The servant covered her mouth in shock at the same time Luis and Rose walked in.Luis cleared his throat to alert Derry and Lily that they were no longer alone. Derry snapped out of the moment immediately feeling embarrassed. For that split moment, he had forgotten about the servant's presence and now Luis and Rose were also there."Hi," Derry said awkwardly. "Dad, you are here, Aunt Nora," Lily shouted in excitement.Lily walked towards Luis and Rose. She hugged them together. Derry walked towards the window and leaned against it still feeling embarrassed but somewhere in his heart, he hoped Luis and Rose would not judge him. "Yeah, looks like you are going home today," Luis said noticing she was no longer in the medical dress and her stuff was all packed. "Yes, and I convinced Derrick to let me stay with him," Lily said smiling. "That is nice but you know that is wrong. You are not married to him yet so you can't just go stay with him," Luis pointed out and Lily frowned."So, yo
Luis stared at Derry not sure how to react to his statement knowing he was also still in love with Lily. She is a woman every man will want. Not just beautiful on the outside but beautiful inside too. Derrick has been careless and now Derry has Lily but Lily is not in her right state of mind right now. What would the story be if she gained her memory? What happens to Derry? Luis has already gone through that phase and knows it is not a good feeling to carry as a man.Derry relaxed in his seat as he had come to the full realization that he loved Lily. Those days he spent with her at the hospital, the way she addressed him, the respect he gave him, the care and everything she did were the best moments in his life. For the first time in his life, he knows what it feels like to love and be loved back. Lily made him feel wanted, needed and above all loved. Her innocent smile, the love in her eyes, and the joy around her anytime he does something for her warmed his heart every time. At firs
Lyla's eyes widened upon hearing Derry's statement. She stood there for a while, unsure how to react to Derry's words."I see. So it is like that, huh," Lyla said and a tear rolled down her cheeks.Lyla turned and walked away after making her statement which was met with silence from Derry. Derry was surprised. He had never seen Lyla cry. Many times, he had tried to win her over she never gave in, she only gives in anytime he wants to be intimate with her but she never loved him back so what is her problem now? Why the tears? These thoughts ran through his head as he rubbed Lily's shoulders gently."Ivy, leaves here?" Lily asked breaking the silence after Lyla left."Who is Ivy?" Derry thought. "Wait, does it mean Derrick had a woman called Ivy?" he thought.He decided on a better answer to give to her question."She had an accident so I let her stay here so I can be sure she is following the doctor's instructions," Derry explained sounding honest."Oh mine, that is terrible, glad she
"Oh my God, where has she gone to?" Derry said feeling tensed.Derry searched the whole apartment going into rooms and still no sign of Lily. He began to panic, wondering what he would do if something bad happened to her."Please Lily be safe," he prayed silently in his heart.He went down the stairs and decided to go look for her outside the house because she was not inside the house. He went down to the garage using the elevator. He first checked the entire garage and there was no sign of her. He went out of the garage to the main compound, the garden and went round the house but still no sign of Lily."Did she go out of the compound?" he thought worried about her safety.He drove out of the compound and drove down the street with the hope of finding her walking around. After driving for a while, he saw a lady sitting on a bench with her head lowered."Lily," he exclaimed and quickly parked the car and got out of the car.He ran to the bench and tapped the lady on her shoulder thinki
Derry was in the bathroom, standing under the shower. He smiled knowing Lyla had already tried to enter his room and failed.Derry finished taking his bath and walked into the bedroom in a bathrobe. He quickly dressed up and put on something comfortable. Lily had finished eating and was reading a book she found on the nightstand."Would you like to take your shower now?" Derry inquired and she nodded in a yes. "Okay, let me ready the bathtub for you," he said.Derry went back to the bathroom and filled in the bathtub for her. He returned to the room and realized Lily was still in her dress and had not changed. She doesn't have any clothing here. He went for a bathrobe and gave it to her. Lily collected the bathrobe and entered the bathroom.While Lily was taking her bath, Derry made a call to a clothing shop owned by a friend in town and asked him to deliver some clothing to his apartment."Now he just needs to keep her busy in the bathroom till the clothes arrive," Derry thought.He h
"What is it?" Rose asked noticing the sudden change in Luis's expression.Luis shifted his gaze back to Rose and stared at her with a confused expression."It was Derrick's number again," he said.Rose got closer and looked at Luis's phone screen and also saw the missed call from Derrick's number."Try calling him let's see," she suggested.Luis dialled Derrick's number and waited for it to connect but no one answered. He called severely but there was no answer."What if he is in trouble?" Rose asked worriedly."That is possible but this would be difficult to track. It is like when he left the hospital that day, he took nothing with him," Luis informed her."I think we need to report this to the police. It doesn't make sense he calls but will not wait for you to answer and would not answer when you call back either," Rose pointed out."You are right. He may be in some kind of trouble," Luis replied. "It's late now, let's do that tomorrow," he added and they continued climbing the stair
