William Johnson always had problems sleeping hence right before dinner every night, he usually takes his prescriptions that enables him to sleep well at night uninterrupted. He was fast asleep when Lilly was getting prepared for bed before she called Jake and was informed of the situation with Alice. He wasn’t aware that two little kids or let’s say two of his great grandchildren slept over in his mansion and they will soon be awake in all their glory. He woke up in a disoriented manner to see Lilly’s side of the bed empty as if she never came to bed that day but knowing how petty she can be and the grudge she holds against him, he got up from bed and made his side of bed. It wasn’t strange that she woke up before him because he was a heavy sleeper on his medications and she was a light sleeper hence she often gets up early to make breakfast for the family despite the many helps in the house.He got up from the bed with a loud yawn, feeling very refreshed and made his way to the dinin
Alexander rolled his eyes at Alexia but he still opened his arms for her in a hug. She rushed to him making him go down to their level in order to be able hug them well. He closed his eyes and exhaled sharply as he hugged the twins tighter to himself.“Alexander? Lilly? What-what?-what?-what is going on here? Who are these kids? It-it-I’m-I’m confused! It looks like-like-like the-the-the boy looks just like Alexander when he was just a child. Are they yours? Pumpkin, Are the children yours? But it’s not possible. I-I-I-I don’t understand what is going on…”, he muttered in a confused state but kept looking at the twins especially Junior like he had just seen a ghost.Alexander pulled away from the kids slightly and at the same time, he took each of their little hands into each of his hand, making them stand at each side of him. The two children turned to look at William Johnson in a curious manner.“Ju? Lexi? Meet your great grandfather, his name is William Johnson. You two can simply c
William Johnson felt his mind go blank at the name Alexander mentioned. That name had been the major cause of the troubles he had experienced and was still experiencing this past few years. He was annoyed. He wondered if Ken Li and his hoodlums know that they were destroying other people’s life. He became overwhelmed, got up and walked away to the dining room lost in his thoughts about how bad Ken Li had dealt with him over the years and the hardships he has put his family through because of his selfish ambitions. He reminisced over everything that happened over the years between the Li family and the Johnson family, he cussed under his breathe and a forlorn feeling subdued him.Alexander glanced at Lilly with a questionable look making the later shrug her shoulders in response as she followed quickly after William who disappeared into the dining room.“Uncle Richie! Put the food down! Some of us are also hungry and would like to eat but you are keeping everything for yourself!”, Alexi
There was total and complete silence in the room after the utterance by William Johnson. The room was at the right temperature, kind gesture of the air conditioning in the room but the atmosphere seems hot like an oven ready for baking to them. The topic of discussion is hard one for them. “ Willy dear, do you think it’s time we let them on the little secret we’ve been keeping to ourselves for years?”, Lilly whispered into the ears of William who was sitting just beside her. She took a quick survey at the troubled expression on the faces of each and everyone in the room and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t a good idea to let them on their long kept secret. William Johnson closed his eyes in pain,” don’t you think it will kill Alexander to find out the truth especially in this critical time? After all he is responsible for what happened to his family years ago and the current happenings in this family is also related to him. It will hurt him more to know that Ken Li is also the o
Seconds turned to minutes, minutes into hours, hours in days, days into weeks and weeks turned into months and Alice Jet Johnson was still in coma and her husband Alexander Johnson was practically living in her private ward with her. The time duration given for Alice estimated time to wake had come and gone with no signs of Alice waking up from her slumber anytime soon.He visits his children frequently, especially when he feels so choke up on his feelings and needed an escape, besides Alice, the children were his safe haven. They were his needs and want, at the current time, they were all he had of Alice. They are all he truly have in life because when the situation becomes critical, money and riches are nothing compared to their worth to him.Alexander engages Alice comatose body in a wild range of motion exercises regularly to keep her muscles active and knees in condition hence she has been in the same position and was turned frequent intervals into different positions with the aid
Jake left to his apartment barely a few minutes to take a nap when series of knocks was heard on the door just when Alexander wanted to take a nap on the bed beside Alice’s which has become his bed for a few weeks now. “Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!! Knock!….”“A knock? Did Jake forget something in here that he’s coming for it? He knows the code to the room right? Or? He used it to enter the room a while ago when he visited. Did he suddenly get amnesia and forgot the code to the door?,” He questioned himself, sitting up on the bed staring confusedly at the door.“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!! Knock!”“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!! Knock!….”He scoffed in annoyance when the knocking became too persistent. “ Jake! Why did you suddenly forget the code that I have to walk all the way here to open the door for you?”, he exclaimed, spinning the door open at that same time in frustration.He opened his mouth to say more but had to swallow his words due to the people in front of him. He stood he
Frozen to his bone, Alexander didn’t know how to react. His mind was blank and his eyes blinking rapidly. He wanted to say something, anything but his mind couldn’t comprehend what was going on. His mind was blank, his heart nor body hence couldn’t make up any sentence in that moment. His mouth opened and shut severally in his failed attempts to talk or even make a sound but he couldn’t. “Mm-mmm-mmm I-I-I-l..” He stuttered uncertainty, puzzled by what was happening in front of him. Then it clicked in his mind like a light bulb in the mist of darkness.“ I might be hallucinating again like all the previous times, right? There’s-there’s no way what I think I am seeing is finally happening at this particular moment.” He muttered to himself to convince himself that was just seeing things and that Alice is not on the bed, fully awake with her eyes piercing into his soul.He closed his eyes tightly for a long while then reopened them but strangely the hallucination he was currently experien
Alice was deep in thought, her imagination wild about the information she had just heard from William and for a long time she was overwhelmed with everything as her emotions became wise. With all she was feeling, the feeling of motherhood surpassed them all. Alexander stopped chasing William around and stood by the door glaring hard at William whilst panting loudly.“You! You! You! you fucking idiot! Why did you have to do that huh?! I-I-wanted to be the one to tell her everything by myself not for her to hear it from some fucking stranger! I almost told her till you barged into the room with your big head!”, Alexander screamed angrily at him with his index finger pointing at William in accusation. William was panting in the other corner far away from him with a flushed face. William gasped loudly with his hands grasping his chest in a very dramatic way.“ Me! Me! A stranger and a big head?! Who are you calling a stranger and a big head you-you-you thug?!”, he exclaimed loudly from hi