CreedMy stepmom slammed the door while she was leaving, and my step-siblings rushed after her. The chef and the other staff that came to serve us at the dinner were still around. My dad just patted my back before he left some minutes after my stepmom barged out.I ran upstairs immediately, the chef told me she knew her around the house since it wasn’t her first time here and I didn’t need to wait to shut the door when they were done. I opened the door to the bedroom I was sharing with Athena and Ava.She was sitting on the bed, her bare back facing the direction of the door. The inked phoenix on her back meant something. I closed the door quietly.“Thank goodness your senses told you to shut that fucking door silently. If she had woken up, lord knows I would have jumped at you.” The anger in her tone was clear.I took off my jacket, and I dropped it on the sofa. I went to her front. Ava was already asleep. I picked her up from Athena’s hands, then I laid her carefully inside her cot
AthenaI woke up at 5:30 am, even when I barely slept because Ava kept waking up at intervals for food. I took my bath real quick before waking Ava from her sleep. I washed her up and wore fresh clothes for her. I breastfeed again because she started crying again. She fell asleep while she was sucking. I removed my breast from her mouth carefully and put her in her cot. I took out the breast pumps and I put one each on my breast. I picked out the clothes I wanted to put on.I chose a Navy blue pair of suit and a pair of navy blue heels to match. I sat by the vanity mirror to wear my makeup and do my hair. The pumps already filled the bottles already. I removed them and I kept the bottles in a big flask where Creed will find it when he wakes up. He didn’t sleep in the same room with us, leaving me to solve Ava’s trouble throughout the night.He probably thought I was still mad at him. I wasn’t mad anymore. He couldn’t even handle his step mom even if he wanted to defend me.I wore
CreedAfter Athena left for work, I ate the waffles and the remaining toast and scrambled eggs she didn't touch.I cleared the kitchen and went upstairs to take a shower. Ava didn't wake for another two hours, so I took a proper tour of the house.She had three other bedrooms upstairs. I should probably ask her before I try to move things to another bedroom. She has a big pool downstairs and a mini lounge. There was also a gym on the ground floor.There was a small empty room beside the gym. A perfect spot for me to work in. I went inside the room and cobwebs welcomed me in.The doorbell went off, and I went to get the door. It was Luke. We did our bro shake before he came."You look good," I complimented him."Thank you, sir. I got you chicken feet and wings from your favorite restaurant." He brought out the chicken from the nylon.I sat on the chair so I could feast on the chicken. Ava screamed out, and I rushed back to the room. Luke followed Mr closely.The smell of poop filled th
AthenaI have spent two months in the office, and things have been going smoothly. I prepared a proposal to buy the oldest building in the city, demolish it and reconstruct it into a fine hotel. I sent the proposal to my dad.He told me to present it to the board of partnership to see who was interested in the project so we could go on.“Layla, come into my office.” I said into the telephone. “Ok ma’am.” She responded quickly. She walked into my office in her usual tight skirt, nude top, her hair in a bun and her face with light makeup. She wore flats too, unlike me. I wear heels to work every day.“When is the meeting again today?” I asked her as if I didn't remember it was starting at 2pm. Truth is, I was so nervous. “It starts by 2pm ma’am. The members of the board will be here in the next one hour.” She informed me. “Is Mr Creed not coming in again today?” She asked politely.I smiled at her. “Please prepare every necessary file I would need and ask the team assigned to the proj
Creed “Mr. Creed, this is the report from the meeting your brother had without our agent.” Luke handed me a file. I opened it and he sat on the chair opposite me. “Where is little Miss Ava?” He asked, interrupting my reading.“She is sleeping in my crib. The agent did a great job. Since he asked for another meeting, you should prepare the contract. Is father aware of this? I mean the prospal the agent gave Reign.” I replied to him without looking up from the file.“The chairman does not know about it. I checked with his team. He is busy with some other projects.” he rubbed his hands on his knees. I was aware that he has sweaty palms.“Okay, the money I wired to you last night is enough to pay you and the agent right?” I dropped the file on the table then I took a slice of bread from the table. “The bread is good, Luke you should have some,” I offered him.“Thank you so much sir.” He took a slice of bread and continued. “You don’t have to pay me for my services. Your father pays me
AthenaI clocked out of work after I sent the note to the HR, I have settled what the board wants. I moved my tired body lazily to the car park. I have been bringing just one type of car to work since I started working. I prefer the Aston Martin to my remaining cars.The way Jethro reacted about the funds manager issue was suspicious as hell. It reminded me of what the old funds manager, Mr Fred said when I fired him.I can't help but suspect that Jethro is the member of the board he boasted about. Jethro might be the one that instigated the embezzlement. He kept pressuring me like he wanted me to hire Mr. Fred back. I wonder how icy he would be to his staff.I don't have proof to support my claim and I can't let that take my focus. I need to succeed in this project, maybe my father would praise me for once in his whole busy and inconsiderate life.I drove into the garage of my house. The traffic moved real quick today, I was glad I didn’t have to wait for long in the traffic. The sit
