In a white hospital room, in a small sleepy town, Sara opened her eyes for the first time in twenty years. She was in a coma for the last twenty two years. Machines are beeping and the IV wire has been attached to her nerve for a long time now. She was in a vegetative state. The doctors were not confident that she would live. But there is one woman who stubbornly believes that Sara will live. And her stubbornness is what kept Sara alive, instead of giving in to the requests of the doctors and removing her from the life support system.Sara took in the small room she was in with a blank mind. She doesn't remember anything. She only remembered giving birth to a daughter, and then, nothing."Ahh..." she gasped and looked around for her baby. Her hands and legs are numb from staying still for so long.Her gasp caught the attention of a nurse who was in the room at that time. The nurse's eyes bulged out of their sockets to see Sara awake."Impossible " the nurse murmured in a daze. She rus
In the small town hospital, Sara is confused. "Nancy, what do you mean by I was in a vegetative state for twenty two years? What about my baby? Where is she?" Sara demanded Nancy.Nancy is in her early sixties. She used to work in the Giovanni household as a cook for a long time. She practically raised Sara after Mrs. Giovanni passed away unexpectedly. Then Sara falls in love with a poor man who is no match for Giovanni's status. Sara was afraid that her father might not approve of her lover. Nancy tried to make Sara understand that it's good to forget that man. But Sara was adamant. Soon they both find out that Sara is pregnant. Nancy and Sara became worried. One day, Sara told Nancy that she was going to visit her lover and tell him about her pregnancy. Nancy couldn't say no. She already did everything she could, but she couldn't do anything then. So she agreed. That night, Sara met with an accident and everyone thought that she was dead. Even Nancy thought the same. But after fiv
In the Capital, a slow smirk spread across Clovia's lips. The smugness and the triumph in her gaze is unmissable. When Ida saw the look on Clovia's face, she became uncomfortable. Something in the look on her eyes felt off. As if she came to do something that no one was expecting from her.Inside the cabin, Leo decided to wait and see how Ida would handle this situation. He doesn't know what Clovia is up to. He thought that Clovia must have come for him. Little did he know that Clovia came to hurt Ida. "Ida Wilson, PERSONAL assistant of the handsome, rich, and successful Leo Hamilton. Nice meeting you, Ms. WILSON" Clovia extended her hand to shake with Ida. But Ida did not take the offered hand. The way Clovia stressed the word personal implies something dirty. And it did not miss Ida's notice that Clovia used her last name, as if there is more to the last name than Ida knows about."I think you should leave Ms. Wilson" Mike stepped in to shoo Clovia away. He too noticed that Clovi
"Enough" he roared and raised his hand to slap her, but controlled the urge.Ida on the other hand is shocked into speechlessness. She doesn't know anything about her birth parents. When she had the urge, she couldn't find them. After learning that her father is alive and around somewhere but he doesn't want to acknowledge her, she is heartbroken and decides not to disturb him. Even though she always wondered why he didn't want her, this was not the scenario she imagined. She became stiff.Clovia jumped with fear at the anger that displayed on Leo's face. She took a step back and away from him on instinct. Leo would have slapped Clovia if he could. But he is not the type of a man who would lay his hand on a woman. That's the only reason why Clovia was saved. But he is a cold bastard, and he didn't earn that name lightly. He has a way of instilling pain in his opponents, even without touching them. The fact that Clovia dared to hurt Ida is making him furious. He decided to force Clovi
"Why her? Why not me?" Clovia questioned with desperation and pain.Leo shook his head at her question. "That's a good question. Why her? Yes, why Ida? Intentionally you came here to hurt her. You came to show off that your father chose you over her. You find happiness in other people's misery. You like to dictate other people's lives. You never cared about whose life you were crushing under your ego. But Ida is not like you. She goes out of her way to help people in need. She is always polite and never mistreats anyone. You have money, but she has a heart's worth of billions. In that department, she is far better than you. And let's not talk about how beautiful my Baby doll looks. You must be a model, but she is an angel. I already told you that I would hurt you exactly like you wanted to hurt my baby doll. This is your punishment. Knowing that I am the only man you couldn't have and the man who is head over heels for the same woman whom you feel like is beneath you. She is the futu
Leo froze with shock at her suggestion."What? What do you mean by 'let's end this ?' This is not a game to start whenever you feel like it and end when you feel scared. Do you know how much I love you? Do you?" he asked with displeasure.She looked away from his intense gaze. She knows how much he loves her. She knows it and he proved it time and again. But in the world they live in, love is not enough. No one is immune to criticism. "I know how much you love me. I know it's not easy either. But think about it, Leo. What would happen if this news got out of this floor? What happens if Clovia decides to announce to the world that the famous President Hamilton is sleeping with his assistant? What would it do to your reputation? The family name you struggled to protect for this long will be ruined in an instant. Is that what you want?" she questioned him.Leo's face became a mask of agitation and disappointment. "Is this what you understand about me, Ida? Do you think I haven't consid
