•ABIGAIL•"Harper told me everything about you. And if she had told me sooner before I foolishly divorced my wife to be with you, I would've never wasted another second of my life to be with you."I kept thinking about what Elijah said to me when I went to my hotel room. I was panicking as I paced up and down in the small bedroom. 'That stupid whore betrayed me even after I warned her. I can't let her get away with this. She has to pay for ruining everything that I worked hard for. She has to pay for killing my child.' I thought as I took my cell phone and made a call. Even though Kathrine wasn't there when I needed her help, she was the only one who could help me find a way to deal with Harper and her stupid brother."Hey, Abi. I wanted to call you and apologize for what happened. I couldn't find a way to get you out of that place. I'm very sorry, sis." "It's alright, that's not why I called. I applied the teachings that Mama gave us and got myself out. But I have a problem and yo
•DARLA•"How come Uncle Ethan has a Mom and a Dad, and you don't, Mom?" Maddie asked as I combed her hair, and my heart sank at her question. "Do you remember my father that we visited at the hospital?" I asked her as I turned her around to look at me. We were sitting in front of my dressing table because the young lady wanted to look pretty when Ethan and I took them shopping."I remember him. He's really your father?" "Mhm..." I nodded my head. "But we won't be able to see him again. He went to heaven to be with God." "He died?" Madison asked as her facial countenance changed. I didn't know how to tell them when I first found out because I didn't want them to feel as if they'd been robbed of a grandfather before they had a chance to get to know him better."Yes, but he's in a better place now. My Mom as well. She went to heaven when I was a baby." "You don't know her?" I shook my head as I tried to hold back the tears that were threatening to roll down my cheeks."I don't kno
•ETHAN•"Yay, goal!" Will squealed as he scored another goal on the court after I got distracted by my cell phone ringing. "Hey, buddy," I turned to the little guy when I saw the urgency of the call and didn't want to pick it up in front of him. "Wanna get something to drink?" "Mhm." He nodded. "My throat is dry now." "Alright, you can go and get something in the kitchen. And tell your mother that I love her." I smiled as I looked at the living room through the sliding door and saw her on her cell phone. She waved at me with a smile on her face when she noticed that I was looking at her. "Okay!" Will squealed as he ran inside the house. I then picked up the call from the private investigator and hoped that he was able to find everything that I asked him to find on Noah Cole. "Hello?" "I have sent everything that I found on Noah Cole to your email. I also wanted to clarify something based on the information that I found on him." "Yes, what is it?" "He is currently based in an
•ELIJAH• "What did you just say?" I asked when Abigail sat down on the couch after I asked her to leave. "I said I'm not leaving, Elijah. You have to kill me first. I'm not going to allow you to use me and just dump me. You should be happy that I'm willing to get past the fact that you admitted me to a psychiatric hospital." "Do you think a normal person would stab themselves and kill their child in the womb?" I shook my head. "You deserved to be there, but it's a pity that they weren't able to help you." "That child died because of you. You turned against me way before you found out that you weren't the father. You wanted to make me a single mother after you promised to be with me all your life, and even proposed to marry me. You can't blame me for what I did. It was all because of you." She sneered. "What annoys me the most is the fact that you say you cheated because you wanted to do me a favor." I leaned toward her. "I never recall a day whereby I asked for a child from you
•AMELIA•"Coming!" I groaned as I went to answer the door. The person was knocking as if he wanted to break down my door, and I wasn't in the mood for any guests, not when Frank was around. "Hey, Amee." I rolled my eyes, groaned, and folded my arms on my chest. Gosh, I didn't know what to do to get him to get off my back. So, I just looked at him and said nothing. "How's you and the baby?" He smiled. "I was thinking about you guys and thought it would be a good idea to pass by and check up on you." "You're done now?" "Come on, Amee. I'm trying here. I know that I said some really awful things when you told me that you were pregnant, but I didn't mean any of that. I was scared and didn't know how to react. If you give us another chance, I swear to you that I'll be good." "That's not how things work, Shaun. You can't come to my house and expect that things should always go your way. I moved on from you and have found a better man for me. If you didn't see me and my boyfriend at
•ANTHONY• When I got to my room after work, I sat down on the edge of my bed and released a deep sigh as I picked up my father's photo from my pedestal counter. I looked at the picture and remembered the day when our family got ruined. My father's secret affair broke our family, and things were never the same again, especially after my parents brought Darla with them as a baby. A week before they brought Darla home, I found my father's cell phone on the living room counter and used it for playing a game when a text came through from an unknown number. "Hey, Ben. I wanted to let you know that I have decided to raise this baby on my own. If I knew that you were married, I wouldn't have gone all the way with you. But I am grateful for the child that you've brought into my life. Please stop contacting me before your wife finds out what happened." I was so stunned after reading the text. I was 10 years old and knew what the text meant. I was infuriated that he cheated on my mothe
