VALERIE’S POV“Huh?? You want him to know where we- ah! oh my God, oh my God…” Nanny Beth exclaimed loudly, so loud that the sound waves probably affected her aged body and she rushed to sit on Mason’s bed opposite me while holding unto her back. I could only chuckle at her display but she didn’t seem to take it lightly though. “This is serious Valerie, just what are you thinking baby girl?! If he comes here and then…sees them, what are we going to do?! Isn’t that like the opposite of your plans!?” she added, her voice slightly lower this time but her tone all the same tensed.“Ah! Nanny…” I droned out before standing up from the bed, “You worry too much! Who said anything about him coming here? I mean he could but! He won’t.”“Pretty confident, huh?”“Absolutely confident!” I responded with a smile and turned to head out the room. She didn’t see Hudson at the event, I did. And one thing I was sure of was that talks about me having kids made him uncomfortable. Just like how he lost hi
HUDSON’S POV“Boss, the documents you asked for has arrived. It's in your study" James said the moment I stepped out of my car to head into the house. "From Paul? Is it everything?" I asked, handing him the car keys and walking to the steps on the front porch."Yes Boss, everything.""And Aby?" I added"Taking a swim with Madame Charlotte at the pool" he replied and I froze almost immediately on my feet. "The pool? Are you sure about that?" I asked in surprise"My eyes are still working fine Boss, I'm pretty sure that's them at the back. They look pretty happy too, Ma'am Aby especially." He replied with a sass but I just chose to ignore it. James will always be James; true he was becoming bold these days but that was not the point.The point is that Charlotte seemed to be doing a lot with Aby these days, it was nice to see but also quite worrisome. So worrisome that I had to tell James to keep an eye on them, I don't want something fishy happening right under my nose. And especially n
CHARLOTTE’S POV “Stop crying! Do you want someone to hear you?” “I didn’t want to touch the horse, it’s scary” she complained back “Don’t be so timid! Do you want your Grandpa to scold you? Or you want everyone to know you wear diapers?” but she only cried more, her voice louder. “Stop crying, someone’s going to hear you!” I quickly rushed to her, bending to her level to wipe a bit of her tears. I couldn’t believe a child I birth could be so timid; truth be told she looked pitiful. “that’s enough,” I said to her, my voice softer this time. I needed her in other to save my relationship with Hudson but while I was at that, I needed to teach her to grow a backbone. No daughter of mine will be a spineless senseless fool! She still had to compete with that bitch’s daughter as well in the near future, I had to make her ready. “I need you to not get scared of peeing on yourself you hear me? You’re wearing the diaper, even if you pee in there, no one will know. Only you will, and as well a
VALERIE’S POVI knew this Parents Representative meeting was going to be all drama but what I didn’t expect was this! These type of drama!After a very successful meeting with Hudson at the gym, I had gone home. Making sure to point out to him that I lived just few blocks away and the perplexed look on his face right after was all I hoped for! Just splendid!But anyways, later that day a reminder was sent by the school to welcome back their students and also gather the parents for a Parent Representative meeting. I had remembered the women from the event mentioned something about it but still, I made sure to get a comprehensive info from Nana (Mama Joyce), who was more than ready to indulge me in the details.Ever since her encounter with Charlotte at the event, she had been a number one supporter of my plans. Though not all of it but, it was more than I ever hoped for. In her words, it was an opportunity to crush Charlotte’s hopes, although that wasn’t quite what I was going for but!
