Reynolds looked at the rose bushes and images of Amy crouching beside the bush pulling tentatively at weeds flashed through his vision. Images of her haunted him whenever she wasn't around him, making him yearn and pine for her like a little boy after a bar of chocolate. Sex with her felt like normalcy with a mixture of delight, delight so insane it felt surreal. Since the first time on the ship, they could barely keep their hands off each other, tearing at each other's clothes at any slight opportunity. He smiled and watched his grandma water the lily patch, his thoughts quickly switched to her. Her doctor had called him to give him feedback from the tests she carried out routinely in the hospital.Her heart condition was getting worse by the day, he said something about her valves being defective and would need to be replaced. The chances of her surviving the surgery was slim, and the recovery rate was really slow especially for someone her age. Since he heard the news, he found
Amy didn’t say a word and walked out of the room with Reynolds behind him .They stepped out of the car, Amy's hand tucked into the crook of his elbow. The entrance to the venue was crammed with reporters, bloggers and what not. Somehow they had been tipped off that Reynolds Bennet and his wife was going to be in attendance and they came out in numbers, crowding the entrance of the hotel where the engagement party was to take place. As if on cue, immediately they spotted the couple making their way to the door they gathered round them trying to shove their cameras and different microphones, looking for a statement."Mrs Bennet since the accident you've been quiet, are congratulations in order?"Amy turned to Reynolds, a questioning look on her face, "what are they talking about '', "ignore them, they're just chasing clout". Reynolds said and held her hand wading off the persistent reporters till they got into the venue. The hall was already packed with people, the couple sighted th
Phone in hand Reynolds paced back and forth in the wide sitting room. "Get them to take it down, I thought you could handle this Luke" he barked into the phone and hung up without bothering to hear from the other end. Amy was sitting with her mother at the other end of the room, she had flown in from Dallas where she was attending a fashion show with her designer. "Amy darling, are you so sure that you're not pregnant?" Her mother, Juliet said her eyes shining with hope. Amy, exhausted from the continuous drilling and interrogation, placed a hand on her forehead, "for the hundredth time mom, I am not pregnant. Don't you think if I was that I would know?". Her mother turned away crushed, "there has to be an explanation for all of this. The news ought to have come from somewhere".Almost immediately his phone rang again, it was his mom calling, "hello mom". He listened for a while and responded, "they’re all lies mom, no you and dad don't need to come down here. I'm handling everyth
"Amy darling, wake up" her mother screamed again, the weight of the unconscious body on her making her slide on to the floor with her back against the wall. "Somebody help me" she screamed again but her voice just echoed and bounced off the walls. There was no way someone could possibly hear her, the staff quarters was downstairs and was away from where other rooms were situated. Juliet knew there was no way she could lift Amy up, she was much too heavy for her so she placed her head carefully on the floor and picked her out of the toilet carefully to avoid stepping on her.Running down stairs, she sighted one of the housekeepers that had served her breakfast earlier heading to the adjoining room. She intercepted her and grabbed her hand, "come with me, I need help". "What is the problem ma'am?" The girl inquired but Juliet gave her no reply and dragged her hastily up the stairs and into Amy's room. When they got to the toilet, the girl stopped and stared in shock at the body ly
Cody looked at the news headlines with fear and panic in his heart. When he had gotten the results from Mrs Bennet's tests, it showed that nothing was wrong with her and that she was as healthy as a horse, so he decided to run a few more tests. He liked being thorough in his work and he didn't want her to come back to hear that the tests showed that nothing was wrong with her when she was obviously displaying symptoms related to a health condition. Just to be certain and as a second thought he screened the blood for the presence of the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone which would indicate pregnancy.It came back positive for pregnancy and he was indifferent to it, he was just doing his job and he packaged the results to be taken over to the doctors office for when she came back for it. He had passed by her office once and had a glimpse of her during the week, all the while thinking of how funny it was that while she was sitting up here in the million dollar office she owned, he
Reynolds watched the young man say his part of the story, and what disgusted him was the woman's influence on him. The lady said she sold the story to a reporter who paid her for it. He put a call across to Luke while walking back to his car, "I've sent you details of two people, by tomorrow morning I want you to terminate their appointments with my wife's company and make sure no other place ever hires them and meet me at the club in 5 minutes". He hung up the call.On the drive home, instead of taking the right turn home, he took the left turn and drove to his club. He needed to clear his head and sort things through. Did he really want a child?The thought of being a father scared him. What if the child ended up being as damaged as he is?. He parked his car in the parking lot of the club and stepped out, he walked into the club and went up to the seat which was always reserved for him and Luke. From afar he sighted Luke already seated, waiting for him. He sat opposite him and
Antoine sat with his phone in his hand, backing the door to the bar. She had sent him a text last night saying there was a problem and that they needed to meet urgently. This morning he had woken up to see an address she had texted to him. This part of the city was not where he would typically like to come but according to her, they needed to meet in a place where no one would recognize them. "What can I get you" a deep husky voice murmured beside him and he raised his head to see who it was. He hadn't heard him approach his table partly because the bar was really noisy with men drinking and toasting each other from all angles and because he had been distracted.The man had no semblance to a bartender, he was tall with huge muscles, the biceps jutting out from all angles with weird tattoos covering most of his upper half. He wore an apron, two sizes small with the words, raw, suck and dawg inscribed on it. From the dark shades he wore, Antoine could see the impatience written on
A knock sounded on her door and before she could give consent, the door was pushed open to reveal Jane standing there. "It's late ma, aren't you leaving?" She asked and walked into the office, a bag slung over her shoulder and a file in her hand. "I have a lot to tidy up here and moreover, my husband is not here yet". Amy looked around, just noticing that it was dark. She was so engrossed in work that she didn't keep track of time. "It's getting really late ma'am, should I call up your driver?"Amy looked at her watch, it was getting really late and Reynolds still wasn't here. "Call my husband's office and ask if he's still there," she said and picked up her phone. Jane nodded and walked out to place the call. Amy called Reynolds' mobile number but he wasn't picking, and she dropped a text for him, asking if he was okay."I called his office ma, his secretary said that he left for your office a while ago" Jane said while walking into the office. Before she could respond, her phon