It has been a while since I have seen her, but she still looks as good as she looked before. She seemed shy the last time I saw her, and now it seems like it has doubled. She is wearing a long floral dress that reaches to her ankles and her hair is braided.The last time I interacted with her was when I had made an elaborate plan with Robert, thinking it would work, but it all went to hell because Naomi already had her own mastermind plan. I remember that she was in the kitchen and I told her to leave because we were clearing the house off all the employees.“Hi,” She greets me shyly.I wonder if she knows that I found out about her affair with Robert.“What is she doing here?” I ask no one in particular, and I then chuckle humorlessly. Everyone is looking at me and the room is so quiet that if you dropped a pin, you would hear it.“Is everyone deaf? I asked a question, what is she doing here?” I ask once more, and this time I turn to Robert when I ask this.“Ma’am.” Amanda walks a fe
I gasp and so does everyone else in the room when Robert's fist makes contact with Henry’s face. Henry recoils from the punch, but he plays it off as if it is nothing, though I think that it was in the nose that Robert hit him because it is now bleeding.“Robert!” Chad and the others yell his name as they rush toward Robert and Henry. I am half expecting Henry to fight back, but he does not. He just simply touches his nose to see if it is badly injured.“Yup, I probably deserved that.” He says calmly as he stares back at Robert, who is being held back with the help of Chad and James.“You shouldn’t have done that, Robert.’ I scold him and he looks at me in disbelief.“The dude drugged us all and kidnapped you, that punch is too mild to even make up for what he has done,” Robert argues back and I thin my lips. Well, he does have a point, what Henry did is not okay and he sort of deserved that blow to the nose. I don’t feel bad at all, I just feel mildly shocked that Robert actually hi
“Spencer is the first child I had, he is the oldest. He has always loved music and I have supported him in every way, but for some reason, he does not like what I do.” Henry begins to explain.“You mean being a criminal.” Chad elaborates and Henry sighs.“Call it what you want but I call it surviving.” He clarifies and I click my tongue on my teeth, making a small noise.I can empathize with him, because sometimes where life throws us makes us who we are, though we still have the choice to say no to that pressure changing us. I did not want to be an assassin while growing up, my dream was to be a ballet dancer. And though I sucked at it, it was something I enjoyed doing. I had support from my parents and everything was perfect until they got murdered.That was when the color from my life was sucked right out, leaving me with a bland, trauma-filled existence. Things eventually got worse and that is when I allowed the pressure in my life to change me.That is when I made the decision of
Carlos's comment makes everyone laugh, including James, and the laughter lightens the mood in the car. The rest of the drive is silent, but this time, it does not feel awkward, it feels comforting.Soon, we reach Robert’s mansion, and someone I have not seen before opens and walks up to the car before we can enter the compound. James slows down and rolls down the windows, giving the man a view into the car.As soon as his eyes land on James and Robert in the front seat, he smiles and then goes back to the small booth that sits near the automated gates. He enters the booth and in a few seconds, the gate slides open and we drive into the compound.“I don’t know him, is he new here?” I ask no one in particular.“Yeah, he is new, we got a bunch of new employees recently,” Chad says and I nod slowly.Good to know.As the car drives through the compound so we can park, I notice more new changes. The house has been painted another color, and I see some new cars parking.“You should see your
I look down at the white bedsheets and they are stained with blood. The amount of blood on the sheets alarms me, and I know that it is not period blood.“How do you feel? Do you want me to call 911?” Robert still looks troubled and wants to do something to help.To be honest, I feel absolutely fine and normal. The blood on the sheets is what is making me confused and afraid. I drag my body off the bed and I stand to my feet, Robert is watching and studying my every move. He has his phone in his hand, ready to call for help if I just give him the permission.Once I am on my feet, I examine the nightgown I am wearing and it is also stained with blood.“Do you think the baby’s okay?” Robert asks me.“I honestly do not know, Robert,” I reply to him.“Well, I am not liking these vague answers, I am going for an ambulance.” He says to me as he dials the number on his phone.“Robert, can you please just wait and let me think?” I beg him and he ends the call that he was making.“I really don’
As the doctor is about to tell me the bad news, my heart feels like it is in a car race due to how fast it is beating. What if she tells me that I have lost my baby? I really don’t know what I would do if she tells me that.“You know what, I am going to tell you the good news first,” The doctor says to me with a smile. I think she noticed how gloomy my face looks. Maybe getting the good news first would be better, but I still know that there is no escaping the bad news.“No problem.” I agree with her and she strokes her hair.“Well, you did not lose your baby, your baby is alive, though I would have to take you to my clinic to do further testing,” She informs me and I let out a breath I never knew I was holding.“But why so much blood then?” I inquire and she leads me to the bathroom and starts the water. I am not really a huge fan of cold showers, but I do take them once in a while. They can be awakening and actually refreshing.“Uh, that is where the bad news comes in. I will not be
