*****“Thanks a lot for the groceries. You do know how to always take care of me.” Amanda smiled standing beside Bridget in front of her car. She wondered to herself what have she done to deserve a mother-like friend like Bridget. “Are you sure you are ok?” Bridget asked with concern, noticing Amanda's smile fading and her eyes dull with worry. Bridget could tell something was bothering her friend but Bridget gave Amanda a curious look. Encouraging her friend to open up.“Of course I am. Just a little tired from work today.” Amanda told Bridget instead, still not enough to convince her.“I hope you are not over working yourself?” Her question laced with concern, she asked.“I’m fine Brid,” She replied assuredly “I just need a warm bathe and I’ll be fine.”Bridget gave out a silent sigh. She realized that as much as she hated her friend working in that company, she will never succeed in talking her out of it. Amanda had a bucket filled with secret tears and this worried Bridget so muc
******Amanda sat in her car watching as reporters crowded the entrance of the company; she was so furious and scared at the same time. As Amanda observed the hovering reporters, she realized that they were ready to devour anyone who was unfortunate to walk through that entrance.Amanda locked herself in car instinctively, sought out the dark sun-shades and scarf she made sure to always carry in her bag in case of emergencies like this. Amanda immediately lowered her head to avoid being spotted, wore her sun-shades and wrapped her scarf around her head. From what she met, she needed no one to enlighten her on the impossibility of passing through the entrance so, she hoped for an immediate divergence. Instantly, she felt her phone vibrate in her purse; she dipped her jittery hand into the purse and took out her phone. “Very convenient.” She sighed as her eyes recognized the caller’s name on her phone screen. She picked it up without hesitation “Hey Nelson!” she said to it, her head st
*****Amanda sat quietly in Bridget car saying nothing to her while her friend drove. She rested her head on the hand which she placed on the edge of rolled down window, enjoying the fresh breeze, letting her thought travel through the wind.Bridget took a glance at her friend but refrained from saying a word; she just did her best to focus on driving. She understood that the reporters were like a noose on Amanda's neck and the thin ice she stood barefooted on was melting up due to the imminent ancient sun.Bridget wished she could be her Best friend's knight in a shining armor, to save her from this grueling episode but, she realized her limits and all she could do was to pray for her friend and sister.Was Bridget over thinking Amanda's silence? Amanda on the other hand, never took notice of Bridget through out the drive. She just rambled back in time to the awkwardness she felt the previous day. After her meeting with Mr. Wright senior—as she chose to now call him, she went back to
****** “I hear the reporters are all over you, are you hiding from them?” Elena asked when they settled on the furry white sofas in Elena's office.“For now yes. I won’t want to put my current employer in jeopardy.” Amanda replied she was right. Getting away from her celebrity life for a while was her idea and get an office job was also her choice but not she couldn't clearly tell which one was better for her anymore because of how complicated it started to be.“The fact that you now work in a person’s company is preposterous. Brid, why did you let her do that?” Elena asked the same question Bridget has been asking herself.“I wouldn’t have if she had told me before getting the Job.” Bridget defended, facing Amanda and raising her eye brows. “You girls don’t get it.” Amanda cut in, hopping to end their argument. “No we do. You and Troy got off on a wrong foot and the reporters are hunting you but you can’t hide forever Amanda.” Elena voiced calmly. “True, you’re still going to fac
*****Amanda got down from Louis car and thanked him for the ride; she waved him goodbye as she watched him drove off. “Shit, he’s gonna be pissed.” She looked down at her watch; it was already 4:45pm. Amanda ran into the Hall, apologizing to everybody she collided with on the cause of her running. Finally, she made her way into the library; she could see Mr. Christopher Adams already signing some books and at the look of the queue in front of him, Amanda could tell he was almost done.She moved quietly over to Wright Junior’s side “I’m so sorry I’m late.” She whispered er apology so just him could hear her.. “What happened?” He ask with a straight face fixed on Mr. Adams, avoiding to look at her “I was—“ She then was interrupted by Mr. Adams who called for Wright Junior’s attention. Mr. Adams was done with his book signing and Amanda could hear him thank Junior for all the work and that he had to leave immediately because he had an appointment to keep.Junior shook his hands and
*****“What nonsense!” Amanda yelled. She was linked to the meeting which Kate held at the agency. And whatever they were saying to her made her want to break the laptop in front of her Seated round the glass oval table in a spacious white painted office was her manager, her legal adviser, Troy and his manager. And Amanda had to attend the meeting using her laptop.“What do you have to prove sending all those reporters, huh tell me?” She yelled again, directing her questions to Troy who sat quietly, leaving his manager do all the talking.