'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
FOUR YEARS LATEROscar's phone beeped. He dipped his hand into his pocket to retrieve it. He spoke to Jake after checking his phone. 'They've been spotted in an airport in Australia. The information I just received says they should arrive later than supposed, their flight has been delayed.' Oscar announced. Jake was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window of his skyscraper office, his gaze focused on the overview of the city from his vantage point, but his mind paid no attention to the view. His mind was working, thinking, and brewing his next line of action.Jake only got out of prison a few months ago. Damian hadn't made it easy for him to get out with the reason of his mistreatment while in prison. The man was determined to see Jake's life ebb away. He pulled whatever string he could to ensure this and it favored him that he was a lawyer with many lawyer friends who were willing to throw him a good deed for a little something. Jake had to wait until six years to be released on pa
'I can't wait to see Jayden. I bet she has a boyfriend now.' Elena was squealing over the phone.Sheena laughed. 'A boyfriend? She's just five!' 'I was four when I had my first boyfriend-' Elena tutted '-What do you take us for? We are so beautiful and they just can't resist us as soon as we are born.'Sheena laughed harder at her sister's joke. She could imagine Elena flipping her fingers over the air dramatically.'I've missed you so much!' Sheena said amidst her laughing.Elena smiled heartily. 'I've missed you too sis. It's a shame I'd have to wait until tomorrow before I can see you. Damn that delayed flight!' Elena cursed.'Tomorrow is only a few hours-' Sheena chuckled '- You've waited four long years and can't wait a few more hours?' Sheena was teasing.'I see you sharpened your tongue some over there. I'll clip them when you reach here.-' Elena could hear Sheena's light laugh over her statement, she smiled and continued '-Don't you know those few hours would seem like foreve
'Damian please, not in front of the child. Please.' Sheena pleaded earnestly, her eyes darting between Damian's bloodshot eyes and a frightened Jayden clutching a doll by the corner.Towering over her, Damian had her by her side, trapping her between his strong hands, his lips raised in an angry sneer. It's been exactly two weeks since they returned to the Rollins house. And as a curse with the house, the two weeks had been a dark ride.For Damian, everything he did seemed to plummet down to disaster. Nothing was going well for him. He seemed to have lost the company. Although he had not mentioned anything yet, Sheena suspected that he no longer had the company within his grasp.Sheena believed karma was catching up with him and she couldn't help but love and enjoy the show. For Sheena, she had to be on the receiving end of all of Damian's venting. To add to it, she still had no news of Jake which was the most unsettling feeling she was dealing with. She had secretly gone out of th
Sheena tried to stay as calm as she could manage. She kept fumbling with the hem of the oversized hoodie she wore. The hood sat over her head, dark glasses covered her eyes. It was her attempt at a disguise. The angst coursing through her was overwhelming.After much begging and pleading, Mary had reluctantly agreed to take Sheena to meet with Jake on the condition that Mary would have to speak with Jake first, and if Jake was unwilling to speak with her, then they would have to abandon the plan. It seemed like an easy condition.Sheena was certain Jake wouldn't hesitate to see her. Sheena had figured Jake had gone into hiding and was working underground to reclaim all that Damian had stolen from him. Damian was a mutual enemy and she didn't mind joining forces with her lover to bring the enemy to his knees.She couldn't keep calm. She felt like a teenager meeting with her lover for the first time after a long time. She didn't know what to expect. She pictured him sexier and more hand
Elena stood by the entrance of the club contemplating if she should enter. The loud music blaring from the speakers that she used to love, now scared her. She braced herself and stepped in. It didn't take long for her to be spotted.'You came!' Stella squealed joyfully. She extended a hand and pulled Elena towards their table.Stella was Elena's friend from her college days. They had remained friends even after college and lived like teenagers just partying, boozing and boys. That was when life seemed to be fair to Elena and her family. When she lived carefree, her father's business was doing well, her sister didn't need to marry an older man and she wasn't nursing a broken heart.Stella had traveled abroad just about the time the turbulence in Elena's family began. Stella had just returned from her long trip and insisted that Elena come to see her at the club. It has been a long time since she saw her friend and it excited Elena to reunite with Stella. Her excitement though was short