NICK“You jerk assess should stop looking at me like that as if I stole something from you.” I wondered how he wanted us to look at him and he did steal from us. My bottle of scotch in his hand or did he think he brought that with him when he decided to crush our drinking session? Bloody mafia! Thinking everything belonged to them and they could take anything they wanted.I stood up and went to open the cupboard taking out another bottle. “See, you have more alcohol and yet you were giving me the looks for this bottle. Stop being stingy.” Ethan dramatically threw his hands in the air. “Man, are you serious? If you wanted to drink you could have bought your own and drink it wherever you used to drink. Why are you here?”Luke gently placed the bottle on the table then turned to Ethan, giving him an icy looked. Ethan backed up. “Listen man, you don’t get to look at me like that. I am your daughter’s saviour and if anything happens to me. You will never have a relationship with her.” My f
NICKI tightened the cap on the bottle then gripped it by the neck hard, waiting for Luke to make a move so I could show him not to mess with me. not in my house. He came all the way there and for what? To start shit, not on my watch and certainly not in my house and not with my friend too. “Calm down man, what? It’s okay for you to insult us and we can’t do the same?”Ethan didn’t back down but still I could see the fear in his eyes. One wrong move Luke’s men would storm the castle and there would be no escape for us. But hell, I wasn’t going to sit back and let him start shit in my house.The tension in the house was suffocating to a point that I felt myself getting sober. Damn him! I wanted to get drunk so much that I forget my name. then suddenly, Luke burst out laughing. Ethan and I shared a look. the man was crazy as fuck.“I got you good man! Damn, it works every time.” He said in between his laugh going back to seat. He took the bottle and gulped it down. He placed it back on
NICKHis men quickly gathered but he waved them off as he stood. “That was uncalled for.” He said spitting blood on the ground, I hated the man, I hated what he stood for and that he was getting everything that belonged to me. “You deserve that and more. What the hell are you doing here?” he nodded.“Don’t make hitting me a habit, I might just retaliate.” He raised an eyebrow looking at me. I didn’t know if he was trying to warn me or taunt me. “What the fuck are you doing here Marcus?” he shoved his hands back in his pockets.“I want to see Luke. I know he is here. Tell him to come out and see me if you don’t want me going into your house.” What the hell could he want from Luke. Well, he was going to be his father-in-law. I guess they did have something to talk about.I turned to one of his men. “Call your boss.” He nodded going inside. “So, how is life in the Jones family?” the bastard. We just saw him a couple of hours ago and he was asking as If we have not seen each other for yea
OLIVIAMarcus called very early in the morning asking if we were ready to leave. It was five in the morning when he called, and he sounded drunk. I didn’t know why he would be drinking when he still had medication to take. But I didn’t say anything because I wanted to see him for myself. also, it sounded like he was not alone wherever he was.I tried asking but he was already talking to someone else telling them not to touch something. Then the line went dead. I woke up then and packed the last of our stuff. We only had clothes, everything else burned with my previous home.When I finished packing, I ordered breakfast for us. I didn’t know what state the house was going to be in when we got there. There might not be time to get breakfast and there might be things to buy and errands to run. I wanted us to at least have breakfast before going there. Marcus said a car was going to be here around eight.Around seven, I woke everyone up to shower and have breakfast. “God! I am still feelin
OLIVIAIt has been a peaceful couple of months to a point that I even felt uncomfortable. Waiting for the other shoe to drop because knowing me, things like peace never last. I have been having these anxiety attacks every morning wondering what the hell the day had in store for me and when it ends, and nothing happens.I would sigh in relief and thank God I got through yet another day without any issues. “Olivia, come out! How are we supposed to help you pick a dress if you hide in there?” oh, I almost forgot lost in my thoughts that I forgot what we came here to do. These past couple of months I have been planning my wedding.With the help of a wedding planner and Lupita. Marcus didn’t want to wait long and so did i. I did say that I was living for today and I was happy with Marcus now and I didn’t want to wait for things to change again for me to live my life. So today, I was dress fitting but have been in this fitting room for almost fifteen minutes.Thinking about my grandma and m
OLIVIAAnger and humiliation were what I felt at that moment. What did the man take me for? A gold digger? If that were the case, then I would have taken half of everything Nick owned because we didn’t sign anything and he of all people owed me that and more after what he did to me. yet, I didn’t take anything.“if I was after Marcus’s money then I would have started with my ex-husband’s. I will have you know that I work hard for everything I own, I never asked Marcus for anything and never will. I have my own things and money. It might not be as much as he has but it is mine and I worked for it. I didn’t get it from anyone, it was not handed to me.”He laughed. “I didn’t come here for a speech Olivia and if that is how you feel. Then you will have no problem signing that document.” I was angry, very angry. I thought of just standing up and leaving him there but then I thought of that would just prove his point if I didn’t sign.“Give me a pen.”“Olivia, don’t you want to talk to Marc
