Charlotte McCartney At the stable“Now here is Aussie. She's a Fallabella, one of the rarest breeds in the world as well as the rarest breed of horses we have here. Isn't she a darling?And here is Rawrunner we call him that because of how fast he runs, he has won every single race we have signed him off he's more less my favorites”, George said moving from horse to horse. It was obvious that George was having more fun on this tour than most of us. Clearly the boy loved his job.“The ponies Mr stable man, the ponies”, Kelcie said,complaining as though this view was exactly what she wanted to do.“We are getting to it”, said George amiably. “Just a little patience is all it takes”, he added, flashing Kelcie a gentle smile.“But I want to see the ponies now”, Kelcie said, protesting.“Come on baby, let's be a little patient with Uncle George here okay?” I said mildly, scolding her.“Okay mummy”, she said, retired.We strolled through with George at the lead and Kelcie following closel
Charlotte McCartney Later that day, after lunch, I left Kelcie in Lydia's care and went to visit my sick grandfather at the hospital. Grandfather had been sick for a very long time and had been admitted in the hospital for months.As I sat here in Grandfather's hospital ward, I reminisced on distant, more sweeter times. When life was easier, friends were the obvious ones and foes hid far away from sight. Anytime I come here I can't help but remember times like those. Basically my grandfather was a reminder of such times, he was my friend, confidant, protector, and yet as I sat here watching him breathe raspily through the oxygen tank I felt a little gratitude that at least all the drama was happening far from here,far from him.It is not as though I doubted my grandfather's ability to protect me at this time. My grandfather was nicknamed The Lion of McCartney by those who knew him well. Up until when he took ill he kept up the reputation of that name so it wasn't exactly his ability
Charlotte McCartney “How dare you leave the mansion without my permission”, he growled. “How dare you defy me!” “What are you talking about Josh? I do not recall exactly when I became your prisoner”, I said, turning to face him surprised at what he was insinuating.“You're in my house, you will obey my rules woman or I'll make you wish you did”, he said angrily.“What do you intend on doing?” I challenged. “Tell me exactly what you intend on doing Mr Josh Xavier, in truth I understand the effect of what you've been through but I think you're pushing a little too hard Josh. I'm not your slave nor am I your prisoner period”, I said slightly annoyed.“Young lady do not act as though you're being with me is purposeless, you obviously have what you're trying to gain”, he said with scorn.“What exactly do you mean by that?” I asked, genuinely confused.“What I mean is that if you're trying to get something out of me you need to understand that won't happen until you learn to follow simpl
Charlotte McCartney “What are both of you doing here?” I asked, obviously irritated by their presence.“Mummy, who's there?” Kelcie came running.“Hey Kelcie!!” Whitney and Ron Chorused. “Come give Aunty a big hug”, Whitney added stooping to receive her.“No baby come here, come right back here”, I commanded sharply.Kelcie turned to me, “Mum what's going on?” she asked, confused.“Come back here!” I repeated and she turned and came back. I bent down and picked her up. Whitney and Ron stood obviously outraged by my action.“Come on Char don't be so low”, Whitney said “Come on not with the child” “Yes Charlotte, I understand that what has transpired between us is not exactly the best story but come on not with Kelcie . I've explained it to you, I swear I didn't mean for any of this to happen. It's just happened and you can't keep blaming us for it. Turning Kelcie against us is not any better”, Ron chimed in.“Do not tell me what to tell my child? Both of you have borne no responsibil
Charlotte McCartney “How dare you walk into my house and attempt to assault my wife?” Josh said with so much rage you could see what prevented him from inflicting true injuries on Ron was his condition.“How dare you hit me, screamed Ron back at Josh. “Do you know I could sue you for assault?” Ron asked glaring at Josh“Wait till you see the video of whatever it is you were trying to do to her then you'll know who's suing who”Josh replied holding his phone up. Then he turned to Whitney “What in fucks sake are you doing in my house?” he asked frowning.“Josh don't be like that” Whitney said trying to feign affection. “You know I really loved you, it's just that you know I fell in love with someone else and I just had to let my heart choose. Please Josh bun”, she tried to reach him but he wheeled his chair backwards.“So you fell out of love with me when you discovered that I was invalid and jumped on your sister boyfriend the valid one”, Josh replied, unmoved.“Oh come on Josh, you kn
Whitney McCartney For a second everything they said seemed to make a lot of sense. “Why are we even here?”, I thought. “Why is he here? Is what they're saying true?” I asked myself, feeling quite stupid. “Are they telling the truth babe? Tell me! Did you come here because you still want Charlotte?” I asked, turning to face Ron, confused and angry at the same time.“What do you mean baby? Don't listen to them, they're just two crazy people you know that right?”Ron replied, looking totally shocked.But I couldn't calm the fear and uncertainty that had already started boiling within me. “Is Charlotte right? No, freckle face Charlotte cannot be right. She can't be”, these thoughts kept coming back to my mind even as I tried to fight it. Even in my thoughts, the name “Freckle face Charlotte” brings a smile to my face. I gave her that name when we were teenagers. I have always thought myself to be the fair princess who lived in a fair castle and Charlotte was my not so fair sister. I