What is happening to me? It feels like the pain is moving around in my stomach, and my jeans keep getting stained with red liquid.The doctor walks back to me quickly and begins to check me.Robert and the others stand on their feet as looks of fear cross their faces. Another man enters the room and he is the guy with the bald head that Robert went off on.“Can we please have the room?” I hear him say loudly and the pain becomes intense and unbearable. I close my eyes and I clench my jaw to try to cope with the pain but it is near impossible.Once the room is clear and Robert and the others are out, the man pokes something into my arm and I wince; I think it is a needle. In a few seconds, sleep overwhelms me and I drift into a heavy slumber.*****“Oh, look, she is waking up,” I hear someone say as my eyes flutter open. It takes some time for my vision to clear and I have a direct view of the ceilings for I am lying on the bed. When I look to my right, I see someone that I recognize i
Spencer’s cologne swirls in the room as he walks toward the couch and flops down on it. He has on an eerie smile that makes him look like a villain, and he is dressed like a Hollywood star. This is my first time seeing him in person, he is an attractive young man.“What are doing here, Spencer?” I ask him and his smile grows.“I told Cara to tell you I wanted to see you,” He says loosely.“And how did you know that I was here?” I ask him, dragging the “and”.“Oh, that part was the easy part. You see, I never knew that you and my father were closed until recently. When Cara told me that he kidnapped you too, I was doubting her so bad, but then Cecil confirmed it,” He informs me.“Who is Cecil?” I ask and Cara walks into the room, for Spencer did not close the door when he came in.“Cecil is his little spy, he is one of the guards that work close to Henry,” She joins in the conversation. She must have been listening before she entered.“And you are correct for ten points,” Spencer claps
My eyes widen and I immediately try to open the door of the moving car so I can jump out but all the doors are locked. Adrenaline floods every part of my body, it is like it is all happening so fast and I have no control.“What are you doing? Stop that! Do you want to get yourself killed?” Russell shouts as Usman increases the speed of the car so jumping out would seem more painful to me if I decide to do so.“Stay the hell away from me!” I reply to him aggressively when he tries to reach out to me and he raises his hands in surrender.“Okay, okay,” He says and then he settles back into his seat.“What the hell is going on?” I ask after a full minute of silence. I am much calmer right now, I was acting out of instinct when I realized that the person that was sitting next to the driver was Russell.How is that even possible? Was he not in an induced coma a few days ago? “Are you finished with trying to jump out of a speeding car just to avoid me?” Russell replies to me and I hear Usma
“Natalie is smart, I will give her that. She had all the video evidence cleared before we could get our hands on it,” Taylor explains and I at everything else in the room but her.“May I ask, who are you professionally?” I ask her, and she smiles lopsidedly.“I work with the police department in Russia, I am the police chief,” She informs me and I nod slowly. “As I was saying, Natalie made the investigation a lot more difficult for us. Her skills in covering evidence are impressive, but I believe that she got some inside help,” Taylor continues what she was explaining.“And?” I beckon her to explain more. If Natalie covered up our tracks so well, how does she know that Natalie did it? That she was the one that pulled the trigger and not me.“I know you want to know how I know that she was the one who pulled the trigger, and I am going to explain just that to you,” Taylor tells me.“Okay,” I drag the word as I wait for her to tell me what she knows.“I am Russell’s third wife and it h
What in the world is happening? Why am I even being arrested? Even if this is about Russell Marshall’s investigation, the person they should be arresting is Natalie, I was not the one that shot the man in the head.“This has to be a joke, right?” Chad laughs but when he sees that the military guys are not even smiling, he realizes that this is serious.I gave the piece of document that they handed to me, I read it quickly and it authorizes them to arrest me, but what I don’t see is the charge.“Your hands, please,” One of the military guards says a bit softly and I do as he says. I place my hands behind my head and I hear Chad scoff.“Do you want us to do something?” The guards that we have at the entrance ask me but I disagree by wagging my head. It would only make things worse, from experience, going peacefully with the authorities is always the best thing to do.“I am calling Robert, and then the lawyer. We would get this settled in no time,” Chad tries to comfort me as he makes a
