Charlotte McCartney“Hold on baby, mommy needs to get something done really quickly”, I said, as Kelcie and I got into our bedroom.“Okay mommy. Will you be gone for long?” Kelcie asked. “No baby, I will not be long. I just want to get this done very quickly before it's too late”, I answered, flashing her a warm smile.“It's okay mommy I'll wait for you”, my baby said, smiling back at me. I left the room soon after. Leaving the room, I went directly to Josh's room. I wanted to get it to talk to him before he went into the bathroom, because I did not know how long it would take before he came out for breakfast. I did not want the awkwardness that had just occurred between us to happen again when we were having breakfast.“Kelcie is always watching me and she may just notice the silence and inquire about what is going on. I'm not sure I will know what to say to her if she asks about why we are giving each other this silent treatment. There is really no need for that display, so it's b
Charlotte McCartneyThe tone of Josh's voice and the look on his face was really frightening. “I don't think he has ever been as mad as this with me”, I said to myself. Turning to Josh, I said, after taking a deep breath, “he was saying a lot of things to me that were necessary, unbelievable and equally annoying”, I said, wondering if I should really give Josh the full details. “But if I don't explain it all to him in detail, he would not believe that I did not have a hand in this, so it's best to tell him everything”, I thought deeply. “Unnecessary things like what Charlotte?” Josh asked, just as I was about to tell him about it all.“Unnecessary things like talking about my family. Things that he didn't know. For instance, he was telling me that my grandfather left the company to me and that my mother had been managing it on my behalf because I wasn't old enough to manage it. Meanwhile that's not the truth. Mom has been managing the company on her own not because I couldn't manage
Josh Xavier What Ron said had not left my head since I discharged Charlotte. “It's a good thing she told me”, I mused. “That fool, that bastard wants to take my wife from me. He wants to take my woman from me. When I was in the hospital he succeeded in seducing Whitney. Now that I'm out, he still thinks he can take Charlotte back. He won with Whitney only because I was in a coma. He dares to steal Charlotte from me now? Now that my eyes are open? Now that I can talk? He dares undermine me because of this wheelchair?” I said to myself,deep in thought.“He’s not going to know what hit him. I'll show him. I will show that bastard what it's like when you joke with the wrong person. I thought it was my wife's family trying to deceive me, but Ashley may be a horrible mother but she at least knows to not mess with the wrong people. I'm sure that's why she sent Charlotte to fill in Whitney's position after she dumped me for that imbecile. She of all people must know that you don't joke with
Charlotte McCartney “Mommy do you like flying too?” Kelcie asked, curiously.“I don't know, baby. I've never gone flying before. I don't know if I would like it from up there and I can't tell if I will not like it either. I've heard so many things about flying so I don't know if I would really like it or if I may be a little scared of the distance from the sky to ground level”, I replied, saying even more than I would have said. “I don't know what's been up with me lately, I've been saying more things than necessary”, I said to myself.“What! You have never gone flying? you've never flown anywhere? You have not gone anywhere by air Charlotte?” Josh asked in disbelief and I shook my head. “You spoke about this idea like it was some childish desire of Kelcie's, or some unnecessary expense or should I say irrelevant experience that your little girl was craving. Meanwhile it's something that you yourself haven't even experienced”, Josh said, gazing at me in shock. Kelcie on the other ha
Charlotte McCartney “Ron is in my house?” Josh asked in disbelief. “princess”, he said, with a calm tone, “can you go into your room for a while Mommy and I will be back and could join you soon. You can play games if you want, watch a movie, play with your toys, anything you want. If you want you can get some ice cream, anything you want, just give us some time”, Josh added, very calmly.“Okay I will go now”, Kelcie said and turned to leave without asking any questions. “Did you say Ron is in my house? Like that fool is here? I want to know why that fool is here. Why is he here? And why did the estate security let him in? Were they not supposed to turn him back from the entrance? Somebody is going to get punished for this stupidity”, Josh said threateningly.“I'm sorry sir, it's because he's here he's with Mrs Ashley, Ms Charlotte’s mother. They did try to turn them back, but they refused to go. They've been out there for over an hour now causing a whole lot of drama that's why I h
Charlotte McCartney Josh had been quiet since Lydia left. He had not said the word all through. “I wonder what he's thinking”, I said to myself as I watched him. He was looking in the direction mother and Whitney were supposed to come from. He had not taken his eyes off that spot since he agreed for them to come in. “I hope this goes well”, I said, talking to myself. Then, I reached out to Josh and held his hand. He seemed to jump a little bit when my hand touched his. “He must be so deep in thoughts. I wonder what he's thinking”, I said to myself again.“I'm not sure why they could not call before coming”, Josh said, more to himself than to me, but loud enough for me to hear him.“Why are they even coming here? What is so important that should really bring them here?” I thought, beginning to worry. “We've been in peace all this time. We have been living happily ever since we moved here. Josh even promised us a good time today. My new family seems to be going well and here my own fa