Josh Xavier I recall the first time I met Charlotte. It was when she was born to my best friend, Lancelot McCartney. She was a tiny one. I watched her grow. Her grandfather and I were business partners at the time so that made me a frequent visitor in his big home. Lance and I were different in certain respects. For him, he loved family and his home was a full one with children as well as grandchildren. I, on the other hand, never really understood the essence or the need to have a family. All through my years as a young man and middle aged man, I was immersed with working and managing the various enterprises my father had left in my care so I had no time. I did have various romantic relationships with different women from different classes but none led to anything meaningful. I would have continued, but the issue was I had to have an heir. I told this to Lance one evening when we were sitting outside his mansion.“Lance I don't know, anyway it's going to happen but I need an heir
Charlotte McCartney “Mommy are the cookies ready yet?” Kelcie asked impatiently as she tried hasten me up.“Almost honey. What's the hurry?” I asked, quite confused by my daughter's display. “She is probably just excited about the cookies”, I thought.“Nothing mom” she said smiling cunningly. “Did you make the special ones with chocolate in them?” she asked excitedly.“Of course honey and God I have really wasted time here I promised Lydia I was going to only need to twenty minutes and it's past an hour now. Come on help me put away the plates so I can get here cleaned up”, I said and began tidying the kitchen up.When we were done tidying and were about taking the cookies upstairs to our bedroom I remembered I left her phone back in the kitchen store.“Wait outside here for me honey”, I told my daughter. When I got back there however, Kelcie was nowhere to be found.“Where has she wandered to now?” I asked grumbling. Then I heard soft footsteps which I followed.“That must be Kelci
Charlotte McCartney I have never thought of a man as being sexy. To be honest it never really crossed my mind. My only real thought of a man was when I was a teenager and even at that time, it had nothing to do with him being sexy. It was all about finding my prince charming and being like beautiful princesses from cartoons I had watched as a child. I wanted to be married into royalty and someday become a queen. I dreamed of dresses and jewelries, of balls and crowns. I didn't think of it as exotic billionaire lifestyle but as royalty. To think of it now it may sound the same.After I got pregnant, all those dreams disappeared. I had a new purpose, a new dream. I could no longer dream for myself. My baby was in her way, I had to dream for her. And so she became my new dream, the only person I thought about, the only person I saw. And as I looked at Josh at that instant, as we looked into each other's eyes, I saw a man who was willing to dream this dream with me. A man willing to se
Charlotte McCartney “You have not used it Charlotte. I gave that card to you so you could use it. So why are you returning it?” He asked, looking at me with a serious face. “I thought it was just for today's outing”, I replied, slightly confused.“It was for today's outing but you didn't buy anything for yourself. Neither did Kelcie. So hold on to it till you are able to find something you want to buy”, Josh said with a calm voice.“We got toys Josh”, I said, reminding him. “And chocolates, cookies and candies” , I added.“Yes you did. But I need you to shop for some more sweetheart”, he said, startling me with the name “sweetheart”.“I know you're probably trying to not be wasteful”, he continued. “But you're going to be my wife. You will be the wife of Josh Xavier, you must have the best of everything. And you must have everything my dear. I want you to. I know you'll like them. You may not know it now but when you have everything you'd know it was all worth it”. “But that's why
Charlotte McCartney Josh did not show up for dinner. I waited patiently as Kelcie and I ate. “I thought he said he was coming for dinner. Why is he not here yet?” I asked myself as I ate, pinching my food so it wouldn't finish before Josh joined us.“Mommy are you okay? You're not eating. Don't you like your food?” She asked “I’m fine my baby. And of course I like my food. It's very delicious”, I said quickly. “Yes mommy it is delicious. But why are you eating very slowly? Are you tired?” She asked seeming quite concerned.“No baby I'm not tired. I'm taking my time to enjoy my food because it is very delicious”, I replied, smiling as I spoke.My explanation was good enough for her. She smiled. “It's so yummy”, she said. Lydia came back before we were done eating. “Hope you like your food”, she said to me.“Yes I am. Thanks for asking”, I replied smiling warmly.Dessert will be here soon Kelcie you're going to love this”, Lydia said, turning to Kelcie. “Don't scream now, child”, sh
