"Who is it" Mary asked with shaky voice.She kept quiet for a while, waiting for a response but there was none. "Who is it?" She asked again, but there was still no response. Mary walked slowly to the door, her heart beat increased with every step she took. Saying she was scared at that moment was an understatement. She was petrified beyond measure, and sweating profusely too. She breathed hard as she held the door know, with hands shaking extremely, she slowly twisted it. Getting ready the worst as she opened the door fully. But she was surprised to see who was standing at the door, it was the same doctor that had attended to her yesterday. "Hi" she greeted nervously. "Are you okay?" The doctor asked with concern written all over her face as she looked her over, noticing how much she was sweating and looked nervous too. "Uhm... Yes, sure thing. I'm perfectly okay". "Can I come in?" The doctor asked again. "Of course" she said moving away from the door and feel
Adonis stood there with his hands in his pocket as he watched her walk away from him. A lot of emotions he could not explain ran through his mind, causing chaos in the inside of his head. He slowly went back inside his study and picked his phone. He looked through the window and saw her walking through the walkway across the street. Having no zeal to continue with his work, Adonis walked out of his study, Closed the door and walked straight to his room. While Mary sat in the bus back to Ohio, she rested her head on the window, looking outside through the window, at houses and the stores they drove past. She sighed before she brought out her phone from her bag and texted Mia that she was already on her way home. Mia texted back and asked her to be careful, and wished her good luck too. It was already evening by the time Mary got home, her both parents had just come back from work and were getting ready to make dinner. Mrs Wilberforce came to open the door when Mary kn
After having dinner with her parents Mary went back to her room with the intentions of going straight to bed, but she changed her mind and decided to take a shower first. It was a cold night so she decided to take a warm shower lest she would catch a cold. After taking her bath, Mary got dressed and proceeded to dry her hair. She opened her drawer but could not find her dryer, she tried checking among her other things but still could not find it. She remembered her mom had helped her unpack, she considered going to ask her if she had seen her dryer while unpacking before it occured to her that she might have left it behind at Adonis place. "Too bad" she exclaimed. She would just get another, because for no reason would she be going back to Adonis house. Only that at her current state now she would not even be able to afford anything close to a dryer. She tied a big towel to her head, because trying to dry her hair without a dryer would be a really big job for her, she had qu
Mary blinked repeatedly as the rays of sunlight from the open window hit her face, warming her face up causing her to squint as she opened her eyes fully. She realized only then that she had forgotten to close her window before she slept off last night. She wondered why her mom had not woken her up for the usual morning prayers and at the same time she was glad that her sleep was not interrupted. She picked up her phone from the bedside table and scrolled through it, even though she hated Adonis so much for trying to kill her, a part of her still expected to see a text from him. She let out a sigh of relief when there was nothing from him on her phone, and also chided her heart for being stupid. Standing up from the bed she arranged her scattered hair scattered hair which looked like that of a bedraggled masquerade before finding her way out of her room. The moment she stepped out of her room, the sweet aroma of cooking hit her nose. She knew immediately that her mom was at
Mary decided to surprise her parents by making dinner before they get back from work, although she sulked at cooking she still wanted to impress them. She stood in the kitchen, confused on what to prepare. She later settled for toasts, it was the easiest thing she could make at that time, she needed to hurry, her parents would soon be back. Mary sat down in the living room after making dinner, it looked like her parents were takin to long to come back, she decided to sit In the sitting room and get busy with her phone while she awaited their arrival. She used that opportunity to check online for other places where she could work when she eventually quits her job. Mary had fallen asleep on the couch by the time her parents came back from work. "Oh! Poor her" Mrs Wilberforce exclaimed, "she must have been bored to death". "I smell toast" Mr Wilberforce said as he stepped inside. He walked towards his daughter who was lying asleep on the couch, he picked up her phone that wa
