Five months had passed since I started living with Russell. And those five months had been some of the best months I had ever experienced in all my years of living. Russell was everything I had ever wanted in not just a man, but also in a person. He was smart, and kind and loving, gosh, he made me feel so good about myself. Even when I felt the most insecure, when I felt the most unsure, he was always there to remind me that I was wanted, tgat i was loved and that i was worth it. Russell was God's gift to me, a gift that was worth much more than the costliest of jewels anx the fanciest of cars.Russell was my rock, my pillar and my moral support. Even when my pregnancy hormones affected my mood, he never really took it to heart. Instead, he found a way to make me feel better. There were also thise times when I was worried about getting too attached because one wayward part of my mind always thought that one day, he was going to leave me just like Charlie had done, but I was always q
"Holy Moly fucking guacamole on a barbeque stick!" Sasha exclaimed the moment her eyes landed on Russell. He had just returned from work that evening looking so exhausted, it worried me. And while i hadn't failed to mention to him that my sister would be stopping by our place before proceeding to my parents' i was certain that he was not expecting the kind of welcome that Sasha had given him and i honestly blame her.In telling my tale of how i had come yo be with child, i had left out some very key details like who the father was and although it wasn't really intentional, a small part of me was a little curious as to how she was going to react once she found out and i honestly was not dissapointed.Her eyes had widened to the size of saucers and her mouth had fallen open to form a shocked Oh.She had become a frozen statue in the doorway, unmoving and hence preventing Russell from moving either. it was a comical sight and i couldn't stop myself from laughing softly so i had to hide m
Barely ten minutes after Russell disappeared into the bedroom to get showered and changed in preparation for dinner, he came back out with some news that was not very pleasing.“I need to step out for a quick bit.” He informed me, throeing his coat back on and fixing the collars. “There is some urgent business I need to attend to at one of our warehouses.”“And since when did you start handling matters like this personally?” I demanded in annoyance. “I’m sure there is someone who can go on your behalf Russell. So why does it have to be you? You just got back, you need rest.”“I’m afraid not this time. This issue requires my personal intervention. But not to worry babe, I’ll be back before you even realize I’m gone and then i'll rest enough for 5 years..”“I doubt that very much.” I grumbled esoecially since i knew how much of a workaholic he was. he loved his job and i loved that for him. i just wished that somwhere between his hussle, he woukd find some time to take care of himself a
Charlie here is your what now?” Sasha asked, her eyes widening to the size of frying pans. I expected that she was going to be considerably shocked when she found about my connection with Charlie, and I was not wrong. In fact, she had exceeded my expectations by far, and right now, she looked like she had seen a ghost. She stared back and forth between the two of us, searching for answers, for some sort of clarification, but I noticed that she couldn’t really focus as her gaze constantly kept straying to Charlie’s wounds and bruises. Clearly, she didn’t feel quite comfortable leaving our battered guest standing outside for too long even though I knew that once she found out about what he had done, she might be the one advocating for us to kick him out, preferably on his butt, and I would be right there to second the notion. As for me, I wasn’t even sure what I was feeling at that moment. Between feeling light headed, shocked and totally stunned, I wasn’t sure whether to welcom
“It does not matter.” I said simply while simultaneously trying to signal Sasha to stop talking but unfortunately., Sasha had never been one to do as she was told. She was always impulsive and always inclined to do whatever her heart told her to do, and 90 percent of the time, it turned out great but the other 10 percent was almost always a disaster. “Of course it matters.” She argued, standing up from where she was seating and making her way towards Charlie who shrunk back into his seat at her approaching presence. Clearly, he had started learning first-hand what she was capable of which was sensible considering that even I never wanted to get on her bad side, and she was my sister. “How can you tell me that you didn’t know she was married to your brother. Like are you even kidding me right now?” She demanded, placing her arms on her hip in confrontation. “Well, I haven’t exactly been around much, and my brother has been very busy with work so we don’t get to talk that of
Russell’s POV. My heart was pounding heavily against my chest as I sped down the highway. My mind was a barrage of emotions consisting of fear, anger and worry. I had promised to protect Elisa every step of the way, and the same did I say for her baby, but the baby wasn’t even here yet and I had alredy started failing in my promise to them. If anything happened to them, I knew that I could never forgive myself, and i would never forgive my brother either. This resolve was what motivated me to step on the gas pedal a little harder, which in turn made my car to travel a lot more faster. i was driving well over the speed limit but I couldn’t bring myself to care. I needed to know that she was okay, that she was safe, and I couldn’t do it if I was ten miles away. “Why couldn’t he just stay the hell away from her?" I wondered, slamming my fists angrily against the dashboard. It was definitely going to bruise, but again, I did not care. i was much too numb to actually feel any pain. H
I never really like kids.In fact, 3 years ago I would not touch a baby with a six foot pole.Babies were whinny and gross and overall just annoying, turns out they also liked to drool over things and i much preferred if my vey expensive italian shoes remained drool free.But ever since my angel Emily came into the picture, my perspective had changed, and not just about kids, my perspective about everything had taken a full on 360 degrees, and for the better too.The world looked brighter these days, the trees greener and the winter warmer. I saw more hope in the world and i was now even more convinced that global warming could be stopped."Quite the optimist You've become." Sam laughed at my enthusiasm, and Elisa said it's because I was happy that I was spewing out nonsense, but I had been happy about stuff before but this, this feeling was different, it was honestly a feeling I had never experienced before. It was as though I was floating through life rather than walking and even m
Russell’s POV.The importance of family is grossly under emphadized even though they get on your nerves sometimes and you want nothing more than to walk them out of your house sometimes and warn them never to come back again.But in moments of joy, in moments when one is celebrating, you want nothing more than to be surrounded with the people whom you love and care for.Baby Emily was having her first big ceremony since her christening and she couldn't be happier. It was her first birthday and although I would have much preferred a very low key ceremony without much noise, Elisa’s parents had been the ones who insisted that it had to be a whole thing, and since Elisa didn’t object, there wasn’t much I could say concerning the matter. Her father had opened the ceremony with a prayer session followed by a sermon that almost never ended, and for the millionth time that day, I was reminded of all the reasons why I didn’t go to church. The cake cutting of the cake came next after