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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Lorenzo smashed my phone to pieces!"
The minute I say that, his two colleagues crack up in laughter.
"Could you two gentlemen please excuse us?" CJ asks calmly staring at me straight in the eye.
As the two men leave, he grits his teeth and demands,
"Close that door!"
The minute I close it, he flies from his chair and pins me to the door. He's hurting my arm and I wince in pain.
"What kind of nonsense is this!" he hisses.
I try to fight off him but he's too strong for me. His whole body blocking me."What nonsense CJ? Enzo smashed my phone!" I snap.
He scowls at me. "And I'm your papa when the bad boys pick at you, right?" he lets go of me and clicks. "Grow up, Terra! You're acting like a stupid child."
That hurts coming from him.
I thought he would confront him.
CJ continues grumbling. "You just storm into my office like you are the fucking boss! Who the fuck do you think you are? Huh!"
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Chase is plopped up on my lap as I rake my fingers in his black fur. He's almost sleeping."I still can't believe you took a private jet here!"CJ chuckles. "Rich man problems.""Come on... You could have drove here. It's just two hours."CJ sighs. "When it's just minutes with a jet... Plus, I was debating if I should or shouldn't come, you know. I was afraid of how you'd react... Then I finally made a decision after two whole hours and I decided to use a jet."CJ stares at me weirdly."Oh God! Your face is turning red. Are you blushing? You're blushing!"I slap him lightly on the cheek. "Shut up! I'm not blushing."But I know I am. Because I'm really finding it difficult gazing directly at his eyes.Amira steps out of her room dressed in a pink silky night gown.She gasps on seeing CJ and sneaks into her room again and comes back in a white robe. Her face is flushed with embarrassment."Sorry for that..."
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Hours Earlier,Amira looks at me with alarm, fear clear in her green eyes."What's wrong, Terra?"I drop the phone, I'm shook.I can't talk. I can't move. My feet are glued to the ground and the only movement in my body is the fidgeting of my hands.I gather up the strength to utter the words,"It's mom!"The fear in her eyes fades and she rolls her eyes as if it's nothing. "Lonah?""Amira, mom has been admitted to hospital and she's in a critical condition. That's not a laughing matter."Amira snickers. "Who's laughing?"I glare at her and I'm about to bellow and throw cuss words at her but CJ stops me."Instead of arguing, we should rush to hospital! She needs you two right now," CJ advices.Amira shakes her head. "I'm afraid I'm not comin
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"Yes please."CJ is on the phone."Postpone the meeting till next week.Something came up!" he says. "Tell the clients I'm busy and they'll have to wait till I come back... Good."CJ hangs up."You really don't have to be here," I mutter."Work is more important."CJ holds my hand and squeezes it. "You are more important."He puts back his hand around my shoulder and kisses the top of my head gently. I'm at a loss for words with all that's happening right now but I truly appreciate CJ being here for me when there's completely nobody.We are sitting on the hospital bench, waiting for the doctors.I lay my head on his chest, quiet, but wild sad thoughts running noisily through my mind.What if I lose my mom? I lost my biological nine years ago! And now I'm gonna lose my step-mom too? I mean, she's a won
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I stand beside Enzo's desk with my hands behind my desk.Enzo grins broadly at me. "This is wonderful, Terra."Yea, he finally learnt how to pronounce my name.I smile from ear to ear. "Thankyou, sir.""Lately, you have been doing a great job without me pushing you and honestly," he sinks back on his chair. "I'm impressed.""Thankyou, sir," I say politely."And because of that, I think you deserve the day off to go and-"I cut in impatiently."No!" I blurt."What?""Please don't give me the day off," I say desperately. "I want to be here, working. I'm not more special than any other intern and-""But you've been working your ass off," Enzo complains. "I think you need a break...""I'm not complaining, sir...""But I am. And I think you need the day off, Terra," he insists. "You extend every evening after work and I find you are already here early
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I take the car keys from my handbag when I hear a soothing."I thought you wouldn't like the car when I first bought it for you."I look sideways and I see mom.She's standing there, her smile sweet as ever.I grin at her broadly. "Ofcourse I like the car... You bought me on my birthday and it was everything I ever dreamed of.""You never said that when I was here..."That stings. "I loved... I love you mom," tears sting my eyes. "Please come back... I need you."She gets closer and she touches my cheek.I shut my eyes close and feel her warmth...Her love... I miss her..."I don't have to come back... I'll always be here. Watching over you."Tears stream down my eyes as I lift my hand to touch her but she vanishes.And I'm shaking. And crying. And my legs are wobbling. My hands are trembling and the key I was holding is down on th