“All we are saying is that you should apologize publicly for hurting Troy in public.” Troy's manager requested. “Why should I do that? He is lucky I didn’t aim at his handsome face.” She snapped. “Amanda!” Kate called, hoping to help keep Amanda's temper under control. And all attempt failed when Troy said the wrong words.“You are a crazy bitch, you know that?” Troy finally spoke out, pissing Amanda off badly. “And you are a wild dog. The kind t
****That afternoon, Mr. Wright had requested that Junior come with Amanda to the family house. It was an unnecessary request, but Junior couldn’t tell why his father wanted her there and what game his father was playing. And as things were, he chose not to question his father. A part of him liked that they were going o be together but another part of him didn't want to drag her into his family mess.Just as he approached his car with Amanda, he heard a female voice calling out his name and just then, he recognized it. “Junior!” The lady called again.He turned to see who it was; it was Sarah standing in the parking lot. She called his name one more time before walking closer to where he was“Hey Sarah.” He voiced out, surprised to see her there.Sarah! Amanda echoed in her head. She could finally put a face to the name. She saw Sarah walk closer to Wright Junior, placing one hand on his and all she could see was a girl in love. Then, she wondered why Junior said she wasn’t his Girl
******“Welcome Miss Amanda. Please you are to wait in the living room. Mr. Wright will like to speak with Mr. Junior alone in his office.” A nice lady in her mid-fourties, dressed in maids clothing told Amanda politely, ushering her into the living room. “Thank you.” Amanda replied with a smile “I’ll be out soon.” Junior assured her then, followed the nice lady out of the living room, he got in front of his dad’s office door, responded to the lady’s greetings then, watch her leave before venturing into his father's office. Swinging open the door, he looked around to see if there were guest around but there weren't except his father who was standing by his window, watching the outside world. Mr. Wright could sense his son’s anger as he walked into the room. He smiled and asked “How was the drive here?”Ignoring his father's fair question, he asked “How could you drag Amanda into this mess? What if something goes wrong, do you know what’s that’s going to do to her?” He was furiou
******“Sometimes what we look for is always right in front of our eyes and when we don’t see it; we fall into a temporary fantasy and hope that one day it’ll becomes perfect. He was right in front of me but I was too young, too distracted to see him.” She pointed to her man who had become the best Husband God could give a woman. “And with whom did I end up?" She paused, then exhaled. "I ended up with Troy Humphrey. He was the fantasy I was hoping on. But I don’t regret it, I learnt something from him; a fantasy world can never be forced into reality.” she pointed out. “I was wronged to have stabbed you with a fork, I apologize for that silly act and I wish you a happy life.” She apologized. “To my fans, sometimes breaks aren’t all that bad. They give us the breakthrough we need. It gives us fresh perspective to things and it helps us set our priority straight. I learnt a lot during the short time I was away, I had some adventures, I tried something new, I made new friends and of
*********Amanda was scared, she hadn't quite recovered from her last encounter with her worst nightmare, Tony Wright. Here she was again, tangled in his web ready to be devoured. “I got into the wrong Yacht.” She thought, as her heart threatened to leave her body. Her thoughts ruminated over diverse possibilities “I’m going to die and this time, no one will find my body.” She could hear her inside voice, audibly, shaky and overly terrified “I will be fed to the sharks!” She placed her hands on her chest trying to think of what next to do. Startling her was a familiar voice she remembered too well “You are certainly not in the wrong Yacht.” He laughed “I remembered you said you wish to enjoy the tranquility of nature.” Amanda turned to see who it was “Samuel! My goodness. You scared the hell out of me." She placed her left hand on her chest, attempting to stop the pounding as she exhaled rapidly. "Why are you here?” She asked, still surprised. He let out his deep, rumbling laught
*****The melodious voices of the choir ushered in the father of the bride holding his daughter’s hand in his while they walked down the isle. Louis smiled as he watched his beautiful bride approaching him. Mr. Eric Robertson gave his daughter’s hand to Louis, who took it in his and they both turned to face the Priest then, Bridget's father made his way back to his seat, in the front pew beside his wife.Amanda stood beside Bridget as the chief bride's maid and smiled, watching the Priest join her friend and Louis in Holy Matrimony. In that Swift moment, she envisioned herself up there, standing with her Groom in front of the Priest and saying her vows. Even though it wasn’t time yet, she still chose to hold on to that dream. Amanda was so happy and laughed a little when she saw Elena pouring out tears of joy. The reception was filled with excited family and friends. Amanda watched Bridget laugh as she spoke with her guest. “She looks beautiful in her wedding dress.” Elena voiced
*****Amanda brought out the packet of cookies she got from the local market, poured it into a clean bowl. Went to the fridge and took out a bottle of apple juice and one bottle water. She placed everything on a clean tray and she carefully carried it out of the kitchen.