"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.
Walking into the house, Roman tiptoed across the living room trying to find his way to the passage and to his room. It was midnight and he was trying his best to get by without waking anyone up. Roman couldn't go by the living room, he was always bumping into something. He couldn't also wait for his body to make contact with his soft bed. Ever since the court hearing had started, he barely got enough sleep. He was always deep in thoughts but now that it was over and it ended in his favor then he could sleep for as long as he wanted and rest his brain. He and Lola were out throughout the day celebrating on them wining the case even though Eva had tried to ruin their day. "Who is there?" Roman's eyes widened hearing the familiar voice. He gave a small smile and dug his hands into his pants pocket. He took out his phone and the device came alive with a tap. His hands flew rapidly against the screen as he turned on his flashlight. He mentally reprimanded himself for not thinking of tur
"What do you think about this dress?" Rose held up a blue sequin dress with a lot of cut outs at the stomach area. Rose turned the dress around so Tiffany could get a good look at the back of the dress. It had a really low back and it was short. Rose didn't let Tiffany speak before she tossed it to the large pile on the floor just across thier wardrobe beside their work table. "It's too revealing. It's dinner not a strip club." Rose muttered to herself, going into her side of the wardrobe and continuing her search for a nice outfit. Rose showed off an army green jumpsuit. As opposed to the blue gown which she previously picked, it was long, without any cut outs but it didn't have any sleeves. It was armless. She held it up "This?" Rose had been searching for the perfect dress for over two hours and it seems all of a sudden that her wa
This was the life, Roman thought as he put in a piece of meatloaf into his mouth. He was seated next to Rose as she ate macaroni and cheese just like the twins. For some odd reason, meatloaf made her nauseous so she couldn't eat it. He also almost opted out from having meatloaf but she had insisted she didn't want to be the one to stop him from eating something so delicious as that. The twins were sitted just across them and it just seemed like they were a family. A perfect family. He smiled then took a piece of meatloaf into his mouth."This tastes so good!" Rose announced, almost finishing up her plate of Mac and cheese. "Yes!" Christine said holding up her spoon in the air. Her mouth was messy and so was her plate and area of the table where she was eating. "Daddy is the best Margot!" Christopher said making Rose and Roman giggled. Just like his sister, the kids had messed up the area of the table where he was eating. He had food on his blue shirt and his mouth was messed up. Th
Roman's heart wouldn't stop throbbing as he rushed for the door. He suddenly developed a headache. It couldn't be true. He just didn't want to believe that something so tragic as that had happened to him. He couldn't imagine being bankrupt and turning poor. His headached thinking about it and the more his heart banged in his chest like it was about to burst out. Just as Roman touched the door knob, gunshots came flying in the hair with powerful, scary sound. He fell to the floor almost immediately to protect himself and hurriedly tried to scramble for safety behind the sofa in the living as he laid chest flat on the floor. He could hear the children screaming and their cries coming from the dining room. The sound of gun shots came again Roman was sure the gun shots were coming from directly out his house. The sound of the shots fried were deafeni
"You think we're here for games, uh?" The armed man at the door moved towards them. He cocked his gun at Roman as he gave a huff. He shot up in the air. Rose and the twins whimpered and screamed while Roman fell to the floor and put his hand on his head like it was bullet proof. The other armed men didn't flinch. It was like they didn't hear or see their colleague shot a gun at the ceiling. The ceiling immediately had holes from the bullet that was shot up. "I'm sure you can see we're not here for jokes so sand!" Rose and the twins jolted up right away as ordered but the armed men. Christine was on her left side and her brother on the the right side. Rose held unto their hands tightly. The men led them out of the dinning room to the living room and pushed them on the floor. The dark skinned man had his gun pointed at
"It's in my study." Roman announced. "What do you mean?" The way he straightened his hand, the rifle was pointed at his face and it seemrd like he was going to pull the trigger at any moment. Roman was sure he had a frown etched on his his face that was concealed with his mask."It just slipped my mind. I forgot." Roman said, hands in the hair and head back so the the gun wasn't close to face anymore. He had tricked him into believing the money was in his room because he had hoped there was going to be a way for his to escape or find a means to have Addy down bit since there was no way he had succumbed and decided to just obey them so they would let he and his family go. The only thing important to himbat the moment was Rose and the twins. They were his p
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