CIARAWhen I left Ryan’s place the previous day, I was so filled with rage, it was consuming me that I began to choke on it, just when I thought that I could give him a chance again, it all trouble again making me to wonder if there was something so special about Anne that would make him go back to her even after such a harsh betrayal. I was at home the next day trying to take a nap when I heard two familiar voice yelling at each, I could feel the confrontation in their voice that I thought this was a dream because there was no way two grown up men would engage in a physical combat. But when I clicked the door open, it was definitely true. Stood right before me was Ryan and Gerald, they both released themselves as soon as I stepped out seeing the anger that spread through my face. “What is going on here and what does the both of you seemed to be doing?”.“Ciara dear!” Gerald called in a calm tone. “I came over to visit you but met him on the way, you need to have heard the things t
RYANSeeing Ciara walk through that door with another man made my heart boil with rage, I was so sad and yet there wasn't much that I could do. I got back into my car and sped off but on my way back home, there was so much thought going on through my mind, the thought of why Anne decided to come back now at such a timing when Ciara and I had just made up and how in the world did Gerald decide to come visiting, how was he aware that something terrible had happened. There was so much that I could not comprehend so I drove back home and parked the car at the parking lot before walking inside, but when I twisted the door knob, I stopped as soon as I heard Anne's voice on the phone and immediately pulled away from the door. “Hello Gerald, I can't comprehend how you would come up with such and impressive plan and how you were able to know that the plan would cause a thrift between the both of them, but it worked and I am glad you contacted me for this”“Yeah I know fully well that Ciara
I was still furious even for a while waiting to see if Ciara was going to reply my message, but there wasn't any word from her and just then my mother arrives back home with herzl. They both went for some shopping, but even while he came back, he wasn't looking excited. “Herzl man! Are you back home, come on go ahead and show me all the good things Grandma bought for you” I try to put on a smile hoping to confront him from his own bad mood. I held up the bag they had come home with, there were a few toys and some clothes, but he did not seem too excited about it. “Wow! Herzl looks like Grandma bought you so much good stuffs, do you like them?”“Yes but you promised that we were going to go on a weekend with mommy and yet I haven't seen Mommy, when is she coming?”He lowered his cute face, his lips pouted out like a child that have been deprived of Candy. I immediately ruffle his hair before I hauled him up. “You see son, although Mommy promised to go on a weekends with us, but som
I got into my car in the fist of my anger, I drove off. Arriving at Gerald's home, there was no way that I was going to knock with this so much anger fueling inside of me, I swung the door open and in the living room was Gerald and Anne and they both seemed to be having a deep conversation. I needed no confirmation again regarding the record that I listened to and immediately I lifted my hand and slam him hard on his face. “Ciara, what do you think you are doing?” Anne ask reading to attack but Gerald just held his face silently and not dare maintain eye contact with me. “I will advise you Anne that you keep your mouth shut or else, I am going to show you what a lunatic I am.”“Shut up Ciara, you go around beating people up because you think you are so strong, Ryan isn't right here with you and if you dare try to act funny, I will beat you up until you can't barely walk.”“Anne, that is enough, leave us because I will like to have a conversation with Ciara.”“Are you saying that yo
RYAN I drove over to Ciara's home after the words my mother said to me, it was obvious that I could not keep waiting for Ciara to reply the message she saw. I arrived at Ciara's place, unlocked my seat belt and just then I saw her stormed out of the house and drove her car away. I was so curious as to why she was so furious and where she would go this late at night so I followed her. It broke my heart to see that she had gone to Gerald that late at night, but when I could hear the voices arguing, I understood that it was about the record so I waited outside and listen to the drama unfold. Soon after, Anne stepped out of the house furiously and left but the entire place had suddenly become quiet neither was Ciara coming out of the house. Something felt strange and not long after I could hear sounds of whimpering, he was obviously hurting her. Without a second thought, I jumped out of my car and scurried into the house but came to a halt on a second thought just at the door, going
CIARAThe entire week wasn't easy for me at the office, there was several side talks about how I got Gerald arrested and fired just because he had feelings for me, but not much of them knew of his abuse. I could not comprehend what happened that night but regardless of it all, Gerald has been my best friend for a long time and was there for me through thick and thin, I needed to make peace with him. As I sat at empty room at the precinct waiting to see Gerald, my handles were trembling but I fiddle with it hoping to calm my nerves, just then the large door swung open and Gerald was escorted inside accompanied by a cop, I immediately got on my feet almost stunned at how shabby he looks just between a space of two days. “Gerald! ” I called but he look away from me, his eyes staring blankly at the wall. “What are you doing here Ciara or have you come here to mock me?”“No please, I just want to talk.”“Talk you say, you helped your boyfriend beat me up, truly Ciara I was so disappoint
