VINCENT I slammed my car door shut before I went over to the other side to open up for Katerina. "Thank you," she muttered, looking as eager to see Whitney as I was. She looked even more eager, but then again that was probably because the woman literally wore her emotions like a sleeve. We walked briskly inside the prison walls without really saying anything else to each other; we had talked enough on our way here. It was only when we were getting to her cell, that Katerina turned to face me, telling me, "I am going to let you talk to her. You are the one who is mostly affected by this, I would let you question her and whatnot without any interruptions but I also want to say stuff to her too, just so you know." She informed me, and I nodded, not wanting to say anything in response at first, except that nod, but after a quick glance at her face, I could see the desperation in her eyes for me to be okay and just like that, I just couldn’t keep to myself any longer. I threw m
'A divorce letter lies within this document. Do well to sign it.' Grace read the sentence over and over with shaky hands, and even if she wanted to welcome the presumption that this was some prank and this letter was not really sent to her by her husband, she knew she would be lying to herself. Throughout her 23 years of living, she had not met a man who was more formal in every single thing, than her husband—Vincent Powers. So, she continued to read the letter, whilst also trying to control the rapid beating of her heart. 'You will be settled handsomely for the years wasted. Fifty million dollars and a villa in any American state you choose. Your cars belong to you, as well. All three of them. Remit the letter back to James as soon as you are done with the signing. In conclusion, you have seven days to vacate this premises.' Grace's jaw dropped as soon as she read the last line. "What?" She whispered to herself, still drenched in disbelief. She lifted herself off the b
Grace held the sink as she threw up virtually everything in her stomach, until she could taste acid on her tongue. Wow, great. She thought to herself. Falling sick just when she had to clear her room. She knew Da'ana would definitely make good of her promise, so even with her eyes struggling to focus, she managed to leave the bathroom, meeting Simon at the door. "I'll help you clear your room." Simon told her at once, wrapping his hand around her waist as they stood side by side. Grace's eyes watered. "Aw, man, what would I possibly do without you?" She whispered, throwing her arms around him. He held her close for a while with a grin on his face, "Absolutely nothing, mate. C'mon, let's go." Then they pulled away from each other and began to head towards her room. While Whitney and Da'ana engaged in a conversation where they laughed on top of their voices, Simon helped Grace pack her things, doing everything in his power to cheer her up as he did. The minute they wer
"So sorry ma'am. I didn't know.." Tania kept apologizing, and Grace continued to tell her, "It's not your fault.. it's my favorite food, you could not have known that I would throw it up because of some stomach upset. Come on." She sighed, cleaning up the last bit of the mess before apologizing again and heading out. Grace went to wash her mouth, watching herself in the mirror for some minutes, before her gaze traveled to her stomach. "Please baby, would you let mommy eat? You don't want me to keep anything down?" She questioned, then continued, "I have to run a test today, I have to keep something in my stomach.. I'm feeling really dizzy already.." She smiled at the mirror. Maybe this was good. Grace knew it was too soon but she could not wait to hold her baby. Even if she had gotten pregnant on her very first sex and she still felt too young for the baby, she could not help the attachment for her unborn child which she was growing day by day. She loved him or her so
She lost consciousness after that and when she woke up again, she was in severe pain, but her thighs were being caressed, by not one pair of hands.. but two. It was still dark, so she assumed she had passed out for only a few minutes or maybe hours. Grace could not open her eyes, still. She was in so much pain and it was like her brain thought that opening her eyes to it would make things a lot worse. ".. I will go first. You can go for it after I have left my cum inside of her." A sinister laugh followed. Grace could not fully understand what they were talking about, but she managed to open her mouth and plead, "Please, help me. I know you have no reason to, but please. I will pay you whatever amount." Her voice was hoarse and nearly unintelligible, but the men understood her. And they laughed at her. "With what money? Whitney already took your settlement money.. or she is taking it as we speak. So tell me, how do you intend to pay us? And did you forget that you cannot as
YEARS LATER GRACE ~NOW 'KATERINA MONTEGO' "Uncle… you have to eat something. I will not leave until you have had something to eat. Your doctor would be here anytime soon. You have to be strong to be able to receive treatment." I begged, but he was not having it. "Rina, darling. It is just a matter of days now, maybe hours before I pass. I appreciate you for trying all you can to keep me alive, but the time is ticking faster. I wish I could be here to watch you win. To watch you finally get the revenge you deserve against all those that wronged you.. against the ex-husband that sent you off to be killed—" He paused to cough violently and I immediately retrieved the glass of water on his bedside table and fed it to him as he sat there on his bed, resting against his headboard. "We can talk about my revenge later, uncle. Now is not the time, you need to get better." I tried to smile at him as I took his hand in mine. He shook his head no, his eyes weak as he gazed into min
VINCENT"Kat Wines? Hasn't this person heard about the fact that we own this territory? Why would he or she go ahead and build a head company anywhere near us?" My assistant, James, queried. I was in no mood to reply. I could not care less about the launch that we were invited to… or rather, the one that I was more specifically invited to. And most certainly, I could not care less about yet another foolish rival.I only cared about the fact that whoever it was had been given a fighting chance.So it was my turn to ask, "How come you were not aware of this situation? Because that is the only explanation, seeing as that company was allowed to see the light of day."I leaned back even more against my chair, but I was not watching him. I was focused on the document in front of me, using my fingers to flip the pages absentmindedly."In truth, I knew. I thought it would not be much of a problem. I warned them, did everything to keep them away, used all the tactics. They still stayed, and e
KATERINA I was not prepared for this. I thought I was, but looking him in the eye now, I realized that I was totally unprepared. I had overestimated my strength and unfortunately for me, this was only the beginning. "Grace?" He called out and I froze, totally unprepared for that hit. Well, at least, not so fast. We stood there looking at each other for what seemed like unending minutes, until I finally broke the stare and opened my mouth to counter what he had said, but the words seemed stuck in my throat. "What the hell did you just call me?" I eventually asked, my voice a little shaky, which I tried to hide. "You look different. Wrong. But sometimes when I look at you, I—" I cut in at once, before he got more ideas that could ruin this, "My name is Katerina Montego, daughter of the Late Mr Montego, who was one of the biggest business moguls in several countries. Maybe you know my cousin? Maybe you are referring to him.. because people do say that Kelvin and I share some