If Damian’s glare could kill, I would be a thousand steps from the surface of the earth. “Thank you so much Mr Tim, and Mrs Crystal for the breakfast. We would get going,” I told his parents. Mr Delance winked and gave me a smile. His wife, Crystal, however opened her arms to me for a hug. I went in and enjoyed her bosom.Grumpy, Damian said “I will be in the garage,” with that he left the dining room and through the corridor.“Do have a lovely day, bye!” I waved before taking to my heels. “Bye, sweetheart” I heard them say.I followed the same route as Damian, and just as I was about to head out the open front door, I caught a glimpse of myself in a large, round mirror hanging on one of the walls in the hallway, situated just before it. I ran my hands through my hair and wished I did more than applying a lipgloss.“Took you long enough, ma’am,” Damian snarled at me the moment I showed up at the garage. I smiled nervously.***The traffic lights ahead of us suddenly turned from green
“Steph, are you okay?” I asked worriedly but her eyes widened in anger“Do I look mental to you?! How dare you ask me such question?” She thundered, coming to tug at my hair roughly“Let me go,” I yelled, trying to release my hair from her grip but she held it tighter “you are hurting me,” She smelled like alcohol.My scalp was burning, I knew some strands of my hair were going to fall off when she let go.“I would ask you for the last time, Sarah!” She said slowly “did you sleep with my man?”I shook my head.“Better! keep your violated p*ssy away from Damian, or else, imma kill you!” She swore and shove me to the floor.I crouch to the ground with tears… I had never been so scared, and hurt in my life.She called me violated. Only her knew about the rape incident. I burst into tears. Kelvin and Tasha kicked my school bag away from me, and followed Steph.Everything hurt so much. I held my chest and sobbed.“Awwwn, so pathetic,” The Flower girls came out from a corner. They had seen t
“What?” my eyes widened in shock. How could Dad say that?“Yes, you heard me right.” He said into the rearmirror, “You are going to seduce your husband, Damian, and get pregnant.”I shook my head in anger.“Oh, yes you will!” he said. Just then a car horned behide us. Dad kick-started the car again “You are going to give me a grandchild, an heir that will seal the fate of the Wrights and Delance,”“You are cruel,” I said angrily, hugging my jackets and fighting the urge not to cry.Dad shrugged, “whatever, someday you are going to thank me for my decisions,”“Yeah, your vile decision that has made Steph and I enemies,” I hurled at him“Oh please, Pumpkin,” he chuckles “don’t act innocent with me. I knew when Steph begged you to marry Prince Karim, so that she could marry Damian but you refused!”“What?? Are you kidding me right now, Dad? How can y—ou??” I asked, choking back the sob He continued, “You still held on to Damian despite knowing that your twin loved him. I told her the tru
My body laid bare before him.“Beautiful, but I have seen better,” he cooed into my ears. I shuddered and watched him walk away.Rejection filled my gut. He thought I made my towel to fall, and he walked away. He said he had seen better. He rejected me. I am such a looser.Damian never came home that night. I laid on the bed feeling sorry for myself. I am just a girl amongst the many beautiful women he has seen in the world. He is Damian Delance, and I am just me. What made me even think he was going to accept and sleep me? I cleaned the tears hardly from my cheeks. I had made a fool of myself.For all I care, he might even be getting that pleasure from someone now, after all, he is rumoured to be a s3x god.Well, it didn’t work and I didn’t sleep with him, Steph will be happy to know that. But Dad..How do I face him? If he asks, I am simply going to lie to him.The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed.I forced my feet into the bathroom, took my bath and prepared for school. Whe
