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"I never see you like before these days," Emma said while she stood by the lake with Eric."I have just had so much to do these days. Been busy with work."Emma turned to face Eric. "you're always talking about some work you do, that's taking so much of your time these days but I don't still know what it is.""It's just here and there. If I explained, you might not really understand. It's nothing serious," Eric said. He was tired of hiding everything about him from Emma, but there was no going back now. She would have so many questions which he wasn't ready to answer. He loves their life together and just wanted it to remain that way.He didn't want reality to change what they had and he was determined to keep it that way.Emma suddenly remembered what had happened with Henry the night before and how he had confessed his feelings towards her.She had planned to avoid him for as long as she could, even though they lived in same building.That wasn't the case for Henry though. He was
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Emma's phone rang continuously. She had slept off. She reluctantly stood from where she was sleeping. Rubbing the sleep off her face. She picked up her phone, she had missed calls from her mum.It was almost midnight, she hadn't realized that time had gone that much. She switched on the light next to her bed. She struggled out of bed, She walked towards the living room. She realized that her mum hadn't gotten back from work yet, but she hadn't told her about being on any night shift.Before Emma could dial her mum's number back, She called her back."Hello," Emma said in a sleepy voice."I need you at the hospital now!!" She said, breathing heavily. Emma could sense the unease in her voice. Emma's heart began to raise rapidly."Mum, calm down, what's going on," Emma said, her hand trembling as she held the phone tightly towards her ears."It's Helen," her mum said, her voice breaking."What's wrong with Helen?" Emma asked."She is here, come quick." Before Emma could ask anymore qu
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It was morning already. Emma had barely closed her eyes. Her gaze was fixated on her sister through the night, She didn't want to miss her waking up without being there."She is still not up," Emma said, as she held her sister's hands. Turning towards their mum."Hopefully, before the day ends.""I miss her.""I do, too," Her mum said, in a tired voice. She hadn't gone home in two days. Having had a night shift before Helen came in. She was extremely tired but she wanted to be there for her daughter."Mum, you should go home," Emma said."No, I am fine.""You haven't been home since. I got here just few hours ago. I will be fine taking care of Helen myself. Go home, get some rest, eat and sleep.""Are you sure?" Her mum asked, finally giving into the request."Yes, I am. I am a big girl, you know," Emma said and her mum smiled.She kissed Helen on her forehead, then did the same to Emma. "Love you.""Love you too, mum."Emma stayed next to Helen on the chair. She checked her phone and
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Emma turned to look at Eric. She could inevitable say that she had the best night in forever. She watched as he slept peacefully like a newborn baby. She kept her hands on his chest while looking up at him. she did not know what this was but she didn't want to think too much about it. Where they together now? Were they just going to be sex buddies? She had so many thoughts in her head this morning but she wasn't going to let it ruin her day."hello beautiful" Eric said, turning towards Emma. She smiled as he held her close to him. his morning breath didn't even seem so bad. She just really loved being there with him and wouldn't want to be anywhere else, except from the fact that her sister was still in the hospital and she needed to be there.She had thought about how her sister was in the hospital and she was here having sex but she had convinced herself that it was beyond her and it was not something that she could control.Emma stood from the bed after placing a kiss on Eric's lip
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"mum, Helen can stay with us right?" her mum looked from her to Helen. She knew that was the only option and they had no one else to help them with all what they were going through."she has nowhere else to go and we will survive. Helen has a new job and will be able to support too.""what new job?" Helen asked and Emma looked in her direction. She hadn't told her about the offer from Eric."I spoke to a friend about you looking for a job in designing and he was able to find one for me. It's one of the biggest in the city too.""how did you do this?" Helen asked excitedly."he said he knew some people in the industry, I told him to help me with it and that was it," Emma said smiling. She was glad that she could put a smile on Helen's face even after everything that had happened.Emma turned back to her mum. "so,mum?""you two are my biggest gift in life and I am happy when you are. There is no way I would let Helen go back to that monster. We are going home and we will make anything
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"I am leaving now, my shift starts at 9 and it's past 8 already," their mum said. Packing in her breakfast hurriedly and picking up her work stuffs."bye, mum," They both said.Emma and Helen sat in the dinning eating their sandwich."Are you sure you're ready to go to work?" Emma asked."I am. Don't worry about me.""Alright then, Do not forget to tell me everything about it, when you get back home. I should leave now too.""bye, have a great day at work dear."It's been a couple of days since Helen got back from the hospital and she was starting the new job today. She was excited really. Wasn't sure how she was going to fit in because everyone probably went to the best design school.She knew Emma must have gone through so much to get her this job and she wasn't going to let her down.Eric sat in his office scribbling down new ideas in his notepad about the company. He wanted something better than his step brother's idea but nothing was coming to his head. That was the first time h
