SELENA’S POV:“Yayyyyy!” Mrs Scott and Cherry yelled in unison jumping in excitement and made signs of loser to the other team and I couldn’t help but laugh at them, walking off in search of Henry and as soon as I saw him, I ran towards him and embraced him. While Gabby did the same with Julian.“Are you okay, mama?” He occasionally called me that especially since I was becoming a mama since and it made me giddy.“Congratulations to team pink, we shall assemble by the pool side where formerly were for the reveal of the child’s gender by seven. So celebrate with your team and have some fun and eat and drink from the bounty.” Liv instructed and blew a kiss and the DJ turned up the music. “Are you excited?” I asked, and Henry grinned from ear to ear, displaying his amazing white pearly teeth.“More than you know.” He smiled and I felt so at peace as I leaned on his broad chest.*****By 7:45:Everyone was seated with either a plate or a drink in their hands, talking amongst each other w
SELENA'S POV:A FEW WEEKS:I snuggled into the soft grey duvet and slowly opened my eyes, meeting the absence of the other side of the bed and I sighed deeply. Henry had gone on a work trip yesterday, and I hoped he would be back by tonight as he had promised but it felt so strange not waking up to his handsome face.I laid on the bed thinking about my conversation with the not so ‘mysterious woman’ at the party a few weeks ago.“I forgot what it takes to fit into a rich party especially when it's a private one like this.” She added as soon as she mentioned my grandmother.“Excuse me, who are you? And what do you know about my grandmother?” I inquired, raising my eyebrow in questioning.“You mean ‘our’ grandmother.” She retorted and I frowned looking into her eyes even deeper.“I'm Zoey, daughter of Bianca Park, your mother's sister. I'm a pediatrician at Park & Brown's hospital in Freedom, about four hours drive from here.” She flipped her brown curly hair and stared at me with sinc
SELENA’S POV:“Umm…can you please not tell anyone about this? I'm going to talk to Henry when he returns later.” I pleaded and he stuck out his pinky like a child and we pinky swore making both of us laugh.We talked for a few more moments until he left, leaving me with pictures and documents that held so much weight. Now that I think about it, Grandma did speak to her daughter occasionally and I refrained from asking assuming it was just someone she had met as she called everyone ‘child.’ Thinking about it now, they didn't come to Grandma's funeral due to her own grave health conditions.I sighed and randomly thought, Why do people have to die?********TWO DAYS LATER:After speaking and spending a whole lot of time with Henry, I decided it was only best to meet up with Zoey and get to know her. I arrived at the company in order to finish up some things before finally taking a break and working straight from home instead.I sat in the meeting with the board members listening as Mr
3RD POV:A DAY AFTER DUE DATE…It was finally here, the day the couple and entire family had been longing for especially Selena, all she wanted was to pop her child out and meet her beautiful baby girl. Henry had spent nights rubbing Selena’s feet and talking to the child in her belly, telling her about everything that was going on with him, reading stories and singing to her, cautioning her when she kicked in Selena’s belly and wore her out.He would say, “You’re going to be my princess and my everything but don’t hurt my queen. Alright?” His stern yet amused tone always had Selena giggling.She could already see their baby girl taking all his attention and love, and she was excited. With the many gifts she had received from the gender reveal party, she got an S- exclusive camera, a limited edition high quality video camera, to capture the moments. It was a gift from Liv.Today, however, Selena woke up with annoyance and pure frustration. She felt heavy and quite agitated but Henry o
3RD POV: Henry helped Selena into the car, then turned to his parents. "We'll meet you at the hospital. We need to get going. Can you send a text to everyone please?” “Anything you need son.” Mrs Scott responded and got into the car. He was not worried if she would be able to contact Zoey because they had all met with her and liked her, so they exchanged contacts. Zoey had really been present in Selena’s life these past few months, as a pediatrician they had a lot to talk about as well as missing most parts of each other’s life. Zoey was twenty-nine and had met Selena’s parents. Selena also loved hearing things about her parents, so she was excited about the past, present and future with Zoey and it was mutual. The drive to the hospital was a blur of excitement and nerves. Selena's contractions grew closer together, and she could feel the pressure building. Henry held her hand, kissing the back of it, coaching her through each contraction and reassuring her that everything was goi
SELENA’S POV:FEW MONTHS LATER:“Get some rest, I will rock her back to bed.” Henry assured, tiredly rising up to his feet and switching off the lights I had switched on.The past four months have been hectic, I had been breast feeding despite the other alternatives that were brought to me but this was my first time as a mum I had no complaints about doing all I needed to do even from having my child without an epidural. The way I had received compliments on being so strong, I started to feel extremely powerful, understanding the magnitude of the pain I had felt that day. I was just so grateful I had made it out healthy and whole, the after care from the nurses and doctors was honestly the best.With our baby girl crying every night this past month and occasionally changing diapers, Mrs Scott has suggested we got a nanny especially because we both had a company to run but I felt it was too early despite the fact that she had even offered to pick a nanny, supervise and even do the work
