He felt they were not alone. He shifted his gaze towards the living room and saw his father standing in there looking very worried."Thank you, Dad," Derrick said to his father."Happy to help," Mr Mingle replied with his gaze still fixated on Derrick."Let me take a shower and we can talk," Derrick added, wrapped his arms around Lily's shoulder and walked her back to his room."Tell me everything, how is Lyla. Really?" Lily asked once they were inside the bedroom.Derrick looked at her in silence and wondered if he should tell her everything. He kicked against giving too many details."Well, the operation took a long time, but it was successful according to the doctor and we have nothing to worry about," he replied."How is the baby?" Lily asked with concern."He didn't say. I will find out tomorrow," Derrick lied. "but do you recall exactly what happened?" he asked taking his shirt off.Lily walked to the sofa and sat down, nervously rubbing her hands together. She tried to remember
"Lyla?" Derry called again looking at her hand in his and she again squeezed his hand and opened her eyes.He held her hand gently in his, his eyes filled with tears of joy. A doctor and two nurses entered the room after he pressed the bell. They asked him to go outside as they attended to Lyla.Out of Joy Derry, pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled Derrick's number. He answered after 2 rings."She is awake," he said joyfully immediately Derrick answered and said hello.Derrick, who didn't want to disturb Lily after she had struggled to sleep, had walked out of the room to the balcony to answer the call."This is good news. How is she doing? Have the doctors said anything yet?" Derrick asked in one breath as he was suddenly wide awake."They are attending to her now. I just called her name twice, and she squeezed my hands and opened her eyes. She didn't say anything though. But she opened her eyes and she responded when I called her name," Derry said joyfully."I am happy to
Paula accepted the cup of coffee with an awkward smile. Her niece likes Derrick meaning she can have Derry. With this thought in mind, her smile broadened. Derrick returned a brief smile and sat on the right corner of the sofa. Paula was sitting to his left also close to the corner.Derrick stayed around for a while before leaving at 7. 30 a.m. for the office. Now in the ward was Derry, sleeping Lyla and Paula, Lyla's aunt. Paula was happy Derrick had finally left. Now she is alone time with Derry.Derry looked very exhausted as he could not even close his eyes for a second since he came to the hospital the previous day. Now that everything was looking good, the tiredness was beginning to overcome him. The worry, which was the adrenaline that kept him awake had slowly subsided. Paula on the other hand looked refreshed as she was able to get a sound sleep. It was surprising how she was able to sleep even though the chair in the patient waiting area was uncomfortable and also consideri
Derry stretched his hand pressing the bell, which was just above Lyla's bed headboard for a medical practitioner."Derry, what happened? Is the baby, okay?" Lyla asked agitated as she rubbed her belly with her left hand. "I can't feel anything again," she cried."Calm down my love. Just relax, let the doctor get here first," Derry coaxed."Derry, I lost the baby, right? I lost the baby?" Lyla said with tears streaming down her face and Derry wiped her tears going silent, unable to answer her question."My baby is gone," Lyla repeated in a feeble voice and more tears streamed down her face.Derry's heart ached and his own eyes became tearer but he held back his tears and tried to console her. He stroked the top of her head gently to calm her, but Lyla kept crying. Her tears started choking her, making it uncomfortable for her to breathe. Next, she went silent and shut her eyes. The monitor started beeping and Derry became anxious."I need a doctor here now," Derry yelled causing Paula t
Lyla couldn't finish her porridge, but Lily had fed her at least half of the bowl. She placed the leftovers back on the table and Derry took care of the washing while Lily kept Lyla company.Lyla felt guilt looking at Lily's genuine love and concern for her. She knew if it was Lily in her place, she wouldn't have done that for her. It would rather be an opportunity to take Derrick away from her. She stared at Lily blankly in deep thought. Rosy had called her earlier and given her that baby shop location and requested she take Lily to the place. She recalled."Does it mean this accident was meant for Lily?" Lyla thought."Rosy instructed her to make sure Lily goes with her to the location. No, this accident was meant for Lily. I just got in the way," Lyla concluded in her thought while she was still staring at Lily who was helping her feel more comfortable."Hey," Lily snapped her fingers in Lyla's face, pulling her out of her thoughts."Hey, you shouldn't be thinking about anything. Yo
Derry went silent for a while trying to process what Devon had just revealed to him. If Mr Adam Shawn's account is still active, who is using it? He thought."What do you mean the account is active? Who is using it?" Derry questioned."His daughter, Lily Shawn," Devon announced.Derry went silent upon hearing Lily's name linked to the account and recalling what Devon had told him earlier about the account being used to pay the criminal who ran Lyla over. Lily is a good person, so why would she do that? He knew Lily and Lyla had not been on good terms initially, but they are okay now."Are you sure?" Derry asked sounding surprised rather than angry. "Yes sir, the payment was made directly from that account but through multiple others before reaching the contracted person. This kind of move is never easy to trace but my men are good," Devon explained trying to displace his competence in the process "My men will be picking Lily up for questioning," he added"No, wait, I will let you kno
"Derrick, Lily fainted," Derry said as soon as the call connected. "What?" Derrick almost screamed on the phone "I am coming over," he added without waiting for an answer to his question.He hurriedly packed the document he was working on into his cabinet, grabbed his car keys, and stepped out of his cabin. He realized he didn't ask where Lily was but already suspected she was at the same hospital as Lyla. He called Derrick back to confirm why Lily was. "Which hospital?" Derrick asked as soon as the call connected and disconnected the call after getting his answer.He ran into Marcus who was heading towards his cabin. Marcus frowned seeing the serious expression Derrick carried on his face."Is everything okay, sir?" Marcus asked with concern, reading the expression on Derrick's face which changed to worry."No, everything is not okay. Lily fainted," Derrick replied, and Marcus's eyes widened."Ask Rosy to take care of my afternoon meeting and meet me at the car garage," Derrick said
Lily had told Derrick everything Lyla told her at the hospital without revealing Lyla was the one who told her. Derrick was finding it hard to believe that Rosy is confident would do such a thing and hence wanted to know Lily's source of information but Lily went silent. Derrick who was sitting on the bed next to Lily, leaned forward, his face inches away from Lily's."How did you come by this information?" Derrick asked, staring questioningly into her eyes with a serious expression.His closeness to her face and how he was staring into her eyes made the simple question he asked translated into something difficult for her to answer. She swallowed hard staring back at Derrick. In Lily's mind, Derrick sounded more like he was questioning if he could trust her words."He was questioning her credibility. Does he ever trust her?" Lily thought.Lily's facial expression began to change with each thought of Derrick questioning her credibility."Do you think I have a reason to lie to you?" Li