Sylvester’s Pov. The news. I sat across from my father, the chessboard stood between us like a battlefield. I tried hard to focus on the game but my mind was elsewhere. In fact, my mind had been swirling with thoughts ever since I left Marlani’s house that day. At first, I was shocked, but after processing the shock, I just became plain confused. “Your move,” dad chimed, narrowing his eyes, his brows furrowed in concentration. The old man invited me for a game of chess whenever he had something important to spill or wanted to get into my head, or both. It was an old family tradition. He often said his dad did it with him as well. But I knew that tradition would die in the hands of Eggust and I. I moved my pawn to e4, “Dad, I need to tell you something,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. He looked up from the board, his eyes searching mine, perhaps for a clue of what I was about to say. “You’ve never been one to seek for permission, so, go on.” I hesitat
Marlani's POV "I'm afraid there's no other reason to keep you here Mrs Flemming. You're stable enough to be discharged." I looked at the doctor in exasperation. What on earth was his problem? Was he really kicking me out? I’m a VIP patient!! He told me I was ready to be discharged three days ago but I didn’t want to leave yet, so I pretended to feel general body weakness and he fell for it. He'd told the nurse to let me stay two more days so they could observe me and my time had run up yesterday...... I had no more excuses to use. "But I haven't recovered fully!" I insisted. "Would you really send me home and risk something going wrong again? What if I develop something........ something!" He smiled patiently. "I understand your fears well madam, but you're past any crisis or risk of a relapse. And you'll recover more quickly when you're in a familiar environment in the midst of family and loved ones." 'Well, that's the problem!' I thought to myself, I had no hom
Eggust's POV I was at the office, skimming through some important documents, when my phone started ringing . My heartbeat accelerated the second I saw that the call was from the hospital. Has something happened to my mom? She was recovering. At least the doctor has said so. If everything was fine, then why would they suddenly need to call me? Close to panicking, I picked up the phone. "Good day Mr Flemming." I hated being addressed by that name because Mr Flemming was my father. I just preferred Eggust but of course, the caller didn't know that so I couldn't blame her. "Yes, is anything wrong with my mom?" I asked without wasting time. "No, no,of course not. I just wanted to let you know that your mother was discharged yesterday, she said you were on a business trip, and asked your father to pick her up, but I figured I should inform you because you brought her here.” “What?” I fumed mentally. Mom was discharged? Why were they just telling me today when it happene
Juss's POV The worst had happened. The absolute worst in fact. I sensed it when Eggust called me that morning and asked me to meet him at the hospital. I panicked thinking something bad happened to Marlani. "Oh no, she's just getting discharged." He'd told me but I couldn't shake off the bad feeling that something was definitely wrong. If she was just getting discharged, I thought, why would they want me there? It was bound to be a nasty scene and I did not want to be present but there was nothing I could do. I had to go. When we got there, I took one look at Eggust's face and I fell for him all over again. Despite the argument we'd had with his mum the last time and how he'd threatened to cut off ties with her, he had come running to take her home after her discharge. They had such a special bond. As it should be between a mother and a child. Something I looked forward to having with my child as well. Relief washed over me at the fact that
Juss's POV It was the kind of bright day that didn't seem so bright, and even though the sun was shining, you could just feel that something was wrong. This was one of those days. I was sitting in a beautiful field, having a picnic with my lovely babies. I laughed and clapped in glee as they crawled around the mat and chewed on everything within reach. I couldn't bear to shout at them so I gently took whatever they'd picked up from them and kept it out of reach. Then just as we were about to have dessert, Marlani and Sylvester appeared from nowhere and they each grabbed a baby and started running. I rose up and chased after them but they were too fast. It was like chasing after a race car. From time to time, they would both turn around and looked at me and then looked like maniacs. No matter how I begged or cried or pleaded no one listened to me. They all ignored me and their eyes shone with hatred. Then when they got to a crowd, they suddenly stopped and looked bac
Eggust's POV There were different stages of anger. I wasn’t really interested in knowing all the stages but I was sure mine had gotten to the final stage. My rage was at its peak. That was the kind of anger I had left the hospital with. It was enough to kill someone and get caught very easily so fate looked down on me and decided to remind me of a little bright news. I had Hera in a cell and I still hadn’t figured out her punishment. It was something I could channel my anger to. Besides, I needed her to confess to all her crimes in tape. "Well it's about time." I exclaimed. There had been too many gloomy days and bad news that something just had to turn out right. When I got to the police station, I was shocked when I found out that she had already confessed. "You have everything on tape?" I asked the officer. ”Yes we have more than enough to prosecute her.” He said. “But you might wanna talk to her yourself.” From the sound of his voice, I knew something was
Trigger warning; this episode contains an accident scene. Sylvester… I just got off a meeting with a potential client who was willing to invest in my little business. I hadn’t told my father about it yet, because I wanted to prove to him that I didn’t need his money to succeed. Don’t get me wrong, this wasn’t coming from a place of pride, I have been the black-sheep of the family for far too long that I wanted to make this work. I could already imagine the proud look on my father’s face when I invited him to my launch party. I could hear him clap the loudest amongst the other gawkers who were just there for my money. Father wasn’t the only one whose respect I would earn after my business launch. Eggust would finally see that for once I didn’t mess things up and I actually did something good for the family. A satisfied smile plastered on my face, as my future flashed before my eyes. It took me years to get my shit together, but it was worth it. I was in the best mood
Juss. I stood there, eyes darting back and forth between father and son, as they argued. There was an eerie feeling of emptiness overwhelming me as I stood there. Eggust was bent on letting his mum stay in the cell. He wasn’t willing to listen to my pleas, or even his father’s. He was adding more fuel to the fire, urging the officers to carry out their duties as instructed by the law. He wasn’t fazed by Sylvester’s presence nor frightened by his words, Eggust was one stubborn being and not even me could change that. If his mind was made up about something, best believe you need to go extra mile to make him change it. Before Sylvester arrived at the station, I shared the news of the test result to Eggust. I wasn’t even sure if I was ready for how overprotective he would become now that he knew I was pregnant with more than one baby but I said it to make him change his mind. Guess I was wrong. I didn’t need to wait that long to experience that side of him, as Sylvester’s r