Ryker: I know you are reading my texts; I just want you to tell me if you are okay?
I took a deep breath in and began typing, which was a short reply.
Me: I'm fine.
Ryker: Did you tell Paul about the baby?
Me: Why do you care?
Ryker: He is the father; he deserves to know.
I read his text and this urge of trying to know what happened that night came to life once again.
I left him on read, leaving my phone on my pillow, and got up in search of a key to a locker where I had left Lewis’s belongings after the accident.
My phone beeped again and I knew Ryker was still texting me, but my mind was crowded with some thoughts. There was this feeling inside me that kept bothering me to investigate this situation.I picked up my phone and instead of reading Ryker’s text, I messaged Willow. Together, Willow and I went to the lockers to g
Ryker: You said it's Paul's Baby, what kind of game are you playing with me now?Oh! He had the audacity to blame me, make me feel bad about being related to my own brother, while he literally tried to kill my brother.I was staring at the screen of my phone with almost no emotions. I was tired of running and just when I thought I had found a home, I realized I've to run again but this time, for my brother.Me: The game where I wish the baby was anyone's but yours.Ryker: What did you say? it is my baby?How ironic, I had replayed the moment where I announce the truth about the baby to him in my head countless times before, but all those times, I didn't think of it as anything other than a mother's wish for her baby to know the father.Ryker: Tell me, Kath!I watched his text and slowly the lost anger began to build up inside me. Scarlet and him ruined us, they both u
It's been two days and everybody was busy with these upcoming party preparations. It was sweet of Mother to involve Willow in most of the work with her. Willow had always wanted to work in this area and her dream was now able to be fulfilled. Willow was still working in Scarlet’s boutique which was now under Ryker’s name. I don’t even know if that boutique was going to work, but I heard from Willow that Lacy had informed her that Ryker had hired new girls.As for me, rest and the home were nowhere near in sight because I had a lot planned in my mind for those who took my brother and my life for granted.I was lying in my bed, resting with my eyes close when my phone began to go crazy. I checked my phone and the notifications said, I have some unread messages.Ryker: Kathleen?Ryker: Can we meet?Every time he messaged me, my heart ached and my mind got crowded with numerous different thoughts. I wish I hadn't fallen for him, takin
Roy's POV:It's been a month that Irvin was kept behind the bars, but I knew it wasn't going to last long. The amount of worshipper he had, there was no way he was going to remain behind the bars for so long.I sat on the bed, waiting for Jamie to join me to have a serious conversation. We have kept Katty's bed untouched, there wasn't a day when we hadn't thought of her. But knowing that she was with her mother now, we felt slightly easier.After Katty told me about finding her mother, Jamie and I were really happy for her."Goodness, why aren't you asleep yet." Jamie rolled her beautiful eyes at me and rubbed lotion over her perfectly toned legs. I wanted to keep her image in my eyes forever. She was the best thing ever happening to me, and I bet she felt the same about me too.The bond and love we had were stronger than anything in the world. It wasn't some relationship that would die once the se* turns dry, that was never ha
Kathleen's POV:"Hey, he will be fine." I rubbed Jamie's hand between my hands and tried to calm her but her silence was scaring me. "You should have called me before he was leaving, I would have sent some guards with him. He never told me what he was up to." I said feeling very scared for him. People like Irvin have always been a curse to this world."He didn't want to look suspicious." Jamie didn't sound like Jamie without her jokes and silly statements. I felt bad because all this was happening because of me, I wish I hadn't touched their life, my touch was toxic.But then again, Irvin would have used Roy until Roy was caught for selling drugs without him knowing anything about them."You know what we ladies should do?" Willow jumped in, trying her best to divert our mind, "we should go shopping for the baby." Her idea brightened up our mood but I could tell that Jamie was feeling low.Jamie gave us a weak nod which made me sigh sadly. I have be
I saw Paul crying when Jamie told him that after his father made her sister leave the house, she stayed with Jamie and ended her life afterward when she couldn’t take the pain anymore. It felt bad that he was still hoping she will come back for him. Jamie was hugging Kellie tightly, of course, she saw her sister's image in that child. Willow and I have been sitting silently, listening to them for hours. I had cried multiple times in the middle of all this happening since I had a sibling too, so I know the pain of losing a sibling or almost losing a sibling."I'm tired," I uttered to Willow, I couldn’t sit there anymore and listen to them without crying any more tears."You need rest, you have been sitting in this position for too long." Willow nodded and helped me get up. "We will have a walk while you guys talk," she stated and we both left them alone to talk more comfortably. He walked a little away from the café and sighed in the fresh air.
“What are we going to do now? He is not letting it rest, he will steal the b---,” I walked in on Willow and others talking about Ryker when they caught me walking in on them. They hurriedly shared a glance and then after a pause, Willow continued, “So, what about a baby shower?” she cheerfully clapped her hands and watched my face.“That can rest, we have a bigger issue to deal with.” I knew they thought discussing it with me might get me stressed up but it wasn’t something I could ignore for so long. The wiser thing was to talk about it and then get a solution for it.“We didn’t want to stress you out,” Willow murmured, lowering her face.“I understand, but he won’t give us any time,” I replied, sitting down with Jamie, who, after meeting up with his niece should have enjoyed her time, but instead she was over here stressing over my issues.“I am going to hire the best la
It's been two days and I have not received any more threats from Ryker. Everybody around me was trying their best to cheer me up, but things were looking bad at this point.I don't know what was going on with Ryker and by every passing minute, my brain kept hinting me that he was going to storm in with his lawyer and shove some kind of papers in my face."Just one more slice," Willow rolled her eyes as she tried to feed me another slice of apple. I was sitting on the couch in the living room, my eyes blankly zoned out in space when Willow caught my attention."I'm fine, Willow. I can't eat more." I intended to give her a weak smile, but then my brain couldn't process the information my heart sent it and I ended up murmuring with no emotions."Everything will be fine, you know." Willow put the plate on the table in front of us and checked her phone, "See this!" a bright smile covered her lips as she saw something on her phone screen, she switched it to me
"Willow!" I had to shake myself out of the trance, everyone around me was suffering because of me and I couldn't even defend them."Paul! I don't understand what is going on with you, but I would rather listen to them than you. You cannot come here, acting like you know anything about that happened between Ryker and me." I raised my voice, finally taking back the control.His posture suddenly softened as he explored around awkwardly."What is going on here?" we all turned around to the voice of Jamie, who had just decided to come back with Kellie from outside."Nothi---" Paul had only opened his mouth when Willow stopped crying and shared a quick glance with mother, I knew they were not the types to give up so soon."Your brother-in-law here thinks we are all manipulating Kathleen and Ryker is the only one suffering while Kathleen is not even eligible to be a mom." Willow lied and my mother nodded hard, agreeing with her."Wait, what did you