"Our last project was just cancelled" she announced and Rosy sunk into her seat dropping her phone to the ground."Ma'am, are you alright," the secretary kept shaking Rosy who was not responding."Someone, help?" she screamed and kept shaking her"What happened" the first person who walked in enquired "I don't know, I just informed her about the cancellation of our last project and she fell to the ground," she told himThe guy pulled out his phone and dial 911"Hello, please we have an emergency, our boss just passed out," he said as soon as the call connected The ambulance arrived at the office premises in a few minutes and Rosy was carried on a stretch into the ambulance and out to the hospital. The rest of the employees stood watching what was going on. The secretary went with her to the hospital. At the hospital, Rosy was quickly rushed to the emergency room and was attended to by the medical practitioners. The secretary stood in the waiting area. She stood there hugging her ar
He did a quick calculation in his mind and as if suddenly struck by the reality he said out loud, "Those are my children" Back in Florida, Derry and Lily enjoyed their weekend as they took turns tending to the babies and doing one fun activity after another. They had a video call with Luis and Rose to check up on them and also update them on how they and the babies were also doing. All this while Lily was not aware of the gossip going around social media about her, Derry and her newborns. She didn't have any family alive anymore and the only friends, she has now were Luis and Rose, for this reason, she didn't feel the need to spend money on a mobile phone. In addition, she is always at home and has access to the house phone. This puts Derry at the vantage point to clear the news from the media platform before she gets wind of it. Derry looked at her as they sat in the garden enjoying the cool breeze with the babies and inwardly, he felt satisfied. He prayed silently in his heart th
Rosy froze in place going through the documents Marcus had given her as he drove away from her compound. "There is no going back," she whispered under her breath "What did the document say," Lyla asked stretching her neck to take a peep at the content of the document Rosy dropped the document to the ground and Lyla quickly picked up the scattered papers on the floor. The first thing she saw was the eviction notice and she looked at the other documents. The company's board of directors cast a vote against her. "OMG, they fired you," Lyla screamed "and they are taking everything from you. So, you have nothing?" she asked, looking at her bewildered. Rosy had not recovered from the shock and hence did not hear a word of what Lyla said. She stood rooted to the entrance where Marcus had handed her the documents from the company. Lyla was pacing up and down behind her as she went on and on whining "O dear, what's going to happen to me? Where will I leave now? Oh God, I will end up o
Derry was unhappy when he heard about how Rosy schemed and took the company from Derrick. Not that he cared but he hated dishonest people and hence decided to teach her a lesson. He also wanted to do something for Lily and he felt claiming the company for her was a good plan. He had pulled some strings and finally got the board to vote the CEO out. He didn't waste time in sharing the good news with Lily but it was from this conversation he found out something. Lily did not know her father was once in the army and for some reason, her father also never mentioned it not leaving evidence of that for her.Lily felt disappointed she didn't know her father and Derry was now wondering why Mr Adam Shawn, vanished from the TV screens all of a sudden and what happened to the security agency he was managing. "How old are you?" Derry asked trying to understand why she doesn't know anything about her father's military life. Lily lowered her lashes and replied fidgeting with her hand "Twenty-o
"Saved by the bell," he thought as they both entered the baby nest with Lily leading. Lily picked the baby from the cot and Derry picked the other. The babies stopped crying once in their arms "Sure, it looks like they are tired of lying down," Derry joked and Lily smiled walking towards the swinging seat. As soon as she sat down the baby started crying, so she got up and Derry laughed. "How are we going to make dinner," Lily asked standing with the baby in her arms. "That is simple," Derry replied and opened the baby wardrobe, bringing out two baby carrier bags "Tadaa" he said with a smile holding the baby in one hand and the carrier bags in another. Lily smiled and walked up to him. She gave him a peck on the cheek and took one carrier bag from him "Derry, you are the best," she said with a smile and Derry smiled back at her "You bring out the best in people," he replied. She put the baby in the carrier bag and strapped it on and Derry did the same and they both went do
"What, No, Dad, why?" Derrick said, standing in shock "Relax, I am not that cruel. Why will I take babies that young away from their mother? I just want to know how you feel about rescuing those two innocent children from the jinx," he said and emptied his glass of wine.Derrick looked at him, not sure how to react. Eventually, he left the living room and went to the poolside. He wanted to be close to his children, be a father to them but not like the way his father proposed. Lily may be a jinx but she is their mother and those children need their mother. He took off his clothes and jumped into the pool. He needed to clear his mind. A good swim would help with that. He stayed in the water for a while and decided it was enough for now. As soon as he stepped out of the pool, a towel was handed to him."Thank you," he said trying to see the person hiding behind the towel "Hey babe, you are here," he said checking the time on his wristwatch after which she kissed her cheeks."I though
"What is it?" Rose asked noticing the frown on his face but he quickly changed it to a smile "Someone is spying on Lily," he said still frozen in his spot "Oh no. I thought all these troubles are over and she will now enjoy a moment of peace. Why now," Rose lamented Luis closed the door behind him and walked to the bed and sat next to Rose "I knew it wasn't over but I didn't expect anything this soon. Her battles are about to start all over again," he said with his head lowered."Tell Derry, his father is very influential, he can do something about it," Rose suggested"I know but it would make matters worse. I want to end this not postponed it" Luis replied "What do you mean?" Rose asked confused "He is in love with her. That is a problem. He will make hasty decisions to save her. This would only push the problem back only to appear again in a different form later," he pointed out "How?" she enquired Luis sat up straight and turned to face her "Let's say, the police came here
Lily quickly set the table and invited them but Victor wanted to see the babies. So, they went into the baby's room and he could not help but smile ear to ear looking at the two. "They are so adorable," Victor said"Yeah, let's go finish eating so the food doesn't get cold. They will be waking up soon so we will spend time with them," Derry suggested and they all left the room "What did you name them?" Victor asked with a smile as they headed for the dining room as Derry fetched their drinks."Derry and Nora," Lily said lowering her head shyly Victor stopped in his tracks and shifted his gaze to Lily "As in Derry McClean," he asked to confirm and Lily shook her head in a yes "Wow, I feel honoured you gave my name to your children," he said with a smile 'Technically, she named them after me," Derry said smiling as they entered the dining area and sat behind the table "And technically, I owned the name," Victor said pouring himself a glass of water.Lily smiled watching them claim