Writer's pov“Amelia, stop creating a sin here. We are only trying to get to one understanding right now but you are making it turn to a different thing like we're having a misunderstanding here.”Amelia was pissed to hear what her mother said because she hates it whenever Sharon corrects her in the presence of Shirley she was so upset that it was written all over her place that she was mad.And after looking at all of them seated on the couch Amelia started laughing like a psycho Alicia was shocked including Sharon laughter wasn't expected because just now she was mad at them and all of a sudden she is laughing.“Amelia, stop it, what is your problem?” Sharon asked angrily. She was feeling embarrassed because of the way Amelia was laughing in the presence of Alicia and Shirley.“Is this why you called me here?” Sharon was confused. Amelia concluded that the reason why Sharon invited her was to embarrass her in the presence of a worst enemy even though it doesn't make sense this is th
Shirley's POV “Water,” I croaked as I opened my eyes from the annoying beeping sounds coming from the machines around me. I knew I was in a hospital. Why? I didn't know but I hoped someone would tell me soon. My whole body hurt like hell and my throat was dry. “Water,” I grunted and coughed in a bid to clear my throat but it didn't work. It felt like something was stuck there and wasn't coming out. The door opened and I leaned up to see my mother, Sharon walking in. “Oh dear, you're awake!” She rushed towards me and smiled. “How are you feeling?”“I need water Mum,” I groaned and she quickly poured me a glass from the jug sitting on the nightstand. “Hold on, let me help you sit up.” She placed one hand behind my head and the other was to support me as I struggled to sit up. “There you go,” I thanked her as I brought the glass to my lips and drank. “I'm sore all over. What happened?” She placed the glass on the nightstand and took a seat by the edge of the bed. “You don't remem
Shirley's POV “You're just a spare tire,” Amelia said. Her usually cool voice was now bitter as her eyes flashed with hatred. “What are you talking about?” I choked, refusing to believe it. She turned to my mother and smirked. “Mum, you want to do the honours?” Mum looked between two of us unsure but in the end, she sighed and walked up to us. “I'm sorry you had to find out this way Shirley but Amelia is my daughter.” My eyes widened and I coughed. “What are you saying?” “It's English Dumbo. You are just the adopted one and I had to pretend to be just your best friend so I didn't miss out on a donor for my failing kidneys.” She summarized and I staggered backwards. My ears began ringing badly and tears pricked the back of my eyes but I refused to give in. “So…let me guess, you all put on a good show so I'd willing donate my kidneys to you when the time came.” Amelia clapped her hands with a smirk. “Bingo! See? Now you're getting it.” I turned to look at Felix, my vision blurr
Shirley's POV I snapped out of my thoughts and pulled away just as the driver walked up to me. He frowned down at the little boy and pulled him away. “I apologise Miss but he must have confused you with someone else. He does this a lot so pay him no mind.” The little boy in question struggled against him and kept stretching to touch me. I sighed and leaned down, picking him up in my arms. Immediately his cries and protest stopped. “I'll just stay with him until he falls asleep.” The driver opened his mouth to argue but I shook my head. “If that's okay, of course,” I added as he struggled within himself. He gave me a curt nod and I smiled. “Could I get some dry clothes?” He sighed and nodded, motioning for me to continue walking. I adjusted the boy's head on my chest and started walking up the stairs again. Once we reached the top stairway, the little boy raised his head and pointed at a door. “That's your room mummy!” He yelled excitedly and started bouncing in my arms. I
Shirley's POV He chuckled, the sound both mocking and intimidating. “You won't,” I blinked. “Excuse me?” He cleared his throat. “You won't refuse because deep down you know you need my protection.” He stood up from the table and walked back to his seat. “You're all alone now. Your family and everyone you ever cared about betrayed you. Your whole life is a lie and you are angry. I can help you get revenge against them.” I sucked in a breath, his words opening up the wounds that were beginning to heal. And he was right, I was alone and didn't have anyone. “You can think about it but you don't have time. I do always get what I want and seeing as my little boy is convinced you're his mother, I will make sure it stays that way.” I shivered and swallowed. “I need to go and prepare for my day..” I whispered as I staggered to my feet. “You're attending Yvonne Steel's birthday party.” He announced and I whipped around in shock. Had he been stalking me or something? “Adam will take you
Third Person's POV Shirley felt like she was hallucinating or suffering from a hearing problem. “Uncle Jackson?” Felix muttered as he let go of my hand. “What are you doing here?” Jackson ignores him and turned to the woman who was standing there, looking utterly confused. “Darling would you like to retouch your makeup in the car?” Shirley stammered. “I…there's…sure.” She eventually gave in and allowed him lead her to the car. Amelia pinched Felix's hand and glared at Shirley's back, envy trimming in her eyes. “How does she even know him? Why would he want someone as plain as her?” Felix was too stunned to pick up on the jealousy in her voice. “I don't know. What is he even doing here?” He turned to ask his grandmother but found that she had walked off. He sighed and patted Amelia's arm. “I'm going inside. Are you coming?” Amelia bit her lip and stared at the luxury car parked in the driveway. She smirked as an evil plan formed in her mind. “I'll join you,” Felix nodded and
