At noon that day, Isabella went to pick Laura up from school. Time went by so fast, the whole world was against her today. Isabella finally arrived at the school, Laura was the first to sight her coming towards the door of her classroom."Mummy." Laura happily threw her hands around Isabella, she was so excited to see her mother in school. It wasn't like the last time when they got into an accident because Alex wasn't there, so was his son. Isabella loved the looks on Laura's face, her daughter was filled with happiness and so was she.."Mummy, look at my test script."She held up her test script. Laura got a big (A) written on her math test. Isabella gasped out in excitement "That's wonderful Laura." She picked her up and cuddled her into her arms. Laura had always been very intelligent, Isabella wondered why it was never for her to get Laura to start school early. She was happy that Laura was making her proud in less than a month in school.Isabella took the script from her then n
After a few days,Isabella was working on her laptop, she only had coffee and cookies that morning, and it was almost noon. She had to prepare lunch for Laura before going to pick her up from school.Isabella retired from her laptop, and shut everything down before getting up and heading towards the kitchen. She started preparing the meal, it's been long since Isabella entered the kitchen.Most times, Kenneth did the whole cooking. He loved cooking.. Isabella tried to remind herself of the memory she had on a man cooking in the kitchen.Maybe it was Kenneth, but it seemed so differently when she thought about the memory. The reality didn't have as much of an effect on her as the memory did.While she was busy inside the kitchen, a loud knock sounded from the door of the living room, making Isabella distracted from her kitchen work."I'm coming" she responded loudly, using the kitchen towel to wipe off the water on her hand while she walked towards the living room.Isabella went ahead
The moment Isabella couldn't find him, she almost panicked. She wondered where he went or if he had left the mansion already.How could he just lead her on and leave just like that?She continued to search for him, tears filled her eyes. Her heart beated faster inside her chest. Isabella couldn't wish to get back her memories more than this moment.She had to know the truth, if it was Alexander whom she really loved or Kenneth.Soon, Isabella decided to give up and return to cooking in the kitchen, she had to hasten up in order to pick Laura up from school.Just as she turned away to go into the kitchen, she heard the noise outside the door.Isabella rushed out quickly to check and to her surprise, it was Kenneth who brought back Laura from school. Isabella didn't expect it, she was so surprised."W.. welcome Hun" she greeted Ken while Laura hugged her. Isabella picked her daughter up in her arms and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Welcome home darling, how was school today?" She asked
Isabella and Ken had returned from their date night with Laura, the little girl fell asleep on their way home. As they went into the mansion, Ken carried her in his arms and took her upstairs to her bedroom to sleep.Isabella retired to their own bedroom, Kenneth joined her afterwards. He delayed a bit because Laura had woken up so he had to put her to sleep.Isabella had already freshened up and wore her sexy lingerie laying for bed when she caught the eyes of Ken. He couldn't take his eyes off her that night, he wanted to have her but Ken was scared that Isabella might refuse him as she usually does.After Ken changed into his nightwear, he went to bed to meet Isabella. He tried touching her, Ken started by kissing her neck, trailing it down to her chest. Isabella felt his movements on her body but she didn't respond.Instead, she pretended to be asleep so he wouldn't continue. But Ken was persistent in having her that night, his kisses on her skin became intense, he caressed her br
Upon arriving at the vacation house, Isabella felt an utter familiarity with the place. The fragrance of the freshly trimmed grasses, and the air lingering around the atmosphere was so familiar to her, she felt like she'd been there once.Isabella stood facing the huge building, glaring around being lost in thoughts."Let's go" Carlos beckoned and she followed him into a huge mansion.Carlos ended his escort with her when they got upstairs, he pointed to the bedroom where Alex was waiting for her.Isabella watched him leave, and all of a sudden, she started to feel skeptical about going inside to meet Alexander. What if something happens between them? How could she explain herself to Ken? She didn't want to disappoint him as he was already so angry at her."Oh my God! What am I even doing here?" Isabella questioned herself before turning away to leave the place. She couldn't bring herself to face Alex, she was already feeling so uneasy about the whole situation.When she reached the s
W.. what? " Isabella trembled as she spoke. She couldn't digest what Alexander had just told her. He wanted her daughter, how could she give Laura to him over a piece of paper stating that they were father and daughter?"Impossible, Alexander! I'm not giving Laura to you! She's Kenneth's daughter! At least, he raised her. Where have you been all these years?" She questioned him.Alexander grinned briefly, glaring at her as she spoke. Isabella was willing to hide the whole truth in order to protect her daughter.She threw the documents at him. "You must be out of your mind to think that I'll let you have her just because of this. Alexander Hunt, how do I know that the test results aren't fake?"Alex shrugged at her question. At least he was confident since he already discovered the truth. "why don't you carry out a test? To find out if I faked it or not " he responded. "Make sure to get my daughter prepared because I'll be fighting for her custody when the truth is found out" Isabell
