'Where the hell are you? I was at the hospital and I was told you left already. Where did you go?' Elena was screaming over the phone. She was fuming, angry at Sheena. It was anger that stemmed from concern for her sister.'I'm at the Rollins house.' Sheena replied weakly.'What! You went back there! Are you crazy? After everything they did to you? And'- she hushed her voice into a whisper - 'what about your, you know, the baby? What if they found out? Why did you go back there?' The disbelief mixed with anger in Elena's voice was in no way subtle.'I had to.' Sheena responded curtly.'I don't understand, what were you-''Why didn't you tell me about dad?' The accusation in Sheena's tone doused the vexation in Elena. Her anger was immediately replaced with shock.'How did you know? Who told you?''Is that what's most important now?' Sheena's tone was reprimanding.'I didn't tell you because you were battling with your health too. I didn't want your finding out to deteriorate your heal
'What are you talking about?' Mirabel asked with a mix of confusion and irritation.'And what is this witch doing here? You've returned to kill the rest of us like you did my father? Damian, why did you bring her here with you?' Mirabel could hardly hold her tongue.'Enough!' Damian ordered with an authority that seemed to tie Mirabel's tongue, leaving her immersed in a jaw-dropping shock.'I will not have you speak to my wife in that manner!' He declared.Mirabel squinted her eyes, frantically trying to understand Damian's words. Her hands dropped limply by her side and she seemed to be lost in a cloud of confusion as she stared at the new wedding band visible on Sheena's finger. Shamefully, Sheena hid her hand behind her.'What do you mean?' Mirabel asked as she darted her eyes between the two of them.'Did you happen to lose your hearing?' Damian insulted.'What's happening here?' Michelle's voice resonated from the foot of the stairs. Her head raised staring at the trio.They turn
Michelle could no longer tolerate Damian's repeated shades thrown at her. She stood up defiantly from her seat and challenged him.'How dare you talk to me like that! Did you forget your place?' Michelle was heaving in anger and Sheena could not help but shake her head at the girl. Mirabel obviously still didn't know what was coming at her.Damian had assumed a calm demeanor. He relaxed into the sofa, raised his legs onto the small center table, and crossed them. He spread out his arm behind the sofa comfortably before speaking to Michelle.'I know my place. The question is, do you know your place?' Damian raised a questioning brow at her.'Are you two going to just sit there and not say anything? Are we going to watch him speak to us like this?' Michelle was now talking to Mirabel and her husband, Shawn.Sheena could see the tiredness on Mirabel's face. Shawn felt the same way as his wife. He held her hand, silently encouraging her.Mirabel slowly turned her head to her husband and t
TWO YEARS LATERThe jingling of keys, the clanging of metals. Oscar turned away from the gloomy wall he was fixated on to face the door where these sounds were coming from.As he expected, the doors opened and his eyes first met with the swollen sore legs clasped tightly with chains.Oscar's eyes traveled up the length of the wounded legs to the torn blood stained white singlet and rested on the battered face of a man. It took more seconds than supposed before his eyes shone with recognition.Oscar's eyes widened with disbelief. He closed his eyes and shook his head to clear his vision. Sadly, he opened his eyes to the same sight.Oscar felt his heart tighten, his shoulders slumped and his head drooped. His whole being ached. His heart bled. He didn't want to believe he was looking at his best friend, Jake.'Jake?' He had to ask. He needed to confirm he was with the right person even though he already knew. He just didn't want to believe the sight before him.Oscar's call was returned
Sheena watched as her toddler playfully climbed on her father. Her joy just watching the sight was exhilarating, her smile broad as daylight.Sheena birthed Jayden the next year, a few weeks short of nine months after her unceremonious marriage to Damian. Damian had been so excited with the news of being a father. He didn't even consider that the child might have not been his.She was glad that he didn't suspect a thing. The birth of Jayden made her living with Damian bearable. The child was adorable.'You could never get tired of watching that.' -Elena gestured to her father playing with Jayden- 'She is so adorable.' Elena commented.Sheena smiled up at her sister. Elena had taken those words right out of her mind. 'You can say that again.' Her pride as a mother was beaming.'It's good Damian lets you visit us. It's always wonderful to have you over. Dad loves it! It's the best medicine for his weak heart.''Look at him, he's so happy.' Sheena had turned her gaze to her father again.
'They just showed you where to go? How did he know you were coming?' Oscar asked, his eyes fixed on Jake with rapt attention.'I don't know. Maybe someone called him from the house.' Jake shrugged.'And you said Damian was there with him?' Oscar sounded baffled.'Yes.''So what happened next?''When I entered and saw how calm and collected Mr Dominic looked, I began to feel stupid. I mean, what was I going to fight him for? I was in the wrong. I'm the one having an affair with his wife.' Jake shook his head at himself before he continued.'I hated the old man all my life for nothing. And he just let me hate him.' 'What are you talking about? Just stop going in circles and allow me to understand this.' Oscar was getting impatient.Jake ran a hand through his hair and sighed deeply. 'He welcomed me into his office and offered me a seat which I took. He said he wanted to discuss the matter of his Will, that I came at the right time. He asked Damian to excuse us.'When Jake looked at Osc
'Why did it take you so long to get home?' Damian's cold voice greeted Sheena as she stepped into the room.Sheena was calm and collected. She wasn't so scared of him, especially since she had Jayden with her. Damian never got violent with her in front of the child. 'You are not planning to go see that bastard in prison.' Damian's words sounded more like an accusation than a question.Sheena thought his assumptions were unbelievable. 'How would I when your dog hardly lets me go to the bathroom by myself?' Damian gave her a condescending stare-down. 'Pack up, we are leaving.' He ordered and began to walk away from her.Sheena was stunned. 'Leaving to where?' She asked Damian's back. He was already out of the room before she could speak again.She stood on the spot stunned, wondering what Damian meant. Was he taking her on a vacation? Or was he going to ask her to leave his house? Pack up! The instructions were ambiguous.It didn't take long and Damian was back. 'Are you still standin
Oscar stared in shock at Jake's mop of dark hair bent over the table as he cried out his guilt.'You killed him?' His voice was bathed in disbelief. 'Why? How?' 'What's worse than knowing your son hated your very existence?' Jake was so absorbed in self-loath that he did not read the implications of what Oscar was asking.'So you poisoned him because you hated him?' Oscar was asking direct questions to reach a clear conclusion.'Was my hatred towards him not poisonous enough to kill him? I wished him death so many times and now he's dead. I may not have been responsible for his physical death, I however killed his dreams, his hope, and his happiness.' Jake lamented.Oscar breathed a sigh of relief. He had gotten a clear answer to the doubt Jake had stirred in him. Jake didn't kill his father but he blames himself for his death."Could it be because of his self-loath, Jake accepted being responsible for Mr Dominic's death as atonement?" Oscar's mind was plagued with this unsettling th