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
If there was anything I hated more than anything else, it was being ordered around. Especially by someone who was not even worthy to be in the same position as me. I was not going to sit back and allow such nonsense happen to me. It was time I stood up for myself and made her understand that I wasn't some push over that she could insult and get away with. Slowly, I moved into her and watched as the grin on her face got wider. The girl was insane for acting thinking that I wanted to kiss her and I knew she thought that because she pouted her lips and slightly closed her eyes. She had all the signs of someone that has obviously lost their mind and if what it took for me to get her back to her normal senses was to give her some eye openers then I would. But I was not going to allow some arrogant woman to think that she can actually control me and detect how I should live my life. "Let me make the clear, maybe I wasn't before but if I catch you anywhere near Olivia, if I catch you tryi
I hadn't gone so far when I spotted Stacy coming my way. It would have been so nice if Sandra was the one sending those videos, at least then I would not have to try and act like I care about Stacy. I could get rid of her and end that chapter of my life. It would give me more time to focus only on Olivia and I was going to enjoy every bit of it. But for now, I had to put on a fake smile and act like I was actually happy to see her till I could use the knowledge she had to get what I wanted. Because I was very much sure that Stacy was not the one with the videos but something kept telling me that she would know how to find the person that owned it and I was not going to play with my gut feeling. "Hi baby," she said when she got close to me and she pulled me in for a tight hug. I hugged her back and smiled at her as well. "Are you okay? You are smiling but your eyes looks a bit angry." Even when she was a bitch, she also knew how to spot things out. She was quiet observant and I cou
The lights in her bedroom was on and I didn't think much about it even when everything in me was screaming at me to take it seriously. I ignored the feeling and took the elevator to the penthouse. As soon as I got in, I noticed that the apartment was a bit quiet and yet all I could hear was the ruffling of clothes and the sniffles of Olivia. My mind immediately went erratic and I wondered if somehow that man had found a way to get into my house and was busying harrasing my baby again. "Liv," I whispered under my breath as a cold shiver ran down my spine. I immediately knew that I had to do something. If she was actually in there with that mad dog, then I would have to save her. But I didn't want the man to suspect that anything was wrong, I didn't want him to think that for one second I knew what was going on or that someone was in the house with him. If I wanted to save Olivia, I had to catch him off guard. Slowly, I snuck into my room and took out the spare key to Olivia's room
"You do know that I am not going to allow you to go anywhere right," I told her, not blinking at all. "You can't stop me Daniel," she protested. I moved slowly towards her and she did not even try to move back. Leaning into her, I whispered, "Watch me," and then I pulled myself up again. "What the actual fuck do you want? Look you may not understand this now but I am telling you the honest truth, if you are not very careful, you will get burn with the way you are going," "The only thing that is actually going to burn me is having to watch you go be with that boyfriend of yours. If you want to leave, at least give me a reason for why you are leaving and don't just walk away like that." "You want a reason huh?" She asked. "Yes I do. Have I been speaking Spanish before?" I replied. "If you badly want a reason, then I suggest that you go home. That's right, go home to your father and he will be more than delighted to tell you everything. You know as a matter of fact, I bet he is ev
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