“Hey boo.” Elyon greeted. “Hey babe. Hope everything’s fine?”. Cesar asked. “Yeah". Elyon said. "Miesa’s sad that she’s losing her hair.” Cesar sighed. “It’s bound to happen eventually.” “I told her it won’t be this way forever and she’ll grow her hair back." Elyon said. "How’s it going over there?any news?”. “I really hate her for what she did to me and my son. You should’ve seen him Ell." Cesar told her in a grave voice. "He was so thin and…", His voice broke. "I wanted to go back into that house and strangle that idiot with my bare hands.” “Did you talk to him?”. She questioned. Cesar chuckled humorlessly. “Talk? No I didn’t talk to him. Apparently they’ve been starving him and refused to get him basic necessities.” “What will you do?you can’t leave him there with them.” Ellie said. “I’ve called my lawyer, I’m meeting him tomorrow." He told her. "He’ll tell me how to go about it.” “That’s good.” Ellie said. "Hey um...I’ve noticed something strange about Mirabelle.” “Bell
“We meet again Wyatt.” Cesar shot him a smug smirk. He was sure the man wasn't expecting him back so soon…or worse probably never.Wyatt glowered at him. “What do you want?”.“I’m here to see my son." Cesar told him. "And I have proof this time.”“You’re playing games with me, are you not? look I’ve got no time for this." Wyatt said. "Come back another time.”“I already petitioned a judge for a reversal". Cesar informed him. "Very soon...you’ll have no rights over him cos all that will become mine.”“You abandoned him remember?”. Wyatt spat.“I never knew about him until recently and I came here to look for him immediately I found out. His mother was the one who abandoned him...not me.” Cesar said.“Which sane judge would grant you custody of a deranged kid like whitey?I mean you sleep around with single and married women. That’s what you want him to learn?”. Wyatt asked. “I suggest you watch the steppings in your mouth or I’ll have no choice but to teach you some manners." Cesar war
Tristan opened one eye then the other and the first thing he remembered was Cesar calling him “son” which made him frown. He heard a noise come from somewhere in the room and turned his head to look. It was Cesar asleep on the sofa but he was restless as if he was trying to get comfortable but Tristan knew it wasn’t that, not when he was calling someone for help. The man was probably having a nightmare. He knew a thing or two about that.“Sir!”. Tristan called from his bed.His voice was probably loud enough to have woken Cesar up or maybe he just woke up by himself breathing heavily and sweating.“Are you okay sir?”. Tristan asked.Cesar shook his head then turned to look at Tristan in surprise. He was disoriented at first before he realized where he was and why he was there.“Hey kid". His voice sounded groggy so he cleared his throat and tried again. "How’re you feeling?”.“Like hell.” He said.Cesar chuckled. “It’ll get better.” He stood up and stretched. "God this sofa is so unc
“He’s left you dumbass!why did you let him leave?”. A voice scolded him. “He’ll come back.” Tristan said. "He’s my dad.” “he’s left you before hasn’t he?”. The voice sneered. “That’s his mom stupid.” Another voice retorted. “Just saying he should’ve known better than to have let him go.” The voice said. Tristan sighed and picked up the remote to turn on the TV. Yeah, his father had ordered for one to be installed in his room so he won’t get bored but this was the first time he was turning it on. The Blacks never let him watch TV with them but he knew everything that was going on more than they did all thanks to his history teacher Miss Jones. He changed the channels as fast as he could and finally settled on a news channel. “Special delivery for the most handsome boy in the world!”. Cesar exclaimed with enthusiasm as he walked into the room closely followed by two guys who carried in lots of wrapped items. “Dad!”. Tristan cried in excitement very happy to see him. “Hey son.” C
