"Don't get bothered, he's sometimes like that," Carla said shaking her head. After a few minutes, we were done eating. Carla and her husband, unfortunately, had to go somewhere. And Alec got a call. I couldn't find Jake. I noticed the sky was starting to get dark and no, it wasn't getting late, I think there was going to be a storm. Oh God, how am I going to get home? It became darker in minutes. I don't think Carla would be able to leave the house now, because of the storm. I sighed sitting down on a chair with Anne on my lap. It was getting cold. A minute later Carla came towards me. "Tessa! I know you want to go home, but unfortunately, the weather won't allow that. It's so bad that everywhere has been shut down. It's cold out here, you can use the room you used earlier, here are the keys." She handed me the keys. I smiled at her gratefully. A part of me is more than happy to use that room again. She walked away. Where was the direction to the room again? I looked around until I
It took almost a minute before I turned back to look at him. For a second, I thought it was only my imagination. Sober Austin hates me so why'd drunk Austin ask me to stay? Just let him know he's drunk. "Look, Austin. You're drunk, go to bed, if you keep drinking like this you'd have a huge hangout by morning." I said. He ignored me and took another bottle of alcohol from a table and opened it. He took a gulp before looking back at me. He raised an eyebrow. "Since when do you care?" He asked. I looked at him confusedly. "All you've ever done is hurt me." He completed. Hurt him? When have I ever hurt him? He's always been the one hurting me, bullying and calling me names. I wanted to snap at him, but it'd be useless. He's probably not going to remember by morning. I want him to remember. "Hurt you? When have I ever hurt you, that should be said the other way around." He chuckled. "No, it was said the right way, Tessa. You're hurting me. A girl has never hurt me the way you do." He
"Yes," Austin replied firmly. His dad looked at him unbelievably and Loren cried harder. "Son, you know you're engaged! Why'd you done that? I thought you were better than that." That obviously got Austin angry. I was low-key glad they were not on me, right now. "I never had a choice of who I was getting engaged to. if she's not okay with it, then cut off the engagement." He said with a scowl. Well there you go, and I was wondering why he didn't show affection to her. "No!" Loren quickly said. "I mean, it's okay. I won't let a thing like that ruin our relationship, but she needs to stay away from him, father, she's a slut, a manipulator..." "She didn't seduce me, I was the one who kissed her," Austin added. "She responded!" Loren snapped. "Is this true, Tessa," Carla asked. I bet she's going to hate me after this, I can't keep on making enemies... My head dropped low. I was embarrassed and nervous at the same time. She took my silence as a yes as she sighed before saying "I thou
They walk out of the building took a few minutes because of how huge the building is. I wonder if Jake knows what happened. I don't think he does, he didn't sound curious when we spoke earlier on the phone. I spotted Jake's car, parked along with other cars. Reaching it, I opened the back door and placed Anne inside. Before going over to the passenger's sit. Keep a smiley face, he doesn't have to know what happened. He's going to find out either way. Two voices argued in my head. I'm such a burden to Jake. I need to start fighting for myself and stop leaning on Jake. "Thanks for coming," I said to Jake. After sitting down. He started the car. "You're always welcome." He replied. Normally, I would have smiled, but the situation right now is so overwhelming. I just want to cry. "You don't look okay," Jake said. I looked down, fumbling with my fingers. Tears were threatening to fall down. "Hey, are you okay?" "No, I'm not okay!" I snapped. I have no idea why but I felt like the only
~ I spent three days in and out of the hospital. I went home thrice to prepare food for Anne. She woke up the second day and the doctor said I could take her home on the third day. No, we're at home. My joy knew no bounds. "Are you crying?" Anne asked. "What? No, no, I'm not. My eyes are just watery." I lied. She nodded her head and continued eating her food. Seeing her back home makes me so happy. I don't know what I would have done if I had loosed her. She finished eating. I took her to her room, and we slept together. ~ It was in the afternoon, and -- Anne and I were watching a movie. I was glad, we've been living in peace, not a perfect life but in peace. I heard a click from the backyard. It was sharp and loud. Who could be there? It was definitely not my neighbour. Recently, I've not been comfortable in this house, like someone was watching me. I was expecting someone later, Loren. She'd asked how was Anne and she'd be coming over to see how she is. After the help I've bee
"What am I going to do now?" I cried when Gwyneth told me all my things were burnt in the fire. "Where am I going to go from here? What'd I tell the landlord? he'd probably make me pay for his properties." I winced. It seems like life itself hates me, I've been through hell since the day I was born. Never a day have I been in peace, well, I was for some time. I curled myself on the bed. My body ached, and my head ached. I've been crying for the past hour, and no matter how I tried to keep myself from crying, I couldn't stop myself. The situation was overwhelming. "Tessa, will you just stop crying? You've been like that for the past one hour and about the house. A solution will surely come up later, come, you've to take a bath." She said grabbing my hand and trying to pull me out of the bed. She successfully pulled me out of the bed to the bathroom, instructed me what to do and told me there'd be a cloth waiting on the bed for me. I managed to whisper a thank you. She walked out. I