Charlotte McCartney “Josh, are you okay? Why do you sound so mad?” Whitney said, reaching out to Josh. “That’s right Little Miss beautiful thinks she can save the day by just talking to him”, I said in my mind”, as I hide her “What do you want? Is it too much or too difficult a question to answer? Why are you here? You didn't think of calling before coming here. Don't you think it is only appropriate for you to do that? At least inform the person that you're about to visit that you are coming, and not just come visiting. And of all things, you bring this fool along with you. Why did you bring this lowlife to my house? Why could you not come here on your own? Ashley, at the very least I would have accommodated you and this daughter of yours coming here so unannounced. But what is the pig doing in my house? Why did you bring this degenerate with you?” Josh asked with a look of irritation. As he spoke, all I turned to Ron. His mangoed up face from the other day's beating looked a li
Charlotte McCartney “Charlotte enough with the lies. What are you trying to say?” Whitney asked.“Don't ask me, ask that lying fool that you are about to get married to”, I replied“If you have anything to say, Charlotte go ahead and say it and stop going around saying s*** . I know you're just a bitter person, everybody here is aware of that, everybody at my wedding will be aware of that so you can go on with your bitterness. Keep spreading your fake rumors, but none of the rubbish you've been saying or the ones you plan on saying will make any difference”, Whitney said, dismissing me.“From the beginning , you hated what Ron and I had. When we first started our relationship, you were obviously against it. I knew how much you hated Ron and I being together”, Whitney said with scorn.“Of course I hated you two being together. If you were in my shoes, would you not have hated it? You stole my boyfriend from me and you tell me that I should not hate it. I should be smiling at you for s
Charlotte McCartney By the time I opened my eyes, the car had stopped moving. “We have arrived at our destination Ms Charlotte”, Jason said it felt like he had already said that earlier, but I was not sure exactly. “This is where I say goodbye”, he said, smiling warmly. “We are at the airport now”, I said, more to myself than to him. “We are at the airport now ma’am”, He told me. Obviously, he had not heard me.“Wake up baby, we're here now”, I said, tapping Kelcie lightly. “Wake up my baby”, I added, shaking her a little more vigorously.“Mommy”, she said, rubbing her sleepy eyes with her palms.“Wake up baby you'll have plenty of time to sleep”, I told her, smiling calmly.“Are we there now?” She asked, a little more awake.“Yes baby, we are”, I answered calmly.“yay! We are here!” Kelcie said, fully awake now. Jason held the door open for us as she spoke.“This does not seem like the regular airport, Jason. Or am I mistaken?” I questioned, with raised brows.“You are not mista
Charlotte McCartney“Mommy are you okay?” Kelcie asked, during the course of our ride to the airport.In truth, it was pretty evident that I was not very much interested in the whole display that went on there.“I'm fine Princess”, I smiled, trying to conceal the anxiety and fear which had been aggravated after our appointment with Maketov.“Are you sure mommy?” she inquired further as though it was pretty evident that whatever I seemed to be hiding was not all that hidden.“Mommy is fine my baby”, I said, drawing her to myself this time. It was amazingly soothing holding her in my arms as she wondered exactly what was going on. “Mommy is just a little in doubt”, I explained, minutes into embracing her. “Though it's nothing to worry about, everything is going to be alright”, I added, holding her much tighter to myself.The whole appointment was a total displeasing experience. It was not because of any unpleasant situation or that the workers within the establishment were slightly unb
Charlotte McCartney“Oh that's a very splendid choice Madame, but would you mind if I asked you a question though”, Maskatev said, in an exquisite manner.“Oh no problem”, I said. “Go ahead and ask”, The man was evidently not the kind you denied such indulgence.“Why choose the cream colour?”, he asked a simple question, even though it was not one I had anticipated for at that moment my mind had completely gone somewhere else entirely.“I don't know”, I confessed. “I guess cream suits me a lot better. I like it, it's simple and looks comfortable”, I said trying to give an explanation.“But you haven't even tried it on yet”, he said with a little smile on his lips. “Come on, people get her into that dress for me”, he said and almost as soon as this was said, about five or six attendants hurriedly came to my side and escorted me to the end of the room where the dressing room was. The rest of them stayed back with Kelcie.The girls had me in the dress in no time and before I knew what w