“Hey dad.” Tristan called.“Yeah?”.“Are you...going to hurt Abby’s dad?”. Tristan asked in a small voice.Cesar looked up from his laptop to stare at his son in surprise. He frowned, wondering if Tristan had indeed heard his conversation with Warren yesterday.“What do you mean?”. He was confused.Tristan shrugged.“You heard my conversation with Warren didn’t you?”. Cesar asked. He'd been quiet while making that call to Warren so there was no way his son could have overheard him.“No." Tristan shook his head. "I had a dream about him. I saw Abby crying because her father had been hurt and was in the hospital.”“You had a dream.” Cesar repeated. "How often does this happen?”.“Almost every time." He said. "I knew you were coming before you arrived here.”Cesar stared at his son in awe. “Wow.” That was something he'd never heard of. If he had that kind of power, he'd be able to defeat his enemies long before they had any chance to hurt him. If he'd had that kind of power… he wouldn't
A week later “It is done Cesar.” His Lawyer informed him with a smile as he handed Cesar the paperwork from the court. Cesar grabbed it from him and almost cried when he saw the judge’s signature and the court stamp. There was also Tristan’s original birth certificate which had his name and Chiara’s on it. He’d been praying for this day to come and it was finally here. Tristan belonged to him and now they could finally go back home. He didn't think he'd miss being away from home this much but he guessed it was because he had people to go back home to now. “I’d hug you but it would be weird.” Cesar said. "Thank you very much for this man.” He held out his hand. “Oh it’s nothing. I’m glad I could help a friend". Ron said. "Besides I owe you.” “Want a drink?”. Cesar asked. “Sure.” Ron nodded. Cesar led him to his home office, told him to sit then went to the bar to pour them both a drink. “How’s Tristan?”. Ron asked. “He’s fine. He’ll be discharged soon." Cesar handed Ron his d
“Tristan I have to go see your mom." Cesar told him as they walked down the steps of the plane. "Vincent will take you home so you can rest.”“I’m okay dad, I told you." Tristan said. "I want to see mom too.”Cesar sighed. “Tris…” The doctor had cleared him so he could travel. He just had to be careful not to do anything that would “Dad.” Tristan imitated him.Cesar chuckled despite his bad mood and nodded. “Okay. Suit yourself.”“Cool!”. Tristan grinned and skipped along to the waiting car.“Be careful!”. Cesar called. "Hi sir! My name is Tristan. What's yours?". He asked Vincent."I'm Vincent. Nice to meet you Tristan." Vincent smiled at him. "Welcome home.""Thank you sir." Tristan beamed at him.“Welcome back sir.” Vince greeted and took his luggage from the flight attendant.“Thank you Vincent. Take me to the police station please.” He got into the car.“Right away sir.” Vincent nodded then went to deposit the bags in the trunk of the car and got in behind the wheel.“Seatbelt
Cesar paced to and fro in his bedroom like a caged animal wanting to be free. He was sexually frustrated and it was all thanks to Elyon the fucking tease. He needed to lose himself in a woman but not just any woman would do; he wanted his fiancee. He knew she wanted to wait till Miesa got better but he couldn’t wait...not anymore. He marched out of his room and down the hall to Elyon’s. He didn’t bother knocking and just walked into the suite and straight to her bedroom. He was so glad he didn’t bother knocking when he found her getting ready for bed with no clothes on. He grinned and folded his arms. “What a surprise sweetheart. You sleep naked too.” He stated. Elyon let out a shriek as she fell on the bed and quickly wrapped the bed sheets around her. She scowled when she saw it was only him. “You almost gave me a heart attack Cesar!”. She picked up a pillow and hurled it at him. Cesar dodged the object and it hit the wall but he ignored it and walked over to her bed. He slowly
Months later “Cesar!”. Ellie screamed. "Cesar!”. Cesar rushed into the closet and stopped short when he saw Ellie holding her stomach and she was breathing heavily. He looked down at the floor and made a face. “Did you pee on yourself?”. He asked. “My water just broke idiot!". She snapped. "The baby’s coming!”. Cesar froze as he stared at her. “What?”. “Cesar!”. She screamed. Cesar jumped. “What do I do?”. “He’s asking me stupid questions!." She exclaimed through gritted teeth as she tried not to scream out. "Hospital!”. Cesar nodded and yelled for Maia to get the baby bag before he proceeded to lift Ellie up in his arms but he didn’t expect her to beat him up. “Hey!what now!”. He protested. "I'm taking you to the hospital." “I’m in my underwear idiot!." She gestured to her body. Cesar looked at her and bit his cheek to stop himself from laughing then he nodded and went to get her a dress. “I have to change first." Ellie said. “You’re cranky." He stated drily and went to