HUDSON’S POV“Paul, what else do I have on my schedule? We have to attend a brief meeting by 3PM” I said immediately I stepped out of the conference room with Paul, my assistant behind me.“Nothing of too much importance sir, just that…You had a call from a parent in your daughter’s school” he said and my steps came to an absolute halt after that. “What? Why?” I asked in alarm because this was new. “She wouldn’t say anything other than you should meet her at this address, that it’s about your daughter” he replied while showing me an address from his phone.“But since you said we have to attend a meeting maybe I should call her to-“No. Cancel the meeting, I am leaving to meet with her.” I cut him off before taking a turn for the elevator. This was Abrille we were talking about. She already had a medical condition I had not even finished addressing plus her weird behavior when we went to see Grandpa too. I knew something was up already and now this kind of phone call? Just what is goin
CHARLOTTE’S POV“Mmmmmmm… huddie…”“yea…right there, baby…. just right there” I moaned out even more, biting my lips as he groped my nipples with his teeth.My fingers twisted in his hair as I held him even closer to myself, our naked bodies merging. “Ooooo baby…you have no idea how stressed out I was today”“I was so…so angry…ooohh” I moaned out, my words coming between gaps as he stuck two fingers deep inside me while increasing his pace.“Huddie… baby please…Can you take care of Mrs. Thompson for me? She keeps bullying me” I whispered, biting his earlobe as my arms wrapped around his neck to keep him even closer.“You’re on my side, right? Baby, you support only me, right?” I asked breathlessly, slowly losing touch with reality as the pleasure pooled at my abdomen.“Of course I am” he finally replied, kissing my neck and grabbing my hair in his fist before resuming pounding me at an even rougher pace. The change in position had him going even deeper inside of me, spilling a series o
VALERIE POV“Mommy, when will Miley be back? It’s been hours already” A concerned Miles whined for the fourth time just this evening. “Aww, do I hear worry in your tone?” Nanny Beth cut in teasingly, “Miley has been gone for barely 3 hours since and you can’t stop asking about her, you miss her don’t you?”“Huh? Me, miss her? No!” he responded sharply, while rushing to his seat. “I don’t miss her at all!” His denial only fueled Nanny Beth’s teasing,“Oh? I think you miss her even more now! You miss her so much that you’re starting to feel sick! Val dear, are you sure the ballet school doesn’t accept boys? We should register Miles before he drops dead from all this lovesickness!” Nanny Beth announced loudly, her voice echoing playfully as Miles hurried away to hide his face in one of the living room’s couch pillows.A series of chuckles filled the air at his behavior and I decided to add fuel to fire just a little bit, “Really? You want to join your sister for her new ballet classes? I
VALERIE POV“Yay! We won! The girls team won!” Miley’s voice rang out and almost immediately sharp excited squeals filled the air with the girls jumping around and holding hands right in the living room. “No, you didn’t. Look! there’s still one block left” Miles interjected, breaking the girls out of their screams.“Hey! That wasn’t there before!” Aby protested, “Right Mason? That wasn’t there before, right?”All eyes flew to Mason immediately, who sat beside Miles. Surprised by the sudden attention and Miles demanding gaze that he should side with him, “Why are you asking me that? Don’t you see the block yourself?” he fired at Aby. “Yes, we can, but it could easily have been placed by Miles because he wants to cheat!” Miley cut in, coming to a slightly flustered Aby aid. “You don’t tell lies Mason, so tell us. Was the block placed there by cheating Miles?”“Hey! Don’t call me that” Miles protested, “You lost, the boys win! Right, mason?” Miles pressed on, looking to Mason to come to
VALERIE’S POV“Pa!”“Pa!” Babara’s loud voice echoed in the air even before we saw her face. The urgency in her voice clear, and it only seemed to get worse as the clicking sounds of her heels drew closer to Papa’s hospital door.My eyes flickered to Papa’s for a moment, just making sure I didn’t need to stop her before she got to him right. Cause I was ready to! I won’t let her rashness take away the only family member I had left. I wouldn’t let him encounter another panic attack, not on my watch!I think he kind of sensed my uneasiness, and gently placed his hands on mine. Wanting to assure me he was alright, and as much as that calmed me, I still wasn’t putting down my guard. Not while the enemy was so close by.And as if hearing my thoughts, the door slammed open!“Papa!” and in came Babara herself. Rushing in with all her might, desperation and anxiety coating her every move. “Papa, I have looked everywhere for you! Everywhere… hospitals after hospitals, ward after ward, just… ev
HUDSON’S POV“Do you understand now?”“First, the man you wanted left you, Amelia left you, Ethan also did, and now… your own father has abandoned you.” her voice sounded softly, almost considerate but the underlying cruelty was hard to miss. A total contrast to the nonchalant expression on her face, like even speaking to the woman on phone was not worth wasting her energy.It was enchanting, to say the very least.“No one wants you; no one wants to be with you.” She whispered slowly, “You will die alone, Charlotte. A long, lonely death. Remember that,”And just like that, the call ended. The phone sliding from her ears, every movement smooth like she had finished the deal right then and there, which she had though. The bait had been set.The bait we both agreed upon after Ethan showed up at our doorstep, with information about Charlotte. A very daring attitude from a person with his record of betrayal. Ever since he attempted to kidnap Valerie back then, he had gone off record. Which
