I saw a hand aiming towards me. I didn’t know I had some energy left in me. My hand was fast enough to slam the door in the face of the oppressor. I was so scared, “Who could have come to my door to do that?”. I sat on the bed with fears all over my mind. My body quivered in fear and I sat, wondering who could want to hurt me.Olivia was done dressing up. She approached the main building to resume her job for the day. Michael heard the noise as I slammed the door. He rushed towards the direction of the noise. Olivia saw his reaction. She ran after him.She thought I had been hurt and she wasn’t there. Roxana started banging the door. “You can’t snatch him away from me, you pauper. Open this door now. Michael came out of that room. I am here”Roxana screamed.Her voice was so loud Lawrence heard the noise in his room. He got out of bed and made his way out of the room. He walked towards the direction of the noise. From the noise and the words, I knew it was Roxana. “Snatch?, who wants to
Impossibility was about to happen. There was a pregnant silence, loads of words were hidden in the silent air we all were breathing in and out at that moment. We all shifted our gaze to Roxana.Her lips were still sealed together not looking like it will open anytime soon. I actually wish Michael found a better fiancée to become his wife. The bitterness in her towards me was visible to everyone around.How would the child I am carrying cope with her ways? It’s my child because my eggs were used with Michael’s sperm. The silence was still unbroken.Michael broke the suppressing silence “If you don’t apologize to her, I doubt if we can continue with the wedding. The child in her is mine. And it’s my biological right to protect the child by all means”. “Valid fact”,Lawrence said, clapping for Michael.“I am proud of those words. I wish your parents were here to see how much you have become a man”Lawrence said. Lawrence's words boost Michael’s morale. He felt proud of himself. The conditi
She pressed her phone to show her friend the video. Ann watched with her mouth agape. “This is terrifying, it truly does men. This must have been terrible for you”. “It was, I was shivering with fear as I drove to safety”Roxana uttered.She started consuming her food. “You should show this to the cops. It will be helpful. I think”Ann suggested. “I will do that now, let me call the helpline and forward this video to them”.Roxana phones the helpline and tells the receiver what she saw and the place it happened. She narrated everything she saw and forwarded the video to them. “You will need to come in for some questions please, Miss”The receiver pleaded.She and her friend packed their unfinished foods and drinks and headed to the precinct in their cars. The news crew gets there in a hurry and starts to interview Roxana. It was her first time talking to the media.“Where were you going at that time of the day when you saw them?”One of the media people threw the question at her. “I was g
She didn’t know about the card yet. After they had settled on their seats. She asked about the card, “You showed a card to the lady at the entrance. What is it about?”. He smiled, he knew Roxana would ask.“Apparently, I got a card from the management here. Appreciating me, us, for patronage. The proposal supposedly got them many views and patronage”Michael said. Roxana nods, “it’s good”.Foods and drinks were spread on their table. They started eating and drinking. After the food, no one was ready to talk about their last fight. Michael manned up to speak. “Rosie, I don’t know how many times I have to explain to you that the child in that girl belongs to us”.Roxana squeezed her mouth to one side. She rolled her eyes. She was displaying all signs that she didn’t accept his words. “Rosie, what are those signs you are displaying?”. She didn’t answer him. She only kept a fixed gaze on him.“Michael, you have said this many times. I have heard you”. Michael scoffed, “It will be good for
The news didn’t sit well with Helen and Grace. But, they weren’t ready to give up. They planned on waiting for my arrival. Helen acted like she care, “Oh, it must have been hard for her been the first time. Well, Wendy didn’t ask after us. U can’t be too hard was the reason I came here to check on her”.“Sounds good. It’s just a medical appointment. She would be back soon”. Madam Lucy turned to Grace, “You are looking radiant. I like this don’t let Michael Carter gets hold of this beauty. He might want to have a taste”. She chuckled.Coyly, Grace blushed, “A taste would not kill him”. Helen liked her daughter’s response truly she came prepared. “Are you sure?. Helen, did you hear what your daughter is saying about the family you dread?”. Madam Lucy knows Helen dreads the Carter family. She doesn’t want to have anything to do with the family.She became close to them when Madam Lucy brought the offer. They were the only one who was ready to help to erase the huge debt then. If not she
“So glad to hear that. I guess Wendy will be happy to see you all. She hasn’t seen any member of her family for long”Madam Lucy innocently said. She doesn’t know they have a hidden agenda for me.They prepared to take their leave, their first attempt was not successful they have to prepare well ahead for the next one. “Thanks for having us aunty, we will be back on Sunday. I miss my sister”Grace said in a sympathy note.It’s all lies, that have my number and do come across me on social media. Yet, they haven’t written to me for once or called me to check on me. I would have called them or written one of them but, before I finally resulted in Lawrence court.When I was in Val and Brown’s house. They never called to ask where I was when I didn’t show up in the house. That shows they do not care about me. So, I shouldn’t either.Madam Lucy saw them off to the car. She timed it well that it was when Lawrence was in his room resting. Helen and Grace hopped in the car. Helen ignited the ca
