In the morning, Mrs Garcia woke up to a message from Mrs Carter[It was a terrible mistake but Ethan is fine]She read and smile getting down from the bed. She had driver her husband out of the bedroom since she found out Olivia was the chosen bride and not her daughter. She took a shower and picked an off-white straight dress with gathers at the waist level from the closet. She put it on and adorned her neck with some jewellery before stepping out of the bedroom heading for the staircase."Mum, have you heard anything concerning Ethan?" Camila asked seeing her mother descending the staircase"Sssh, stop asking about Ethan alone like he is your husband," she shut her and held her by the arms ensuring no one else was around.She drags her back to her bedroom making sure Mr Garcia or Jonathan were still nowhere in sight. She pushed her into the room and closed the door behind her."Look, there were two people involved in the accident. Stop acting like you only care about Ethan. Remember
"Hello Mrs Carter," he greeted but Mrs Carter did not respond.She turned and walked away back to Ethan's ward leaving Jeremy stupefied At the entrance of the ward, just before she enters, she turned to look at the two with a cold expression."Where have you two been all night? The last information I got said you went to pick her up, to bring her over to the hospital to see my son," she enquired "Yes but I didn't know which hospital so we were moving from hospital to hospital looking for Ethan," replied Jeremy Mrs Carter replied with a 'huh' and pushed the door to the ward open without saying another. word. Jeremy and Olivia followed her and right after she entered the ward, Jeremy entered and so did Olivia in that order. "Great you are here. I tried calling you but I was..." Camila began upon seeing Olivia but was interrupted by Ethan."Olive," Ethan calls out to Olivia and she walks into his open arms.Camila stood there in silence like she was part of the furnishing of the ward
"Olivia, how long have you been standing there?' Camila asked "What was she doing with her hands under her dressing leaning against the wall," Olivia thought looking at her."It is not what you think," she said walking towards Olivia who appeared to be glued to her spot staring at her with confusion written all over her face. "I was just, erm...." she tried to explain but realize she didn't owe her any explanation and secondly explaining would only create a superior authority in her and even complicate things. "You know what, forget about what you saw. What is important here is what Ethan had gone through. As a good wife, you have to make him happy," she said"Yes, you are right. What do you suggest?" Olivia enquired"A get-together will not be a bad idea," she said placing a hand on Olivia's shoulders"A party?" she asked "Yes, find out when he will be discharged and let's put a welcome party together," she suggested"Okay," Olivia replied and Camila pulled her towards the direct
"Yes, I added an abortion pill to it. Just in case she is already pregnant," she said "Perfect," Mrs Carter acknowledged They stayed on the call for a while before the call came to an end. When Mrs Carter returned to the ward it was fifteen minutes to 5 pm. She stood at the entrance and watched Ethan and Olivia sharing a bed. She frowned and went out of the ward. She called one of the doctors and requested Ethan is given a sedative to help him sleep "He has been restless all night," she informed the doctor "I don't think it is necessary but well it wouldn't have any negative effect," he replied and instructed the nurse to give Ethan a sedative. The nurse walked in and saw Olivia and Ethan sharing the hospital bed. She tapped Olivia's leg gently and she opened her eyes. Her movement made Ethan open his eyes too. "I am here to give you your medications," the nurse informed him and he nodded Olivia got down from the bed and moved away intending to give the nurse some space t
"I will," Camila acknowledged "If we feed her with more of the pill her body will naturally prevent her from getting pregnant," she thought remembering something she learnt in a science class. In the dining area, while they were all sitting around the table having dinner. Mrs Garcia decided to break the long silence."Camila would be going to leave with Olivia for a while. The poor girl is feeling lonely living in that big house," she said looking at her husband and he knew better not to question why the decision. He made a mistake and it has become a price to pay forever. He has lost his authority as a man in the house as his wife constantly reminds him of his mistake the least chance she gets and how it almost cost her her life, and that she could no longer work. He remained silent as he ate his food filled with sadness. "I thought she was at the hospital caring for her husband?" Jonathan raised"Well, her mother-in-law informed me Olivia left for home and is now complaining of
He didn't want to disturb his sleeping mother so he remained on his bed. He stared at the roof of the room thinking about Olivia. He was wondering why she left and didn't stay like he had asked her to. He felt empty woking up and not seeing Olivia by his side. It was 6 am when his mother woke up from her sleep by the entering of the medical doctor. "Good morning," he greeted holding a file in his hand Ethan lay on his right side, his back facing the doctor who was standing in the middle of the room. "Good morning," responded Mrs Carter "Mr Carter, are you still sleeping?" he asked and walked towards the feet of the bed to see his face. He realized his eyes were open. He was just staring at the monitoring machine which was off. "Mr Carter, you don't look happy. Anything the matter?" the doctor asked and Ethan's gaze shifted to the doctor who was almost stretching to see his face. He sat on the bed with a cold expression. His mother looked at him knowing very well why he was loo