Yes, we certainly need to talk. I put Jake down from my arms and he protests that he wants to tell me secretly. James, Natalie, and Cara watch my exchange with him with smiles on their faces.“Okay, what is it?” I ask him as he gets close to my ear.“I love you,” He whispers in my ear and I can not help but smile. Some people say having kids is a nightmare, and the truth is that it is at times, but most of the time, it is the greatest joy anyone could have.“Mommy heats you right back,” I reply to him in a whisper, and he giggles before he runs onto James.I stand upright and I bid James and Jake goodbye as I join Natalie and Cara in the living room.“We have a serious hiccup in our plans,” Cara begins when we have all sat down on the couch.“I know,” I reply to her, and Natalie chuckles but I can hear the worry in her voice.“Of course you do, it is all over the news,” She tells me and I stay quiet, not knowing exactly what to say.“So what are doing?” Cara asks no one in particular
“What do you mean that he’s alive?” I ask Robert as he stands to his feet, he looks worried but that is in no way compared to how I feel right now. Gosh, does Natalie know this? I need more information.“Which news channel did you learn that from?” I fire another question at Robert, not giving him the chance to answer the first. “Here, take a look, it is all over social media, and all the big news broadcasters are airing it,” Robert says as he hands his phone to me. The last time I held it was when I found out that he was partially cheating on me.I can not say that he was actually cheating because he did not sleep with Amanda, but he did receive nudes from her and whatnot. In my book, that is cheating, but I am just going to call it partially cheating in light of what Robert and Amanda explained to me.But that is not the issue at hand right now, we have a huge freaking problem. I need to get dressed and let Natalie and Cara know what has happened.I take the phone from Robert and I
Some might say that we are moving a bit too fast, but I have known Robert for close to a year now. Still, it seems like such a limited amount of time to decide to spend your entire life with someone, but why wait any longer?Robert and I have had our fair share of storms and problems, but we have weathered everyone one of them, plus we have a great support system. Chad, James, Carlos, and Jake are sure to be there for us if we happen to begin to feel the storms of life raging again, and of course, we will.The amount of crazy that I have been through individually is insane, my entire life has been far from normal and I am starting to stop wanting normal. Besides, normal is a bit overrated. Marrying someone you have known for only almost a year is not very expected, or should I say, normal? But that is the thing, I am not normal and do not even want to be anymore.“Well?” Robert asks me as I drag my body off the unmade bed. He suggested that we should get married next week after I ment
I can not believe that this just happened, Robert proposed to me! This is amazing and I feel so good, but I also feel like this is too good and I don’t deserve it. But I am just going to sum that up as insecurity trying to present itself in the form of me not being worth it enough to get proposed to.After I said yes, I think Jake was more excited than everyone else. Chad and the others came out soon after and I have a strong feeling that they somehow knew that Robert was going to propose. Robert placed a very expensive ring on my finger and he rose from his kneeling, I placed Jake in the chair where I was sitting and Robert and I embraced. We then shared a kiss and everyone joined Jake as he clapped. As soon as the applause died, the rain ceased gradually and the sun began to shine through the dark clouds. It seemed too perfect that I literally had to pinch myself two times to make sure that I was not dreaming. Good thing I was not, because I would have been so mad at myself.We e
It is usually sunny here, but today is different, and besides, it is a Saturday. I think the weather chose the best time to be like this, I don’t have to drive Jake to school and I get to spend the entire day with him.Yesterday was so eventful, I had to explain all that happened to me in Russia to Robert, James, Carlos, and Chad about three times before they finally could grasp it all. I also had the responsibility of explaining why I have suddenly decided to trust and forgive someone that caused me so much trauma, Cara was quiet when I took my time to make them all understand that I have finally decided to bury the hatchet concerning what she did.I am not going to pretend like I don’t feel a stab of emotional pain when I look at her, but I am going to try my best to move on. I am currently sitting on the porch alone while listening to the beating of the rain on the ground and roof, it is very soothing and I have never felt so relaxed in my life. Everybody else is in the house and
I open the door of the house and I walk in as Cara follows behind me slowly and tentatively. We are out of Russia and in Cyprus, though only Cara came along. Natalie took a later flight because she wanted to come with Susan, her grandmother.It took us a couple of hours to fly from Russia to Cyprus, especially because I did not have my passport on me. Cara had to pull some strings and call in some favors at airport security, and to my pleasant surprise, it all worked out smoothly.“Are you sure that they would want to see me?” I hear Cara’s voice as we walk further into the house. Everything looks pretty much the same, but I don’t see anyone here. “Where is everyone?” I say to myself in a low tone as I continue to explore the house.Suddenly I hear heavy footsteps and I look toward the source, someone is walking down the stairs. As soon as the person's eyes meet mine, they stop in their tracks.“Whoa, am I tripping, or am I seeing Jen Davis?” Chad asks me and he continues his descent