“I understand Mommy. Just try your best and I will bake a cake for your coming birthday. So, I am going to hang up because I have to cook with aunt Monica. I love you…...kisses.”“Bye sweetie, I will see you soon” she said and sent her kisses over the phone.“Is that Angel? I can accompany her to school. I don’t mind at all. We can pretend that I am her dad only for that day if you allow me “Jack suggested.Caroline thought for a while. It made sense if Jack would come with them because Angel already met him and she liked him. It wouldn’t be a big deal if they told her that Jack was covering for her dad who couldn’t make it in time.On the other hand, Jack was only trying to get closer to Angel because he knew that she was her mother’s soft spot. If he could make Angel love him, then he was sure that Caroline won’t be left behind.“I accept. “Caroline said decisively“Well…..with that settled . I have a surprise for you. Our date is fast approaching and you know we have to be ready
She never got the Chance to meet her in the past. Caroline actually couldn’t remember much of her childhood. When she asked, her mother told her that when she was around four years, she was very sick and lost her memory.However, her mother was understanding and told her that she didn’t need to force herself to remember. One day, things will come back to her naturally.But after all these years, it was beginning to bother her. She wondered what was real and what wasn’t real in her life.Caroline understood well what was going on. She was so stupid to have agreed to accompany Jack to meet his mother. How could she think that she would be accepted? “Maybe, it is not the right time for me to meet your mother. I am sorry but I will just leave.”“No …stay. Mother, can you be nice to her just for today only? Let us just mingle, we will sort out whatever is bothering you later. Please, don’t spoil this chance for me “Jack begged.Caroline bowed her head in shame. she couldn’t believe that Ja
He clenched his fist not knowing what to do. No matter what sort of nonsense that his mother will come up with, he will never leave Caroline. She can forget about it for all he cares.“Then make me understand. I have been asking you all these years but you refused to tell me, mother. Do I deserve this ill treatment from the woman who gave birth to me? Mother, I only wanted you to love me and be there for me. I have missed you all of my life and all that I need is for you to be on myside for his once. I need you to love the woman that I have chosen. I am already having a hard time trying to make her fall in love with me and you are not making things any easier for me.”Agnes ‘s eyes clouded with tears. It wasn’t her fault that things happened in the way that they did. she genuinely loved Jack and it was the most difficult decision that she has ever made in her life to turn her back on him“Alright, don’t be that sad, honey. I will tell you but I am not sure if you are ready to hear t
“Wesley …she repeated again sounding hysterical. Her eyes were darting from place to place just to get a glimpse of the figure that she just saw. However, the man was nowhere to be seen. He had vanished in to thin air just like Wesley. could those two be related?It took her almost an hour to search the ground floor where he had disappeared to. When she realized that she wasn’t getting anywhere, she sat down on the couch to rest her legs. At this rate, she wasn’t sure if they would actually heal properly.She laughed at herself depreciatively as tears flowed on her face freely. She must be running mad for real. She saw Wesley laying on the bed unconscious. What more evidence did she need to see that he was in a coma?why was it that she thought that the strange man was Wesley? He could be just any body using the same brand of cologne as Wesley. That cologne wasn’t a custom made one.She just realized that she had stayed in the mall for so long and it was already dark in the night.
