Alex was preparing for the wedding of his friend. So he was seriously occupied even in his place of work and that of his friend. He doesn't actually have time for Mona Lisa but for the fact that she treated his visitor so badly made him mad at her. "How is the preparation going?" he asked his friend. Felix told him how stressful everything has been so Alex promised to support him with the little he has. But this time around Alex concluded that he was going to surprise his friend by getting him a car on his wedding day but nobody knew about them. Alex is someone who appreciates people when they are very close to him and he was very passionate about it. Felix has been his all-time friend right from when they were childhood so this is the best time to say thank you to all that he has done to him. Something came to Alex's mind and he wondered why he didn't ask that question at the moment. Since Susan knows about Monalisa that means she must have heard of Ashley and this was a mistake h
"I know that by now everyone will be looking for me. Even those that are planning evil against me. I just have to stay with my friend here in her house""How are you feeling?""I am okay. I think this is just the best place to stay to have peace of mind. I am sick and tired of everything I am passing through over there""But does that mean he believes everything he saw in the video?""I think he understood my text message and that was why he was trying to call back. I don't want his call anymore. I don't deserve him. I have really been through a lot. After facing the humiliation at his workplace and then I can't stand this particular video that was sent to him. I know Megan has a very bad motive towards me and she will not stop planning evil""I think that your boss really loves you. If he doesn't love you, he wouldn't care about you. Think of everything he has really done for you""Forget about all that he has done for me. My sanity is very important to me""Making you his secretary,
CHAPTER 83When they finally left her house, Ashley went to the window to watch them as they left. She sees the two lovebirds and she shakes her head. She wondered what could make Tracy have the mind and continue with the wedding.Ashley concluded these are the mistakes young ladies make when getting married. They are so carried away by the wedding ceremony not minding what will happen after the wedding."I wish her all the best," She said. Susan went home and began to think of many things. She wondered why Tracy would be looking at her own marriage and conclude that she would go ahead. If Susan still has her way she will still leave Roland but this is something she has to live with for the rest of her life.When Roland came back, he saw the countenance on his wife and began to question her but she never said a word. He insisted. "Can you please talk to me? What is the problem? Your face is not looking happy the same way I left. Is there any other thing that came up?""Why are you men
I didn't believe that she would be able to pick up the challenge and give it back to her. I always see her as someone that is very weak and fears people. But I am very surprised that she was able to challenge the two women. I am actually proud of her and I hope she will be able to continue like this. I can't keep on fighting for her, at least once in a while she should be able to fight for herself. I wish she was able to spend the night with me but she bluntly refused. I just noticed that she wasn't so desperate to be with me. If it was to be Megan, she would be so pleased to spend the night with me without being told. That was how she started living with me. She came to spend the night when I barely knew her and that was how she was leaving some of her things behind and bringing more to my house. I never saw anything in her till all these things started playing out. It is only a desperate woman that can be able to find her way through in a man's house without being told. I pick
The whole street was very wet and lonely, not even a single soul was seen outside. The birds were screeching. Gregory came out of his new apartment to look around his new environment but he discovered that everywhere was empty. This was unlike his former place where he must see people passing by and children riding their bicycles. He closed his door and sat down on the staircase. "Ouch! This place is wet"There was a serious downpour some minutes ago and it didn't occur to him that the stairs would be wet. He had to go inside to change his long pants and came outside again. This time he had to clean the stairs with a long mop stick. He enjoyed the quiet serenity of the place. Gregory actually left his old apartment because of George Chulley. He wouldn't want to have anything to do with him again. He had no choice than to start up life again, but where would he start from? He couldn't even have access to his daughter anymore. He felt sorry for what he did but he remembered what ha
Gregory thought that his neighbors would come out but he was surprised that nobody cared to even come out to check. "Does it mean that the smoke didn't get to their houses? People here are very funny"After a while, he had to go inside to check if it was conducive for him, and behold it was a little bit manageable for him. He gave out a sigh of relief because he wasn't expecting any visitors. He started to clean the whole kitchen. The french fries were burnt beyond repair. He had to trash them. "I have learned a bitter lesson in my own house. But I wish I hadn't slept, I would have known how the French fries tasted since it was my first time"Gregory got out a sandwich and a pack of juice and ate it as his dinner. He had to master the procedures with the help of the videos and finally slept off to wake up in the morning. It was almost 7:00 am when Gregory woke up from sleep. "Oh my gosh!" He thought of what to do and concluded that instead of taking his bath and being late, he r
Gregory was about to say thank you when the lady perceived something. "Are you cooking something?""Oh! Yes, I am preparing breakfast. You can come inside if you care to join me" The lady followed him inside and he told her to wait in the living room while he went to check on his food. She insisted on following him to the kitchen. "Wow, your kitchen is so neat and nice. You must be a good chef" Gregory smiled and nodded his head. He assumed that would also give him a pass mark, although he hadn't opened the letter to find out what was written inside. "So how did the other interview go?""Hmmm, we couldn't get anyone at the moment""Meaning, I should keep waiting?""Why haven't you checked the letter I gave to you?" "Ouch, it escaped me!" Gregory went to the living room and picked up the letter from the center table and brought it to the kitchen where the lady was. He sat down at the dining table and opened it quietly. He brought out the paper and unfolded it and read through i
Gregory jumped up from his bed thinking that he was late for work only to notice that it was 6:00 am. He had to microwave his food and ate it before taking his bath and preparing for work. When he got to work, he overheard two staff members discussing. He tiptoed closer to the door and stood there to eavesdrop on what the conversation was all about. He got interested when he heard about drugs. He overheard the other saying that his package had arrived in the State successfully without being caught. The other went ahead to say that one of his friends had just decided to take the risk of taking the drugs over to another country. Gregory heard him saying that his friend would swallow some drugs and will be operated on when he got over to the country. The other person advised him not to do so because his body would be scanned in a system and he would end up rotting in jail. Gregory was surprised that people who work in the restaurant also deal with drugs. He thought of joining them bu
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