In a hospital in the Capital, Kevin is lying down on the hospital bed with his hands and legs wrapped up in gauge and casts. He suffered from multiple fractures. Now, he is thoroughly terrified of his uncle. The name Leo is enough to make him terrified out of his mind. Leo pummelled him into a pulp and Kevin barely survived the beatings. Now, he is alive but unable to do anything on his own. Ida's face flashed in his mind. He is feeling bitter. He had his chance with her, but he ruined it all because of Claire. Now she landed in his uncle's lap. Leo is not an idiot like Kevin to push her away. He catches her with both hands and cherishes her. Kevin is jealous. He wants Ida. But he is terrified to do anything about it."Mr. Kevin, you have a visitor" The male nurse who is been assigned to Kevin is standing near the threshold while looking expectantly at Kevin. The nurse is not at all polite to Kevin, given his status as a Hamilton. The nurse barely tolerated him. But Kevin has no other
In Newark,"Boss, you have to come and see this" Sid urged Walter to watch a live telecast on TV.Walter ignored Sid and took a pleasure sip of alcohol from his glass.Sid sighed heavily."Boss, it's about that famous businessman, Leo Hamilton. He is announcing his engagement date today. The face of his fiancee will be revealed now. You seldom follow news about that young businessman. I thought you would want to see this too" Sid explained patiently.When Walter heard Leo's name, he perked up. He likes Leo very much. Both as the famous businessman and as the boxer Black star."Is it? It must be the same woman whom he rescued from Tony last week. He is not wasting time. Young love" Walter thought out loud with excitement. He hurried to the living area to take a look at Leo's fiancee. He saw Leo's face on the huge screen, and he was talking by the time Walter came."Turn up the volume" Walter instructed Sid and made himself comfortable on the couch. "Good evening everyone, I am here t
"Leo, I am fine" Ida complained. But Leo refused to listen to her. He is always insisting on carrying her everywhere these days. She is thirty-seven weeks pregnant now and she gained a lot of weight. All thanks to Leo, Grace, Sara, and Walter. They kept pampering her to the point that Leo refused to walk on her own these days. He insists on carrying her everywhere."Who said you are not? I like carrying both of you in my arms. Why do only you get to carry our daughter? Why can't I carry her?" he asked with a playful wink.Ida groaned and gave up arguing with him. She knows that he will not listen to her, so she lets him do as he pleases."Oh Ida, you woke up? Here, drink this milk. Grace found this recipe somewhere. And it is said to be good for both the mother and the baby" Sara explained while placing a huge glass of milk in front of her.Ida sighed heavily. Her day usually begins like this from the moment she and Leo announce her pregnancy. Sara and Grace dismissed the cook and th
After two months... In one of the private beaches in the Bahamas, Rose is lying on the beach on top of one of the beach chairs with her eyes covered with shades. She is dolled up in a black two-piece bikini. Her sun-kissed tan skin is looking good on her. She gained a few much-needed pounds, which gave her curves that went on for days. She is looking peaceful and content. "Baby doll, here, drink this juice" Leo handed her a glass of cranberry juice, which is tangy, and she happened to crave the tangy taste these days. "Thank you" she replied with a small smile and sipped the cool refreshing drink. She hummed with approval as the taste of the juice made her tastebuds come alive. It's been two months since that fateful day. And two months two weeks from the day she lost her baby. And a year from the time when she first met Leo. At the beginning of the year, she doesn't know that her life is going to change so much. She was still under the wrong belief that she would be marrying Kevi
The next morning, everyone gathered in the graveyard to attend Selene's funeral. Walter was not interested in giving a proper burial to the person whom he treated as a daughter but she almost destroyed his family. He wanted to burn her body in the inferno and get rid of her. But Sara insisted that they needed a proper burial. So hence he arranged this small arrangement. Clovia was brought from the center to attend her mother's last rights. Ida was discharged from the hospital. Leo is standing beside Ida and is looking as interested as Walter.The priest started the procedure. "I request you to speak about the diseased" the priest requested. It is customary to speak well about the dead person. But no one came forward to speak good things about Selene. Because she never did anything good to anyone. "Let's skip the speech and proceed to the last step. Let's drop her coffin into her grave" Walter muttered impatiently. Apart from Sara who seemed a bit sad about Selene's death, no one i