Cesar stood on the balcony just staring at nothing in particular. It was the last day of their stay in South Africa and they'd enjoyed every bit of it. Sun City was fun but they had to go back home and he had to go back to work.He and Ellie had gone for her check up today and everything was looking good but Ellie hadn't wanted to know the sex of the baby so he'd told the doctor to whisper it in his ear which made him smile like a Cheshire cat."You're not allowed to do that." Ellie had protested hitting him immediately they walked out of the office. "That's called cheating.""No it's not." He'd complained. "I have a right to know if I want to."She had huffed which made him smile. She went silent for a long time even as they got into the car and Warren drove away from the hospital so he turned to look at her."You're not mad, are you?". He asked. "I can unknow it if you want."That brought a half smile to her face. "Unknow it?there's no word like that." She scoffed. "No I'm not mad.
Tristan dreaded going back to the home he'd grown up in. He'd been treated worse than a slave. Spat on, abused and whatnot and he'd thought he'd never have to come back but here he was staring at the house whilst seated in the car. He'd been too excited to see Abby so he'd left his aunt Evie's house two hours earlier forgetting that Abby's school didn't let out until two pm and it was just one pm so he had to wait one hour before he could see her. His phone rang bringing him out of his thoughts and he took it out of his pocket, sighed then answered the call."Hey Gwen." He said. Ever since he started following her on Instagram and other media platforms, she somehow got her hands on his phone number and had been disturbing him since then. He liked her, she was a very nice girl and all that but he didn't want to get her hopes up continuing this charade. She was just eight years old so she had no business crushing on him or any boy for that matter."Hi! Are you busy?". She asked."Yea
The next day “Oh my God!". Ellie exclaimed suddenly as she stared at her iPad. She looked horrified and he wondered what she'd seen that could have made her look that way. “Are you okay?Is it the baby?”. Cesar asked. He hoped it wasn't the baby. They were still within the vicinity of the airport and a hospital surely wasn't nearby that they could take her to. "Talk to me." They were on their way to Evie’s from the airport and the kids were asleep. “No! Look." She thrust her iPad in front of him. "Cassandra Nash and her family are dead...all of them.” Cesar read the news article and felt no remorse whatsoever that Cassandra was dead. Infact he wanted to celebrate and shout from the rooftop that they were finally free. He still had enemies but they were ones who wouldn't dream of trying to hurt him and his family. Not if they valued their lives. “You’re not saying anything." Ellie spoke up when he kept staring at the news article and pictures. Cesar returned her iPad. “I have noth
A Week later“Sir...Dom has arrived.” David informed Cesar.“Finally! I thought he’d never get here." Cesar rolled his eyes. "Bring him here.” It had only been a week of waiting for the guy to finally get his butt here but it had felt like years and Cesar hated waiting for anyone. If not that he really needed the guy, he'd have just let him go. Find someone else to do the job.David nodded and left. Five minutes later he returned with Dominic.“Thank you David." Cesar waved him away. "Sit Dom.” He gestured to the chair in front of his desk. "I’ve been waiting for you.”“Why?”. Dom asked.“David didn’t tell you?”. Cesar arched a brow.Dom shrugged.Cesar picked up some pictures and passed it to Dom who took it and checked it out. The indifferent expression on his face turned stormy which surprised Cesar.“Cassandra Nash.” Dom spat.“Yes.” He nodded.“You know her?.” Dom asked.“Not personally." Cesar said. "I have scores to settle with her.”“She hurt you?”. Dom rumbled.“Tried to blow