She momentarily got confused trying to recall the rules and all the advice to present herself in the right way. She didn't have an answer to Ethan's question making him frown. "Olivia, where did you go last night?" he repeated the question being more specific with a terrifying gaze frightening Olivia. She started trembling when he grabbed her arms roughly after repeating his question. There was fear registered in her eyes as she stared at him but this did not move Ethan."I asked you a question and I want an answer. Where did you go last night?" He repeated his question, shaking her violently."I didn't go anywhere. Please you are hurting me," she cried "I don't like being lied to. If I find out, you were lying to me, you will not be happy with me. Do you understand?" he said "Yes, please," she replied with tears in her eyes. Ethan looked at her trembling in his arms and he loosen his grip on her feeling sorry. He hugged her and she broke down soaking his hospital gown with her t
"I just received this from an unknown number". There is trouble in paradise," she said showing Ethan her phone screen and he frowned He stared at the image on the screen for a while and turned his gaze away from the phone. Mrs Carter put the phone down by lowering her hand which she had raised to show Ethan the image. "This is why I was against the marriage. Such girls have more up their sleeves than a refuse dump site. They act coy just to look innocent in your eyes. Did you bother to ask about her or you allowed her beauty to deceive you?" Mrs Carter said looking disappointed "Mum, that doesn't mean anything," he defended confused about what to believe.If anything, Olivia was just standing in front of the hotel. It didn't mean she slept there but what he was trying to understand is why she will go there when their home is forty-five minutes drive away. "Of course, seeing your wife, standing in front of a hotel waiting for only God knows who doesn't mean anything," she replied
Ethan knocked and entered Camila's room and closed the door. The moment he closed the door, Camila came to him and kissed him. Ethan froze and for a moment didn't know what to do. She was heavily pregnant and pushing her felt like a terrible option. Opening the door was also not a good idea, what if Olivia sees them? She might misunderstand the situation. Ethan held Camila's shoulder and held her at arm's length pulling away from her. "Get a hold of yourself. I am neither your boyfriend nor husband. Do you go about kissing every man you are attracted to on the street? Have some dignity and respect for yourself. You make yourself too cheap and that is why you never attracted me and with this attitude, you will not attract any good man out there," Ethan said in one breath to Camila looking very angry. "You think I am cheap?" Camila said almost on the verge of tears. "It was one thing to be cheap and another to act like one. You are not cheap, you just present yourself as one," Ethan
At Mr Garcia's home, later in the day, Mr Garcia heard a knock on his door and he went to answer it. It was Mr Carter and a young lady. He invited them in and ushered them to the living room. "You are welcome," Mr Garcia said and Olivia stood to her feet looking at Mr Garcia.Mr Garcia looked at the young lady wondering what she was doing."Daddy," Olivia said and Mr Garcia stared at her."Olivia?" Mr Garcia said."Yes," Olivia replied."How? I saw the image, I.....I....," Mr Garcia said alternating his gaze between the lady before her and Mr Carter. "Mr Carter found me and saved me," Olivia replied and Mr Garcia instantly became emotional.Mr Garcia covered his mouth with his hand and uncontrolled tears began to fall from his eyes. Olivia got emotional too and hugged him."Forgive me, my daughter. I didn't protect you as a father. I abandoned you and watched while people treated you badly. I don't deserve you. I am so sorry," Mr Garcia said while hugging Olivia."It is okay, Dad. I
The next day, a Saturday, the news channels were hit with shocking news of Mr Carter being alive. Mr Garcia was sitting behind his TV when he saw the news of Mr Carter being alive. His eyes widened. "Isabella, come quick," Mr Garcia shouted from the living room."What happened?" Isabella asked as she descended the staircase into the living room."Look," Mr Garcia replied with his eyes fixated on the television set as he pointed to the screen."Mr Carter is alive?" Isabella asked in shock."So who did we bury?" Isabella asked and Mr Garcia shrugged his shoulders.Isabella sat down and Mr Garcia increased the volume to listen to what the reporter was saying."The city of New York woke up to an interesting news about Mr Carter the well-known billionaire whose burial service we held at the church a couple of months ago and later sent to the grave to be buried to be very much alive. As you can see behind him, he was supported this morning by one reporter when he was exiting the courthouse