"Sara? Are you alright?" Richard asked with worry.Sara nodded mutely. Her gaze is still fixed on Selene's dead body. She recollected her sweet moments with Selene. Her eyes watered with sadness. There was a time when she used to share everything with Selene. But she failed to recognize how and when Selene started to harbor this much hatred for her. She suppressed her sadness and blinked her eyes to clear her gaze."Call my father. He needs to know this" she muttered before locking herself inside the bathroom to wash away Selene's blood from her body along with her memories.Richard dialed Walter and told them everything that happened in the mansion. "What? I am coming now" Walter promised before disconnecting the call.When Sara stepped out of the bathroom after a long shower and freshly changed into another set of clothes, she saw that her room was spotless again. Someone cleaned everything. Broken vase, droplets of blood, and the dead body. It was as if nothing happened. If her bo
Goosebumps erupted on Sara's skin. Selene looks scary and pure evil when she is laughing like this."You were cherished by Richard and by your father. They were treating me like a princess while I was ignored and my importance in the Giovanni household was minimal. I wanted to ruin you too. I want to take everything you had. So I did. I used Tony and planned that accident to kill you. But somehow, you escaped. After you were out of the picture, I married your dearest Richard and made his life miserable. I raised my daughter like a princess, while you and your daughter were living out there miserably. I lived your life after replacing you in the Giovanni mansion and you were forced to turn into a pauper. You had everything but still living like an orphan. And your daughter? She was kicked and pushed from one orphanage to another. But I found out that your daughter is alive. So I tried to kill her. But she escaped. No, Leo Hamilton saved her every time. The same man whom my daughter is
'Sara, I will kill you today ' Selene thought venemously.In her room, Sara couldn't fall asleep after her talk with Richard. There was a time when she was too young she used to feel that marrying him would be enough for her in this life. But now, so many years have passed and she is not the same. She still likes him, but she doesn't know if she wants to marry him or not. Ida no longer needs them to take care of her. She is blessed with Leo now. After struggling for so long, all she wants in this life is peace. 'I don't even remember most of what happened in these two decades. I was in a coma after giving birth to Ida. It was Nancy who took care of me like a mother. I can never repay her kindness. She is the person who saved my life. I will talk to Dad and ask him to give some properties to Nancy so that at least she can live in peace during her old age ' she thought.Sara is standing near the window, facing away from her room entrance. She was standing there from the moment Richard
"It was not what it looked like" he muttered.Sara could sense bitterness and resentment in his tone. She understood that his relationship with Selene was not good."I know Selene might not have been a good wife. But what about Clovia? What do you think she would do if you married me leaving her mother? How are you planning to explain it to her?" she inquired.Richard looked at Sara. "I have only one daughter, and that is our daughter Ida. Clovia is not my daughter. I never shared a room with Selene after I married her. She became pregnant before marriage. So I was blackmailed into marrying her so that she can give a decent father to Clovia" he explained.Sara is stunned. "I..." she is at a loss for words.He understood her dilemma. "Sara, please, think about what I suggested. Don't you think we both deserve our happily ever after? Do you think that it's fair for us to end up alone in our old age? Don't you think we need someone when we get old and our daughter becomes busy with he
In the rehabilitation center where Clovia was admitted, the doctors are giving her electric treatment often to help her recover. The frequency of the electric shocks to Clovia made her head feel hazy and heavy. She is taking a little longer to identify the objects she is looking at, and she even forgets about why she got there. It took her a good five minutes to remember everything. Leo, his marriage to Ida everything Clovia did to Ida, and how she was stuck in this torture chamber."No, I have to get away from here as soon as possible. If they keep giving me electric treatments like this, I might completely lose my mind. If that happened, then I would lose my Leo forever. I have to escape" she decided to herself.So this time, even though she was awake, she didn't make any noise to alert the nurse or the doctor. Her ears perked up and she strained to hear for any movement outside her room door. When she heard nothing, she slowly sat up from the bed. She made her way towards the door
In the rehabilitation center, when Clovia gained her conscience, she found herself gagged and bound to a stretcher. White hospital walls and beeping machines greeted her in the otherwise quiet room. Slowly when she remembered what happened to her a few hours ago, she started to panic. She frantically started tugging at her binds and screamed behind her gag. She planned to kill Ida and even hospitalized her. But she never expected to find herself in a place like this. "Ahhh...lt m g..." she said something, but her words came incoherent and muffled. She looked angry and would have killed the doctor and the nurse who gave her the electric treatment, but she was tied down to a stretcher and she couldn't move.As her anger started building, her heart rate and blood pressure began to rise as well. This made the machines start beeping loudly, alerting the nurse station outside. Immediately a couple of nurses rushed inside and looked at how Clovia was tugging at her binds almost with too mu