CreedI sat on the sofa in the room. I haven't slept here since the night we had dinner with our families. I just slept in the sitting room upstairs after Athena has gone to bed and I still wake up before her.Athena laid Ava on the bed with her. She sat on the bed, looking over ava."I'm sorry. It was all my fault that happened to our daughter. I gave you my word that I wouldn’t mess things up but I didn't keep to it." I spoke and my voice echoed in the room. She turned off the lights when she got into the room, I could only see her shadow."Shut the fuck up,Creed. We are both at fault, don’t you close your eyes if you are sorry about this." She said quietly and everywhere fell silent again. I heard sniffs come from her."Are you crying?" I asked worriedly. I got up from the sofa and I climbed the bed. I felt Ava's forehead to check her temperature.I touch Athena's face after mustering all the courage in the world.Luckily she didn't flinch or flap a slap on my face.. Her face was
Athena“Layla, please ask the funds manager to come into my office.” I said into the landline.“Got it. Mr. Luke called in to say your husband was going to come in a little late after your lunch break.” “Okay.” Creed has been bringing Ava to take breast milk every lunch break. She is now six months old and she barely takes breast milk during the day. She only likes it in the middle of the night.I asked Creed to sleep in the bed with me and Ava because she is always on the bed throughout the night instead of her cot. I figure that she wanted more space to roll on while sleeping.I have many pictures of the two of them sleeping with Ava’s little legs on her dad’s head. I now wake up before Creed which wasn’t like that before. I always hope that he does get to see my phone because I have a lot of pictures of him sleeping and a few unaware.Call me weird, this man looks so good that I can’t help but take pictures of him. I also had one of him when he was cooking shirtless.“Athena.” A
Third person It’s been five years since Luke lost his father. Things have been quite some, Athena had softened towards her father. She was now calm, and made more time for family but there was no doubt that she loved her work so much. Everyone was used to it. Luke’s IT company was now one of the biggest establishments that made a lot of revenues. The couple seemed to plan their life out with work and all. He preferred to work from home and she liked to go to the office. Carrying their second child in her arms, Athena screamed from the sitting room. “Honey, we are going to be late. I need to take Asher to the hospital then head to work after.” “I was brushing Ava’s hair.'' He came downstairs and he looked disappointed. “C’mom, you said you were not going to work till Asher was old enough to walk this time.” “It would have been cool if you had a little interest in business. I already have it hard managing our companies, having to stress about how it would fare in my absence scare
Third person. Luke arrived at his father’s residence instead of going home to clear the air with his wife. The place was rather quiet and he usually had anxiety that attacked him whenever he was going into the building wasn’t there. He didn’t know if his father made a wise decision by sending his stepmom away at his old age. Although there were caregivers to cater to him, they would never be like family. His stepmom wasn’t a saint and had done many evil things but every did deserve a second chance just like the one he was giving his father. If he had the chance to discuss with his father , he was going to mention a thing or two to convince him to let his stepmom back into the huge estate. Waves of feelings flowed through his system as he approached his father’s room, fear wasn’t one of them anymore. He had overcome his biggest problem, the fear of his father. The father left him right after he let go of the grudge he had ashaint him for how he got mistreated. He never had new clo
Third PersonAthena and Luke called each other everyday and never went a day without speaking without speaking to each other. He told her about the progress of his work and how fast things were going.He even assured her that they would be spending less than a year at the training center because the kids were learning so fast. He talked about how their tutor said they completed a two month course in a week and half.He asked his wife to give them a bonus on their usual salary, Athena also told him how work was going, she said her COOs are doing a great job. She told how she never has to go to work too early. She told him how Ava was going to start school soon and she was now called her mama. Athena has started attending Culinary school during the weekends because she is now less busy on weekends.She also worked part time at her mom’s bakery so she could learn to bake. She was determined to impress her husband with her cooking when he came back home. TWO MONTHS LATERAthena was sitt
