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Steffan spent an extra week at the hospital before they signed his discharge papers. He was still advised to rest some more at home.Racheal insisted he be wheeled out of the hospital, and Justin helped him into the house.“What is this?” Steffan smiled up at the cheeky welcome home balloons she had put up before leaving that morning.“Welcome.” She smiled.Steffan pulled away from Justin. “Enough with the fussing now,” He said. “I can walk just fine.”Justin stepped back, and they watched him walk up the stairs for a few minutes, before Justin bowed to her and left. Racheal hurried, and climbed up the stairs behind Steffan. She led him into the glass-walled living room upstairs where Chef Bennet, Luna and Leah were waiting.They bowed as soon as the couple walked in.“Welcome home.” Steffan smiled at them for the first time. He noticed the dining table in the corner was set, and walked slowly towards it.He took the cover off the nearest plate to reveal a full roast turkey. He
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“I was not helping him. I didn't even send the permit to Xen like my father instructed.” Racheal said, tears pooling in her eyes.“A permit you stole, and was ready to watch a man die for it.” Steffan said. “Now, many things make sense. Your fright when you saw our personal belongings had been moved here. The conversation with your step-mother.” He added, leaning down.She knew he was exhausted. She did not want him to end up back at the hospital.“Please, don’t tire yourself out.” She pleaded. He turned to look at her, and his eyes were mad.“I planned to tell you,” Racheal said. She really did. She had simply been waiting for him to get better. She still did not understand how he found out. Did Chloe tell him? What will she gain from that? Jade was out of the question. Jade would not betray her.“How did you do it? I know Jade helped you, the texts between you both exposed you. But how did two small women get past all Asad’s securities and steal something so important from hi
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“Mr Steffan is at the hall already. He said to bring you after we dropped him.” Isaac said, walking up to Racheal.She pressed her lips together and nodded. She walked behind him to the waiting car, and got in. The drive to the main building was quiet. She got down and could hear the music from the windows before she even entered the building.Racheal walked in to see the party was in full swing. The attendants were looser and more merry than their first breakfast here. She saw Roslyn chatting excitedly with Robert Sanders and his wife. Spencer and Danna Sherrod were in deep discussion as they ate. Steffan was sitting with some younger officials in both Xen’s and Yin’s governments. He was listening, but appeared distant as those around him talked and laughed, obviously eager to please him.He spotted her standing, and stood up. There was a vacant seat beside him. She walked carefully towards it. He pulled the seat out for her, she sat and adjusted it.“Thank you.” She said. H
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“I can take you out of Yin tonight.” Maxwell said.Racheal froze. She looked at him, and he nodded. “What has gotten over you?”“Can’t you see it? I have not stopped loving you. I made a mistake, all you wanted to do was leave. If I had left with you, you would not be stuck with the Sherrods now.”Racheal watched him, wondering if he was the same person who had broken her heart before. She closed her eyes to push away the thoughts of her clinging to his legs, and begging him not to leave that day.When she opened her eyes, he was close to her and staring down at her with those light brown eyes she was very familiar with.“Don’t fight it. We can leave now, we can still do all the things you wanted to do. Everything can go back to the way it used to be. You always wanted to go to Venice. I can take you there.” He said, stepping close to her.“Sweet Racheal, my sweet Racheal.” He whispered,And that snapped her out of her trance.She stepped back.“You are pathetic. So you break my he
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Racheal watched Steffan get up and walk out, before she got out of bed. What did he plan to do with the permit, return it to his father?She did not ask him though, even as she sat beside him on their way to Jade’s house. She had no idea how best to talk to him, because he was almost like a stranger now.“Do you think you are pregnant?” He asked suddenly.“What?” She asked, startled.“Do you think you are? Is that why you have been this way lately?” He asked. She wanted to ask him what way? But she glanced at Justin and the chauffeur in front and said nothing. Steffan clicked a button and the demarcating glass went up, separating them from the pair in front.He turned to look at her. “They cannot hear you now.”She sighed. He had not talked to her for so long, and this is the first thing he decided to talk about? She blamed the loud Roslyn and nosy Danna Sherrod for this. She hated discussing this whole baby topic with anyone. First her father, then Danna Sherrod, Roslyn, now h
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Jade held Racheal’s hand as she walked the couple to the door.She hugged her close. “I hope you can make it to our party this weekend.”Racheal nodded. With the way Steffan was acting, she would likely go to that party to de-stress.She turned to see Jade was looking at Steffan, with a hint of anger in her eyes.“All Racheal did, she had no evil intentions.”Racheal glanced at Steffan, he frowned and said nothing.“See you soon.” Jade squeezed her hand, and watched them leave.“You told her we were fighting?” Steffan asked, as they got into the car.“You think I need to tell anyone we are fighting?” She frowned at him. Perhaps the alcohol was making her bolder. “People are not blind.”They said nothing as they drove to the vault.She wondered if this was the v
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Racheal did not look at Delbert again before they left.In the car, she could not stop thinking about what Chloe said.Madame Dalloz had said Spencer bombed that camp.Was the woman lying to her? Why would she lie to her? And if not Spencer Sherrod, who would bomb the camp?“Delbert said he would only give you the key to the safe,” Steffan said.Racheal turned to look at him. So that was why he was in such a foul mood.“Why don’t you just take it from him?” He asked her.“I don’t want anything to do with the Dallozs anymore, I told you already.”“You don’t have to be friends with them, just take the key from him.” Steffan frowned in irritation.She looked ahead and said nothing.He’d better go find Ben’s daughter and get her copy.
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Steffan stepped out of the bathroom some minutes later.“It’s negative,” he said.Racheal was staring in his eyes to gauge what he felt. But his eyes showed nothing.She could not see whether the result brought him relief, or saddened him.“We still need to take that blood test to be sure,” he said.“I am not pregnant, I don't feel pregnant.” She said in frustration.Why was everyone insisting on this? She might even be barren for all she knew.She was not going to focus her mind and energy on this the way people said her mother had.She did not want to go down that line of desperation.Steffan just looked at her and said, “Rest up.” Then he walked out the door.She sighed.Here she was, hoping that they were on the verge of reconciling.
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