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
Eggust The Limo made a siren-like sound after the driver pushed on the button. An indication that all doors were locked. After the air condition was turned on, we almost suffocated due to the high concentration of my mum’s perfume. She had so much sprayed on her after her release, it was like she used a whole bottle. Just a few hours in a cell, she already felt the need to fumigate herself, she better be thinking of a long term plan when she’s locked up for good, if Hera isn’t subtle about their involvement with each other. Juss scrunched her nose in disgust, covering her mouth. I asked her if she needed to throw up, but she shook her head. The sight of Juss looking so pale as she sat, brought memories of her anxiety at the hospital. There were signs of hurt on her face, a sight that rippled my insides with guilt. Today was supposed to be a happy day for us. Juss would have been at the hospital, I would have found her and heard that we were having a set. I would have taken her to
Juss….As I stepped into the study with Eggust, Sylvester, and Marlani. My heart raced like a wild animal who was being attacked by a predator. My head was spinning due to how tired I was, my palms were sweaty and I felt bile rising to my throat. Eggust gave me a reassuring look, but it wasn’t enough to change the way I felt. As Grandfather looked up at us, his stern expression at first made me nervous.Noticing my discomfort again, Eggust held my hand tight, giving me a gentle squeeze. “You’ll be fine.” He whispered. I felt a bit better with him by my side.There was a brief staring contest between Eggust, his father and grandfather. Three generation of the Flemming men going into a silent war because of me. The contest resulted in Sylvester asking the question that lingered on everyone’s mind. His question was ignored by grandfather, who instead beckoned on me. "Come, Juss." He gestured. My feet felt heavy, but Eggust encouraged me to move. I walked slowly to Grandfather's side,
Juss..The room fell completely silent, that the sound of a pin dropping would have literally echoed throughout the entire hallway. Ezekiel and I exchanged quick glances, no words were said, but we communicated through our eyes. His eyes then flickered to Eggust for a brief moment. Something about the way they stared at each other, made me feel certain they knew about grandfather’s dilemma. I mean, Eggust was a total control freak, so he definitely kept tabs on his grandfather periodically. He thinks it’s his way of protecting his family, but that’s just a way to trivialize how much of a control freak he is.Eggust wouldn’t send some random men to tail his grandfather, and that’s where Ezekiel comes in. They had definitely processed the news before the rest of us got a chance to- something about it made me feel unease.Why didn’t he tell me? Or at least give me a hint?The air became thick with shock and tension, as a result of grandfather’s revelation. I felt like my insides were
Eggust….The car made a whistle-like noise as I turned on the engine. Juss seemed to be lost in a world of hers, the only time we talked was when she asked when and who brought the car to grandpa’s place and I told her one of his drivers.After then, she went awfully quiet almost all through the drive, her eyes were glued to the window. She never spared a single glance at me, unless we hit a speed bump or we stopped by a traffic light. It was almost like I didn’t exist in her world at the moment.“What would you like for dinner?” I placed one hand on her thighs, in a bid to get her attention, while the other one steered. She jerked up in shock, and relaxed only when her eyes found mine. “What… what did you say?” Her words were slurred, like her brain was just rebooting or something. “I asked what you wanted for dinner,” I clarified. “Or they,” I moved my hand from her thighs to her bump, giving it a gentle rub. Her hands found mine, both hands placed on top of mine, for a moment I
Marlani After the meeting with Eggust’s grandfather, Sylvester drove me back to his penthouse. We hadn’t really talked about the day, which I was thankful for, it was a sour topic and the last thing I wanted was to be vulnerable around Sylvester. Things were much better now that we were living together, than they were in the last twelve years. Sylvester worked from home and barely left the house, unless he wanted to buy groceries, which was weird, because he never went to the grocery store himself. At first, I thought it was because of a lady, perhaps a new fling he was hooked on. But after his constant requests for me to join him, I realized he was doing it all to please me. Sylvester Flemming, doing everything in his power to be called a better husband? Who would have thought? Certainly not me. I just finished making breakfast and was setting the table, when I heard footsteps approaching, I turned around to see Sylvester sauntering down the stairs. He flashed me a warm smile as
Sylvester’s Pov I got into my car, turned on the engine and drove to god-knows-where. I had nowhere in particular I thought of going to, I just knew I wanted to be as far away as possible. Not because I was mad at Marlani for what she said, ‘cause truthfully I deserved it.Instead, I was mad at myself, for thinking I could offer an apology, show her how much I’ve changed and the effort I’m putting in to make sure our relationship is better, then she would accept me again, and helplessly fall in love with me. That didn’t only make me a jerk, but completely delusional as well. But did she have to do it immediately though? After our moment of wild sex. Couldn’t she have just waited until tomorrow or the day after then?My grip on the steering was firmer. A car tried to overtake me, but I was too focus on my anger to notice that. Due to his frustration, the driver honked at me, cursing as he was finally able to.I yelled back in frustration, flipping the driver my middle finger. My knuc
Marlani…I found myself in my car, a couple of hours after Sylvester left, driving towards Eggust’s house. I couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt that gnawed at me. His house was a few miles away from here, so it took me some time to get there. When I got to the front door, I heard some noises coming from the living room. I recognized the voices as Sylvester’s Juss’ and Eggust’s.Sylvester was here? what was he doing here?There was a bit of scuffle, Sylvester and Juss were not exactly in an argument, Eggust would definitely not allow it. But they went back and forth. Sylvester accused Juss of hating him and being the reason why I never gave him a chance to redeem himself. While Juss insisted she was only trying to protect me. She knew what he did to me, and didn’t want me to go through something like that again. Eggust only interrupted when Sylvester’s voice got louder. He repeated the same words “careful dad, I will not let you insult my fiancée in our house.”“Our house?”They wer