Derry worked till nightfall before leaving his study."What does this Lyla want?" Derry wondered as he walked towards the bedroom.He slowly opened the bedroom door and entered, ensuring he didn't disturb Lily's sleep. It had been a long day, dealing with employees, Luis and now the new CEO of GoldMedal want to bother him with resigning from the partnership deal that was cancelled for whatever reason. He wasn't ready to do any business with the company. He had only signed the first partnership contract because of Derrick's relationship with his father but now that they cancelled the agreement himself, he was not ready to sign the contract with them again.Derry entered the bathroom and soon the shower could be heard and water pouring on the floor. He stepped out of the bathtub, put on his robe and wiped his hair dry with a towel. He entered the bedroom, put on his sleepwear and lay next to Lily. One side of the bed sinking in made Lily open her eyes. She was now half awake. She groans
Derry ran his hand through his hair and stared at Lily one more time. He could not go back to sleep as the dream he had earlier kept on playing in his mind. He was lying face up on the bed. He stared at the spiral chandelier light hanging from the ceiling in the dimly lit room. His side of the lamp was illuminating the room. It was a yellow light and hence not loud enough to disturb anyone. He stayed in bed like that till he heard Alexa's greetings as she opened the window blinds inviting the ray of the rising sun into the room."Good morning boss, it is 6 am," Alexa greeted.Lily frowned as the ray of light fell directly on her face. She pulled the sheet to cover her face causing Derry to look in her direction."Alexa, close the curtain blind on the left," Derry ordered noticing the ray of light was disturbing Lily."Yes boss," replied Alexa and the curtain on the left side of the window was closed.Derry got out of bed and went to the washroom. Standing in front of the mirror brushin
Derrick went silent and lowered his head shocked by the news of his father's death."I was informed yesterday but I knew you were out on a date and I didn't want to spoil your evening with such news," Luis added and Derrick just nodded."I will be returning to Florida, later today. Just let me know if you need anything," Luis said and got up to leave.Derrick got up and escorted Luis to the door without saying anything but just nodding to whatever Luis was saying. He closed the door after Luis had left and out of anger punched the wall so hard, that he got injured in the process. As if he could not feel the pain, he gave the wall another punch. He turned and pressed his back to the wall and sank to the ground.Luis walked to his car and called Isabel."Hello Isabel, are you busy?" he asked."No, what's up?" replied Isabel."Kindly come over to Derrick's place. He is not alright. I just told him about his father," replied Luis."Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes," Isabel replied."Gr
Derrick lowered his head, disappointed. He did not know how to react to the news he had just received. It was his father all along. All the problems he and Lily went through were because of his father. Technically, Lily never had a moment of peace because of him. He recalled what Lily had said about having months of peace since he was out of her life. She was right after all. "When did you find out?" Derrick directed his question to Luis."Err, things become clearer the day you left Florida. I had always had my suspicion though," replied Luis."Why didn't you say something to me?" Derrick queried."Would you have believed me then without the undeniable evidence?" Luis asked advancing towards him.Derrick went silent and Luis patted him on the shoulder."I am truly sorry about your father. I wish he didn't do what he did," Luis consoled and left the two standing there."And you," Derrick said shifting his attention to Isabel who was still standing with him. "Did you ever love me or was
Luis, knowing what was going to happen, had already taken the first flight to Washington to defend Derrick.Arriving at Washington Central police station, Derrick saw on the TV screen what had transpired the night before, while he was in bed hugging Lily's dress. He was shocked to see what was showing on the screen."So that is why he got arrested?" Derrick thought as he was sent to the withholding cell.Derrick knew his father could do the unthinkable like when his father killed his friend and made him lose his memory but that was a long time ago. He thought he had changed."Drug and weapon trafficking?" Derrick thought. "When did he start doing such business?" he continued in his thought. "But why? As the head of Homeland Security, he earned good money, so why would he do this?" he thought. "Or did someone set him up?" he frowned while trying to understand why his father would do such a thing."Lucky you. Your lawyer is already here," came the voice of an officer interrupting Derric