Mary tried to wake up as early as she could in order to join the morning prayers. She does not want her parents thinking that she had turned wayward. She rubbed her sleepy eyes lightly and looked herself in the mirror, as usual she looked a mess with her hair scattered all over her face. She gradually swept it backwards with her fingers and packed it into a clean ponytail. By the time she got to the sitting room, her both parents were already awake and sitted. "See who has come to join us" Mr Wilberforce announced excitedly on seeing his daughter. "Good morning dad, good morning mom" she bent down to kiss each one of them on the chin. Mr Wilberforce said the prayers today, and it was relatively a long one like always. As a kid Mary always hated when her dad would lead the prayers because it always took lots and lots of time, it was as if he was praying for the whole country. Mary sighed when the prayer was finally over, she went back to her room, hoping to catch some mor
Mary raised her head so she could meet Taylor's gaze. "Well I do not have a choice in this situation" she said with a low voice, she tried hard to fight the tears that were threatening to rush out of her eyes if she kept being emotional. "I'm so going to miss you" Taylor cried out, putting her arms around her and embracing her tightly. "I'm going to miss you too". She said rubbing Taylor's back lightly. "I should go see Mr Greg now" she said as she pulled away from the hug. Mary asked if Mr Coleman was still in close contact with Adonis and Taylor affirmed to that, she had heard him on call with Adonis a few times. But Taylor felt there was something fishy about it since he was trying to keep it hidden. Mary thought about it for sometime and wondered what it could be that Mr Coleman and Adonis had with each other. They waved at each other before Mary walked away, to her bosses office. Mary knocked slowly on Mr Greg's office before she pushed it open and walked in. He w
"You mean you have been forgiven? And you cans still work here?" Taylor asked excitedly with her eyes wide open. "Yes" Mary nodded happily. The both embraced each other tightly. "I'm finally going to have my roommate back" Taylor said. "Are you girls not going to include me in the hug" Chris chipped in from behind. "Or do I not deserve to celebrate with you?" "Come on" Mary said stretching out her arms towards him. "You are lucky today is Mary's lucky day, I would have showed you". Taylor said to Chris after they disengaged from the hug. Chris rolled his eyes at her in his typical feminine manner. "So you both are yet to out grow throwing tantrums at each other" Mary said laughing. "Well you should be talking to Taylor, she would just not let me be, I think she is jealous". "Jealous of who? You?" Taylor made a face. "I rather kiss a frog than get jealous of you Chris". "Then I would go find you a handsome frog to kiss, meanwhile I have to go continue my work. And c
"Ahhhhh!" Mia screamed as she saw the ring on Mary's finger, this time around Mary did not try to stop her from screaming, she allowed her scream out her lungs even though everyone in the restaurant were now watching them. "You mean you are getting married to Adonis Scott? How could so much happen within such a short period?" Mia asked surprised. "Even I have no idea" Mary said with a smile as she looked at the ring in her finger. "I have no idea either". "Would you make me your chief bridesmaid?" Mia asked with a smile. "Of course Mary said" They talked happily about random things, and how beautiful Mary's wedding would be. Mary herself was anticipating the wedding, she could not wait to see how beautiful her wedding would be. They had already started preparations for the wedding, and it was even like a double celebration for Mary because Clay also got a big contract that would change the life of his company forever and make it known."What do you think about this?" Mia
Mary was taken aback by what she saw on the sky, she looked back at the object in her hand again, it was a ring, and it looked expensive. Mary felt like she was dreaming, this could be one of those her countless fantasies that she had always thought would never come to pass. She quickly looked back at Adonis and saw him walking towards her with a smile on his face. He got close to her and took the ring from her hand. "Will you marry me" he voiced out. Mary was perplexed beyond description, she could not believe what her ears were hearing. She slowly pinched herself to be sure she was not dreaming. Adonis laughed as he saw her pinch herself. "I guess I should help you do that" Adonis said and pinched her arm softly. "Ouch!" Mary exclaimed laughing. "Now tell me" Adonis said. "Will you marry me". "Yes!" Mary nodded excitedly, she could not control her excitement, Adonis himself could not control the smile that spread out on his face as he slid the ring into her finger.
