Max.I couldn't sleep a wink all night. And so, Once it was seven in the morning, I got up,took my bath and got dressed before waking Ethan up.He was really tired especially since we stayed in the hospital until it was really late yesterday night."Baby.." I called quietly and he hummed in response."I'm going to the hospital." I whispered quietly."This early?" He asked groggily."Yup, I'm worried about Eve." I said and sighed heavily.He opened his eyes and sat up on the bed."Should I drive you to the hospital?" He asked rubbing his eyes."No, you don't have to, you can't just close your cafe." I said quietly."I.." he tried to say but I shushed him."Baby, I love you and I want what's best for you, I don't want you to close down your cafe just because of me." I said."I'm not doing it because of you, Eve is my friend too. We might have met because of you but she's my friend and my employee." Ethan said as a matter of fact."Okay fine but you have to go to the cafe and put up a s
Max.He stood in front of me and I glared at him not even bothered by his gaze on me."Gay boy?" I scoffed."Obviously, you must have mistaken me for someone who gives a damn about what you call me!" I yelled angrily."What's going on here!" I heard someone shout and i knew it was Jason right away but I didn't even pay him any attention and I continued what I was saying."I've met tons of idiots like you when I came out years ago so meeting another one won't change a thing." I said angrily."W-wha.." eve's father tried to talk but I cut him off immediately."Look, i don't care if you're homophobic or whatever. That's your own problem and you can't do shit to me." I said angrily."Look here, you gay piece of shit!" He yelled angrily and i smirked."What's going on here for God sake!" Jason yelled again and that's when we all kept mute. And then he walked towards us and stood at the sidelines while eve's father and I were still facing each other."Jason right, I'm glad you're here, this
Jason..It's been a week since Eve became unconscious and the doctor said she is in a coma.Although, I'm still believing that she'll wake up soon and she'll remember us all. I was currently at the hospital once again. That's all I do these days, I go to the hospital in the morning then head to work from there before returning back to the hospital in the evening and then going home to rest because if I don't know, my mom would probably skin me alive."Oh Ethan, you're here." I said the moment I saw him walking over to where I sat."Yeah.." he answered in a bored tone and i frowned."Are you alright?" I asked in concern."Yeah, it's just Max, he's been skipping meals for days." He said and sighed deeply."We went to get lunch before coming here and he was just picking at his food, so I snapped at him." Ethan said with a huff as he sat down on the chair beside me."So where is he now?" I asked with a raised brow."I have no idea." He said and sighed."I'm sure he's around here somewher
Jason.."Is she awake?" I repeated seeing as he didn't say anything."Just come here fast." He said and hung up before I could say anything."What is it?" "What's going on?" Max asked and that's when I realized that Max still standing behind me."He said we should come!" I said excitedly as I ran out of the rooftop garden with Max running behind me."So is she awake?" Max asked as he ran. I ignored that because I also don't know if she's awake.We took the elevator down to the second floor and as it went down, I kept tapping my feet restlessly. There was this feeling of uncertainty lurking in my mind. I was excited because in those movies, when the comatose patient hands move, it means they're waking up but Jade didn't say anything about her waking up. Maybe they have to check her vitals first to see if she's stable or does that mean she'll be waking up soon?We arrived at the second floor, dashed to Eve's ward only to open the door and meet the doctor ready to leave the room."Doct
Jason."Who are you and what do you want from me?" I snapped angrily."I can't believe you don't remember me!" He snapped back and I scoffed."What is your problem?" I asked angrily."You don't know me and then you walk up to me demanding that I talk to you, are you some kind of pervert?" I asked with a big frown."I'm sorry to break it to you but I'm not gay!" I said with a loud voice and he laughed."Ofcourse you're not gay, you fucked my sister for years, how could you possibly be gay?" He snapped and that's when I became fully sober."You're Alice brother?" I asked in a calmer voice."Yeah, I'm Alice brother." He said coldly."So what do you want from me?" I asked."Beats me!" He shrugged."If you don't have anything to say, I'm gonna go." I said walking away to where I parked my car."Don't you feel sorry at all?" He asked following behind me."Sorry for what?" I asked stopping in my tracks and turning to face him."Sorry for smashing my sister and leaving her like that." He said
Alice."No!" I heard him yell loudly."Please, let him just check up on her, it's raining for God sake!" My mother pleaded but Dad was adamant.I stood behind the wall hidden from their view as they argued in the living room loudly."I don't care if it rains or snows, I'm not letting him into my house." Dad yelled angrily."Why won't you let him inside?" Mom yelled back."He's our son, isn't he?" She said crying and yelling at the same time."That good for nothing might be your son but he's not mine." Dad yelled in response."I've disowned him since the day he embezzled my funds and ran away like a coward that he is." Dad yelled in anger."What kind of man are you?" Mom sobbed loudly."A man that keeps his household." "Your two children are failures, one is a thief and the other one is staying locked up in her room because of a man that barely cares about her" "Sometimes I wonder if they are of my blood." He said angrily."What's that supposed to mean?" Mom yelled angrily."That you
