As said, Patrick called the servant and handed him the contract. He instructed him to have it verified with much scrutiny as possible. Patrick did not want to make any mistakes, his time was running out.
They all sat in silence while waiting. The servants brought in a large chocolate cake and a pot of jasmine tea. Lady Francesca dug into the decedant mouth watering chocolate cake, curring a large slice and placing it in her saucer. After the events she had witnessed, she realised she hadn't eaten much for dinner and was rather famished.
She forked mouthfuls of cake greedily sucking the tip of the fork like a savage rat. Her husband watched in silence, staring holes into her, hoping she would realise her actions.
She smiled at him while taking another large bite. The excitement in her belly was far too great for her to care what her in-laws thought at this moment.
Patrick was clearly disgusted and tapped his wrinkled fingers impatiently on the
Andrew Jumped into the car with his wife, speeding ono the road. The tires making skid marks on the driveway. His anger and the insult he faced from both his Father and his wife gritted at his brains. He wanted to wring Sky's neck.''Slow down'', Lady Francesca cried out when she was flung against the door by Andrews wreckless driving. He was swerving across lanes, , running red traffic lights and hooting crazily at other cars. He was a crazed mad man and Lady Francesca was now scared. He did not go slower, instead he slammed his foot on the accelerator and drove faster.They were home in under 10 minutes. Lady Francesca jumped of the passenger side of the car, her stomach was upset. She leaned over and heaved. Every bit of chocolate cake she consumed earlier had now exited her body. She stood vomitting on the driveway. Andrew did not look back, he walked to the front door opening it and going inside.*Crash*He started threw the vase onto the floor. It s
Sky now felt the pressure rising within her as she got off the phone. ''How dare he speak to me in such languages?''.Her eyes stung with unshed tears. She needed to fix this. He now knew that she was not the CEO of the company or atleast just had unnecassary doubts. She needed John to sign the papers as soon as possible.The next morning Sky somped into the office heading straight for Johns office. The door was open and she walked right in. John sat on his leather chair behind his big oak desk sipping his coffe. He stared at her blankly.She took out the contract and threw it on the desk, ''Sign this'', she commanded.John picked up the paper between his fingers and looked at it.''No need to go through it, Its legit. Just sign it!'', She pushed on.John looked at her suspiciously,'' I prefer reading this before I put my signsture on anything''.Sky looked at him surprised, she did not expect John to have so much nerve and courage to
John sat looking at his phone. He smiled an evil grin. There were pictures of Sierra before her acting career. He read the notes sent to him.''Sierra Plum, indeed she is as sweet as a plum. Best entertainer in the industry. stripper at the Kinky mens club.''.This was what he needed. Innocent Sierra, famous actress, deleting her past and replacing it with a cliche story of beauty pageant winner becomes actress. This was game over for Sierra. He felt bad but then he remebered all the nasty things she had done to him and his wife. He could bare all the insults but he could never bare watching his lovely Adrianna being insulted and shamed.Alex walked in for the second time today handing his boss another coffee, '' I hope you are please with the information supplied. It took som time and alot of effort to dig this out of the grave. It was buried so deep, satans hands could reach it in hell!!!''.John took a sip of his strong, white coffee and smiled.