3RD POV:SIX MONTHS LATER…Selena sat with her legs crossed in a café, popularly known for its privacy and tranquility in the city which led many elites and celebrities to the place. She read through a textbook she had just purchased on success. She had grown so much that people failed to realize she wasn't even twenty five yet, and she loved and stared at herself with pride for how much she had grown.She glanced at the time on her wristwatch realizing she had been waiting for over twenty minutes now, but as soon as she looked up she smiled watching as they all walked in together, turning heads with their scent, amazing looks and confidence. Cherry, Gabby and Zoey, and she stood up and instantly embraced them one after another.“You all look so gorgeous! Hi…” She said as she let go of them, staring at one after the other.Selena had invited them for brunch, and since Julian needed to finalise a whole bunch of things with his team, so this wife decided to come.“I've missed you so muc
3RD POV:“Yes ma'am. You got it.” They all chuckled softly at Selena's response and Gabby excused herself with a tight smile as her phone started ringing.Selena glanced at her and right back at the others and continued to have a nice brunch with her girls.***********LATER THAT NIGHT:With the suit at the company, Henry had been quite occupied and Hailey had either been with her grandparents since her parents resumed back to work or with their nanny who was also Henry's nanny. She had happily taken the job, as it filled her heart with joy to also take care of Henry's son. It felt like she was taking care of her grandchild.Selena had arrived about forty five minutes ago at around seven, and headed to the room seeing her baby girl watching cocomelon with a bright smile on her face. She kissed her forehead, took a shower and returned back to join her baby girl, clapping along with her baby.“It's time for the veggie dance…“ She sang with the cartoon and found herself amused by her act
SELENA’S POV:A WEEK LATER:It had been approximately a week since Carmeron had gone between life and death, and we had received a call yesterday announcing that he was finally awake. When Henry and Julian had gone to meet the doctor a week ago, he didn’t sound hopeful which broke everyone. Carmeron’s parents flew in that day and balled into tears, crying miserably especially his mother who was advanced in age. It was such a heartbreaking sight, and Henry was so lost. Later that night, Henry had shared the story of when he realized Carmeron was going to be around for a while, and it went thus. Flashback:I can’t remember much but I know I was about four or five and I usually attended my parent’s events, especially the ones thrown at the mansion then. I remember quite vividly there were people everywhere except the staircase, everyone mingling and drinking, and in celebration laughing boisterously. I took a seat by the piano, since my parents had ensured that I had gotten lessons an
HENRY’S POV:A FEW HOURS LATER:We all arrived at the hospital, but my parents had opted to stay with Hailey and take her out as well as my godson, Ryan, believing my little girl and Ryan were feeling the tension and fear we were all feeling which wasn’t good. Liv had entered the room earlier and she had shared a recent progress with their case.“So the judge has finally arrived at a decision and my partner would be representing me on my behalf. By tonight, we should already be informed and we are either celebrating or drafting an appeal.” Liv told Selena, sounding excited like she was sure it was going to be good. Selena was the opposite, she simply nodded and they both headed out together speaking quietly about something that had to do with therapy and when I asked, Liv had instructed me to mind my business.Was something going wrong in Selena’s therapy? Had I done something to make her feel she couldn’t share it with me? Wasn’t my wife my business? When I asked Selena after she re
HENRY'S POV:“My parents as well as Zoey and her boyfriend are currently at the mansion resting. You should rest before heading to the hospital.” I told Selena and she hummed, which let me know she was jetlagged as she always was.She leaned on my shoulder and asked, “Anything new on Carmeron?” I quietly shook my head, and she intertwined our fingers together, “By shielding Cherry, he had gotten more cuts from the crash. Some glasses ended up being deeper than the other and more severe, piercing at different sides. And there was a hit to his head, doctors say it's a miracle he's alive, however, they would be observing more to check his brain activity if there would be any brain activity or not.” I shared and I could feel her holding onto me tightly.“He protected her with his life and I stopped speaking to him in fear he would hurt her. He is literally between life and death and there's nothing I can do, Cherry is not even speaking to me. This has to be the worst few days, and you do
