"You are not my son. You can never be my son," Mr Scott said in anger before he could stop himself. "Dad, what did you just say?" Aiden asked. The call came to an abrupt end. Aiden stared at the phone screen and dialled his father's number again but he didn't answer. He understood his father was angry about something but to say, he was not his father is not just an anger statement. Aiden changed his clothes and exited the bedroom. He headed for the front door and grabbed the key cars. He drove in the middle of the night to the family house. It was fifteen minutes past 8 when he arrived. He parked the car and went inside. One of the servants welcomed him and led him to the living room. Aiden found Mrs Scott reading a magazine in the living room. "Good evening, Mum," Aiden greeted. "Aiden, what brings you here at the hour of the night?" Mrs Scott asked unaware of what had transpired between Aiden and her husband, "Mum, am I your son? Are you my mother?" Aiden went straight to the po
"Aiden, I have given you enough chances. I have done my part. Go live your life. You were never a part of this family and your attitude has sold you out. Leave my presence," Mr Scott said and Aiden left with nothing more to say. There was no point defending himself if the man he once called father had already formed his mind about him. Outside the apartment, he sat in the car for a while before bringing the engine to life and driving out of the compound. Aiden was lost in his thoughts as his father's words echoed in his mind. "Why didn't they tell me before, I wasn't a Scott? Why now? Who are my parents even if they are no more?" Aiden thought while driving back home. "Your father was a drunk and your mother a prostitute from a nightclub," the words echoed on his mind repeatedly. Aiden hit the car brakes when a light flashed into his eyes followed by a tyre screeching sound. He stopped the car and looked outside. "Are you stupid? Watch where you are going, idiot," yelled a man
"What is going on?" Mrs Scott, who was also descending the staircase to the living room asked seeing her husband and daughter looking like they were about to slash each other's throats. "Your daughter here just sold us out to Aiden," Mr Scott said angrily. "What happened, Ruth?" Mrs Scott asked drawing closer to Ruth as Mr Scott walked away angrily pressing his phone. "I just told him I sent an email to Aiden and he gets mad at me," Ruth replied not seeing anything wrong with what she did in the middle of the night. "What email?" Mrs Scott asked. "I just sent him an email officially informing him, that he has been removed from office and the need to return business assets in his possession. I asked him to vacant the hotel-provided apartment within 24 hours," Ruth replied. "Ruth, you shouldn't have. You just gave Aiden a reason to start an investigation to dig into the truth," Mrs Scott said. "What truth again, is there to uncover? You already told him last night he was not a Sco
Back at Mr Thatcher's apartment. Amanda was inside her bathroom brushing her teeth. "Someone killed my father and I will find out who. Aiden, I hope you and your family have nothing to do with it," Amanda said looking at her reflection in the mirror. Back at Aiden's Haga went to inform Ana about her visitor. "Your sister is here," Haga announced."Alice?" Ana asked standing to her feet. "She is in the living room. She came with a travel bag. Looks to me like she came to stay," Haga said and folded her lips. "What, a travelling bag?" Ana asked stopping at the door."Mr Scott would not like this," Ana said and exited the room to see her sister. At the top of the staircase, Ana could see Alice sitting on the sofa scanning the room. Ana looked at her for a while and descended the staircase into the living room. "Alice," Ana called out to her. "Sister, how are you doing?" Alice asked standing to her feet. "I am okay but what brought you here?" Ana asked gesturing for Alice to sit d
Aiden was returning to his room when he saw the living room front door open from where he stood. He waited to see who it was only to see Amanda dragging a huge travelling back inside, followed by her driver, Marcus also carrying two huge bags. Aiden frowned looking at the two. "Aren't you going to welcome me home?" Amanda asked, looking at Aiden from the living room. Aiden just walked away without saying anything. Amanda just rolled her eyes and turned to Marcus. "Take my bags to my room," Amanda said to Marcus as she made herself comfortable on the sofa. She picked up the TV remote, turned on the TV and started browsing through the channels. She turned off the TV and grabbed a magazine. All the stations were still talking about her father's burial. Alice and Ana descended the staircase into the living room. "Ana, you are still here and who is that?" Amanda asked seeing the two. "I am Alice. Ana's little sister," Alice introduced with a smile but Amanda frowned looking at her u
"Aiden, I am still your wife. We are married," Amanda said seeing Aiden was ignoring her. "You wanted to be married to me. I granted you that request. What more do you want from me," Aiden said turning to look at Amanda sitting on his bed. "I want you to perform your duties as a husband," Amanda yelled. "Remember your vows to me?" she added. "I do recall my vows. I wrote it myself and I am doing as promised," Aiden said and got up from behind the desk, taking his laptop with him. "When you are done admiring my room, you can close the door on your way out," he added and headed for the door. "Aiden," Amanda yelled getting down from the bed and Aiden stopped in his tracks, turning slowly to look at furious Amanda. "On our wedding day, just in case you have forgotten. Let me repeat my vows to you. Amanda Thatcher, on this special day, I honour a family request to make you a partner. I will shelter you and support you. With this ring, I officially make it public we are a team," Aiden s
Inside the kitchen, Alice was chatting with the servants, trying to find out more about Amanda and Aiden. Ana frowned upon hearing Alice ask a question and wondered why she was interested in Aiden and Amanda. "Hey, Sis, I was just having a wonderful conversation about Mr and Mrs Scott," Alice said looking a bit awkward. "I see," Ana replied and opened the fridge. "Ms Morrison do you need anything?' asked the head servant. "Oh, just getting something for my little sister to eat," Ana said and the head servant's eyes shifted to Alice and she wondered how little Alice was looking at a young lady who looked the same age as Ana if not older. "I am getting breakfast ready. Would you like to wait a few more minutes?" the head servant asked. "Alice, can you wait? You are the one saying you are dead hungry," Ana asked. "Depends on what is for breakfast," Alice replied and the head servant was already picking a lot from the way Ana spoke and the way Alice spoke. "Sourdough avocado toast
"Whatever she was drugged with, has taken a toll on her. It is destroying her slowly and there is nothing medical that can be done. She needs to have children now if she wants to be a mother if not she will never have one," Dr Jerome said. "Don't tell her. Let's keep this between us," Aiden said. "Mr Scott, I don't think that is the best decision. She is going barren. She needs to know so she can act fast if she wants to have children in the future," Dr Jerome advised. "How much time does she have?" Aiden asked. "With the progress we have so far unless anything changes or another trigger sets in, she has up to a year and she will not be able to have children," Dr Jerome said. "That is enough time to allow a natural cause of events rather than scaring her with the health condition," Aiden said. "What we need to do now is figure out a way for her to have a regular medical check to know the progress of the condition while we work on her relationship," Aiden said and Dr Jerome though