Adrianna sat in the garden , reading a book and enjoying the scenery. A note tied to a stone landed next to her feet. She quickly picked it up looking around. Everything was silent, and there was not a soul in sight. She gently unwrapped it from the stone and unfolded it.She read the note:''My love,I am outside the gate at the corner waiting for you. Meet me just once.love John''.Adrianna looked to the corner of the fence. On the outside was a figure. She was unsure if it was John, but just thinking of him made her heart beat faster.She read the note once more, thinking about his previous notes, this one had different hand writing.She decided not to think too much into it. She was excited that her John was her. He was here to see her.She put the note in her pocket and left the book on the bench. She looked around making sure no one was watching and walked to the gate. She hadn't seen John in two weeks. Her eyes longed t
Martha went out to the garden looking for Adrianna, it was now lunch time. She picked up the book from the bench and looked around noticing the gate opened. This seemed off to her but she thought maybe Adrianna went for a swtroll outside. Maybe Adrianna was feeling suffocated. Martha decided not to tell Peter.Patrick Walters receives a call at home. His face turns grim,'' How much?''The voice though the telephone was distorted,'' 50 million dollars, if you want to see her alive''.Patrick put down the phone.He summoned his entire family immediately relaying the ransom message he received.''Father where do we get that sort of money from?'', Jefferson wailed.Patrick looked at Lady Francesca and Sierra expectantly but they avoided eye contact.Andrew refused to help in any way,''This has nothing to do with us''.Martha grew anxious, She thought her babay girl had gone for a stroll but instead she was kidnapped.''Call John, It
John walked out of the mansion fuming. He knew who was behind this. He jumped into the car and sped off. He didn't care at this point who saw him or what car he drove!!! All that was in his head was his beautiful Adrianna,His wife. He needed to know she was safe.He reached Alex house in under five minutes. Sitting in the driveway he pulled out his phone making a call.''Is this your way of making me regret my decision? Kidnapping my wife?'', He screamed through the phone.A calm voice replied,'' I was nice, I was good. I asked you nicely to sign over the company but you refused!!! So , yes. If you want to see your wifes pretty little face again you will do as I say''.''You want the company? Take it, just leave Adrianna out of this!!!'', John snarled.He disconnected the call, taking deep breaths to calm down before he went inside.He knew Sky would never ask for 50 million, she had her eyes on the company before he was even conceived. This i
It was late afternoon , John and Alex had their supper early and went to their room. Alex flipped open the laptop and plugged in the headphones. He turned up the volume and tuned into the Walters dining hall camera.Patrick and Felicia sat at the table in silence.''What are they waiting for?'', John asked.''Shhhhhhh, Just watch'',Alex placed a finger on his lips.It was 7h58pm. Any minute now.Sierra and Jefferson walked in and took their places at the table.Patrick motioned for the servant to take the morning paper across to them.Jefferson took the paper and stared at the front page reading the heading in silence. Sierra leaned in and gasped.''Read it aloud'', Patrick commanded.Jeffersons hand shook, the paper fluttering violently.The shame he felt was unbearable. The fact that his father had seen this despicable picture of his wife with nothing on accept a g-sting and net bra made is insides churn.
Peter walked into the coffee shop outside of work. He stopped to get a coffee before he sat at his table to commence his day. He walked into the busy coffee shop. There were atleast 5 people in front of him. The Daily Coffee shop was one of New Yorks best shops so this coffee was worth the wait.He stood looking at the television which had the news on. From the corner of his eye he glimpsed Annie. His wife ,Annie. He turned immediately, bumping the person in front of him, only to see no one in sight. Apologising to the man in front of him he began to wonder if her was seeing things.''Was it a ghost?'', he shook the idea from his mind as he followed the queue, looking around hopoing to confirm that it was not his imagination.Finally he reached the counter and ordered his double expresso coffee with extra milk. He decided to sit at a table a while and chevk if his imagination would run wild again.Twenty minutes and a coffee later, still nothing. He got u
One year later.Patrick Walters had left this world. Adrianna and John had stuck to their word and did not divulge his secret. And in return Patrick Walters had stuck to his.He eventually broke the news to them a week before he could pass away.He had traveled the world with Felicia. He finally took the holiday. He finally spent timw with his wife. He did all the things he wanted to before he closed his eyes. Everyone was heart broken but they now knew that he was safe in the arms of the lord. He had one last and final request and they had honored it.He asked to be buried next to Annie. He knew he could not make amends in this lifetime. But he maybe after death he could.
The lights in the hall went out and everyone gasped. As a blue spot light shone on Adrianna only.The bright light now caught her by surprise. She was startled but held her composure.Although......She felt nervous standing all alone, she looked down and John was no longer in his wheelchair. Alex had also disappeared.She felt scared, her breathing was now frantic and her heart was pounding.Her mind was racing, all the thoughts of losing John flooded her imagination, her hands trembled.She felt she was going to have a nervous breakdown when a song started to play.She was taken out of her frantic mind torture. The song started to soothe her. It was a s
Alex, John and Adrianna now entered the art gallery in the museum. It was huge. Paintings were hung all over the walls. Adrianna absorbed its beauty. Taking it all in. She reached a sunset painting on the wall and froze.She could not help but stare at the name engraved in the bottom right corner.ANNIE WALTERS.Adrianna looked at John mouthing the words thank you. As a tear slipped from her eye she gently dabbed her cheek.This was something to be happyabout. Her mothers painting was in one of the worlds famous museums.She walked around a bit more until the MC took the stage and welcomed them.Adrianna walked to the front of the room where a high table was set up.She did not know what was going on, but she stood listenin
John and Alex arrived at the museum. It was just before 5pm. They place was full of people. He could already see Sierra enjoying the spotlight before she entered. John's parents where already at the venue. They had called to let him know.John looked at the reporters, every journalist is New York was here. He smiled. Today they would get a good story.He lookes at the spotlights highlighting the old museum. It made it look like it was an ancient relic. He knew Adrianna would love it. He loves it. "Alex, thank you. Everything is to the tea. It is better than I imaginedit"." If you think this is fly, wait till you see the inside", Alex chuckled.Alex got of the limousine and waited for the chauffeur to bring John's wheel chair, " do you really have to use this? I mean can't you just walk? You can say u miraculously recovered!!!".