Third Person “Sir, I don’t think it is the best idea to return home now, we are ending the classes next week, plus testing the AI, team C created and preparing the records we are presenting to the board of shareholder and partnership. We only have the team of service provider and database management on board.” Luke followed Creed closely. “That is enough and Luke I trust you can manage the testing and the records, just fax the analysis and summary to me. I will take it from there and I will be back as soon as I can return, please contact the pilot.” Creed said when he took his shirt off in the changing room and wore a new one. Lukke bowed and he left Creed to dress up. He contacted their pilot and asked him to get the plan ready as soon as possible. He also ordered a car service to Creed to the airport. Creed got on board and he was flown back home. The airport staff welcomed him warmly and provided a car for him to head home. Creed knew Luke had prepared all of that. He drove to
Third Person Athena woke up to her mom’s call, she had argued that she didn’t want to leave the house like her mom had requested but she had to give in. Her mom rambled about how the staff of the bakery were busy and how she didn’t want to leave Athena to strangers before telling her that she needed someone to do some minor grocery shopping. Then she sent the grocery list immediately Athena agreed. She dragged her body into the bathroom for a quick shower. She sat in front of her vanity mirror and took a deep breath. She had bags underneath her eyes from insomnia and crying. She had cried all night, and was unable to sleep, she was heartbroken. She never thought Creed would cheat on her. It must be the woman that seduced him or she fell for his charm, Nevertheless, Athena was so mad that he had been so cozy with the woman in the picture, she was older than him. She rubbed some cream on her body. She went to the wardrobe she had now extended to a closet to pick the clothes she wa
Third PersonAthena and Luke called each other everyday and never went a day without speaking without speaking to each other. He told her about the progress of his work and how fast things were going.He even assured her that they would be spending less than a year at the training center because the kids were learning so fast. He talked about how their tutor said they completed a two month course in a week and half.He asked his wife to give them a bonus on their usual salary, Athena also told him how work was going, she said her COOs are doing a great job. She told how she never has to go to work too early. She told him how Ava was going to start school soon and she was now called her mama. Athena has started attending Culinary school during the weekends because she is now less busy on weekends.She also worked part time at her mom’s bakery so she could learn to bake. She was determined to impress her husband with her cooking when he came back home. TWO MONTHS LATERAthena was sitt
Third person“Papa,” Ava put wet kisses on her father’s face. She always acted like she knew what was going on, she was acting like she knew that he was going to a far place. Athena helped Creed pack his traveling box. She packed every necessity, some gray shirts, skincare products, cotton underwear and his favorite junk food. She carried the traveling box to the lambo’s trunk while he made breakfast for them. She was feeling down because she was going to miss him and she was acting strong so she wouldn't cry.She couldn’t stop him from chasing his dreams. He had the right to especially when he didn’t have the time to chase his dreams immediately after got of college. She ate breakfast in silence, ignoring every talk he threw at her. Creed understood why she was being like that. He stopped throwing the talks at her and fed Ava her breakfast silent. He went to get dressed,Athena got dressed today and drove them down to the airport.“Are you not going to see your father before you le
Third personJethro dialed Athena’s number, and she picked it. It was facetime. The Kings were at The Allens estate for a brunch in celebration for the twins graduation so they stayed overnight on Sarah’s request.“Hello Mr. \jethro, what do we have here?” Athena asked as she surveyed the environment where Jethro was.“I am trying to pick a ring, I want to propose to Aubs.”“She is here with me, you should whisper if you don’t want her to hear you.” Athena pranked him.“Phew! He sighed. “She is at home, Mrs. King and I can see your husband behind you.” Athena burst into laughter. “I don’t think there is a specific ring I can ask you to pick.”“Do you think I should buy a gold, a silver, emerald, diamond or I just buy all and ask her to pick?” He was totally confused.“Well, I have never been proposed to, so I wouldn’t know but what I think you should get a diamond ring, every girl likes diamonds, don’t we?”“Is creed sleeping?” Jethro asked her and she looked to see what he was doing
Third personArtemis had anticipated her graduation so she could focus on her career without having her father on her neck. She majored in songwriting. School was fun for her as she was doing what she loved the most but the life outside school seemed to be appealing to her.She shared an apartment with her twin nerdy twin brother who loved to paint and was obsessed with pottery. The house they shared was filled with paintings of her. Apollo always said his sister was ugly to her face but found it very interesting to paint her every time.She spilled a cup of water on his face. “Wake up grumpy head, we are graduating today.” She yelled in his ear. Apollo got up from the bed and wore his glasses. He was pretty much used to his sister’s attitude.He stopped complaining when she told him it was a sign of love, he knew how he was getting back at her.He strode to the sitting room to pick up their car keys and Artemis followed him clueless. “I see you are quiet this morning? Did you dream o