"Did you have sex with him?" Isabella heard Kenneth's voice the moment she entered into the Burundi lit bedroom. She had just gone to see Tiana off, since she already put Laura to bed earlier.Although her mind has been occupied with the thoughts of Alex, she didn't expect the question she just recieved from Ken. Isabella put on a straight face and responded. "I do not know what you are talking about, Kenneth" "Isabella, don't lie to me. I saw the marks on your arms and the hickeys he left on your neck. Isabella! You cheated on me with Alexander again, didn't you?" Knowing that Ken had caught her, Isabella didn't hide the truth from him anymore. It was bound to come out sooner or later."Why did you lie to me, Ken? Laura isn't your daughter and you know about that. Is Alexander saying the truth? That you kidnapped me from him? Why don't I recall anything?" Isabella began.All she had kept inside her, she had to find out about it tonight. She wouldn't give Kenneth the chance to lie o
That night when Kenneth got to the club, he drank his heart away. The scene still remained fresh in his memories, it wasn't his intention to do that to Isabella but he was forced to.He couldn't think of any other way to make her stay with him. She loved Alexander too much, she never for once considered him. He was so angry, he had to do that to her and now he was regretting everything.He drank more shots of vodka and even ordered a bottle of whiskey for himself.Ignoring the doctor's warning, Kenneth drank so much till he got drunk.``You must be Mr Lancaster?" He heard a feminine voice speak from behind him. Kenneth turned to look, he saw the beautiful woman with brown hair standing behind him with her hand stuck out for a handshake."I'm Catalina, but my friends call me Catty" she introduced herself to him.Kenneth ignored her, he wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone, all he wanted to do was to drink. He continued to gulp down the vodka until the drink reduced to half."Do you mind
ONE YEAR LATER“No. Not that but you can have this one though. Here you go.”“Mum noooo. I want the yellow one and not pink.” “Happy birthday my princess.” Alex said walking in with balloons.He picked Laura up as she ran to give him a hug before snapping yellow sunglasses on her eyes.“Your first gift of the day.” He said to Laura, placing a kiss on her cheek.“Thank you daddy! I love it!.” She exclaimed.“You were out early today.” “Yes baby. Had to get flowers and lots of chocolates for my princess.” Alex replied.Laura gasped. “Chocolates?!.” She asked excitedly.Alex nodded his head and Laura scrambled out of his hold, running out of the room in the direction of where her chocolates were kept. He smiled as he watched Laura run off before moving to give his wife a hug and then a kiss on her lips.“Happy Anniversary baby.” Alex said.“Happy Anniversary to you too love.” Bella replied with a broad smile on her face as she sealed her lips with Alex’s in a passionate kiss.“How’s ou
“And please I’ll like to have the decorations redone. It’s for our wedding.” Alex said to the wedding plannner he had made come to the hospital.It was past three months now and still Bella was yet to wake up. Every day Alex came to the hospital and he would stay with Bella until night came or it was time to get back to Laura. Other than that, he did everything he wanted in Bella’s room at the hospital. From work to eating and then his special time which was reading Bella a book or telling her stories of how fast their daughter Laura was growing.Laura had surprised him tremendously after she was discharged from the hospital. He had decided to get her a private teacher when he saw how fast she caught on things and the way she pronounced her words. She wasn’t the average growing child and he sensed it.He was proud at how fast she grabbed things and how intelligent and outspoken she had become. Alex had been weary of Laura turning into a closed off chuld due to the things she’s had to
The police parked their cars far away from the address so they wouldn’t attract attention. They all hid in the nearby bushes, including Alex as they waited for Catalina to come outside.Alex kept glancing at his watch impatiently. He was sure without doubt that Catalina was still inside. He stood tall when he saw a glimpse of Catalina through the windows.Alex drew out his gun, cocking it and keeping his finger on the trigger. He was aware that he had no right to shoot but he didn’t care at that moment. He was determined to kill Catalina once and for all. He didn’t want her to be arrested and go to a jury where she would spend the rest of her life in jail. He wanted her in hell where she rightfully belonged because she had come after his innocent daughter.“Alex? You using that?.” Alex’s friend asked him, cocking his head to the side.“We’re friends. I expect you to cover my back after I gun this damn bitch down.” Alex said spitting on the floor.His friend had known him for a long ti
