Kathleen prepared dinner that night, Derek had told the other maids to go on a break that Kathleen would handle everything, even Marcella had come down for dinner. Kathleen promptly set the table and served dinner, she was exhausted and needed her sleep, she had been alone in the kitchen preparing meals that multiple maids do prepare, it took longer than usual. Derek regarded her with a hooded expression as he took his place on the table, she promptly served him his meal, she got to Nicole and hesitated, it hurts her but she had no choice, ignoring the smirk on Nicole's face, she served her and made to leave.
"Where are you going?" Derek's voice stopped her"Er....to have some rest" his brow shot at her reply"You're not done here and you're about to have some rest?""Do you need anything?" She almost snapped at him, she was drained and almost at her wit's end but she refused to let him see that, it would only make him seem like he has the upper hand, of cause, hDerek paced his room, agitated, his heart felt pained, he wanted to humiliate Kathleen, to make her feel so much pain but why does it seem like he was hurting himself instead, he felt pained when he saw her pained look as he sent her to bring the drink for Nicole and he felt flame of anger when Nicole had spilled that drink on her, he could no longer hold himself in check when he saw Nicole's hand raised to hit her, what was wrong with him? "Wake up Derek, she never loved you, she was just playing innocent and was with you because you're rich" he chided himself, he needed to visit the clubhouse, a little wining and dancing will do him good, he got dressed and came out from his room, he was at the foot of the stairs when Kathleen came out of nowhere and crashed into him, "what the..." He didn't have time to balance his weight and they both went crashing down.One minute Kathleen was running from the Terrance before anyone would see her, she didn't want Marcella to suspect that
Kathleen went into Marcella's room but couldn't find her, she heard the shower running and believed she must be in the shower, Derek's dad was sleeping, she frowned as she noticed how pale and unhealthy he looked and wondered what exactly was wrong with him, it seems to her that his medications were doing more harm than good to him and briefly wondered about the nature of his illness.She glanced around the room and sighted Marcella's phone on the table, heart pounding, she could hear the shower still running, she quickly grabbed the phone but to her dismay, it has a security lock on it, why would she lock her phone if she had nothing to hide, Kathleen tried a few passwords but couldn't access the phone, just as she was about to give up, a message popped up, it was short and straight to the point, she stared at the message for a while, it simply said: "We have to meet, Stefan." Her heart pounding, she had gotten the proof that she wanted, Marcella was indeed connected with the in
"what the hell are you doing in my room" Derek's voice thundered and Kathleen's eyes flew open, she must have fallen asleep while waiting for him to return. She glanced at him, he looked so breathtaking in his tuxedo and fresh, despite the fact he was coming in from outside, the breeze had blown his hair and a few locks fell on his face, she felt like jumping on him but she restrained herself given the fact that he was regarding her angrily. "Derek, I....." She started to say but he rudely cut her short with just a single word."Out" she gritted her teeth and stood her ground, he would have to hear her out."Are you deaf or you're just playing dumb, I said get out" he fumed"Not before I say what I have to say, Derek please hear me out" she pleaded and he looked at her icily."Have you thought of another lie you want to tell me?""No Derek, this isn't a lie, you have to believe me, I've never lied to you"Derek didn't say anything else as he simply star
Derek walked into the clubhouse, his heart was in so much pain, he was such a fool, he had badly wanted to believe that she was saying the truth, he wanted to believe anything that would make the pain in his heart go away, so he had chosen to follow her blindly, hoping that he sees proof that spells her Innocence, wasn't he laughable? She had deceived him, he had caught her red-handed with another man on their supposed matrimonial bed, had heard their plans on how they would swindle money from him and be together, what other proof of betrayal did he want? She killed their child in the process and he still found himself hoping there was an element of truth in her claim but as usual, all he got was lies, he stared at the Brandy that had been placed in front of him, not bothering to pour into a glass, he drank directly from the bottle and didn't stop until he drank at least half of it, he felt the drink hot his throat down his chest, he welcomed the heat, the scorching of the drink did
Derek rolled away from Kathleen as if she burned, the words "hello lover" ringing in his head, lying little slut, so she was still communicating with Stefan, he grabbed the phone from her hands and flung it across the room, it crashed on the wall and shattered on the floor.Kathleen paled, "Derek, I have no idea why he is calling, please, believe me"He held her jaw tight, "do you enjoy being a slut? You're here in my bed and was receiving a call from your lover"Kathleen flinched at his words, tears began to well up, he pushed her away from him looking at her with loathing"Why don't you believe that I am not lying?"In a flash, he grabbed her neck, it was obvious that he was restraining himself from hitting her, a vein appeared on his forehead and a muscle twitched in his jaw, "not another word, you're nothing but a whore" he smiled cruelly, "did you enjoy what just happened now? Of cause you did, seeing how you were moaning shamelessly, does he make you moan
Kathleen did not see Derek for the next two days, she busied herself with work, doing all the laundry and house chores, Stefan has not called again since that day. She soon finished with her work and to her dismay, there was nothing more to do, she desperately needed to keep herself busy, she saw Mary going out, she knew the maids doesn't go out except to shop for groceries, " are you going to shop for groceries?" Mary frowned at her before nodding, "why don't you have some rest, I'll do it instead"" You should be the one having some rest and not me, you've been working all day" Kathleen smiled sadly, " I'm fine Mary, I don't need to rest, give me the grocery list, okay, you can go in and have your rest"Mary looked at her, her gaze filled with doubt, "are you sure about this?"Kathleen nodded and Mary handed over the grocery list to her, " the way you're doing, you'll exert yourself with too much work, you're not supposed to be doing any of this in the first place".
