AUTHOR’S POV.“What do you mean by that?Sapphire drew her brows together as Daniel started.After they had finished making love together in the bathroom, they had their bath together, and then laid in the bed, naked.Sapphire was starting to feel comfortable around Daniel and she liked it.He was playing with her hair as her head was on his chest when he started.“I don’t remember anything from my childhood,” he repeated.It was taking everything in her to not raise her head to look at him but she felt like it was good this way.He probably does not want her to see the look on his face too.“I woke up one day and my parents were taking me to the hospital. I remember meeting a therapist.”“You don’t know why?”“I was young, so I could not ask.”“What happened? Did you ever try to know?”“Of course, I did. I don’t know, but I feel like there’s something pulling me back. I don’t know the truth, yet it scares me.”“That is…”“Since that day… when I was ten, I’ve been living wi
AUTHOR’S POV.“So, tell me, Liam. What is between you and Hilda?” she asked as she dropped the glass cup of water while Daniel shook his head.Was it not Sapphire? She was surely going to satisfy her curiosity.Sapphire had forced Daniel to join her in the cafeteria and while they were eating, Liam had joined them there.She knew this was the time she could ask Liam about it and she was taking her chances.“Are you two going out?” she added again.“There is nothing going on between Hilda and I.”“Why?! It is very obvious that you two like each other. Are you lying to me right now?” she creased her brows.“Is it? For all I care about, she does not like me,” he said as he wiped his hands.“Why? Did she tell you that? Do you like her?”Liam hesitated and then glanced at Daniel who nodded his head and he nodded his head too.“I do like her and there is absolutely nothing I can do to make her see things from my own point of view.”“See, Li. I am not supposed to be telling you this but if y
AUTHOR’S POV.Hilda sat rather patiently as she stared at her wristwatch again. It was over thirty minutes since she'd arrived at the restaurant and the man had not arrived yet.She had purposely picked this time, 9 PM because she felt like he would be free by then. It was almost 10 and Liam had not shown up yet.He did not call to tell her he would be late and she did not do the same either. “Are you okay, ma’am?” The waitress stopped in front of her.“Oh, yeah, I’m sorry. My… date has not shown up yet.”“We’ll be closing in a few minutes, I hope you are aware.”She nodded her head as her eyes fell on the paper plastered on the wall across her informing the customers that they open by 7 AM and close by 10 PM.She picked up her drink and drank it gently while she looked outside through the glass.Shortly after, the bell rang which indicated that someone had just entered and she hurriedly raised her head to see Liam who rushed in.Liam panted heavily and then clasped his hands togeth
AUTHOR’S POV. “Five years ago, I had a massive breakdown,” Hilda started. She had finished eating already and had rested a bit when she started. Liam sat in front of her and pinned his eyes on hers as he watched her talk. “I’d been dating this guy since college and we were together for four years before we broke apart. I was twenty- two when we broke up,” she said. “He betrayed me. He toyed with my feelings. He… he hurt me. So, since then, I made up my mind that I was never going to do relationships again, and I meant it… not until…” she swallowed and bore her eyes on him. “Not until I met you.” “Hilda…” “I like you too, Liam and I mean it, but…” she shook her head and then dropped it. Was it going to be worth it? If she bent her morals… her rules because of this man, was she never going to regret it? She wanted to love as much as she was being loved. She wanted to be loved as much as she loved. What if Liam hurts her too? What if he is not the kind of person she assumed h
AUTHOR’S POV.Kira twitched her mouth as she watched Daniel and Sapphire walk out together while she stood on the balcony of her room.It seemed like Daniel was going out alone as he was fully dressed and she was wearing an indoor outfit.When the couple began to kiss by the car, her fist clenched tight and she exhaled deeply.She had had enough of this stupidity from the two.Sapphire was purposely doing this because she was aware of how he felt for Daniel and Daniel was not helping the matter either.He was aware of her feelings, and since the time she had told him, he had never looked at her the same again.She wondered why he was still letting her come to his house to stay once in a while even though Mogan was not in support of it.Just the way Mogan did not like her, she did not like the woman either and they don’t always hide it.When Daniel entered the car and then drove off, Kira watched Sapphire wave her hand over and over till the car was out of the compound and then snorted
