Evelyn was angry as she paced the room. The door of her office was thrown open by a sad looking Brittany who stormed into the room.What now? She thought there were a lot of things going on with her right now and a child’s tantrum is not really something she wanted to deal with at the moment.“What is going on?”“Mum, I can’t stand Alex anymore. He disregards me every chance he gets and it is quite sickening.”“What has he done this time?”“I really don’t know how to explain it but I just...”“Actually, there may not be time to care about Alex or whatever he is up to because we have more pressing issues at hand right now.”“Like what? What could be more important than how your only daughter feels in her marriage?”“We are still trying to find your father just in case you forgot. Have you heard any words from the investigator?”Brittany calmed down immediately. This really is more important than her useless whining so she sat down and shook her head.Their father has been lying unconsc
Megan walked away angrily. Things didn't turn out the way she expected and she was so furious that she barged out of the building, she ignored everyone including the workers who greeted her as she went. Anyone could tell from a distance that she wasn't in a very good mood.“Why can't she answer us? We are not responsible for her problems now, are we?” some of the workers murmured.“You haven’t heard, her husband does not treat her well and it has turned her into a cranky old hag.”Two slender girls who had just walked past her whispered loud enough for her to hear, making her stop her steps.She turned around and stomped towards them “What did I hear you just say about me?”They looked between each other and shook their heads without saying anything. “Didn't you guys have so much courage earlier ? Say it again to my face!”They did not say anything still and this annoyed her more.“You are both fired!”The girls looked shocked.“We are so sorry ma'am, it's a slip of the tongue”. The
“Are you joking right now?” Hailey finally got her courage to speak She grabbed Brittany by the arm and pulled her backwards. Who did she think she was? Brittany snapped her arm back from her assailant and gave her a very angry look. “Do I look like someone who is joking? I mean what I said and I will not take it back.”She walked away from Hailey who was looking at her with a shocked expression. When she reached home, it was late at night and she saw that all the lights were on. Alex must be around. That is quite unusual for him to be around at this time.She walked in with no expectations and when she reached the living room, she saw Alex sprawled over a couch. He reeked of alcohol. He was uttering some inaudible words and then began to roll off the couch. Brittany rushed forward to help him but then both found themselves on the floor. She wanted to smile but she saw how intently he was looking at her.“Megan.”What the fuck? She was angry again but she could not deny that it f
But still Brittany wasn't ready to give up so she ran after him “You are not her,” Alex said with a furious expression while shaking his head as if he had committed an abomination.Brittany tried to move closer to him but his response made her pause in her track, “ Get away from me,” he slurred, making her shiver lightly.Brittany looked very scared but she wasn’t the type to give up easily. “ But you said you loved me earlier, you even said you were willing to spend the rest of your life with me if I agree, didn’t you?” She feigned her facial expression to that of hurt and pain but it didn’t work on Alex a bit.“ I DON’T LOVE YOU,” he retorted with emphasis, disgust clouding his face. Brittany shrieked back at his tone and her hand that was about to touch Alex dropped. Why did he have to be so blunt about everything as if he didn’t care about her feelings at all. She was human too and she felt pain every time she got hurt.“The only person I will ever love is Megan, get that clear,”
Megan leaned back in her office chair, eyes fixed on the ceiling as she let out a deep sigh. The past few days had been a rollercoaster, but she finally felt a sense of peace wash over her. Just as she began to relax, her door burst open and Loyd strode in, his face etched with worry.“Megan, I need your help,” he said, his voice laced with desperation.Megan raised an eyebrow, intrigued. “What’s going on, Loyd? You look like the world is ending.”Loyd paced around the room, his hands running through his hair. “I think I’m finally ready to settle down. I want to propose to Maliya, but I’m scared she’ll say no.”Megan’s eyes widened in surprise. “Loyd, you’ve been stringing Maliya along for months. What makes you think she’ll accept your proposal now?”Loyd stopped pacing and turned to face her, his eyes filled with a mix of fear and hope. “I know I haven’t been the best boyfriend, but I can’t imagine my life without her. I can’t bear the thought of her being with someone else, and I c
“But there is a problem. Loyd said with a saddened face. I did something stupid”.Megan was surprised at his words. But when Loyd says he did something stupid then it must be something very stupid.“What did you do?”.“I… I kissed Anna and Maliya caught us”. “What”! Megan exclaimed.“No, I mean Anna wanted to see me. She said she wanted to apologise for her wrong doings. At first I ignored her but then again I figured it wasn't right so I agreed to see her. I didn't expect her to kiss me and I also didn't expect Maliya to appear out of nowhere”.“That is some fucked up shit,” Megan commented, putting her hands over her face.“I’m sorry, I can’t lie any longer that I feel nothing for Anna,” Loyd replied, looking away from the impromptu counsellor he had hired.“So, you feel something for her?”“Can I choose not to answer that question? You’re here to help me out and not to question my choices ma’am,” he said with his arms crossed, still looking in the other direction.“Maliya had been