Well, neither do I. "I don't know.." "You don't know? You know, you really have to do something about this, if you let her get away she might do something much worst sooner or later, remember, you've got a child." She was absolutely right. A huge part of me wanted to get her back, wanted revenge. But what can I do? She's rich, powerful, obviously, there's nothing I could do. "I know, but what can I do?" I asked. She sighed. Her phone dinged. "Jake is here." She said. She stood up and went away. She came back a minute later with Jake trailing behind her. I looked down. Unable to look at him, I was ashamed. "No case was charged. The landlord demands his property money." Jake said. Normally, he'd first ask how I was. For some reason, I don't like this Jake. Yeah, he seems like a different man. Not in terms of looks, but character. Something tells me he's mad. "Oh, how much did he demand?" Gwyneth asked. "54,000 dollars." He said. My eyes widened. 54,000 dollars? Where am I going to
If looks could kill, I'd have been ten feet under right now. "Well, I get you're worried for Anne but I never asked for you to be worried about me, if you're here to see Anne, why not come back some other time?" I asked. He looked taken aback by my tone. Probably because he's never heard me speak this way before. "Tessa.." "Are you going to go or not?" "See baby? This is why I asked you to take custody of the little girl.." Sara whispered, but it wasn't low enough. She's been telling him that? Did she even think he could take custody of Anne? What fantasy do they live in? Anne wasn't asleep but I felt some possessiveness towards her. I don't want her to grow attached to someone like him. "Guess what, Tessa, my husband and I have decided to take custody of your daughter, Isn't that great news?" Sara said. I reached closer to her, how dare she say that to my face? I slapped her. She screamed jumping back like someone had poured boiling water on her body. Speaking of water... "How
"What kind of a person would leave their child to suffer? I cried day and night, praying you'd come back and take me home... But you never did! You left me to die... You-""I didn't Tessa, I promise I didn't.""Really? Aunt did so many wrongs to me, but everything she said about you was right! You are a whore, a big liar, a-""Stop it, Tessa!" She cried. "I promise, I was going to come back. I left so you could have a better life! But my plan backfired against me. You can call me a whore, anything you want to call me but not a liar. A whore? That I am, I left you to be with a rich man, hoping to gain something so you would go back to school, if you recall, we had nothing and I did... I was going to come back but he wouldn't let me. I was kept as a prisoner in his home, I cried and longed every day to see you. My communication was limited but I tried to call your aunt, I got her phone number from my old jotter but her line wasn't going anymore. A month ago, he died from leukaemia and t
~**** Tessa's POV ****~It was all over. The nightmares were over, and my enemies were gone. Vick was gone.I guessed Austin already knows everything... His mother's scheme. "Since you have nowhere to go, for now, you can come to live at my family house... Well at least until you get back on your feet." He said. I frowned a bit. I didn't like him saying it until I get back on my feet. Yes, I want to be independent again, but I didn't want to leave him. Didn't he want me?I just nodded my head.~It was about a few minutes' drive, and I did not want the ride to end, it was Austin who drove the car. I sat in the back seat with Anne in my arms and Zara next to me. I caught Austin staring at me several times through the mirror. My heart pounded inside my chest. 'I love you. He loves me.We got to Austin's place. It was really huge. Like extra huge. He did say it was his family home. Austin got out quickly. He opened the door for me. I looked up at him.His handsomeness somehow always ma
---"I'm scared mom, I'm scared all we've been working for would go to waste.""Stop saying rubbish! I'm trying to think here!" Austin's mom scolded Ciara."What's the point of thinking? Nothing you do ever work out.""How dare you insult me like that? Have you no respect?""Nothing I said was a lie.""You bi-" she was cut off by the sound of the siren.It was quiet for about some minutes and someone walked into the house, it was Austin's dad.She was shocked to see her husband, she wasn't expecting to see him until Austin's wedding day."Carla!" He called her name. He rarely calls her by her name."Honey... I... I wasn't expecting you." She stuttered."I never thought you'd stoop this low, Carla." He said to her. She gulped. He sounded really angry but was calm. Mr Kings (Austin's dad) had always been calm and gentlemanly."You'd hurt your own family to get what you want..." He continued."What are you talking about?" She pretended not to know anything of what he was saying."I found
