Zendaya’s POVWhen Aurora left the house I decided to follow her advice and do what a mother would do.I decided to love them unconditionally and follow my guts. But I did not know how to go about that.I caught something in the corner of my eye. It was a toy from one of the boys. I decided to bring out their toys so they could play with them when they come back from school.I scattered it around the living room and patiently waited for them to show up.When they did, they looked confused as they looked around to see their toys on the ground.“What is going on?” Layla smiled.“I want to play with my children. It’s nothing new now is it?” I laughed as they beamed with pride before running to change before running back downstairs to play with the toys.I enjoyed playing with them even when I didn’t know what I was doing with them.Somehow, my body knew. Like how I was able to build a Lego castle with them and they had been able to add more things to my castle.I even played a video game
Asher’s POVI stayed with her in the room watching her stare into space as she had a piercing headache before I leaned forward to touch her forehead. She was running a temperature. How was I going to help her in this situation?The doctor came back as he had forgotten something and he saw her running a fever.He jumped into action, getting out his tools to help her relieve herself.When he was done she was feeling better but she was getting back her memory.“I can remember things,” she said as I looked at the doctor with widened eyes. Finally, she was getting her memory back.She talked about her abduction as she could remember more details of it.I immediately called the inspector who rushed over with his men that night.She explained how she had been abducted while they took her statement and used it to go to the place of her abduction. It was not going to be an easy job for the police but they were going to have a better time searching for whoever had abducted her than I would have
Zendaya’s POVI was glad that I could remember the children now and I gave them each the kiss I used to give them every morning before they would go to school.They were beaming with so much joy and energy for the new day. I don’t know where they got all that energy from but I was glad they were going to their school with so much happiness.I watched them go for a while before being joined by Asher who walked past me.It was awkward watching him leave and I waved to him.He waved back at me with a half smile and the weight I felt was lifted from my chest. I could remember everyone around but not him. I knew it hurt him as he felt left out. He was feeling terrible. But it was not my fault.I could only imagine how much he hated being the one who was left behind.I walked back into the house to force myself to remember. Something had to come up. The children could help me remember as they had been doing all morning.Some of the things they tried helping me remember were ridiculous but
Zendaya’s POVMy birthday showed up a few days later as Asher burst into my room while I was still asleep to sing a happy birthday song for me with the children by his side.I smiled seeing the children try their best to stay on pitch as a table was placed across my midsection and food brought from the trolley Asher had brought in.He placed the food on the table with the children laughing and talking about how he had nearly burnt down the kitchen making the food.It was beautiful having to talk to this beautiful family. It was even better knowing that I belonged to it. We talked a lot about how we wanted the party to go even when I told them to surprise me.While eating, I had something on the side of my lips which Asher got for me by wiping it with a finger tip. It made my insides shiver as I blushed, looking away from him.The urge to fall into his arms and kiss him was high.But no. I had to hold myself from doing that. We were not there yet. I wanted to build a relationship with
Asher’s POVI didn’t know why she was wobbling around but I thought it was weird. “Are you okay?” I asked her as she smiled at me before falling into my arms. That was when I knew it was a serious issue.“Zen!” I yelled just as the butler ran outside to meet me. “Call the ambulance!” I yelled getting the man to run into the house to call them.I didn’t know what to do as I knew the ambulance would take so much time.I noticed a little blood from her lips and I knew if I waited any longer it could get into something more serious.Taking her up, I ran for the available car, dropping her in the passenger's seat while buckling her up.“Sir…” the butler ran out but I was already in my car, driving out of the open gate.I sped along the empty road putting on my siren. It was a presidential car and when I hit the highway, the entire police cars around followed me behind with some overtaking to clear the way for me.I reached the hospital in time, the officers helping me take her into a war
Asher’s POVWe ended up going to Iris’s family house as I barged in with the police getting in and making sure the coast was clear.When it was clear, I entered to see her with her fiancé who was there by coincidence.Delia came down from the stairs to see me and immediately widened her eyes in shock. She had not expected to see me and I was even more surprised.“What in the world?” I muttered under my breath. But I should not be surprised. They were best friends. It wasn’t like this was new.“What are you doing here?” Delia asked in shock seeing the officers beside me. “I didn’t do anything so what’s with the officers?”“We are not here for you,” I said looking at Iris. “Officers, arrest her.”“Why are you arresting me?!” Iris yelled as the officers cuffed her while reading the normal police message for her.“Please don’t hurt her,” her fiancé said as he was pushed to his seat. Delia tried to intervene with the officers pushing her back.“I was only following Delia’s orders!” Iris ye
Zendaya’s POVThe moment I saw light, I knew I had survived something terrible. My insides churned as they notified me of what I had gone through earlier.The feeling I had felt while being with Asher during that night came back again as I felt it. I had felt my insides bleed and tear apart. I wondered whether it was what I had eaten or the stress of going around that mall with Aurora that had made me that weak.“You’re awake,” the doctor said to me while checking my drugs as I nodded.“Where is Asher?” I asked as he smiled.“He is not here,” the doctor said.I started to cry. I could remember everything. My memories were back and I felt so bad for what I had done to Asher. Even when the memory for others had come back, he had not been in the mix. I felt terrible for being that person who would have to say the truth but I could not lie to him at the time.I had seen how dejected he looked after I told him that I could not remember him. He had been broken. He had told me everything t
Zendaya’s POV“So if you can repeat some of those things again that would be great,” the inspector said to me as I nodded.“Sure. What do you want to know?” I answered, sitting up.“Can you tell us what you know about the place you were staying in?”“Like I said earlier, I don’t know. When I was kidnapped I was drugged to sleep. I woke up and found myself in a room with no window but a small air vent at the top of the building.”“Okay, that’s going to be hard to locate. And who was your captor?”“It was a man that I had never seen before. His legs were really skinny but his arms were very large like he was a bodybuilder. But Delia came in there a couple of times to see me and threaten me.”“Did she ever say she was going to kill you?”“No, she did say she would collect a ransom from Asher but I didn’t know if she did so or not.”“You said you stayed there for a few days. When did she shoot you?”“I can’t really say, I just know that she came over one night very furious about her conver