Derek stood by the window facing the flower garden, his mother's garden, he had not stepped foot in it since her death, when he was a little boy, that was his favorite place, he spent most of his day in the garden with his mother picking flowers or tending to them, he always go there whenever he was confused about something, right now he was confused, his brow furrowed in a frown, after Stefan called Kathleen that morning, he had given instructions to one of his guard to watch her closely and report anything suspicious to him, he had wanted to find out first hand if she was still seeing Stefan, although, the guard had called him when he was driving home and informed him of her every move, he was curious as to why she would be the one to go for grocery shopping and decided to go there, he had arrived there just in time to overhear her little conversation with Stefan, her words echoed in his ears, "I'll prefer the devil himself than be with someone like you, you disgust me" she had sh
Derek was preparing for his trip, which he had booked for his flight, and was just finishing up with his tie when his phone rang."Hello," he said to the receiver"Hello Sir, I did as you ordered, he actually placed some calls, someone is coming to bail him soon, what do you propose we do? We can't keep him here for long""I'll be there shortly, I want to be there to see who'll bail him""Alright sir" Derek ended the call, his face grim, he wanted to see who will bail him out. He had run a background check on Stefan and found out that he had just an uncle as his family who happens to own J&E jewels, a renowned Jewellery company and Stefan works for him. His uncle had sent him here the day he threw that party. He was representing his Uncle who couldn't make it because he suddenly had some business to attend to, right now, Derek had spoken to his Uncle to give him some time with Stefan and not bail him out. so he knew that J&E Jewels weren't the
Derek was blindfolded by a man as soon as he got to the address and was led into the building, the blindfold was removed when he was inside and the sight that befell him made his heart sink, he, first of all, saw just the gun pointed at Kathleen's head, his eyes traveled the arms that held the gun and anger lit his eyes, "Dave? How dare you?" He whispered furiously and took a step towards him but he was kicked hard by the man who brought him in and he fell in his face, "this is no time for you to get angry son" Marcella's voice said from behind him a split secondbefore she came into view, "you're behind the kidnapping?" Derek whispered unable to believe what was before him, "how dare you" he gritted"I dare" she replied furiously, "and you must do everything I say if you want to keep her alive"What do you want?" He stared at Marcella angrily and she smiled, "now you're talking" she brought out some papers and threw at him, "it's simple, sign these documents st
It's been two days since Derek had returned from the hospital, he thought about the day Kathleen was abducted and his heart constricted painfully, he had lost three people so close to him in one day, his driver had died that day and Geoffrey, although still alive may never be able to walk again and Kathleen, God, she is now in an unknown destination, perhaps dead, but he doesn't want to think of her dead, she has to be alive, that's the only way he could live, without her, there's no life. He has been called from the rehab center to go and pick up his father, it would have been an I deed memorable and joyous day if only Kathleen was around but he felt hollow and empty inside, he was good for nothing because he wasn't able to protect her. the police were trying their best but he couldn't help but feel that they are wasting so much time in bringing his wife back to him, he has to do something, he has to find her but where could he start from? He was on his way to get his old man when
Derek struggled to open his eyes, there were buzzes and lots of noise, he opened his eyes and squinted against the daylight, he vaguely realized that he was moving and people were surrounding him, he was on a stretcher and soon he was placed inside an ambulance, someone must have informed the police, Kathleen, those men have taken her, he tried to sit up but fell back as his eyes shut, trying to withstand the pain he was feeling on his head, "please don't try to move, you're greatly injured" a medic tried to hold him down, "Kathleen.. " he tried to pronounce her name but his mouth was too heavy to obey him, he was drifting and he fought against the wave, he had to get to Kathleen, "find Kathleen" he rasped before the darkness dragged him under. "I told you not to do anything to Derek" Marcella's angry voice made the men shift on their feet with their heads bowed, she had met with them after they had taken Kathleen to where she had instructed them, she was furious, if a
Kathleen was happy that she would soon be home, the doctor had told her that she would be discharged later in the day, she had missed Derek and although he was never scarce in the hospital, she had missed cuddling up with him at night and waking up in his arms, Derek had told her the previous day that his father has improved a great deal and would be home anytime soon, she smiled when she thought about her father-in-law coming back home, he had been unstable and immobile since she got married to Derek, she was happy she would finally meet him in good state of mind. Her thoughts wandered to Marcella and Dave and her face darkened, as far as they are in that house, they'll always pose a threat but she doesn't think Michael Deloux would let Marcella off the hook that easily this time around, Nicole had been sent to prison and she believed very soon Marcella would join her there, they deserved to pay for all their crimes.The man in the room besides Kathleen watched as she was pi
