"Well, he is not back from work yet. So I waiting to find out who is in that room," Ruth said."Okay, Mum. You are right," Ruth replied still holding the phone to her ears sitting in the living room with her legs crossed. The call ended and Ruth called Angela to the living room."Now tell me, who is that in that room?" Ruth asked."Ma'am, I am telling the truth. I don't know," Angela replied."Are you as useless as you look?" Ruth asked angrily and Angela was silent. "How long have you been working for my brother?" she asked."Three years," Angela replied."Good, get ready for retirement," Ruth said and stood up."Ma'am, I swear to you. I don't know anything. Sir, asked me never to go up to the side of the room. Only one person goes up there but that is just to clean. I only work here, please," Angela said on her knees."Now we are getting somewhere. Who cleans that room? Get me the person," Ruth said and sat back down.Angele left the room immediately and returned with another maide
"Hello, Mum," Aiden said as soon as he answered. "Aiden, who is that woman in your apartment?" Mrs Scott questioned and Aiden frowned. "You will have to be specific, Mum," Aiden said. "I understand you are keeping a woman in your apartment," Mrs Scott said. "I have a lot of women in my apartment. So what are you talking about?" Aiden asked. "Don't play smart with me, Aiden. You know what I am talking about," Mrs Scott said. "Mum, to be honest, I don't. I will appreciate it if you will be more clear and I can give you an answer," Aiden replied. "Ruth just left your apartment and she said there is a pregnant woman in your apartment," Mrs Scott said. "I like the fact that you said it is my apartment. And again, I have a lot of females in my apartment. I don't have a restraint on their sexual relationship," Aiden replied not ready to tell Mrs Scott about Ana. "So one of your servants got pregnant?" Mrs Scott asked. "How am I to know? I don't suppose you think I sleep with my se
"I will have someone take care of that," Mr Scott said and fetched his phone. He dialled a number and after confirming the name of the hospital spoke to someone instructing the person to go to the hospital and get rid of Ana and the baby. "Now that is taken care of. Tomorrow I will be meeting with the senator and we can finalize the marriage arrangement," Mr Scott said. "That is perfect," Mrs Scott said. "I will be in my room," Ruth said and left the living room. Back at Aiden's apartment, Aiden was lying on the sofa of his small office asleep with the empty bottle of whisky and glass on the floor. Angela turned off the lights and went to bed after completing her duties for the day. So did all the servants to their rooms. At the hospital, Haga was on night duty. Dr Jerome prepares to leave for home after assigning Haga to attend to Ana. His shift will start again in the morning. He was doing a straight day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. He had stayed in the hospital till late because of Ana
"Hello Dr Jerome, why this early morning call?" Aiden asked."It is about Ana," Dr Jerome said. "I don't care about her. Is that the baby okay?" Aiden said and Dr Jerome sighed."Okay, if that is how you want it. I have reasons to believe someone wants to harm your unborn child," Dr Jerome said."What happened?" Aiden asked his heart racing because he had decided to care for the child giving him all his love with no plans to fall in love again."I changed Ana's ward, I mean the baby's ward, without updating the system with the changes. This was to make it easier for Nurse Haga to attend to the baby," Dr Jerome said and paused for 5 seconds. "A pregnant woman who was sent to the room where your baby was previously occupying was found dead this morning," he narrated."Mr Scott, if you want to keep the baby safe, we have to move Ana from here. Someone knows and wants to harm both mother and child. She is not safe here," Dr Jerome added."Have my baby discharged and brought back to my ap
At the family house, Mr Scott was on the call looking very angry. "You eliminated the wrong person," Mr Scott said on the call. "Find that girl and correct your mistake else I will hand you over to the police myself, " Mr Scott said angrily and disconnected the call."I can't believe they messed this up but do you know who the girl is?" Mrs Scott asked doubting Aiden got involved with one of his servants."Who she is would not be important if she is no more," Mr Scott said. "Hmmm, I don't want anything messing up our plans," Mrs Scott said tapping her knees impatiently. "How about this, let's go see the senator tomorrow and announce Aiden's marriage. Whatever relationship he has with that pregnant girl will end," Mrs Scott suggested. "Yes, that will work and it will also stop Aiden from getting involved with another woman," Mr Scott said, smiling at his wife. At Aiden's private property. Dr Jerome was with Aiden sharing his usual report on Ana's health but realized Aiden was not l
The dietician just stood up and left. Aiden was angry but it was not because of what the dietician said but because the dietician was a woman. What Monica did to him was still fresh in his memory and he had not been able to forgive her. "Women. They will ask for everything to be comfortable expecting men to provide and later turn around to betray you," Aiden said looking at the closed door with a frown. At the family house, Mr and Mrs Scott were getting into the car parked in front of the apartment entrance. Their driver brought the engine to life and drove out of the compound towards the senator's office. It was late afternoon when they arrived at the office and they were ushered in by the secretary. "Mr Thatcher, how are you?" Mr Scott said offering Mr Thatcher a handshake. "It has been great. I get occupied with so much work lately," Mr Thatcher replied and also greeted Mrs Scott. "Once I become the prime minister, rest assured, I will be helping with the workload," Mr Scott s
