Alex's povI pressed against the doorbell continuously. Minutes passed, and then slowly it made its way to hours before the gates were opened. My gaze matched that of Jerome and the gateman in guard.“And here I was beginning to get worried that you yourself were in an accident.” Jerom retorted, there was something about the mischievous glint in his eyes that made me want to make my way into my room. I wasn't pleased with how it had been two fucking hours, but I wasn't ready to kay, soon enough.“Please talk to me; let's make this clear. Were you aware I had been by the gate all along?” I asked, waiting for a response.“What if Wd did? I was on duty all day! day and I think I had someone in a wheelchair through the dashcam. I believed it was a beggar, but it turned out to be a bayou, not that you are different from a beggar anyways,” the security man teased.I watched as he erupted into laughter, and both seemed to be having a worthwhile time. I cleared my throat continuously, remindi
ALEX POV.The silence was deafening, and the tension between us all could slash through the air.I didn't know a bit; I had recalled the uninterested look he passed at me when he had seen me all dressed up.“I should excuse you all,” Jeron finally broke off the silence as he proceeded to walk away.“Of course not ; you are as good as family, so stay here and let's talk about it all, shall we? Besides You are a very important witness at the venue, so tell me, had happened earlier today? Father asked.It doesn't sit right with me; why was he asking Jeron for my side of the story when I was seated right here?“Do we really have to do all this? I have a spa appointment to get to "Esther was quick in; father however shot her a gaze that silenced her for a bit.“Now tell me what exactly happened,“ he asked again, keen on his words.“I'm sorry, sir, I wasn't really there, but I do recall seeing that the guard had delayed Martins here for some unknown reasons; he claimed to not have seen him
hayle.“You're what now?!.” I asked, taken far by surprise as my lips parted open and my jaws hung ajar.“Stop talking like I asked you to be a stand-in wife. It's anything if sports; all I'm saying is something quite simple, nothing too much. I'm having a family dinner, and you have to be present as my fiance. Is there anything wrong with that? You owe me, don't you, and I sure as hell have other options. We can bail on the dinner,” he asked, staring intensely at me.I realized he was right. I had caused a scene by yelling and made a total fool of myself. What was I even thinking, talking about things like that and the like? I was a fool, and I knew it already. I was so desperate to visit Mary.“I'm sorry, it just sounded somehow. A little odd, you know, with everything going on and”“hayle , I would plead with you not to make wrong assumptions henceforth; I told you that chapter is closed, and now it's nothing but progression; either way, I understand if I and you feel in any way co
Alex“You can walk?” Father asked. I could see the surprise in his eyes as he spoke; he had not expected it, I made sure not a single track was left. I had him exactly where I wanted. I nodded slowly. “Yes, as a matter of fact, I've been able to walk for a while now. I Had the doctor kept it discreet, he would of course have told you about my progress if you'd asked, but I guess you were too busy with other things to worry about your crippled son.” I explained sure enough that the words were shot towards him like daggers.He seemed ashamed after hearing my words; he averted his gaze from me, but I didn't flinch by a bit; I wasn't worried about what his outcome might be. So long as I had all that I wanted, and things were fine so far. “Goodness, this is coming as a surprise to me, Alex , and I've been really busy. I expected him to reach out to me if anything came up. I have failed in that aspect, but tell me, why put yourself through the stress of Wheeling back and forth when you
Hayle 'S POV.It's been days already yet nothing sensible had happened, apart from the fact that he was indeed alive, nothing else new to me.my search for him was futile The first woman I had hired turned out to be half of the money that had been sent to her before I realized.As soon as I demanded results or at least proof of work, she blocked me. I had not reached out to her; I did more research and hired a new person who had found out that Alex was indeed alive, but his location wasn't accessible at the moment.A lot of this money had been drained; I had just a little left, and at this point I wouldn't even be able to find Alex if I was spending the last dime I had on the private investigator.A call settled in, and I raised my eyes slowly to see it was Giovani. Ever since he got me a phone, he kept calling me around, even the most basic. I couldn't just shove him off, could I? He has been helpful to me in a lot of ways.Only little could be done. I swallowed hard, picking up h
Giovanni.A loud squeal of laughter eased through my lips on hearing her words. I rested into a chair before kicking up my feet, laughing hard at whatever joke she seemed to be trying so hard to make.“Common now, Hayle , be for real, why are you here?” I asked again. After taking a long amount of time to laugh in her face, she held a right and diem trip to the hem of her dress before swallowing hard.“I don't get it; what exactly do you think I'm here for? Jokes?” Ahr asked, getting quite uneasy, and just then did I realize she seemed to be serious about whatever silky requests it was that she intended to make.“Oh, this isn't a joke? Are you serious? I'm expected to throw twenty-five thousand us down the decking drain for your mom? What makes you think I'll do such a stupid thing?” I asked, but she said nothing. Maybe she had a lot on her mind at the moment; it was just being curious in her speech. I wasn't entirely sure what the problem was about, but to see how she was bradley thi
Alex.My eyes remained pinned amongst the crowd waiting outside. I scanned through very carefully; my father had said that as soon as I got out of the airport there would be a man waiting for me.And it was just like he had stated, a man was indeed waiting, his eyes lingering in my wheelchair with a look tickled with irritation. “Mr Alex?” He called out to me, and I nodded with a smile, determined to keep calm and act foolish for as long as I possibly could; getting all wrapped up in their talks and acts wasn't something that I wanted.“You caught a quick glance of me; I was worried I would miss you,” I responded, feigning ignorance to the curt manner in which he had spoken.“Well, there aren't many disabled people in wheelchairs now, are there?” He asked once again before walking away from me,I said nothing else after him, drawing up a plan in my mind. My father has asked me to come down here to handle important business, but seeing how the driver who had been assigned to me only m
HAYLE S POV I laid on my side. My eyes wide opened in the complete darkness; it wasn't like I had many options to it; as a matter of fact, I was just as helpless; my sanity was teetering on the edge, and my hope and thoughts on how to save my mother kept dwindling. There was nothing that could be done; I was weak and hopeless, but most of all, seeing how things had begun unfolding these past few days really did bother me. Was I entirely sure I wanted a child born into situations like this? Where I couldn't even afford to get his drugs, of course I wasn't lazy; I would work several jobs, odd or part-time if I couldn't find office work, but then what were the long term plans on how to afford the bills and get myself together, sending a child to school?Besides, would it ever be safe in a country where the maniac Giovanni stayed?I couldn't risk the odds, that as much as I hoped Giovanni would some day wake up and grow bored of me or have no interest, none of it was happening, and a