"So how did you feel on that day after witnessing two murders? I know it must have been a traumatic event for you". Mary said. "It indeed was" Adonis answered, "especially the thoughts of loosing my mother on that day. But Emma was there for me to help me over come it, she never left my side". "That is the reason you love her so much, she deserves all the love you show to her". "Exactly....." Adonis said. "After she took me and fled that city, we were always going from one thatched house to the other, living from hand to mouth. Sometimes I would watch my grandmother beg in the streets in order to give make sure I had something to eat". Mary took his hand and squeezed it, she never would have believed that Adonis had gone through such hardship as a child. "Emma sacrificed a lot for me, she later started doing menial jobs so she was able to afford to pay for a small place in the outskirts of the city". "I guess that was where you met the neighbor who always caught you with
"So why did you still chose to keep me after you found out?" "Well..." He took another sip from his glass of wine while staring at her. "I kind of noticed you were making progress with my grandmother, so I choose to let you stay. Hoping you would see the good in me and forfeit your mission" Mary lowered her eyes, she felt even more ashamed of herself once again. "Do you want to know another reason I choose to let you stay at all cost?" Mary shook her head. "Well just like I told you the first day we had met, you are so lovely. You were lovely the first day I saw you, and you still are now" a smile broke out on his face. "It would only take a person with a stone heart not to fall in love with you". On hearing that, Mary immediately dropped the glass of wine she was about taking a sip from and looked up at him sharply. Did he mean that he was in love with her? "I guess you yourself did not have a heart at all, like you told me the first time we met* Mary said. "What do
Adonis stared at Mary opened mouthed and with wide eyes as she walked towards him, he knew he had asked her to wear something sexy, but this was so hot that it almost too his breath away. With every step she took towards him, his heart beat increased. Causing him to want to take her in his arms and kiss her all night long. A smile spread out on his lips as she walked towards him. "You look beautiful" he said to her as she approached him. He took her hand, gave it a gentle squeeze before he brought it to his lips and kissed it. Mary felt electrifying feelings all over her body as Adonis soft lips made contact with her hand. She bit her lips to prevent a moan from escaping from her mouth. "Shall we?" He asked as he took her hand. She nodded with a smile. Adonis opened the car door for her and gestured for her to get in, Mary got into the car. Adonis got in quickly besides her and helped her fix her seatbelts, even though he knew that she could do it herself, he still felt
Emma cleared her throat and continued her story. "Seeing what had happened and that someone had found out, I felt that we were no longer safe there, if the police found us out they could take me to jail, and then my Adonis would be left all alone on his own with mo body to take care of him. I did not want that for my grandson, so I took him with me and we fled the town. Once again I had to leave, but this time around with my grandson and not my daughter. We were not able to take anything wutg us, the only thing I was able to take out of that house was a picture of my Lauren, the same picture you have seen hanging there. Because the place had been a ghetto, there was no further investigation on the deaths, the police ruled it out as a clash between rival gangs. Mary still wanted to know why Adonis had tried to harm his grandmother. She asked the question aloud, directing it to Adonis. But Adonis stayed quiet, still staring at her. Emma answered the question instead. "Adonis nev
Mary looked up at Adonis again only to see him still looking at her. She noticed he had been quiet all along, she felt ashamed to look into his eyes now, she really felt ashamed of what she had done. Emma continued her explanation. "I finally thought that when I presented Adonis to Oscar, I thought that at least he would be happy that he finally had a child with Lauren and stop treating her bad. At first, he became lenient with us and started acting a bit maturely towards us. He would but gifts for Lauren and Adonis. But that did not last long, after quitewa while he resumed his maltreatment on us again. I watched Adonis grow up in the midst of all of these chaos, but I could not do anything about it, I had no power to change anything. I could not even take him away from there because we had no other place to go to. I did not want to return to the streets with my child and grandchild, that would not be good for them. So we stayed. Oscar never showed love to Adonis as a child" M
Mary and Emma were now sitting on the couch in the sitting room, while Adonis stood there with his hand in his pocket. Mary wondered what Emma meant by saying her grandson was not a murderer. But Adonis had openly admitted in the court that he had killed his parents. Adonis stood there and watched every reaction that appeared on Mary's face as they spoke. "Then why is everyone saying he killed his parents? Why was he arrested?" Mary was even more confused as ever. "You should see him as a hero instead of a murderer" Emma said. Mary looked up at Adonis only to meet his eyes. Mary kept rubbing Emma's arm as she spoke. "Tell me about Adonis parents then" Mary said. "Is the lovely woman in that picture hanging inside that room Adonis's mom?" Mary asked. Emma nodded. "My Lauren, my poor child. She suffered so much until death". Emma said with a sad look on face. "Is she your daughter?" Mary asked, she could not help but ask too many questions. "Yes" Emma said nodding. "S
Mary had her heart hung in her mouth, she swallowed hard having no idea how to handle the situation at hand. She was about challenging him and finally get to tell him to his face that he was a pathetic and and psychotic killer that would not mind harming his own grandmother just to cover up his mess. She was about about open up her mouth to cuss him when he pulled out a gun from his pocket and pointed it at them. Mary quickly pushed Emma behind her, but it seemed like she pushed too hard because the old woman ended up falling to the ground. Mary's mouth snapped shut as she looked at Adonis, all the curses she had originally planned to rain on him hung in her throat. "What are you trying to do?" He asked, his voice sounding more mean than it had sounded earlier. His eyes had gone blood shut, Mary feared that he had gone mad and would kill the both of them without thinking twice. Mary could not help but think if this was the same way Adonis had killed his parents, if this was th