Derek dashed down the stairs, taking it two at a time, he ran into Mary who was carrying drinks to the sitting room, spilling it all over him, she would have fallen if he hadn't held her by the shoulders to steady her, "I'm sorry" he quickly apologized. She observed him for a second, "is everything okay Sir? You look pale" Derek shook his head, his head pounding furiously in his chest, "I just got a call that my wife is in city memorial hospital, she's been shot""What!" She gasped, completely dropping the tray holding the glasses of juice and tears immediately brimming in her eyesWithout waiting for Mary's response, he dashed off and heard her vaguely saying to him to change his clothes and also Marcella running towards her and asking her what happened, without beckoning to his driver, he got into the driver's seat and drove away.He wasn't allowed to go into Kathleen's room when he got to the hospital as she has been prepared for surgery, he watched Kathleen throug
Kathleen had gone to visit Michael Deloux, the old man seemed sober and she decided to ask him who gave him the dose back there in the other facility and his description of the culprit only confirmed her thoughts, it was Nicole, she was behind this, why would she do that? She decided on a whim to pay Nicole a visit, she had to find out her motive for doing such. Nicole was still staying in the house that was gifted to Kyle by Derek, she opened the door just as Kathleen was about to knock, "well, well, look who is here" she smirked as soon as she opened the door and saw Kathleen, her eyes going cold, she stared at Kathleen with so much hate that Kathleen shivered, " what are you doing here?" She hissed at Kathleen, ignoring her, Kathleen pushed her way in, " I am here to know what you will gain if Derek's father relapsed""I don't understand what you mean by that, please, leave my house"Of cause, you know what I'm talking about and I'm not leaving here until I get an answe
Kàthleen went downstairs the next morning for breakfast to see only Dave seated on the table, she immediately turned to go back in but before she could take two steps, he was fast to go round the table and stood in front of her, blocking her exit."Get out of my way" she gritted"Or else what? He smirked taking two steps towards her and she unconsciously moved backward, he kept coming on to her and she kept moving until her back touched the table, "what the hell do you think you're doing Dave?"What does it seem like?" He asked bringing his head closer to her, she placed her palms on his chest and pushed, fuming in anger, she docks and slide out from beneath him and had almost made her escape but his hand quickly snaked out and dragged her back, forcefully placing his lips on hers, Kathleen bit down on it so hard that she drew blood, he yelped in pain as he pushed her away, Kathleen spat out the blood, heaving furiously and she stared at him through narrowed ey
Kàthleen couldn't have heard it wrong, could she? His wife? So he had gone ahead and married her once best friend, she felt pain in her heart as old wounds were opened, ever since she had run away on her wedding day, she hadn't allowed herself to think about it and hadn't asked about anyone from her past, so she had absolutely no idea that Tasha was married to Dave but in just a matter of days, ghosts from her past kept popping up, first it was her parents, then Dave and now Tasha. seeing Dave was enough to shake her but seeing Tasha, her once best friend who betrayed her was like a bitter pill she just couldn't swallow, she had trusted her and confided in her, she had seen Tasha like the sister she never had and had loved her but all she got for her trouble was a stab on her back, she watched as Tasha slowly sat close to Dave, tears unbiddenly welled in her eyes, she just couldn't take the pain, it was too much for her to bear, these shocks she had gotten, all in one day fin
Kathleen felt like she was sitting on a Ferris wheel as her head spun, "what are you doing here? She managed to gasp out and he looked at her mockingly, "visiting my family" she looked confused and stared at Derek who was also staring at her, his expression confused also, "you two know each other" they asked at the same time and Dave laughed out loud, amused at the situation, "well I can do the honor of clearing the confused air" he turned to Kathleen and smiled, "Derek Deloux here is my lovely bro and to you sweet brother, this lady here is my bride" he said simply and Kathleen flinched at his reference to her as his bride, "we didn't get married" she murmured and Dave laughed evilly, clearly enjoying the scene"He's not my brother either and can never be one" Derek gritted out and Dave chuckled some more, wrapping his arms around Derek, "my mother is your father's wife, we're family" Derek shoved him away and Dave snarled " do you think you can keep my mom locked up forever?"