A FAMILY " Dad! Dad! save me Mom is going to kill me," Alexandra shouted as she ran up the stairs to her father like she always does." I've warned you several times not to touch the cookies until it was time to serve them" Each time I baked cookies she always found a way to sneak into the kitchen and disappear with one, she was just like her father. They were a team at taking cookies from the kitchen." Have you seen Alexandra?" I asked Markus who was seated on the bed pretending like he didn't hear me, without even getting his answer I could already see Alexandra hiding behind her father's back." No, I haven't seen her, Why?" Like always, he'll cover for her." So there's no one behind you?" I asked as I started walking slowly to where she was hiding behind her father." So who's this?" I started tickling her through the sheet that she had covering her. She broke into a fit of giggling." Mom stop," " Will you pick cookies again?" " No Mom, Dad save me already," " Okay, okay,"
THE CONTRACTI looked at the contract in front of me thinking about what I was about to sign, to any other person this would have been normal but this was me, I wasn't that type of girl, and this wasn't something I would do, but I didn't have a choice, this was the only way out. I was holding a contract that would sign away all my rights to my child, the child I was yet to conceive. It looked easy when a sexy mouth-watering billionaire presented this idea to me, it was easy, get pregnant, bear him a child, and be on my way. But looking at this contract in front of me I just couldn't bring myself to sign it. It was like giving a life for a life. It was hard. I would have to live for the rest of my life knowing I have a child but not being able to go near him or her, the thought of it was causing me pain, I couldn't bear the thought of my child hating me in the future, he or she would think I abandoned them they wouldn't even know my reason. This was so hard for me to do. With shaky ha
THE HOLLOW FEELING I didn't even wait for the doctor to reach me, I rushed to him. " Doctor, how was it? Is my mom okay? Is she going to be fine now?" I just kept bombarding him with questions, until he told me to calm down. I did my best to, breathing in and out. When I was able to calm down I focused on the doctor now being calm waiting for his feedback. "Miss, for now, everything seems under control, your mother will be under observation until we can promise you that her life is no longer in danger." Not giving me the opportunity to ask more questions he excused himself going back into the surgery room. What did he mean by for now? Is he trying to say he didn't even know if my mom was going to be okay? I couldn't dwell on that, my mom was going to be fine and I know that.My mom was brought out from the surgery room back to her room and the sight of her made me want to cry, she had so many machines on her I couldn't even name, some stuck to her wrist, her mouth, it wasn't a plea
SURROUNDED BUT ALONE"We tried all we could." I didn't want to jump to conclusion when he said that, I wanted to be very sure. "Yes, you tried all you could and?" I asked with my last thread of hope hanging. " Am sorry ma'am, we tried all we could, but she didn't make it, the reports were looking fine until this morning, she lost too much blood and we just couldn't find a match, your blood donation wasn't enough, am very sorry." He said before walking off like he was used to this kind of thing happening. Of course, he was used to it, he was a doctor after all. I collapsed to the floor, thinking of how alone I was in this world. I couldn't accept the fact that she was gone, it was hard for me, I did so much, and I tried my best. Why didn't everything work out in the end, did I do someone wrong? was I paying for that crime?This was all much. I broke out In a sob as the door to the surgery room opened up with the bed that carried my mom alive bringing her out lifeless. Life was cruel. I
MOVING INWhen we got to the house, I opened my door and stepped out. At that moment I wanted to be alone, not to cry, I was strong, and I kept repeating that to myself. "Please show me my room." It was stated in the contract that we weren't engaged in any romantic affair, I wasn't to expect anything like we were in some sort of relationship, our relationship was strictly based on whatever was contained in the document, one of which was that I shouldn't expect that we share a room. We weren't married, he didn't want a wife."Show her to her room." He said to one of the maids who came out as soon as our vehicle came to a stop. She just nodded and told me to follow her which I did without any complaint. When we stopped at a door she opened it for me and asked if I needed any other thing which I told her no that I wanted to be alone. I got into the room and noticed that my things were already settled there and some things that didn't look like mine but fit well in the room, I guess they
NO STRINGS ATTACHEDI shouldn't be feeling how I felt but I couldn't help it. Markus made it clear that we weren't in any kind of relationship, but I couldn't help but feel stupid, he could do what he wanted and I couldn't till I had given him a child. Watching him lay with another woman moved strings in my heart that weren't supposed to move. This is why he didn't even care to come to me, he was having his way with other women, he didn't care if I was sulking or not, he just knew I would always be there when he liked because I didn't have a choice.I picked up whatever dignity I had left and rushed back to my room. As soon as I got in, I locked the door and got myself into my bed. I don't know why I am acting like a woman who just caught her husband cheating. Markus isn't my husband, I have no rights over him. I finally fell asleep after much turning and tossing.When I woke up the next morning I felt like a ghost so I needed something to brighten up my day and that was baking. It wa