Charlotte McCartney Josh was wheeling his chair from the farm as we drove in mom look look that's Josh over there Kelsey said pointing through yes baby I responded. Jason parked his car near the entrance of the mansion and waited till we were completely away from the road before driving off.“Josh!” Kelcie screamed as she ran to meet him.“Your back princess? Just replied smiling broadly “Yes Josh we are back”, she answered, returning his smile. “Did you go somewhere,Josh?” Kelcie asked.“Nowhere in particular. I just took a stroll to the farm to see the farmers and the crops they planted, then I went to see some of the animals. That's all”, Josh said.“Did you visit the ponies and the horses?” She asked curiously.“Yes, I visited them”, Josh answered.“Are they alright? I have not visited them since yesterday,”Kelcie said with a look of concern.“Yes Princess, the horses and ponies are fine. But they miss you. So you should go visit them when you can”, Josh told her.“Okay, I think
Chapter 105Charlotte McCartneyBy the time Kelsey and I were leaving it was already evening. We had spent a longer time than I planned on spending. I had expected that going home would be overwhelming, especially because of the last time Whitney and Mom visited with Ron. It turned out to be overwhelming as I thought but not in a bad way like I expected. Mom was totally different to me today. The way she embraced me still feels unbelievable and strange. As Jason drove us home I could not take my mind off what had just happened. “Who knew that Mom could be so loving?” I asked myself. “She said that all she wanted was for one of her children to make her proud, to follow in her footsteps and be able to reach for the best type of men. If I had known that that's all she was looking for I wouldn't have felt like she hated me all this time. She could have just said it but I guess it's because I got pregnant”, I thought.“It's a good thing I've been able to prove myself to her and make her b
Charlotte McCartney“This is what I have been looking for! This is what I've been trying to get out of one of my daughters! That at least one of them is going to make me proud, one of them is going to make me feel like a real woman, like a successful woman”, mother said with joy. “Charlotte, you have made me proud. What you have done has shown me that my life was not a waste. You have proven to me that I did not bring useless people to this world. One of my daughter's at least was watching me and decided to follow in my footsteps”, mother said , looking more happy than I had seen her in years. I beamed with pride as she spoke, even though I did not think I was following in my mother's footsteps.“Sadly, the other one decided to be stupid. I am so proud of you Charlotte. I am very happy. You don't know how proud you have made your mother today, with this news that you have brought”, Mother said, making me swell with pride.“Kelcie has told me everything. She told me how Josh has been
Charlotte McCartneyMother came to join us while we spoke, “what is this that I'm hearing, Charlotte?” Mother asked as she walked in.“You found a way to convince Josh Xavier to marry you and throw a wedding ceremony for you?” She asked in disbelief.I was a little confused and wondering what she was driving at as well as her intentions.“Come on, don't act like you don't know what you did. I'm very impressed you've made your mother proud. You really made Josh Xavier, the almighty Josh Xavier ask you to marry him. Come, you have to tell your mother all about it”, Mother said, impressed.“Mother she didn't… Charlotte didn't do anything Josh is obviously just a broken man who will accept anyone no matter how she comes”, Whitney said, filled with envy.“Will you shut up!”, Mother said to Whitney, sounding angry. “I'm talking. Your mother is talking. Do not talk when I am talking. I didn't ask for your opinion and I wasn't speaking to you so shut your dirty mouth up!” Mother said “Mother,
Charlotte McCartney “We still got time baby, we will stop at Grandma's house so we can give Grandma and Aunt Whitney my wedding invitation card”, I said, as we left Grandfather's room.“Yayy! I haven't seen grandma since my birthday and aunt Whitney too”, Kelcie responded with childish excitement. She didn't know how difficult going home was for me.“You will see them today baby”, I replied with a straight face.“Mommy can we buy gifts for Grandma and Aunt Whitney also. I don't have any gifts for them but I gave grandfather his own gift. Can I buy chocolates for them?” She asked. “Please mommy, please”, she added.“Okay baby we'll stop somewhere you can buy chocolates for Aunt Whitney and Grandma. So you get chocolate for them”, I answered, nodding. “Jason please stop by a supermarket so we can get some things before going to my family house”, I said, speaking to the chauffeur.“Okay ma’am”, he replied without taking his eyes off the road. At the supermarket, Kelcie picked chocolat
Charlotte McCartney The store Josh directed us to was in the High Rise part of town where all the toys in the store were expensive luxury toys. “Mom, look at this. Wow mom look at this”, Kelcie said, pointing at a toy car. “Yes baby it's beautiful, but that's not what we came for. We're looking for toys for grandfather, remember”, I told her.“Yes mommy, yes I remember she said grandpa is going to like this”, she pointed at a white teddy bear. “Look mommy this is beautiful too”, she pointed again.“Yes baby it's beautiful”, I said, in agreement and we continued our search“This is beautiful can we buy this mommy Okay can we takeThis one alsoShe asked is for Josh mummyhe said explaining okay baby you can take that for Josh in the end she picked four toys this one is for grandfather his own is for Josh is one is for you Mommy and this one's for me.Visiting Grandpa has always been something I enjoyed doing personally because he is the only person I felt very comfortable talking to. H