OLIVIAI felt numb as I sat in that car, “Take me to her grave, I want to see it.” I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for not being there for her, for not being able to take care of her like she did with me when my parents died. I wanted to apologise to her for causing her death. “We don’t know it, but we will find out and let you know.”I nodded, I wanted to ask where they were taking me because my home with Nick was no longer my home anymore. It stopped being my home the day he sent me to jail. I didn’t care where they took me, it didn’t matter to me anymore. My grandmother was dead, now I only had my son.I looked out the window as we drove, the place seemed familiar yet different at the same time. There were some new buildings I didn’t know, probably built while I was inside. “Don’t you want something to eat Olivia?”My mother-in-law asked, she was sitting right next to me. she didn’t care that I was dirty and smelling. She was sitting right there holding my hand. “No, I am not
OLIVIAI wished he did. I didn’t even know why he didn’t come to the prison to serve me with those divorce papers. I waited for him to come; I was ready. Why didn’t he do it? “No, but I want to divorce him, you can tell him to bring the divorce papers and I will sign them.”I wanted nothing to do with that man, ever again. All I wanted was for him to release me and set me free. Those divorce papers will free me from him. My mother-in-law didn’t ask any more questions after that.We drove to their house; it still looked the same as I remember it. “Do you still not want anything to eat?” I shook my head no. “I am not hungry, but I would like to rest.” She nodded. My father-in-law has been quiet all this time. “You know where your room is. Go and rest.”I didn’t want to sleep in the same room I used to share with Nick when we came to visit. “Can I please use another room and can I borrow your phone please. I would like to make a call.”“Sure, choose any room you like and here is my phone
NICKI didn’t go home after seeing her, I went straight to the bar and started drinking. I couldn’t get her image out of my head. She looked so…so frail. Why did she look like that, was prison that bad for her? “Give me another.” I ordered to the lady that was serving me.She walked away but instead of coming back with my drink, she came back with the bar tender. “Mr Jones, I think you have had enough. Do you want me to call a taxi for you?” he must think I am child and that I can’t think for myself.I am not a child, and I can drink as much as I want. “James, give me my drink.” I said with a threatening voice, well, I wanted it to be threatening but I am not sure how threatening I am in my current state. “Mr Jones, you have been drinking since you got here, three hours ago. I don’t think you can handle more.”I glared at him, I am still the heir of the Jones f
ETHANOliver and I shared a look after Nick passed out. We both knew who he was talking about, we knew who he called his heart. Olivia. But why would he be so affected by her? he was fine when she was in jail the past two years. He didn’t care whether she lived or died. He was busy parading that woman around.Now that she is out, he has a problem. No! Nick should give others a chance too. “Help me with him and don’t ever let him drink this much again. Call me in early the next time he does something like this.”“Yes, Mr Lewis.” We placed him on the backseat of the car and Oliver stayed with him. My phone wrang just as I was about to start the car. I took it out of the pocket and a number I didn’t know flashed on the screen. I frowned answering it. “Ethan Lewis.”“Hi, it’s me.” My heart skipped a beat when I heard her voice. I looked at the backseat and Nick was out co
NICKSandra must have been worried sick when I didn’t come home yesterday. I left going to the police station to sign the release documents since I was forced to drop the charges by my parents. She must have thought that I saw Olivia and wanted her back. Which I did, but it was the way she looked that got me distraught.She was not the Olivia I knew, and I wanted to know what happened in there. I thought going out drinking was going to make me forget the way she was, but it made it worse. The first day I drank and slept in my car then went back at it again until Ethan was called to come pick me up.I was angry with him too, he was my best friend, we grew up together. How can he not know that he got drunk and got Sandra pregnant? Now since the baby was no longer there because of my wife, Sandra didn’t want Ethan to know about that night.Olivia should have been there for her, supported her but instead she got jealous of the time Sandra, and I spent together working and instead of suppor
NICKI woke up feeling like I was hit by a truck. I laid there with my eyes closed just listening to my aching body and regretting drinking so much. But then something moved by my side, and I opened my eyes then turned. Only to find Sandra sleeping next to me.I forgot about my aching body as I jumped out of bed. “What the hell Sandra!” she jumped up and sat on the bed disoriented and looking around. “What, what is the matter?” bloody hell! “What do you mean? You are in my bed!” she rubbed her eyes getting out of bed as if she did nothing wrong.“Oh, that. Sorry, I had a nightmare, and I couldn’t sleep. So, I came here, and I asked if I could sleep with you, and you said yes.” What! How drunk was I last night? Because I didn’t remember any of that. “Sandra, I was drunk last night, you shouldn’t have taken anything I said seriously and besides. I am a married man, and this bed belongs to my wife and I.”She didn’t look at me, she lowered her head then picked up her slippers and wore th