“What? No way!” I yelled, standing up to my feet “are you in this as well?” I asked Linda, and she looked away.Dad stood up to his feet as well, “You will let her check you and get back to me, or else,”“Or else what?” I yelled, I could bet that the other domestic staffs heard my voice“You are not going to defy me, Sarah! Follow Linda into your old room and come back,” he orderedI shook my head, and was about saying something when Linda tugged my hand. Her eyes begged me to agree.My palms folded into a fist. I swore that this will be my last time in this house.“Lead the way,” I told Nanny LindaShe forced a smile, coming to hold my wrist but I shrugged her hands off. When we got to my old room, I sat on the bed and she locked the door.Soon, she was wearing some gloves,and gestured for me to lay on the bed. Really? She was really going to do this? I looked at her again and disliked her instantly. She was nothing but Daddy’s puppet. I stripped off my panties, laid on the bed and
The ride was so quiet and it was 8pm when we finally got home. Surprisingly, Damian didn't make an attempt to come out of the car.“I have somewhere else to be,” he grumbled to the hearing of his driver, expecting me to leave the car.Today has been a long day, so I left the car not having the strength to ask questions or stomach any argument. I waved at him and disappeared into the house.No sooner had I showered and laid in my bed, that I got a call. I groaned, rubbing my sleepy eyes, “What?”“It’s Coleman,” the voice said and the sleep left my eyes.“Why in heaven’s name are you calling me? What do you want?” I growled into the phone“Hello Sarah,” his cheesy voice made me cringe. I decided to go with the flow.“Hi Coleman,” I replied“I uhm… where are you now?” He asked“I’m at home, why are you asking?” I said“Well, I happen to be passing around and decided to say Hi to my friend,” he saidI gasped “You’re within the Delances’ estate?”“Oh yeah, I came to see someone and felt it
I felt my whole system become weak as I became nervous.Damian.He definitely saw Coleman and I kissing. How is he even here?“Damian…” I stuttered his name. There was a stunned expression in his eyes, a pinch of betrayal glistening through them.His gaze never left my face. I didn’t know whether to cry or scream.“You see, I told you that she is just a slut,” Stephanie said with a glare “you don’t deserve her. Let’s go,” she said and together they left.My jaw dropped open. I couldn’t just believe what just happened.Stephanie had brought Damian here to see me with Coleman. Coleman and Stephanie had set me up.“Sarah,” Coleman said quietly.I turned around and slapped him hard. “You better stay away from me, Coleman. I never want to see your face! You have done so much damage, already”Immediately, I took to my heels and ran after Damian. I needed to let him know that I was innocent- and that it was all a set up.We may not be lovers, but I owed it to him and God to be faithful.“Dami
There are thousands of Susans in the world. She can’t just happen to be Damian’s Ex-girlfriend and come to this school.Well, excepts she still wants him. She has to be some sort of model for Damian to date, and not this innocent nerd with big framed glasses and braces. She would be a busy celebrity to come to this part of the world.“Come on,” I forced a smile at her and led her into the classroom. Zara was already waiting for me on my seat.“Hello babe,” Zara said with a wave as I got to where she was. Her eyes flickered with interest as she saw Susan behind me, they shared some sort of knowing look— but I wasn’t so sure.“Hello,” I replied Zara and took my seat.Susan stood and stared at both of us, and that was when it dawned on me that she was new and needed a place to sit.“Oh, sorry, but there's no vacant seat around here” I told her before pointing at an empty seat away from us.“Thank you,” She smiled sheepishly and adjusted her thick framed glasses.“Okay; and who's that?” Za