CHARLOTTE'S POV“Oh yeah?” she sneered, sounding totally unbothered as I continued to brew with anger. “What will you do to Drake then? You see he made a deal with me; to hand over all his dealings with my family, testify against you in court, revealing all the many corpses that was buried underneath the garden in his house for you.”What?“What are you talking about you bitch, I killed no one!” I responded, my breathing shaky as memories of how so many dead bodies were used as fertilizer for the rose garden back home. Dead bodies that were as a result of several tortures and beatings given to men doing business with the heartless man that was my father!It was all him!How come this bitch was saying something else here? How did she even know about the bodies?!“Those corpses are as a result of the many murders that you have done over the years, Charlotte!”“That’s not true!” I argued angrily, losing my cool.“But Drake said it is, and he is testifying against you in court!” she insis
CHARLOTTE’S POV“What the hell are they doing?”“Why are they even together at the hospital? Just what the fuck is this?!” my voice resounded everywhere, bouncing off the walls in the apartment I currently occupied with Raymond.But could you blame me? I was pissed off!Pissed off by the stupid ass video that was been displayed on the tv screen! A video of what supposedly had happened between my man and that bitch Valerie today! Or was this some sort of trick? That bitch Valerie was pulling a stunt again?But even if she did, how did Hudson come onboard with this?! To do this with her! Act like they were all perfect and okay, when I knew they were not! They most definitely were not! They shouldn’t even be!Valerie’s schemes have been exposed! Hudson knows all about this now, I was sure of it! I watched him drive off angrily that night, away from their new place. He didn’t go home that day I sent those cameras, they had a fight. I was sure of it!So why instead of packing his things an
HUDSON’S POVSilence settled between Val and I as we walked all the way to the ward. Our fingers still interlocked, until finally we reached the very door that held Miley’s excited laughs behind it. And then I stopped, facing Valerie right then.“What money?” I asked, but she simply blinked. Probably not expecting my question, but I heard the conversations between her and her aunties anyways. Or at least part of it, since they were already speaking before I arrived there. So…“The money your aunt was referring to” I explained, my voice calm as I waited. “She said something about a stolen money that was in Mason’s name, and you were going to be arrested for it if they called the cops. What was that all about?”“Oh,” was all she said, a deep sigh following right after. “It’s… it’s a bit personal,”Huh?“Personal?” I repeated, not believing she was about to do what I thought she would do. “How personal is this that I can’t even know about it? Mason is involved here, that’s my son, Valeri
HUDSON’S POVComing back home was nothing short of what I had expected. My kids gathered were together, happily playing games, absolutely oblivious of the current happenings surrounding me and their mom. As far as they were concerned; daddy had to take a little trip to check out a building site.A strategy Nanny Beth took to save them from the hassle of wondering why I wasn’t home for 2 days. But aside my kids, everything else seemed fine. The maids, Nanny (Whether or not she knew, she didn’t behave like it at all. But assuming she didn’t know anything will be highly stupid on my part cause Valerie tells her almost everything despite their huge age difference!) but above all, there was no Valerie.I wouldn’t lie to you, a part of me immediately thought of going back to the house outside the city, to check if she had still gone back there. But I just held back. Forcing myself to focus on taking a nice shower, eat a really satisfying meal and then catch up with my kids.The last time I
VALERIE’S POV“I-I’m truly sorry,”“I am- am so sorry for lying about that day,” I apologized, my voice breaking as I tried to keep my tears at bay. “I shouldn’t have lied! I should’ve… I didn’t know you and the kids were at the office, I didn’t know you guys wanted to surprise me so we could have lunch together. It’s all my fault! I’m sorry…”“Of course you are. You are sorry now, Valerie.” His voice sounded in the air, bitter but yet so calm. Unlike his explosive self that I had seen that day in the secret room. “But you weren’t sorry when you just lied to both me and the kids that day, running off to go clear evidences of your actions for fear that someone would get to it first before you do. Maybe someone already got to them-Charlotte had! She did send a few cameras after all; I’m guessing that is what got you agitated and also what had been bothering you days before the kids and I even went to your office!”“No! That’s not it at all,” I rushed to explain, “I wasn’t bothered about
CHARLOTTE’S POV“What? What did you say?”“They are still under the same roof? My Huddie is still living in that house? With her? with bitch Valerie?!"He simply nodded in confirmation, amplifying the horror I just heard. “How?!” I blasted, loosing my shit right then and there. “How is any of that even possible?! He should’ve left her by now! They should be fighting and him not forgiving what she has done! How can they still be together? That’s impossible!”“It is possible!” Raymond insisted, his tone similar to mine. “I saw him myself! I saw Hudson drive into that mini city of his- the Sky Walls! I saw him, and even waited for over an hour to see if he would come back out, but he didn’t! The man simply went home to his woman and kids, get over him kiddo. We need to leave the country before things get out of hand!”“No,” I responded, not wanting to believe a word he said.“Kiddo, You-“No! I said no!” I boomed, smashing the glass of water I was supposed to take my meds with. “I’m not
VALERIE’S POV“He just suffered from a mini panic attack, ma’am”“Given his age, attacks like this could often lead to stroke, full blown heart attacks, or even death on the spot!” The doctors voice resounded in my ears, sending yet another terrible ache throughout my temples. It has been this way since we took Papa to the hospital. And by we, I meant myself and Babara.Patricia came along too but quickly left after hearing he was still breathing and alive. Davis didn’t even come at all. Displaying their exact feelings towards their own father. Making me wonder even more that; what would have happened if I had already driven out of the estate before he collapsed today? What would have become of my Papa? Would he have- would he have really died? Just like that? Because his own children were too busy fussing over him instead of hurrying to get him to the hospital immediately?!“We have managed to stabilize his blood pressure for a bit, but I would advise no more shocking news to be brou