The bitchy guest I threw the whole coffee on her, I didn't care that it was hot, my temper was beyond hot. To say she was shocked was an understatement, was she really expecting me to drink that coffee? Something she spat in, she must be high on something if she thought I would do that." You bitch! Do you want to burn my skin?" She asked in anger as she stood up and made an attempt to grab me but I held her hand to stop her…" Don't you even dare, if you touch me, you'll have more than coffee dripping down your body, mark my words." She groaned in pain as she turned to Markus to come save her, I totally forgot he was in the room." Let her go." That just made me more angry as I let go of her without her knowledge and she landed on the chair and almost toppled over. I looked at them one last time in disgust before I walked out on themI got into my room and locked the door, I didn't want to be disturbed. They didn't even let me settle into my bed before I heard the door knob twist bu
Not ready" What are you doing here?" I asked him as I quickly tried to close the door but he blocked me and welcomed himself into my room. " Are you forgetting this is my house?" He slurred as he walked further into the room. He was drunk? Did I even need to ask, he wasn't steady on his feet. What if he did something to me? Or worse, force himself on me." This is your house but you've given me this part as my room which means this section is mine and I decide who enters." I tried to reason with him. " Come here my sweetheart, come let me get you pregnant." I shouldn't care about the endearment but I felt my heart soften when he called me sweetheart. He was a drunk man and didn't even know what he was doing. If he was in his normal sense he would never be doing what he was doing." You're drunk, you need to leave."" Don't fucking tell me what to do!" He suddenly roared in anger as he stood up from where he sat on my bed making his way towards me, I was suddenly engulfed in fear, t
A FAMILY " Dad! Dad! save me Mom is going to kill me," Alexandra shouted as she ran up the stairs to her father like she always does." I've warned you several times not to touch the cookies until it was time to serve them" Each time I baked cookies she always found a way to sneak into the kitchen and disappear with one, she was just like her father. They were a team at taking cookies from the kitchen." Have you seen Alexandra?" I asked Markus who was seated on the bed pretending like he didn't hear me, without even getting his answer I could already see Alexandra hiding behind her father's back." No, I haven't seen her, Why?" Like always, he'll cover for her." So there's no one behind you?" I asked as I started walking slowly to where she was hiding behind her father." So who's this?" I started tickling her through the sheet that she had covering her. She broke into a fit of giggling." Mom stop," " Will you pick cookies again?" " No Mom, Dad save me already," " Okay, okay,"
DEATH " Please I'll do anything, just let me know where my daughter is," I said to her hoping she wouldn't end the call. I didn't recognize the voice of the lady speaking." Listen to me carefully," She said and I nodded then realizing she couldn't see me I spoke." Yes, I'm listening." " Don't you try any funny business, if you do, your daughter dies." I heard crying in the background as if they were trying to emphasize their point." I'll do whatever you say, as long as you give me my daughter," " Okay, I'm going to send you an address, make sure you come alone, no police, just you," " No funny business, I swear," I said, trying to plead with her." I'm glad we have an understanding, because I'm sure my tigers wouldn't mind munching on her little flesh," My heart skipped, I couldn't dare imagine the image of tigers feasting on my baby.The phone suddenly got disconnected at the same time Rena opened the door.I almost forgot I was warned not to tell anyone the information I had
THE STRANGE CALLERJane has refused to talk to anyone even after she woke up. We were now home. I had to call the doctor to come check up on her and he confirmed that she was okay. What was happening to her was all because of the shock.She has refused to eat, no matter how many times or what type of food was brought to her.The last thing she said was I want my baby. After that, she refused to speak.Now I was trying to get her into the house. She wouldn't listen, she had been sitting and waiting in front of the house." Jane, let's go inside, please this isn't going to help with finding Alexandra, I can't focus on you like this please," She finally listened as she grudgingly stood up and walked past me not uttering a single word.I sighed as I turned to go inside but stopped when I noticed someone walking towards the house." You've got to be kidding me," I muttered as my eyes shot daggers at him." What do you think you're doing here?" " I'm not here to see you, I'm here for my fr