When Stephanie left the room, Damian came back inside and I told him that I wanted to go home.“If that’s what you want,” Damian chuckled, giving me a beautiful smile as though he wasn’t the one who insisted that I stayed in the hospital till I was completely better.“Yes, that’s what I want.” I stuck my tongue out for him.“Your OB, by the way, visited while you took a nap; before Stephanie came. She’s already arranged a schedule for prenatal checkups.” He said and i beamed widely, reaching out for his neck as I hugged him tightly.“Thank God!” I said.We were both on the bed, as we hugged for a long time. The feeling was heaven for me… and then when we separated, he got something out from his pocket.“Sorry that this was lost for a while, but here it is now.”I fixed my eyes on the velvety box in between his two fingers. And Gosh! When he opened it, I saw the glittering thing inside.“Oh, Damian! My ring!”“I don't want you to be worrying anymore. See? It's been recovered.” I burst i
“Pregnant?” Damian stared at me with blazing light in his eyes. “God! Oh, God!” He grinned widely and touched my stomach. “Is she pregnant, doc?” He looked at the doctor to wait for the latter's statement.“Yes, she is! Congratulations, Mr. Delance! Your wife’s pregnant!” Then, the doctor gave me a happy smile. “There's a new life forming in your womb, young lady. Congratulations!”Oh!I was pregnant... and I didn’t know... I was bringing a new life in my womb --- my baby and Damian’s.Damian and I gazed at each other. He then touched both of my cheeks with his palms.“We're going to have a child soon,” Damian said, just a whisper at first.“Yes, our child...” I repeated with tears in my eyes now.“You're pregnant. I'm gonna be a father soon!” heexclaimed, almost shouting now. I had never seen him this excited, especially when he threw a fist on the air. Next, he started jumping and screaming happily in the room. I felt so emotional, even when he came back and started peppering my fa
“Hypertension… but he’s alright now. Don’t worry about him. He’s okay.Trust me, Baby.” He saidOh, God! There was no need for me to ask why Dad had a hypertension attack. It was clear that it was because of what happened to me. Oh, Dad! After holding strong for Stephanie, then this happened to me. We are all he has.“What? I want to see my Dad. Please, let me see him,Damian,” I pleaded, seeking his hand.“Ssshhh, calm down, Baby. Dad’s okay. It wasn't serious at all. They simply had him admitted so he could rest from the worry, and thoughts… Just trust me, okay?”Well, I trusted him. If he says Dad was okay, I trusted him. I closed my eyes and imagined Dad’s relaxed face.“You'll see him soon... just not right now. We have to make sure first of your health.” I heard Damian say.My health? Why, what happened? But I feel fine.Flashing back my thoughts on what happened, I recalled Zara, her craziness, and...“Damian,” I cried out, opening my eyes.“Yes?” He locked his gaze on me.“My ri
Books. Lots of Books.I was in a paradise with so many books. The winds caressed sweetly and I was in awe of the beauty around me. I loved it here. Then I heard a voice calling me. A masculine voice that was so familiar to me. A voice that seemed to come from far, far away… but no matter how far it was from me, the voice persisted to call me… to come back to him.“Baby!”Huh? I turned and I saw no one.Then I bent to flip the pages of one of the books around me. Somehow everything here soothened me. It felt like home, where I belong.From a distance, I heard a girl’s voice. “Gemi…”The voice seemed to be following me.“Stephanie!” I called her out. “Gemi…”“Steph,”Then there was darkness again.***“Baby! Please come back!” I heard that voice again. I was back in the paradise, with a pile of books stuck in front of me. I looked at the alluring peaceful place.“Baby!”Damian?“Wake up, please,” he pleaded.Wake up?I looked ahead and didn’t see the books anymore. I was in a place I
I opened my eyes to an unfamiliar room.My whole back was pressed to the surface of a chair, and so I had my eyes to the door. Then it dawned on me that both of my legs and arms were tied with ropes to each sides of the chair, and it was almost impossible for me to escape.My mouth was tied up with something so tight to my skin, which I presumed to be a duct tape. Where was I?Then everything came flashing back, the sneaking out of home, Zara’s house, the warthog mask… The same mask the person who tried to kill me wore…Just then, the door creaked open and in came the girl who had been the one causing me mishaps, Zara.This time she was dressed in a yellow top over gray joggers. “Oh darling, you’re finally up. I was hoping not to kill you in your sleep.” She said. My eyes widened in horror. I wanted to speak but my lips was still taped together. How could she do this to me? What did I ever do to her?We were best friends!Tears started to roll down my cheeks. I felt so scared, hurt
