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
"Sir, your daughter needs a blood transfusion. She has lost alot of blood and needs them transfused back to her" the doctor walked out and said to him." I will donate my blood to her, where should I follow you too? We need to be fast about it as she's loosing blood like you said" he said." Please follow me sir" one of the nurses beckoned to him and he began walking with her to her unit where she was to draw his blood ."I'll take a few samples and run some tests over it to know whether the blood match" she said " Okay. Sure. Though I do not see the need for you to waste time doing that. She needs blood urgently, and running tests over my blood would be a waste of time. I am her father"" I know sir but to be sure, it is extremely notable for all bloods to be tested before they get transfused to patients" she tried to persuade him. A man walked in and he noticed how they all exchanged pleasantries, which made him guess they knew him before.The nurse took his blood sample which she
No matter how he tried to take his mind off what he had witnessed, he couldn't and the more he tried, he more he recalled what the man had said to him."Stop fighting for things that are not yours". He spoke like someone who had had a personal e counter with him sometimes but no matter how hard he recked his brain, he couldn't figure out where and how he might have run into him anytime in the past.Walking back from the stairs to Ward 5, he stood by the bed of the room, staring at his daughter who was sleeping. She had already stopped bleeding and her cut wound had been covered with bandages.His eyes darted to her hand and he watched as the blood flowed into her, his heart begining to burn once again as it was not his blood that had been going into her. He turned from looking at her and found his way out of the ward, heading to the doctor's office.******Lucas made his way back to the doctor's office his mind racing. "Excuse me, doctor" he said."Can you please explain to me why my
Morgana's heart was heavy as she walked into the airport. Going to Italy seemed to be the only solution to the guilt she felt. No, that wasn't what she wanted. That was never what she had envisaged her revenge to end up as. It took a different turn because of Lucas' decision. All she had planned, the years and efforts she had wasted hoping to put Genevieve behind bars where she would be a prisoner of her thoughts, of her fall and that of her family's, where she and her father would have no one else to blame for what had befallen them but themselves, it all seemed to be bygones now. Her eyes darted to the screen and the news being announced. "Good evening. Breaking news tonight from Montenegro, a series of shocking revelations and tragic events have captivated both national and international audiences, making waves across the internet. The controversy began with the arrest of Theodore Montenegro, the former governor of Montenegro, whose recent trial took an unexpected turn.
"This is your fall Genevieve, whether you like it or not. This is your fall" Morgana muttered as she continued to struggle with her in the locked car, using all her might regardless of the knife that had been driven to her belly to reach out to the car controls to open the car doors."I will never fall, especially not at your hands. I will keep my head up high. I will keep rising. I will never fall!!!" Genevieve continued screaming as they struggled with each other.Successfully unlocking the cars doors, Morgana stepped out trying to run away amidst the stab wound in her belly.Nathaniel came rushing to where she was, pushing Genevieve who tried to assault her the more right into the car.Lucas had arrived and on coming down from his car to behold the stab wound on the already weak Morgana, he took the driver's seat of the car Genevieve had been pushed into.Nathaniel carried Morgana to the opposite lane and tried calling an ambulance while awaiting the arrival of the police he had c
"Miss Genevieve, I will do you the favor of walking you out of the classroom ma'am. Consider it my last form of respect to you who was once the head of the school's Parent's Teachers Association" Morgana said and motioned Genevieve to the door but she didn't seem to budge, still drowned in thoughts of what she had said to her earlier." Ma'am, I'll plead with you to stay outside now. I wouldn't want my guests to be frightened when the police come for you" Morgana sought to add and it seemed as if her last sentence struck a chord with Genevieve as she began to walk away, while she, followed her, leading her to the door." Say, why don't you follow me to the crime scene Morgana? Wouldn't you want to pay your last respects to your parents as well? I heard you never found their body. That's so much you could do yet brag so loudly and vainly" Genevieve said to her as they reached outside, finally finding her voice in the privacy engulfing the both of them at the passage way.Morgana batted
