Kevin was so scared on seeing granny in the state she was in. He was confused and scared at the same time. He didn’t know what to do. He decided to help granny and rush her to the emergency ward and just as he moved close to her to lift her up, an evil thought came to his mind.“What if her dying is the only way to keep my secret from getting exposed?”, he had thought, having a change of mind towards saving granny’s life. When he eventually made up his mind, he let go of granny’s hand and rushed to lock the restroom door from behind; to prevent anyone from walking onto the scene. Having done that, he slowly walked back to where granny was lying in the pool of blood and smiled sheepishly. “Ke…..Vin, ple…..ase he…lp”, granny said weakly, when she noticed Kevin wasn’t making any attempt to save her life.“Help you? So, you can send me to prison? No, I am not stupid enough to do that”, Kevin said, laughing hysterically. This laughter of his got granny scared, making her wonder in her
“What are you talking about?”, Ellie asked, staggering, while getting up from her bed, wondering if she had heard wrong. “I am sorry to say this again, but your granny is dead. Someone found her dead body in the female restroom, some minutes ago”, the nurse said, with empathy and apologetically. “Are you sure of what you are saying? She left here barely an hour ago. So, what are you talking about?”, Ellie queried, still not believing what the nurse had said. Ellie couldn’t believe what she had heard. Kevin, who was already aware of granny being dead, didn’t feel shocked nor sad, but had to pretend as if he was, just to avoid Ellie’s suspicion. “What are you talking about? How can granny be dead?”, Kevin cut in, pretending to be shocked by the news. “I am sorry to break the news to you but that is the pure truth. You can follow me downstairs to confirm her body”, the nurse said. Upon hearing this, Ellie collapsed on the floor. Kevin moved to her where she was sitting on the floo
Life without granny was just as Ellie had expected. After granny’s burial, Ellie was discharged from the hospital and so also, Carla. Although she was not in her right state of mind due to granny’s death, she was so happy to know that Carla could see again. Kevin had lied to her that the fund for Carla’s surgery was paid by granny before her death. Ellie wondered at first, how granny could have gotten such a large amount of money, but she later concluded that, it was the money gotten from the sale of her late son’s apartment. Both Carla and Kevin moved on with their daily life activity, while Ellie kept herself locked up in the house, still finding it difficult that her family was truly gone. She became a shadow of herself, and she could barely smile. Carla and Kevin tried to gear her up and encouraged her to move on, but all their efforts seemed to prove abortive. She wouldn’t eat and was forced countless of times to. She became so lean and looked wretched. She didn’t even had time
“Which baby is growing inside of me? What are you talking about, doctor?”, Ellie asked, with a shaky voice, not wanting to believe what the doctor had said, although, it was the reality. Noticing how tensed the situation was and Ellie was about creating a scene, Kevin intervened. “Don’t worry, doctor. I will explain everything to her. Ellie, be calm. We will sort this out. I promise”, Kevin said, trying to calm Ellie down and assured her. When the doctor and the nurses finally left, Kevin had sat Ellie down. He explained to her what the doctor had told him, right in the presence of Carla. Carla, who had no idea of this before, was shocked and felt pity for Ellie. Ellie, upon listening to Kevin attentively and hearing all what he had said, didn’t know how to react at first. She just sat still, looking into the space, as if she was trying to process what she had heard. When the reality sank in, all she could do was to laugh like a crazy woman. “You are joking right?”, Ellie asked, l
The siblings were glad she finally came back to life and they couldn’t hide their joy as they smiled at her, with happiness, evident in their eyes. The doctor ran a cross-examination on Ellie and the results made the doctor confirmed that she was okay, only that, she would need some time to heal psychological and emotionally. It was as if Ellie wasn’t happy to have been resurrected back to life, as she was all gloomy and never put a smile on her face, no matter how hard Carla tried to make her laugh.After few days of keeping tabs on her, the doctor concluded that she was fit to be discharged, although, he warned never for her to be left all alone, as she was not mentally fit yet. To avoid trying to take her own life, the doctor advised Kevin to watched her closely. He recommended some activities to be carried out, which will make her heal fast, mentally and psychological, and go back to her old and real self. One of the recommendations made was for her to be moved to a new environmen
Thinking that Kevin was truly in love with her, Ellie kept on falling in love with him day by day. Kevin also tried hard to convince her that his love for her was real, by taking care of Ivory and providing for their needs even before they asked. Ellie decided not to further her education and stayed at home, raising her daughter as a stay at home mum. Kevin’s new job was really earning him quite well, as he catered for the needs of Ellie and Ivory and also sponsored Carla’s education, while at the same time, sponsoring his own education as well. He decided to go back to school and become an accountant which he had always dreamt of becoming.Most of the times, he do travel out of the town and whenever Ellie asked him the reason for that, he do tell her that it was an office assignment. Ellie never thought much of it, as all she wanted at that time, was to have memorable moments with her daughter and the man she loved. When Ivory started kindergarten and Ellie finally had some time to he
By the time Ellie and Kevin got married, Ellie was already 23, while Kevin was 25 years of age. After graduating from college, Kevin was able to secure a job as an accountant at the company he used to work as a driver, with the help of his boss. Everything was going on fine after their wedding, until three months after, when Kevin informed his family of going back to San Francisco, the city which they had moved from to Sacramento, where they currently were. Although, he had been frequenting San Francisco, claiming it was on an official assignment, this time around, he would be staying there permanently and would only be coming to visit his family once in a while.“I have something to tell you both. I will be moving permanently to Sans Francisco. In two days time to be precise,” Kevin announced to his family, on one of those nights they had dinner together.“What? In two days time? Why is that?” Ellie asked, surprised at what Kevin had said.“My boss has been transferred to our branch
After Ellie moved to Sans Francisco alongside with Ivory, nothing really changed about her relationship with Kevin, as he barely went home. Ellie had thought that would change if she moved in with him, but she was wrong. He slept most of his nights out, claiming he had to work overnight. Ellie tried to get to know her husband’s new workplace, but Kevin kept bringing up different excuses each time she tried to. He didn’t want her to know where he worked, but Ellie never thought much of it. As soon as she got back to Sans Francisco, she tried getting a job as a designer, which she loved doing the most. Luckily for her, she was able to get one as a part-timer. She shuffled between working as a designer and caring for her daughter. She began to adapt to Kevin not being around and in no time, it became part and parcel of her. Everything was going perfectly well, and she was happy with her new life. But she became happier when she found out she was pregnant with Kevin’s child. “Mrs. Sm