Shirley’s povThe next morning. I woke up very early in the morning and sat up on the bed while yawning with my hand covering my mouth. I suddenly had a flashback to what happened last night. My heart started beating faster than normal then I placed my hand on my chest. “I can’t believe he actually did that yesterday.” I muttered and placed my hand on my head feeling conflicted. The more I tried not to think about it the more it lingered in my mind. I heaved a sigh of worry, there were so many things to consider, which is why I was leaving more in accepting then rejecting it. Seeing how arrogant Amelia has become because she succeeded in getting Felix I thought life would be very difficult for me if I don’t accept him, they’re going to keep rubbing it in my face that they were able to hurt me. But considering what he does, Jackson is a dangerous Mafia, my life could be in danger living with him. I was getting frustrated and tired thinking about everything, I fell back on the bed
Third person povJackson was pissed to hear the kind of question Felix asked him. He turned to look at Felix and smirked. “So I look like a child that doesn’t know what he’s doing?” Jackson asked. His tone was so scary that even Shirley shivered a little. Felix quickly turned his straight face into a smile. “Uncle, I didn’t mean it that way, I was only wondering why you decided to rush the proposal, you don’t even know the kind of woman she is.” Shirley was fuming while listening to what Felix was saying to his uncle, she knew Jackson isn’t the type to be easily manipulated but words like that can put a seed of doubt in his mind, the only good thing is that the marriage isn’t real. “Felix can you stop!” Shirley yelled at the top of her voice, getting the immediate attention of everyone. Amelia smirked sheepishly the moment she heard Shirley. “Are you about to show everyone the real you?” Amelia asked. “What? Haven’t you two done enough, you are married now, can you stay out of my
Writer's pov“Amelia, stop creating a sin here. We are only trying to get to one understanding right now but you are making it turn to a different thing like we're having a misunderstanding here.”Amelia was pissed to hear what her mother said because she hates it whenever Sharon corrects her in the presence of Shirley she was so upset that it was written all over her place that she was mad.And after looking at all of them seated on the couch Amelia started laughing like a psycho Alicia was shocked including Sharon laughter wasn't expected because just now she was mad at them and all of a sudden she is laughing.“Amelia, stop it, what is your problem?” Sharon asked angrily. She was feeling embarrassed because of the way Amelia was laughing in the presence of Alicia and Shirley.“Is this why you called me here?” Sharon was confused. Amelia concluded that the reason why Sharon invited her was to embarrass her in the presence of a worst enemy even though it doesn't make sense this is th
Writer’s povFew hours ago When Shirley talked about meeting with Sharon and Alicia, Sharon thought it would be a better idea to also add Amelia because she knew the conversation Shirley was about to bring up would definitely have Amelia in it, so Amelia should be there to speak for herself which is why Sharon called her over too. “You don’t look pleased to see me,” Amelia said to Shirley with a fake smile on her face. Amelia was not pleased to meet Shirley at her parents house because Sharon didn’t tell her anything about meeting with Shirley. She only had to act like she was fine with it because she saw how upset Shirley was. She realized she could keep irritating Shirley until she finally left.Alicia joined us after taking the kids to their room, she also looked surprised to see Amelia in the house when Shirley earlier said it was just both of us she wanted to talk to. “Didn’t know you were going to invite Amelia.” Alicia said as she sat down. “Aunt you don’t look happy to see
Shirley povWhile I was driving out of the house, I kept wondering if I was making the best decision going over to see Alicia and Sharon so that I can explain to them that I’m not responsible for the divorce that Felix Is planning, I need Sharon to convince her daughter to stop blaming me because I don’t think I can be cool the next time she tries to accuse me like she always does. I heaved a sigh and increased my car speed.After a long ride I finally arrived at Sharon’s house. I was shocked to see Alicia standing outside, it looked like she was waiting for her while standing outside. I stepped out of the car and she was walking closer, I already decided to forgive her but that doesn’t mean I have gotten over the past, I just can’t get it off my mind that she is really my mom, it’s so hard to believe no matter how hard I try. “Thanks for calling me here, I’m so sorry.” Alicia said to me and hugged me. I gently stretched it and hugged her back. With time I will forgive her complete
