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“What the hell Maeve! I thought you said you had a lot of work to do and you didn’t want to hang out with me since you had a lot of work to do, so this is the work you were talking about? Hanging out with him and not only that but you were all over him kissing him all over, even after what I told you? That is not fair at all, I trusted you, but this, I can’t forgive you” Alyssa ranted and I wondered why she was and at Maeve, she had a boyfriend and it is not like she wanted me anyway so I was free to be with whom I wanted, it wasn’t her right to choose people I could be and could not be with, girls can be so dramatic sometimes , so I was like a pawn in their game, you know the moment Alyssa walked on us, I froze at the moment, it was not like I was afraid of her or something, it was just that I was not expecting to see her at Maeve’s place, it was unexpected
“What is wrong if I hang out with Dylan,
CHAPTER TWENTY“What do you think your aunt will say if she sees me?” She asked as we drove to the road that connected to my house and I just chuckled, I didn’t get why she was so tensed o with meeting y family yet she was the one that suggested and actually came up with the idea of meeting them, I wasn’t sure about it but she insisted and I couldn’t just say no to her, something I had come to realize is that I could never say no to her, she always got a way to get her way around when I was around her“Nothing much, why are you worried about what she would say, it is not like she is going to judge you whatsoever, we are not dating plus she is not that type of a judgmental person, she is a sweet being you can never be bored around her” I said as I remembered the way my aunt will always crack jokes with us, I was always free around her and would talk about absolutely anything“Oh, really? She seems to be co
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE“So, tell me more about yourself, I haven’t seen you around here” Aunty Sue asked Maeve as she helped her lay the table, she was suddenly so interested in knowing Maeve unlike when Alyssa was around to see Dylan, her interest was suddenly in Maeve”Hmm…there is nothing important about myself, it is boring actually, apart from staying alone all by myself with my dad out there at Cambridge” she said and Dylan’s aunt turned to look at her, in a s much as she admired her beauty and her personality, she wasn’t expecting her to say that, she knew that she was probably a spoilt rich kid who was being taken care by house helps, but to her utter surprise the girl was different from what she had expected, she was calm, composed and was social too, the few minutes she was around her, she already knew the type of person she was and she thought she would recommend her nephew to sate her, that wa
CHAPTER TWENTY TWOThings happened so fast that the two could not control the hunger and thirst they had for each other , things escalated and the two didn’t know what they could do so they could turn back and make things right but what had happened had already happened, there was no going back and definitely not changing a thing“I should get going, my aunt will be very mad at me, I didn’t mean to sleep over at your place, things just escalated and I don’t know how things went down this line, can we just forget that this happened for a moment and don’t tell anyone please” Dylan said when he realized what they had just done, he like Alyssa and not Maeve, or maybe he liked them both but whatever he felt for Alyssa was strong, he didn’t want to mess it up even before it started“Wait what? Are you afraid of what people will say, or are you just not into me and you are into my friend, Alyssa or maybe you are ash
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE“I can’t believe your ant told you that, I mean, how free are you with her that you talk about anything? I would like to have such a relationship with my dad but you see he is always busy with his work that he forgets he has a daughter somewhere around here” Maeve said that night as they prepared themselves to sleep, she had just gotten out of the shower and Dylan was done with talking to his aunt, they were just talking about what his aunt had just told him“I don’t think he feels that way for you, your dad loves you it is just his works needs sacrifices, but he provides everything for you does he?” Dylan asked and she nodded absently“Of course he does, I can’t complain but that is not all I want from him, he is my father for heaven sake and the only thing he can do is be there for me especially after what happened to mom, was only a kid when mom died and the least he could do was
CHAPTER TWENTY FOURThe truth about his father really tore him apart, he didn’t know whether he was supposed to be happy that he had finally found his dad, or sad that his hopes were just being raised but he was not still alive or maybe he was, Dylan was just confused and didn’t know what to do or say, he remained stupefied looking at the picture and comparing it with the copy he had on his phone, it was the same man that he believed was his father, it was the same man that his mom told him to look for after she was gone, Maeve’s father was the only one that could know about his whereabouts since the two worked together and from what Maeve had told him that night, his father was a great friend to her dad and their family as a whole, he also learnt that his father was a lawyer cum doctor and that they one day worked with Mrs. Baker on a certain case before she died, and his wild thoughts already had guesses on what could have happened to him, or maybe the two g
