I froze in shock. It could not be. I shook my head. I didn't hear her correctly. She was just joking and beating around the bush. Maybe she was sent by Stacy again to haunt me and mislead me. There was no way that Daniel could be betrothed to another woman. If it was to be so, my mom would have definitely mentioned it once. Or even Daniel would have mentioned it. The woman was obviously joking around. She had to be kidding. It could not be possible that she was actually betrothed to him."How much longer will it take for you to process this?" She asked me and I stared at her in shock. This young lady wasnt bathing an eyelid. She did not look like the type that was joking around. She did not even look like the type that could be playing about something like this. The more I looked at her serious face, the more I wondered if she was actually telling the truth or if she was just joking about it. I could not afford having any complications like this anymore. But it seemed to me like
I shook my head as I looked around, trying to make sense of what was happening. Could it be that I was the same woman that he hooked up with that night or was there someone else. As I looked around, trying to understand exactly what was going on, I could not help but wonder if it was all a make up story. "Tell this is some sort of prank or something." I said to her and watched as confusion washed over her. "What are you talking about?" It wasn't worth it. I suddenly decided that it was not worth my time having to get into the conversation with her. "Okay, let me understand something now." I said. "Your parents told you guys about the marriage and he left the dinner like that? And he went to hook up with some woman?" "Yes " I wasn't sure I was prepared to know what the answer to my next question would be but I had to ask. While trying to control my voice and steady my hands, I asked her"Do you have any idea who the woman he ended up with that night was?" I asked. "No but by yo
"You okay?" She asked me as she stopped to stare at me once again. "Umm, yes. I am good." "Okay, because you blacked out for a moment there. Is everything alright with you?" She was a great observer and it freaked me out. I looked around, trying to get my thoughts together before I answered. Any little mistake I made would definitely not go unnoticed by the girl. "Umm, yes. I am. I'm just surprised that he could be that cruel. I mean why would he do something like that? Why would he go to that extend just to hurt good people?" "Well, it's quite simple. He is nothing but a pathetic liar. And you may not believe me right now but I am extremely happy that you are not in love with someone like him.""I am grateful about that as well. But does he have any other bad news that I should know about? I mean, I am living with him and I think for my safety, I actually deserve to know if he is just a person I should avoid totally or if he is worth saving?" She looked at me in shock as if I h
I looked at Daniel and for a second, I actually felt pity for him. He was a young troubled man who had to make such ridiculous demands on himself simply because he was trying to meet up with the expectations of his family. I could tell that the only reason he was actually behaving so stupidly was because he knew his life was going to be caged immediately he finished school and so he decided to use the opportunity he had to do all the wild and crazy things that he ever wanted to do in life. I know Sandra had told me to not try and make excuses for him but as I looked at him, all I could see was a man who was extremely troubled and it became very obvious to me exactly what was going on with him. I couldn't exactly blame him. He didn't know how to react to the circumstances surrounding his life and so he acted out by getting himself involved with every little woman that he saw. He wanted a taste of them all before he finally settled down to marry someone that he did not love. I know
I stared at this man in horror. He could not have left his queen just to come here and chit chat. I knew that he needed something from me and I was going to figure out exactly what he wanted, I just hoped that I didn't get myself injured in the process of trying to do that. "How did you find me?" I asked him. "Well it wasn't that difficult really. I know you well enough and I know that when you are pissed, you like to hang around places like this to try and see if the will be any difference in your life. I gotta ask though, did it work?" "What the hell are you talking about?" I could feel my blood rising. I wasn't comfortable with having him so close to me and I knew that I had to do something quickly if I wanted to get rid of him."Well after you embrassed me and maybe even embrassed our entire family, you are here to see if you can actually relax. How is that going for you?" My brain exploded. And my rage rose. He could not actually be serious, could he? Could he actually be say
"Did you just say that she is your ex girlfriend?" I asked him. Even if the young man was lying to me, I would not have known but still, I wanted to hear those words come out from his mouth in a way that will prove to me that I wasn't actually losing my mind. And then maybe, just maybe I would remember that this guy actually had body movements that I could observe and maybe detect if he was lying or not. But I could not see anything of that sort and the more I thought about it, the harder it became for me to actually assure myself that I would see anything. It didn't take too long before I noticed that his eyebrows were arched, his eyes were filled with confusion and he took a bold Stance."Yes she is my ex girlfriend and I am guessing from the surprised look on your face, she didn't mention anything like that to you, now did she?" I asked. "No, she didn't mention anything like that." I agreed, not wanting to play a game of hide and seek with him. "And I am also guessing that beca