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It's Friday!!!!!I can't tell you just how much I have waited for this day. I even bought a pair of thigh-high black leather boots and a black leather jumpsuit that's exaggerating my butt a little bit.I look at myself one more time in the mirror.Hair. Check.Make-up. Check.Costume. Check.Now, what's left?Oh, some earrings and bangles. I take the accessories from my pink jewel box. I stare at the box and a wave of sadness engulfs me.I remember it like it was yesterday. Amira's first boyfriend had bought her a jewel box. And I was so envious that I used to steal it and hide it in my room just to watch it. I thought it was beautiful. Amira and I got into a fight every time she found it in my room after tirelessly searching the entire house. Mom learnt about this. And she bought both Amira and I pink jewel boxes. Amira sold hers to a friend. I kept mine. I wish I would have sold mine too... I wouldn't be thinking about
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TRENT Epilogue
CJ'S POVTearing Terra?What does that Even mean?Tearing Terra?To tear her apart is like tearing me apart. When she's hurt, I hurt. When her heart breaks, mine does too. Even when I tried so hard to torture her and cause her pain, at the end of the day, I would feel so bad about myself and completely drained. I would lie asleep at night, thinking about her and that would tear me apart.Tearing her apart tore me apart too.In short, I was not able to tear her apart like I had previously planned.I tried so hard to tear her apart but I was not able to.I wanted to stay away from her. See her suffer from a distance but I couldn't do that as well. I couldn't fucking stay away from her because I wanted to kiss her. Caress her. Tell her I had missed her. And it was so hard for me because I saw her on a daily... Saw that beautiful hair being flipped at meetings... That perfect sweet mouth curving up a happy smile at lunch... T
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I knew this moment would come.But I swear to heavens, I was not prepared for it. I was not prepared to explain myself. I don't know if the answers I got are the right answers or if they are answers at all.I open my mouth to say something then I quickly shut up, careful with every word I'll say."Honestly, Cedric... I can blame it on a lot of things but they all come down to me. To my selfishness. It was me..."I take a deep breathe and continue."When I eloped to Russia, I did therapy because I couldn't live with what I had done to you. I had nightmares. I drank myself to sleep. Bars were my favorite spots. But therapy kind of helped me deal with what I had done in a positive manner and learn to live with myself."I swallow hard, nostalgic about those pretty dark days of my life." And through therapy, I learnt some things I didn't know about myself. I had severe anxiety. It's something I had lived with, yet didn't know
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The sun is low on the sky when CJ opens the cab door for me.I step out into a stone circular driveway in front of a mansion and I look around blindly In awe.The view of the mansion in front of us is breathtaking. The house sits on a cliff above the ocean and the low sun sets the waves on fire.CJ leads me around the house, his bag on one hand as he holds my hand with the other. We walk along the edge of a large blue pool and towards a furnished pool house.At the doorstep, is a large porcelain pot. CJ bends it over and takes a key under.CJ opens the door and I step inside to an old classic living room with artistic old paintings on the cream walls and one-armed sofas with hundreds of pillows. The table in the middle is wooden and seems like an expensive old furniture that has seen the best of years.Underneath the sofas, lays a Persian rug and just in front of the decor, sits a huge fireplace.&nbs
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Present day..."He killed his friend?"I nod my head sadly. "Then he forced me to clean up for him and drag the body to the basement."Honestly, that was it for me.I didn't care if he threatened me anymore.I had to leave him. And leave him right away.If he could kill Oscar that quick within a snap of a finger just because of some argument, I wonder what he'd do to me?There's no way I'd sit and wait to see what he'd do to me... I had to leave!"So you stole his packaged drugs and sold them?" asks CJ."Yes, to a guy he despiced. Osborne. Some rich tycoon and I sold it at a very cheap price because I needed to fly away..."CJ looks at me in worry. "It must have been hard for you...""Yes... Especially because I had to stay in h
