I struggled to believe what Daniel told me to be the truth. Nothing about what he said sounded right to me and I wondered if how could it be actually possible. I looked at him and wondered if he could still be lying to me. I knew admist everything that there was just one person that would actually tell me the truth and no matter what, I had to go meet that person. "Daniel, if you can notice now, I am honestly not in the mood for anything that you are saying. I don't believe you because I know you very well and I know that you have lied to me before." "So because I have lied in the past, that is why you don't believe me?" He asked pained that I was not falling for his tricks this time. It didn't bother me that much. I had tried my very best to be the calm one and try to reason or meet him somewhere in the middle but every single time he made it known to me that he didn't really care and I had to think about myself for once and consider what would make me happy. "Daniel, please let
"What do you mean if I am sure about what I saying Lexi? I am telling you that I am sure. I am finally going to get married to him." My mother and went mute. "Of course I told you it was going to work. Do you really think I will let Jared go like that? He is a rich man. I had to do what I had to do to secure the future of myself and my daughter," she said again and went mute again. "Look I understand that but right now the only problem I have is that his stupid ex wife is back. You know it's because of me that Jared divorced her and I thought I was slick with my actions but seriously, I don't know how these people were able to discover that I am the one behind this. I don't know how she was able to notice that I am the one who actually did all of these things to her. I thought I was very slick about this." She kept talking. "Look I am worried okay. Because now that this woman is back, it can only mean one thing really. It can only mean that she knows about what I did and she wants
She froze when she saw me and I knew she could tell that I wasn't in the mood to be lied to but somehow, knowing that this woma had lied to me on so many different occasions, I knew that she could lie about this as well without blinking. The questions I came to ask her were already answered by her phone call but I wanted her to know that I had seen her and that I knew that mess that she was trying to create. I wanted her to know that I understood exactly what she was doing and that I was not going to take it lightly on her. Somehow, deep inside me I had expected her to tell me that it was all fake and that maybe, just maybe I was not in the right frame of mind as I stood there and that's why I could not hear everything properly. I yearned for her to tell me that I was just making things up and everything that I actually said happened never did but with everything that was happening, I looked at her and from the way she was shaking, I knew that I had made no mistake at all. Everythi
"Kpam" a slap came across my face as I spoke and I finally held my face in my hand trying to process the fact that my mother had just slapped me. I couldn't process it for a minute or two because it had been a while since the woman had laid her hands on me and I knew that I was the one to be angry and not her. I should be the one lashing out and not her. The more I thought about it, the more I tried to calm myself down and think about the different ways I could actually keep mute about it and not say anything that would trigger her the more "Look you may be upset with me but for fucks sakes I am still your mother and you will address me with respect. If you so much as try to do anything to push me to the wall again if you so much as try to insult me, I promise you I will not hesitate to slap you again. Do you understand?" She asked and I kept mute. I knew what she wanted. An apology. But it would be over my dead body before I apologize for saying the truth. Maybe she did not see th
I didn't want to base my answers on speculations. I needed to be told exactly what I needed to hear and I could only pray that she will continue with telling me truth and she won't lie to me. "Mom," looking at her, I asked. "Yes." Her reply was quite but brief. I know she was expecting what my response would be. She eagerly waited for my question while also praying that it won't be the type of question that would weaken her and make her spill every truth she held close to her. "Tell me something, did you know about the arranged marriage?" I asked and I didn't need to get a response from her because the joy on her face told me everything that I needed to know. "Yes I actually did. And that's a good thing isn't it? Daniel is going to ge married to that beautiful lady and they are going to live happily ever after." I arched an eyebrow. Did she actually believe that? Did she actually think that they were going to live together as a happy couple? If she was that good a woman, why didn
I froze in shock. The only thing on my mind was to know how much of what we had said that the man had listened to. What was happening was not good for us. It was not good for anything that my mother had plans about. The look on the man's face was also not one of happiness. I could tell that the man was more than livid with what was going on and he had every reason to be. The woman that he had proposed to, the woman that he loved just confessed to not wanting his son happiness and many other things. If I were the man, I would be angry as well. "Jared please let me explain," mom pleaded with hands joined together and a sober look on her face. "Oh I think you had done so much explanation to last a lifetime, don't you think so?" The man kept a cool appearance but we were not children. Mom and I knew very well that the man was boiling with anger. "Tell me how is it actually possible that you can be so self centered as to want only your happiness and no one else's? Look I understand tha
I knew I could not do anything that would make Sandra want to hurt Olivia. I have been with the woman before, I knew that she had some screw loose and because of that, I could not allow her to go close to Olivia. Especially since Olivia already considered her as a friend. If I should relent, I knew that she would not hesitate to actually wreck her and the little relationship that I was trying to build with the woman. I could not let that happen and so even if it meant me doing everything in my power and being humbled just to ensure that those two were not in contact with each other, then I would gladly do it. "Look at you. Look at the pathetic figure that you want to reduce yourself to because of a woman. A woman that doesn't have anything. Yes, I saw the bitch. She isn't prettier than I am, she isn't more elegant than me. She doesn't even have money and I am very much sure that her mother is getting married to your father just because of the money." "The same way you want to marry
From her looks I could tell that the young woman was not going to let this go so easily but I also knew that she valued the money and prestige she would get from us too much to allow her to do anything else. I had seen it all, I had seen her behave erratic just because she could not have me and I have watched her spread lies and rumours just for her benefit. She took after her mother and I would never say this but I could not let her know that I was the main reason why my father could never be with her mother. I knew for a fact that she took such ugly behaviour from the woman and it would be over my dead body before I would allow my father to marry into a family like that and ruin our chances of ever having a normal life. "Now if you don't mind, can you get out of my way so I can get out of here? I'm getting upset just by looking at your face!" I exclaimed but she didn't bother to move. She stood still, not saying a word and barely blinking. Suddenly, she bursted into laughter. "Y