Shirley povI couldn't stop worrying about Jackson even though I tried not to bother myself too much about it. I just couldn't help but worry because while he was eating he looked like he was in deep thoughts. “Are you okay?” I asked him worriedly. Jackson raised his head and looked at me with a smile on his face as he nodded his head. “I'm fine.” He said to me almost immediately. Even though he kept saying he's fine I just know that my instincts are never wrong. There is definitely something bothering him and I'm going to find out what it is. While I was still bothering about Jackson's mood and the way he was looking bothered I felt my phone vibration on the dining table and I picked it up immediately to see who the caller is, I wasn't pleased to see that it was Alicia calling I know she's trying to beg me for forgiveness again and there is no way that I'm ready to forgive her for abandoning me for so many years. I was about to ignore the call when I realized Jackson was looking
Shirley pov Even though Jackson tried to warn me about meeting with Amelia, I still felt like that's the best thing to do at this point because there is nothing I would say to her that will make her listen to me and understand that I have no hand in the whole divorce thing. The case was even more complicated than I had earlier imagined. I just wish Felix could end the whole divorce plan because that is the only way Amelia would feel better and maybe she would decide to stop making life difficult for me. “It's really hard to go back to my peaceful days.” I muttered to myself tiredly. While I was in deep thoughts I suddenly remembered that Jackson hasn't returned yet he said he will be stepping out on a short errand and it's getting late already and he's yet to return.I realized that I have been getting very worried about him of late. I really don't know why, I can't tell if I really am falling for him already. There's so much going on right now and falling in love can't be part of
Writer’s povShirley and Jackson were seated on the couch, Shirley still couldn’t get over what Amelia said to her, she kept asking herself questions as she was trying to know how it’s all her fault when she hasn’t done anything to Amelia, in reality Amelia was the one that hurt her, she’s supposed to be mad at Amelia and not the other way round. “Why is she doing this?” Shirley couldn’t wrap her head around the reason why Amelia is obsessed with her, she keeps saying everything is Shirley’s fault even though she’s always the one at fault. “First she got married to my boyfriend, as if that was not enough she tried to stop me from getting married to you and now that they’re about getting a divorce she still blames me? You know I don’t really get her, I have tried several times to understand her but she’s really making it hard for me. Why is she so obsessed with me? She practically blames me for everything.” Shirley yelled out her frustration and Jackson sat down quietly and listene
Shirley povI was shocked to hear what Sharon said. I know that for a while now Amelia and Felix were said to be doing well together, hearing this all of a sudden came as a shock.“What are you saying? A divorce all of a sudden?” I asked her because I was literally shocked, but I could tell from her sigh that she had other thoughts.“Felix wants a divorce.” I paused what I was doing as my heart started beating faster than normal, why does he want a divorce all of a sudden? What is he planning now? So many thoughts crossed my mind then I remembered what Jackson said to me a few minutes ago. He told me to promise him never to leave him and Dylan because he already knows about the divorce.“Why do you think I have a hand in this? Are you trying to blame me for your daughter being unable to keep her marriage?” I asked her angrily.“Shirley, I think you're overreacting right now.” Sharon said to me with a calm voice. “You think so? If you aren't trying to accuse me then why did you call t
Writer’s povWhile Jackson was driving back to the house he was worried, there was a lot on his mind, he was trying to focus on his driving but it seemed impossible. Why a divorce all of a sudden, things were going well already, why the sudden need to get a divorce? Jackson asked himself several questions while he was driving at full speed, he drove that way till he got back to the house. When he got home, he was so worried that he started looking around the house for Shirley, he checked her room but she was not there, he checked her workroom too but she was not there too, after searching everywhere for her, she was nowhere to be found in the house. He recollected when he was leaving she said something about not leaving the house today because she got lots of painting ideas, and now she’s not in the house?“Where could she be?” Andrew asked himself and brought out his phone, he tried calling several times but she was not picking his calls. “Pick your calls Shirley,” He said a little
Writer's povAmelia had to search for her phone so that she could talk to her mom and dad about what Felix is about to do.“Where is that stupid phone!” Amelia yelled after searching for a while and she was yet to find her phone, at this point she was frustrated and anything at all could piss her off and make her lose her cool. She was trying to act hard and not act like the divorce was getting to her really bad. While searching for a phone she suddenly paused and started crying. It was just too much at this point. She finally found her phone and decided to place a call across to her mom and dad. The moment she made the phone call her mom picked immediately.“Amelia I was just about to call you.” Sharon said to her, sounding excited to hear Amelia's voice and the fact that Amelia was the one that called first made her feel good because she thought Amelia was upset with her. “Mom, I am losing my mind right now.” Sharon sat up properly the moment she had Amelia's tone and she could te