ETHANI was about to drive out to pick up Olivia, so I can take her to her grandmother’s grave. I just sat in the car when James, my driver and bodyguard spoke. “Sir, I just got an alert, someone just accessed Mrs Jones’s prison record.” Nick! What the hell are you looking for?“We knew this might happen one day James, that is why we took so many precautions. I assume they didn’t find anything, yes?” He nodded. I could not afford to let Nick find out about Samuel. He didn’t deserve to know anything about that boy.“Keep it that way. And James, if Nick ever found out about Samuel and everything that happened to Olivia in there. I will forget everything we have been through and all the years you have worked for me. That means, I would put you down like I dog, if that ever happened.”He swallowed hard and started the car. Nick thinks he is the only one who is connected enough to make things happen. I was connected too, and I didn’t become a tech billionaire by chance, I was and so were m
OLIVIAThe anger I felt when I saw my grandmother’s grave was indescribable. The pain though, was more than the anger I felt. The woman did everything for me and made sure I studied and became the woman I am today. Yet, I was not there when she needed me the most, I was not there to give her a proper burial.She was buried like a dog with no headstone or photo. It broke my heart that things got so bad that she became collateral damage. But I was going to make things right, those who wronged me, those caused me this pain, are going to feel the same pain ten folds.“Take me back Ethan, I am just going to tell Nick’s parents that I am going back home.” He nodded and we left the graveyard. Leaving my grandmother with a promise that I was going to do right by her. The drive back was silent, with me thinking of ways to make money. I had no job, and no one was going to hire me with a criminal record.That was what Nick wanted when he got me arrested and he did swear to make me pay, to make m
NICKMy heart swelled seeing Samuel back safe. I was worried especially when that man threatened to do harm to him. I was worried sick, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Like if something were to happen to the boy, it would affect me more than it should. As he was not my son. But there was something about him.Something I couldn’t place my finger on, I had a connection to the boy, I couldn’t explain. If he were born at home with me and Olivia, then I would say it was because of that. but he was born in prison, and he had a close relationship with Ethan and not me. But why did I feel the way I felt about him? maybe it was because he was part of Olivia, and I loved her.When she came into the house with him, I followed. I don’t know why but I followed and got into bed with them. Olivia on the one side and I on the other. Samuel in the middle. I thought she was going to chase me away or Marcus would say something. But to my surprise, none of them said a thing.Marcus only peeked at the
OLIVIAMarcus followed me to the kitchen, probably wondering why I was being stubborn about this. But that woman’s husband traumatized my son, taking him from his home and flying him across the world. And for what? To get money from his nephew? Samuel was not Marcus’s son; he should have gone after something that was Marcus’s not mine.“Olivia, I know what he did is unforgivable. But I am already taking everything from him and his family. Lilly will no longer have the same lifestyle she grew up with. Things will change for her big time, school, friends, everything. I can’t take her father away from her too. Believe it or not. My uncle is a good father to his daughter.”I wished I could shut him up with a punch right on the mouth. How could he try and manipulate me like that? actually that was emotional blackmail, and I didn’t like it. “Fine, I will tell Luke to give her a phone. But I am not going to forget this.” I told him then walked out of the kitchen. I felt like he was, yet agai
OLIVIAI didn’t know where that anger came from, but I just exploded when she said those things. I didn’t care about any of that, I just wanted my son. “That’s my daughter, if you thought I was bad, then you haven’t met my daughter. Well, you have just now but she is worse than I could ever be.” Luke said coming in with a tub of ice cream in hand.The man was making it seem like we were a family of mafias there, I threw a glare at him and he lifted his hands up in surrender. “See, I am even scared of her myself and yet she is my daughter. My only child. That boy is her only child as well and trust me. she will gut you and leave you bleeding to death if you don’t give her son back.”Jesus, Luke! Marcus laughed. “Now I see why you want to take everything from us, you are being threatened by this family of gangsters you married into. I thought I knew your character and the type of woman yo