It was like an earthquake was happening around me. These two here?. “ what could they be looking for?. Who gave the permission. I was so shocked I had to stop chewing my gum for few seconds. The smell of different perfume I perceived made me throw up.I was quick to face the opposite side where no one was. Olivia ram close to me. “Sorry Miss, Take it easy”. Helen and Grace stopped in t their tracks. Michael rushed towards me. Helen and Grace were shocked by that action. They didn’t know what to make out of it. He rubbed my back. “It’s part of the pregnancy stress”Michelle said. It was strange to me as Michael rubbed my back. He must have been carried away. Roxana looked at our direction with her face frowned. When I was done Olivia took me to the washroom.I rinsed my face and threw some water in my mouth. I rinse my mouth. “Olivia did we have some two women in walking towards us in the dining table?”. I asked again to be sure I saw people that I saw for real. I thought the pregnant
That was dramatic and a solid lie. I didn't do any of such but I maintained my silence to hear all they have to say against me. They want to make the Carter family kick me out of the luxury I was enjoying.“Hello, get a handkerchief for her. Don’t just stand with your sick boss”. Roxana told Olivia. She was transferring aggression to Olivia. Olivia left the garden to get a handkerchief for Helen. She collected it and wiped her fake tears with it.“I just came back from Peterside. She was still unreachable. I decided to trace her here. I saw her absence, so I decided to come here today”. Michelle looked from me to my stepmother. “Wendy, all she said is it true?”Michelle asked. I looked at Helen and Grace. I don’t want to go into long words battle with them. They don’t worth it.“She is lying and she knows it”. That was only I said. I don’t need to swear or show evidence of them lying. Doing that means I still care or I was pained. “All that should not be our business anyways. It’s betw
The labor pains were too much and unbearable. My water broke, Michael started and didn't know what to do for a few seconds. “Sir, let’s take her to the hospital”, Olivia said. He carried me breathing hard. “Sir, let me help you, is she not heavy?”The chauffeur said. “No, she is carrying my child. She is not heavy and I love her,”He said with a straight face.He carried me to the car himself. He laid me at the back seat, he placed my head on his lap. Olivia sat beside the chauffeur. I was groaning in pain as we headed to the hospital. I was feeling cold and hot at the same time. It got to a stage where I feel like death was waving at me.I held on to Michael's clothes screaming and crying. “I am done for”. “I want to urinate”. “The pain is unbearable”. I was talking and crying. Michael kept telling me sorry uncountable times till we got to the hospital. I was rushed in for an emergency.I tried birthing the child myself but I couldn’t. Michael called his parents to tell them I was in
The attitude pissed off Michael. He was so embarrassed he had to leave the scene. He has never been disgraced in front of his workers like that ever.Roxana stormed after him to his office. Michael was able to walk faster than her to his office. “Don’t let her into my office”He told Laila. Immediately, Laila stood guard in front of her boss's office. She could hear Roxana’s voice shouting as she approached the office. “Where is the loser?. I will give you a few days. Have your count down you will be off here”She boasted.As she made her way to his office Laila stopped her. “I am sure, you don’t want to get into a fight with me,”she frowned. “Mrs Carter, you can not enter there”Laila said. She pulled Laila off the road. Laila staggered to regain her balance she ran after her and pulled her back.She slapped Laila’s face. “How dare you touch my expensive body with your filthy hands?”She yelled. Laila held her cheeks as it stings. Michael heard Roxana slap Laila. He came out of his offic
“If that will please you. I will do it,”Michael replied. He wasn’t willing to argue with Roxana. He knows she has always been jealous of me. Roxana smiled, “Good”. “You know I love you so much. And I will do anything for you”Michael said. “I love you too. Let’s get to sleep. We have to be early for the family breakfast tomorrow”,Roxana said. They went to bed.Michael was thinking of how to go about the request Roxana is asking him. A part of him loves me. He doesn’t want me to go far away from the house because of his child. He didn’t sleep early that night. “My grandfather’s house. Is it the safest and comfortable for her to stay with my child,”He said to himself.He thought all through the night about how to go about the request. He could hardly sleep. His thought was going wild. He finally got to sleep.They came over for breakfast on Sunday morning as usual. Before breakfast started, Michael announced on the table. “Hello everyone, Roxana said she doesn’t want Wendy staying in the
