Alexander Burke ~•~I drummed my fingers impatiently on the desk as I waited for the officers to return with Sandra. I needed to speak with her before thinking about my next action. It was unbelievable that she would send her baby daddy to my house to take Jason without informing me. I found it disrespectful and unacceptable. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, Sandra finally walked through the door, accompanied by two police officers. I watched her as she walked towards me with handcuffs in her hands and settled on the chair opposite me. “How are you doing?” I asked, feeling a slight bit of sympathy for her. Sandra snorted. “How does it look like I am doing?” She asked, her voice laced with anger and frustration. “Why are you here? You’ve never visited me in the past five months. You didn’t even let me see my son.” I avoided eye contact with her because I didn’t want to feel bad about the situation. “Why did you ask your baby daddy to come to my house without informin
Olivia ~•~Just as I was about to sleep, the buzzing of my phone interrupted me and I jolted back to reality. I groaned inwardly before reaching out to my phone from the side drawer. I glanced at the screen to see Alexander’s name flashing on the phone. I wanted to ignore the call and drift off to sleep but it wasn’t going to be fair. During the day, he called me while I was at the office, and I promised to talk to him when I got back home. It had slipped my mind to return his call, so I had to answer him now. I clicked the answer button and pressed the phone closer to my ear. “Hey, what is going on?” I asked, my voice slightly groggy. “Did I wake you up?” Alexander asked, his voice barely audible. “I’m sorry if I did, I’ll talk to you in the morning.” He added without giving me a chance to respond to the first question. I smiled, running my hands through my hair. “No, you didn’t,” I replied. “I was just about to sleep when your call came in. But it’s okay, I wasn’t even feeling
Alexander Burke ~•~After I was done speaking to Olivia on the phone, I thought I was going to feel better and be able to get to sleep, but I couldn’t stop thinking about Jason and the court case. I paced around my room, my mind racing with different thoughts and possibilities. What if the judge grants his biological father full custody and pushes me to the side? I couldn’t imagine something like that happening. I was constantly texting my lawyer, asking him if he was prepared for the next day. I even promised to double his payment if he could win the case. Staying awake wasn’t the best option because I needed to rest for the big day ahead. But I couldn’t do anything about it. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t drift off to sleep. Frustrated, I stepped out of my room and went downstairs to get a glass of water from the kitchen. On my way there, I ran into Tricia at the stairs. Tricia paused and looked at me with a concerned expression registered on her face. “What’s goi
Alexander Burke~•~Everything seemed to be falling into place.I won primary custody over Jason and the judge said I could introduce Jason to his biological father whenever I felt it was convenient for him. Jason’s father was unhappy with the ruling, but he was powerless to change it. The court had made its decision, and any attempts to undermine that could land him in serious trouble.I felt bad for his father but I had to do what was best for Jason. Eventually, I would introduce the two of them to each other. But this just wasn’t the right time. Sandra wasn’t happy with the decision either but she was in prison and couldn’t do anything about it. I made sure Jason spoke to her occasionally because he claimed that he was missing his mother.A few weeks had passed since the court case was closed. The incident even made my bond with Jason deepen. He even spent most of the nights with me in my room because of the statement he had made the other day. “Nobody has slept in my room for a
Olivia ~•~Everything felt so surreal. It was just like yesterday when I packed my entire life and moved back to New York with the kids. But in reality, it was actually a year. As I sat down on my bed, I couldn’t help but reflect on everything that had happened during this time frame. I had gone through so many challenges but somehow I was still standing. I was so proud of myself and how far I had come. I started my career from scratch but I was still able to build something great for myself. I was grateful for everything. The sound of my buzzing phone interrupted me from my thoughts. I picked it up to see it was Alexander. The kids had spent the night at his house for a sleepover to celebrate Jason’s birthday. I felt bad for Jason because his mother wasn’t present to celebrate his birthday with him. I also felt bad for Sandra because she was apart from her son. Life would have been so much better if she hadn’t turned out to be a horrible person. We could have still been friend
Alexander Burke ~•~ Just as I turned around to welcome my parents, my dad’s husky voice broke from behind. “Why didn't you come with your wife?” I took a deep breath and before I could respond, my mother chimed into the conversation. “I hope we aren’t late for the wedding?” She asked, changing the subject. I shook my head, responding with a small smile. “No, ma. The wedding doesn’t start until noon.” I pulled my mother into a warm embrace before opening the trunk to allow the airport guards to help put the luggage in the car. When they were done, I tipped them before heading back to the driver’s seat. My parents sat in the back seat while Caroline sat in the passenger seat beside me. As soon as I drove into the city, Caroline began. “Can you believe Arthur is finally getting married after all these years?” She questioned, her voice laced with amusement. I laughed because everyone had the same reaction when it came to the news of his wedding. “It’s high time he settl
Olivia ~•~Who was this mystery man and how did he know about my father’s favorite flowers? I was too stunned to speak, so I was at a loss for words. David, on the other hand, wasn’t too stunned to ask questions. “Who are you and why are you bringing flowers to my father’s grave?” He demanded, his gaze piercing as he assessed the stranger.The man opened his mouth to speak but abruptly stopped, as though he was unsure how to respond. He placed the flowers beside ours, then he dipped his hands into his coat and brought out something small. It was a flash drive. He handed it over to David but my brother was hesitant to collect it from him. I was just watching in silence, trying to make sense of the whole situation. He gestured for David to collect it but he still didn’t move. “What is on it? And who are you?” David demanded with a hint of suspicion in his voice. The man didn’t answer. Instead, he turned toward me, extending the flash drive in my direction. Curiosity got the bette
Olivia ~•~“What are we going to do? We can’t just pretend that it didn’t happen.” David asked for my opinion when we were done listening to all the voice recordings. I exhaled heavily, the weight of the revelation pressing down on me. From what we had listened to, my father discovered a shady business in the Burke enterprise. He didn’t mention what it was about but he claimed he was being threatened because he wanted to reveal the truth to the public. He told his friends about what the family had said to him but claimed he wasn’t going to back down from his investigation. My father wasn’t part of the police department but for him to put his life in line just to expose them, it must’ve been something serious. My mind was racing with different questions. What was the shady business about? Why didn’t this mystery man give us these recordings as soon as my father passed away? Why didn’t my father say anything to us? It had to do with Alexander’s family and I had every right to know