Rose finished up with washing the last of the plates and arranged them in the drainer. She took the napkin and wiped her wet hands then returned it on the kitchen counter, next to the sink. She made her way to the mini refrigerator and took out her bottle of special smoothie. She had been craving coconut mixed with banana and spinach. It was a werid combo but it was all she really wanted so Daniel had to make some for her and satisfy her craving. After all it's his fault, she was in that condition and he had to support her. "Babe!" Daniel walked into his dorm apartment. When he spotted Rose in the kitchenette, he walked over to her."You're back early." She took a swig from her glass of juice. "Looks like someone didn't miss me." Daniel got in front of her and put his arms around her waist. He pulled her closer to him and gave her a small kiss on her lips. Rose only chuckled and got out of his embrace. Daniel gave frown, looking over at the sink and how clean it was. "You did the
Eva shifted in her seat and sweat broke out on her forehead seeing the testifiers. She didn't know app three of them but she knew her landlord, Mr Ryan and she had also seen Zara the stripper a few times whenever she went to the night club. She whispered into her attorney's ear and a small frown rested on his features. The longer she whispered, the deeper his frown got and by the time she was done whispering into his ears, he had a very ugly frown engraved on his face and his arms crossed in annoyance."Your honor, I wasn't informed about having witnesses." Mr Nicholas, Eva's lawyer said to the judge. "Appologies, Mr Nicholas. It was a late request from Mrs Hernandez. It came in yesterday evening." The judge responded and Lola gave a smirk. "Your honor, can they sit?" Lola asked and the judge nodded. Lola took them to her side and they all sat. "You honour, can I proceed?" "Of course, Mrs Hernandez." He scribbled into the paper before him waiting for Lola to proceed with questioni
Walking into the dorm, Rose ran a hand into her hair. She shut the door behind her and walked right into the kitchenette and poured herself a bottle of chilled glass of water because it was what she needed and some good food. She dropped her purse on the kitchen counter and gulped down the glass of water right away then began to search the fridge for something to eat but her nose started to pick on the smell of chicken so she went to the kitchen stove right away and checked the pots. A smile crawled it's way to her seeing the stir fry vegetable stew with chicken. She open the second pot hich was larger than the other. It was fried rice. She took a plate right away and served herself. "Looks like you've found the food." Daniel joined her in the kitchenette. "And it looks so yummy. I can't wait to taste it." She told him, placing her plate of food on the counter and sitting on the stool. "I made it specially for you." Daniel gave a toothy grin. "Taste it and rate one of my finest re
"Did you see the look on her face?" Roman directed to Lola as he took a spoon from this fish soup. "It was so hilarious." He chuckled. After the court hearing, the two decided to go celebrate seeing as things were picking up and going in their favor. Eva and her attorney stormed out of the court room with ugly scowls plastered on their faces as soon as the judge left. And when Eva was about to step out the door of the court room, her head whipped around, her eyes making contact with Roman's. She gave him a dirty glare then finally walked out the room. Roman only found it funny so he laughed out loud.Lola nodded. "Did you see the way they also stormed out? It was like the queen B and her sidekick." Lola laughed and so did Roman. Lola took her fork and knife on each hand and cut a piece of lobster and took it into her mouth. She swiped a tuft of hair behind ear and took a napkin which she used to wipe the corners of her mouth. "Today's victory doesn't guarantee us wining the court cas
The court room was tense as the judge took tentative steps as he walked into the court room. The way he walked, one would think there were rat traps on the floor but he finally got to his seat which was at the head of the conference table. He sat and the two attorneys and their clients stood in respect from the judge. He placed his files on the table before and flipped the cover open. He got out a small spectacle casing and took out glasses which he wore right away. "My greetings to all." He murmured, his eyes going through the file. "Mr Nicholas, do you have anything to say to your opposing counsel before we proceed?"Nicholas, Eva's attorney took a deep breath, looking over at his left side to see Eva. "Thank you, your honor. I would like to mention and disregard a few things shared by the opposing counsel's witnesses yesterday." Nudging with a hand, the judge told him, "go ahead." "I would like to disregard claims that my client lives in a crappy apartment. These are false alle
"Mrs Hernandez, what is going on?" The judge asked, placing his elbows on the conference table."It''s nothing really, my client is just a little confused." Lola ended with a nervous laugh."I'm not confused. I have questions which I would like Mr Nicholas to clear up." Roman simply said.The judge gave a sigh. "Go ahead then." His back kissed the back rest of the swivel chair he was sitting in."Your honor, but-" Nicholas was shocked."If you ruin this, I swear I will kill you and feed your remains to my horses." Lola whispered into his ears then sat on her seat.Roman rolled his eyes before asking again, "Mr Nicholas, introduce yourself to this court room.""I am Nicholas Alan, an attorney of the United States of America. One of the best with a ninety seveb percent success rate in all cases I take one."Roman retorted, "pride. A flaw right there." He gave a smirk while Nicholas frow