I watched as he sat there, not knowing what to say to me and his head was in his hand. I knew he was regretting the fact that he did not pay Sandra to keep shut and in that moment, I was happy that Sandra was a grown woman with her own money so he could not even do that no matter how much he wanted to. It was obvious that he never wanted me to know because now that I knew what he was hiding, I would be more than careful around him and I would not even allow him to touch me at all. It would be simpler now and I knew exactly what I was going to do to prevent him from having the last laugh. "You really are not going to say a thing are you?" I asked him and he lifted his head up. I saw regret and sorrows in his eyes or maybe I was just being misled once again by this man. If he could lie about his life in the manner that he did, I wondered what else he could lie about without even bathing an eyelid. "Liv,.." "Do not call me that! That name is reserved for only family and friends and
Daniel stood up speedily and walked up to me as I stood still and looked at him. My heart was pounding in my chest and I had goosebumps all over my body. I didn't know what the plan was but I could tell that he wanted to look into my eyes and say his next words, hoping that it will have some impact on me. "What the actual hell is going on here? Why do you always chose to never believe any words that comes out of my mouth. I have told you over and over again that I love you. Please believe me because I won't lie to you about this." I arched an eyebrow at him and he sighed knowing what he had done. "Okay fine. I have told you twice but in my book that still counts as over and over again." And then he chuckled, trying to lighten the mood and I looked at him and smiled. "Okay fine. I should not be making jokes right now but you need to understand that I won't keep saying this if it wasn't true. My plan was never to fall in love with my own sister or anyone that I may have family relat
I rushed over to the location she sent to me as fast as I could. Only for me to get there and see her standing by the road, waiting for me. As soon as she saw me highlighting from my car, she moved towards a restaurant and I followed her. But she didn't sit, instead she moved to the backroom and I wondered why they would just allow her to go in there. Doesn't one need some sort of punishment to get in there? I decided that I was not in the place to ask. After all, I had come there for something much more important. Finally, I was going to put an end to the madness that was happening because of those pictures. "Good afternoon ma, how may I help you today?" Stacy was stopped at the entrance to the backroom by a petite looking girl wearing a uniform. "I am here with this handsome man," she said and brought out a card and showed it to the woman. The woman nodded her head immediately and opened the door for her. "Would you be needing anything as you stay ma?" She asked. "No, I won't
I rushed over to the location she sent to me as fast as I could. Only for me to get there and see her standing by the road, waiting for me. As soon as she saw me highlighting from my car, she moved towards a restaurant and I followed her. But she didn't sit, instead she moved to the backroom and I wondered why they would just allow her to go in there. Doesn't one need some sort of punishment to get in there? I decided that I was not in the place to ask. After all, I had come there for something much more important. Finally, I was going to put an end to the madness that was happening because of those pictures. "Good afternoon ma, how may I help you today?" Stacy was stopped at the entrance to the backroom by a petite looking girl wearing a uniform. "I am here with this handsome man," she said and brought out a card and showed it to the woman. The woman nodded her head immediately and opened the door for her. "Would you be needing anything as you stay ma?" She asked. "No, I won't
"Liv, trust me when I tell you this, we will not get anyway if you keep lying to me like this. Just tell me what you know and we can work together to get you out of whatever mess you are in," I said calmly. I needed her to see me in the light of a big brother and I was desperate to get her to trust me. It was very obvious to me that she won't though and no matter what I tried, it won't get her to change her mind. But I hoped that it will. "You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Listen to me when I tell you this okay, I don't know or have any kind of information. I should even be the one asking you all these questions since you are the one who actually brought me out of my house to come here on such a short notice. Now can you please just tell me what you know so that I can go." "Liv." "Daniel, for fuck's sake, you said that I am in trouble! Now tell me what kind of trouble it is because I am really fighting hard now to believe that you did not just lie to me just t