“HI.” Drake acknowledged Amanda’s guest while he hurried to leave the house. But before he could reach the door, he heard his sister ask,“Where are you going?” She asked with the tray of snacks in her hand. “To Henry's.” He replied briefly and avoiding the smirk on Amanda's face. “You’ve been going there too often these days. Makes me wonder if you are going there to see Henry or his sister, Bianca.” She said smiling raising one eye brow at the now embarrassed Nelson.“Whatever, I’ll be back before Dinner!” He said, heading towards the door. “Say hi to Bianca’s Mom for me!” She yelled back laughing as she heard him slam the door behind him.“He’s very Cute.” Nelson complimented her little brother. “He mustn’t he
*****Spinning on his chair in his office, Wright Junior was lost in the thought of Amanda. He had shut everybody out and had refused to talk to his dad since after the incident. “How could I have let things turn out this way.” He thought. Eventually, he stopped spinning and bowed his head on his table. Even though he knew Amanda was not the easiest person to be with, she was the only person he wanted to be with and the thought of it drove him insane. “Dude.” Nelson called his attention, with his head poking through the slightly opened door into his office “Bad time?” He asked to be sure he wasn’t interrupting anything. Junior lifted his head to his direction and glare at him saying nothing but his 'do not disturb' stare couldn't prevent Nelson for he came in anyways. “Dude, you look like shit. She’s still not picking your calls?” Nelson asked sitting on a chair in front of junior's desk, uninvited. Junior glanced at Amanda’s cubicle and shook his head “Neither did she reply any
*****T.V: It is of a fact and proven that the golden Hollywood Actress, Amanda Udoh, had no hand in the death of Sarah Bright. Tony Wright, A nephew to Mr. Andrew Wright the CEO of Wright Pub—"“Stupid news.” Amanda said angrily, switching off the T.V with the remote control and throwing it to her brother, Drake, who was lying on a long couch in her living room, operating his phone. It's been a week since Amanda had been discharged from the hospital and ever since, her neighborhood had been flooded with reporters. Some even had made their presence known while she was in the hospital. Her fans on the other hand, were nice. Some, who were touched by Amanda's incident, had sent gifts, flowers and good will messages and those who had maliciously accused her for being responsible for Sarah's death, had formally apologized to her.Her father and brother had traveled down to come look after her until she was fully recovered and having her family together again brought back good memories fr
*****“And that is our confession.” Captain Anderson announced after Detective Debby picked up her phone which was on the table and turned off the recording. Wright Junior stood up immediately “Where is Amanda?” he asked intensely determined o get an answer his time. “She’s at ST Paul Hospital right now.” The detective replied. Junior asked nothing else; he nodded his head a little and said “Thank you.” He moved away from where he stood heading towards the door. “Junior!” His father called out, halting his Son but that wasn’t enough to stop him for long. Junior threw a fierce stare at Nelson and then kept on moving. “Excuse me.” Nelson said politely and join Wright Junior out of the Captain's office.“Tony is in the interrogating room right now sir.” Detective Debby informed her Captain. “Would you like to speak to him?” the Captain asked Mr. Wright. “Yes please, I really need to clarify something with him."Mr. Wright followed the Captain and Detective Debby out of the office
*****“Please what you want from me?” Amanda asked crying “What is my offence? Why am I treated this way?”She heard footsteps from behind her, walking to her direction. Fear enveloped her and she let out soft sobs as the footsteps drew closer. “Amanda! Amanda!! Amanda!!!” A different voice called. It was a very familiar voice. He draged a wooden chair to the front of her and sat on it.“I was coming to your office.” She yelled angrily after seeing it was Tony. “I know. I just had to make sure.” He said smiling. “You infuriate me.” She told him straight in the eye. Tony’s countenance changed immediately “You witless bitch.” he stood up instantly “It wouldn’t have come to this if you had just done what I asked. But what did you do. You disrespected me!” He yelled like lunatic. “So, to teach me a lesson, you kidnapped me?” She yelled back at him, offending him even more. “I’m going to do more than teach you a lesson.” He assured, sitting back on the chair. “This is because of a
******“What’s going on?” Wright Junior asked the moment he walked into Detective Debby’s Office.Nelson stood up when Junior set foot into the room “Dad is in the captain’s office.” He told Junior.“What is going on?” He asked again, yelling. “Come with me, both of you.” Detective Debby said in an authoritative tone, standing up from where she sat and led the way out of her office. They walked up the stairs to the Captain’s office “Sir, he’s here.” She announced as they all entered the office. “Please, sit.” Captain Anderson offered, pointing at the two empty seat in the office for Junior and Nelson to sit while Detective Debby sat on the long comfy couch. “Dad.” Junior gestured at his father who was seated close to him. “Son.” Mr Wright replied. Captain Anderson cleared his throat and began “I called you all here to update you on the current situation. I’m sorry for the inconvenience but this is urgent. I’m sorry you had to cancel your meeting Mr. Wright.” He looked at Junior