OLIVIAWhen we landed in London and got out of the plane. My heart almost stopped when I saw so many men in black standing there. Marcus and I looked at each other confused. I even thought they were agents of some government organisation or something. That was until we got down and one who seemed to be the leader of the group came forward and greeting me.He paid Marcus no mind as he told me that my father the don told him to come get me. I was shocked because firstly, I didn’t know what the hell the don was and secondly. I thought the mafia was back in Summer Strand. There was no way Luke flew all those men there. Marcus and I followed them in our car.The car was brought by his driver to the airport. On the way he was telling Marcus how much damage was caused by Nick and Luke. “Don’t worry about that Larry, am here now and I am going to sort all this out.” I couldn’t believe they burnt down so many m
NICKThere was silence on the other end of the line, and I held my breath hoping the man was smart enough to make the right decision. While we were still waiting for him to respond, the line went dead. Luke chuckled with an evil smirk on his face. I wondered what he was thinking because I was never going to let him hurt a child.“Well, it seems you don’t mean much to your husband. All he cares about is his wealth. Anyway…” he stood, and I did the same. “Take them to the car, we are taking them with us since the man doesn’t want them. we will keep them.” okay, that was not so bad. He said nothing about hurting them just taking them.It was going to scare him enough to act, I hoped. He and I walked out. “Tell your boss that I have taken his family. Tell him if he wants them back then he knows what he must do.” He told the guards. We got into the car. “Let’s get out of here before Olivia and Marcus arrive.” I agreed fully with that one.Olivia would think I was a monster if she saw me do
NICKWhen Luke said we were going to have fun in London, I was worried. Let’s face it, the man was a mafia kingpin, and his idea of fun was not like a normal man’s idea of fun. When I asked what kind of fun was there to be had. He mentioned guns, arson the works. It got me shaking to my core. We were looking for a child and those things were not exactly child friendly.But then again, kidnapping a child was not child friendly either. The man took my boy and didn’t think about how he would feel being away from his family. He took him for his own selfish reasons and that couldn’t go unpunished. Some people needed to be severely punished in order for them to learn.So, I agreed with Luke’s plan even though it made me sick. But then the fun started, when we got to London and met with his men at the airport. I felt like the most powerful man in the world. Hell, I had money and power but that felt like a different kind of power. Which it was. The way those men worshiped the ground we walked
OLIVIA“Let me get this straight, you are pissed that they have destroyed your property and you wanted them to wait until you could point them in the right direction or the direction you think he might be keeping him, is that what you are saying?” seriously, I wanted to make sure that was what he was saying before I could explode.“If they had waited or at least asked me, I would have told them possible places they could look at without them having to destroy my properties. Is there a need for property distraction in this to begin with? Come man, they are just being spiteful now.” I chuckled not believing what I was hearing.“Not so long ago, you didn’t believe Nick about this, you thought he was lying about the whole thing and now you are angry they didn’t consult you before they started searching for my son? You are unbelievable.” Samuel was not his son, granted but for him to be upset about his
OLIVIAAs soon as Marcus told me what was going on, I stood from the pool chair I was sitting on and headed inside the hotel. I should have known he would do something like that. I just thought he would wait until he was cut off officially for him to act but I was wrong. His uncle was eager to make sure that doesn’t happen and what better way to do it than to kidnap his nephew’s stepson.“Olivia, what are you doing?” I got into the hotel and started packing, I didn’t know why he was asking when he could clearly see exactly what I was doing. “You should be calling the jet and telling them we are heading to London.” I told him as I continued to shove clothes into my suitcase. I didn’t want to waste any second.I should have known; I was his mother, and I should have done better. He threatened me at the reception, and I should have known that he was not going to wait until he lost billions to act. I should have thought about it and known that he was going to act now to prevent that from
LUKEWhen I got the call about Samuel my insides went cold. My thoughts went to Olivia and how she would feel when she heard the news. My poor daughter would blame herself and even think she was not a good mother because she left him. Most importantly, he was my grandson, and I think part of the reason Olivia let me keep the listening devices was to also keep him safe.If she found out that he was taken, and my people did nothing about it. it would break her heart, and she would lose faith in me and my ability to protect her. I wanted to find that man so badly so I could teach him a lesson he would never forget in his entire life. The moron got the guts to go after what’s mine. He went into the lion’s den and took its cab. What the hell did he think was going to happen after that.When I find him, he was going to hear the lion’s roar, and it will shake everything. I would level London if it meant getting my grandson back. “Would you stop cursing and tell me what the plan is? We are go