MARCUSI cursed under my breath feeling angry. When I told Warren about Olivia, I didn’t do it because I looked down on her, I did it so that he heard it from me and not anyone else. The news about that incident were easy to find and I didn’t want it to seem like I was hiding it. Now the man used that to make my fiancé feel bad.He made her and her family feel small. And he made me seem like an asshole to the woman I was planning on spending the rest of my life with. I thought he was better than that, but I was wrong, he was an asshole who made my fiancé sign a prenup behind my back.“I will be right back.” I turned to leave; I couldn’t even look at Olivia in the eye after hearing what he did. No wonder she looked off when she came back, she was angry, and it was my fault. I got into my car and made some calls. Our wedding was in three weeks, and I was still dealing with family members who didn’t know their boundaries.“Where is Warren?” I called his guard; I wasn’t about to hide that
NICK“Olivia’s wedding is in two weeks.” I ignored Ethan, I knew he only wanted a reaction out of me, but I was not going to give him the satisfaction. “She looks happy, it’s been a while since I last saw her smiling so much. Marcus must be doing something right.” Still, I said nothing. “What do you think Nick?”I stood and went to stand by the window. We were in my office working on a deal. Since I decided to stop bothering Olivia while she was with Marcus, I threw myself into my work and have spent most days and nights in that office.It was starting to feel like before, when Olivia was in jail and all I could do was work. “Nick am talking to you.” he complained, I turned to him. “What do you want me to say Ethan, weren’t you the one who told me to let her be happy with Marcus, so, why do you care what I think about her wedding?”He just looked at me. “It’s okay to be upset about it man, telling you to stop bothering her didn’t mean you must forget her altogether. You have not seen
NICKI felt lighter after leaving that room, like a weight had been lifted and in a way it had. There was no more Sandra to worry about, no more looking over my shoulder, no more wondering what she is planning or what she would do next. All those worries were now gone. I felt like a new man, like I was born again and given another chance at life.Another chance to redeem myself, a chance to make things right and getting rid of Sandra was the first step towards achieving that. Call me cruel but the bible says, ‘God helps those who help themselves. Olivia, me and God forbid Marcus. Have been waiting for some miracle from above.Praying to God that Sandra changes, but no miracle came, instead, the she devil hurt us even more. Well, I guess I was not different from her after all. Maybe I was worse than she was, I mean she never killed anyone at least not that I knew of, but I did. I killed her, I could not stand to see those close to me suffer anymore.Even the moron who took everything f
NICKI knew he was not going to be a good guy for long with Sandra, no one ever is. The woman had a way of making one so angry that they want to kill her with their bare hands. She did the same to me and to Luke. She was good at it. I didn’t know why she was not dead yet.I watched as Marcus choked her, I was sure he was not in his right mind, he was so angry that he found himself doing that. I did it as well, I know the feeling. I walked out and went to find her doctor. I knocked once in his office and let myself in.“Mr Jones, how can I help you?”“Remember what I asked you to prepare for me?” he nodded. “I need it now.” he looked shocked that I asked for it. what did he think it was for? “Are you sure about this?” I nodded, he hesitated but went ahead and opened his locked cabinet and took it out then handed it to me.I took it and shoved it in my pocket then walked out. When I got back to the ward, Marcus had stopped choking Sandra and was now standing by the door while she coughe
MARCUSI thought we were going to the hospital to see my daughter, but Nick led me to the psych ward where Sandra was. I didn’t know what he hoped to achieve by doing that, I didn’t think seeing her was going to change anything. Yes, I have not made the decision on what I was going to do with her. she hurt my wife, and I swore to protect her.But did she hurt her more than I did, or was what she did to her more than what I did? We both hurt Olivia and yes. She has hurt her more than anyone could ever imagine. My wife and I were in this predicament because of what she did in the past. But did she deserve to die? I didn’t think Olivia would want that.Knowing her, she only wanted the woman out of her life not for her to die. When we got there, they opened for us and Nick led the way to Sandra’s ward. Inside we found her sitting by the window looking out. She might have looked out of it, but she was still a beautiful woman.I had no doubt my daughter was going to have good features. “San