Loyd has never been this angry in his life. How could she betray him like this after everything he has done to show her that she was the one he wanted to be with. His heart was beating fast as if he had ran a marathon.He approached them gingerly and reached for the man who did not even seem to be aware if what kind of problem he had landed himself in until Loyd threw the first punch and before he could react, a dozen more landed on him. Even the piercing scream of Makita did not stop him because he was away beyond this world at the point that he was in and the last thing he wanted to hear right now was someone telling him to stop.He could not believe Maliya could betray him like this. It made him wonder if he has failed to make his intention know to her or maybe he has come on too strong or maybe there was even a mistake somewhere that he had not known about. His heart had shattered to a thousand pieces seeing her like that with another man. He had been very understanding and given
He had been under the influence of the alcohol that it had clouded his mind that he did not think to react to all of Anna’s advancers until he gave in. He had been too angry to even think it was something he did not want to do and as he rolled in the bed and his hand touched a bare body and he froze as the events of last night filled his head and he sat up in bed causing Anna to stir awake.She smiled up at him as she leaned over gave him a kiss on the cheeks . He could not even move away.“Good morning, love.”Since when did Anna become sweet to him? He was even more baffled by the way she was looking at him with so much adoration in her eyes. The last time, she had stared at him with so much contempt that he was so scraped that he might have done something so bad.“Why are you here, Anna?”Anna ran a hand through her hair as she bounced on her bed lightly then but her bottom lip.“To make you feel better.”“You’re only going to make everything worse. Just go.”“Why are you treating
Mr. Leonard’s footsteps echoed softly as he descended the stairs, his eyes were dull as he scanned the room. Alex, Megan, Enzo, and Loyd stood, all eyes on him. Jake clung to his mother's side, his small hand gripping hers tightly."Jake," Leonard said softly, stepping forward with a smile. “You look so much like your mother.” Megan swallowed, her lips pressed tightly together, but she didn’t respond. Her grip on Jake’s hand tightened as Leonard reached out to touch the boy’s face. Jake smiled a little but moved behind his mother to hide. He knew Grandpa hurt mum, so he was also angry.Leonard’s hand dropped slowly, hurt. “Maybe I deserve that,” he murmured, sighing as he pulled back. Enzo cleared his throat as dinner was served and they all moved to the table, sitting in silence as the sound of cutlery clinking on dishes became the only noise.After a long pause, Leonard cleared his throat and looked up at his children. “I know I wasn’t a good father.”Loyd scoffed, muttering under
Two years later.Things may have seemed like they will never go back to normal for Megan, it was from one trouble to another bigger one. However it says with trouble comes ease.Megan stood in front of the crystal like window as she admired the light blue sky. How she wishes she could just stand here forever. As it reminded her of her better and bad Days.“Mummy, we are going to be late, daddy is waiting”. Little Jake, who was not so little anymore, bugged his mother with his sharp and piercing tone.Yes, Megan and Alex got married last year and they have been happy together. You might wonder what happened to Evelyn and Brittany. Well Evelyn was dead obviously.However Brittany's life never remained the same. She got depressed and started taking drugs, Mr Leonard still considered her his daughter so he sent her to rehab.“Oh, baby, Megan's face lit up with a smile. How she loved this little boy. Mummy is done already, let's go”. She grabbed onto his hands and moved towards the living
Life can be unpredictable right. Evelyn was still dazed, it felt as though her legs couldn't move.“No,no that is not true, she sniffed hard. It's not true. He died, I was winning and all of you were my puppets, everything was going according to my grand plan”. She kept emphasising on her words while pointing at Leonard.“Shut up woman, he interjected. I was never dead even if you did everything possible to get me out of the way. I heard the things you said to me while I was unconscious”.Evelyn gasped for the upteenth time. “How is this possible?” However instead of feeling remorse for her evil activities, she felt nothing but anger. It brewed slowly inside of her that it made her burst.“It's all your fucking fault. Did you think after how you betrayed me I will just let you into my life again. I accepted you because of your wealth and what you had to offer to our daughter”.“And I killed your wife to make sure nothing gets in my way again but your stupid witch of a daughter just ha
