{Trigger Warning: Themes of sexual abuse} [Third person POV] “Good evening, Mimi Dawson here, today I come to you with bad news, police are on the search for successful entrepreneur Ellen Mule, in suspicion with the kidnapping of Kaleah Beckett and her daughter Zoey Beckett yesterday afternoon outside the mall, if anyone have any information where we could find this monster please contact detective Alexander Ross on the number on the screen, please let us save this innocent woman and her daughter.” Crystal Mule cannot believe her ears with the new news about her son, she always knew there was something wrong with Ellen, but to go for a Beckett the same family that ran the economy of the country they stayed in was beyond insane. She was standing frozen in her living room with her mouth gaping like a fish when Layla came home raging with anger. “What is going on, why is there reporters following me everywhere I go?” Layla says angrily, “I was even kicked out of the G**** store.” “
{Trigger warning: Themes of Sexual Assault and self-harm} [Third person POV] She can feel the pain all over her body, she cannot help but feel disgusted at herself, for letting a man that is not her husband inside her, what could she have done, she had no power to defend herself. She wakes up to see the sun heating at the small barricaded window, it seems to be another day, day three since she was kidnapped. Though there was no reflection she can locate every wound in her body, the insanely sore busted lip wound, the back eye she attained when Ellen punched her for biting his lips when he tried to kiss her And many other wounds all over her body, she stands up still feeling the pain, he seems to not be in the room today. She moves to a small bucket with water before washing all the blood off her body, why? Why is she going through this? To what extent did she anger the Gods that they punish her like this? “Ouch….” She hissed, she had never felt so worthless in her life, even wh
[Third person POV] “Blargh-Blargh-Blargh.” Sounds of Cyan vomiting can be heard, along with sounds of the television breaking as Clayton angrily punches unto it. “Guys calm down,” Conan says, but his voice also didn’t sound calm. What Ellen Mule has just displayed to the world is what many would call disgusting. “How dare he?” Clayton says, blood dripping out his bruised fists, “how dare he sexually assault my wife and post in in a public platform.” “I…… Can you stop panicking,” Conan says, angrily typing. No one could keep a sane mind, not after watching the heinous live footage Ellen Mule showed as proof that Kaleah left willingly. The state in which Kaleah’s bruised body was in, the tears falling down her eyes along with Zoey’s gut-wrenching cry, no family wished that to one of their own. “Damnit,” Conan cursed, “I can’t track the IP address,” maybe he shouldn’t have dropped out of collage mid-course maybe then he would be able to locate this monster and save Kaleah and Zo
[Third person POV] Alex had been pondering about all the information they had, what was he missing? Where could he have hidden that is under the radar? “Detective we have some news?” “Tell me you know where they are?” he said in a tired voice. “We might have an idea,” his subordinate says, “Mr. Beckett is on the move along with Mrs., actually with Agent Evelyn Carter, I think they might know where Ellen Mule might be.” “What are you waiting for? Get some of the officers and let us follow them, we need to stop them from doing anything stupid,” Alex says taking the car keys in his desk, this is going to be a blood bath, he knows that for sure. [Meanwhile] “Can you drive a bit faster there?” Clayton groans impatiently. “Can you stop being impatient? We will get there,” Joshua says. “You don’t know of the condition my wife is in while we patiently drive,” Clayton says. “Just shut up Clay, we will get there,” Evelyn shouts rendering him a mute, along the car was Conan who could st
[Third person POV] “Good evening, as you know, I am Mimi Dawson, and after Ellen Mule’s live video we all know why we are here tonight. Kaleah and Zoey Beckett were found alive and well, and the Becketts are going to be sleeping a better sleep tonight. But Ellen Mule who is to be arrested and charged as soon as he is out of the hospital due to the injuries, he sustained during the brutal beatdown he got from Clayton Beckett. Please continue to send thoughts and prayers to the Becketts, as they are going through a hard time still, and let us know what you think about the way Clayton Beckett rescued his wife and we will be reading your comments first thing tomorrow morning, goodnight have a safe and lovely night.” Crystal is floored, how did they find Ellen his plan was full proof, no one was going to even guess he would use his dead brother’s place. “Mother? What are we going to do?” Layla said stuttering with fear, “did you see how they beat Ellen? What if he comes for us too? There
[Third person POV] “Morning again, wow, I hope some of you slept well because most were fearing for their lives after Ellen Mule’s live footage, anyway, this is Mimi Dawson, and we are reading top comments on last night’s video. First comment is from AlphaMan2 ‘I get Clayton’s anger but all that for some b*tch, how stupid,” Mimi reads before giggling, “I also agree with AlphaMan2 here, that was too much.” “Second comment from Allora it reads, “there could never be anything bad about a husband protecting his wife, Ellen Mule deserved that.” Mimi Dawson continues to read the comments taking note to giggle at ones that condemn Kaleah, this was sure whose side the media was gearing to steer on. “Huh… such baloney for views and likes,” Clayton cursed, Mimi Dawson was not a gossiper Clayton was unfamiliar with. He knows her pretty well, in her fifties but still going around gossiping till this day. “Don’t stress sweet Zoey, Dad will sort that woman out okay,” he says changing her cloth