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE“So, you already talked to your aunt about what we found out yesterday or you still holding back?” Maeve asked Dylan that night as they both enjoyed the party, he had just gotten there and the party was lively, he wasn’t expecting a lot of people to turn up but Maeve was among the most beautiful girls in the school so he had no doubts why a lot of people showed up, it was a pool party, they were seated on one of the seats just across the swimming pull, Maeve was sipping on her wine while Dylan was taking a tusker cider, he did not want to get much drunk that night since Alicia’s birthday party was the following day and he did not want to have hangovers on her sister’s special day“Yeah, I talked to her about it earlier today, it is not like I had a choice anyway did I?’ he asked her and she chuckled in response“Of course not and why would you say that? she is your aunt and of course
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX“I don’t know why you keep treating me like I am your damn maid or some slut you just picked from the roadside, you slapped me you maggot stupid son of a bitch!” Alyssa shouted at Mike as he drove along the way towards Maeve’s pace, he wanted to drop her off before he could go and have time with his friends“Because you are, but my slut, you don’t get to talk to m the way you want Alyssa and you know that, the only reason why I am still talking to you is because I love you but otherwise, you wouldn’t be here yapping at me, that is not how things work my love, I get to order you around since I am the man and you know you can’t run away from me because I am you and you are me, we are destined to be together, and so will you adhere to everything I tell you, don’t you dare talk to me again like that or else I will be forced to snap that little head of yours from your neck so don’t try my patie
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVENAlyssa stayed at the place she made a stop for close to five minutes figuring out what to do, she was feeling pain all over her body it was when that she had started feeling the pain all over her body, the limping leg was hurting her so much and she then started feeling dizzy, she thought of calling Caitlyn but the n thought against it, she was probably in bed with some guy kissing the hell out of him or she maybe was making out with a random guy, she was not her best friend as compared to Maeve, Maeve had a pure heart, and Alyssa knew that she was a true friend but Mike never wanted her hanging out with Maeve and she sometimes wondered why her boyfriend loathed her friend so much, Caitlyn on the other hand was the one that Mike wanted Alyssa to walk with and be friends with, what she didn’t understand was why would he prefer Caitlyn to Maeve, she was now stuck in a bushy place, in the cold and in pain and she kept contemplating on who to call, she
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOTWO WEEKS LATERIt had been two weeks full of ups and downs, full of investigations, police here and there but filly it was time for the two families to celebrate their victory, it was more than what one would do if you were in their shoeThe family had finally gotten their freedom and the culprits were in custody, it was not an easy task to pull but they managed in the end“I can’t believe that we are here, that my mom is here and my dad and your family is back together again, to me it sounds like a miracle, like a dream, I don’t know” Maeve said to Dylan as they were seated by the pool, it was at his new home where they had just moved in after everything had calmed down, it was not far from Maeve’s place, everyone was invited including Alyssa who thought she wasn’t going to be invited to the party“Yes, me too, it is hard to believe that all this happening, to me it is like a dre
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEA WEEK AGOOver the days that followed the two families got so busy in finding out what really happened Dylan’s father and Maeve’s mother, Alicia was doing on well and she was on medication responding quite well which was good news to the family, they were just done with their end term exams and they were just home playing games on their new ipads and Melissa had already gotten herself new bunch of friends, they spend most of their times togetherSince the day that Maeve and Dylan made love I his car, their bond was on something else and there was nothing that Alyssa could do to break it, no matter how many incidences she involved herself to try and maybe seduce him, trick him into accepting her, he would always choose Maeve over her and that sucked for her, she had no friends, not eve Caitlyn whom she thought that would help her around, she remembered the day that Mike broke up with her, it was the very same day that she kiss
CHAPTER FIFTY“I have just passed by Alyssa on my way here and it was like she was coming right from this direction, is everything okay? Because the moment she saw me, she sneered at me and got into Caitlyn’s car and the banged the door” Maeve asked Dylan immediately she got into his car, he looked confused, frustrated and uncomfortable“It is nothing, you know how she likes to create a mountain from an anthill, she just hates you since that day you know, are you ready? Maybe we should just drive home, I don’t think I want to go for ice crem today” he said and Maeve knew that he was probably trying to hide something from her but she was not going just to let it slide just like that, she knew that Alyssa was capable of anything and that she would do anything just to frustrate her, she knew that Alyssa was in love with Dylan buts he was in love too and she was not going to just let her get what she wanted and let her step on he