3RD POV:Sandra’s eyes glinted with a mixture of calculation and frustration. "I think the first thing we need to do is make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again," she said. "We need to think ahead, not just react. The press, the judges—everything is about perception. If we can control that, maybe we stand a chance."David nodded slowly, his mind working in overdrive. "And the money?" he asked, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper as he leaned closer to Sandra, eyes scanning the room as if waiting for someone to overhear them. "We can’t afford to leave it all up to chance. The assets, the properties, the companies—all of it needs to be moved, hidden. If the court doesn’t rule in our favor, everything we've built is gone."Sandra’s lips curled into a tight smile, her thoughts mirroring his. "I’ve already set some things in motion. We’ll move the most valuable assets into accounts overseas. That way, even if they try to seize everything, it won’t be enough." Her voice wa
3RD POV:“So I’d appreciate a nice new dress and those bags you get your wife in pink preferably. Have an amazing afternoon, I’m clocking out and the other maids are all coming in soon.” David scoffed as she walked off changing her walking step to only entice him further and he was surprised but he loved a good challenge and Unnie was a real beautiful girl.Soon after she walked out the doors, Sandra stepped in and David’s mood grew sour. He rose to his feet excited to see his son, as he had not seen him in the past two days. “My favorite child.” He announced and grabbed his son who unlike other times he picked up and threw him in the hair and he would laugh, this time as soon as he touched his son, he cried loudly screaming as well.“Stop crying, little man. What’s going on?” David instantly inquired with concern and Sandra shrugged, taking him away from him.“I don’t know…maybe he’s growing to hate you.” She pointed out, and David was taken aback, assuming he hadn’t heard Sandra cl
SELENA’S POV:“I tried, I made efforts, I called everyday but our meetings at the park ended, his calls stopped and on the night he died, when he was shot by the police officers when he had kidnapped another girl, I had a dream where he screamed my name and just kept crying and apologizing. And the next morning, I heard it on the news, and his father literally committed suicide after his burial, it was a lot.” My heart broke for her and I went ahead to hug her which made her chuckle.“I’m alright now, I just shared that to tell you I always know when something bad has happened to anyone close to me, I’m just going to be aware of the other world.” She shared and for some reason I felt really calm after that yet disturbed by the little boys who at such a young age are already involved with such crimes and all those girls and the trauma they lived through.They didn’t deserve that neither did boys like Tim who through the influence of their boss lost their lives.I stretched my leg and f
SELENA’S POV:A FEW DAYS LATER:“I totally apologize for calling and instantly giving you instructions, but I thought you need to see it.” After watching the news and hanging up the call, the same number called again. I sucked my teeth and instantly snapped shouting, “What the hell do you want?” And it was accompanied by a low voice introducing himself as Joey and an apology from him. I let out a breath and held my forehead, taking a seat, “Hello Joey.” I simply said still trying to calm myself down, by doing a breathing exercise.“You seem tense, and I’m certain it’s not because of this news. Or am I wrong? Are you okay?” He asked softly and his voice was so low and full of care, it felt like he was here and I could just talk to him.“I’m not but I am certain everything will be fine.” I shared, reassuring not him but myself and I could hear him hum. “I’m sure it will be.” He reaffirmed and I nodded about to bid him farewell.However just as I was just about to, he said, “Will you
SELENA’S POV:I picked up my phone noticing that about ten minutes ago, Gabby had sent me a picture of the four of them at a restaurant, adding ‘I wish you two were here.” “They were just with Gabby and Julian. I’m going to call and ask if they are with them.” I said all at once and he nodded slowly, while Henry picked up his phone talking to someone on the other line.He paced back and forth and I sat at the edge of the chair, calling both Julian and Gabby back and forth and they both didn’t pick until I called Gabby once more.“Hey Selena!” She excitedly called out and I let out a breath, in relief as I was starting to fear the worse.“Gabby! Where are you? Are you with Cherry and Carm?” I asked, overhearing Henry behind already booking a flight to Resiph tonight.“Girl, we had some drinks, this Lorean alcohol and I can’t lie,….we were pretty wasted.” She laughed and I was about to speak, she continued talking, ”Carm and Cherry got carried into their cars because Carm went out shou
3RD POV:MEANWHILE…Back in Resiph, Cherry and Carmeron as well as Gabby and Julian had gone out for some drinks as well as dinner at some Lorean restaurant, they had noodles, steak, rice, variety as well as some traditional beer they had never seen before nor had before. So they all took a glass and they all winced together in unison.“That’s strong as well. Cherry just might have been drunk from just that shot.” Julian teased and Cherry shot him the middle finger.“As a matter of fact, why aren’t people here?” Julian asked, looking around wondering why the place was so empty. It was in the middle of the city and Gabby who had been invited to try it out, about being offered over fifteen million and free food, she thought it would be fun to go with her family and to take a picture after.“Aside from the fact that it’s rented out, the steak alone as well as the other meals is overpriced to the average person and a wealthy man who has more important things to pay for. I mean it's the be