[Kaleah POV] The room sounds quiet, there is a small sound that beeps every ten seconds, my body feels stiff, it is quite different from how I felt yesterday, it is less painful. I hear Zoey, giggling, Ah…. This is refreshing I haven’t heard her giggle like this since forever. My heavy eyelids, seem to want to open, “Cyan?” I asked bewildered why Cyan was here, did we escape. “You are awake,” she exclaimed happily, “wait, I will call the doctor.” Ah… yes, I remember Clayton rescued us, Cyan puts Zoey to a stroller near my hospital bed and runs out calling the doctor frantically. It is over, it is finally over, I call feel the tears run down my cheeks, my body is still sore, it can’t seem to want to move. “Hi, Mrs. Beckett, my name is Dr Martin,” that tittle no longer seem to suit me, How can a filthy broken woman like me be associated to Clayton still. “Hi,” I muttered with a hoarse voice. “Are you feeling alright?” he asked gently, Cyan is behind the doctor and in true Cyan
[Clayton POV] Since Joshua saw me matching Ellen’s ward he was changed into another hospital. Apparently, I would have done some stupid thing if he hadn’t been moved. And I wished I had done that stupid thing, because now the same Joshua is telling me and my wife that the monster that put her through hell might get off with just a slap on the wrist. “Okay, Leah is resting, tell me you have a plan to counter this,” Joshua doesn’t reply, I know it is because his hands are tied. “I am sorry man, we might not have a way out of this,” Joshua says. “But we will try our best he is locked up okay, we can apply for the appeal to his sentencing after that,” Evelyn says, “I spoke to your uncle about this, and he will try and get his other friends who are in the industry to help out.” This seems like it doesn’t want to end, nor does it want to end well for us, whatever lucky star that fool was born under must be destroyed. “But we were able to get Mrs. Mule off obstruction of justice charg
[Third person POV] “Father, I…. I am sorry I met my biological grandmother, and he told me about….” “Shut up Kaiden,” Zoey says angrily, “how dare you meet that man.” The boys were confused by Zoey and their father’s reaction, they felt a chill down their spine as their father glared at both of them. “Father?” Kaiden says, “I am sorry, I know you love mother, and her cheating is……” “Who is cheating?” their mother asks in a drowsy voice. “No one, go back to sleep I will discipline the boys,” their father says angrily. “Father, I think it is better to just tell them the truth,” Zoey says. “What truth? What are you talking about?” their mother asked. “Kaiden decided to meet Ellen Mule,” their father says in a growl. They had never felt so sacred, it was clear they knew about Ellen Mule and his family, it was clear they knew Kaiden was not a Beckett. But what hurt more was how their mother looked at them with fear, how tears started rolling down her eyes and how her legs gave o
[Third person POV] Kai was very uneasy, with the way Kaiden was acting, their parents probably had a good reason to not tell them about this. Well at least he hoped, he felt like his brother was making a premature decision with this. But Kai didn’t want to decide for Kaiden either, he didn’t even know how Kaiden was supposed to feel. Meanwhile the two women kept giggling as Kaiden was transferring money to them, it made Kai’s skin crawl because it felt like they were just using him. “Okay, now let us go rescue your father,” Crystal says happily, Kaiden frowned. “No, I will contact you soon, I need time to think,” Kaiden says making Kai heave a sigh of relief, at least he was not being reckless. “Oh… why is that?” Layla asked confused, “are you having second thoughts?” Kaiden looked at them deflated, he felt like these two women wanted to suck all his energy dry, he would have not mind helping free his father if everything didn’t seem too suspicious. “I want to think about it,
[Third person POV]Kaiden Beckett alre4ady known as the next CEO of Beckett Inc, and still with all the pressure the media and everyone has been putting on him since Zoey left for Italy instead of preparing to take over the company.It was clear who was going to be the CEO now, he was going to start an internship at his father’s company after the end of this year, before going to business school.Kai in the other hand was in the school basketball team, he was doing great, one would say he was the star of the team.He graduated high school valedictorian and his parents had been proud, Zoey couldn’t make it to the graduation, but she sent him a gift to commemorate his graduation.He started with the internship later that week, it was a bit challenging than he had hoped but he enjoyed every new lesson he learned.He decided to take a year working for his father before he goes to business school.One day he got a call from an anonymous number, he ignored the call many times but it just ke
