CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY THREE JAMES It was finally Saturday morning. While I dressed up for dinner with my parents as the family house. I began to contemplate on what Beverly told me.I had disagree immediately and sent Beverly away. The idea seemed to be petty to me. Why would I want to get to Sally through Jessica, her younger sister? If it was Alex, I would have gladly agreed, but Beverly wouldn't want to hurt Alex. So there was no point being petty by trying to Sally by hurting her younger sister.I picked up my car keys and walked out of my room. I didn't want to be at the dinner. Especially since it has been confirmed that Alex would be there. I drove myself to my family house, allowing my driver to race for today. Getting to the house My parents were already waiting for me, and dinner was already fully prepared."Welcome, my son. I am so glad you finally decided to come." I rolled my eyes as I hooked my mum. If only she knew that I didn't come because I wanted to, I
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY FOURALEXANDER I was waiting patiently for Sally to return with James. It was taking too long. I turned my wrists around and checked for the time. That was the seventeenth time I was doing if I was not exaggerating. I wondered what was keeping James and Sally for that long.My mum and her husband seemed to be carried away. They didn't seem to notice what was going on. I decided to count to ten. If they didn't come back after I was done with my counting, then I would go look for Sally myself.Even after counting to fifteen, James and Sally were still not back, I didn't trust James with my wife. So I stood up and excused myself from the dining table. I knew the route they took, so I decided to go and find Sally myself. I found it difficult to locate the exact spot they entered. Sally's perfume filled my nose. I decided to trace where the scent was coming from. I finally found the restroom and proceeded towards the room. I was shocked when I walked into
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY FIVEBEVERLY I was seated in my room as different thoughts ran through my mind. I could hear my baby crying in his bed, but I pretended that I couldn't hear it. I didn't want the baby to pause my plans. My mom walked out of her room and into mine. She stared at me for a while and shook her head before walking towards the baby. She picked up the baby and walked away. I rolled my eyes after she left. This had been the routine since I came back from the hospital.My mom had been the one taking care of the baby. I didn't care about the baby. I barely even fed him. I could still hear him crying from my mom's room, but I didn't care. I was thinking of how to get Sally out of Alex's life so that I could have him all to myself since James had refused to work with me. I knew I couldn't do it alone. I needed someone to work with me on this.There was another option left, which was killing Sally. The best option was to get rid of her. At least then I would have Al
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY SIXSALLYI walked into the sitting room. I was feeling very tired after working for a very long day. I wanted to just slide down in my bed and sleep. It was a very stressful day with too many emergency meetings.I could hear one of the maids conversing with someone in the kitchen. I didn't know who it was, and I didn't care either. All I wanted to do was to lay in my bed and sleep. As I walked past the kitchen, her conversation caught my ear. "Killing her wouldn't be an option. Please, think of something else or contact someone else to do it. I am sure other maids would gladly do it."My heart sank when I heard this."Who does my meat want to kill?" I questioned myself. I completely forgot that I wanted to sleep. I changed my mind immediately and went straight to the kitchen. I needed to know what was going on. I stood by the door and placed my ear close enough to hear whatever she had to say. But it seemed like She smelt my perfume already because sh
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY SEVENBEVERLY I decided to visit James so that we could talk about our plans without any interruptions. I called him and then informed him that I was coming before I left the house.James was home he told me he didn't have anywhere to go so I could come. I got dressed, took a cab, and went straight to James's house."You're here," he noted immediately when he opened the door and saw me. "You thought that I would not come?" I asked him as I walked into the house."The way you responded to my call. I thought you were no longer interested in working with me.""Come off it," I scolded him. I walked ahead into the house and sat down on the couch without waiting for him to ask me to sit. "You're too full of yourself, for someone who was once a maid," James mocked. I was shocked. That was the last thing I expected James to say, especially since I had never spoken to him about my personal life. I knew Sally didn't tell him that, either.Maybe she did. That
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY EIGHTJESSICA I kept checking my wrist. We were finally done with our exams, and it was time to go home. My teacher wouldn't even let us go home, even though we were already done with our papers for the day.The students were grumbling and whispering curse words against the teacher. No one was interested in what he had to say. I could see some of my classmates sleeping already. I was impressed because I was not the only person who was angry about the fact that he would not let us go home even after our final exams.I hissed and stretched out on my seat. I placed my hands over my mouth and yawned loudly. He was finally done talking. He walked away with the exam papers. We were all excited that he finally left. Some picked up their bags and began walking out of the classroom.Others stayed behind, talking in low tones, laughing, and also catching up. I picked up my purse and was about to walk out of the classroom when Micheal blocked me. I rolled my ey
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
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 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