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
Derry had just disclosed to Derrick what Officer Devon had told him from his investigation and Derrick was left stunned but his shock was slowly replaced by anger and he didn't fail to show it."What are you saying?" Derrick asked sounding a bit irritated."I am not saying anything. Just calm down. I asked the officer to halt the investigation. I know you trust Lily but I don't. I mean she is a nice person, but I don't know her that much. If she is doing something shady behind that innocent face, we are sitting on a time bomb here," Derry stated."Don't speak like that about my woman in my presence," Derrick chided "Wait, why are we even concluding? Is she the one managing the account? She just recovered her memory not long ago," Derrick defended."And how long ago did the accident happen?" Derry pointed out raising his eyebrow and sipping on his drink.Derrick angrily hit the glass from his hand and it shattered into pieces hitting the ground."Don't say things you know nothing about.
"So Lily is still using his father's account but will she plot something that evil?" he thought, still hugging Lily."I think, I want to go lie down for a while," Lily said in a dull voice and freed herself from Derrick's embrace and headed for the bed.Derrick stood rooted to the spot and watched Lily as she climbed into bed and curled herself up like a shrimp. He watched her for a while and entered the bathroom to get ready for work. He had dosed off in the car and only entered the house when the sun started coming up. He returned to the bedroom, dressed up for work and exited the bedroom. Lily was still curled up like a shrimp in bed.In the garage, Derrick got into his car and drove out of the compound towards work. His mind remains blank all through the journey. When he arrived at work, it was past 10 a.m. He parked his car in the garage and entered the building. The first person to meet him was Rosy."Hello Mr Mingle," Rosy greeted with a smile."Hello," replied Derrick trying to
Lily's steady breathing made Derrick aware she was fast asleep but he was still unable to sleep. He wished Luis was around at this moment but he was still not back from Mexico. He was handling everything on his own and didn't even know what was happening or how to handle it any more.He carefully got out of bed not waking Lily up and left the bed. It was 3 a.m. He took a quick shower, changed his clothing, and left the bedroom for his study. After working himself up with office work, he was now tired and he fell asleep on his laptop.Knock! Knock! Came the sound on the study room's door. Derrick got up abruptly, his face a little puffy from lack of sleep and the laptop keypad traced to his face. He scanned his environment and remembered he had come to his study. The knock on the door came again, startling him. He composed himself and responded in a deep hoarse voice."Came in," he cleared his throat to sound better and repeated his sentence.One of the servants walked in looking like s