Another man came out of another car. Oh my God. He was strikingly handsome. He was brunette and tall as well. His piercing blue eyes gazed at me for a moment."Carson, it seems they aren't going to back down." He told the blonde guy."Yes Dave, the hard way it is." Replied the blonde. They were going to save us!"Ahhh!" Screamed the buff guys as they ran towards these unknown good looking guys. Quickly, I brought Anne closer to me. Blocking her sight from this terrible view. I too closed my eyes in terror.In less than a minute the noise was gone, I opened my eyes, slowly to see the buff men on the floor.Oh my God. They weren't dead as they were moving slightly. The blonde guy forcefully brought up one of the buff men. He whimpered in pain."I did suggest the easy way." He told him. A smirk plastered on his good-looking face. "Now, tell me... Where's your boss?" He asked him.He shook his head no. He wasn't going to tell him where sir Vick was...The brunette guy who I think is Dave
"Unbelievable," He muttered. "Was it all a pretence?" He asked suddenly. Almost like he already knew but needed confirmation. I had to drop this pretence. It's not going to get me anywhere, it's only going to get me more entangled.That's why he thinks I'd willingly have sex with him. If he keeps pretending, one way or the other, he could manage to pressure me into it."Why'd you suddenly drop the pretence? You know it was almost going well... Was it because of what I said?" He asked. "About us trying for a baby?" He asked. "Do you know how fucking easy it would have been to get that from you? Do you know how easy it would have been to rape you?" He held both my hands and pulled me closer to himself. Fear gripped me."Please let go of me, Vick." I pleaded."No! I'm never going to let go of you!" He growled. Different sorts of emotions ran through his face. "I will never fucking let you go!""Ple-""You're mine, Tessa! Mine!" He kept saying, angrily. Suddenly his anger seemed to have v
April walked out of his room with a smile. "Leave him be. He's taken the medication. He'd be fine." Said April.Austin had driven out of the house. He remembered the last time he had spoken to Tessa."I think that's what I meant," I said before I could stop myself but also couldn't stop myself from going on. "I know what you want, Austin. But doesn't love comes from both sides? I don't love you, I never did, and I never will. I appreciate what you've done for me and my child and if there's a way I could pay you back, I would.." Tessa had said.It brought so much pain to his heart. But he needed to get to Tessa. Now. He hoped she was okay. He hoped she'd receive him.He drove to her apartment. On reaching there he quickly got out of his car and walked to the front door. He rang the doorbell a couple of times, impatiently.The door opened a lady stood there with a child. She stared at him. "I need to see Tessa." He said.She didn't speak for about a minute. She just stared at the good-l
She pushed the door handle and took a step into the door. This was where it all happened. She walked in, slowly looking around, and tears slipped out of her eyes.Her mother was evil.When she was a little girl, she thought of her mom as an angel. But as she grew, she came to know what a devil she was, she cared about nothing but her reputation and money.She remembered how her love was snatched away from her, She remembered how she was forced to marry that monster to who she's currently married. She remembered all the pains she went through.She remembered how she was raped on her wedding night. It was all because of a woman she called her mother.Tears continued to slip through her eyes. She sat down on the office chair. Her eyes shut.The door to the office opened and a woman walked in shutting the door behind her. "Young mistress..." She called. She didn't like the way she saw April.April was supposed to be the strongest one. April did not reply. "I have something to say... And i
"Shut up, you clueless brat," Madam said, clearly angry at what she had said. "Have you forgotten you wouldn't even be in this house if not for my help, so I suggest you watch your mouth?" Madam said sternly. "And about Austin, I would go speak with him and make sure he takes every single pill of that medication, I would be the one taking it to him. And don't worry, my dear. I promised your parents my son would get married to you, I don't fail my promises." Madam said.Their relationship has been weird lately, one thing they look like a mother and daughter who rely on and love each other and then the thing you know, they are like two enemies wanting to kill each other. But why? This was easy to know, they were frustrated... Their plan wasn't going as they planned, it seemed.I have always wondered why they want Austin to keep taking the drugs. Austin doesn't need the drugs, not at all. In fact, he's getting his memories back without the help of the dr- wait... What if the drugs aren't
Tessa's POV~I didn't feel so confident anymore. I was scared. I just wanted it all to be over, after the dream I dreamt of last night, my ways of thinking changed. What if he finds out?I can't imagine what would happen, can't imagine what I'd do if anything happens to my child, thinking about it, there is nothing I would be able to do other than scream and cry. I'm completely helpless. I just have to try and prevent anything of such to happen.All I had to do was... Drop my plans? I could have come this far for nothing...You can continue if you want your child dead, I'm sure you'd love to see your precious little child dead. A voice crept into my head. I squeezed my eyes shut in pain. That can't happen. No.What if... What if Austin's Mother tells Vick everything... Oh my God.No, I'm sure she won't, she wouldn't do it. She wouldn't want to ruin her reputation. She knows if she does, it would all be over for her.Why did Vick have to come back into my life? Why? If he wasn't here.