MARCUSI didn’t want to go back to the hospital, not until I found my wife and have spoken to her. I couldn’t just lose her too carelessly like that. I needed her now more than ever, she was my reason for waking up in the morning, the reason I look strong to everyone out there. She made me feel that way just because she was there to catch me when I would fall.When the exhaustion hit, when all hope is gone, when nothing seemed to make sense. She was there with me and for me. she lifted me up, gave me strength and continued to cheer me on. I was who I was because I had her. she made sense of my world because she is my world.People say something like this a lot, ‘I am nothing without you,’ then turn around and do something else. Some might even say I was exactly the same for what I did to my wife. But what no one understood was the fact that I got to do all that because I had a rock by myside.I really had and was nothing without her. “I am sure you are blaming yourself right now, aski
OLIVIAHaving my son with me, made me a little better. It got me angry at the same time. I lost months with him and for what? nothing. I made sacrifices for my marriage and what did I get in return? Nothing. I didn’t think it was fair at all. Investing in something and getting nothing in return. As much as I have a good man by my side.It didn’t help that he neglected me, that he pushed me aside and focused on that woman. I get that the child is his, but he didn’t know at the time. My complaints fell on deaf ears. My husband, who was once attentive turned into a blind and deaf man. Who could not see that pain I was feeling from the way he was behaving.He did not see how much strain I was taking, and he did not hear my complaints. He basically turned a blind eye to everything to do with me. the accident was the last straw. He could have checked on me, came and told me as soon as he found out so we can see what to do.He didn’t do that, instead, he behaved like Nick Jones only caring a
MARCUSI ran out of the hospital with Ethan following behind. I was like a crazy man outside looking around as if I was going to see her. “Come on, I will drive.” I didn’t know where he was driving me, I just followed, soon we were on the road heading towards Luke’s house. “Do you want to tell me what happened?”I didn’t know where to start, people like me turn to take things for granted thinking that they would always be there. I took my wife for granted thinking that she would never leave, that she would always be there and put up with my shit. I forgot that she was human too and had feelings. I put her through hell, and she stood by me.Yet, I didn’t even notice how hurt she was by my actions. “We are here.” I pushed the door open and rushed out. The house was dark indicating that there was no one in there. But still, I pounded on that door hoping for a miracle but nothing. “There is no one there.” Ethan stated the obvious, I wished I could take my anger out on him.Punch him a few
MARCUSIf I knew last night that today was going to be like this, I would have made better choices, done things differently and treated my wife better. In fact, I would redo the whole seven months if I could. I didn’t know how badly I have been treating my wife until she cried a few minutes ago while telling me all that I have done to her.Nick was right, I was not better than he was. I think I might even be worse. What kind of husband did the kind of shit I did? A bad one if you asked me. it hurt me to see her crying painfully like that. it hurt even more learning that she was not the mother of the baby I made her miserable for.I wished I could read minds and know what she was thinking. If she was willing to raise Sandra’s baby with me. it’s selfish, I know but what can a man do? I am deeply in love with my wife, and I don’t want to lose her. I might not have slept with Sandra and gotten her pregnant, but she was still
LUKEThe moment I found her crying in her ward looking broken, my blood boiled. I didn’t know what happened or why she wanted to leave. Or why she didn’t want Marcus to know. That was not priority to me, I didn’t care about any of it either. I care so much about her though, my dear daughter has been through hell and back.Whatever she does, she can’t seem to catch a break. Everything always goes down hill sooner or later. I think it is good that she is leaving. I have seen first hand how much she was suffering because of that woman. Marcus not even noticing the sad look in her eyes every time she saw them together.The longing in those beautiful eyes of hers when he would massage her feet as she watched. That angered me every time, but I kept my mouth shut because she loved him and wanted to stay with him. I knew if I did something to him, she would have never forgiven me for it.Now the moron has gone and hurt her
OLIVIAI should have never gotten married again. I was too delusional and thought that this time, it would work out. That it would be different, that Nick was the problem and if I could just get rid of him, then I could get rid of Sandra and everything to do with the both of them.Little did I know that Sandra was not done with me. The recent events made me realize that it was never about Nick but about me. For some reason, unknown to me. Sandra hated me. I sat on the hospital bed, arm and leg in cast. Tears and snot falling. Thinking about the past when we were teenagers.What I might have done to her to make her resent me. but nothing came to mind. To my knowledge and from what I remembered, I always treated her well. My grandmother treated her well. Then why was she so resentful towards me?I must have done something really horrible in my past life to be punished like this in this one. I wished whoever I wronged could just find it in t