Third person POV *****Night of the show And that she did. Cause just like other men, the man in front beside Hudson held his seat in pure anticipation, his eyes hungrily fixated on the woman's hip movement, not wanting to miss any moment of it, totally disregarding his wife. Then the music swelled, taking a sharper note, and instantly the woman spun around, facing the audience, the skirt of her bloody red dress shuffling from her movements as she revealed her face. Smokey green eyes first came into view, quickly followed by a flawless makeup and red bold lips. Her luscious hair was styled up in a classic side-parted sleek bun on her head, adorned by a single gold hairpin that seemed to shimmer under the dim lights of the stage, alongside het other jewelry. The audience held their breaths as the woman's bold looks came into view, the huge TV screens in the hall quickly picking it up and showcasing her to all. Everyone had one or two reasons to gasps out loud, if not for the
THIRD PERSON POV ****At the dinner after the show The sounds of glass clicking filled the air as the environment buzzed with light conversations and laughter, warm breeze moving gently in the space, probably due to the trees in the school grounds. But regardless, most will say it was a welcomed change from the heavily air conditioned hall they had just left about 30 minutes ago. True to the proprietress words, a dinner was specially organized after the show for the parents. Nothing too grand, just a few meals to warm the tongue and enough champagne to wash it all down but still, the chairs arrangement remained in the order of relevance to the school. A rooftop space was used to host the dinner. Several round tables that had already been decorated with white tablecloths filled the space, the color-coded ties on each chair round the tables signifying the rank/relevance of each parent. An Ivory colored tie for the Diamond class, a burgundy chair tie for the Ruby class and lastly
THIRD PERSON POV His emotions were just all over the place and he didn't know how to stop them either. This wasn't something he had learnt how to cope with, this wasn't something he had experienced before that he could think of solutions right then and there to address his issue once and for all! This was all new to him, she was new to him. This-this version of HER was new to him, and he had no idea what to do. At that tough realization, his shoulders slumped a bit and he saw her smirk a bit despite the distance between them. It was as though she heard his thoughts in that minute he glanced at her, a triumphant smirk slowly presenting itself on the left side of her lips... and without a second more he looked away. Better to die in silence than to let anyone hear the kind of thoughts he was having. "You're here for Aby, don't forget." He slowly reminded himself and reluctantly chose to focus his attention to Charlotte, who was now busy in a heated conversation with the proprietr
HUDSON'S POV What was that thing people always said about listening to your instincts...That it was never wrong, right? You should always listen to your instincts! Well, It was the same case with me right now. I should've listened to that calm voice inside of my head. That voice that warned me of my daring ventures outside that exit door...to follow her, but at the end i didn't listen. I didn't heed to those warning bells inside of my head when I reached for the exit door or worse, when i followed the scent of that flowery fragrance. If only I listened, maybe I wouldn't be in this cock holding situation right now. "Huddie!" Charlotte called out loudly and instantly pulled me out of my thoughts. "Baby, where have you been?!" Quickly blinking away all distractive thoughts, and suddenly aware of my environment, I took brisk steps towards her. Forcing a smile as well to hide my inner turmoil as I took her side at the drink stand where I had initially left her earlier. "Are y
HUDSON'S POV "Argh, what are all these thoughts for crying out loud!" I groaned under my breath for at least the 100th time today since I saw Val on stage. Without so much as a thought I reached for the glass of champagne on the drink stand, maybe it would help clear my thoughts. Not like all the others I had gulped down had helped anyways, but there was no harm in trying for the last time. But just then as I reached for the glass, a slender hand with perfectly manicured white nails reached for it as well, pausing me in my tracks. Both our fingers were at the bottom of the flute glass, it was a simple mistake or unplanned action but i felt my throat go dry instantly. Without needing anyone to enlighten me, I knew just who had those fingers and when I looked up, following the smooth skin of those nails, I met the very green orbs i had been avoiding all along. Those green pools that seemed to draw me in and rope me down in it's grip the more I stared into them. Way to go Hudson,