Eve..Where am I?I thought as I walked through the garden of beautiful flowers.There were all kinds of flowers in this garden. Peonies, lotus flower, roses, hibiscus, all kinds. They were beautiful but I wasn't moved by them. For some reason, they felt empty.They didn't seem soulful like normal flowers. Maybe it was the lack of wind in this place or the lack of butterflies that made it look that way, I couldn't tell.I walked around the garden until I found a bench to sit on.I was really tired of walking about anyways."Jason.." I called out but I couldn't hear myself. It was like as if I had lost my voice."Mom?" I tried calling out but it still didn't work."Grandma Nini?" "Max!" "Ethan!" "Jade!" I kept yelling out their names but my own voice wasn't sounding so how can they possibly hear me?From the looks of things, I was definitely not kidnapped. Because I don't think people would kidnap anyone and put them in a garden or greenhouse.And it didn't seem like I was being
Jason.It's been two weeks since Eve fell into a coma and it's been a few days since I got two bodyguards to guard eve's ward.I don't want any weird thing to happen so I'm being cautious. The only people who are allowed to go into the ward besides family would be the doctors or nurses.Mom asked why I put bodyguards but I didn't have any reason I could give her so I said we can't all be here all the time and what if someone needs to get something outside or so. In short, I made up something believable."Are you ready to leave?" Jade asked once he came into my office.I was currently at work preparing to leave for a meeting before I can go to the hospital to see Eve. "It's last meeting for the day right?" I asked and he nodded in response."Okay, let's go then." I said getting up from my swivel chair and following jade out.We got into the elevator and pressed the button to the underground parking lot."You didn't get to tell me everything that day." Jade said since we were alone."I
Grand finale.Eve.Two years later.A double life sentence with no parole for the murder of nineteen year old fudger, attempted murder on Jason and I. Plus twenty years blackmail for on Sophie and Mark and perjury. That was Alice's sentence.The news broke out few months after Jason and I got married and I couldn't help but feel bad for her. But she brought it upon herself.I even heard that she has become insane and was transfered to a special mental facility where she was under surveillance twenty four seven and now she's like a soulless body only living for the drugs injected in her body.I guess that's why they say - Do things that make you happy within the confines of the law.Mark on the other hand, died. Apparently, he was a drug addict and the drugs were already affecting his immune system and since he couldn't no longer take them in prison, his health deteriorated and he ended up kicking the bucket. I sighed heavily as I was lost in thought until I heard my name being call
Eve.Oh my fucking God!!There were white decorations everywhere and not to mention, it was filled people important people wearing purely white garb.Jason and I were the only one who stood out because we were wearing casual clothes.At the front, there was a priest and everyone I knew was there. Jason's Mom.Grandma Nini.Jade and Patricia.Max and Ethan?, They didn't even tell me they were back. Max and Ethan were spending some time with ethan's parent. Apparently, they were more accepting than Max's family. Even the twins, Declan and Damian weren't left out from the surprise wedding ceremony. Well, apart from my parents. I bet Jason knew inviting them would ruin this day.I wonder how they haven't changed from their bad ways all these while."Oh my goodness." I said turning to face Jason."What do you think?""Do you like it?" Jason asked and i almost squealed."Like it?, I love it!" I said in a half yell. Atleast not loud enough to draw attention to us. I remained gobsmacked a
Eve.Three months later.Mom and grandma Nini insisted on taking care of Declan and Damian while Jason and I go out for a date.According to her, we've not gone on a date for a while so now that the babies don't want their mother all the time, we can go out for a bit.Jason insisted that I put on a blindfold because it's a surprise and I had no choice but to do as he said.Not that I couldn't refuse but who would refuse a surprise anyways?"Where are we going?" I asked as I got into the car."Somewhere special." Jason said getting into the car as well and he began to drive to God knows where.It took a while but the car finally stopped and Jason helped me out of the car."Let me prepare you for what you're about to see." Jason said and i snorted. I could tell that we weren't in some hotel or big restaurant because of the air I could feel against my skin.And then Jason held my hands dragging me to where we were going to, with the blindfold still on my face."Are we there yet?" I mutte