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel twitched his mouth upward as he tried to remember what he planned on talking about when he arrived at his parents’ sideIt was time he took charge of his life and he was overly ready for it.When the red light popped up from the traffic sign, he pressed the brake of the car and looked around gently.A lot of things have changed since he married Sapphire and amongst them was the way he drives. He was a rough driver and Sapphire hated that. She would refuse that he drove and insisted on the driver driving instead and because of that, he had to learn how to drive again.As he glanced at the countdown on the traffic light, he exhaled and then turned to pick up his phone that rang.“Sir!” His brows pulled together as he heard the evidently panicked voice.“What is wrong?”“Madam… your wife… she got in an accident!”Daniel felt his throat dry up immediately and his lips trembled at the news.“W… what are you saying? She’s at home.”“She fell from the stairs, sir. We’re
AUTHOR’S POV. “So what?” Mogan tilted her head as she walked towards Kira who took steps backward. “Why did you do that?” Mogan asked. “I did not do anything.” “You poured oil on the stairs on purpose!” “She was getting on my nerves!” Kira hollered. Mogan sucked her lower lips and nodded her head. Here is the reality of this bitch. No matter how much she had told Daniel to stay away from her, he would not listen because he kept trusting in her facade. “You are so horrible. All this because Daniel would not look at your side?” “It is all her fault. If she had not come along, I would have succeeded in making him mine totally.” “He was never yours to begin with. What sort of a ridiculous obsession is this?” She snapped her brows together. “I could have succeeded. It is all her…” “Enough.” Mogan looked around and nodded her head, “I want you all to go to her room and fetch everything that belongs to her out here. None of her belongings must remain in that room. Fetch everythin
SAPPHIRE'S POV. TWO WEEKS LATER. I picked up my phone carefully from the nightstand beside the bed and smacked my tongue as I read Emerald’s message. “Are you ignoring me?!” Over the last few days, Emerald had kept sending me messages telling me that we should meet and threats too. She kept threatening to ruin me and do other things to me which I did not take to heart at all. I exhaled when another message entered again and then returned my phone to the nightstand before I lay in beg again. It’s been a week and a few days since I have been released from the hospital and had been getting better. The cast around my right arm has been removed, remaining the one around my shoulder. I had not seen Kira around and when I asked of her from Daniel, he only brushed aside my words by bringing up something else. I exhaled when my phone rang and then closed my eyes shut. I was in no mood to talk to Emerald and that was going to remain as that. After a while that the call had ended, my pho
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“Spending a whole three months in France made me assume that you and Daniel will not return here again,” Hilda snorted as she settled on the chair beside Sapphire who had her eyes glued on the big screen in the in house Cinema. “We had to return. I’m near my due date and we don’t want to deliver our baby there,” Sapphire smiled as she dropped her hand on her friend’s hand. “You really spent three months there! I thought it was just going to be a week or two vacation!” Hilda hollered. “Trust me when I say that I don’t even wanna return. It’s really fun there. Plus, we were not there all through the three months, we traveled to Rome, Amsterdam, and so on.” “Tsk, no wonder you don’t always pick up my calls.” “You nag too much, Hilda. At least you came to see us in France with Liam about two months ago.” “So? That is enough. You don’t miss me at all?!” “No, no, I’m not saying that. Of course, I miss you a lot,” Sapphire shook her head. “Oh, Pookie… come here,” Hilda leaned closer t
FINALE.~~~DANIEL~~~I settled on the bed beside my sleeping wife and then dropped my hand on her stomach.“Amore, time to get up.”I stared at her sleeping, innocent face and then shook my head. Since we returned from Mogan’s party around eleven PM last night, till now, 10:56 AM, she had been sleeping.I proceeded to move the hair from her face and caressed her cheeks.“Amore.”When she did not answer nor stir in her sleep, I shook my head and then smacked my tongue.I do not like waking this woman. It usually takes a while before she answers.I raised my head as the maid walked out of the closet and I raised my brows, “Are you done?” I asked as I glanced at the bag in her hand.“Yes, sir.”“Take it to the car,” I said and she nodded her head, bowed, and then walked away.Today was the day I was going to show her the surprise that I have for her and I can’t wait for her to see it and be happy.I kept shaking her gently till she finally stirred in her sleep and then I exhaled. “Good mo
AUTHOR’S POV.“Babe, come help me with my shoe,” Sapphire said after she finished adjusting her dress.“I’m coming!” Daniel said from the closet.She settled on the edge of the bed and then sluggishly picked up the shoes from the ground.This evening, she was feeling heavier and lazier than usual. She just wanted to stay in bed and sleep, but it was Mogan’s party, and they gotta be there too.She panted as she felt beads of sweat gathering on her forehead and she wiped it off.She turned to look in the direction of the closet again and then Daniel did not come out still, she exhaled and shook her head.This was something she could do herself. However, she could not as she was tired and pregnant!She needed him to come help her, but he was not leaving the closet.“Babe,” she swallowed hard.When Daniel did not answer, She tried to wear the shoe herself but her stomach was making it hard for her so she just gave up again.“Daniel!” She snapped.“Amore, I’m coming,” Daniel came out of th