Bella drove like a maniac on the road as she followed the map leading to the address Catalina had sent her. She kept praying in her mind that her daughter was save.She tried calling Catalina but the line would not connect which only made her fear heighten. She wished Alex was with her as he would have found a way to calm her down but still Bella knew she had to be brave and strong for the sake of her daughter.It broke her heart each time she thought about how scared Laura was with Catalina. She tried to distract herself from thinking negative as she arrived the address Catalina had sent her. Since Catalina wasn’t taking any of her calls, she decided to text her.Immediately a text message came from Catalina, instructing her on what to do. Bella came down from the car with the duffel bag headed straight for the apartment Catalina had asked her to walk into.The apartment was situated at the end of the street and looked like a normal house but one would not know her child was being h
When Catalina was little, she had always felt unimportant. Her parents adored Alicia her twin sister because she was exceptionally brilliant and as they grew up, Catalina discovered Alicia had a more sculptured features which made her stand out.It made her hate being seen with Alicia because anyone who saw them together would always point out that they could easily identify the two of them tho they were identical twins. The thing was Alicia had a smooth, perfect nose with plump lips, whereas Catalina had a little bump on the nose with thin lips.It was weird because even with her thin lips, when she stared at herself in the mirror, she looked like Alicia as much as Alicia looked like her.Catalina decided she didn’t want to be a part of Alicia anymore when they finished high school and when she had gotten into college and began to date the handsome men, it was a boost to her ego and the reason was because Alicia with all her beauty never got asked out.If Catalina could recall vividl
Adam sneezed out as his eyes opened gradually. He was still in the warehouse he had been kidnapped and kept in for days. He still could not believe Victoria would go to the extent of kidnapping him. Scratch that. He didn’t even believe she was capable of planning something so evil.He groaned out when he felt his hair being dragged so painfully that it hurt his scalp.It was Victoria.“Does that hurt?.” She asked him while smiling.Adam groaned out. “Victoria. Pllee…please.” Adam begged.Victoria let go of his hair, kicking him on the leg with her red bottom heels.Adam eyed how sharp the pencil heel was and wondered how she could conveniently stand on that while still inflicting pain on him. Victoria was one mistake he wished he had never made in his life.“What do you want Vicky? What? Is it money? I’ll give you loads of it. Please just let me go.” Adam begged with his hands clasped together.Victoria chuckled. “You think that’s what I want? Money? If I need more money, I could just
Loud crunching could be heard in the room and with each loud crunch was the diminishing of a big bag of hot Cheetos which laid beside Isabella, her eyes focused on the TV.She smiled sheepishly as Alex walked into the room with a tray filled with fruits in hand. He looked disapprovingly at Bella for eating snacks, especially since he had warned her she wasn’t fully recovered to eat unhealthy things.“You should not be eating that.” Alex said sternly, taking the Cheetos away from Bella.Bella laughed out loudly at first but gave a pout when she saw Alex was serious about taking her snacks away from her.“I’m fine. Please give them back. Pretty please.” She pleaded.Alex huffed, shaking his head at her as his eyes lingered over her. He still could not believe he had gotten so lucky to have her as his woman. He was filled with happiness and love that they were about to live happily forever. Just him, her and their little girl.“I will if you take the veg mix drink you’ve been refusing t
Two days later Bella was discharged from the hospital and Alec drove her home himself, he couldn't wait for them to get to the mansion so he could show her the plans he had for her, the extreme care and love he'd always wanted to show her unconditionally.On their way back, he received a text from Ciara who narrated that she couldn't get a train back to the city from her end, making her unable to bring Laura on that day not until the next two days. Although he missed Laura, Alex was a bit relieved because he didn't want Laura to return to meet a sick mother or meet Bella looking pale. He was hoping that with his care, in two days time, Bella would recover so that Laura wouldn't ask questions or become curious.So many things had happened in the last few days , Bella fell sick, Adams got missing, and his father died. He didn't even feel sorry for Adams or his father but Bella, who was his top priority, affected him deeply and he hoped that it'd never happen again.They soon arrived a
Florence was about leaving the house to meet up with someone that can help with her predicament. Alex was too busy, he might not have the time to act fast before her son gets killed.She was really sorry about Bella. Yes she knew the old man can be tricky and evil at times. But to think her father could be so extreme she was disgusted at this.She had only driven close to the gates when some uniformed men drove into the compound.The cops.She looked at them and drove in with four cars as if they were here to arrest a dozen gangsters. ' I can't remember calling the cops. I never told them about my son's abduction. I had been warned not to involve the cops. What do they want this time l.'Florence recounts how many times food like this has been in their home when she was only a child. They would make everyone sit on the floor while they searched the whole house thoroughly leaving no stone untouched.The sight of them was terrifying to her back then. She would cry. Alex will wrap her s