Henry Charles, his wealth is impressive, but he can be very unpredictable. Sometimes in a good way, and sometimes in a bad one.
“So do you really want to follow me to America?” I ask him.“Your entire life is here.” I add.“I think that’s the point. I am trying to escape my life for a bit, and I have a feeling that you are trying to do the same too.” He says, his tone firm and confident.He leads me to one of his cars and opens the door for me to get in.“Leave the luggage, my guard here will put it in.” He points out and I see a bulky fellow. The guy reaches for my suitcase and then proceeds to put it in the trunk of the car.I thank Henry for the gesture and I get in the car. He gets in also, but at the driver’s seat.Is he going to be the one driving? If he is going along with us, then who is going to bring the car back?Anyway, he has a lot of guards, one of them would for sure bring it back.When aNo matter how long the sun sits in the sky, it would still have to fall to sleep so that the moon can rise.This is a quote that I made up that actually keeps me motivated and going despite my circumstances.It simply means that there would be times in my life where everything would be great, but that doesn’t mean it is going to stay that way forever. Calamity would still fall, and the evidence that it would pass and sunny days would come again is the fact that it even started.It never rains forever, so I believe I will not feel the hurt and sadness that I feel now forever. I will heal, and things will get better. I truly believe that.It is now morning and we are still on the jet plane. When I open my eyes, light from the sun blinds me and I use my hand as a shield.It is sunrise and the view is magnificent. The golden light from the sun bounces on the clouds, creating an illusion that we are in heaven.“Wow.” I say l
What has Henry and his goons have gotten us into?“Just keep walking.” Henry tells me name soon we exit the building and we are back outside, not very far from the runway.“Is she still following us?” Henry asks one of his bodyguards the question that lingers in my mind.He searches our tail and I do the same. I don’t see her. But we have to get out of here. She was calling for backup, she would be back here soon.“Follow us.” The other bodyguard says and they lead us to another door. This one seems more discrete and has the words: EMPLOYEES ONLY written on it.The guard reaches for the handle and attempts to open the door. It miraculously opens and I let out a breath I never knew I was holding.“This is usually not what we do. We just simply go through airport security, but you are with us, so we obviously can’t.” He explains and I thin my lips.We all enter the long hallway and it leads us to another door that hap
n invitation back into my old but not so old life. Why, yes.I continue to read the contents of the email as I smile. The money reward is not a billion dollars, but it is not also bad.It is five hundred thousand dollars.At the bottom of the email, there happens to be a link. I click it and the laptop begins to make a call.A voice call, and not a video one.“Hello?” The person answers and I do a little stretching for my neck.“This is Jen Davis, yes?” The person inquires and I realize that it is a lady.Her voice is light and seems young.“Yes. I read the email and the offer is not too tempting.” I try to play hard to get.“I can double it.” She says desperately and I lift my eyebrows in mild surprise.Well, that did not take much convincing.“Go on, I like what you are saying.” I encourage the lady to speak.“I am willing to double it, but I want the job done within three d
Good thing I brought my clothes and stuffs with me in my suitcase, I can easily find something to wear that I like.Now that I am in New York, I can also try to go back to my apartment in Manhattan, I don’t think it is being thoroughly watched by the police again.I wake up from the bed and I walk towards the door so I can lock it. When I have, I remove my clothing and put them in a neat pile. I need to shower, I feel a bit icky.This beautiful room has a bathroom and I am going to make use of it.When I enter the bathroom, I am impressed at how nice it is. It is the nicest bathroom I have seen.And the size of it is jaw dropping. This could even be a second bedroom.I walk towards the shower and I turn the water on. I then walk over to faucet and I look at my reflection in the mirror.I look a bit drained, and my face seems pale. Maybe the shower would help.I open a cabinet near the mirror over the f
What is Robert doing here?“Henry..” I say his name in a warning tone and he raises his hands in defense.“Trust me, I didn’t know he was coming or even your lover.” He defends himself and I sigh.“Don’t tell him I’m here, I will be upstairs.” I tell him as I wake up from the couch. I walk past the maid and I head to the room.***Henry’s POV***Well, this is a surprise.“Are you certain that he said his name was Robert Jones?” I ask the maid and she nods.“Yes, sir.” She replies politely.“Okay, okay. Let him in.” I tell her and she nods again.She curtsies as she excuses herself.I didn’t even know that Jen had a lover, and the fact that she chose to become intimate emotionally with the greatest playboy of America seems comical, but yet sad.I place the remains of the apple I was eating done on the coffee table as I stand to my feet.Soon, I see Robert Jones walking in. The l
My nod was the only visual confirmation that my guards needed.The guard that Robert fended away hits him with the end of the gun in his gut and his doubles over and falls to the floor.He lets out strings of cusses as he coughs.As the guard is about to hit him again, I raise my hand for him to stop.“Stop, it’s alright.” I say as I study Robert on the floor. He is in a kneeling position and he looks like he is in physical pain.“Henry...” I hear a voice and I look towards it. It’s Jen, and she is walking towards us.Damn it.“Stop this, please.” She begs as she gets closer to him.Robert scurries to his feet and he turns toward Jen.“Jen, Jen. Thank God you’re alright.” He says as he tries to hug her but she dodges him.“Don’t touch me.” She spits and she walks to me.“I had this handled, you did not have to come out.” I inform her and she shakes her head as to say no.“Viol
There’s a feeling you get after you just cried you eyes out. It’s an odd, but yet satisfying one.This is first time since my parents were murdered that I have cried this much. The pain I feel is stupid, but it doesn’t stop me from feeling it.Why am I crying over a guy?This is one of the reasons I chose not to indulge in relationships or anything related to love.I was way better when my heart didn’t yearn to be with another. I was at peace when my memories weren’t filled with images of a man.What Robert did is forgivable, it honestly is. I have done worse. But I think what hurts me the most is that he was doing all this even after all the intimate moments we shared together, as if they meant nothing.That part is unforgivable.He played me like a stringed instrument, and he would have kept on playing me if I didn’t find out about it. I miss the old me. The old me did not have time to give her heart to
“Wow.” Henry gasps.“You look amazing.” He smiles as he says this.I have never seen Henry act this way, he is literally flustered. This makes my confidence boost a bit.I have not been out for a while now, and with Robert and everything going on, I started to feel a bit insecure.“You’re ready for us to leave?” I ask him as I step of the room. He keeps staring at me in awe.“Ye—yeah.” He stutters and I chuckle.He gestures his arm towards me and I hold it as if I am his prom date.“Let’s go clubbing.” He says and then smirks.We both exit the house and I notice that a nice car is already ready to take us. A driver sits in the seat and two other guards open the doors for us to get in the backseat while another guard sits in the front.Some would say all these securities are a little too much, but it’s really not. Henry is almost like a public figure in London. He literally hangs out with the Q
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