Roxana knew it was Grace Jenkins the cleaner was referring to. For Laila not to talk. She was taking side with her boss. She doesn’t want to lose her job. I kept mute for a while.Obviously, Michael is cheating on her with Grace. She got the facts she needed. She doesn’t need to prolong issues or look further. Her final finds will be with Michael’s phone. “It’s fine you all can leave thank you”,Roxana dismisses the gathering.There was nothing to think about again further. She knows nothing about Michael's job. She was only there as it’s the tradition of the Carter to always make their wives the managing director. She is only good in her make-up field.She rested her back and called Ann as it was the plan between both of them to get rid of all the side ladies when she resumes power and to divorce after a few months.Ann picked up her phone as soon as she saw it was Roxana that was calling her. “Hello Mrs Roxana Carter”Ann teased her friend. “Ann, stop being naughty,”Roxana laughed. It
Michael sighed, “Ok sir. Thank you sir”. “Good son, you can take your leave now,”Lawrence said. Michael hugged his father and took his leave. He joined Rosie in the sitting room. “What happened?. Any problem?”She inquired. “No, he was only lecturing me on how to take great care of you”Michael lied.Roxana laughed and they left. They hopped into the waiting car and left for Lawrence court expansion. “Welcome to your humble abode my beautiful Rosie”Michael announced. Roxana looked around like it was her first time in the house.“Of course It’s mine”,she said proudly. Michael laughed ignorantly at Roxana's words. The manager of soulmate beach reached out to Michael to enable them to publicize the wedding to the public. The wedding videos and pictures had not been heard and kept away from the public.Michael authorized it to be blown out to the public. The very night the videos and pictures were released to the public. It gained ten million views in six hours before the day breaks. The so
Rosie looked at Michael and liked what a liar he is. She kept quiet and didn’t say anything. “Mrs Carter, I am okay now. Hope you are good?”. Before Michelle could reply it was time for breakfast to start.No one talked about it anymore. They started breakfast as usual. We all ate. After breakfast I know I have no business with them as the gathering specifically was for the marriage discussion.They all move to the garden to have a better discussion about the wedding. “My outfit will be ready next month with my husband and father inlaw”Michelle said proudly. “Ours would be ready next month also. Our guest list is prepared,”Mrs Briggs said smiling.Mr Briggs and Denzel left the women to have other discussions somewhere else. Roxana and Michael moved away from their parents also to have their discussions. “Rosie, I am really sorry. Next two months. I can’t wait for you to be Mrs Carter”,Michael pleaded.“Ok. I have heard. I really can’t wait also,”Roxana said. She smiled and pecked him.
Obviously, Grace was ashamed of herself to tell Charles what she had done all in the name of pleasing Michael. “Means I can’t quit my job?”she asked. “You can’t. Except you want to face jail terms or wait till after the two compulsory years”Charles told her.She was caught in the middle of a hard task and doesn’t know what to do. She was disappointed in herself and doesn’t know how to face Michael and Laila at work.Michael had begun to process how to recover my company back to me and take it away from my step mother and step sister. He heard Helen swear to sue and also Grace saying the same thing. He doesn’t want them to win over me.Before we went to beg that night he called the lawyer over to Lawrence court. I was asked to narrate everything and I told the lawyer about how the company was originally for my mother and I.“Get a letter sent to Grace Jenkins tomorrow telling her to stop work on the company and never set foot there else she would be sued”Michael instructed the lawyer.
Everyone went silent. Michael didn’t care about how the look Grace gave him. He was only after getting justice for me and to stop Helen threatening me. The lawyers from both sides argue for some minutes. The evidence of Helen pushing me away was shown to the Judge and my medical report after I was taken to the hospital.The judge ruled out a month imprisonment for Helen. The judgement broke her heart. She has never been to a police precinct before talking more of staying there over the night and being charged to court and being imprisoned.She was bittered by the sentence. She screamed in the court, “Wendy used her influence to jail me”. Grace couldn’t hold herself together. She burst into tears. Tears ran down her cheeks uncontrollably. She hit deeper into her lower lips. What a terrible day for her.Definitely, one of the worst days of their lives. Helen cried as the cops escorted her to the waiting vehicle to take her to the prison. Grace races to meet up with her mother. She held
“This could be a misinterpretation. I didn’t do anything. She was the one who came to attack me here”Helen yells as she enters the police van. Her workers looked on. When she got to the police precinct Michael was there. Helen was shocked when she saw him. Her hope was for Michael to support him and be against me but the case was in another view. I was the one winning over her.“Michael, really, this is really happening?”She threatened. Michael tabled all she did and some of the cops came to the hospital to see me. They even speak with the nurse who directs them to doctor Mason.He shed more light on it which implicates Helen more. With no further ado. She was detained and soon he charged. Michael used his power to ensure she is granted bail. No one called Grace at the office to tell her anything had happened to her mother.She works at her department to continue the creation of another robot. She didn’t go to Michael’s office at all and didn’t wait for him by the close of the hour.