“Sure,” I told her. Damian sighed and palmed a hand over his forehead.When the call ended, I turned to him. “What?” “You can’t go to Zara’s house. You can’t go anywhere yet, it’s too dangerous,” Damian protested.“It’s been a month since the whole thing, it’s my best friend. I’ll be fine.” I said“No,” Damian shook his head “we still don’t know who these bad people are. We don’t know who the boss is,”“Don’t worry, I’ll be safe. I’ll go and come back in a blink of an eye,” I smiled“Fine, if you must go, i’ll come with you,” Damian saidI shook my head vigorously “not a chance, I’ll just go with some of the bodyguards.”“Then forget it. I won’t let you leave the house,” he said through clenched teeth.My eyes narrowed “don’t be difficult, Zara was in my life before you.”Damian jaw clenched tightly. He just turned and left me standing there. Only then did I realize that I had spoken wrongly.He was just trying to look out for me. I hurried after him but Damian completely ignored him
“So, how’s the investigation going?” Damian’s Dad asked over dinner. They decided to spend the night with us. It was just the four of us under the bright chandelier.“Uhm, there’s been no concrete lead yet,” Damian said, dropping his fork and cleaning his mouth with the napkin.Damian’s Dad chewed onto the beef gently, “how about Stephanie, Sarah’s sister?”Guilt settled in the pit of my stomach. Large arms quickly enclosed over mine, I looked up to meet Damian’s eyes. He smiled reassuringly and said “We believe she is recuperating, and when the time is right, we would get to talk with her,”“That’s good news,” His mom chipped in.“Yeah,” I murmured “so, how’s everyone at home? Loxie, Duke, Bernie and the rest?” I asked, eager to change the topic.“Oh, they’re all good.” Damian’s mom voice was high pitched. We all weren’t going to talk about Ruth…She continued “Well, Loxie moved out,”“Why?”“She called off her engagement with Duke,” she replied. My eyes widened with horror, and somew
It felt like we were back to the beginning. Why did Susan attempt suicide?Damian said she was rushed to the hospital, and that there was slim chance that she was going to survive it. Her pulse was very faint when they found her. The camp was officially ruined. Everyone else was sent back home.However, Mr Martins thinks that the Mysterious boss and the person who tried to kill me might be one person. He also thinks that Stephanie have might a clue on who this person is.With that, he made sure policemen were stationed around Stephanie’s ward, and in the hospital.Dad didn’t let Damian and I to see Stephanie after our visit at the police station. He told us to go home, and that he was going to watch over Stephanie, and notify us of any improvement. My eyes fluttered open in our bedroom, and I saw Damian sitting by the bedside. I wondered why he wasn’t on the bed with me. He looked really sad and was clasping my hands in his.My mind went back to when we returned, and Damian stayed out
“Now, who do we have here? The Iconic Sarah and her husband,” Josef Moore chuckled the moment we walked in “just the people I want to see,”“So, young man. You’ve had your wish. Here she is. Start speaking!” Mr Martin slammed his fist on the table.Josef didn’t flinch. He relaxed boldly on his chair. “You don’t remember me, do you?” he asked me.I stared intently at him “Nope,” I answered, sitting opposite him. For whatever reason, I wasn’t scared of this guy. Maybe it had to do with being with Damian, or in the police station. Maybe…“Do you remember the little boy you reported to your Dad?” he asked with a smirk. Damian and Mr Martins stood beside me.“A little boy?” I frowned He sat up and leaned closer, his elbows on the table. I spotted a little scar beneath his eyelids.“Oh, let me guess… good girl had life easy for her. No wonder she doesn’t remember the life of the little boy she ruined,”“I beg your pardon,” my eyes narrowed. Damian made to advance threateningly at Josef but