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
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
JussOne week came to an end in the blink of an eye and it was time to go back home.“Babe, can we not go home?” Eggust groaned.“No way babe. The plan was to spend three days but here we are eight days later.”“Does it matter?” He whined.Eggust has always been a big baby and he wasn’t planning to grow up any time soon.“It does! Now stop being a baby and get up.”“But I’m a baby, or isn’t that what you call me.”I raised my hands in surrender triggering laughter for the both of us. “You win. So dear baby, get up, mummy wants to bathe you.”“Mummy should carry me to the bathroom.” He murmured.“Really?” I bent down to carry him immediately and fell back on his body and we got into another fit of laughter.He ended up carrying me to the bathroom.While we were bathing together everyone was washing their bodies so I had nothing in mind when I applied face wash with my eyes closed, but Eggust had other plans.He started massaging my soapy breast. It was soft and slippery, making me moan
Eggust's POVThree years laterThe excitement woke me up. It was our wedding anniversary and I was going to have Juss all to myself all-day for the first time in such a long time.I couldn't wait. I opened my eyes with a smile when I felt little feet pushing again my rib.Yep, one of the kids had snuck into bed with us again. It had become a habit in the past one year but my mom assured me that they would soon outgrow it really.I certainly hope so because this sharing business was not funny at all.Ten minutes later, at exactly 7:00 a.m. the doorbell rang and I rushed downstairs to get the package from the delivery guy.I had ordered a breakfast package to serve her in bed because I knew I wouldn't get through with cooking before she woke up. These days the kids ruled the house and whenever they woke up, everybody else had to wake up too.Juss had been craving Chinese for a while now and so I decided to surprise her with it. I put it on a tray and waltzed into the room singing a son
Marlani's POVIt was such a monotonous routine. Everyday, I woke up with a pain in my back due to the uncomfortable couch in the hospital room. I did my morning oblations in the bathroom then came to sit by his bedside till about noon when the second maid would come with lunch, then I'd go home, change and come back.The doctors tried their best to assure me he would be fine, but when your loved one was in a coma, it was difficult to have good thoughts. Grandfather’s dream replayed on my mind over and over again. I almost found myself begging him to let Sylvester go. It wasn’t his time yet. I was on the verge of giving up. The only thing that had kept me sane was talking, and talking I did.I went on to tell him about everything!Things that were happening in the world and in my life, hoping he would wake up and ask any questions but he never did.There was nothing I did not do.I cried.I prayed.I got angry at him.I begged.I appealed to him but nothing seemed to work.He just d
Marlani's POV"We need to leave now ma'am." My housekeeper said to me very early this morning.I couldn't understand how the day was so bright when I felt so gloomy.Today, we were holding a funeral for my father in law! His death still felt surreal, he was such a pillar and leader. Yes, he was gruff and grumpy and even mean occasionally, but generally, he had been a wonderful person.Nature had to show respect and join in the mourning!!!I smiled sadly to myself as I realized the impossible and crazy thoughts I was having."What has come over you Marlani?"I guessed it was panic. A really big one.Grandfather had been the only one who had kept the family together and now that he was gone, I didn't know what would happen to us.No one was capable of or willing to fill his shoes. Sylvester had changed, but I had doubts he could fill in grandfather’s shoes. Eggust was still mad at everyone for what we did to Juss, though he tolerated us because of her, he still held grudges. I didn’t th
Juss’ Pov Today was the final court hearing for Hera’s case, I was already getting frustrated with the way the case was going. They had all the evidence, why did they still need to have multiple hearings, just to prove that Hera was really guilty?Her cohorts had already confessed to their crimes, it took a little push from Ezekiel to get them to all turn against Hera. They were released and asked to pay a fine because they were her accomplices. But her charges were more, as the mastermind.It was funny how a harmless looking person like Hera, was responsible for my dilemma. She didn’t even look like someone who would go as far as opening an anonymous account just to ruin my life. Yet, I felt pity for her. She was just a woman who fell in love with the wrong person. Her obsession with Eggust had driven her to do all of those things. I was this close to begging Eggust to drop the charges, but I held back when I realized I wasn’t the only one she put through trauma. Eggust suffered
Juss’ PovAs I slowly opened my eyes, the haze of sleep began to clear, and I was met with the sound of faint chatter. My motherly instincts immediately kicked in, and I scanned the room for my babies. My mind relaxed as I spotted them safely in the arms of Eggust and Marlani. She had been a different person since I gave birth. Two days ago, she even offered me a heartfelt apology. Of course I forgave her, but that didn’t stop the awkwardness between us from lingering. I was grateful she cared about Oscar and Elaine though. It still felt like yesterday, even though it had been a whole week since I had my babies. I was to be discharged today and Sylvester had made arrangements for us to stay in grandfather’s house, as per his request.Grandfather was the first person to notice I had woken up. "Ah, Juss, you're awake," he said, drawing others attention to me. His voice was weak but filled with love.I tried to sit up, but my vision started to blur, a wave of dizziness washed over me,
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
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 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