“Oh …...I am so fucked up. Please come back, Wesley. I can’t bear to lie any more to Angel. “Caroline thought silently while looking at her daughter.“Baby, you like asking so many questions. Well, I am not nervous. I just have a lot in my head and I am trying to sort them out in my mind. I do it a lot lately and I am so surprised that you noticed. ““I always know everything about you, Mommy. In that case, you should relax a bit. Don’t force things, they will fall in to place by themselves. our teacher taught us that when we want to learn something new, we should go slow on it “ Angel was right anyway. She was dealing with so many things and it was best for her to take it slow. Otherwise, she will go insane.“I love you baby, your words mean a lot to me “she pulled her in to her arms and then kissed her hair tenderly.“When you feel down, I am here for you, okay. Angel loves you so much. I made a promise to daddy that I will protect you and this is exactly what I am doing. You have
“Don’t believe them. You will get in to trouble “Megan warned desperately.However, she knew that Caroline was someone who was decisive. Once she has decided on something, there was no turning back for her“I am not afraid of them. what I don’t want is for them to hurt Wesley when I am capable of helping. If they are trying to trick me, then I will comfort myself that I tried my best. Hold on for the time being for the marketing director position, I will try to find someone as soon as possible. If I can’t find the right person, then I will handle that department responsibilities myself.”As soon as she finished talking, she took her bag and quickly excited the office” Call me in case of anything “she shouted back.“Is she really coming? I feel so disgusted with this place. I can’t stand the smelly room. My face and hands are swollen because of the beating that we got from that man. Mum, I can’t stand staying here any minute longer. Please do something. “Paula shouted.Despite their nu
“Caroline, you are trading on a thin line. His wealth belongs to me and I don’t know how you managed to acquire them but they are the one thing that I will fight for to the end. You will regret ever crossing me, bitch,” Paula said as she tried to stand up. Her knees were already hurting.“Did I say that you can stand up? officer, hand me the charges that I brought against them. one more mistake on your part and I will sign the papers. You will be kissing the bright sunlight goodbye. I am not ‘in the mood of joking with the two of you right now.”“Alright, we will do as you say but please get us out of here “Jane said looking genuinely afraid. Paula on the other hand couldn’t stop the tears from rolling on her face.To her surprise, the tears on her face were real this time round.Her mission was accomplished. All that she wanted was to intimidate them and make them afraid so that they can tell her the truth about Wesley’s whereabouts. That was all that she cared about. Anyway, she wo
“Gosh…...where do we start? I have completely no idea where she might have gone. I didn’t even think about asking her” Monica started panicking immediately. She was angry because Caroline didn’t show up for their date that she forgot to watch out for her safety.“I will call her right away and ask. She mustn’t have gone too far.” she added.When she dialed her number, she was unavailable. Now they had no idea on how to find out where she was and with whom. The most important question here was if at all she was going to meet Wesley.“Its’s okay. Let us not panic, it will be of no use to us or Caroline. First, let us watch the audio recording and try to make sense of what Caro is trying to tell us. She must have been suspicious for her to make this recording. At least, she is not all that dumb.” Isabel commented.“You are right …why am I this foolish? I didn’t even think about watching the audio recording. Alright, let us watch it together “she replied.In a jiffy, Monica unlocked her
“Hi sweethearts …” Monica greeted as soon as she hugged Caroline and Angel at the same time. “I have been calling you like forever. I was worried about you being near that animal, Jack. What happened?” she asked with concern.In fact, she had called so many times and no one picked up.“It is along story, bestie. I will tell you when I have time but now, I need you to watch over Angel because I need to do something very important. I promise that I will tell you when I come back. “She hurriedly said and kissed Angel’s forehead.“Stay with aunt Monica, I will be right back. Please don’t give her trouble , baby. Are we clear? “Angel nodded obediently and then went to keep herself busy.Monica looked at Caroline’s retrieving body and thought that something was odd. so, she called Isabel to come over so that they would be there for her. She was acting mysteriously for her liking.Upon reaching the Morgan mansion, Caroline found new security guards. At first sight, they didn’t even recogn
“Don’t worry, go and handle your affairs. I have my own plans “Caroline replied and then Wesley pulled her in to his arms and hugged her tight. The hardest thing that he had to do was to leave her side again at this difficult point in her life.However, Winnie was troublesome.“Take good care of yourself and call me if you need anything.”Wesley instructed as he hurriedly turned and excited the house. When the car roared in to life and drove out of the house, she found herself feeling lonely. Everything that Jack did to her came back haunting her. It was bearable when Wesley was around.Even if Wesley hurt her in the past but he wa showing that he was changing.Right after he had left, Megan came to visit.Caroline invited her in to the living room. She knew that they had a lot to discuss about and she couldn’t wait to hear what she has for her. It has been depressing not knowing what Jack was up to.“Caro, are you feeling better now? I heard that you were taking a nap. Are you still
Caroline woke up feeling out of place. The house wasn’t hers, it wasn’t even decorated according to her taste and preferences. She hated the color yellow. Everywhere that she turned, the ugly theme was staring back at her.This house screamed of everything about Paula. Anyway, it didn’t matter, the end results was what was important. She needed the house for a short while and then later on she could leave it behind. Besides her, Angel was coiled in a deep sleep. She caressed her cheeks and then climbed out of the bed. The moment that she reached the living room, a mouthwatering aroma of food caught her nose and she couldn’t help but follow the scent. Her stomach growled loudly, It has been a while since she had a proper meal. When she reached the kitchen, Wesley was there consumed in his cooking. She had never seen him doing something that nice before. He was always cold and unapproachable. He was very grumpy and he never even knew what was in her kitchen.Oh…. people really do c
