Ashley Walters pov“One more thing, Sarah.” I asked her once we were over our giggling session, “I want an honest answer for this one.”She nodded sincerely, “Yes, Ashley. What is it?”“I think you have something that belongs to me.” This brought confusion to her eyes. She kept looking at me until understanding dawned on her face.I nodded at her and folded my arms on my chest, “My suitcase.”“It’s still in the attic.” She said, “I took out the papers and handed them over to someone.”“Handed over?” I cocked a brow at her, “Means you don’t have it anymore?”“No,” she bobbed her head, “I gave it to someone to … to check the authenticity.”“What?” before I could say anything further, she explained quickly.“I wanted to find your parents, Ashley.”“And why would you do that?” I frowned at her, “I thought you hated me.”“Exactly,” she smiled, “I hated you. That’s why I was looking for your parents. My understanding was that once I would locate them, it would be easier to send you away. Yo
Sarah pov “Why everything is so quiet here?” I said while coming inside, holding Keith’s hand. Well! For some odd reason, my heart had this strange sinking feeling. “I have always found this mansion deathly silent. Always quiet and … so… boring. If Justin was not my friend, I would never have stepped here.” Keith remarked while holding my hand. Near the staircase, he took me by surprise by lifting me up. I squealed and bumped a fist at him playfully, “Put me down. I am good.” “I want to lift my daughter’s mommy!” he said in a low whisper making me giggle. I was about to lean my head against his chest when I heard someone yelling at the top of his lungs. “SARAH!” “Who the fuck is this?” Keith mumbled stopping at the third stair, “Can’t they call you in a decent way?” I held his chin and looked into his eyes, “I think… it’s dad.” I explained and started wiggling in his arms, “Please put me down.” “Nah. I am not putting you down. The old man must have enjoyed his life when he wa
(21 years ago) Third Person pov:“Leigh! Come here.” The owner of the furniture shop was a lady in her thirties, called Leigh.“Hey, Sandy.” Leigh took off the scarf from the lower half of her face and wiped the sweat from her smooth forehead with the back of her hand.“Are you visiting the doctor?” she asked Leigh, pointing towards her belly, “Are you taking your prenatal vitamins?”Leigh rubbed her belly fondly. She was four months along and now her belly had started protruding a little bit.“Yeah, Sandy. Thanks to you.” She thanked her employer who had been helping her with finances during this hard time.“Oh, it's nothing. I haven’t called you here for your thankyous. There is something serious we need to discuss.”Leigh frowned and took the other seat, wiping her hands with a cloth.“You need to go,” Sandy announced without beating about the bush.“What?” Leigh’s head snapped up.“It’s not permanent, silly,” Sandy scolded her, “the paint fumes. They are harmful to the baby. I can
Third person pov:It was raining like cats and dogs. Steward Garner came out when he heard the knock at the wooden door and found a beautiful young woman outside his house. Her clothes were drenched, and her teeth were chattering in cold.“Ash… Ashton. I am looking for Ashton… s… sir.” Several creases appeared on his forehead.“Are you looking for Ashton Garner?” he asked her kindly.She raised her index finger and asked him to wait. Fishing in her bag, she took out the photo that looked more crumbled by now with water traces on it.“Th…this man!” she gave it to him. He took it near his eyes and gave her a sheepish smile.“My eyesight won’t allow me to have a good look at it. Why don’t you come inside? My son is outside and might reach here any minute. You can meet him once he is here.” She was about to set her foot inside when he said, “he is out with his family. His wife is expecting, and she wanted to spend some time outside the home.”That made her go still in her tracks.“Then …
Hello readers. Hope, all is well. As you all know that Ouch book is about to end in March. After this, I will start short novellas and add their chapters here. All these three novellas will be having 15 to 20 chapters. 1) EVELYNE: When fate took away the love of her life in an accident, she promised herself she would never fall in love again… Would never go for a commitment again…But what would she do if the same fate is giving back her something she lost two years back? Elijah! Would she accept him or let him go? 2) SOPHIA WYATT/ ROWAN LEVISAY : She was his crush since childhood. Whenever they were together in a room, his eyes used to follow her everywhere. She was the adopted daughter of a movie star (Rafael Wyatt), and he was the youngest son of the business guru Hunter Levisay and Abigail Levisay. She was aware of his feelings but kept ignoring him because he was two years younger than her. But the last time she met him, he was not that young boy anymore but a handsome dud
Ashley Walters pov“She made me promise that I will find you one day. I have been looking for you since I was sixteen, Ashley.” Marwick told me softly. There was a strange calmness in the room. Only Sarah was the one beside me whose soft weeping sounds could be heard in the room.And me? Ashley Walters? I was dry-eyed.“Does this mean…” Justin spoke for the first time, “that her birthday is not fake. According to orphanage rules her date of birth is not the one when they found the baby.”“Yeah, that’s what they told me.” Marwick spoke, “Sister Mary Ann told me everything. When I met Ashley in Arguli and came to know that she was Justin’s wife and came from an orphanage, since then I hired another detective to look for clues. My one detective had already been working on the trails of Leigh Walters. Unfortunately, there was another Ashley who had left for Ghana. So, our attention was diverted for a while. My detective started keeping tabs on her. A few months back we were back on track.
Sarah Garner povMarwick was not ready to come along. Nor was Keith. So, I used Justin as my shied. Yes, I accept that I USED him.Why shouldn’t I? He was the only one who could accompany me in all this craziness. Ashely was my sister, and she did deserve space.But that didn’t mean, she had to stay glued to us to get to know about us. We could stay around her and could still allow her the space.So, I was the one who planned this raid to stay closer to my sister. Our sister.When Marwick was telling us about Leigh Walters, I was the only one in that room who was bawling my eyes out. Marwick was a superman who tracked Ashley’s mom and the events that followed the poor woman.One thing was confirmed. If Leigh Walters would have lived, Marwick would be her best friend and her favorite go-to person.She met my brother for the first time when he was just a kid. She not only trusted him but also asked him to take care of her daughter. She didn’t say any such thing to grandpa who offered he
Ashley Walters pov “I don’t understand, little one. Why did you call me here?” Marwick asked me while Keith was busy buttering a slice of bread for Sarah. No, I mean he was literally buttering, “Whoever this dude is, he deserves a kick somewhere special. Do you want me to do the honors?” Oh, Marwick! My brother was violent. Aniya and Eve were done with breakfast early morning and had already left for work. While we, the late risers were having our late breakfasts. “No. I can take care of that part, Marwick. Don’t worry.” My tongue slipped making the people around me horrified by the notion. Justin looked funniest with his partially opened mouth in amazement. Man! My husband had got such kissable lips. “No, Come on, people! I didn’t mean that! Urgh!” I rolled my eyes and was about to rise to my feet when Justin made me sit back. “Ok. So, what do you propose?” Justin asked me, moving my hair back from my shoulders, “Technically when we got married you were not even a student.” “I