Cesar was worried about Ellie because she'd refused to go out after that bombing incident. She also had nightmares about Cassandra trying to kill her and it didn't help that Tristan seemed to agree with her that the woman would stop at nothing until Ellie was dead. He didn't know why Cass was hell bent on seeing Ellie dead even after she found out the whole truth about how Belle tried to kill Miesa. Granted, Belle was her niece and she wouldn't want to see her hurt but better Belle being in a coma than Miesa dead. He tapped his finger against his chin in thought as he stared at the TV without really seeing it. It'd been a few weeks since the incident but it still seemed like it happened yesterday. People were still talking about it and he knew that more one television presenter wanted to interview him to talk about that particular incident but as usual he'd declined. They knew better than to ask for an interview but they did so anyway which annoyed him. Thankfully they didn't ambu
“Arya...calm down I’m fine." Cesar told her. "No, there’s no need to come over.” He didn't know why he'd unblocked her number but now he was wishing he hadn't. He'd been talking to her for almost ten minutes now and he felt a headache coming on.Arya kept rambling on the phone making Cesar sigh. She was clearly very worried and wouldn’t rest until she saw him. He didn't want her to come. She'd want to hug him and he wouldn't be able to stand it.“Mom!”. He cut her off.Arya went silent.“Thank you." He breathed. "I’m fine. I’ll send you a photo if you want proof.”“That’s fine." She said in a shaky voice. "I’m so glad you’re okay Cesar.”“Yeah.” He muttered. "Thanks for calling."“Can I send you ice cream? I know you like rocky road.”“Uh…okay". Cesar said. "Sure.”“Give me...ten minutes. Kisses.” She hung up.Cesar dropped his phone on his bedside table with a sigh.“You okay?I heard you yelling at someone.” Ellie walked into the bedroom.“I wasn’t yelling…per se." He said. "Arya wou
Cesar and Ellie took Miesa for her monthly checkup and they were very happy when the doctor told them that Miesa’s cancer was in remission but she’d need to continue maintenance therapy for a couple years until they were sure it wouldn’t come back. It was wonderful news for them especially Miesa who'd been worried she'd never get to live forever with her family.“I’m so happy mommy, daddy." Miesa smiled big at them as they walked out of the hospital. "I’m free!”.“Yes baby." Ellie smiled back. "I’m happy too.”Cesar’s phone rang as they got close to the waiting car. He took it out of his pocket and frowned when he saw Tristan’s name on the screen and picked it. Ellie and Miesa decided to go get ice cream while he talked on the phone.“Hey kid, what’s up?”. He asked.“Dad…please please tell me you’re not in the car right now?”. Tristan’s voice shook.“Uh...no. why?”. He frowned.“There’s a bomb. Don’t get…”As if on cue, there was a sudden explosion that threw Cesar off his feet and he
“How’s Elyon doing?”. Oliver asked Cesar. They were on FaceTime.“Fine. Thank God I got there the time I did or it’d have been a different story.” He said.“And the guys?”. Oliver inquired.“Dead.” Cesar replied flatly. He couldn't have let any one of them go free after what they did. It was not possible.Oliver’s eyes widened. “All of them?”.“Yes. Including...my dad.” Cesar said. Even now he still couldn't believe everything that had happened. That maniac had been his father who'd hurt his mother and his mother had hurt him because he looked like his father and then he killed his father because he'd kidnapped his wife and hurt his mother for the second time. Not that he gave a damn about Arya now… far from it. The damage she'd done to him was enough to last him two lifetimes.“What do you mean? I thought you said your father was dead?”. Oliver looked confused. "I didn't know a person…"“Oh that was just wishful thinking." He stated drily. "Arya told me something else.”“Wow. So you