CHAPTER FIFTY THREEBEVERLY"And this looks nice to you?" I shouted at the berger seated in front of my compound. He tried to touch me, but I pushed him away."Don't you dare touch me!" I warned him. "Ma'am," he knelt in front of me. "Please help me with something to feed with."I hissed and walked into my compound. He tried to follow me but I banged the door at his face. "Fool!" I cursed.I walked into my house and sank into my couch. I placed my left foot on my knee and began to squeeze it gently. I had walked all the way to the pharmacy to get drugs for my headache, but I wasn't able to get anything. I didn't even get to the pharmacy before changing my mind. I walked back home with the hope of just sleeping and forgetting that I had a headache. Everything annoyed me. I wasn't even sure if I was okay or not. I stood up and walked into my kitchen. Maybe if I ate something, I'd feel better. My phone began to ring, and I picked it up quickly. I placed my phone beside my ear.
CHAPTER FIFTY FOURALEXANDER I was now seated on my couch with my dad's question tugging in my head. "Was I in love with Sally now?"I shook my head. There was no way it was possible that I had feelings for her. It was just like other women whom I had sex with in the past. All I did was feel attracted to them, hook up with them, and have sex with them. I have never liked any of them. But why was I trying to protect her from my dad and help her get her company?I had answers to all the questions that my second self threw at me. The only reason I wanted my dad to stop whatever he was doing was because it was childish, and I didn't want to end the marriage yet. Everyone would know that it was all a planned marriage. I didn't want that to happen. I still had a lot of investors who I wanted to impress with my marriage. I already began to adapt to Sally. I didn't want another woman in my house for any reason. I was still thinking so hard when the door suddenly opened. I sat up with
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVESALLY"Look who's here," Jessica shouted excitedly as she jumped on me. "Where have you been?" I asked as I pulled her slowly away from the hug. I was resting in my room and trying to get over the fact that Alex caused my doom when the door suddenly opened, and she walked in. "I had to return Kitty's book," she informed me. "Your husband was here a while ago."She walked to my bed, sat there, and cast me a naughty glare. "I'm sure he began to miss you so much, thirty seconds after you left the house."I smiled. I sat beside Jessica, and she turned to me with a serious look. "Your eyes are swollen," she noted. "Are you okay?"I knew that I had to keep whatever was going on away from Jessica. She shouldn't know about it. She was too young to be bothered with all those thoughts. "I'm okay," I told Jessica and forced a smile for her to see that I was truly fine. "Are you sure?" She asked me. I nodded. She hugged and pecked me before she stood up and ran out o
CHAPTER FIFTY SIXALEXANDER I stood there watching Sally and James as they walked upstairs. I folded my fist and pressed my lips hard against each other. I watched them until they walked into Sally's room before I turned around and left the house. I turned around to leave when I heard someone call my name. I turned around, and it was Sally's mom. I stood at the spot and waited for her to get close enough so I'd hear her out. "I don't ever want to see you here, or anywhere close to my daughter," she warned. "If you insist, I'd have to call the cops on you."I nodded slowly and dragged my feet out of the house. I got into my car and drove off. I promised myself that I would never go back to Sally's house or try to converse with her and explain myself. The did had already been done, and that was what mattered the most. I wondered why I was bothering so much about Sally and trying to build back a marriage that wasn't true to begin with. A planned marriage that we both entered into
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVENBEVERLY Immediately when I walked into Alex's house, my smile broadened. I felt relaxed, and I felt like it was truly my house. So this was what Sally kept to herself alone?I promised myself that as long as I had stepped foot into this house with my belongings, I would never leave. "Hey," I called out to one of the maids who had just walked down the stairs. She walked towards me and bowed in front of me with a surprised look in her eyes. "Get another maid and bring my luggage in. I'd be right back.""But..."She opened her mouth to speak, but I lifted my palm, and she went mute. "Do as I say, or you'd get your belongings thrown to the street."I walked out of the house after laying down my orders. I walked towards the car that was parked outside the gate. The same car that drove me to Alex's house. My reporter friend and I had become partners in crime. We both needed each other, so we simply gave one another whatever we wanted. She opened the car door, a
CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHTSALLY"How are you doing?" James asked me. We were now seated on my bed. The last time James and Alex had a fight at James's party, I had plans to talk to him about getting friendly with my husband. But right now, I didn't care if they fought in the public market and destroyed peoples stuff. I already concluded that I would never have anything to do with Alex anymore. The marriage was over. "I've been trying to get over what happened," I told James. The maid soon appeared with a tray. There were two glasses and a bottle of wine in the tray. "I so sorry you had to go through this," he apologised. I smiled. "It's not your fault.""I understand what you're going through right now. Believe me when I say I understand exactly how it feels like to be hurt by someone you truly love and trust."I sighed and buried my head. There was a pause for a while."What are your plans?" James finally broke the silence. "Are you going to divorce Alex now?"The question came as