CIARAWe took the available flight to Miami and lodged at the guest rooms available there, Herzl took the room next to ours, that way we could be certain of his well being. “What do you think about this place, do you like it?” Ryan asked while I was so engulfed unpacking as he wrapped me in his arm from behind and I smiled. “Did you just ask me if I like this place, have you seen our son's face, he so thrilled and there is no one that wouldn't love it here, it is so amazing and I wish that we could do this often.”“We definitely will, you deserve to be happy and from now on, I will try my best to make you the happiest that you can be.”“Sure” I replied and kissed him from behind. We got ready and drove over to the market there through a cab. Walking around the market, I was so thrilled by the hive of activities going on, there was so much color, smells of various variety, vendors were hawking their goods and calling out to passerbys in eccentric mixtures of languages. I was so int
CIARA There was a boat waiting for me at the river bank which I immediately stepped into it and rode to the other side of the land. My eyes immediately popped wide open seeing the flowers decorated at each entrance with music playing, there was a pianist who played very beautiful and it melted my heart. I kept walking towards the flowers and came to a halt right before Ryan who held a red box and was kneeling right before me. “Oh my God!” I gasped and my hand found it way to my mouth, I was so stunned and elated that tears began to roll down my cheeks, he unfurl the box and there was a huge diamond staring right at me. “Ciara, I know that I am not perfect and sometimes I make hash mistakes, but you are my queen, my world which I can't lice without, I love you to the moon and back and do not want to leave my life without you, please Ciara be my wife again, this time, more official, I want you to be the woman that I spend my forever with.”Stream of tears flow through my eyes that I
"There she is..." Jamel whispered but audible enough to Alex's hearing, who only nodded with out a reply as he strode towards Ms. Carter. They both exchanged pleasantries before he had his seat opposite her."It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Carter." Alex said as he sat down. Ms. Carter looked at him with an inscrutable expression, her green eyes glittering."The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Alex." she replied, her voice smooth and calm. "I understand you're the CEO of The Williams cooperation. It's quite an impressive company, I've heard lots about it."Alex smiled slightly but it was enough to brighten the atmosphere. "Thank you, but I'm hardly the only one responsible for its success. I'm lucky to have a great team." He uttered, still maintaining his slight smile. "A great team, and a great leader." Ms. Carter vocalized with a few head nod. With out much further ado, she cleared her throat, deciding to go straight to the point. "I supposed you are yet to find a shareholder yet, or ha
The long ride was slow and as well as a quiet one too. Alex sighed for the umpteenth times, unable to fathom the reason behind his sigh that seems not to be coming to an end — of course, he has many reasons for his continuous sigh, but he could not pinpoint which one of it was gnawing at him.Though his mind and thoughts seems to be in fuzzy, he managed to forced his focus on the wheels —he can't repeat the same mistakes twice and this time, he might not be lucky enough and might lose his life. Alex did not want that to happen to me once again, he dreaded the thought of it. He had almost seen death once —he won't face it this time.He's currently facing a lot but losing his life shouldn't be the thought on his mind. His mother —he had stressed her enough with his continuous and never seems to end escapades lately, should he add more to it? No, right? And his daughter too, what would happen to her if she's left behind? Times like this, Alex wished he could turn the hand of time and go
When Lisa walked into her office, she was surprised to find that Judas was not there. On a normal day, Judas would be the first one to greet her upon her arrival. But today, he was nowhere to be found. Lisa was confused and concerned, so she decided to call him to find out what was going on.When she pulled out her phone, she quickly dialed Judas's number. The phone rang and rang, but there was no answer after two try. She had wanted to dial the number for the third time but shrug it off, and decided to keep her phone.Just when she was about to do as thought, the phone rang, vibrating softly in her grip. She checked the caller — it was Judas. With a deep frown settling on her face, she reluctantly picked the call. "Hey..." Judas hailed dryly from the other end. "Sorry, I screened your call. I was about parking when you called so I couldn't answer the phone." "Where are you?" Lisa questioned instead, ignoring his excuses. "I just entered my office and find it empty — you aren't her
