When morning arrived, Josephine walked out of her room and went downstairs, heading to the kitchen to get a glass of water and it was when she got there that she met Elena who seem to be busy. “Elena?” she called her and Elena turned to face her with a smile. Josephine sniffed the air and peeped at what she was doing. “Huh? You are making breakfast?” she asked in surprise.Elena nodded and said, “I did not know how to thank you for yesterday so I thought of making this for you before leaving.”The other time she cooked, Lucas had scolded her and in the end, threw the food away and Josephine was just realizing how she must have felt back then. She smiled back at her and felt happy that she has changed as she expected unlike the last time where they both had an argument over her junks.“I don’t know if Mr. Gray will allow this, but I really want to appreciate all that the two of you have done by making this breakfast for you. I may not be good at everything, but I can assure you that I
Maybe she should have just listened to Lucas and not allow Elena stay the night and bring this chaos upon them. But how would she ever know that she has something evil against them? Her compassion had moved her and she had thought Elena was gradually changing and won’t end up like Maya, but that was only a bad lie. Now she does not know if he is fine or if he is dying. Who coughs out black blood and pretends to be fine anyway? Only Lucas would do that.“Why would you do this Elena? Just why?” Josephine shot at her, feeling helpless in the situation and her eyes started to brim.“I did this because of you,” she shot back while pointing her fingers at her. “Don’t you see you are the cause of all this? Everything would have turned out the way I want if only he never met you. I did everything for him and yet, he doesn’t even look at me the way he does to you. Always treating you as if you are more important while I am only seen as a maid. Is that fair?”Josephine did not want to believe w
“Nicholas turned recently and I just found out a week ago,” Lucas explained when they were all seated after coming to an understanding. “I had Sullivan monitor him and Trisha to see which one of them would betray me. That night I found you among those two people sent to kill you, the boy whispered Elena’s name to my ear and I knew she had something to do with it. To tell you the fact, Elena was never an honest person. She lied about her mother being sick all the time just so she can make an excuse to get money from me. But I never for once confronted her about it because like you, I also thought she would change. Or maybe she would have if she never met Patton.” And then he also went ahead to explain who Patton was and all that she might need to know. “So you never trusted me all along?” Trisha said, feeling hurt. “If you can be trusted, would you have kept Nicholas secret hidden from me? “How is that my fault? I did that only because he begged me to and because I know what you mig
“So let me get this straight again. Your caretaker put this liquid inside the food she prepared for you and she put poison in your girlfriend’s food. So you knew but did not want to tell her that it is poisoned because you both had a little misunderstanding and because you don’t want her to die, you decided to eat the two portions. To prove what exactly?” a woman in her mid-60s questioned Lucas who laid flat on the bed and she removed the glass she wore before folding it carefully. “It is the power of love, Mrs. Jeda,” Nicholas said with a grin and Raven hit his head with the book in her hand.The woman moved her eyes to look at Nicholas and she clicked her tongue as she shook her head. “It is a pity,” she said. “You people don’t come to visit me but now that you came, you are giving me work to do.” And then she returned her eyes back to Lucas who lay still on the bed. “Ever since you got back, the only way to let me know is by sending Sullivan to me for bags of blood. Am I not worth
Daren now laid in the bed, groaning and moving his body as he was in pains while a bucket was placed beside the bed for him to spit out the blood. Lucas, who sat at the end of the bed, watched him as he rolled his eyes backwards and clenched the sheet in a tight grip.“Will he be fine?” Drew asked with knitted brows.“I can’t say for now. We just have to keep watching him to see the changes, Mrs. Jeda replied him.“But I thought you already have a solution to it and that is why you told him to drink it, isn’t it?”She shook her head, “No,” she said. “I just merely granted what he wants but also because I needed a test subject.”“Great!” Raven commented. “So Daren is the lab rat now.”“Still, I don’t think this is right,” Drew said and watched as his friend seems to be in so much pain.“Don’t worry, I will give him a dose to suppress the pain and he should be fine by the time he wakes up,” she said and took out a new syringe from the drawer before pushing it inside the cap of a bottle
Josephine sat alone in the living room and she would look at the door from time to time, hoping that Lucas would return back but it has been over thirty minutes now and she let out a sigh. Trisha left a while ago because she needs to be mentally prepared for school the next day and it would only be a bad idea if she decides to stay with someone who is brooding.She sat there, staring at nothing in particular but just gazing around. She has never felt more lonely except the time she started to believe her mother was never coming back and that hit her differently. But the feeling she was having now was something she cannot quite explain.Lucas actions have been right all along, but if only he had just told her, maybe, all these would not have happened. It hurts her to see him in pains and she felt bad that she has been ignorant all along. All these while, she has only centered on herself alone, reeling in her own emotions and ignoring his. But he on the other hand, has centered on the b
Josephine let out a sigh for the fourth time as she and Candice were planning their next event while at Bloom's Restaurant. For the past few days now, they have been frequenting the place and sitting at the same table which has now been reserved for them.Candice looked up from the book she was writing and noticed Josephine's mood. She pursed her lips as if thinking and she called her, "Josephine?"Josephine raised her eyes to look at her and she raised her brows a bit. "Yes?" she answered.Candice dropped the pen on the book and pushed it aside before leaning her hands on the table, crossing them. "Are you alright?" she asked with concern and quickly added, "You cannot tell me you are because I know there is something bothering you. Why not share it with me and let me see how I can be out help?"Was it obvious? Josephine thought as she stared at her. What could she possibly tell her? She cannot reveal what Lucas is or tell her what she has been facing or everything that has happened
“You two are completely wasted,” Matilda said and took a sip from her drink. Josephine had brought them to a bar and had instructed the bartender to serve her only fruit juice while they had wine.“You should be happy that we are drinking on your behalf,” Josephine said to her and a wide smile form on her lips.“That is not what I am talking about,” Matilda said with a frown. “How can I send you both home in this state and I cannot leave you here either.”“Why are you in a hurry? I thought we were celebrating,” Candice said and gulped down the remaining content from her glass. “And by the way, I am not drunk, Josephine is.”“Who said I am drunk?” Josephine hit her palm on the table, drawing attention and Candice had to hold her hand down. “This is not my first time drinking.”“But you hate alcohol,” Matilda said. “I am even surprised that you decided to drink tonight. I feel guilty.”Josephine shook her head and said, “I was here the day Brian cheated on me. That was the first time I