Everyone chuckled and Ava giggled. She raised herself off her mother's shoulders and wanted to look elsewhere but Nancy pulled her into another long hug again. Nancy wants to catch the affection of many years in just a few minutes. She doesn't know how to explain it, but her heart yearns to hold her daughter for the entire day. She's not getting enough of her and when she feels Ava wants to go, she lets her go this time. She cupped her face and smiled broadly at her and the latter did the same with a tear filled face. Ava shifted her gaze to her father, she didn't need a formal introduction. Immediately she saw him, she felt an unexplainable familiarity with him. He is her father. “Father” she said and walked into Simon's arms too. She was short in height compared to her dad and she simply placed her head on his chest and he hugged her. “Welcome home daughter” Simon Blake said. After twenty years, he has his daughter back. He thought he'd buried her, he tho
Patrick Connor heard Adrian's words and he scowled. He is apologising to her now, after she's dead? What can his sorry do to her in the land of the departed ones? He tried to let him see things right,but his distorted mind and hatred for the poor woman wouldn't let him see, he was blind beyond correction. He thinks because he's wealthy and powerful, he could do things in his own way and nothing is going to happen after that. Now, he's shedding tears after death has taken his toll on Ava Leon and her father. Medicine after death cannot affect anything. Pain and sorrow after the head has been cut off cannot bring anything back to normalcy again. As he dropped his flowers at her graveside, he glanced sideways and locked eyes with Adrian. He saw his painful looks and sorrow but he ignored him and went away. Richard soon left and went to the hospital to see his father. Adrian Lester is left alone now and he stayed behind at the graveside and he kept repeating the
Grandfather Lester was now certain things were not alright. He turned himself and faced Anna. Her eyes were more reddened and she turned her back on him quickly. “It's too late Anna. Don't even think of hiding your face anymore. What is wrong here?” Old man Lester demanded. He knew the kind of sudden serenity that descended on this mansion wasn't just normal. Anna sighed softly, cleaned her tears and turned to face her father. She sniffled and said “You need to rest father. I'll take you to your room now” “No. I'm not going to rest until I know what's wrong in this house. I'm the eldest member of this family and I should know what is happening each time” Old man Lester declared. Does he look like a child that needs to be tattered to sleep? Can't he decide when to rest and when he needs to attend to other things before embracing that rest? “Father please, your health is more important to me than anything else at this time. You should go into your room
Ava Leon opened the closet and saw different designs of clothes. There aren't any clothes in the wardrobe that aren't designer. It seemed to them as normal brands of clothes. Then she saw the jewelries,some of gold, some silver and diamonds. The commonest ones are the diamonds with their necklaces and pendants. “I want you to settle in properly. Your dad and I have a lot to discuss with you” Nancy declared. She wants to leave Ava now, so she can have some privacy and rest a while. “Alright mother,” Ava Leon said with a smile. She really needs time to be alone and to be able to sink in all that she's experiencing at the moment. It seemed to her like a midsummer's night dream and even at that, she didn't want to wake up from it. She wants to keep dreaming. “I'll leave you too” Charlotte announced and gave her a peck on her chin, something identical to what Santiago did a while ago. These two lovers are addicted to planting featherlight kisses on the chin.
Why are surprises unveiling itself to him in folds? Even his grandfather knows that Ava was pregnant. But he, the one who fathered that unborn baby, was unaware of its existence until it was too late. At this time, the tears were in Adrian's eyes. He wants to reply to his grandfather and tell him that if Ava Leon died, it only means that she died with the little life growing in her when his father beat him to it. “Father, I want you to go to your room and rest. When it's time, you'll know everything that happened while you were away” Richard declared. Grandfather didn't resist this time. He let Adrian take him to his room. Before Adrian stepped out, grandfather said “I regret my actions today” he muttered. Adrian was still contemplating on what his regrets were all about. He turned his back to his grandfather when he heard him continued “It were better than you died back then Adrian. Your death would have only caused your parents a momentary pain. They would
Richard shifted his gaze on Adrian Speechless. So he knows how to talk sensibly? Oh, looks like his brain has been formatted now, to act right. “Forgive me grandfather, I'm sorry for all the pain I now caused you,my parents and Ava's family. This isn't your fault in any way, it was mine, absolutely mine. No matter how much you regret everything, please find a place in your heart to forgive me. I love you grandfather and it hurts me to see you in pain, a pain that I have caused you by my foolishness” he pleaded, clasping his hands together before stepping out. The bedroom was quiet and grandfather Lester sniffled. He wished his apologies can remedy things, that it can give him a chance to undo what he'd done. Adrian soon opened the door and stepped out. Clem and the rest of the bodyguards were outside, not knowing what had happened in the mansion. He beckoned to them and they all left the Lester mansion. Richard and his father gradually brought their disc
At the moment, he completely forgot about Clara Leon. He had his own bodyguards stand by and ordered Clem to get all Adrian's bodyguards assembled. If anything happens to his son, they all would be his escorts in death. Richard tried several times to reach his son, but his contacts were switched off. He called Patrick Connor and the latter said he doesn't know anything about Adrian. Their friendship ceased to exist when he had Ava Leon locked up in prison. The entire day, they couldn't find Adrian. The hotels were searched out, he wasn't there. No record of him at the airport. No one knows his whereabouts. The Lester conglomerate seemed to stand still. Richard tried to step in, keep it going and for the next three days, Adrian's whereabouts was unknown to anyone. Lola Carrero was contacted but she also claimed not to know his whereabouts. She had stepped aside from him when the news of his wife's death was broadcasted. She wants him to mourn his wife. Days have
Nothing mattered to old man Lester now than the pain he felt his dear friend Sam Leon was going through. He needs to visit him. He was hospitalised and didn't know initially, but now, he cannot claim not to know. He called Alice and when the latter came before him he asked “Do you know where Sam Leon and his wife live?” He asked. Of course she would know Alice sighed softly. What on earth is happening in the Lester family? Why are they keeping something as important as Sam Leon's death away from grandfather Lester? He would eventually know. No matter how hard they keep it away from him, he would still know. She doesn't know if she should tell him the truth or not. But it would be better if his son told him directly. Adrian has been missing for days. If grandfather is going to faint, it would be better if he should do that before his son. Ava Leon was falsely accused and the result of it; they all are still mourning. If she tells him the heartbreaking news