OLIVIAWe sat there in silence waiting for his men to send the footage for us to see. I didn’t have to see it to know It was Sandra and Ethen kept telling me I should talk to that man. How was I going to do that when I didn’t even know how to contact him?“May I use your phone; I need to give Lupita
NICKI glanced at Luke when Olivia said that. he looked as bad as I did. Hurt. He and I had something in common, we both loved Olivia, but she resented us for different reasons. She hated me for what I did to her and protecting Sandra now. But what she didn’t know was that I was doing it for her thi
OLIVIAMy heart ached seeing all those tubes coming out of him. Just hours ago, we were having a nice dinner, and he was kissing me. Now he was laying on a hospital bed with tubes all over. We had a moment just one fleeting moment of peace and quiet before all went to hell again.I was beginning to
OLIVIAThe frown on my face deepened, I didn’t know If he was a pathological liar or that he was good at playing people. Either way, I didn’t like it. “You never made contact with me, what are you talking about? What I am getting is that the man had me tortured because he could and for whatever reas
OLIVIAA small chuckle escaped my lips, he was awake and had taken out the tube in his mouth. His voice was scratchy from the tube. Wait! A frown replaced the smile I had. “Why did you take out the tube, you could have hurt yourself.” I reprimanded rushing to his side. He offered me a smile.“If bul
OLIVIAGuilt ate away at me, now that I knew that Nick wasn’t the one who sent those people to hurt me in prison. I felt guilty that I was doing all that to him. yes, he did his fair share of hurtful things to me, but I did not want him to die. One day Samuel was going to ask who his father is and w
ELODIEBloody hell! where did he come from? Olivia just scoffed then left us there. I wanted to stop her, tell her to save me and that I was sorry. That I didn’t mean to hit her. But it was too late, she was gone, and I was left with the monster I used to call my brother. Right now, he looked exactl
OLIVIAAfter leaving Nick’s mother with her brother, I thought I should check on grandma and see if her doctor wont discharge her so I could leave with her and drop her at the hotel. But the doctor wasn’t there. I waited for a few minutes but gave up and decided to go back and get her in the afterno
MARCUSI regret ever listening. I wish I had kept my distance, stayed out of it, and resisted the temptation to eavesdrop on Olivia’s therapy session. I only wanted to understand what that man, Xander, had done to her. I needed to know the depth of the damage he had inflicted upon my wife. Never in
LUKEI stood outside, listening to Nick as he worked on breaking Xander down. The boy was good, too good for my liking. I never intended for those boys to be involved in my line of work. Keeping Nick behind was never meant to have him do this, it was meant to keep him away from Olivia. Being around
NICK“Do your worst, Nick,” Xander sneered, blood dribbling from the corner of his mouth as he spat it onto the floor at my feet. “See now? You people shot me, and I haven’t been able to contact my guys. The alert is out. It’s no longer just about Olivia. Now, your whole circle is fair game.”I coul
MARCUS“Olivia, you’re still not well,” I said, my voice firm but laced with concern. “And yet, you want to know about that? I’m not telling you anything right now. Recover first if you want to be included. Until then, I’m not saying a word.”I could feel my frustration rising. We had just gotten ho
OLIVIABy the time we landed back at New Village, Luke’s men were already waiting for us at the airport. The moment we arrived, Marcus spoke with them outside the car, while I settled inside with the kids. My baby girl was still fast asleep in my arms, and her brother had just started to stir as the
Nick“Nick, calm down. There was nothing you were going to do there. You promised not to interfere with her anymore. She left with her husband and kids to fix herself, to fix her marriage. You don’t belong there.”I stopped, the words hitting me like a slap. I turned to glare at him, fury bubbling i
MARCUS“Home. I want to go home.”Those were the first words Olivia spoke when she finally woke up. The urgency and exhaustion in her voice were clear, and it broke something in me to hear it. Home. The place where she could feel safe again, where she could begin to heal. I didn’t hesitate for a sec
OLIVIAI couldn’t tell how long I had been unconscious or why I had lost consciousness in the first place. The confusion lingered in my mind, but when I finally opened my eyes, everything shifted. There, sitting quietly beside me, was Marcus, his head resting on the edge of my bed.His presence felt
MARCUSI trembled with fury as I watched my wife in such a state. The sight of her, broken and trembling, filled me with a rage that burned so intensely, I could barely contain it. The urge to scream, to shout, to lash out at everything and everyone was overwhelming. I wanted to destroy everything,