"My crippled brother's life was at stake here," Monica replied and Eric tapped Monica on the shoulder. "Get ready for the final shoot," came the director's voice and Monica lowered her head to prevent the director from seeing her tears. "Are you sure you can do this?" Erica asked and Monica nodded in a yes. Erica exited the room and the makeup artist entered and did Monica's makeup for her. Monica stepped out for the final shoot. "Now for this shoot. I want you to exhibit loneliness," the director said and Monica nodded. She stood on the prepared stage that looked like a forest and cameras started clicking away. Monica need not put in a lot of effort for the pictures to look the way the director wanted. She was already hurting inside after seeing Aiden's marriage announcement. Acting lonely was very easy because she already felt lonely.Back in California, Aiden's private apartment. Aiden stepped out of his office and called Lewis. Dr Jerome saw Aiden leave but said nothing. He ca
"You are right. We can't have Aiden marrying that girl, Monica. He must marry Ms Thatcher if not, I will not get the prime minister position," Mr Scott said, fetched his phone and dialled a number. "Hello, I need you to do something for me," Mr Scott said once the call was connected. "An investigation would be carried out on Monica Hapkins. Maybe starting now. I will send you a piece of detailed information. Ensure whoever runs that investigation gets that information I will send you on Ms Hapkins," Mr Scott said. "Yes, sir," the person said and the call ended. Mr Scott opened his email on his phone and after a few minutes smiled. "It is done," Mr Scott said. "Perfect, now we have to get the two to meet. Ruth, last you told me you are friends with a woman who also happens to be Ms Thatcher's friend," Mrs Scott asked. "Yes, Amber," Ruth replied cutting her piece of chicken. "Good, let her convince Ms Thatcher to go after Aiden," Mrs Scott said and Ruth nodded chewing on her chick
He recognized her immediately and hugging Ana, he called out to the woman. "Monica?" Aiden called out causing Monica to freeze in her steps. Monica turned slowly to face Aiden. The two guards who were following her just moved to the side. Aiden was surprised to see Monica with guards and wearing expensive clothing complimented with expensive jewellery. Last they spoke on the phone, she had only confirmed she took money to divorce him. Was it because she found someone richer than him? This was the thought on Aiden's mind as he stared at Monica while hugging Ana with a cold expression. "Mr Scott, I understand you hate me right now. All I can say is that maybe we were not meant to be. In front of you right now is a woman with a heart of gold. Please take good care of her and protect her from your enemies," Monica said and Aiden frowned. He was with Monica and knew her very well. He understood the meaning of her statement despite the obvious and he frowned. "Are you saying someone thr
"Ms Ana boarded a taxi. They have picked up the details of the taxi. They will contact the driver and find out where he dropped Ana," Mr Jayson said and Aiden ran his hands through his hair. "Just calm down, we will find her. The good news is those who would want to harm her are all in prison. She is safe," Mr Jayson assured. "No, I have one more enemy walking free. Even if there is enough evidence to put him in prison, he is still walking free," Aiden said. "How dangerous is this person?" Mr Jayson asked and Aiden gave the question a thought. Mr Harper may be cunning and a pervert but aside from stealing money, he will not really consider him as one who will use knives and guns. "Never mind. I think I am just worried," Aiden replied. Mr Jayson's phone rang again and his gaze shifted to the phone. He answered it and brought the phone to his ears. "Great," he said and ended the call. "They found the driver. He dropped your wife off at the park. They are on their way there," Mr Ja
Meanwhile, Ana after resting for a while, packed her stuff and left Aiden a note as she made her way towards the exit. She then gave the apartment one last look and rubbed her belly as she walked out the front door. "I stayed back in your time of need to ensure you're restored to your former glory since it was at my side you lost it all. Now that you are back to the level where we met, you don't have to guilt yourself into being with me. I hope you will understand," Ana whispered to herself as she walked towards the gate. She checked her bag to ensure she had enough cash on her. In her mind, she was planning how she was going to live on her own. No job, no roof over her head. Well, this was her life before she met Aiden except she had the woman she thought was her mother and a little sister. They all lived in a small apartment but now she was all alone. She walked out the gate but stopped when she heard someone calling her. "Ma'am, do you need me to help you with your bag?" aske