CHAPTER FIFTY NINESALLYI scoffed. I couldn't believe that Alex wanted for me to leave so he could bring in Beverly. Was this their plans all along? He didn't even wait for a week. He brought her in the very moment I left. Am I really that unimportant to him?I stared at the picture for a while longer. My knees grew weak immediately, and I lost my appetite. The people in the restaurant didn't stop talking about me and Alex. "She looks pregnant," one of them said. "He wouldn't bring in a pregnant mistress if she isn't carrying his child.""I want to go home," I told James. Coming here was a bad idea. I shouldn't have agreed to eat out with Alex. I wished that I saw it coming. "Please," I stressed as I stared into James's eyes. He was just staring at me without saying a word. He opened his mouth and shut it again. "Can we?" I insisted. "Of course," he stood up, and we walked out of the restaurant together. James was quiet the whole time. He didn't say a word until he began to
CHAPTER SIXTYALEXANDER I knew that the only time my dad would ask me to visit him was when he had something to scold me about. I was sure he had seen the news as well, and that was the only reason he'd ask to see me. Still, I couldn't deny him the right to see me. I drove into the compound and parked safely at the parking lot. I walked out of the car and stood beside it. I breathed out heavily, with my eyes tightly shot. I was ready for whatever he had in the stall for me. I walked into the sitting room and met my dad, walking down the stares already. "You're here," he said. His voice sounded neutral. He was neither shocked nor pleased. He came to me and I noticed the firece glare in his eyes. He pulled out his phone and pointed it to my face. There was a picture of Beverly hugging me, and another picture of her waking into the house, then the picture of Sally leaving. I sighed. I was aware that it was the reason he called me. I wasn't surprised because I saw it coming.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN SALLYSEVEN YEARS LATER I walked around the kitchen as the maid prepared the banquet for dinner. While I was supervising the dinner, I could hear my kids laughing and playing in the sitting room.Alex had already left the house a while ago. He gad gone to pick his father up from the prison. We were glad that they had to reduce the term he was supposed to serve in prison, seeing that he was good during his stay. I was excited that we would no longer have to frequent the prison with my kids just to say hello to their grandpa."Mom!" Lucy cried as she rushed into the kitchen. "Lucas hit my eyes."I patted her head and whispered, "Sorry," to her.She ran off, feeling excited about the fact that I apologised on behalf of her twin brother. I didn't meddle in their fights. I just apologised on behalf of the other person, and it was okay.I knew that Lucy was more troublesome, but I would never take sides. I didn't want any of them to feel that I loved t
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIXSALLYI felt my life slipping away from me. All I saw was darkness. I felt like I was floating. I couldn't open my eyes even though I wanted to..I could hear people running around, even though the sounds echoed. I could hear the machine beeping very loudly. I heard the doctor asking the nurses to chathe the defibrillator. I could feel it on my chest severally. I wanted to just rest. I wished that they would stop trying to revive me and let me be. I could feel my floating body moving up and down without my consent.I thought I was going to die, but the doctors and Alex were not ready to give up on me. They kept trying until I opened my eyes. Alex gasped when he noticed that I opened my eyes. Everything stopped, and everyone stopped moving."Sally," Alex whispered under his breath before rushing towards me. He hugged me tightly and whimpered. There was a celebration in the room. My parents rushed in with Jessica and Diana when they heard the celebrat
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVEALEXANDER Before we got to the hospital with the ambulance carrying Sally, I already called her parents and told them to be on their way there. I had to hold Jessica throughout the journey because she was having a panic attack. She kept asking me if her sister would die. I didn't know how else to assure her that Sally would be fine. I was also hoping, just like her. I didn't have any supernatural powers.We got to the hospital, and while she was being transferred to the bed, her parents drove in. Her mom alighted from the car before it even stopped and rushed towards us. Her heart was racing as she approached us. "My daughter," she cried out in pain. She held Sally and began to cry and call out Sally's name. She was pulled away from Sally by the nurses, and they wheeled Sally into the ward where surgery would be conducted on her.Jessica hugged her parents tightly. "Thanl goodness, you are safe," Mrs Anderson said as she turned her daughter arou