At the prison, Mrs Carter was told he had a visitor. She was so happy. She left the prison yard teasing Mrs Garcia and Jacqueline."You see when you marry the right man. Everything works in your favour," Mrs Carter said and left knowing Mr Carter had come to get her out. Mrs Carter entered a room and frowned seeing the person who had come to see her."Who are you and what do you want with me?" Mrs Carter asked proceeding to the provided seat."Hello, I am a representative of Mr Carter. He asked me to give you this," the lawyer said and Mrs Carter smiled."Aww, my handsome hubby. I know he would always come through for me," Mrs Carter said and took the envelope from the man as she sat on the seat opposite the man.She quickly opened it to see the content. A white sheet came out and she frowned seeing the title on the sheet. DIVORCE. "I would advise you not to give him a hard time but just sign your part and you will be promised a peaceful day in prison," the lawyer said offering Mrs
Mr Garcia was immediately shuttered. His wife will be in prison for 15 years. "This is all my fault. I failed to put my feet down as a man and allowed all this to happen," Mr Garcia thought unable to get up from his seat. He watched as they took his wife away to begin her jail sentence. "What does this mean?" Jeremy asked Mr Carter. "I don't have to do anything. The properties will come back to Ethan," Mr Carter said. "Jeremy, you and Ethan have come a long way. I know you had your difference from college but I beg you to be a better person than my son is. Aside from honouring a great woman, he did something great for me, I chose Olivia for Ethan because I believe, that with Olivia, Ethan would be a better person. Just forgive him and let's move on as a family. I appreciate what you did. Standing for what is right despite family relationship," Mr Carter said to Jeremy."It wasn't a difficult decision to take. Growing up, I heard some stories about my uncle even though I didn't kn
"Do you have any other anything else you would like to present in defence of your client?" the judge "That will be all my lord," Mrs Carter's lawyer said. "Okay, this case is adjourned till late afternoon," the judge said.The judge left and the courtroom became noisy. Mr Carter stepped out followed by Ethan, Olivia and Jeremy. "With the way things are going how do think this would end," Jeremy asked Mr Carter. "Well, at least the side of Mr Martin and Mr Green is clear. My wife and Mrs Garcia may go down together. They worked together on this," Mr Carter replied "Will you reveal your identity and testify against your wife like you earlier planned?" Jeremy asked. "It may not be necessary with the way things are progressing but if anything changes, I will," Mr Carter replied.Just a distance away from Jeremy and Mr Carter, Ethan was also engaging Olivia in a conversation."I am so sorry for everything you went through," Ethan apologized. "It is in the past now. Let's just move o
"Mrs Carter found out that Mrs Garcia had filed the case against her and Mrs Carter decided to teach Mrs Garcia a lesson. The kidnap was on the stage and Mrs Garcia was framed. The documents here prove, that all the payments made from Mrs Garcia's account were false. Exhibit D shows Mrs Garcia's statement from the bank. The two documents were printed days and you can see, in one document, the numbers were manipulated to make Mrs Garcia look guilty," Mr Wilson said.The judge looked at all the documents presented. "Council, what do you have to say in defence of your client?" the judge asked"My lord, thank you. My colleague presented a lot of facts with evidence to prove his point. I must say he presented a convincing story but here are the questions; Mrs Carter and Mrs Garcia had conversations on the phone had always been about the welfare of their children. It was true Mrs Garcia misunderstood the late Mr Carter's choice of a bride for his son and assumed it was her daughter, Ms C
Ethan thanked the servant and left for his room. In his room, he sat on the sofa in deep thought of everything his father had told him. Ethan realized when it comes to life and living it, he fails to think on his behalf. He rather allows close relatives to think of him. In his anger, he never gives the one who offended him a chance to at least explain. Ethan lay in bed recalling lots of things that had happened in his life and how he handled them. Unable to sleep, he got down from his bed and exited his room. He wanted to go to Olivia but looking at the time he decided not to disturb Olivia. He heads for the balcony. The light on the balcony was off and the city light was the only light providing some visibility to the balcony. He entered the balcony and found Olivia sitting on the chair. He sat next to her and took her hand in his. "Olivia, I am sorry for how I treated you when we were married. I never protected and never listened to you. I caused you more pain than I claimed to lo
"Ethan, I am sorry for all the trouble I caused you during our college days. They were not deliberately done," Jeremy apologised and the two hugged each other. "Ethan, please stay and work with me," Jeremy requests and Ethan obliges.Ethan put aside his resentment towards Jeremy and they did a great job at the company together. All the guards Mr Martin brought on board to monitor everyone were sent away. The guards were unhappy but since they didn't have any contract with the company and the one whom they had a contract with had been arrested, they had no option then to leave. The operations of the company were placed back in the previous working system. Employees who were terminated by Mr Martin were all called back and compensated for the injustice done to them. While Ethan and Jeremy handled restoring the operations of the company, Olivia was tasked with handling the new client's request.It was soon 6 p.m. and Ethan asked Olivia to call it a day while he stayed back with Jeremy t