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Chapter 9: The Club House
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Lily was in a hurry to join her friends to listen to their school band perform but bumped into Derrick by accident who caught her and prevented a fall. The two had their eyes locked on each other for 10 seconds before snapping back to reality.Derrick let go of Lily after she had steadied herself but the two could not stop staring at each other in silence.Lily had mixed feelings of surprise and embarrassment. She smiled awkwardly and lowered her beautiful long eyelashes. Derrick broke the silence."What is your name,""Lily, Lily Shawn," She replied smiling awkwardly.Derrick wanted to ask if they had met before because he was getting the feeling of familiarity seeing her again but he stopped himself before he could ask and ended up rather asking;"What brought you here?""Oh! An old school reunion party," replied Lily.Lily was feeling a mixture of joy and fulfilment within herself. Even though she could not explain why she was feeling that way about him looking at the situation now,
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Derrick never cared about who he ended up with as a life partner until he met Lily. Lying on his bed, with his hand behind his head and staring at the ceiling of his room, he found himself thinking about not disappointing his father and also not disappointing himself. He needs to give himself a chance to know what it means to care for someone.Until he met Lily, he didn't know one could be undeniably attracted to anyone. Even though he couldn't define what he feels for Lily he could not deny the sense of belonging he felt both times he met her. He smiled reminiscing about the two instances Lily landed in his arms. His lips curled upwards. He recalled her innocent face, the purity in her big brown eyes, her plump pink lips. He wanted to know what her lips would taste like. He was in his dreamy thoughts when his phone buzzed and interrupted him. He picked up the phone and checked the caller, Marcus his PA's name flashed on the screen. He answered the call and brought the phone to his ea
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Derrick, using the back exit of the hotel went straight to the car park and drove out of the premises toward his hotel. He kept hitting the steering wheel of the car."Fuck! Fuck!" he said through gritted teeth. "How can I be so stupid? Fuck!"His emotion had an impact on the way he was driving as he ran through a few red lights and a couple of times he almost hit other cars in his anger."Hey, watch where you are going, idiot," shouted an unknown angry driver he almost hit.Derrick didn't have time to care about what the angry driver said. He just wanted to get to his hotel. With the speed at which he was driving, he completed half an hour trip in 15 minutes. He drove straight into the car park, using the ground floor elevator he went up into the hotel, grabbed his room keys from the reception and went straight to the third floor of the hotel. He unlocked his door and entered. Bang! he slammed the door shut. He walked straight to the bar in his room poured himself some drinks and gulp
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Lily did not expect to meet Derrick in the hotel she was lodging. She is not sure if it's just a mere coincidence or if Derrick is deliberately following her. She believed the latter. Derrick must be following her."Does it mean he has been watching her since their meeting at the shop?" She thought to herself staring into his gorgeous blue eyes.With this realization, she got up to leave but Derrick caught her hand before she could."I don't think you want to create a scene here," he said almost whispering.Lily looked at the number of people in the restaurant, she frowned and sat back down."I have a reservation for a private room. Please come with me, it will be more comfortable there to talk," he suggested."I don't want to," Lily said with traces of anger in her voice, feeling bullied by him."Lily, I am sorry for everything I did. Please give me a chance to explain myself. There is something very important I want to tell you" Derrick said with all honesty feeling Lily's anger was
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Ivy Garcia received an image of a woman lying on top of Derrick in a room. She became very furious. She looked at her phone again for the sender. It was from Michelle, her best friend. Michelle and Ivy have been friends since they were little. Some people even called them sisters. They have gone through good and bad times together so they watch each other's back. She quickly placed a call to her."Where did you get this?" Ivy asked furiously."A private room at Pod Time Square Hotel," replied Michelle."That bitch followed my boyfriend to New York?" Ivy snapped."Well, I was dining in the restaurant of the hotel when I saw the familiar figure walk past me and sit with a strange lady. I was very suspicious of what was going on between the two because Derrick held the lady's hand. It was not the usual kind of hand-holding," Michelle narrated."What were they talking about?" Ivy asked angrily"Not sure," replied Michelle from the other end of the phone."I did follow them though when they
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It's been four days since Lily was admitted to the hospital. Derrick bought an apartment in the city and moved with Lily to the place to recuperate. Derrick hired a servant to take care of the cooking and to attend to Lily. He left early hours in the morning for the office to handle some urgent matters. Lily was in her room. The servant served breakfast and got Lily to eat something. After breakfast, Lily went back to her room. She sat on the bed and closing her eyes she remembered the words of the lady who was with Ivy'Derrick is married. You don't seem like the one to go after married men. He is just using you, remember that. I will let you go but I will punish you for forcing yourself on him'Among everything Ivy's friend Michelle said to Lily this was the most painful."Derrick is married. He is using you," Tears filled her eyes and they flowed down her cheeks freely.She felt betrayed and used. She was raped because of him."I will not forgive them. I will make them pay for this
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Derrick was downcast, it appears everything is turning against him now. Just when he thought life was beginning to make sense, this happened. Lily missing and his mum is on the bridge of death.It was past midday, Derrick called Marcus to take his father home and he stayed back to look after his mum.Barely 10 minutes after Marcus and Mr Mingle left, Ivy walked in. She saw a dejected Derrick sitting in the patient waiting area. She walked up to him, sat on the seat next to him and pulled him into a hug."What happened Derrick?" she asked calmly.Derrick said nothing but took solace in her embrace. She hugged him tightly and kissed the top of his head lovingly."Everything will be alright," she assured him.Derrick nodded and stayed in Ivy's arms for a while before freeing himself and walking to his mother's ward. He forgot his phone on the seat which he had placed there after using it to call Marcus. Ivy's eyes caught sight of the phone as soon as Derrick left and she took it intending
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Lily sent a message to Marcus to deliver to Derrick when she couldn't get through to him directly. She met with a lady at the coffee shop who offered her home to her as a temporary shelter. Lily and the strange lady whom she later got to know as Brenda arrived at the small apartment in the evening and after freshening up set up to watch a movie when Lily questioned Brenda on why she was helping her. Back at the hospital in Washington, at the same time, Marcus made his way to the hospital and informed Derrick about Lily. Ivy had stepped out of the ward when Marcus delivered the message to Derrick. Derrick was happy to know Lily was in Hoboken in New York City."She called but couldn't get to you," Marcus informed him.Derrick immediately checked his phone and realized Lily had called and he remembered Ivy saying she mistakenly picked up a call."I am glad to hear Lily is okay. Kindly get me her address I need to see her," Derrick said and his mother's hand moved at the mention of Lily.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?"
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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
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"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