"I know what I'm saying is true, Lisa." Andy insisted, seeing the doubt in Lisa's eyes. "Since you left for Los Angeles and made me the acting chairman, my father has been pressuring me to take over the company." Andy went as far as explaining every little detail to Lisa not leaving one out of it. He went as far as telling her how Xavier left home since he refuse to dance to his tunes and even him going to apologize to his father thinking maybe he had change. Lisa was dumbfounded after listening to all what Andy had said, even though she had expected those cunning men not to back away easily. The one she mostly find hard to believe was Xavier cutting ties with his son over his petty greed but since it's coming out from Andy's mouth, she has no other choice than to believe it. "— I shouldn't be saying this, but I can't let them hurt you. I've watched you grown up and I see how kind and considerate you've been..." Andy muttered slowly in conclusion. "I won't possibly be at peace if I
As Andy stood there, staring at his father, he knew that their relationship was irreparably broken. No matter what he said or did, he would never be able to repair the damage that had been done.The man standing in front of him was not the father he had once known and loved. He was a stranger, a man consumed by greed and ambition. He was lost to him forever.Slowly, he turned and began to walk away. He didn't look back, didn't say another word. He simply left, and never looked back.Andy couldn't help but wondered how his father had turned this way — at this stage, he's beyond repair and no matter the amount of words said could bring back his old self which seems to be lost forever.‘Am I really doing the right thing?’ He asked himself, giving his actions a second thought. ‘Leaving him and walking out of his life the moment he's alone and needed someone by his side, is it really okay to desert him like this?’He's not alone, he has his brother who are always supporting him, no matter
"Whether it's sinful or not doesn't matter to me." Xavier cut his son off, matching his angry tone. "Did you think I wish to remain hidden while that bitch enjoy all the luxury to herself and her illegitimate kids?"Andy would have calmed down a bit but his father was only adding more fuel to his anger. "How dare you, father..." He uttered repulsively, trying to defend Lisa. "Why would you speak such ill words of her and her kids who had done nothing wrong against you?""Nothing wrong, eh?" Xavier muttered with a scoff. "Her existence alone has wronged me greatly. Now that I'm into it already, I won't back down until I see her got ruined completely."Andy shook his head sideways, the look of disgust that was on his his face deepen. "You aren't worth living with, Mr. Xavier. It's a good thing you left me on your own." He said with scoff. "I see why mom left you two decades, taking Stephanie along with her.""You..." Xavier yelled with anger written all over him, pointing his index fing
Ever since Andy could remember, he has never been anxious as he is at the moment. He wasn't even sure of the best words to say to his father when he see him. It was at that moment it all dawned on him that he has not planned all of these well enough which made him let out a low but tiring sigh.The moment Andy stepped in and as though his father had been expecting him to come, Andy was welcomed by his father's blazing gaze — if only looks were capable of ending one's life, Andy was sure to have dropped death on spot."What is this ungrateful brat doing here?" Xavier's thundered in anger, his voice laced with hatred and he did not hesitate to give his son that same look as well —hatred, anger, frustration and fury! He turned towards his brother's direction. "Fred, why did you allow this boy in?""I think he has something to say to you." Fred muttered, though audibly to Xavier's hearing with a slight shoulder shrug, collapsing on the nearest couch. "Let's listen to what he has to say. H
It was barely past noon when Andy had returned home from work that afternoon, he couldn't come back home the previous day because it was already late in the night when he finished from the theatre room so he took his rest at the hospital instead. Andy sat on his favorite couch with a heavy sigh of relief but his relief did not last more than a few moment, because his relief was swallowed with his gnawing feeling of emptiness. Everything seems empty to him — and he felt as though he's alone in the whole big world. He knew something was amiss somewhere and tried figuring it out. Alas! He figured out that it was the absence of his father. He had missed his father's presence in the house, his nagging and miss seeing his scowling face as well —all of these had made the past five years bearable for him but for the past one week, he has no one else to do all of these to him. Andy couldn't help but blamed himself for the emptiness he was feeling, he was the one who had sent his own biolog
Once they were gone, Lisa let out a sigh of relief. She was glad to have a moment to herself, and she was looking forward to the peace and quiet. Although she couldn't help but feel a bit guilty about sending the kids away but she had things to discuss about with Judas.Judas moved closer and sat down on the seat opposite Lisa's desk. Lisa, as well, sat down in her usual position, her eyes fixed on the man before her. His facial expression says it all, of course he has a lot o say to Lisa and could not wait to be permitted so he could relay his words. "It seems you have something to say, Judas." Lisa finally voiced out after observing Judas for a while. She's not too blind not to have noticed —she knows Judas too well. "What have you come up with this time around?" "Uh, yeah." He nodded his head in agreement, adjusting slightly on his seat. "You can guess..." his voice was drawling and far from usual.Lisa raised her left brow slightly. "Beats me. What are you up to this time, Jude