Morgana was discussing with some parents when she noticed Genevieve walking towards her. It was a rare sight considering the face that she had been declared wanted by the police. Standing up to meet her, Morgana couldn't help but taunt her. It was her downfall she had come for. The downfall of the driver that had hit her mother."Mrs Genevieve, or is it Miss? I do not know what title to refer you by, the news about the divorce is spattered all over the internet"Genevieve slapt her immediately the words came from her mouth. The women sitting down behind them gasped. Torn on what to do at Genevieve's presence, considering that she had been a member of their club yet now wanted for heinous crimes.Morgana held her cheeks, holding back her anger." Ma'am, violence isn't allowed in the school. Have you forgotten? Ohh, I almost forgot. You're not a parent again and it's understandable that you might not recall some of the school rules"Angered by he utterance, again Genevieve landed a sl
Montenegro's face twisted with anger as he grabbed his daughter by the arm, dragging her roughly toward the basement. She stumbled, trying to keep up, tears streaming down her face."Please let me go father, I promise to become better from now on" she pleaded. "How many times do I have to tell you to behave in front of the press Genevieve? You're supposed to act properly so you'd be loved by all. So you'd steal attention. So you'd be the talk of the internet for weeks to come!!!" he shouted, his voice echoing through the house."Dad, please, I'm sorry!" she cried, her voice breaking with fear. "I promise I'll do better, please don't lock me up again!"Her mother rushed forward with panic in her eyes. "Honey, please, let her go!" she begged. "She's just a child! You locked her up for days already, please have mercy! You can't keep locking her up each time she all's short of your expectations. She's human"He turned on his wife, furiously "Stay out of this!" he bellowed, raising his h
The house had a shabby look and still had the white table clothes that had been used to cover the properties.Everywhere was dusty as well.Nathaniel watched a dog come in. It might have come in from the neighbors houses as he left the gate open.He let it be. Atleast it was going to keep him company. He walked over to a carton and began to unbox it. It had some of their family portraits. They were mostly of him and his mother and only few had his father in it with them.It tucked at his heart. He couldn't blame only his mother for running away and abandoning him when he was little. He had witnessed how she was always abused by her husband, perhaps she had left them hoping that it would be the right decision to make.He couldn't take it out on her. She took the decision for her life and he would advice any woman in her shoes to take such decisions too, if they had been in his mother's sort of marriage.A marriage that had the husband always abusing and neglecting his wife. With his
The flickering light of the single lit candle cast long, wavering shadows on the walls of their small home. Now that he was thinking about it, he couldn't help but wonder why they had lived in such a shabby humble place while the new family of his father's he met lived in a mansion. Their house seemed old, so it meant that his father had always been rich since tie immemorial but left them to live in a humble home and environment.His mom had sat by the wooden table, the one he was currently staring at, and her fingers had nervously traced the grain of the wood. Her heart was heavy, burdened by the silence and the secrets that had settled between her and her husband. He recalled his father, Dante entering the house, his tall frame blocking the light momentarily. He had the air of a man who was always in a hurry, always preoccupied with something just beyond reach. His mom took a deep breath, mustering the courage to confront him. "Dante" she began softly, "this is getting too much,
The Banner that bore the People's Progressive Party title on top of the party house had been removed. A new banner for a start up company was being used to replace it.In a short while everything about the PPP had been erased, even their party office sold out.Lucas watched as the Carpenters hammered the new name on, while some repainted the walls giving it a whole new vibe."Governor, you don't need to worry. I'm sure nothing would be found on you. You'd still remain the governor of Montenegro after the probe" his assistant tried to console him.His former assistant rather.He had switched places. He had resigned not wanting to work for the government again. But he had come to him to exchange pleasantries after he saw him in front of the Party house.Lucas knew that he was just trying to condole with him.He was sure he wouldn't be found innocent. He carried out alot of bad deeds on of his father in-law's orders.It had already been more than a week his probe started and no feedback
Genevieve listened on as her father made a call to Dante.He was the last escape route they had and she was sure he would find a way to sneak them out of the house and the country without the police finding out.He was skilled in doing such, that is why her father had taken him in as his cartel business partner."He said we should get ready. Just pack a few things. We'd leave by midnight" her father muttered to her before dropping his phone on the table.She wanted to say something to him but she was interrupted by the gunshots they heard from the gate."They're here" she announced to her father and began running away.Her father stood up and took to his heels, following her as well.The both of them had been declared wanted. Not just for one crime nor for their embezzlement and stashed slash funds, the new accusation that came up and had Theodore's voice as the testimony was a big factor too and they couldn't save themselves from it. The evidences we're glaringly clear.She ran to th