Jake woke up to an empty bed. The space beside him was cold. Sheena must have left in the middle of night. She had to and he understood.He smiled, reeling in the pleasures of the previous night. He would have loved to wake up to the sight of her sleeping face. He would have loved to wake her up trailing soft kisses down her neck. He would have loved to feed off her undiluted morning juice and have morning sex with her.He wished she had stayed so he could snuggle her closer, but he knew better. They were playing a dirty game. One that couldn't afford all that.He got up and got ready for work. On his way out, he bumped into Sheena in the living room.They shared a look full of secrets only they could understand.Jake smiled at her as he was happy to see her. He would have loved to kiss her each day before leaving the house. He scanned the room to see that they were alone and he approached her.'Not here.' She whispered, unable to wipe the shy smile off her face.'Then where? Because
It was long past an hour before Elena slid into the seat opposite Sheena at La Cafe. Sheena wasn't mad, she knew her sister. She was always late. Elena never behaved older. Sheena presumed that's why the weighty duty to save the family fell to her.'Always fashionable late as ever. It's good to know you haven't changed.' Sheena said lightly with no hint of sarcasm in her voice.'It's great to see you too baby sis!' Elena shrilled. 'Damn I'm starving.' She says and dips her hand into the bowl of chips sitting before Sheena.'You could ask for yours. There's plenty more where these came from.' Sheena said signalling for the busboy so she could place another order.'See? It wasn't so hard.' Sheena told her sister when the waiter brought another bowl almost immediately.Elena snatched the tray from the waiter before it was placed on the table and she returned Sheena's almost empty bowl to her.'These taste so good.' Elena muttered with a full mouth.'Now how would I know? You exhausted mi
Sheena paced her room deep in thought. She had promised to do something that was beyond her.How was she to bring a matter to her husband, Mr Dominic? Her marriage was not a typical one where husband and wife freely expressed themselves.She was hardly allowed to speak. She even barely saw her husband except when he wanted to see her. So how was she to request something of him.Sheena felt boxed in. She was lost in this dilemma. She couldn't approach her husband but she needed to help her father, again!She made up her mind. She would go to Mr Dominic and she was prepared for whatever consequences that may arise.Sheena went downstairs to Maria to inquire of her the whereabouts of her husband. 'He returned an hour ago. He is in his study.' Maria had replied Sheena.Sheena complimented Maria's cooking and headed for Mr Dominic's study. She was still fumbling with her dress thinking of how to present her wordings to Mr Dominic so that it sounds appealing and does not piss him off.She
Sheena arrived at her father's house late at noon. She had to ensure that Mr Dominic left the house before she did and that no one would suspect she was on a mission.On arrival, Sheena met Elena in the living room and thought it was perfect. She would relay her findings to her first and they could decide how to calmly tell their father about it.News like this could be detrimental to his health. It wouldn't be sensible to just drop such information on him.'Finally, you are here.' Elena chimed.'Sorry, I took so long to come. I needed to take careful measures before coming.' Sheena explained.'Is everything alright? What had you crying last night? You scared me so much, that I wanted to go to you at that moment. What happened?' Elena left Sheena with a torrent of questions laced with worry in her voice.'I found out something about Mr Dominic last night. He is planning to …' 'Is your sister here yet?' A male voice interrupted Sheena, cutting her words in her mouth.Sheena raised her
Sheena was lost in a trance as she stood in the kitchen. Her mind was clouded and heavy. She hadn't been able to come up with any more information to help her father. It seemed as though Mr Dominic knew she had become a spy. He barely spoke about business at the house, not even in the confines of his study when she eavesdrops.She felt helpless and it turned out that the situation served her a lot more than she could have as her sister, Elena didn't want to believe Damian was in on the plan. Sheena's gut feelings told her differently and Elena didn't want to hear any of it.Her sister was in love with the snake. Sheena didn't have any proof except her intuition and it made it harder to convince Elena. Even her logical point that Damian was Mr Dominic's lawyer and it was expected of him to handle such matters made absolutely no sense to Elena.'Oh, Elena.' Sheena muttered to herself as she thought of her sister.'Did you say something to me?' Maria asked.Sheena had completely forgot
'What were you doing in the study?' Michelle asked Sheena as they almost bumped into each other. Michelle had just seen her father go upstairs and was certain Mr Dominic wasn't in the study so it baffled her why Sheena was exiting that room.Sheena had gotten used to their hate speech towards her and was no longer bothered by them nor was she bothered about befriending Michelle and her sister, Mirabel.Sheena had come to deduce that they were two bitter women who were looking for whom to rub off their bitterness.Sheena ignored Michelle and strode past her, head held high, consciously letting Michelle know she wasn't going to be responding to her.Michelle stood livid, glaring at Sheena's receding behind and her eyes darting to the study doors. Michelle wanted to pull Sheena back and claw at her face. She felt disrespected.Michelle decided to head for the study instead. Her curiosity as to what Sheena had been doing in the study, got the better of her.She entered the study to find D
Sheena reached the kitchen to find Maria trying to get Raymond to eat. The childish man was giving the woman a hard time as he kept running around the kitchen refusing to eat.Raymond almost knocked Sheena down along with the tea tray she still has in her hands. Sheena was able to steady herself and keep the cups from falling.Raymond immediately ran to Sheena's back to hide from his mother.'This boy will be the death of me.' Maria said with exasperation.Sheena chuckled at her frustration. She sometimes pitied the woman. It wasn't an easy task to take care of a child and it was a lot more challenging to care for one all his life.Raymond grew up, but his mind never grew. Maria had said she didn't have the money to go for a treatment that would help cure him.Raymond was a good kid and it pained her that she couldn't do anything to help. His father, Mr Dominic, didn't even acknowledge the boy and had swore never to have anything to do with him.It was a secret that Raymond was Mr Dom
Sheena returned to her bedroom in the middle of the night very oblivious to the pair of eyes watching her.She hummed her delight after spending the night in the arms of her lover. It was blissful and she wished every other night was like this.She was about to shut the door to her room when a noise from downstairs caught her attention.Curious, she headed back down to check the source of the disturbance. As she reached the foot of the stairs, Sheena let out a resonant shriek that woke everyone in the house.The scene before her was gruesome! Daisy, the last born child of Mr Dominic from his second marriage which ended in a divorce, was curled up on the floor in a pool of blood.Sheena trembled with overwhelming fear. She presumed an intruder was in the house who was responsible for Daisy being in that state and she feared the intruder might come for her too.Sheena's scream alerted everyone in the Rollins house. Jake rushed out of his room immediately he heard her screams. She had