Harper.- I decided to keep my cool and stay quiet, you know, Because it’s a woman’s world. But after seeing this video at the airport I could not hold it in any more. My heart shattered into pieces as I watched every second of the video. My fiance in another Man’s arms. I decided to release the real video, the one Harper Walter altered to garner attention to herself. Prior to the time of the video taken, I confronted her about Damon brown and she confirmed to my face that she had been sleeping around with him. She also said she would get married to me if I was interested in been in an open marriage with her. I was very angry, I mean who wouldn’t be! We used to be so in love, what changed? But she insisted that she wanted to keep having sex with Damon Brown. I wouldn’t lie that I wasn’t provoked! Because I was, but I didn’t lay a finger on her, I never would. I’m just happy that the public is starting to see the issue for what it really is! -“Shit! Shit!” I hissed loudly as I finally
Next day, 11:30am.Harper. “You have a meeting with the board at two o’clock, you should be preparing for that, where are you going?!” Collin called behind me, I paused in my tracks and slowly turned to look at him.“I will be back shortly, there’s something I should have done a long time ago and I didn’t do, “ I said to him, he exhaled deeply in response, his hands dropping softly to his side.“Prepare my speech, I’ll look through it quickly once I’m back,” I said to him and he nodded slowly. With that I turned around, grabbed the door knob and stepped out of my office.“Is there anything you’d like me to do for you?!” Leslie asked rising up to her feet as soon as I walked out of the office, I flashed her a tight lipped smile and shook my head slowly.“After my meeting today, you should come to my office, let’s look through the projects I asked you to handle,” I said to her and she nodded slowly, I slowly walked past her and headed for the elevator. It was now or never.****I parke
Harper.“First of all Mr Alan I’d like to correct you about something, calling what I have with Damon an affair is very rude of you and I demand an apology,” I began, the conference room broke out in murmurs again but my gaze remained on Mr Alan squarely.“Three months ago, On the 13th of July this year I was at my mother’s residence at exactly 8:00pm and I called off whatever wedding plans she had with Novan!” I continued, I slowly took my eyes off Mr Alan and turned to my mother, I gently placed my phone on the table and clicked play on the recordings.*“The wedding will happen next year!”* Mom’s voice filtered out of my phone.*“Except that there won’t be any wedding!”**”As fifty percent of this union, I say I’m putting an end to this! I’m no longer interested,”**”These are the issues,”**“This wedding is over!”**“Where the hell are you going!”* My gaze was on my mom the whole time, I could see her grind her teeth quietly barely keeping her acts together, immediately the releva
Damon.“Why are we coming to a retirement home,” Daphne asked as I turned into Peaceful Pines Retirement home and drove straight into the underground parking lot.“Apparently, this is where he moved to after abruptly retiring at age forty- two,” I responded to her as we both stepped out of the car and slammed the door shut.“What do you mean abruptly, forty two is quite an old age,” she said, I slowly turned to look at her with raised brows as we made our way towards the elevator. Immediately we got to the elevator, I clicked on the floor we were headed to and waited for the door to slide open.“In the medical line, at age forty two he must have just been getting to the peak of his career, retiring just like that and moving to a retirement home is suspicious,” I explained to Daphne as we walked into the elevators and the doors slid close.“Does he know we’re coming?!” Daphne asked and I shook my head slowly.“He doesn’t, but he shouldn’t be difficult to find,” I said as the elevator
Harper.“Babe! Babe! Stop the car please,” I yelled fearfully, my heart slammed mercilessly against my ribcage, I watched as Damon barely took control of the steering wheel, I kept screaming begging him to stop the car but the car just kept moving faster in zigzag disoriented motion. We were rapidly heading towards a light pole, not just any pole but one connected to a lot of live wire transferring light throughout the area.“Damon!” I screamed as the car ran straight into the pole and finally came to an halt, my head hit the dashboard and I felt blood burst out through my head, the windscreen shattered into pieces tiny chunks of the glasses cutting through my skin. I pulled away and turned to look at Damon, he had passed out, his head pressed tightly against the steering wheel. “No, no, no no!” I stuttered, I grabbed his shoulders and shook him violently but he didn’t respond to me, my hands shook, my breath hitched, I grabbed the door trying to push it open but I couldn’t, the fro
DaphneLater that evening, 7:30pm.“Here, you haven’t had anything to eat since morning,” I heard Collin say beside me, I had my head buried in my palm, I slowly looked up at him. He stretched out an energy booster drink to me.“I got this from the pharmacy, Atleast if you won’t eat, drink this,” he said, I shook my head slowly and he dropped his hands,“If anybody needs that, then it’s Harper not me, she was in the accident also and she has refused to stand up from Damon’s side or have anything to eat or drink since morning,” I said to him, he gently stepped forward and took his seat beside me.“Don’t worry about Harper, your mother cooked for her and convinced her to eat already” he said, I slowly turned to him, he raised his hands to my face and carefully brushed my hair back tucked my hair behind my ear.“I’m worried about you also, you should eat something,” he said, I gently shook my head as he stretched his hands around my shoulder and pulled me into himself, I placed my head