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The chef served the dishes that had been prepared on the table. Everyone was already sitting around the table.Eric and betty sat next to one another while their parents also sat next to each other."so, Betty, your dad here tells me about the course you took abroad and how you came out top of your class as the best designer," Eric's dad said.Betty smiled. "yes, I did."Eric was at least glad that he was praising someone other than his step-brother, for a change and he was also glad that his brother wasn't at the dinner."that's really impressive," Eric's mum said."She will be taking over the daisy's one day so we have to get her prepared. So, she can design the best dresses and all," her dad said."so, Eric, is there anything new that you are working on?" he asked."just trying to come up with better ideas for our company," he said."I have no doubt that you would make a great C.E.O," her dad said."Betty always tells us how hard you work and how much you love the company," Betty's
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"It was really nice, thank you for inviting me," Emma said as she and Henry walked back home from the anniversary done at the poetry house."Thanks again for agreeing to come with me. I would have never thought you would.""I honestly didn't think you would want to talk to me after last time," Emma said."why wouldn't I ? I am okay with whatever decision you make. I just couldn't hold it in again and had to say something. I am the one who embarrassed myself and probably should never have said anything," Henry said.Emma felt bad for how she had treated him even though she did nothing other than not reciprocate how he felt towards her."Don't be like that, It's alright.""I just don't want to lose my friend, that's all," Henry said, smiling and Emma did the same.Emma was glad that they had settled what was causing the tension between them. She liked Henry as a friend and enjoyed his company too. she wouldn't want them to have a fall out.Henry wasn't one who backed down from a fight e
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ONE YEAR LATER Emma adjusted the black gown she was wearing, putting her hair up in a bun. She moved closer to the mirror, applying a lipstick and a bit of foundation. She was never the type of girl who knew how to do a make-up so she did the little that she could, once every now and then. She put on her black heels, picked up her red purse to brighten the outfit. She walked out into the living room where her mum and sister were at."You look so beautiful darling," her mum said. "You really do," Helen added.Emma sat next to Helen on the dinning area. She had moved back home after the book reveal with her mum and Helen.They had moved away from their former apartment into a much nicer one. With the money Helen had gotten from the lawsuit and the fact that they had promoted her mum at work, they had more than enough.Although, most of the money Helen had gotten had gone into charity because she believed that was the best thing to do with the money, they still had some left."I
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Emma got to the event just in time for the program to start. Emma got down from the Uber, she watched as Henry rush towards her.“Everyone is waiting,” he said.“Did you find the notepad?” He asked. Emma nodded.Emma didn’t want to say anything yet, she didn’t want to spoil her mood and didn’t want to start her program on a bad note. So, she decided to not talk about it yet.Emma walked to the stage. She looked at everyone who came and she was a little bit overwhelmed. She wouldn’t have expected this much crowd.“First, I will like to thank everyone for being here. If anyone had told me even a year ago that I would be here today, releasing my own book. I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time and I am excited that this dream is coming to past now,” Emma said, with a smile. She spoke about the content of the book for a while. She loved to talk about her book. She spent a couple of minutes talking about other things and for the closing remarks.“I will l
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Eric, Helen and her mum got to the city were Emma was. Helen and her mum decided to go over to were Emma was staying with Henry. Eric, however decided to stay in an hotel. The book reveal was till the next day. Helen had tried convincing him to at least show himself to Emma today, but he said he wasn’t ready yet.Eric settled in the hotel and as millions of thoughts crossed his mind about what could happen, when he eventually sees Emma. He tried his best to stay positive and hoping for the best that could happen.In the evening, Eric set out to explore the town a bit. It was a small town and you could easily get around and the locals were supper nice.Eric went into one of the bookshops to see if Emma’s books had been stocked yet. He was passing through, when he saw when of the workers stocking it on the shelf. He stopped by the shelf. The worker turned to him.“It’s a new book by a new author. I think it’s a pretty good read,” she said.“I am sure it is,” Eric smiled as he picked o