Patrick adorned himself in the finest suit. Black with navy trimmings, a navy tie and a white shirt. He looked handsome for his age. For a dying man he looked happy and healthy. He smiled at himself in the mirror. Felicia was brushing his thinning hair. Today he knew that he would sign over his company to Adrianna. He knew that she was the most suited. She had earned it. Felicia had worn a navy blue dress. It was long sleeved and draped the floor as she walked. Her hair was curled and pinned to one side. And around her neck she wore her wedding jewelry set. A bright blue gem set onto a white gold choker. " You look ravishing my darling", Patrick said as he turned around to look at her. He hated lying to her about his illness but he didn't want anyone's pity. He knew he had just few weeks and after tod
Adrianna reached home after her spa treatment and hair appointment.Her skin glowed like a new born baby. It was soft and supple. Her hair had been put up loosely with curls. A few tendrils of hair fell lightly on her face,framing it. She looked gorgeous. Her make up was done plain but simple.Her eyes had a gold evening glow eye shadow with a hint of glitter.Her rosy red cheeks were powdered and blended. And her lips had a blood red lipstick which brought out her beautiful features.She looked at her nails, they were french tipped with red roses on them.She sat on her bed and applied rose scented lotion on her body. Adrianna changed into the lacey undergarments. They were a white lacey bra with neted tassels and a matching thong. She put on her ba
The doorbell rang and Adrianna answered it,it was the delivery guy. He had a big box and a boquet of roses and a card, all for her. Adrianna signed and took it excitedly, she knew it could only be from John. She opened the card. It was an invitation for a ball in honour o her. She took the box to the room and opened it. Inside was a white silk gown with red roses on the one sleeve, it was gorgeous, Adrianna held it against her and twirled. Her husband had great taste indeed. It had matching glass slippers and matching under garments. Adrianna's face flushed with embarrasment. She picked up the phone and called John,''Thank you, I simply love it''. John smiled to himself at her response, ''You are most welcome''. There was silence before they bid each other good bye. This ball was at 5pm. Adrianna looked the time , it was 10am. She needed to get to a salon and have her hair and make up professionally done. She wa
Two weeks were up and Lady Francesca and Andrew had returned. They arrived at the Walters mansion like a newly wed couple. ''Good morning Father, Good morning mother'', They greeted as they walked through the door. Patrick stood in shock,they were different. They had learned manners. Adrianna was there to welcome them.They hugged her tightly thanking her. Adrianna smiled, they had really changed. Jefferson and Sierra had also arrived and Andrew and his wife embraced them in warm hugs. They all thanked Adrianna. ''The person you need to thank is John. He had done all this to bring us all together as one big happy family'', Adrianna said. ''Let us all surprise him with a visit'', Sierra said. They all agreed and left to the hospital. As they all went into John's room they brought him gifts and were roudy. John looked at them confused. He wondered why they had all come. They dropped gift
Adrianna knew that that this week was going to be the toughest for some of her family members. Jefferson was gone to rehab, Sierra started acting again and Bradley was at work. Lady Francesca and Andrew had gone off to their couples retreat, leaving Michael at the Walters Mansion. Adrianna decided that she would start spending more time with her grandfather. She went to the kitchen and cut fruit slices. She walked out into the garden where she found Patrick sitting on the bench. Adrianna sat down next to him and offered hima fruit slice. Taking a slice of apple he started to talk,'' I don't know why I just could not accept her. She was so innocent and so pure. Humble and kind. Everything we were not,everything my children were not. Everything I had taught them were wrong. I don't know why I denied her space in the family burial plot''. At that moment Adrianna knew he was talking aboy her mother. ''I deeply regret everything,her