VALERIE’S POVThere is a fine line between persistence and destruction. A line that could either forge new beginnings or bring havoc to a person, that is why it’s advised that in everything there should be moderation. A balance…don’t do too much, don’t do too little. Give room for self-reflection, but yet, some people just can’t seem to understand this principle. They never learn, they never stop…until everything comes crashing down.*BOOM*“Valerie you wench! How dare you!” Amelia shrilled as her hand went flying straight to my left cheek, the impact alone sent me flying backwards till I landed on the cold white floors of the Rodriguez mansion with a thud. “How dare you play foolish tricks such as this?! Do you want to kill her?! You want to cause her harm!” she screamed some more, and quickly reduced her form to meet me on the floor, her hands slapping and pulling at my hair almost immediately.Pains quickly replaced my shock of been slapped. “Stop! Let go of me!” I screamed, while
VALERIE’S POVOh, how I would have loved to see Charlotte’s reaction when she learns of what her dearest lover had been up to all evening, it would have been a blast honestly. To see her pompous smile fall as she stood there clinging to his arm like it was her lifeline.Quite tacky if you ask me, I mean they were a couple; that I already knew. Was there a need to be even more dramatic about it right in front of my face? Like seriously, “Pfft! What a joke!” I scoffed out loud at the memory and turned up the heat in the bathtub. It was just unfortunate that I had to wait to squash that smile of hers. This was just the beginning, no need to rush. Besides Charlotte deserved way more, a frown can’t cut it. After all she did to me back then, the one she openly confessed to right outside my house plus her threat to my kids? C’mon, she deserved way more than just her losing her usual triumphant smile.In fact, after her uninvited visit in my yard that day, I had realized that my babies would
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“I’m pregnant, Hudson!” her words echoed in my ears, my mind not believing it as I stood there watching her calmly reach the living room without me.Pregnant.Did she- did she just say she was pregnant?Like pregnant, we are having a baby pregnant?“Oh my God,” I found myself muttering, a smile slowly making its way to my lips as she winked at me from her spot on the couch. “Oh my… OH MY GOD!”At my outburst she chuckled, covering her lips to hide her smiles.I didn’t even realize when I started hurrying towards her, my steps literally the fastest i had been. Like ever!And when I reached her on the couch, I just tackled her to a hug. Uncontrollable laughter leaving my lips as I turned her over that she was on my chest. Her elated chuckles filling the air, matching mine, honey brown waves cascading all over us. Longer than I even remembered but I wouldn’t have it any other way.Something else was far more important. Way more important! We were having a baby! An actual baby
HUDSON’S POV“I’m pregnant, Hudson!” her words echoed in my ears, my mind not believing it as I stood there watching her calmly reach the living room without me.Pregnant.Did she- did she just say she was pregnant?Like pregnant, we are having a baby pregnant?“Oh my God,” I found myself muttering, a smile slowly making its way to my lips as she winked at me from her spot on the couch. “Oh my… OH MY GOD!”At my outburst she chuckled, covering her lips to hide her smiles.I didn’t even realize when I started hurrying towards her, my steps literally the fastest i had been. Like ever!And when I reached her on the couch, I just tackled her to a hug. Uncontrollable laughter leaving my lips as I turned her over that she was on my chest. Her elated chuckles filling the air, matching mine, honey brown waves cascading all over us. Longer than I even remembered but I wouldn’t have it any other way.Something else was far more important. Way more important! We were having a baby! An actual baby
HUDSON’S POV“Mommy!!” they jumped on her all at once, her smiling face capturing my entire attention as I watched her leaned down to their level. Taking each kid in her arms and hugging tight as I they each threw themselves on her.“Mommy, you’re home!”“Mommy is home…” Miley cried shamelessly; her lips pushed to a big pout as she held on tightly to Val’s neck. “My mommy…”Val smiled bashfully, tears in her eyes as she took in the crying face of each child. Aby included. Everyone was crying right now, hugging her tightly even if they could barely fit. And she held them, a tear rolling down her cheek as she cooed softly. “Aww, my babies… my beautiful babies, aww…”Even her voice was like music to my ears, hitting me as I stood there. Barely able to stand erect without the support of the door. Good thing it was there, else I would’ve stumbled a few steps backwards at this point, and that wouldn’t have ended well.“I’m sorry. Mommy is so sorry for leaving, okay? I’m so sorry… I missed yo
HUDSON’S POV“PLEASE!”“I’m sorry, I’m sorry Hudson! I AM SORRY!!!” her screams echoed everywhere, loud enough to wake even the dead at this point. But somehow, none of it could bring any sort of calmness to my internal turmoil.If anything, it only irritated me all the more! My nose scrunching in distaste as I glared at her overly reddish skin. It was a wonder how they weren’t pilling off at this point, it was already her fifth dip today. And I still wasn’t satisfied.Normally, coming here and hearing her scream brought me some level of satisfaction. Soothing my mind even. But somehow today, that didn’t seem to be the case. The exact opposite was happening instead. Anger, irritation, disgust, boiling hot displeasure and a really tight scowl to top it off were all I felt watching this absurd scene of her crying and pleading.“It hurts…” she sobbed, hanging breathlessly on the iron bars as visible shock waves ran through her muscles. “Please… please I’m begging you, I’m begging you Huds
