Mary slumped down on her bed after a hectic day at work. The babysitter has been playing with Cole, and she smiled as she saw them."Thank you, Stella, for looking after him." The girl had been a blessing in disguise."It is not a problem; I love looking after Cole, and he loves it too. Right?" She said tickling the baby, and he giggled in return. "School is resuming in the next two weeks, and I will be expected to resume.""Oh." Mary sat up; she had not thought of that."Yeah, I am just informing you on time so you can start looking for another babysitter." Stella informed her, standing up from the mat where she had been playing with Cole.She picked him up and transferred him to his cot. "Thank you for telling me; I will start looking for options. But do you have anyone you can recommend?" Mary said as she began to rack her brain. Stella had been a huge help to her, and she hated to see her go.She shook her head, her curls bouncing softly around. "I can’t think of anyone else, but
Operation Look for Mary had kicked off and was in progress. Nicholas had decided he was going to contact the police department while Cameron had volunteered to go to the orphanages, and so the search began.It was Monday morning when Nicholas set off for the police headquarters in New York. He had earlier contacted the NYPD commissioner and explained his plight, and the latter had asked that he come to his office.He didn’t go to work that day; instead, he hopped into his car and drove towards the station. Nicholas was popular, as the word popular could be, especially in New York, so he was received with warm regards.He was led to the office and asked to wait for the commissioner since he had just stepped out not too long ago to go do something.Nicholas made himself comfortable on the chair while he pressed his phone, trying to reply to a message. He had gotten tired of waiting and was able to go out and complain when the man stepped into the office."I must apologize for the delay,
Nicholas had hired a private investigator as per Cameron's request, and he had contacted him almost immediately, but he had decided to fix the meeting discreetly and online.This was someone he didn’t know, and he didn’t want anything to be linked to him, in case it blew out of proportion. Which was stupid since he was a private investigator, as his job was to investigate.But Nicholas had set up a meeting online and given him all the information he would need to locate Mary. And this time he prayed it would be successful; otherwise, he would say bye-bye to Harrington Holdings.Apart from the private investigator and the NYPD, Nicholas had taken it upon himself to search for her physically. On weekends, he and Cameron would take a drive around the neighborhood, armed with her picture and asking questions.He couldn’t continue to sit down and wait for the NYPD or the private investigator when he could do something, no matter how little. Because the more time he wastes, the more his cha
"Nicholas." Mary’s mouth was already moving before she registered what she just said. It was impossible; Nicholas couldn’t be here. But why is she seeing him here, at the restaurant?It all seemed to happen fast because someone who was coming from the back bumped into her, and Mary watched, feeling like she was in an outer body, as the tray fell down."Thud." The tray hit the ground with a thud, shattering on impact on the floor, and the noise seemed to shake her awake, and she jolted.She looked down at the mess she had made, at a loss for what to do with the person’s order now on the floor. Liz, who had been watching the scenario, came towards her.Mary bent down to start picking up the shards, but Liz stopped her. "Don’t worry, I will get it." She replied in her usual calm voice. Liz left to get a broom and a dustpan, while Mary continued standing there.She tried to pretend she didn’t know that the person in front of her wasn’t Nicholas, and she went to the next table, whose order
Amy looked at Nicholas, black orbs to blue orbs, her gaze unwavering. He didn’t seem to be backing down any time soon, and he stared at her head-on.Amy looked away; his gaze was too hot for her to handle, and she looked back at Mary. Her eyes were pleading that she should let it be and let them go. But Amy couldn’t let that happen. She had been with Mary since she came here, and she knew just how much Nicholas had hurt her, and she vowed that no one was going to hurt her friend again."That is alright; I am coming.""Amy. You can’t do this; you need to stay here; I will be fine." Mary pleaded, gently squeezing her hand."I don’t care if you will be fine or not, but I am coming with you. I am not leaving you in the hands of a man who threw you out." Nicholas whined as he heard that, and Amy eyed him in distaste. "Who knows what he would do next time?""Look. Amy, or whatever you are called, I won’t tolerate any disrespect; I know my action wasn’t exactly good, but the last thing I wil
They all sat on the sofa, with Nicholas and Mary sitting together while Amy and Cameron sat on the adjacent sofa, silence reigning over them.The tension in the air was so thick that a knife could cut through it, and no one was willing to say anything."Alright, that is enough; I can’t continue pretending we are all mute." Cameron said he was shifting outward. "While we are still gathering our thoughts, we could maybe get to know each other. There are new faces here.""Sure, not like we don’t already know." Amy shrugged."Alright. I am Cameron, and that is Nicholas." Cameron said, and he waited for someone to introduce themselves. But neither Mary nor Nicholas could be bothered, so Amy sighed, deciding to do it."I’m Amy, Mary’s friend. I don’t think I need to introduce Mary since she is the protagonist here. Yeah, and that is all." Amy said, and everywhere became silent again."Who is the child’s father?" Nicholas started, wasting no time. He needed to know the father of the child, s
Mary climbed the stairs back to her room, and she opened the door to see Amy and Cole already in bed. Cole was already sleeping, and a little smile plagued his lips."Thank you for watching him." Mary said, walking towards the bed. She looked down at her son with love-filled eyes, and she leaned down to press a kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight." She whispered to him."It’s no problem. I had begun to think you weren’t going to go back upstairs." Amy replied, watching them."Sorry, I was held down by something." Mary was explaining, but they heard a knock on the door, and she kept quiet. "Come in, please." Mary said, and Cameron came in, dragging two boxes behind him."Where should I put these? Cameron asked, gesturing to the bags."Don’t worry, I will take over from here. Thank you for the help." Mary said as she got up from the bed and padded towards him."You are welcome. I will be taking my leave now," Cameron replied, and he was about to head towards the door when he noticed Amy o
The familiar iPhone ringtone blared out, disturbing the quiet room, and everyone reached to their pockets since they all owned one. But it turned out to be Mary’s.Nicholas gently placed Cole in his cot, and he went back to his seat, watching as Mary picked up her phone. He didn’t know when a wave of anger would come to him. But he was a little happy for her.He was angry that she had left the phone he had given her; if only she had carried it, it would have been easy to track her. But at the same time, he was happy that she had been living fine enough to get a phone.A nice phone at that. Now he felt stupid that he had been worried about her and her wellbeing. After he had the talk with his dad, Nicholas had problems sleeping well. He had been worried that he had cast her away to the street, and she had ended up begging or even worse.But it was obvious she was fine; she even had the money to get a phone. An iPhone at that. Those things don’t come cheap, and they wouldn't be easy for