•DARLA•"Ahh..." I moaned as Ethan pulled out his dick and we laid down on the bed for a moment. "Should we prepare for the baby now, or should we wait until that pregnancy test is positive?" I turned to him and smiled. His enthusiasm to have babies with me flattered me. It was obvious that he couldn't wait to have his own child. "We have to wait until I miss my period before preparing for the baby. Besides, we don't know if I'm going to have multiples again or not." We chuckled. "Twins? That would be even better. Our house will be busy and noisy with kids everywhere. Perhaps my parents will get off my back, too." "One baby, Ethan." I chuckled as I got up from the bed and wrapped my towel around me. "We will see then," he answered with a smirk. I shook my head while laughing and headed to the bathroom. I then closed the door behind me, took my pills from the cabinet, and drank them. I looked at myself in the mirror and felt a tinge of guilt after what I'd done. I didn't know
•ETHAN•"Did you tell your wife that you're trying to bring back your sister to the States?" Chris asked on the phone as I tidied up my home office. "No, Chris, I didn't tell her. It doesn't matter anyway because she's occupied with other things as well. We are trying to have a baby. Or let me just say, I'm trying to have a baby with her." "What do you mean? Doesn't she know that you're trying to have a baby?" "She knows, but she doesn't know that I know the little secret she thought she was keeping from me. I found out and exchanged them with vitamins.""You exchanged what with vitamins?" "Her birth control pills, Chris. I want a child, and she agreed. I was so disappointed when I found out that she was still taking her birth control pills, so I'm hoping that my plan works." "Are you sure that you're going to stand her anger when she finds out what you did?" "Are you going to tell her?" "Of course not, Ethan, but she might figure out that there's something wrong somewhere. May
•DARLA•"I think I might know who did this," Elijah replied as he got up from the couch. "I think with this new evidence of him trying to tarnish your name with nonsensical theories, we have a chance to get him in jail.""You know who did this?" I asked as I wiped off my tears. "It's Ethan, of course. Who else would've leaked the information about how you got the Millers Properties Lifestyle? Or how you inherited everything from your father and banned your stepmother and brother from the company? It seems pretty obvious to me." I looked at him and realized how much sense he had made. Yet again, I failed to see Ethan for who he truly is. "Then what now?" "I know how to get him to confess to this and also get him to get this article off the internet. So don't worry, I'll take care of him for you. He will never bother you again." For the first time in forever, I let down my guard and decided to trust Elijah. Even though it was hard for me to admit that I needed his help when I came
•ABIGAIL•"Don't worry, I'll call you. Yeah -" My heart skipped a beat when I heard Diego on the phone when I walked out of the restroom. We were in New York and had withdrawn the money for our fake passports, which made it weird about who he might be talking to on the phone. He made my mind and heart uneasy because of his constant attention to his cell phone, which wasn't a problem until a few hours ago.'Fuck. He better not be cheating on me,' I groaned as I walked back to the bathroom and went to look at myself in the mirror and reapply my makeup. I sure wasn't going to let Diego use me to get a fake passport and then turn around and want to bring his whore with us. I had to make sure that he didn't even think about stabbing me in the back after all the things that he did with me and to me. When I was done patting myself on the back, I walked out of the restroom and found him waiting for me. He looked a bit agitated. "Is everything okay?" He asked when I walked toward him as
•ELIJAH•"I want your best flowers and the best gift box you got. Make sure that they are as romantic as they can be. I want them delivered to the address that I sent you. Yes. Thank you." I hung up the call and sat down on my couch. I was in one of my apartments so that I could have my own space and also get my mission accomplished on time.After receiving a file from my private investigator about Ethan's fraud with his former Arab business partners, I realized that it was going to help me get him under my control, and also get him to pay for kidnapping my kids.My cell phone rang, and when I realized that it was Harper, I got up from the couch and answered the call. "Hey, Jason sent me a text that Diego called and told him that you found them. Is Abigail with you?" I asked. "Yes, she's here. We are still keeping her in our hotel room. Jason hasn't called his cop friends, has he?" "No, but they are waiting for something. Abigail has to be captured, and since they had a lead, it h