Brittany was feeling feverish, a feeling that what she was doing wasn't good. However her urge to have Alex just to herself was even greater.“It's too bad we have to get separated in this way, Meg”. Evelyn whispered to Megan as she finally cocked her gun and pointed it at her.“Please, Megan begged weakly. I will go far away with my son and never return”. Jake was the only person she could think of at that moment. She needed to keep him away from harm.“It's too late darling, Evelyn sucked her lips showing false sympathy. You should have disappeared when you had the chance”. She said with a glint in her eyes.“Don't worry meg, Brittany is going to take care of him and Alex”. Evelyn pointed the gun at Megan, this time with the intent of pulling the trigger. She has said all that needed to be said. While Brittany watched with mixed feelings.Everything seemed to be in slow motion to Megan. The moment felt like an eternity. The air grew thick and heavy, pressing against her chest, maki
The fear in Megan's heart was sharp, her pulse quickening as Evelyn stood over her, gun in hand, her expression twisted with a mixture of anger and satisfaction.Brittany stood nearby, her posture tense, her face a mask of conflicting emotions. Megan could see the hesitation in her sister’s eyes, a flicker of uncertainty that was an opposite of the cold malice she had shown earlier. But there was no time to dwell on it. Not with Evelyn so close, her finger poised on the trigger.“Stay out of this, Brittany,” Evelyn snapped, her voice hard and cold. “You’re just as stupid as Sonia was, and that’s why she’s dead.”Evelyn’s words cut through the air like a knife, and Megan’s heart lurched. She looked at the woman closely, wondering if she'd just misheard. Did she just admit to knowing about her mother's death? “What do you know about my mother's death? Megan asked with a shaky voice. She watched as Evelyn struggled to maintain her composure, her hand shaking slightly as she pressed the
consciousness crept back into her mind. The pounding in her head was unbearable, a dull ache that intensified when she tried to open her eyes. “Damn," she hissed as the migraine hit her in full force. She felt like her head was splitting in half and she couldn't even help it. “Where am I?" She muttered as she turned. She blinked several times, trying to adjust to the dim light filtering through the room. It was then that the cold, hard reality hit her—she was tied tightly to a chair, her wrists and ankles bound with rough rope that dug into her skin.Panic surged through her, and she instinctively began to struggle against her restraints. The chair creaked under the force of her movements, but the ropes held firm. “Who is here! Help me!" She called out, wiggling. Panicked, she glanced around her, the memories of what had just happened assailed her. Someone had grabbed her from behind and she'd passed out with the pungent smell forced in her face. She'd been drugged and now she was
Megan shivered, she had a bad feeling that her sister, Brittany had done something crazy. Why else was she calling just when she couldn't find her son and then she was laughing like a psychopath. “Brittany?" She called out over the phone, standing in the living room and shivering in her shoes. “I guess you're home by now, because I know that you wouldn't have answered my call otherwise," she said with a casual tone. “Why are you calling?" Megan asked carefully. She had a bad feeling in her guts that Brittany's call wasn't just a coincidence. “You know why I'm calling, Megan, don't play dumb with me," Brittany replied with a stiff tone. Megan sighed, taking deep breaths to steady herself. She was already trembling and she couldn't find her voice. "Brittany, what is this about?” She asked, already losing her patience. The anxiety was killing her and clearly Brittany was trying to mess with her head. How on earth did she know that she'd just gotten home? And what did that have to do
Brittany stood in the doorway, a forced smile plastered on her face as she gazed at her nephew, Jake. She had a sly smile on her face. How lucky she was, as if everything in nature was just sending her a sign. Her mother's plan would work out smoothly. “Hey little boy," she said with a sugary tone. But Jake just looked up from his painting and gazed at her blankly without saying a word, his eyes almost bored. “Come on, won't you say hello to your aunty?" Brittany tried again with an even more sweet voice but inwardly she was rolling her eyes. “No," Jake gave a single monotonous reply and didn't bother explaining himself, he just picked up his crayons and continued stroking each color across his white paper. Brittany sneered as he turned his face away, he was indeed a miniature version of his mother, Megan, with the same piercing blue eyes and mischievous grin. It was almost like he was staring at Megan's younger self right there on the couch. "Oh, Jake, I'm sure you don't really
Brittany paced back and forth in the fancy little cafe. She couldn't help the anxiety and anger that she felt. The thought of them made her nauseous. “She is in there with him as we speak!" She said and drummed her fingers on the table again. Evelyn had a very calm look on her face. But then that was typical. She wasn't easily ruffled, she always had a plan for everything and that was exactly why her daughter trusted her to find a solution. “Calm down, Brittany, anger never solved anything, what you need to do is plan," she advised. Brittany was exasperated, she hissed, “Calm? How can I possibly be calm right now?" She asked, spreading her arms. “She is with my husband and he won't even allow me see him, he told me to stay out of his way." Smiling, Evelyn waved it all off like it didn't matter. “Come on, Alex is just licking his wounds. You should allow him to do that.” She replied. "I don't know how long that will last for and frankly I don't wish to find out. All I know is that