Whitney McCartney “Hi mother”, I said, as I approached her. “Whitney”, Mother replied simply, without taking her eyes off the magazine she seemed to be engrossed in. For some reason though, I did not think she was really interested in the magazine. It felt like she was only acting to be interested in it just so she would avoid talking to me. I know this because I know Mother. If there was anything really intriguing about that magazine she would have been happy to talk about it.“Or maybe there is something intriguing in it and she is just too angry at me to want to tell me about it”, I thought. The thought of this cut me deeply. “This is all because of that stupid Charlotte that just refused to stay where she was supposed to be. I still don't know what was the need to do a wedding to solidify their stupid marriage in the first place. Talk more of making a big deal out of it so much as to come all the way here, to this mansion to inform Mother and try to rub his love for her in eve
Charlotte McCartneyMr Peter Masketov himself along with a chain of assistants were outside waiting by the time we got there. “Mommy is that for us?” Kelcie inquired as soon as we got to where the small crowd of people converged.“I don't know Kelcie, let's see”, I replied, “let's see”, I repeated in my heart. “Alright, let's do this”, I said out loud, as the car revved to a halt, talking to myself much more than I was even telling her. We got out of the car. And set to head on to meet with the small crowd that was already smiling at us, a gesture of goodwill and show of an anticipated presence.“Ma'am”, the driver called back as we were about to join the convergence. “What time will be convenient for me to come back? I already have a time set to return but the boss signified that I inquire if you may want to take out some more time to do some other things before I return to take you to your destination” he said, speaking politely.“The boss, Josh” I thought. Up till now, I had not s
Whitney McCartney For the first time in my life I feel so insignificant. This house, this mansion where I was born, where I have always called home feels like a strange land to me. “What is this?” I asked rhetorically, noticing a fading drawing on a small part of the mansion’s entrance. I walked closer to see what it was. “What is this? Why am I just seeing this?” I asked myself as I stared at the fading image of a lion. “Oh it's probably Grandfather's lion painting, the one mother was planning to have redrawn. So this is where it was?” I thought. I had not noticed it in all the years I had walked past that entrance.“Everything feels so unfamiliar. This unusual silence that is screaming so loudly only began after Charlotte’s uninvited and unwelcome visitation. Why did she have to come here anyway? Why could she not stay where she was? Why did she come here? She should have stayed there, where she belongs, with that broken piece of shit that calls himself Josh”, I thought, angrily.
Charlotte McCartney“Weeeeeeee! That's how the plane goes mommy, weeeee!” Kelcie said completely ecstatic. I wondered how it was possible to not have been infected by this cheerfulness. Evidently Josh had made it happen. Her dream of flying was finally coming through and yet I couldn't find it in me to be happy because I knew what happened and certainly what lay ahead may only have looked good but was not at all. “Before I forget, your friend Maddie will be joining you two at the resort”, Lydia informed me. “She will be coming with a couple visitors”, she added.“Which visitors?” I asked, a little worried. I did not mind Maddie joining us at all. She would even be good companion. “But who else would she bring?” I asked myself, not wanting strangers. “It would be easy to face my embarrassment with Maddie and Kelcie alone. Maddie could even defend me if the need arises” I thought.“Don't worry, it's not too many people. She will be coming along with her sister and her sister's daughter
Charlotte McCartney“Mommy! mommy! Get off the bed, we are already late”, Kelcie said, shaking me from my sleep.“I must have fallen asleep again”, I thought, recalling I wanted to shower earlier.“Late for what?” I asked, still very much asleep. Apparently, her shakes were courtesy of the fact that her baby strength had very little impact in doing what she had intended to do.“Come on now Charlotte, you can't still be this sleepy”, Lydia said. I hadn't even noticed she was also here too.“I'm really having a hard time knowing what I'll be late for”, I answered her.“Oh so you really have forgotten then?” she replied even in my daze I could hear the mild surprise in her voice.“Mommy, we're supposed to go and see the dressers today”, Kelcie replied this time.“Oh yes Charlotte”, Lydia joined in,”Your appointment was set for this date, today”.“Oh that”, I recalled loudly. “Is that even still happening?" I thought to myself. Today I was supposed to go to check out my wedding dress, fin
Charlotte McCartney By the time I came out of the bathroom my baby was no longer sleeping. She had turned on the bedroom light and was already out of the room as she usually did in the mornings. I looked up at the antique wall clock in our bedroom, “7:41am”, I said. “Kelcie must be having her milkshakes by now or just talking to Lydia”, I thought, then it hit me like a blow.“Lydia knows”, I said out loud. “She knows. There is no way she doesn't know. She was the one who called Josh to come and conduct the wine tasting. We were supposed to do it together but she excused herself. I'm sure she would have expected me to do the same as soon as Josh arrived but I stayed, foolishly”, I thought.“That's what mother always talked about. This is the same thing mother always said about me, the same reason she's always complaining. I'm so stupid. I never think before I act. I'm just so stupid. I could have left. There was nothing stopping me from leaving. But I stayed. Why? I could have left it