Damon.I sat calmly with my feet on the floor, my head was wrapped in thick bandage, my head and body still ached but the pain in my heart was nothing compared to the pain in my body. How much harmful can I get?! I can’t believe I put Harper in harm’s way. Yesterday, I wasn’t feeling too good, I was angry, really angry, but I still insisted on driving her home, if I had known I should have just let her be, then I’d probably be the only one here.The doctor had to sedate her, he noticed a hike in her blood pressure and she really needed to rest. I knew she was in pain but she wouldn’t accept it. Everytime she furrowed her brows in pain or balled her hands into a tight fist, a pang of guilt pierced through my chest and I could not help but feel guilty for it.I heard the door knob twist and the door slowly creaked open, I reluctantly took my eyes off Harper and turned to look at door, I saw Daphne walk in calmly, a faraway look of guilt deep down her eyes.“No don’t do that, don’t pi
Next day Michelle.When I woke up, my head was pounding, and the weight of something warm beside me made me freeze. I opened my eyes slowly, and took in my surroundings, the sight of Novan's room, his stupidly unfamiliar room, hit me immediately and I jolted up in shock. I wasn’t in my bed. I wasn’t even in my house.And then it hit me harder, I was naked under his sheets.“What the hell?” I muttered, my heart racing as I adjusted to face him, pulling the duvet tightly around me. The movement must’ve woken him because, of course, Novan stirred awake right beside me. He blinked lazily, smirking like this was all normal. Like it wasn’t the worst mistake of my life.“Morning,” he said, stretching, pretending to be oblivious of my anger. I rolled my eyes and snapped at him,“Are you serious right now? You knew I was drunk, and you still—” I stopped myself, the words choking me. Heat flushed through my entire body, I felt a mix of anger and humiliation. “How could you?”He sat up, runnin
One months later .Harper.As Damon and I walked out of the wedding reception hall, hand in hand, the sound of cheers and applause surrounded us. The air was filled with excitement, love, and celebration as our family and friends gathered around, clapping and throwing rose petals into the air. My heart pounded in my chest, the reality of what we had just accomplished sinking in—we were finally married. After all had been said and done, I was finally spending the rest of my life with the man I loved the most.I looked up at him, my husband, and he gave me that smile, the one that made my knees weak every time. It felt surreal. After everything we had been through to get here, after all the obstacles and moments of doubt, we had made it. We were bound together, forever.The cool evening breeze hit my face as we stepped outside, but all I could feel was the warmth radiating from his hand in mine. Our family followed close behind, their joyful laughter echoing around us as they took pict
Five days later. Geraldine.I paced through the bustling terminal of the international airport, I was putting on sunglases and an oversized hoodie and sweatpants to hide my identity.I had carefully been planning my escape, I had prepared these travel documents a long time ago as plan B, I used my maiden name nobody ever knew me as. Two days ago, Michelle was arrested, the investigations Harper began were finally completed, also she happened to have been involved in Damon’s Ex plans, she was taken into custody alongside Jade awaiting trial. Novan was also caught trying to kill Harper, and trust these little bastard to drag me right into the mud with them, they both became very sentimental and unreasonable after Michelle got pregnant. These are the issues! These are the exact reasons I hate children. My grip on my box tightened as I pushed it along, as if that wasn’t enough, Evidences of what happened Eighteen years ago began to resurface, I thought I had wiped clean all eveidence b
4:00pmDamon. “Harper was dismissed?!” I repeated immediately Collin mentioned it, he nodded slowly in response to my words and he went on to explain how it happened.“Shit!” “How is she ?! Is she doing fine?!” I asked as I looked up at Rose.“Obviously not, she’s still in her feelings and she says she just wants to be alone,” Rose replied.“How can she just want to be alone, someone has to be with her,” I said, she shook her head slowly.“No I think she should be left alone,” Rose said, I exhaled deeply and leaned into the chair, I dipped my hands in my hair ruffling it slightly. “What do we do guys, honestly we channeled all our effort in one direction, we didn’t have any plan B,” I muttered, Rose sat up straight in her chair looking between Collin and I.“There’s someone I’ll like you to meet,” she muttered and almost immediately the door open revealing Lisa and someone else behind her, “Thank you Lisa,” Rose said, she responded with a slight bow and with that she turned arou
