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
Elisa’s POV.“What did he want?” I asked Russel who seemed to be as eager to have this conversation as he would be to have cobblestones for lunch.“I already told you.” He replied, avoiding my gaze and choosing instead to focus all his attention on our daughter. I knew he adored her and was always eager to spend time with her, but I knew that this time, he had ulterior motives. She was fast asleep anyway so I knew that she wasn’t engaging him in any activities at the moment. “…He Just stopped by to offer us his congratulations.”“Baby?” I called in a warning tone, but he still wouldn’t look at me.“What?” He replied instead, trying to sound innocent. “That’s really why he dropped by. He was in a bit of a hurry so he couldn’t come in, but he sent his regards to you and the baby.”I sighed, knowing fully well that he was lying again, but there was really nothing I could do to bring out the truth when he was so reluctant to discuss it with me.“Wow.” I replied, taking baby Emily from his
"Where are we going Russel?" I asked for the millionth time that day but Russell refused to disclose his plans. "It's a surprise," He replied, his eyes sparkling with mischief. "But trust me, you'll love it."I raised an eyebrow. "A surprise? I'm not sure I like surprises. " I told him truthfully. Russell just smiled "You'll love this one. i promise."When Russell had told me had plans for me now that Emily was spending the weekend over at my parents' i thought he meant fir ys to spend the entire time indoors, having the time of our lives in the bedroom and only stopping to either eat, shower or have a bathroom break. I was honestly not mad idea especiallt since he and i had varely had any time to ourselves ever since baby Emily came along and although i couldn't be more grateful for her, i still missed Russel and my sexual life and how exhilerating it was before the baby." Besides, he had been kissing me and caressinv me so sensually when he was talking about the surprise so how