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
NICKI just discharged myself again from the hospital when I woke up. I was mad at my body and my heart for giving up on me. it was not the time for me to be sleeping in hospital beds. A lot was at stake. Sandra was still out there, and I knew if she could convince me to turn against my wife and sen
OLIVIAI sat by Nick’s side until he was knocked out by the sedative the doctor gave him. I waited until he was taken back to the room he was in before he apparently discharged himself then left the hospital like I planned to. By then it was already eleven in the morning, and I had a lot to get done
OLIVIAI didn’t know how he expected me to be quiet when he was doing such things to me. But I tried and then I ended up sounding like a wounded animal. I didn’t know why I couldn’t say no when he asked me to strip and get on the bed. If I had will power, I wouldn’t have been in such a predicament.
SANDRA“You useless pieces of shit! That witch is still alive, the one you shot was that Marcus guy. I don’t want him dead, if I can’t kill that witch then I want Marcus alive to keep her busy, take her away or marry her for all I care. I just want her out of mine and Nick’s lives.” I hired morons!
NICKSandra was crazy, out of her mind. The way she just spoke as if we were together. Like nothing happened. Was just… I don’t know, crazy. But her crazy got me a second chance and I used it. Sending her back to the psych ward and leaving her screaming my name as I left. But with her, I was not goi
OLIVIAWhen I walked out of Marcus’s ward, Nick was standing there. I greeted him then left. My man told me to have nothing to do with him and that was what I was doing. I was giving myself a chance to be happy and I was not going to get that if I kept Nick Jones around. Our chapter together has end
NICKAfter watching Olivia leave, I turned my head to the room and Marcus was already looking at me with a smirk on his face. I wanted to wipe it off with a punch. The bastard, he thought he had won. But he has not. Olivia was still mine in every way that counted. He was just a distraction I was goi
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,