Charlotte McCartney “You call that a prank? All that display, and you call it a prank? You were pranking me for over an hour? Holding my hands so tightly for over an hour and you call that a prank? Everything you said that mother said, was a prank? You wanted to see what I would do and you took one hour thirty minutes trying to figure out what I will do?” I asked, gazing angrily at him.“To what gain Ron? What were you going to benefit from knowing my reaction? You're trying to prank me in the place like that?” I asked, not willing to believe his explanation.“Charlotte, Charlotte, come on. You didn't think..” Ron said, pausing halfway and bursting into a laughter. “You thought it was real?” He laughed again. “In your head, was all that real? You thought I actually wanted to marry you?” Ron asked and laughed mockingly. “Let me guess, you thought you were going to get Ron back and you were happy that he was begging you to come back home”, Whitney said smiling, wickedly. “Nobody needs
Charlotte McCartney “Mommy! You're back… Josh! You're back too”, Kelcie said, running to us excitedly. “Where is grandma and Aunt Whitney? I thought they were coming with you”, she asked, looking towards the entrance. “No baby they left already. They could not wait, so they had to go back home”, I replied, smiling warmly.“Did Grandma and Aunt Whitney and Ron send their regards?” Kelcie asked, innocently.My heart ached when I heard her question. Yes baby they did”, I said, lying. I could not have my baby thinking her mother's family hated her. It saddened me how much she cared about them.“Forget about them now princess”, Josh said, changing the topic. “What have you been up to?” He asked cheerily.“I'm watching a Barbie cartoon now, but earlier, Ms Lydia made dinner for me. She also gave me ice cream and chocolate”, Kelcie said, smiling. “That's good, Princess”, Josh said, returning her smile. “Are you done eating now, baby?” I asked.“Yes mommy. I'm done”, she answered.“Okay h
Charlotte McCartneyJosh's question left me dumbfounded. “No, not you too, Josh. Please not you”, I cried in my head. “Please tell me you don't believe what Whitney had been saying”, I said, turning to him “Or maybe it's because of the way we argue about it all the time?” I asked“Well that's one thing”, Josh replied, casually.“Josh I know I may talk about it and even get angry alot when my sister visits but it's not because I'm in love with Ron. It's because I still can't believe my sister would do that to me. I've tried to talk about it with her but she always makes a big scene. She keeps accusing me of fighting over him with her. Meanwhile, I'm not. I just want her to admit that what she did was wrong and I also wish mother would accept that it was very unfair of her to take sides with Whitney in a situation like that. I mean it just doesn't seem right to take what’s not yours and the way it happened just wasn't fair at all. I wouldn't have had any issues if I wasn't dating him an
Charlotte McCartney “If you want to do this for a longer time, I'm willing to do it with you. To be the father of your child till she is all grown into a woman. To be with you as your husband, to provide and protect till my dying breath. I can be that for you”, Josh said, with a serious tone.At this, I felt my knee grow so weak, it could not carry me. I sank into the soft but stable bed. “What do you mean Josh?” I asked weakly, trying to calm the butterflies in my tummy as my heart raced.“What I'm trying to say is,” he said, as he wheeled his chair closer to me. “Marry me”, he said, in a husky voice, as he gazed into my eyes.At this, I felt a wave of cold breeze blow over me and I leaned backwards.“Do I make you feel uncomfortable? Is it because of the way I look? I'll clean up. I'll shave regularly. I'll do better. And I know I can not go back to being the prince charming that you may have dreamed of but I promise to take care of you and make you happy. I'll be good to you and t
Charlotte McCartney “I must have fallen asleep again, or maybe I had not even woken up. Maybe everything was a dream, none of this happened. Maybe mom Whitney and Ron never visited, maybe the conversation with Whitney was just in my dream one of the Reflections of our past argument. Maybe that's what all this was”, I said to myself as I stretched in bed.“I couldn't have seen Josh move his feet. Josh is cripple” I said to myself trying to make sense of my reality. “Did he really propose to me? Did he promise me all those things?” I asked myself.“I will be a better person for you, I promise”, Josh had said. “I don't think you are soiled. No you're not soiled. What you have is an assurance that you can give a man an heir. Whitney doesn't have a clue what she's saying”, he had told me.When he said “marry me”, my head spun. “But I'm your wife already”, that's what I said in response, as I calmed myself.“Why do you need to ask me to marry you again?” I asked, still in shock. “I know y
Josh Xavier I woke up feeling more alive than I had been in years. I had not felt like this in years. Like I was whole again. Like everything was back to normal. Or better than normal. I felt like a man in his prime. Energy pumped and vibrated within me. “I feel like a complete man”, I said as I felt my morning erection. For the past year and a half I have had to deal with cripple state that I found myself in as a result of the accident. During this period, I lived my life like that part of me did not exist. My sexual urges and desires completely disappeared. It didn't even slip into my mind. There was no need for it. “Who wants a cripple for a husband?” I constantly asked myself. My ex Whitney did not even wait for me to be out of coma before she dumped me. She obviously wanted someone better than an invalid. Our relationship, in the first place, was not one based on true love, even though I at some point began to feel attracted to her and may even have been able to tell myself th
Charlotte McCartney “Mommy mommy you have a gift mommy”, Kelcie said excitedly. “It's another flower mommy!” She exclaimed. “It's even more beautiful and there are three today! wow! wow! Mommy it's so beautiful Kelcie exclaimed excitedly as we opened my present. “Yes princess it is so beautiful”,l I agreed, smiling. “Mommy, let's put it with the other flowers. Let's keep with the other flowers mommy”, Kelcie said, pulling me.It has been 3 days now since I accepted to be Josh's wife and everyday since then, I have gotten at least one flower. On the first day, I got one flower. The second day, Josh sent two. Today is the third day and he sent three.I never dreamed that this would happen to me. Even when I was a little girl, when I could still dream, years before I was pregnant for Kelcie, when I used to dream of my prince charming, I never dreamed it would be this beautiful, this romantic. “So this is what it feels like to have a man love you and treat you like he really cares for
Charlotte McCartney Zzzt! Zzzt!I dialed Maddie's number. “Charlotte my friend”, Maddie said, sounding excited. “Hey Maddie”, I said, flatly.“Why do you sound so excited, Maddie?” I questioned, suspiciously. “Surely you know I am always excited. But since you're asking, I'm in a good mood actually and I'm happy and my friend called me. So yes I'm excited”, Maddie said in a jovial manner. “How did you remember me today, my friend? Did you dream of me?” she asked, playfully. “You can't be serious. You know I always remember you Maddie. You are my only friend. Why won't I remember you?” I responded, defensively.“Oh please”, she laughed. “Like you don't know what I'm talking about. Since you moved into that house, you've been paying little attention to me”, she complained.“You know that's not true Maddie. You and I know that it is only a miracle that I am able to reach you right now. I know you're just trying to guilt trip me because you've been having so much fun and have not cal
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