LaylaI bent down in front of Nathan when we got to his class and smiled, "Uncle Leo will be picking you up today, and you'll spend some time with him.""Yay!!" I wondered if he'd even miss me."What of you mummy?" he suddenly asked, making me smile, and I ruffled his away, "I'll be in another city for about two to three days, so stay with Uncle Leo, okay?"He nodded, and I watched him go to meet his friends. I faced Miss Honey, his class teacher."As I've said, Mr Cooper will be picking him up""Okay ma'am""That will be all then, bye.""Bye Ma"I left and started my ride to the airport. My flight was slated for nine, so I should make it, right?I made it just in time and the necessary documents were all checked before the flight attendant on the plane led me to the first-class area."Would you need help with anything, ma'am?""No, I'm fine for now."The announcement was made by the pilot, and soon we were in the air. I sketched a few things on my pad when I was not eating, and I pla
LaylaThe doorbell rang later that evening as I watched TV in the sitting room-like corner and I stood up to open the door. It was probably my pizza order which I had made.No, it wasn't.Instead, it was Henry with a Chinese takeout box in his hand."Henry?""Hi, I thought you might be hungry so...." he raised the takeout and a bottle of wine."Oh yes, actually I ordered pizza not too long ago.""Oh... We could eat both."I smiled, "Sure, come in."Just as I was about to close the door, I saw the delivery guy who was to bring my pizza and I paid him before closing the door."It's here"He smiled and opened up the takeout. I also opened the pizza and that's when Leo's call came in. I cursed him in my mind but was also happy that I'd get to talk to Nathan."Hel
LaylaMy meeting with Henry and Amanda went well, and she promised to contact me once she got the idea for the business planned out with Henry. I was going via Zoom since I wouldn't be around then and I got into my car.The ride home was long and spent thinking to myself. I thought about the happenings of the last few days and how Henry had ignored me after the meeting. He had been hurt, and I planned to apologize.I should apologize.I waited outside my room when I got there, knowing that he was going to come up soon, he came up looking so gloomy and all. I walked up to him as he passed me and cleared my throat, "Henry"He paused, leaving his back to my face and I got even closer, "I... I'm really sorry about the other night. I shouldn't have said that and I..."He faced me, "It's probably the truth. I know you don't like me and have been wavering since Leo showed up, but no matter how much I try to assure myself that you'll come around, I find myself getting hurt each time. I'm just
LaylaI got to the hospital around 12pm when Hannah was already getting discharged, and it was a miracle cause no one else was around to help her with her things. I grabbed her baby bag, which contained the things we had bought for the baby, and I helped her into my car where she settled down."What of Mr Cooper?" I asked.She shrugged, "I haven't seen his since yesterday.""And Sofia?""She came around early this morning but had to go to school""That's right.""Georgina also paid a visit late last night after Mr Cooper and Sofia left. I made him call the important people.""And how was he with you when you gave birth?""I had just finished telling him he was the father when my water broke.""Oh, so he helped you to the hospital?""Yes, and one young lady, actually almost everyone in the cafe. I was quite embarrassed.""There's no need to be" I said, looking at her through the front mirror."He'll come around, okay?" I added and she waved it off."I really don't care, I'm just happy
LeoI stared at my dad who seemed to be more anxious than I was, "what's wrong dad? You couldn't just have called me here not to say anything again""I'm coming, I just don't know how you'll react to it.""Just say it."I had a feeling he had done something bad, like really terrible, and I wondered what that was..."I had an affair"I had no time to process what he just said. The coffee I had swallowed came back out of my mouth as if it was bitter, and it splashed on the table in between us.My dad was beside himself explaining, but I couldn't understand, wouldn't understand, "I just thought it was a.... And then she met me.... Told me she was....""Stop stop stop!" I affirmed when I got my tongue back and started at him as if he was an alien."You what?""I... I had an affair"The people in the café were probably starting at us cause of my initial reaction and a waitress came to hand me a napkin which I used to clean the mess. "Thank you," I said to her and she left."So what were yo
AriandeThe kissing bodies of my brother and manager which were in the corner stopped moving, and they stared at me in horror. I stared back at them with the same expression."I... I can explain," Jeremy said, hurrying after me as I walked past Tony and I felt that that conversation was still very far from over."Seriously, how long have you been f*cking my brother?" I stopped outside and spurned around to him for an answer."I... I... Uhm... A few months""A few... Wow, I'm really speechless. So he's the one who has been making you lose focus.""No, I've never lost focus or been distracted, it was just fun and messing around.""Oh really", the voice of my brother, who I hadn't known got behind us, said, and he came into view, "I thought we were more than that."He walked off, and I saw the distress on Jeremy's face, to go after the guy he probably liked or stay around for his boss who was demanding an explanation.I rolled my eyes and got into the car. Take me home.""Okay ma'am"He
LaylaI received the mail that Martha had promised to send two days later, and it contained the list of shareholders the company had, including the evil deeds which Ethan had done. I gasped at one of them.When I was done with reviewing the embezzlement and boycotting that Ethan had done with the company's resources, I opened the list of shareholders and went through them. A lot of them were popular companies and individuals that were with my dad before, but I did see one of the names that was new, "William Gould?"He's a shareholder in the company?Wait was that Cooper Corp too?I gasped, realizing that the two people I had been supposed to team up with in order to bring Ethan down were also shareholders in the company. What could that mean?Was that part of the grand plan he had planned out earlier?I picked up my phone to call him without thinking and cleared my throat when his voice sounded online."Miss Carter, didn't expect to hear from you so soon.""I want us to meet again."W
KaiThe paintings arrived some days later. I called my agent and I arranged them in the workshop, placing some that I wanted on the floor and the others on the wall. I also arranged my tattoo workshop and the designs I had on paper for customers to choose from were pasted on the walls. Some were in my sketchbook and I arranged the tables and chairs. I put a couch in one corner for waiting customers and I put in some neon lights to give the vibe I wanted.Next, I arranged my bedroom, kitchen, living room and bathroom to ain't my style, and they didn't contain much, just my essentials.I collapsed on my bed when I was done for that day and took out my phone to scroll. That was when I remembered the number Kira, my agent, had given me to call.Kim galleries.I dialed the number without thinking and waited for the receiver to pick up. She did."Hello, this is Kimberly Lesley. How many I help you?""Uhm, I... Kira Anderson gave me your number to call""Uhn, Kira Anderson?" she looked throu