"Governor, Governor"filled the air as Lucas walked out of his office to his car.He was headed to his father in-law's company to deliver the papers to him. He so wanted it and he was not sure why he had been so keen on the border being reopened.Entering his car and with the Convoy that began to follow him, they moved and began to drive off the road.A few minutes later, they arrived at the Company."I heard the news" Montenegro muttered to him as he saw him walking into his office.His face betraying no emotions and marvelled at how he had played swiftly and made him chose the border.He had been at a crossroad, the firm he had asked him to close had been for his son but of recent that his son had been putting himself in issues that's raise suspicions and might get him arrested one of these days, he chose the later."I guess it's all over the media but I still came over to meet you personally to give you a copy of the file" Lucas began, his voice hiding none of the victory he felt be
"Maya, you're not paying attention" the teacher spoke mildly to the little girl who sat cluelessly at her desk, her attention somewhere else.Faye noticed and her attention was drawn to the conversation between the little girl and her teacher.Standing up from her desk, she meant to walk over to where she was to ask her what was wrong.As she walked, she was taken aback and shaken when the little girl fell from her seat to the floor."Maya!!!" The teacher screamed and she rushed immediately, minding not the heel she wore."Call the ambulance" she said to the teacher and she immediately went out and came a few moments later with two nurses from the school clinic.They carried Maya in to the school clinic and Faye followed them closely behind, worried about the little girl and how gloomy she had been for some weeks in class, even though she had tried to hide her pain countlessly."Will she be alright? What is wrong with her?" Faye inquired from one of the nurses who came out of the roo
There was something with Lucas's eyes, the way he stared at her, the way his eyes looked at her. She couldn't dismiss it. His eyes never carried those emotions whenever they stared at her, but now and to another woman, they did.She couldn't excuse it, she had seen and observed him for a while to know what his eyes meant.She felt a deep seated jealousy towards Faye and suspicions at Lucas. Was there something going on between them or was she merely overreacting, she tried protecting her thoughts from wandering. "Ma'am" the doctor called as he came out from the ward he had gone back into before.Lucas heard his voice and left where he stood besides Faye to return to hear whatever new update the doctor had to say concerning Maya."She should be awake anytime soon"he said and Genevieve felt relieved.Not just because her daughter would be out of the hospital, but because she wouldn't have to hold her chest in her hands worried about the doctors finding out anything about her and repor
Lucas watched dotingly on the little girl as her eyes were still shut and she still sleeping. He couldn't help but stare at her."Please Maya, stay awake for daddy" he repeatedly muttered as he stoked her hair occasionally.He began to arrange her room and used the blanket beneath her to cover her, to shield her from the cold of the night."Stay awake for daddy"he repeated."You'd be okay soon my princess. I can't wait to hear your voice and laughs again. Please my princess" he pleaded with her, her eyes still closed.Soon he heard the sounds of the living room door being banged behind.Genevieve must be back. He said.Well, only her would do such. The nanny who came from humble origins knew how expensive the doors in the house were and was always careful to close them gently behind her.Only Genevieve who was born with a silver spoon and did not know what it was to lack anything did. She never understood that virtue. And it never concerned her to.She walked to her room and went to g
"How are the preparations coming up?" Montenegro asked the second man whom he had stepped down from his car to meet."Successful as it has always been. We have more units unlike before" the man added.Montenegro handed over a file to him with which the man held in his hand and shone his white eyes at him in the dark, supposedly questioning what the file in his hand was."The border papers" he said."Ohhhhhhhh" the second man replied and folded it to place in his pocket."I heard about it from the news. Your son in-law tried hard and reopened it. You must be so proud" " Far from it. I want to kill him anytime soon" he said." Why not. If he becomes a weed, then he'd have to get uprooted. All weeds must get uprooted" he said and used his hand to demonstrate how to crush something and the both of them burst out in laughter." You haven't changed Dante. I wonder how many people you've crushed with your hands till now" " I lost count but trust me to uproot any weed that begins to grow wh
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are" filled the air as children sang their hearts out to show the ending of the day's activities.A week had already passed and Maya was dying enough to resume, she sang with her classmates though her voice was not too audible like it would have been when she was still herself, a chatterbox.She felt sad. Her thoughts had seemed to consume her. Perhaps that was what she got as a reward for eavesdropping on her parents conversation.The nanny had always told her that it was bad to eavesdrop on adults conversations but she had never listened. Listening to what they talked about would make her know more about their thoughts, not just towards her but towards each other as well, but what she had heard them say about each other the past few months had made her weak, even up to the point of not bothering to tell any of them whe
Genevieve had grown relentless. She had been calling Lucas since she got a message but he didn't answer her calls and neither did he call her back. She had sent countless follow up messages as well, waiting for him to answer any nor return his call so she'd tell him her heart to her fill.She couldn't believe it and replaying the video and watching him kiss a woman she couldn't identify in the video she had spent made her blood boil hotter and uncontrollably."Is she the reason you're not replying my calls or answering? How dare you Lucas. I'll kill the both you you!!! I'll ki her in front of you and make you watch while she screams at you for help but you'd be unable to help her, I'll kill you both!!!" She screamed as she ran all over the room, breaking anything she could see nor lay her hands on. The nanny hid at the kitchen, bolting the door. Fearing that she might be the recipient of her madam's anger. It wouldn't be the first time if she were to be the recipient but she didn't wa
Faye waited a few minutes before she left the hospital. Genevieve hadn't come but she was sure she would be there anytime soon. She never joked with her authority especially when it concerned her daughter.She had carried Maya while Lucas had driven them to the hospital. The little girl had been bleeding profusely from the cut she had gotten from the glass that had slashed her face and somehow she blamed herself for it.Perhaps her father had began to move her alot, even up to the point that he forgot about his daughter in the middle of that crises, rushing to protect her who was an adult instead of his young daughter.She had stolen occasional glances at him in the car, watching to see if his face had any regrets for what he had done but it seemed like he did not even notice that he had done something wrong against his daughter.She drove to the clubhouse, it seemed to look like the next route for her to move to, to meet her second prey, that were, if he had come to look for her.It