Meanwhile, that same morning.Damon. I parked in front of the Jade apartment, I stepped out of my car and dashed to her front porch, I banged my hands on her door continuously, my patience waning by the second. The door went open, without even letting her say a word I violently pushed the door wider and walked in, she flinched lightly as she let go of the door knob and stepped away immediately. “It was you! You did this!”“You saw that I was drunk and you took advantage of me!” I yelled the veins in my neck popping out, she scoffed as she slowly folded her hands around her chest, “I took advantage of you?! Everyone saw the video and it seems to be the other way around,” “Your hands were all over me, you couldn’t get enough of me! You enjoyed it as much as I did!”“Can’t you see Damon?! We are meant to be, you love me,” she muttered stepping close to me, as she raised her hands to my chest, I angrily grabbed her hands and twisted it behind her,“Oww, that hurts!” She squeaked and
(Immediately after the meeting)Rose. “Have you found Michelle?!!” I paused in my tracks, my hands slowly loosened around the knob to Geraldine’s office , I stepped close and pressed my ear against the door“No ma’am, she’s not at her place , Novan is confused also, her friend’s apartment have been under locks for a while, I guess they ran away together,” “Leslie at this point I don’t need any negative answers from you, you should do your job perfectly,” I raised my hands over my mouth immediately she mentioned the name of the person she was having a conversation with. Oh my God! Who would have thought! Leslie?!“What about Harper?! Anything I need to know?!”“Ma’am Everything is under control, you’ve ruined all their evidences against you, at the moment everything is going south for them,”“Good! Now get back to your work station before anybody suspects anything,” I heard Geraldine say, I immediately stepped away and hurried over to the next passage way, after some seconds, I peak
Next Day Damon.My eyes slowly fluttered open, the moment I opened my eyes I felt a banging ache in my head, I winced in pain as I raised my hands to my head and rubbed my forehead slowly, I slowly sat up on the sofa where I was seated. There was a glass of alcoholic wine and a cup on the floor, I mistakenly kicked the glass with my legs but luckily it didn’t break. I looked down at my self, my shirt was undone, even the zip of my pant trousers, I exhaled deeply, the pain in my head still as prevalent as ever, just how much did I have to drink yesterday. I picked up my phone laying carelessly on the floor and stared in it, 07:00 am. It was already morning, I’m sure some workers would have arrived, I buttoned up my shirt and dressed up properly, I wanted to pick up my laptop bag but I decided against it, I’ll be coming back to the office very soon, I just wanted to go home and get changed, and come back to the office. I picked up my jacket and headed out of the office. “Ohh!” Lisa s
Damon.9:00pm I didn’t even know what to think right now, my head was empty, very empty, I already drank every single thing in my head away. I was dead drunk, I don’t usually drink talk more of getting drunk but with everything that had been happening recently I drank way more than my liquor limit. I’m amazed at the fact that I was able to drive without getting into an accident. I slowly looked up at the building I was parked in front of, ohh shit! The office. How can I be here, I really thought I was driving home and had gotten home. Ohh boy, I might as well pass the night here, I pushed the door open, staggered out barely keeping my acts together, I almost fell but I quickly grabbed onto the car door to steady myself, I squeezed my eyes shut tightly hoping to steady all the images spiralling before my eyes but I couldn’t, I gave up, slammed the door shut, locked it and headed into the office. Everyone had locked up and gone home, I fumbled with the lock for quite some minutes befo
Harper.“You misplaced the drive?!” Mr Henry exclaimed over the phone, I dipped my hands in my hair and ruffled it rigorously, pacing my office aimlessly. “I’ll make sure to find it I promise,”“There’s no need for that, Geraldine just left my office, she had it and she has destroyed it,” he said, I paused in my tracks immediately and looked up.“What!”“Yes! Obviously,”“But who could have told her about it,” he exhaled, I exhaled deeply and slowly dropped on to the sofa behind me,“That’s the thing! I have no idea,” I sighed frustratingly, I heard him exhale deeply over the phone,“Okay, let’s talk later, I’ve got to go” he said, I nodded slowly as I gently removed the phone from my ear and dropped it on the table. Just then the door opened and Collin walked in, “Harper ..”“Mr Henry just called,” I said cutting Collin off, he stepped forward and propped closer to me,“What did he say?!”“That we shouldn’t bother searching for it, Geraldine destroyed it right in front of his eye
Meanwhile.Michelle.“Tell me why you haven’t been picking up my calls!”I looked up to see Novan barge into my hospital room and slammed the door behind me, I rolled my eyes to the back of my head, obviously he’d be able to enter now, I sent the guy my mom out to monitor me on an endless exhausting errand, he paused in his tracks and looked up at me,“You’re packing, you’re leaving?! Did the doctor say you can leave?!” He asked all at once, I ignored him and kept on packing my things, I didn’t want to stay here anymore, it’s no longer safe for me, I want to leave. “Atleast tell me where you’re going!” He said as he grabbed my hands and turned me to face him, I bit the insides of my lips and snatched my hands away from him, I looked around the room, immediately I sighted the CCTV camera, I took off my platform slippers and aimed it at it, I didn’t miss, the CCTV camera came shattering down, “I’m going somewhere safe!” I finally said as I walked up to where I threw my slippers , pick