They walked past her like she did not exist, with the woman swaying her hips from one side to the other like one who is participating in a beauty pageant. Mary immediately looked away, pretending not to have seen them. "It's not like I care anyways" she said with her arms folded. Mary's phone started vibrating again, it was Emma.Mary deliberated within herself if to do to her, or just continue to pretend like her phone was in the bathroom. While Mary tried to sneak up to her room, she suddenly heard a soft but authoritative voice. "Hey you!" She stopped and looked around, it was the woman Adonis had come home with. "You are probably a maid here, would you kindly get me a glass of wine?". Mary stood transfixed, watching her with agape mouth. She had no idea how to respond to that remark by the silly woman. Mary was so carried away in her thoughts that she did not know when the woman had come close to her. She only became aware of her environment when the woman sn
Mary was finally relieved when she got a call from Mia asking if she would like to hang out tommorow. "Off course, where would we be going?" "Surprise" the small voice rang from the other side. Mary could not wait for tommorow, at least she would get away from all the tensions in this house. Mary tried to catch some sleep even though it was just evening, but it seemed impossible to catch any sleep at that time. She wondered if Adonis was back, she got a bit curious and decided to go outside to check. His car was not in the drive way so he was not home yet. "How would he be home? When he is probably out, clubbing with his concubine". Mary sat In the garden, tried to convince herself that she wanted to sit there to get some fresh air especially since she could not get any sleep in her room. But something inside her told her that she was probably sitting there because she was awaiting Adonis return. Her heart beat increased when she sighted his car drive into the compound,
"I really understand how you feel Mary dear, this is exactly what you get when you fall in love with your rich boss" Mia said as she took a sip from that I've tea she held in her hand. "I know right, the heart never listens. It never allows you to choose who it would fall on love with, it just goes ahead to fall in love with whoever it choses, and now I'm in this mess". Mary rested her head on the chair she now sat on. "It's okay Mary, you would get over this in no time" They were both sitting in a shade by the road side sipping ice tea they had gotten from the nearby coffee shop. "His grandmother is not even any better, she is becoming even more and more harder on me. I can not wait to just get away from them both". "Come here Mary" Mia said spreading out her arms to her" Mary buried herself in Mia's embrace, feeling the scent of her perfume the smelt like flowers. Her scent reminded her of the flowers in Adonis gather when they open every morning and spread those beau
Mary stood in shock, watching the waiter with the spilled foods. Mary felt embarrassed with all the eyes watching her. She felt like the ground should just open up and swallow her in order to save her from the incoming embarrassment. Mia on the other hand was glued to the ground having no idea of what to do. "Oh! My God, I'm so sorry, I promise it was a mistake" Mary finally said when she regained her voice. She bent down and made to start picking the plates that had fallen off the tray. Mia became alarmed when Adonis stood up and started walking towards Mary and the waiter. An idea struck her immediately and she ran ahead of him towards them. "He is coming here, run away, quickly". She whispered to Mary while bending down besides her and pretending to help her clean the mess. Mary pretended to want to throw up and ran outside "I'm so very much sorry sir, that's my sister, we are very sorry" Mia pleaded with the waiter. "Did you say she is your sister" Adonis ask
"Why did you stay out so late?" He finally asked. Mary felt a bit offended, why did he care anyways? "I was out partying with my friend, I lost track of time" she managed to say. Adonis nodded his head while still studying her. "You should not stay out late, it's not good for a lady" Mary nodded her head and started making her way upstairs again when he called her again. She turned to look at him. He opened his mouth to say something, and then he had it clamped again. "Never mind, you can go". Mary left his presence without much hesitation, she needed to get away from his piercing gaze anyways. Somehow the way he looked at her made her feel like he had recognized her earlier. But if he had, he should have said something about it right, that meant he didn't. Mary was too exhausted to change into her night clothes, so she just slept in her clothes. She just barely took off her shoes and tied her hair together to prevent it from scattering all over her face while
That night, Adonis called Mary into his study and informed her that he would be going on a business trip. “Don’t worry, I would be back before you leave”.Mary wished she could tell him to his face that she did not care if he came back of if he decided to leave there forever. “You just have to take good care of my grandmother while I am away, and please do try to understand and bear with her, she is just an old lady”. Mary tried her best to maintain her cool and not to burst out as a result of the anger burning in her heart. “Is that all you have to say” Mary snapped. Adonis quickly raised his head in shock to look at her. “Because I need to get something done for your grandmother, we do not want her lashing out at me again do we?” She added as an after thought, after all he was aware of his grandmother’s over bearing attitude towards her. “It’s fine” he finally said with hoarse voice, “you can go attend to my grandmother”. Mary wondered why he was being so cool wit
Mary sat in the garden staring absent mindedly into space, remembering how she and Adonis had kissed there the other day. ‘That was the good old days’ a dry smile appeared on Mary’s face as she thought about her Emma had pushed her around after she had spilled her chicken soup and broken her ‘most expensive plate’ once again she was glad that she had just three days to spend with the over bearing old woman and her arrogant grandson. That night, Mary got as much sleep as she could get. Emma had told her earlier in the day that she wanted her room fumigated, and she wanted Mary to do it in her words, there were roaches all over the place and they disturb her sleep at night. Mary knew there were no roaches, what she did not know was if Emma had to lie about the roaches being in her room or she actually thought there were roaches there. Whatever it was, Mary knew she had to obey her boss. At least she was still her boss until the next three days. Mary woke up the next morning in
It was just a day to the day Mary was to leave, and she felt exhausted and tire already from Emma’s troubles. Emma had been nothing but mean and inconsiderate to her all the while and she would be more than glad to leave. She had served her coffee that morning but Emma had insisted that she wanted tea instead, Mary had to take the coffee back to the kitchen and made to start preparing Emma’s tea. She finished making the tea and took it to her room but she had already fallen asleep. After deliberating within Hersey for sometime, Mary decided to leave the tea on the bedside table. While she made her way to her room, she felt like she heard someone speak downstairs, it sounded like Adonis. He had so much gotten into her head that she even heard his voice every now and then. She paused when she heard the deep voice again, plus she could now perceive his scent. It was indeed him. Mary’s heart started to beat fast without control, it was as if she had lost all of her sense of
"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