"Daniel?" Tony called out but I was no longer interested in anything he had to say. I needed to get to Olivia. I had to tell her everything I knew. The sooner I did it, the better it would be for me"I will have to go now. I'll talk to you later, okay?" I said as I walked out Immediately I was outside, I placed a call across to her. Thankfully, she picked on the first ring"I don't care where you are right now but I need you to come meet me. I can't explain everything over the phone but I need to see you right now," I said and I could tell that I was scaring her"What's going on?" She asked but I was not about to answer her over the phone"Look, I really can't say much now and I can't talk over the phone but I need you to come meet me right now Liv.""You are seriously scaring me Daniel. What's going on?""I need to be sure that you are safe. Meet me at where we agreed. I will be there in like an hour time," I said. "You will be there right?" I heard hesitation in her voice before
Tony waited patiently till Reuben had left before he walked up to me and said, "You know you should have told him everything you know, right?" He said. "I did tell him everything I know man." I answered him as I walked to get a cup of water to drink. "Oh come on. You know you can lie to everyone else but you really can't lie to me, I know when you are not saying the truth. I have been your friend for an awfully long amount of time." "You sound like you are not so pleased about that. Could it be because I lied to your accomplice?" I asked as I poured the water into a glass and drank it whole. "What do you mean by that?" "I am not a fool Tony. I..." "Are you by any chance implying that I am working with Reuben to get rid of Olivia?" He was getting enraged and it was quiet visible but still, I wasn't going to allow his emotions to turn me away from the real questions I needed to ask him "How does this even make sense to you as you are saying it? Do you really think that I will s
"What do you mean by that? Of course I would want to know so that I can know what our next step will be." Reuben was quick to answer but he was skillful enough to not give a very conclusive answer. "Well how exactly do you mean? Who exactly is this we that you speak of?" He asked. "Look I don't know what you think you are trying to do now but you will need to stop it and actually start trusting me," he continued. "I never said that I don't trust you. I just said that I don't understand why you so badly needed the information. If I didn't trust you, I won't still be standing here and talking to you. You know this very well and so does your friend here." Tony didn't say a word after that. He could not understand what I was doing but he was not going to open his mouth and say something that would cause any kind of trouble with him and his friend. It made me wonder if he truly trusted the man like he said he does or if I should even trust the man the way I did. "Tony are you just go
"How am I supposed to know that?" I asked, being offended that they would actually say a thing like that to me. Was I supposed to know what was on her back? But then again I did have access to her back when we were always fooling around and I could remember perfectly well, the night that we actually did something together, she did have a mole on her back. I could remember it so vividly because I honestly thought that it was very weird that she would have a red mark that big and it didn't hurt her. I also could remember asking her about it but she didn't say anything to me, she didn't even try to hide the fact that she didn't know how it got there. "I honestly have no idea how that thing got there but I believe it's because of all these drama that is constantly going on around me. I may have been hurt there without knowing," she had said before. Before now, I have always thought that maybe, just maybe, she was kidding but the more I looked at it, the more I realized that she knew ex
"Wait, is this some type of joke? Please tell me that this is some type of joke? What exactly is going on here?" I asked him. Was he actually serious about everything he said or was everything he said just a means to get to me and get me to do something that I was definitely going to regret? Could he actually be serious? Because if he was serious then that simply meant that everyone that Olivia was surrounding herself with were bad news on a good day. All of them can easily hurt her and get away with it if they were really working with Billy.I immediately felt an urge to protect her some more, I could not allow anything to happen to her and now that I knew that no one around her was actually sincere or a good person, I could not sit back and allow her be with such people. "Is it the same Alexander as I one I showed you?" Tony asked him and Reuben nodded his head. I didn't like to be kept in the dark. "Which Alexander did you show him? Is it the same one that I know?" I asked Tony
"What?" The more Reuben spoke, the more I realized that I knew very little about the drama that was actually going on all these years. But now, it was beginning to make sense. The pieces of the puzzle were beginning to add up. "Yes. The woman was already pregnant and when Billy found out, he was very upset because he knew that even if he got Valerie, all of her attention would be on the child and not on him. His new plan was simple, get rid of the same kid and remove her from Valerie's life," Reuben said. "What?" Tony asked. "I mean, I know he can be very very evil but isn't this just supposed to be downright cruel. Why separate a mother from her child? Please tell me that he wasn't successful?" "Oh he was. However, he didn't do it alone. He found out how far gone Valerie was and during the time he found this out, she was about to give birth. That was when he paid Deborah to do the needful and take the baby away from the mother after birth." "And she did?" I asked, surprised that