(Twenty one years ago... It was almost midnight and everywhere was covered with darkness with no light except the shine coming from the moon and an old street light at the far end of the alley which was flickering like that in a horror movie. And in the alley, was walking a woman, dressed sophisticatedly. But something was wrong. Her appearance looked disheveled and she had covered herself with a black shawl as she walked down the alley, no, nearly ran down the alley, like she was running for her life from someone. But she was careful all the way as she was not alone. She was carrying a soft blanket in which laid a baby who was sound asleep. Soon, she reached such a place that she had prayed all the way to find. An orphanage. That was it. It was the place where she could leave her baby. Her baby girl, whom she had to keep safe at any cost. She had promised her husband that she would keep her safe, even if she had to die for it. She looked at her sleeping baby. Just looking at her slee
(Twenty one years ago) continues.... To say Jedd was frustrated and angry, would be an understatement. He was furious, more than furious. And why won't he be? After all, that ring was nowhere to be seen. That bitch lied to him. Where would she have had kept it? He had no idea. And on top of everything, she was dead. Which meant he could not do anything else but to wait for his brother to return and to tell him the story which he had made. He would make him hate her....On the other side, in the orphanage, the mere five or six months old baby was still sleeping. The lady who took her in was now conversing with the warden of the orphanage to talk to the manager for granting her permission to let that adorable baby stay there and not to give her up for adoption as this was too early. The baby had just been found there and they were planning on giving her up for adoption the next day. But the lady who took her in, won't let them."Ginie, you don't understand. Our orphanage does not hav
He was sitting on his swivel chair inside his office, thinking about his wife as always. What would she be doing right now? That was the question he asked himself for the hundredth time maybe. He wanted to call her but his pride would not let him do that. He sighed. It was lunch time now and he wanted to eat with her, feed her with his own hands. Then wipe the corners of her mouth and then kiss her, passionately. 'Stop it, Cain. You are mad at her.' He told himself. But did she really do that? He still could not believe that. 'Maybe, there was some technical issue?' He thought to himself. Yes, that could be. He knew how sweet and kind she was. She could never do such a thing. And on that day, she was too worried and stressed as well just as much as he was, for his father. 'No, she could not have done that. God! I should have talked with her to clear things between us rather than shunning her like that. Now, she must be pissed. Oh God, what have I done?' He mentally cursed himself.
"Am I disturbing you two in your precious little moment?" Cali jumped as soon as she heard that cold voice which belonged to her husband. She looked at him while he stood at the threshold of their bedroom door with his hands clenched by his sides and with a plastic bag in his right hand. She looked back at Horace, and he was glaring at Cain. Though she knew why he was angry but what was with that behavior of his a moment ago? What was he even thinking? Never had he kissed her anywhere before apart from her forehead. Then, what about that...kiss on the cheek? Oh, did he already get to know that Cain had arrived and was trying to provoke him like the last time he did? She could not think of any other reason as of why he did that. Cain was giving him death warnings through his cold eyes that shone with a dangerous glint. He went further inside and flung the plastic bag onto the nightstand and stood infront of both of them who were still sitting down. He was quite excited about coming ba
"Have you had your breakfast?" He asked looking at her with stern and narrowed eyes and she avoided his eyes by looking everywhere but at him. She was sure that he had asked Mrs. Carter about if she had her breakfast and she would have told him that she had ordered her to bring her some packed food. And she was aware that Cain did not like it a bit when she ate junk food, but whatever. She had not even eaten those. She was hungry but she would not tell that to him. "Y..yes, I had." She cursed herself for stuttering infront of him. His eyes narrowed into slits now. He was not looking convinced at all. She was praying mentally that he would not question anymore. He was just looking at her and then he nodded. "Okay, if you say so. Tell me what did you have for dinner?" He asked and that question caught her off guard. "Uh.." She trailed off, trying hard to remember what she had told Mrs. Carter to bring her earlier. Now, she wanted to open the drawer to see what all she had ordered. But
"I thought that finally I could have a love life but..." Jasmine could not complete her sentence as she continued to sob. Cali rubbed her back soothingly. "Can you tell me what actually happened?" She asked very softly. Jasmine nodded while trying to control her tears. "When I first met Damien, it felt like we had a connection and we started spending time together. Then after a month, he proposed that we should go on a vacation to spend some time together. So, I agreed. I had started falling for him. (Sobbing again) But during that vacation, I came to his reality. He...he is married, Cali. He is fucking married and he has a son." She explained still in tears. Cali's eyes widened. She was shocked. She did not know what else to say. Then Jasmine continued. "And he is such a jerk. He had the audacity to tell me that I could still be his mistress and that I should not tell anything about this to his wife." She had angry tears in her eyes when she finished. Cali had also tears in her eyes
"So, now tell me, where were you and what were you doing that you are two hours late for the office?" He asked her in a low and absolutely calm tone. Though his voice held serenity, his clenched jaw showed her that he was anything but calm right now. She kept on staring at him for a while, then sighed."Sir, I am sorry for being late but I already wrote an undertaking about not being late again and I also mentioned there that I have had some personal issue for which I could not reach to the office on time. But it would not happen again, I swear." She explained. While saying this, her heart was crying remembering how her mother was looking laying on the hospital bed. She took a deep breathe in to control her emotions and looked up to see that his eyes were searching for her soul and she immediately held her head down, not being able to lock eyes with him. He lifted her face up with his fingers holding her chin ever so gently and made her look at him in the eyes. She did not even resist
(FLASHBACK continues...) "I know about your mother." He said and she was shocked on hearing that. How did he know when she did not even opened her mouth. She slowly looked up and gulped when she found that he was already looking at her in the eyes. He was trying to search for the confirmation in her eyes that what he had just said was true. And he found it. Her eyes became teary in an instant. His heart felt heavy seeing her like that. He got up from his seat and hugged her tightly and she did not resist him. She put her head against his stomach while her arms were snaked around his torso and she cried. She cried for her mother whom she did not wish to lose. She was her only light in this dark world. Though she was not her biological mother, she still loved her no less than her own. And she even told her about her being an orphan because she did not want her to find out on her own from others. Her heart was clenching thinking about her mother being in such a bad condition. Her kind, b