“Well…focus on your life now. I will search around and see who is trying to frame you, okay. I know some of my contacts who can help me with this matter. Cheer up, son. “Agnes said as she hugged his head just like she had done when he was little “I love you so much and I can never do something that will intentionally hurt you ““I know, mother. Please forgive me. You have always been there for me and I have no right to mistrust you. I guess seeing Caroline leaving with Wesley got in to my head. But why can’t things return to the way that they used to be? we used to live a simple life. No secrets, betrayals, revenge or anything similar. I miss those old good days.”“You will work hard to forget her. Please promise me. She will never be good for you. You have lived a very sad life and you deserve someone who will love you for who you are. You need someone who will compensate for all those years that you were alone. “Agnes stated.Jack only stared at her and then kissed the back of her h
Jack started thinking seriously about the conversation that she just had with Caroline. There was someone trying to twist the situation and make him look like he was the murderer. Was there someone who hated the Morgan family?His eyes turned dark immediately as he asked coldly “Who could be behind Dismas’s death?”A thought came in to his head. Hurriedly, he took his coat and went outside only to see Caroline getting away in Wesley’s car. How conveniently for her? She couldn’t even wait for the dust to settle on their divorce before running back to Wesley .However, now he had an important issue to talk about with his mother. She was the one who convinced him that he should take his revenge on Dismas. Was she the one responsible for that man’s death? What he knew was that Agnes hated Dismas with passion.“Hello Son. You remembered me?” Agnes greeted as soon as Jack made his way into her house.” she hadn’t seen him for quite some time and she was eager for him to tell her what has
“Uncle Jack…you promised me that you won’t hurt my Mommy. I regret ever calling you my second dad. Don’t ever come near me or my Mommy again. You don’t deserve her. “Angel said as she held on to her mother’s hands tight.“Angel, sweetie. I have nothing against you. I swear that I have always loved you and I would have loved for us to get to know each other more. Please, don’t look at me like that. If you don’t believe me, you can still stay back with me. I will spoil you so much” Jack honestly liked Angel“I will never leave my mommy’s side. she is the only one who has ever loved me not you. If you did love me then you wouldn’t have done what you did. The moment that you hurt my mommy, you did the same to me. Good bye, my mother and I will just be fine. See you never. “Angel stated and then turned to her mother “let us go, I don’t want to stay in this house anymore. I don’t like this man, he is mean. ““Goodbye, Jack” Caroline said one last time.As Caroline hurried outside the door,
“But you said that you will wait for me and I was going to keep my word, Jack. A person cannot control how her heart feels or who her heart wants but I was willing to change that because I wanted a stable life for my child. It is a shame that you didn’t believe in me and took me as your enemy when I knew nothing of what my father did to you. ““My God …you could have approached me and we would have worked out this together, Jack. What went wrong?”“Don’t you dare pretend with me. Everything went wrong the moment you appeared back in to my life. I am tired of giving love that will never be reciprocated.” he snapped.“I loved you in my own way but what hurts me the most is that you have brought an innocent child in to this mess. Jack, I trusted you with her. why did you do this to me?”“I really love the kid and she honestly have nothing to do with this but I couldn’t accept that I didn’t have you by myside. Caroline, we have been married for a couple of months now and you haven’t tri
Wesley has been with her the whole night. Not even her very own husband cared to come and ask about her health. She wanted to snap at him but she just couldn’t forget that he came through for her over and over again.Even if he doesn’t want to admit it, she knows that he was the one who saved her on the day that she was about to be killed in the forest. she can never forget his familiar scent and voice“It is nice for you to support me but this is my problem. If you don’t mind, I would like to handle it on my own. You have already wasted enough of your time taking care of me when you really didn’t have to” she said as Monica helped her pack her bagsIt was just enough for him that she was no longer looking at him with hate.“Alright …I will leave you to it then but remember that if you have any problem, call me. I will just be a phone call away “he kissed her cheeks and then hurriedly left the hospital.A while later, she had been discharged and she headed straight away to the mansi
Caroline’s face became pale “were you spying on me? Just when I thought that you are beginning to seem like a reasonable person, you go and do this to me? You two have disappointed me. I would have appreciated it if you would have just told me the truth.”“I did it in good faith because I never trusted Jack from the day your father was killed. He has been behaving oddly for a person whose wife has faced two major tragedies. If I were in his place, I would have taken a bullet for you but instead he ran away leaving you alone. Don’t you think that is odd?” Wesley asked.“And I think that the two-shooting incidence are related. I have been investigating it secretly and the ballistic report show that the same type of guns was used. So, it must be the same person responsible for the two shooting. May be, he or she hired he same people. “Zoe explained.“I am sorry to say this but why would someone assassinate your father and then immediately Jack schemes to takes his company? I might not h