[Third POV] Palma’s plan was very simple, to make Zoey embarrass herself at the party so everyone can hate and bully her. she already knew a few girls that hated her. Palma’s plan was simple, she was to have her team create an environment that was easy to humiliate Zoey, and after that she would be the new queen Bee. Meanwhile, Zoey’s parents were happy that she was finally going out, the boys had already started doing sleepovers with their friends whilst Zoey just preferred being with her grandmother, it was as if she knew their time was limited. “It is okay honey, you are 18 already, you can go to the party,” her mother says happily. “Yeah, it will help you relax,” her father reassured, “how about I take you shopping for the party?” With the help of her father and her friend Palma, Zoey was able to prepare for the party, it was her first party and she hoped it went well. Nathan’s home was quite beautiful, she liked the way he had decorated the home for the party. “This is n
[Third POV] Zoey Beckett, though she is the daughter of two of the most prominent figures in the country, she had never felt like truly a Beckett. She wasn’t as artistic as her mother, she did appreciate art, but a different form of art. She didn’t want to be a successor of her father too, yes, she was her father’s child, but she always felt like the family company was better suited for Kaiden, who was interested in the company. Kai was not really interested in the company, maybe it was because of the trauma he experienced 5 years ago, but he changed. She had hoped he would be a bit interested in long life and having fun, but he had become very dim. And now he she is contemplating if she should choose art school or business school, she knows her father would be like, “choose whatever you like’ but what she likes is not even on the roster. And the teachers could be so judgmental, they already have the mentality that given she is the oldest she will inherit the company, it makes h
[Third POV]Wayne had run straight home, he found both Kai’s parents’ home, luckily, he had briefed them on the possible of human trafficking, bother Clayton and Kaleah had decided to drive to where Kai was to help him.On their way there they had called the police, it was quite a busy time, there were police cars everywhere when they arrived.Wayne felt scared as he saw the little girl covered in blood crying, and there was a body covered the same location he left Kai.“Kai…...” he says scared, the police line had halted them from going further, but Clayton soon found a police officer to find out what was going on, only to find his son in handcuffs, covered in blood.“Father?” Kai says in a scared voice, “I didn’t mean…... It was a mistake; I didn’t mean to.”“Hey…” Clayton says trying to get to his son, but h was stopped by a police officer.“Sir, you are not allowed anywhere near the suspect,” the police officer says, getting attention from both Wayne and Kaleah.“What……” Kaleah sa
[Third POV]9 years, little Kai has been alive on this earth for nine years, he is turning ten soon but even nine years is a lot, so why does his parents not allow him to go out?“Ugh… come on Wayne,” Kai grumbles to his cousin, they have been sneaking out of the mansion to go to the park lately.Kai is thankful his big brother and sister were not snitches or they would have been grounded by now.Kia was what most call a problem child, he enjoyed skating in the park and though his mother would take him every once in a while, she had a mega-million art company to run.So, he had to go out to the park since they were ‘celebrities’ and they needed to keep a low profile, he had to do it behind his parents’ back.Wayne was just a perfect partner in crime, they were the same age, and they liked causing trouble.He tried convincing Kaiden, but Kaiden was much more focused on his studies and stuff. He tried convincing Zoey once, but she chose to stay at home with great-grandmother to paint th
And we close the chapter for Clayton and Kaleah, this is my very first completed series so, it might not be perfect, But it is my most precious work as it challenged me beyond my own imagination. I am thankful for all the love and support and criticism I received sharing this story, I strive to grow as I continue to share more stories with you. There will be an extra chapter coming after this mainly featuring the kids and their adventures, I hope your support continues even after this complete journey as it is one that inspires me to grow.
[Kaleah POV]Life has been very great lately, with being pregnant and all, along with my girls, it was good experiencing this with them, with her pregnancy, mainly because she hated the sickness that came with being pregnant.But our husbands were very patient with us, with Clayton having two kids already with Zoey already running around the house and Kaiden following suit.After long they finally gave me my green card, it took a lot of convincing but after our marriage still going strong for this long, they couldn’t deny us.All the kids were also legal residents, Clayton was not happy for them taking their time though, he chewed their head up for that.I have been waiting for Clayton to come home with the kids, their happy faces any time he opens the door was priceless.They are busy playing with their toys in the living room while I read a book on the chair.“Hello wife,” Clayton says opening the door, the two ran to him the moment he got in the house.“Dada, welcome home,” Zoey sa