"I can't believe we won this." Roman said as he walked down the stairs closely behind Lola. Her bob hair bounced, swaying from left to right and white heels nake a clicking sound at each step she took. She had on a pink blouse that was completely complimented the blue pants she had on. "I had lost all hope when he started to question me." He shoved a hand into his pocket while his other hand held on tightly to his briefcase. Lola finally got to the ground floor and he did so too, seconds after. "Why do you hate taking the elevator?" "Dude, you have a bad ass lawyer. The only thing I can do apart from winning this case is winning again." She bragged, halting in her tracks.I rolled my eyes. "Says the attorney who up until yesterday was unsure about the out come of the case. Stop the bragging, my good reputation gave it to you on a platter of gold." "Really? Really, Roman?" Her hand went to her hip as she arched an eyebrow. "Did you have to defend yourself? Did you get private investi
Roman knew his way around the kitchen and he was an expert when it came to cooking. He knew when to add pepper or cornflour and knew the right quantity to add. He was a business tycoon in his company and he was a chef when he was in the kitchen. All his recipe tasted delicious and always got her wanting more. That tiny little dkill of knowing how to cook got Rose attracted to her boss more. Each time she had to taste something he made, it was like he always put a drop of love potion because her feelings for him only grew stronger.Daniel was the worst person to leave in a kitchen. If he didn't burn the food, he was going to put too much salt or over season the food. One time she couldn't forget was when he had to make orange juice and when she got back to his dorm, he had made a mess of it by adding salt to it. Who on earth adds salt to orange juice? He had to live with takeouts and ordering food. Every time she had to tasted any meal he made, she felt her feelings for him fade away.
Roman smiled. He was so proud of Rose. He had heen in the hall when she was called as the best graduating student and he couldn't be more proud. The wide grin etched on Rose features was so contagious that a similar wide smile also came spreading across his face. She looked beautiful as always in the pink dress and her hair was much longer than the last time he had seen her seven months ago. She also looked even more beautiful and she was. He liked that she was a very brilliant lady and not only did the award prove that but her speech was simply amazing. It was well articulated. It was worth every applause it got.Seeing Rose again after months of not seeing her was strange. She had changed a whole lot. It was a good kind of change because she was looking much younger and even more beautiful than she already was. He was mesmerized by her flawless make-up and the way the pink dress she had on hugged her body stature like it was a second skin. The way the dress bandaged her body and re
Rose made her way to the podium shocked and surprised. She never thought she would be give the honor if best graduating student. She knew for a fact she was very intelligent and brilliant but she had no idea she would be the best graduating student. Her grades had gone down when she had started to work to pay her outstanding debts so she never expected that she would get hmthe award. Getting into college, she always wished she would be called upon as the best graduating student and have the people she loved the most behind her as she went to receive the award. She had given up on her dreams of getting the honour of the best graduating student because she had become distracted because of the jobs she had to take up. Getting the award was like a dream come true to her because she given up on wining the award. She climbed up the stairs that led to the podium and she looked behind her but there was no one behind her to celebrate her. She had imagined Magarita walking behind her with th
A popular Chinese proverb said, the journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Rose had started walking those mile since she was born. She had risen and fallen. She had victories and failures. She had highs and lows. There were times she had great faith in herself and other times she would want to give up on herself. Many times she stumbled while walking that path. The path to success which was a really long journey of a thousand miles. Many times she had risen and believed in herself. Many times she believed in herself and did great exploit and she wasn't exactly where she wanted to be yet but she knew it was only a matter of time before she got to her desired destination. What he figured out was that no one had a desired destination but instead you yearn for more. When you think you have gotten it all, your get a new surge of energy. You begin to want more. You want more than you already have. Not because you're greedy but because because you know from your past victories