AUTHOR’S POV.For about a minute, the room was quiet as everyone kept mute.They definitely did not see that coming.Alice was the first to find out about Ethan and Mogan. She just knew something was up when Ethan had stopped calling and coming by to tell her to beg the woman.At first, she thought that Ethan was giving up on Mogan, but then again, she knew that was not the case.He had been waiting for her for several years to give up that way.So, she dug into it after sharing her thoughts with Daniel.As usual, Daniel and her husband just told her to mind her business and leave the two alone but she didn’t agree.When she found out the truth, it was when the two had rented out the whole restaurant just to have a date and immediately, she called Daniel and then Thomas.The three agreed to keep it within them and not say anything as it might be as if they were invading their privacy.Alice, at first, didn't agree with that. She literally wanted to go in at that moment and be like, “B
AUTHOR’S POV.Sapphire carried the funerary urn tightly in her arm as she stared at the sea with Daniel beside her, and then Liam, Hilda, and Carlo behind them.She closed her eyes as she muttered words on the funerary urn and then sniffed gently.Her mother had specifically told her that whenever she died, she wanted to be cremated and then that her ashes be poured into the sea.Sapphire had tried to persuade her mother not to do that as it was better for her to be buried, but Charlotte declined. “LETTING GO.”Charlotte had said. She said it was the best for her and Sapphire.The cremation process had taken two hours and afterward, Daniel had driven them to the sea that used to be her mother’s favorite“Amore,” Daniel patted her shoulder gently, gesturing to her that it was time to let go of her mother.After a while of clutching it closer to herself, Daniel watched as Sapphire began to sprinkle the ashes in the water while she muttered words and smiled.“Till we meet… to part no mo
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel clicked on the button on the laptop, leaned back, and then raised his head as Liam moved over to him.“What’s that?”“Let’s watch,” he smiled.When Daniel had told Liam about his experience with Baldwin, the man had felt very bad and sad for his friend.Instead of getting mad at him for keeping it to himself all that while, he instead pulled him into a hug and muttered words of encouragement to him.As Daniel and Liam heard the scream that came from the laptop, they glued their eyes to the screen.Baldwin was hung up in the air while his feet were dangling around. He was stripped naked and looked around in fear.“Holy Moly!” Liam exclaimed as he watched the video in front of him and then glanced at his friend who had no expression on his face.It definitely was his idea.“What are they doing?” Liam asked as his eyes met with the firewood on the floor centered on where Baldwin was dangling from.“Showing him what hell feels like,” he raised the corner of his lips i
AUTHOR’S POV. Charlotte sat patiently behind the counter as she waited for the man to appear and after what seemed like an eternity, he walked towards her with two cell guards behind him. “See who is here,” he snorted as he settled on the chair and then tapped the glass which divided them. Charlotte stared at George and then nodded her head, she watched as the guards left them alone and then leaned her back against the chair. “You must have missed me, no?” George laughed. “You left without telling anyone. Should I be happy about your presence? You don’t think I am going to accept you, do you?” He raised his brows. “You… you look so good in that jail uniform,” Charlotte commented and then chuckled. “What?” George frowned. “That uniform. I said it looks so good on you,” she smiled again. “Hey!” “I heard you’re sentenced to twelve years imprisonment, with four years probation afterward.” “So? Do you pity me?” “Pity you? Come on, no way. I don’t even mind if you’re sentenced to
AUTHOR’S POV.“How could you say you don’t want to meet him?” Sapphire pulled her brows together.“You might not know… no, it is something that you know very well. I am not like you. I’m not going to seek validation from another man just because MY DAD, George, is in prison. Never. He treated you wrong… not me. Get your facts right, while growing up, I was loved by him. He hated you so it is understandable if you choose to accept another man. As for me, I am not interested in that shit. All I need is to get away from this fucking country and away from you all. I hate you very much and staying in this country with you all is messing with my head and I might want to do something bad again… you know I always do,” she breathed out and swept her hair to the back.“Have fun with your new father… but I don’t care. Just give me money, and I will leave. I know you want that more than anyone else.”Sapphire smacked her tongue and exhaled. Of course, she wanted it. She took a glance at Carlo who