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Eric's mum knocked on his door. They hadn't spoken in days and Eric was planning to keep it that way. Eric eventually stood to open his door. He didn't know what she must have come to say and even though he really didn't want to hear anything but she was still his mum regardless."Can I sit?" She asked after entering into the room."Sure," he said sitting on the edge of his bed.There was a bit of awkward silence as they both sat, staring at each other."I am sorry," she said and Eric turned to face her."Why did you do it?" Eric asked. "And please don't say to protect me again," His mum stayed quiet for a while before speaking. "I wanted you to get the position and I didn't mind doing anything to make you get it," His mum said."Even if it meant taking away the only person I have ever really loved?""I am sorry, I really hope you can forgive me.""If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't take this route and I would have made better decisions."Eric saw the sincerity in hi
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Emma walked out into the living room, she was excited. The editor had called her that her book was ready and she had posted it online for people to preorder for the book. Publicity had started and with the help of the publisher, it seemed to be going on well. Henry noticed how excited and different Emma was this morning. He knew about the book being done and with the tension that had been between them for the past couple of days, he wasn't sure how to engage her.He and Emma hadn't really spoken about the fight they had the other day and had just continued on. No one wanted to bring it up and left to Eric, he felt it was all probably for the best.Emma made a sandwich and sat on the dinning table while Henry made a stair fry noodles."It all finally coming together. The book and everything I have always dreamt of," Emma said and Eric sat opposite her on the dinning table."You deserve everything and more. And I really feel this is only just the beginning of your happy ending." "A
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Emma went to meet the publisher, he had told her to come so they could review some of the books together. Emma had left early in the morning, she was really excited about the meeting and her book. It was going to be out soon and she couldn't wait for it to happen. "Thank you so much for this opportunity, it's been really nice," Emma said, after she and the publisher were done talking."You're an amazing writer and I really can't wait to see the great things you will achieve," he said."I don't regret moving all the way out here just for this book."He smiled "what do you mean by that?"Emma looked confused. "Henry said I needed to move out here before you will agree to help with the publishing," she explained.He was confused. Didn't know what to say but he knew he had no such conversation with Henry.He had only told him that he was interested in her book and would like to help with the publishing.Where she lived or stayed didn't matter so far he was able to interact with her an
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Eric decided to go to Helen's place and congratulate her about winning the court case. He didn't want to drive so he called on Alfred, his mum's driver."Alfred, please I will like to get to Emma's place. It's on my way to work," He said."Alright Sir,"He got into the car and as he was carried away with his phone, he suddenly remembered that he had not described the place to Alfred but Alfred was already at the house."I didn't describe this place to you, how did you get to know the place?" Eric asked confused as he and Alfred waited in the car before getting down.Alfred didn't know what to say. Lieing would have been his first option but he knew that no matter what he said, Eric was going to see through him."I brought your mum here," Alfred said and Eric looked confused."When was that?" He asked"Some couple of months ago.""What did she come to do?""I don't know sir but I think she came to see the girl."Eric's mind immediately went back to a couple of months ago and how Emma
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Emma sat on her bed going through her phone. She had been able to meet the publisher today and she had submitted the draft. He was so excited to see it and had also promised her that it would be ready as fast as possible.First, he needed to send it to an editor then after, make a book cover, publish and all.Emma said she was ready to wait so long as it was going to make her first book amazing.Today was her sister's last day of trial and Emma knew that it was probably all not going to end well, especially since they couldn't find the evidence and now it's going to be that way.Emma was going through her phone and has she scrolled through the gallery, she realized there were still some pictures with Eric that she had not deleted and had no idea was even there in the first place.She looked through them and couldn't help but feel sadder about the whole situation. She wished she could talk to him even if it's just one more time.She figured that he was probably with his wife now, happy
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Helen looked at Eric's facial expression. She knew he had been expecting a better response and she wished she had it for him."She liked you a lot," Helen said as she stared at him.Eric looked up from what he had been doing."She always talked about you. She wouldn't stop telling me about the cute guy she met. She said you were smart, nice and cool. She always looked forward to you meeting," Helen said smiling as she remembered all the days Emma spoke about Eric."She was so nervous to tell you how she felt. She wasn't sure that you felt the same and on the day you kissed her!! She wouldn't stop talking about it," Helen said and Eric smiled too as memories of He and Emma flooded his head again."I love her and I haven't even been able to say it to her. I hope it's not late because now it seems like there is nothing I can do,""I had never seen her so broken like the day she found out you were getting married. She was always so strong, always looked after everyone but herself and I re
