"I didn't quite get that can you ease repeate that?" Roman asked, his head moving forward. He had to have heard wrong. He just couldn't believe that Eva would have been responsible for sending the armed robbers. It had to be a mix up or the armed robbers were trying to frame and lie against her. It was impossible for her to do are to her kids. It was going to be very stupid for her to spend a lot of money trying to get custody of the kids and now she sent armed robbers to kill them. It was hard for him to believe such about Eva. She wasn't that kuch of a good person but she would never have blood in her hand muchless hurt her kids."We did our investigations well, Mr Hendricks and all evidence so far points solely at Eva Marshall." Commander Rogan explained, resting her elbows on the table and dumming her finger softly on the desk. They were putting a lot of work on unraveling this case. Not just Roman's case, they were unraveling many other as well and they were trying to find out if
"You heard it all, Mr Hendricks." Commander Drew said as they made their way to Drew's office. Addy and Sylvester were done with their confession and they still stood their ground. They till insisted on the fact that it was Eva Marshall they saw that evening. When Drew first heard that they had told Rogan it was Eva Marshall that was responsible for sending them to rob the Hendricks Mansion, he found it very hard to believe because no mother would ever want to put her children's life at risk by sending armed robber even when they were currently in the house. It was quite impossible to believe that was why he had to let Roman Hendricks hear for himself. Drew didn't also believe the men until he had done the investigations and had gotten enough evidence to believe that all they said as true. Roman slumped on the chair holding the armrest tightly so he wouldn't slip from the chair. He had suffered a massive blow from the news of Eva being the one who sent the armed men. He couldn't b
"Good morning, Commander." The bank manager walked into Commander Drew's office. He was in a black suit that was slightly over sized and grey suit pants that were in constrast to the black suit. Looking at it was like burning the eyes. Commander Rogan got on her feet and directed the bank manager to have the chair. There were only two chairs for receiving visitors in Commander Drew's office and the other was occupied by Roman. The bank manager murmured gratitude to the lady as he sat and placed before him the files which he had been holding tightly against his chest when he walked into the office. Commander Rogan went next to her colleague, her back pressed against the white coloured wall and her arms crossed against her chest. The bank manager turned his head to the side and was a little surprised seeing Roman Hendricks. "Oh, I had no idea you were over here." Roman gave a small smile then the bank manager added, "I was going to request your presence to the bank but since you're her
Sauntering, Daniel made his way through the glass door of the hospital. He had a displeased look on his face and he was ranging with anger. He had wanted to go with the police to arrest Eva but Commander Drew wouldn't let him. He wanted to see the monster and tell her all her plans against him failed. He wanted to see the look on her face when she saw that he as hale and hearty and that all her plans had failed and she was going to be behind bars. He shook his head hating that he didn't follow them. He could have even trailed them with his car but it didn't occur to him till he had gotten to the hospital. "Mr Hendricks!" A feminine voice called. Roman looked around trying to find the owner of the voice. His eyebrows furrowed when he didn't see anyone who looked like they owned the voice from he little crowd in the hospital reception. The owner of the voice decided to call again, seeing as Roman hadn't located who owned the voice. "Mr Hendricks!" This time a hand was in the way, sway
Rose had her forehead wrinkled and her eyebrows on pulled together. She found it hard to believe that the two men standing in the hospital room with her were siblings. She looked from Daniel that was standing with his arms crossed just at the end of the bed then her eyes moved to Roman who also had his hands crossed. He as standing next to her. Yes, now she had noticed the resemblance between them but it was till hard for her to believe that the two were related. They weren't cousins or bounded together by a distant relative but they were siblings from the same parents. They weren't even step siblings. Both men were closely related. "You both are siblings?" She asked, the frown still etched on her features. She didn't want to be here and confused. She wished she could disappear right now and not have to deal with both men staring at her. The tension in the room had heighten. Both men were looking into each other's eyes. Roman was confused as to how his brother found him. He figured
Rose had her eyes shut. This didn't stop the tears that trickled down her face. Somehow, the tears had managed to slip from her eyes that were closed. Rose could ever every single detail from that night. She could remember how they threatened to thrown her downstairs from the mezzanine. She could remember how three of the armed men had also pointed at their rifles at Christine and Christopher. She couldn't forget the fear on Roman's face. She couldn't forget how her heart kept banging in her chest. Memories from that came flashing to her and it was as though she had a television in her head where she watched it all happen. She couldn't forget how the twins sobbed but she couldn't do anything but watch them cry from the mezzanine where the mouth of a gun was firmly pressed against her temple. She couldn't ever forget how bullets went of in the air and made them scramble under the dining table for safety. It felt like she was reliving it again. The memories of that night was forever goi
Rose still couldn't get over the fact that Roman and Daniel knew each other. They didn't just know each other, they were related. They weren't just related, they were siblings. They weren't just siblings, they were strongly bonded by the same parents. It felt surreal and the whole thing seemed like a dream. A bad dream. A nightmare she wanted to badly wake up from. It was very hard for her to believe and she hated that it was true. Both men had confirmed it except it was a silly prank and she knew of it was prank the men were pulling at her, she wasn't going to forgive them.As much as it would upset her, she strongly wished it was prank. She wanted both men to burst into the hospital room and tell her it was just a prank with the crew behind them and then they point the hidden cameras. She was cool with anything as long as they just told her they weren't siblings. If was hard for her to believe that she was in love with her fiance's brother and she had even shared a kiss with him.
Eye lids clasped, Rose drummed her fingers softly on her thigh. It was the only sound in the hospital room except the beeping sound that came from the monitor which was next to her bed and from which something that looked like a long too was connected to one of her fingers. As he drummer her fingers on her thigh, she was starting to feel her fingers on her thigh through the hospital gown she had on. She had regained sensitivity on her legs and the doctor had told her when he came over in the morning to check up on her that her legs were in great condition after he used a pin and other things on her legs. She had managed to walk for a bit before almost stumbling but the nurse was quick to hold and catch her. She had managed to tap the button and summoned the nurse so she as able to eat a bit from the food Roman had gotten her and the nurse also supervised her in taking her drugs so she was feeling a bit better that she was earlier. The nurse had forced and insisted that she had taken
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