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOURNARRATORSally's heart sank immediately when she heard the gunshot. She turned to Jessica immediately. She sighed when she noticed that Jessica wasn't hurt. She only shut her eyes tightly with her fist clenched. "This is not a toy, Sally," Beverly warned.She intentionally shot at the wall to make Sally see that they weren't joking about killing Jessica if she didn't sign the papers. "One," Beverly counted. Sally was already shaken. She remembered how she felt after hearing the gunshot. When she thought that Beverly killed her sister for real. Her hands were shaking.She knew what Beverly could do, and she could not afford to lose her sister. She knew that she would end up signing the papers even after they killed her sister."Let me have the papers," she requested. James handed the papers to her, and she quickly placed her signature in every single place that it requested.James collected the papers from her. He had a triumphant smile on his fac
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREEALEXANDER I was panicking, but I stayed calm until we got to the office. I told Clinton what was going on, and he advised that I tried calling Sally again, which I quickly did, but I could not reach her..I became alarmed. I kept calling going Sally's number. Sometimes, it rang, other time, it didn't. I kept trying to reach Sally even though it was getting frustrating. When I called again, it was switched off. This made me stand up to my feet. "Calm down, Alex," Clinton advised me. I could not think straight. I logged into the app and tried to track Sally's phone again, but it got disconnected. I could no longer track her, and it was because her phone was switched off. "Let me have your phone," I asked Clinton. "Of course," he replied as he dipped his hands into his pocket and brought out his phone. He handed his phone over to me. I took it from Clinton and dialled Sally's number. It was still switched off. My head began to spin.I had a bad
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO SALLYI tried to steady my thoughts as I drove to the location on the map Beverly forwarded to me. I was sure that I didn't leave any traces, and I was certain that no one followed me down to this place.As I drove, I could feel my hands shaking terribly. A lot ran through my head at the same time. I finally got to the location. I parked my car outside the building, and alighted from the car..I called Beverly to inform her that I was at the location. After a while, she arrived with two men. I opened the car boot for them to get the money. They pulled the bag out of the car and dropped it on the floor. They opened the zip and quickly searched through it."It's intact," one of them to Beverly. "We can't trust this woman," Beverly told them. "We have to count the money first.""Where's she?" I asked Beverly. "We would only release her to you after counting the money and making sure that it is complete."I didn't want to go in with them, but my sister
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONEALEXANDER I found it difficult to sleep. I had walled in on Sally when she was demanding money from her mom. I knew that she cried the moment I walked in and saw her eyes. Even though Sally kept insisting that she was fine until she slept off, I knew that she was not fine. She was only saying so to get me off her back. I tried to go through her phone, but it seemed like she had deleted her recent calls. The only call I saw was that of her mom and other unimportant calls. I walked back to the bag lying on the floor of our room. I opened the bag and stared into it for a while. I hoped that all was well. I returned to the bed and kept rolling there. I didn't even notice when I slept off.The next morning, I felt someone shaking me tenderly. I opened my eyes slowly, and I rubbed them with both hands. When I opened my eyes widely, I saw Sally seated in front of me. She was smiling, but I could tell that the smile was a fake smile."Morning, love," she
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BEVERLYI was excited when my driver walked into the small house with Jessica. I didn't believe my eyes at first. How would I have known that it would be so easy to get Jessica."Hard nut to crack," I teased her as I touched her chin.She whimpered fearfully."Was this the reason you came to my school the other day pretending to be nice?" She asked me.I was just smiling at her as I touched her chin. She slapped my hands off."Hold her!" I ordered the driver who had brought her in. He held her hands tightly, and she struggled with him. "Let go of me!" She commanded with so much authority.I grabbed her chin and squeezed her face.She whimpered as she struggled to free herself from my grip, but I wouldn't let her go. "Who do you think you are to think that you can behave whichever way that pleases you?"She spat on my face immediately after I freed her from my grip. My eyes and mouth opened widely."I knew that a prostitute like you should not be trust
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY NINESALLYI walked out of the meeting room and went straight to my office. immediately when I sat down, my phone began to ring. I stared at the screen and saw that it was Jessica who was calling me. I smiled because I had missed her. I wondered what she had to say this time.Nevertheless, I picked up the call. "Hello, Jessi," I called out, but there was no response.I continued calling out Jessica, but there was no response from her end. I kept calling Jessica's name, but still, there was no reply until it hung up. I tried calling her again, but there was no response. I dialled her number thrice. When she didn't pick the third time, I decided to let her be..I left my phone in my office and decided to go supervise the packaging of the scandal goods that had been reproduced. I strolled around the room and made sure that everyone present there had something doing.I also supervised the faces of those who were in the team just to ensure that there were n