked as he looked around the unfamiliar house, “What do you mean? We bought this house months after we got married” Ashley answered as she set out the table f
Ashley slowly opened her eyes as she had shut them when he was about to pull the trigger. She felt the worst might have happened and was scared to see the horrible sight before her, she slowly looked at Alex to see if he was okay and thankfully he was, she looked at George whose arm was bleeding at the moment, Ashley gazed up to see who had shot him and gasped."I told you I was going to kill you myself." Mika stood in the doorway panting and holding her stomach in pain, Ashley recalled her being shot and thought she had passed away but thankfully she had saved them. George scoffed at her, aiming the other gun at her."If you really intended to kill me then you would aim for my chest or head." He sounded cocky, not a single shred of fear in his voice. Alex used the opportunity to launch an attack on George and punch him in the head thereby making him stagger forward, Alex took the gun from his hand and hit his hand where the bullet had been fired, he groaned in pain as blood gushed ou
I would do it and that's a promise." Alex assured him staring him right in the eye. "All you have to do is let my wife be and live your life."George burst out laughing at him knowing quite well, what the proposal was going to be. "Do you really think I'm that frightened that I can't leave whenever I want?""You can't leave, isn't it obvious to you already? You would need my help and the only way you can leave is if I help you." Alex tried to bargain with him but George didn't seem to be interested in the offer and just burst out laughing at him."I wonder what you would do if people going out with you wanted to help a mafia out of the country just to keep his girl.""She's not yours you idiot!" Alex ranged in anger even though he felt like crap he couldn't stand the nonsense being spoken by George. One more kick in the stomach and he would literally cough out all his intestines if this carried on."Do you really think things are going to go your way because you feel so?" Alex laug
A week had passed and still no response or return call from George which had Alex really worried, he had tried to track the number which was used in calling him but to no avail, it was as though it was erased and never existed. He got a call from an unknown number instantly answering it knowing who it was."If you want to talk, meet me at the location sent to you, bring someone along with you and she's screwed." George said from the other line of the phone and ended the call. Before he could say anything, the call ended. Alex quickly grabbed his keys making his way down the stairs, Tracy stood up at the sight of him making his way down the stairs so quickly wondering why he was in a rush."Have you found anything yet?" She asked him."He asked me to meet him up somewhere.""Let me go with you, maybe I could be of help somehow." She offered seeming somewhat restless, hoping that her friend was alright."Stay with Susan and I'll handle this, besides it could be dangerous for you to be
Ashley silently sat on the cold floor staring in silence and not knowing what to do in her situation, She believed that Susan would be fine and by now they would have realized she was nowhere to be found, She felt sad that she didn't tell Alex about her plan but hoped he would understand her decision.Her train of thought was disturbed by the sound of the metal door opening, she looked up to see George approaching her with a big smile on his face as though he deserved it."What seems to be on your mind, my lady?" He grinned, placing a can of soda and some bread beside her."Predicting your death, what else?" She retorted sarcastically, he let out a light chuckle and paced around the room looking around as though finding if she had created some sort of escape route."Hmmm, dying by your hands doesn't seem like a bad idea you know? I won't make that possible because I don't want your hands to be stained with blood." He winked at her, and she rolled her eyes, staring at the junk beside h
Ashley looked around the place to see if anyone was coming and when she saw no one, she became more frightened, she had left the house under Alex's nose but this was the sacrifice she had to make to ensure the safety of Susan."Thought you weren't going to come."George snickered from behind, she jerked her head to look at him and her body followed, a frown shown on her face as she gazed at him in hatred."Have you set her free?" She asked and he nodded at her reassuringly but it was hard to believe his words but she had no other option. "So what are you going to do to me now?" "Continue from where we stopped." He smirked at her, dragging her by the hair and pulling her closer. She screamed in pain trying hard to release herself from his grip but to no avail. "Did you really think that I would let it slide you bitch?""I dont care if you're angry, you deserve to die.""Who is talking about dying? If at all anyone needs to die first it should be that baby in your belly." He smirked a
Ashley took out the tracker she had in her hair and handed it over to Tracy."I'm glad you're safe, I hope your didn't get hurt." Alex observed her body for any signs of injuries but she was okay."You don't have to worry too much darling, I'm doing just fine." She assured him."What happened to Mika?" He asked her and her face instantly turned to a frown."She betrayed us, she had intentionally exchanged the ring tracker to divert the attention of the cops but thankfully I had another which she had no idea about." ,shley explained."I'm sorry about that… for putting you and our baby in danger." He held her hand in his with a guilty face."It's alright but I didn't have trust for her from the onset and thankfully it paid off." She shrugged."The doctor would be here soon as you requested," Tracy told Alex who nodded frantically, Ashley looked at him in confusion wondering why he called the doctor."What's wrong?" She asked scrunching her brows and waiting for him to respond."I need t