VALERIE'S POV“Just one? One heartbeat this time?” Papa inquired with a big smile, moving even closer to the screen as his teary eyes stared intently at them. The doctor just let him, chuckling even at his silliness.“Here, this is a print out of her. You can stare at her all day, sir!”“I can’t believe this, I can’t believe that bastard got you pregnant again without wasting time! Just what is he planning? To steal you away?!”Oh my goodness.His words made me to actually chuckle now as I watched him. My heart lifting, “Alright, that will be all!” The doctor announced, wiping off the jell on my belly as the smiling nurses wrapped up to go.Several do’s and don’ts were issued out for me, Nanny Beth actively taking notes too. While I just laid on the bed, relaxed with my hands wrapped around my belly. Papa just beside me, making calls to Toberto. Some excessive pregnancy routine coming up for sure, with these two warriors of mine.Looking at it now, I could actually feel a little bump f
VALERIE'S POVIt’s been days.Daysss, since Rob died. I didn’t’ even know what day it was or what said the time. All I knew was hurt. Hurt and guilt, that seemed to have remained permanently in my heart. Never leaving, and never letting me forget.I couldn’t forget, no matter how much I wanted to. No matter how much I needed to! Nanny Beth said I should fight it, that I was getting depressed… Rob wouldn’t want that. But then, how could I even bear to imagine what he wanted and didn’t want when I was the one that caused him to die? I didn’t have that right, and I didn’t want it.Life was already difficult enough, everyday was a drag, everything was a struggle. Getting out of bed, eating, drinking even water… taking a shower seemed pointless these days. Everything felt pointless.I mean, what was the need anyways? Why did I need to? What was the point in having people around you? What was the point of caring and loving someone, when they could so easily be taken away all in a matter of
VALERIE’S POVIt’s been days.Daysss, since Rob died. I didn’t’ even know what day it was or what said the time. All I knew was hurt. Hurt and guilt, that seemed to have remained permanently in my heart. Never leaving, and never letting me forget.I couldn’t forget, no matter how much I wanted to. No matter how much I needed to! Nanny Beth said I should fight it, that I was getting depressed… Rob wouldn’t want that. But then, how could I even bear to imagine what he wanted and didn’t want when I was the one that caused him to die? I didn’t have that right, and I didn’t want it.Life was already difficult enough, everyday was a drag, everything was a struggle. Getting out of bed, eating, drinking even water… taking a shower seemed pointless these days. Everything felt pointless.I mean, what was the need anyways? Why did I need to? What was the point in having people around you? What was the point of caring and loving someone, when they could so easily be taken away all in a matter of s
VALERIE’S POV“Day 500, Valerie just got her very first partnership deal!”“Isn’t that great? And she was so nervous about it, not knowing she would do so amazingly well.” his words read, echoing in my ears like he was right beside me. “You need to believe in yourself more often, Val.”“Day 730, we celebrated the kids one year birthday today! Can you believe those cubby cute balls are already a year old? It’s so fast! Time really runs fast, wow” “Day 952,” I turned yet another page, my teary eyes capturing the words that were carefully written in his neat hand writing. “Valerie looked so beautiful today. So lovely, and warm. Like a ball of light that you just can’t help but stare at since she’s so shiny… You are shiny to me, Valerie.”I blinked at those words, a tear rolling down as I flipped yet to another page of this blue journal. His journal… a close personal belonging of his that I was sure only he knew about. Only he used.This was where he shared all his thoughts, those time
HUDSON’S POV“Boss,” the men around greeted as soon as they saw me, pushing open the thick barrel door for me to walk through as I managed a nod their way. The scent of fresh water hitting my nostrils the moment I stepped into the partially lit room, my heavy steps echoing in the space as slowly movements filled the air. Movements similar to the sound of my boots, combining with the loud trail of a chair been dragged on the cold floor. “Boss,” the hoarse voices of the men around greeted harmoniously, their tone rough and monotone, exactly how I have felt these past few days. Most especially after I started driving down here this evening.I could feel my anger curling around in my stomach as I stared right ahead in the mini darkness. My eyes gradually adjusting, in other to make out the form of the very person I wanted to see.“Wake her up!” I ordered darkly, taking my seat in the dead silence that was soon interrupted by the sound of a bucket of water splashing. A frightened gasp fo