She took slow steps towards the exit. Just when she thought everything is fine "Nick, could this be the reason Nick came back? To make her life miserable again?" she thought as she exit the building She stood by the roadside wondering where to go. She thought about how her mother will feel if she goes back to the hospital this early. She decide to go to Nick's office but realize she didn't know where his office is. "I need to call his friend," she thought and fetched her phone from her bag. She scrolls through her call log and found Nick's contact. She quickly dialled the number and brought the phone to her ears. "Hello," she said "Hello Mrs Brown," he addressed her "Mrs Brown, sound almost like mum," she thought forgetting the call had connected "Hello, are you there?" Gustave asked "Yeah ...yes," she replied snapping out of her thought "Can you help me with the location of Nick's workplace?" she asked "Sure, do you want to go there?" he asked "Yes please," she replied "
"She got fired at her workplace for theft?" he read and Gustav raised an eyebrow "I need the one behind this," Nick saidBack at Chantel's office, she was sitting on the sofa with Gloria celebrating their success with wine"Now let's see how she is going to foot those bills now that she is jobless," Chantel said and lifted her glass briefly before sipping her wine "Well, done," she added"About that, I found out something when I was going to give the remaining balance of the money to the guy I constructed to do the job," Gloria began still holding her wine in hand "Did you find out," Chantel asked raising an eyebrow"He told me, Ms Brown is married," she said "Married?" Chantel repeated putting her glass of wine down on the table and facing Gloria fully "Yes," Gloria confirmed "To who?" she asked "I don't know yet. That is all he told me and I felt I should let you know," she replied Chantel took her glass of wine from her hand and threw what is left of her wine in the glass o
"Please, let me help you," he begged but Ruth has already locked her heart and turned and walked awayNick stood there looking in the direction she had left. He turned to live and suddenly felt dizzy. The receptionist saw him stagger and she hurried to his side."Sir, are you alright?" she enquired and wrapped her arms around his waist to support himHe placed his hand on her shoulder as he tried to understand what was happening to him. Ruth headed back to the reception to ask the receptionist what time would the doctor would be discharging her mother come around. She walked onto the scene of Nick leaning on the receptionist. She frowned but heard the receptionist asking him if he was okay.She drew closer to find out what is happening but before she could get to them Nick dropped to the ground"Nick," she screamed and run to his side. "What happened?" she asked the receptionist as she shake Nick to wake up"I don't know," the receptionist went to the reception and pressed the bell
"What is wrong with him," Ruth asked Gustave"He is becoming a shadow of himself," Gustave replied and exited the wardRuth stood there for a while before exiting the hospital recalling the events from the previous night. She thought she had lost Nick. She hailed a taxi to Cassandra's place. Her mind was occupied with deep thoughts as she sat silently at the back of the car. She still loves Nick but she didn't want to go back to the life of misery he subjected her to. "We are here," said the driverRuth snapped out of her thought and exited the car after paying the driver. She headed for the front door. She stretched her hand to knock upon reaching there but before her hand could touch the door, it flung open and some people dressed in black from head to toe with only their eyes visible came out of the house pushing her to the ground. They quickly hit the streets and were gone before Ruth could recover from the push. She rushed into the house to find Cassandra and her mother beaten
She knocked and heard Nick's voice saying go away. She ignored him and knocked on the door again"I said go aw......." he said opening the door but saw Ruth and froze"I am sorry," Ruth said "Ruth," Nick mentioned her name"Nick," she mentioned his name"Why are you here?" He asked still standing at the entrance of the door"I found out the truth and I know you were not the one who got me fired," she replied "My sister did," she added"Your sister? Why will she do that?" he asked leading her inside the office and closing the door"She is not my biological sister," she replied and Nick raised his eyebrow"Wow, what happened?" he asked for clarification Ruth told him everything her mother had told her concerning her birth and that of Chantel and also filled him in on their struggles and everything that had happened to her and her mother including the loss of her father."Wow, love, that is a lot to go through. I never knew Chantel was never your biological sister. I have heard storie
"Mum, if what heard about the Hugo family is true, Ruth has a strong backing now," Chantel said "It is time to reach out to some old friends," she said and searched her phone "What are you going to do, Mum?" Chantel asked "If I remember the story correctly, the Hugo family were murdered because of their political ambition," she said "Okay," Chantel listened attentively "The news has said the whole Hugo family has perished. It only means no one is aware that Mr Hugo's son is still alive," she said with a sinister smile "I just need to confirm Ruth's husband is Arthur Hugo. If he is, I would let some people know where he is," she said smiling wickedly "Will they come for him?" Chantel asked trying to understand what would be done to Nicholas "Well, they will finish what they started. The good cover-up for us," she added "A cover-up?" Chantel repeated "Yes, we can get rid of Ruth and her mother and everyone would think, the past came for Nicholas," she said smiling and Chan
"My love, a battle line has been drawn but you are not alone. You have me," he said staring into her eyes and Ruth stared back at him. "Hmm, watching my mum go through one near-death experience after the other, I think I have already seen the worse," Ruth replied "Then I am going to ask you one important question?" he said fully facing her "Do you trust me?" he asked Ruth stared at him with so sign of answering the question so he asked the question again "Ruth, do you trust me?" he asked "What are you planning?" she asked looking at him questioningly "You don't trust me," he said and turned to face the people having fun with Ruth facing his side and looking at his side profile "I trust you, Nick. Yes," she replied after staring at him for a while "Why?" he asked because it took her forever to reply to the question "Why do I trust you?" Ruth asked "Yes," he replied looking at her standing by his side Ruth turned to also face the people having fun and was silent for a while a
Back at Nick's apartment, Ruth got out of bed to use the bathroom. She watched Nick's sleeping face and smiled before exiting the bedroom. She had only been in the bathroom for less than five minutes when she heard an explosion sound. She screamed and Nick jumped out of bed. "It is happening again," Nick said and looked outside from the window. "What is happening?" Ruth rushed back to the bedroom "I will explain later, go get mum," he said and Ruth exited the bedroom and descended the staircase into the living room. She headed straight for the entrance door but the moment she opened it she run into Cassandra and Mrs Brown. She let them into the living room and there was another explosion. The glass in the living room shattered and there was smoke entering the room from beneath the entrance door. Ruth screamed and headed back to the bedroom running up the staircase.Cassandra called after her unable to leave Mrs Brown alone in her wheelchair. Ruth entered the bedroom to inform Nick