Roman's knuckles made contact with the hard wooden door. His knuckles stung and he immediately regretted knocking on the door hard. He made to knock again but this time, softly then he heard shuffle from the office. Roman waited for a few seconds hoping the commander would open up his door. When the commander didn't, Roman knocked again. Softly so his knuckles wouldn't suffer from a hard impact on the wooden. The shuffling continued making Roman frown. The police officer had the front desk had told him the commander was seated in his office although he didn't take his calls. And the shuffling coming from the office also confirmed this. Roman decided to go back downstairs to the front desk. Just as Roman turned around to leave, he heard the door knob click. He turned so he was facing the door again. The door was pulled open and commander Eric got before him with disheveled hair that looked like hands had been in them and a swollen lip with red lipstick stains which he had tried to cl
"Why's everywhere so quiet?" Rose asked Magarita as they walked up the little stairs that led to the front porch of the orphanage. The front yard had tables and shelves with wares which were being sold but no one was with those wares and there was no one around who seemed like they were interested in buying any of the items displayed. Well, maybe it was because it was evening already. Rose was freezing. She had on a sweater and on top a long brown coat with jeans and boots but somehow she was still feeling cold. Magarita had given Rose her scarf to rap around her neck but Rose still felt chilled. It was from her being in the hospital without going out for days. Her body had gotten really used to the warm temperature in the hospital. Magarita shrugged. She was holding Rose tightly and helping her with coming up the little stairs. Magarita was trying to be as careful as possible with Rose because the doctor had said she had some broke bone which were till healing so she was limping an
Daniel hand his hands on the steering wheel and his head was also on the steering wheel. His eyes were closed and he had a firm grip on the steering wheel. Daniel's heart was aching. The conversation with Roman had left him kind of breathless. He felt like he was running on a treadmill, or rowing away as if some ghost from thepast was chasing him. There is burning in his lungs as he desperately tried to drawin enough air to sustain functionality. Daniel are tired. His hands were tired and the grip he had on the steering wheel was loosening His muscles were giving out and he just felt his hand slipping away from the steering wheel. Daniel couldn't take the thoughts going on in his mind anymore after listening to his brother. "Are you okay?" Erin raised an eyebrow as she asked. She was itching to know what had happened between the brothers while they were in the mansion. Daniel had left with sullen look on his face and it seemed he looked worse than he had left. While she was out
Christine looks so much like mum." Daniel breathe as he sat on the sofa. He and his brother had just been able to get the twins to sleep after an hour of bonding with them. Daniel was really excited at meeting the kids. They were shy when Roman had introduced them to him as their uncle but soon Daniel was able to get them to open up and the three started to play so much but Roman just had to ruin the fun by announcing that it was past their bed time and they had to get to school tomorrow. Christine, Christopher and Daniel had let out loud groan and they wouldn't stop grumbling. They twins refused to go to bed except their uncle read them a bedtime story and he also came to see them the next day. Daniel was able to tell them bedtime story but he couldn't promise he as going to be here tomorrow. Daniel coming over the next day was solely dependent on how his conversation with Roman went. Daniel had decided to listen to Erin's advice. The only way to put an end to the mystery behind al
"You've got such a fine house." Daniel complimented, looking around the living room. He was in awe of his brother's beautiful house. The interior was top notch and even the exterior was tasteful. Roman's mansion was even more beautiful than their parents house. It had a lot of paintings. Many of which were abstract. Roman had a flare for paintings hile they were kids. He never drew but he loved them and knew a lot of painters and artiste. Daniel wasn't surprised to see so many paintings in his brother's house. "Thank you." Roman murmured as he watched his brother settle on a sofa. Roman was surprised to see Daniel in his house. He wasn't expecting that his brother was going to ever locate his house. First off, he had kept his house address away from him and the other members of his family and also he never thought Daniel would ever want to have anything to do with him fter their encounter at the hospital. Or was he here to pick a fight? If Daniel was here for that then he was certain
Roman looked around his bedroom ensuring that there as nothing missing and very furniture was in good condition. He had gotten most of the furniture in the house replaced. Left to him, he would have wanted them to sell the house and purchase another one so they could get away from the hurt and trauma they went through in the hands of the armed robbers some days ago but the mansion was where the twins had lived for the past two years. He had also asked them if they wanted him to sell off the house but they had refused. The twins loved the mansion and the people who worked there. They workers had grown to be family and they treated them nicely. Roman had no choice but to succumb to Christine and Christopher's decision. The only thing was that he wanted all three of them staying in the same room. Roman didn't feel okay with them in their room. He got panic attacks thinking about it. Since his bed was big enough for all three of them, he had decided Christine and Christopher come stay in