CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT ALEXANDER I sighed when Sally walked away. She was obviously still mad at me and wouldn't want to talk to me. I knew I needed to do something to make Sally warm up to me one more time, but what would that be? I shook my head and began walking upstairs. I heard stubborn footsteps behind me, and knowing who it was annoyed me the most. "Alex, you didn't even check out the ultrasound," Beverly said, as she followed me behind. I pretended not to hear her and kept walking. She was persistent and followed behind me. "Our baby is a boy. You should be happy."I stopped abruptly by the stairs. I should be happy? My first child would come from a harlot. What was there to be happy about? An innocent child that may never be loved by the father. "It's a boy," Beverly repeated. I got the whole concept then. She wanted me to be jumping on my feet because our son was a boy. Well, she lost because it didn't entice me one bit. In fact, the news only angered me the more, be
CHAPTER SIXTY NINESALLYI rushed out of Alex's room, panting really hard. I was turned on by his hug a while ago.The way his wet body pressed hard against mine, and I felt his raw skin around me. I even felt his huge dick on my butt. Thank goodness I was able to control and stop myself from doing anything silly. I exhaled sharply. Alex was so hot back there, and I wouldn't deny that. The effect his body had on me was what I could not explain. I was mad at Alex and shouldn't get turned on by him for that reason. I could not explain what Alex's body did to me whenever I saw him. I decided to leave the premises before someone else saw me that way. I began walking towards my room when Beverly suddenly showed up in front of me. I scoffed. She finally left her favourite spot. I thought she was going to sleep in the sitting room. I would have said that to her, but I wasn't in the mood. She glared at me as she walked past me. I snickered and walked into my room. I locked the door an
CHAPTER SEVENTYALEXANDER "I can't eat this!" Beverly shouted angrily as she stood up to her feet and banged the table. I really wouldn't blame her or behaving that way. The food was really horrible. I was only trying to eat so as not to offend Sally. Beverly walked away from the dining room angrily. I didn't like the food, but I had to force it into my throat and swallow it. I soon got a little used to the food. I swallowed immediately after putting it in my mouth. After eating, the maids cleared the dining while Sally and I walked to our rooms. I was aware that Sally intentionally added too much spice to the food just to punish us. I didn't mind, though.Instead of going to my room, I branched at Sally's and tried to talk to her, but she shunned me off. "I don't want to talk to you, Alex," she told me. I held her arm."Stay away from me!" She barked before walking away. I sighed and bit my lower lip. She entered her room and banged the door while I was left standing out ther
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONESALLY I lay in my bed rolling around. I could not close my eyes. Alex's sincere apology kept ringing in my head. I wasn't ready to give in because I knew if I decided to forgive him and let him go free for what he did to me, then my parents would not forgive me. I promised myself that I would make sure I cause Alex so much pain as well. I kept rolling on my bed until I finally fell asleep. The next morning, after dressing up for work, I decided to go check up on Alex. I saw Beverly sneak into her room, and I followed her behind. I stood by the door and placed my ear very close to the door. "I will come and see you later today," I heard Beverly say in a hushed tone. I shook my head and walked away. Getting to Alex's room, I opened the door gently and saw him still lying in bed. He was still deeply asleep. I sighed and shut the door before walking away from the room.I had a lot to do at work, including supervising the company lab. I walked around the lab wit
CHAPTER SEVENTY TWO SALLYImmediately after Alicia left, I decided to go back to work. I walked on a few things before deciding to take a break. I grabbed a bottle of water and leaned back in my seat to enjoy the cold water. The door suddenly opened and my secretary walked into my office. "Ma'am," Mary called as she approached me.I lifted my gaze to meet hers without saying anything. "Your meeting is in five minutes," she informed me. My eyes widened. I didn't remember any meeting. In fact, I completely forgot that I had any kind of meeting today. "Please, remind me."I have been so stressed lately that a lot of things were beginning to skip my memory. "Your meeting with the board members, " she replied. I blinked twice in sudden realisation. I immediately remembered that we were supposed to have a meeting today and I was not even ready. I wasn't even prepared. "Fuck it!" I cursed as I leaned forward quickly. "Are you okay, ma'am?" She asked me. "Of course, I replied c
CHAPTER SEVENTY THREEALEXANDER I slowly opened my eye, only to realise that it was really bright. I quickly sat up and moved my eyes straight to the wall clock. I sighed deeply when I noticed that it was almost nine in the morning. There was no point going to work after all. Surprisingly, I didn't have any hangovers. I was grateful to Sally for bringing me in, taking care of me, and making sure that I was fine.I was grateful that she gave me milk. I'd have had a hangover. I stood up from my bed and walked into the bathroom for a shower, and I also brushed my teeth. Breakfast was brought into my room by the head maid. I wanted to ask her if Sally was home, but I was too weak to open my mouth. It was obvious that Sally wasn't home. The home seemed too quiet aside the regular noise the housekeepers made. Yet, I wanted to be sure. For some reason, I believed that she didn't go to work either, even though there was no reason why she wouldn't go. I decided that I'd walk out of my
CHAPTER SEVENTY FOURALEXANDER The next day at the office, Clinton walked into my office with a document. "Here," he said as he pushed the documents to me. "I found a few records from what you asked yesterday."I took the document from Clinton and began to scan through it quickly as my eyes searched for keywords. "So, it is true?" I asked Clinton. "It is true," Clinton replied calmly. "Sadly, this is true. I wished it wasn't as well, but it is."I sighed deeply and ran my hand around my face and hair. I felt so weak at that point. "I'm sorry," Clinton apologised, seeing how weak the news made me. I fell into my couch and buried my face in my palm. "I'd be in my office," Clinton said and walked away from my office. I picked up the documents and began to scan through them again. I kept gulping down saliva. "How could my dad be so inconsiderate?" I questioned myself. It was hard to believe that he could do something like this? How could he sweep the loss of a life under the ca
CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVEWILLIAM GRANDEThe disappointed look that Alex gave to me before leaving angered me. He walked away without turning back, and I watched him while I gritted my teeth. Alex was such a coward. I wondered where he got his cowardice from. His mom was never a coward, and that was the reason I chose her to bear my son.I would have concluded that she gave me a child that wasn't mine, but we conducted a DNA with my doctors after she gave birth, and he was mine. What was going on?Someone who had a lion hearted father and a mother who could abandon her son forever for money. Alex wasn't acting like we were his parents. I decided to carry my cross alone. I pulled out my phone and dialled the number of my colleagues in crime. "Popo!" I hailed him immediately after he picked up. "Any deal?" He asked me. I walked to my couch and sat there. I crossed my legs and spread my arms around my couch. I wanted to walk into a restaurant and get something to eat, but after what ha
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