(The Previous day at the Woods)Early in the morning, still reeling from the events of the night before at the gala and how Mikayla had embarrassed her in front of the entire elite guests there, including her own friends, Lily stays up all night, thinking of how she can enact her revenge on the woman.She gets up quite early and makes breakfast and because it's a Saturday, it's pretty early in the morning so no one is awake yet, at least as far as she's aware of.In the room she shares with Price, he turns on the bed and sits up, signing. Obviously, he had not slept overnight either. His eyes are heavy and he's sporting baggy undereyes. He stretches slightly before getting off the bed. He remembers what Mika had said the day before...He raises his head and looks aimlessly at the top of the room. "Why hadn't I questioned it then? Why had I simply just believed Lily? But who can really blame me? She had seemed so pitiful for me and offered to marry me so I won't feel the hurt... But no
In the middle of where she stands, there are many shapes and colours of glass shards from the broken plates in her hands.There's multiple cuts on her leg because she's barefoot. Price sees these and rolls his eyes, wearing his clogs, he helps to take her out of the circle with the glass all around and he sets her down outside it. Her eyes are still glued to the television where there's a whole lot of things coming out into the open.She suddenly scrambles for her phone and goes to Instagram where they said the video had originally being posted first the night before. She searches for "Anderson scandal" and there it was, the first result, with the most likes.She clicks on it and gasps. The whole video was right there, edited slightly because it was obvious it had been done with two cameras so the video had been edited to include both women's faces as each thing was being exchanged between them but the video had dramatically enhanced Lily's shocked face when Mika had pointed to Price
(The day of News at the Andersons. Reese and Stellas.)"Good morning honey.""Good? How is the morning good? Didn't you see how that good for nothing girl blew me off yesterday?" Reese vents, pacing around the room, his steps slow and tired.Stella looks around him and sees his haggard looking face. "Don't tell me you didn't sleep all night because of that? I even had a dream that she became a pauper. That's a good dream if you ask me."Reese blows her off. "That's what you think. Do you think that raising a child that is not yours for over twenty years is a child's play? I spent all that money and resources on her for her to ruin the only thing I ever wanted from her, a marriage into a wealthy home.""Well, Lily achieved it instead of her, didn't she?""Do you think the Woods are the biggest? I wanted Mikayla to marry the Wood guy so I can became a great wealthy man so our own daughter, can marry into an even wealthier home. But did you see the man she was walking with yesterday nigh
From Saturday till Sunday, all four people and two couples stay overnight at the hospital, doting on their son, biological son and grandson.Lily does the most fussing though, that even when the boy woke up and cried for the pain, she had hollered the hospital down to they will attend to her child and "take the pain away from him."Price just stays in a corner and watches as she puts on a show all through the night. For someone who had not slept the night before and now tonight as well, he's pretty exhausted but he sees his inlaws looking at him and whispering amongst themselves every once in a while so that's enough to keep him awake.Since his own wife for five years, Lily Anderson can do that to her own sister to marry her man, what's to say the family will not connive to unalive him? Just those series of thoughts are more than enough to keep Price awake all night, exhausted, yes, tired? Yes but sleeping? Oh no. He has to live through the night.He also does some checking in on his
That particular day of a ton of events, including the grand opening of Mi-nello, it was completely spectacular.As soon as the mall was opened, people flocked the place like bees to honey.Mikayla, holding hands with Lucas walks into the massive building that had only been a mass of incomplete building and no recognition to it just a week before has been completely transformed into, non disputably, the biggest and most beautiful mall in all of Brooklyn.She looks around in awe as she takes it all in. There are different sections to the place and there's a reception on every floor, helping people to know where to go, attendants ready to answer questions and massive workforce already in place."Do you like it?" Lucas asks, looking down at her as she looks around.She beams up at him immediately. "Like it? I love it. This is beautiful. It must have taken ages to interview and appoint all of these workers. Then the stocking up, the shops, jewelry, fashion and every other thing... Consider
"Ma'am?" The Dean looks at Lily as she stops mid sentence. "Your son, what were you about to say about him?""Oh." Lily tears her away from the startling eyes that was looking right at her. "Yes, I was saying that my son, Connor Woods fell from the staircase two days ago, Saturday. He's been in the hospital since then.""My goodness. I'm so sorry to hear that. How is he? How are you and your husband holding up? I can't imagine the shock." Dean Lawney sympathizes with her, patting her consolingly on her shoulders."He'll be back in school in about a month I hope.""Don't worry ma'am. We'll come check up on his once in a while. I'm sorry to hear that once again."Lily nods and turns to leave, then she turns right around, her curiosity not letting her. Is it really Mika who's the mother of these two children? "Ma'am, I know this is not the right time but my sister just returned from San Francisco some months ago. We met on Friday at an event and she told me her children also attended thi
Later at home that night, as they all settle for dinner, Mika wraps the napkins around the twin's necks just as they lay the general dinner of fried rice in front of them all."Hm. It smells delicious." Miles mutters as he picks up his spoon to dig in.Maya dives for her food immediately, smiling as she eats so that her small imoressioned dimple shines through, her glee obvious in her humming.Luc chuckles as he fills up a glass of water for her. "That good Hun?""Yes Dad."Mika chuckles into her food. She had been so skeptical, felt bad every single time she heard them call him their Dad but now, it feels so natural...So right."Mum, I have something to tell you.""What's that?"All form of table etiquette forgotten. "I saw that woman on TV today."Miles suddenly bobs his head as well. "Yes, she came to our class today to talk to the dean."Both Mom and Dad drop their spoons and exchange a glance. "What? Who?""That woman on TV that her child is in a class below our own." Miles exp
At the family house, Lily has managed to bring along Price with her and she has sent him on an errand to the kitchen area to do something that might take him a while so she might have a little while with her parents."Mum, what's the assurance that she's coming with him? I mean, the message didn't really include him but just as a bypass. I don't like this." She whispers loudly as she walks around restlessly.Stella places a hand on her shoulder. "You should be optimistic. I specifically told them to come together so it'll seem like we want to accept their relationship and do something like welcome them into the home.""Are you sure she'll fall for that? I believe she's a little smarter than that. She might come for her own personal apology first." Lily whines again, still pacing."Come on, I said be optimistic. She'll come, I know my daughter. They will come together, she's probably looking for the best thing to put on right now so she won't disappoint us again..."In a way, Stella wa