Jason.After they sew eve's uterus and cleaned her up, she was transfered to a normal ward.And I went to see our babies in the incubator. The doctor said they'll have to be monitored for two weeks but for now, nothing was wrong and that it was only because they were born two weeks earlier than the scheduled time.I smiled as I watched my kids from the glass mirror with an overwhelming happiness in my heart. I didn't get to carry them yet, I wanted to wait for Eve to wake up before carrying them.It was definitely not because I thought I might drop them or hold them tighter than I should."You're now a father." I heard my mom say behind me and I smiled.I never thought having children would give me so much pride and joy but looking at them through the glasses made me realize that I was now a father, a father of two strong boys. And I promise to take care of them with all that I have. "Why didn't you tell Eve that they're twins?" She asked and i chuckled.I still remember when I fou
Eve.We were currently at the hospital and the contractions had not stopped. I was seated on a hospital bed and I focused on the television that was showing the news. I rubbed my stomach in a circular motion hoping that the pain would lessen but that proved futile.I was in a really foul mood. I don't know why.Maybe because everybody kept asking me how I was feeling or maybe because I wasn't feeling better. I don't know but I was angry. I wasn't angry at anybody and I wasn't angry at myself but I was angry."Darling,it would be dangerous if you delay the birth more." Mom said trying to convince me to transfer to the delivery room.For the past thirty minutes that we've been here, they've been trying to convince me to head to the delivery room but I refused because I was definitely not going to give birth without the presence of the father of my child. Plus, my water wasn't broken yet though the doctor did say that it was only a matter of time. "Mom, I'm not giving birth without Jaso
Eve.I groaned for the nth time today. Grandma Nini, Mom and Isaiah were trying to make me happy but I wore a frown on my face.Jason had to go for an impromptu work problem and I couldn't go with him because of my pregnancy.I mean, the reason I want to go is because I don't want to be away from him even if it's just a second and yet he flew across the sea for some work problem leaving his pregnant wife at home?What do you think about that?Isn't that annoying and irresponsible?And I don't even have anybody to rant to because Mom says I should be understanding while Grandma Nini is indifferent.Isaiah on the other hand won't stop talking about the celebrity he met at Max's wedding. I've always thought I didn't have enough time to talk to Isaiah because of our crazy parents but now I just want him to shut up.I've been calling Max for the past hour and he's not picking up. As far as I'm concerned, I don't think it's night in Paris so I really have no idea why he's not picking up.S
Max.Ethan and i were spending the second week of our honeymoon at Hawaii. I guess spending time in the Louvre didn't excite me as much as it excited Eve. It's not that I didn't enjoy my stay in Paris but maybe it was a bit too much? Or overated? I think what I actually wanted was to just spend the final week on relaxation and maybe take a road trip around the city tasting different Hawaiian food in the process. I bet that would be amazing. The hotel and resort that we were currently at was very beautiful and magnificent and I couldn't help but squeak in excitement once we were shown into our rooms. "This place is wonderful." I said excitedly to max who smiled in return. I bet he's just as excited as I am. Once we got to our room, I saw that there were rose petals on the bed and in the bathtub. I've seen stuffs like this in the movies and I must admit, it does look very romantic. I'm guessing it's there because of the reservation we made. After all, it's a honeymoon reservatio
Eve.I woke up with Jason hugging my back, his warm callous palms were inside my clothes and rested on my bulging belly.Yesterday had been so hectic because of the trial and all. "Jason, you're awake, aren't you?" I gasped once I felt his palms cup my swelling breast."Why did you wake up so early?" He questioned as he kissed my nape and i smiled because I had woken up to ease myself.He slowly massaged my sensitive breast while grinding his body against mine. "I want to pee." I whined preventing his hands from moving aggressively."Hmmm, okay, I'll come with you." Jason said as he let me go and helped me get up from the bed and we both went to the bathroom. I wasn't even surprised or embarrassed that he followed me to the bathroom because he has been doing this since that incident. That miraculous incident that healed his legs. At first I used to be embarrassed especially when he guards the door when I'm taking my bath but I soon got used to it and I understand that it's just hi
Eve.As I walked towards the front roll, just close enough so every single person in the room could hear what I had to say."You're just delusional, was it so hard to accept that he didn't love you?""All those years that you've been friends, not once did he ever look at you and not once did he ever put a label on your relationship but you went ahead with your delusional mind to conclude that he would one day love you?""I can't believe we're all gathered in court to deal with someone who couldn't keep her delusions in check." I said and the crowd hummed in response."Shut up!" "I can't believe Jason really fell your kind, you're not even pretty.""After all, your kind is known for being thieves." Alice said as a comeback but I wasn't even affected instead I was disgusted."It was only a matter of time before you brought race into this conversation, you talk about being civilized? You talk about being black?" I scoffed."Please..""Instead of talking about my skin color, maybe you s