Derry stared at Luis not sure how to react to the information."Does your wife know?" Derry inquired."No," Luis said and turned to face Derry. "When I found Derrick, I sent Isabel to his location to monitor him. Well, I didn't give her so many details aside from telling her I want her to monitor Derrick and report his activities to me and also to keep an eye on his father, Mr Mingle. I had found out the two were living together. Isabel got herself employed in Derrick's new company, Armani or something. Some weird name, I don't know how he comes up with company names. Anyway, Isabel got close to him and he found solace in her. I am not sure what happened. Isabel is very professional in her dealings but she yielded so I let them be," he explained."So Derrick doesn't know," Derry said."No, he doesn't. Isabel is a CID, but now she is in love with Derrick and she will come clean after our operation. She is a strong woman; she can handle rejection if things don't go well," Luis said raisi
Derrick spent some time with his children before leaving for his apartment. He decided to stay around for a while before going back to Washington. Derrick was back in his apartment, he stood in the living room recalling memories of himself and Lily. His eyes shifted to the dining area and he remembered the first time he had cooked for Lily. He recalled all the good times they had together. He went up to the bedroom. He opened the door and the familiar fragrance that used to greet him when Lily was in the room was no longer there. He scanned the room and the dressing table still had Lily's stuff on it. He opened the closet and her clothes were still in there. Neither Lily nor he returned to the apartment after Lily was rushed to the hospital. He removed one of Lily's dresses from the hanger and hugged it. It did carry traces of her scent. He walked to the bed and lay down on the bed hugging Lily's dress feeling regretful. His phone rang interrupting the moment. He searched for it and c
Derry left and Lily turned to face Derrick. There was silence in the room for 10 minutes but it felt like a whole day for Lily. Derrick cleared his throat and got up to sit next to Lily but she stopped him."Please, just sit where you are," Lily said with a straight face and Derrick sat back on his seat."I am sorry about that," Derrick said."Okay. Why do you want to see me?" Lily asked going straight to the point and Derrick exhaled deeply."Lily, I came here to apologize. No matter my explanation it doesn't change the fact that I abandoned you when you needed me most," Derrick began and Lily looked on with a straight face, constantly reminding herself Derry was just in the living room to keep herself calm."So, why did you leave? All I remember was you apologizing," Lily asked and Derrick remembered that day.He had spoken to his father and he left the hospital after. He recalled Lily's state when he left. Derrick narrated their entire life together as a couple and explained he didn
Derry felt Lily needed to know the truth and that would help her make a decision she would not regret. If Derrick's reasons were justified, she could go back to the man she had once loved. She hated him now because she didn't know why he left.He turned to look at Lily, she was asleep but the expression on her face said she was not happy even in her sleep. He got out of bed and went to the washroom and stood under the cold shower. The weather was that cold yet he took a cold shower. He returned to the bedroom to see Derrick had replied indicating he wasn't asleep himself. He sighed and left the bedroom for his study. He dialled Luis's number and he picked up after two rings."Hey men, do you have something against marriage fun?" queried Luis as soon as the call connected."Sorry to disturb you, I just needed someone to talk to," replied Derry sounding sad.Luis looked at Rose who was still sleeping and he went to the balcony."Hey, you don't sound okay, what happened? Is Lily aright?"
Derry joined his third and last meeting for the day. In the meeting, he was a bit distracted. He felt content in his heart, having adopted the children but was still afraid to advance his relationship with Lily, especially now that Derrick was back in Town."Will Lily go back to him?" Derry thought recalling Luis's several warnings."Sir, what do you think of the idea?" asked one of the board members.Derry sat at the head of the table surrounded by 6 board members, 3 on each side of the table. He could see their lips moving and images flashing on the projector screen but nothing they were saying was registering on his mind."Sir, Mr McClean?" the board member sitting closest to him called out to him."Yes," Derry responded snapping out of his thoughts."I just wanted to know what you thought of the idea for the project," the board member who had done the presentation asked again."Send it to my email, I want to go through it again and decide," Derry replied. "Is that the last idea pre
"Perfect," Luis said and Rose looked at him wondering what was on his phone that he was smiling about but he said nothing and continued driving."What is it?" Rose asked curiously."Just work," Luis replied and rubbed her chin with his thumb gently before putting both hands on the steering."Okay," Rose replied and kept her eyes on the road.As soon as they got home, Luis kissed Rose on the cheeks and quickly proceeded to his basement. Rose immediately knew the notification; he received in the car was probably a lead on the investigation. Meaning he had found something on Mr Mingle. She smiled and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and after she started preparing some tea for Luis.In the basement, Luis turned on the light and put all his machines on."My babies, Dad needs you to do something really fun for him," Luis said while opening some apps on the machines and waiting for other machines to fully boot.He connected the headset to the machine and put it on. He pulled a se