CHAPTER FORTY-NINEThe following days that followed were a little bit too busy for both Dylan and Maeve that they did not get enough time together, it was like everyone was engrossed in their exams but at long last, they finally got the chance to meet that Friday after exams, Dylan offered to ride with her in his car after their last exams paper, Dylan had plans over the weekend, he was going out with his aunt and together with Mr. Baker, they were determined to find out the truth about what had really happened and Dylan had this feeling that his father was still alive and he was looking forward to meeting him, he knew there was a possibility of him being alive given all the evidence they had been collecting since he got in England to stay with his auntThere was this tension between Maeve and Alyssa and the two were not talking after the ordeal that occurred at Dylan’s house, Maeve had developed this kind of hatred towards her and she was bound to do anything ju
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT“Can you imagine Maeve lashed at me yesterday when I went to check on Dylan’s sister? I did not know that she was there at his place and worst thing is that Dylan called her babe in front of him?” Alyssa complained to Caitlyn who was busy munching on her apple“I don’t understand why you keep complaining about what Maeve is doing, she is happy with him and you should be happy with Mike, don’t know why you jealous all of a sudden, you remember the you also shouted at him and made him look like a fool, he then met Maeve who was not shouting at him and the two are actually compatible, I can see how they look at each other, you know what friend? It is high time you let go of the past and focused on yourself and your boring boyfriend Mike, stop being jealous” Caitlyn said and Alyssa looked at her for a few seconds before she scoffed“Really and I thought that you were my friend, I can&rsq
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN“So have you got anything that might help us into finding about what happened to Dylan’s father?” Sue asked Baker as the two were seated at the cafeteria; Dylan excused himself while he let the two to talk“Actually I might be having something although I am not sure if it is useful and by the way your sister, Kayla I have met her three times and she was always speaking high of you, you two must have been close back then”“Yes we were, it is unfortunate that she left so early and left her kids behind, but we were close, she took care of me, took me to school and you know all that, she was a lovely woman, loved by many, Walker was lucky to have her but her kids were not even lucky to see him, I mean their biological father”“Yeah I know Walker was always talking about moving in with her and his kids but I have reasons to believe that he might be alive, you see my wife and Walker were working on the
CHAPTER FORTY SIX“You see I wanted to talk to you about this news about your father, my private investigator thinks that he is alive somewhere since the results are out, the ashes from your dad’s plane does not match his DNA and my doubts are that maybe he decided to death then vanish or maybe someone faked his death and maybe killed them, I really don’t understand anything and the fact that after going through all the trouble of exhuming the body only to find that the remains does not even belong to my wife, these two are somewhere else and what I don’t understand is why not say anything, it has been almost five years since all this and they have never made any contact and I don’t think that they are being held hostage after all these years, so the probability of them being alive is half, just like the probability that they might have been killed and their bodies dumped somewhere else, have you found anything in that diary that can help us
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE“I can see she is doing well, how are you Alicia? My name is Baker and I am Maeve’s father about you, how are you feeling?” Mr. Baker asked Alicia who was smiling“I’m good Mr. Baker thank you for stopping by” she said and Baker smiled, everything about her reminded him of his old friend Peterson whom his private investigator thought to be alive, according to him, Peterson might have been alive or maybe he did not die in that plane crash and that is Baker wanted to talk to Dylan and his aunt about the issue , he figured out ha maybe it was time they brought their heads together and thought about the matter or the fact that their relatives might be alive somewhere and seeing Alicia that day reminded him of Maeve while she was still young and one day when they were having dinner, Dylan father was around that day and it was a family and friends dinner night that they always did at least twice every month, Pete
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR“How are you feeling now?” Dylan asked his sister the following day as they were in the hospital, he had gone to stay with Alicia the following day and since it was on a Monday and he did not have any class, he decided to stay with his sister at the hospital will his aunt went back home to change before she could come back later at the hospital, Alicia was recuperating quite well and the doctor said he might even discharge her in three days time“I am better than okay, I just want to get out of here and go back home, I miss watching cartoons and all that and by the way where is Maeve? Or you did not come with her” she asked Dylan who was already lost in his own world, he was already lost in his own world thinking of the previous day’s occurrences, he was torn in between Maeve and Alyssa, he felt like he was already in love with Maeve but there was always that tingling he felt whenever Alyssa was around, he did not even hear