KIDNAPPED The world around me became dark, everything around me was covered in darkness like I was being cast a spell. Alexandra wasn't in her room, she wasn't with Markus then where was she?" Ma'am, ma'am," I felt someone shaking me but my mind was too clouded. The person didn't stop which made me eventually come back to my senses." Alexandra, Alexandra," That was the first thing I said as soon as I realized myself and remembered my situation." Go! Go! Tell the security to search the whole house, search everywhere, my daughter is in this house," I said as the maid quickly kicked into action.If I found out Markus was playing some silly games with me I swear I was going to chop off his balls.I went to Alexandra's room to search for her, for all I knew she might be in her room.I opened the door and rushed to her bed but she wasn't there. Alexandra was still a baby, she couldn't sit or crawl, I would have concluded that she crawled from my room to hers but she couldn't. Even if sh
MISSING CHILDI have never pushed someone with so much force the way I just pushed Markus, I didn't know where the power came from." How dare you? What gave you the right to think you could touch me?!" I yelled in anger." What? Do you think you could just throw me and pick me however you want? I'm not your toy, the next time you think of ever touching me, know that you might lose an organ and I will not be held responsible." I was beyond angry and I needed to calm myself before I did something stupid.Markus was looking at me with shock in his eyes as if he couldn't believe what just happened, did he expect me to run into his arms like a woman in heat? He's got to be kidding me.Without sparing him another glance I ran upstairs. Did he think that just because he had the power to tell me not to see my daughter he could blackmail me and make me do whatever he wanted?I'm a changed woman, he changed me.I opened Alexandra's room and she was sleeping so I quietly walked to her. She had
ANGER KISS I stood in front of his house as I scanned my eyes around, well it was a beautiful building, I had no grudge against his house, I was just here for him.I rang the doorbell and not up to a minute the door came open. I was sure he wasn't expecting me, maybe Jane.The look on his face told me he would rather speak to pigs than spend a minute of his time talking to me." What are you doing here?" He asked with a hard voice, I didn't care if he was sad or happy to meet me." Well is that how you welcome the father of your friend's child?" His jaw ticked but he didn't say a word. I knew what I was doing. I wanted to let him know that whatever happy ending story he had about Jane in his head needed to be wiped. I had the upper hand here. I have the child Jane is in love with and it's just because I don't want her to hate me more than she already does I would have told her that my condition is for her to stop seeing this man." I didn't invite you here, so you might as well go b
NOT FRIENDS I looked at Markus like he had gone mad, he was looking for another way to hurt me. A few days ago Markus didn't want me near my child, so why did he want me back in the mansion? With what had happened between us I had to be very careful, he couldn't be trusted anymore because once bitten twice shy." How is this of benefit to you?" I asked because he definitely had a reason why he was doing this that he was not telling me." This is for my child, you were right, I shouldn't separate you from her just because I didn't want you, she should have her mom," Was I dreaming? Markus agreeing with me on something was something I never pictured even in a thousand years. This was all too good to be true." So what you're trying to say is I can see Alexandra whenever I want, like even right now?" I asked, if what he was saying was true I might as well go see my daughter now." Yes," I didn't need more convincing, I stood up, picked up my handbag, and left. As long as nobody was sto
ANOTHER DEAL Without thinking I rushed to him and threw a punch at him." Markus!" I heard Jane shout but I was ready with my second punch to land on his stupid face but fortunately for him someone stopped me." Fucking bastard, you've refused to stay out of my business," I said with anger boiling inside of me. Jane rushed to him as she took her kerchief from her bag to clean the blood that was on the side of his lips. The sight didn't sit well with me." Markus, what is wrong with you? Why do you want to hurt me so much? First my child, now you're hurting my friends too, what did I ever do to you?" Jane asked with tears forming in her eyes." Jane it's okay, there's no need to cry I'm okay there's nothing to worry about," I watched in agony as the Hardin guy brought his hand to clean Jane's tears. I fisted my hands trying to control myself or else I was going to start punching him till his face was covered in blood.I promised Jane that I would always wipe her tears, I didn't like h
THE COURTROOM I was standing in front of the courtroom dreading going inside, stepping into this room meant I had officially given them the power to decide over my daughter, I didn't know what decision they were going to make. But I was scared.With all the willpower I had I opened the door and stepped in. Hardin wanted to come with me but I told him not to, he didn't like the idea but for my sake, he just had to agree.As I entered the courtroom surprisingly Markus was already in the room with my baby girl held in his arms. Our eyes locked for a moment before I broke the contact. I didn't want to look at him, it was just a painful reminder of what had happened between us, what he made happen.I took my seat as we awaited the case to start.Soon enough I was asked to move to the front where I would stand to answer some questions, if necessary. The judge entered the courtroom and everyone rose. My heartbeat increased and my palm started sweating, this was really happening." This cou