•DARLA• "I can't believe that you had sex with Elijah," Amelia commented after I closed the door behind Elijah. I rolled my eyes as I turned around and walked to the living room where the kids were happily playing together. "I don't know what you're talking about. It's so crazy that you think I did such a disgraceful act with Elijah. I'd do that with anything walking around with a dick, but Elijah. My goodness," I answered when we got to the kitchen. "I'm sure you think that you're fooling me right now, but I can literally smell and see a person who just had sex." "Oh, yeah?" I chuckled after pouring myself and her a glass of apple juice. "Your pregnancy does that?" "Yeah, and your shirt is turned over." I gasped as I looked down at my shirt and instantly felt overwhelmed with embarrassment. I was so sure that even the housekeeper and Penelope saw that and knew what I did when Elijah was in the house. "That -" I sighed as I tried to think of an excuse. "I didn't see it
•ETHAN•"Morning, beautiful." I smiled as I brought Meghan a cup of coffee in bed. She looked so beautiful, and I couldn't believe my luck in bringing her home from the bar after a failed attempt two nights ago. "Fuck," she groaned.She didn't look so impressed when she saw me. She got up from the bed, dressed up, and took her handbag from the floor. "I'm sorry, but I've got to hit the road. I'm sure we had a lot of fun last night, but I'm not the romantic type to do breakfast in bed, talk, or whatever you thought was going to happen." I placed the cup of coffee down on the pedestal counter and turned to her a little disappointed. She didn't seem like someone who only did one-night stands.I was even thinking that maybe she didn't like me as much as I thought she did when she came home with me. "Wait, what's wrong? You were happy when we came home and you seemed interested in me. Did I read all that wrong?" I asked as I leaned toward her. "It's not you, honestly. But I can't do
•DARLA•"Say it again, Darla. I want you to tell me that you don't love me anymore, but I want you to look me straight in the eye this time when you say it." "What difference will make it, Elijah?" I scoffed. "It won't change the fact that I don't want to be with you anymore. Getting me the cool pink car, jewelry, bags, and shoes is never going to make me forgive you for all the shit that you put me through!" "Are you going to say it?" "Fuck you!" I snapped. "You left and abandoned me when I was pregnant with your kids! How dare you think that you can come back into my life, and I'll just forgive you as if you didn't leave me to be with another woman?! You're a motherfucking cunt, Mr. Houston!""I know that I lied, cheated, and divorced you on claims that Abigail was pregnant! I know that I was an asshole who doesn't deserve sympathy from you, but I love you!" He sighed. "I love you with all my heart, and nothing makes sense to me right now than you." He breathed. "You're the only
•HARPER•"Hey, are you okay?" I breathed, packed my bag, and took a sip of my lemon juice on the table. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired of being here and not getting anywhere. Abigail seems impossible to find." Alec smiled as he came to sit down next to me on the bed. "Don't you trust me anymore? I brought you here with me because I know that we can find her. I know Abigail and how she thinks. Chicago is not big enough for her to hide." "Yeah, and we've been here for a day already. We should be getting somewhere, but it seems like we aren't getting anywhere, Alec. What if she's no longer in Chicago? I don't think that I can stay here any longer chasing pavements!" I snapped and then sighed. "Something's going on with you. What's wrong? You know that you can talk to me about anything." "There's nothing wrong! Stop with your interrogations, Alec, and get me, Abigail!" I snapped again as I stood up from the bed. "I'm starting to feel like you don't want me to find your bitch anymor
•ELIJAH•"This better be good," I sighed after answering Diego's call in the morning. I was sleeping when he called me at 5 AM. I had a long night and slept quite late because of a research that I was conducting. "I'm with Abigail, Sir. We met last night in Chicago and will be on our way to New York this morning for some cash. I just need a little more time before turning her in." "My sister and her friend are in Chicago searching for her. When you come back from your New York trip, please give me a call. She has to be captured tonight. That's how much time I'm going to give you." "Yes, Sir. That's okay. I'll make sure that she's captured. I just want to make sure that Harper gets back the remaining money that Abigail took from her." I got up from the bed and sighed. "Alright, give me a call when you're back." "Sir?" "Yes?" "Does our deal still stand? You get Abigail and let me go? You promised not to harm me or my family if everything goes your way. Please, I hope nothing wil
•SONIA•"Hey, Mom. It's me again," I sniffed as I sat down on the carpet floor in the basement. This was where I spent some of my time whenever I needed to feel close to my Mom, even though I didn't really have any memories of her.Before my father had his life devoted to his work, he and I used to have a weekly tradition whereby we would watch videos he took with my Mom before she died. They looked so happy and in love together, which made sense why my father never remarried after her death. She was the love of his life."I know that we barely know each other, but I have no one right now. You're the only person who can listen to me without any judgments, and I really need to vent right now," I sighed. "Was it ever this hard when your parents wanted to get you married to someone else when you were with Dad? Was it this hard because they didn't want you to be with someone who wouldn't be able to take care of you?" I silently cried and wiped my tears before they could reach my cheek