"Let's get out of here before the media gets here," Aiden said and got behind the wheel with Ana sitting next to him. They drove out of the compound and Aiden took Ana to his private apartment downtown. He parked the car in the garage and walked through the front door into the apartment. The last time they were there, they had to come through the back door and hide in the underground apartment. "A lot of work needs to be done here," Ana said. "Yes, but we will not live here. I prefer the apartment on the hill. It is close to my estate business," Aiden said. "So what is going to happen to this apartment?" Ana asked leaning on the side of Aiden and Aiden's hand was wrapped around her. "Clean it up and put it on the market. I already have too many apartments. I reduce them to two," Aiden said. "Okay," Ana said and Aiden walked Ana to the sofa. "I need you to get some rest. Some people will be here in the next 10 minutes to put the house in order. I have to take care of something
"Now all I need is a good lawyer to wiggle my way out of this mess and leave this state after I have united Aiden with his parents," Mr Scott thought. Aiden returned to Mr Jayson's office and closed the door behind him. He walked towards his desk and made himself comfortable with a smile plastered on his face. "You got a confession out of him?" Mr Jayson said looking at Aiden. "I told you I would get a confession out of him," Aiden said. "My father was right, he only learns and becomes smarter after multiple fails," he added and pulled his phone out of his breast pocket and played the recording to the hearing of Mr Jayson. "We don't need the results from that DNA. This confession is perfect. Great you thought fast. If not we will have to start a search for Mr Andrew Scott's body," Mr Jayson said. "I am surprised though how he managed to bury the wrong body in the presence of all," Aiden said. "That is easy. The body was carried from one point to another in a vehicle. Within that
"We have the world's attention. We can go out now. We go to court with the rest of the evidence to claim what is rightfully ours," Aiden said holding Ana's hand in his. The two exited the underground apartment and went out of the building. Aiden requested a ride to the courthouse. At the court, Aiden filed the case to begin the lawsuit. Aiden requested protection following the multiple attacks on his life and that of his wife and it was granted. At the president's office, Mr Scott was sitting on the sofa with the president who was not at all happy with what was going on. "Mr Scott, do you mind explaining what is going on between you and Aiden Scott?" he asked. "Mr President. Believe me. It is just a family misunderstanding which had gone out of hand," Mr Scott said. "If I remember correctly, Aiden Scott's name was dragged all over the internet, losing his business, his marriage in shambles and some rumours that say he is not your son. Now you are in the news and you have been ca
Mr and Mrs Scott's eyes widened as they listened to the news. The news started spreading like wildfire and everyone asked where Mr Jeremy Scott was if he was still alive. "No, no, this is not good," Mrs Scott said with eyes widened. Mr Scott fetched his phone, dialled a number and waited for the call to connect. "I thought you said you were controlling the media space," Mr Scott said through gritted teeth. "Yes, but believe me. I don't know how this got out there. I have my eyes everywhere but I didn't see this one," the person replied. "I am working on it but someone is posting the story when I take it down," he added. "Do something about it," Mr Scott said and ended the call but his phone rang. "I am going to the office. I will get this taken care of before it gets out of hand," Mr Scott said and exited the room. "As usual I have to take care of everything," Mrs Scott scoffed as soon as her husband exited the room. She fetched her phone, dialled a number and waited for the c
A medical practitioner who was at the entrance saw Mr Jayson falling to the ground and he ran to him calling for help. "He had been shot," the man shouted as held Mr Jayson in his arms. A stretcher was quickly brought out of the hospital and he was carried into the emergency. Meanwhile, Aiden and Ana were both waiting for Mr Jayson to return. After waiting for a while, Aiden decided to go look for him. As soon as he opened the door, the doctor who had provided them the space was standing behind the door. "Mr Jayson was just shot outside the hospital," the doctor said. "What?" Aiden exclaimed "By who?" he asked. "We are not sure but we are suspecting a snipper," the doctor replied. "Stay here, it is not safe outside," he added and left. "They know we are here," Aiden said to Ana. "We can't stay here. It is only a matter of time before they find us. Let's go I know what to do," he said and they both stepped out of the storage room and headed in a different direction. Aiden saw
"When and how?" Aiden thought as he walked towards the bed and sat on it thinking of what to do. He exited the room and went to the balcony. He held the railing and stared ahead of himself. He leaned on the railing and turned to look at the space behind him. He looked briefly at the light bulb hanging from the roof and he realized it had been changed. The bulb had a camera now. Originally, the bulb had that black ring at the base but it was just for decoration. Now the black ring appears to have a focus. "So this is how the person is watching us," Aiden thought and exited the balcony and saw Ana entering the living room from outside. "You went for a walk?" Aiden asked. "Yes," Ana replied. "Without me?" Aiden asked walking towards her. "I am sorry, I didn't want to disturb you," Ana replied and sat down on the sofa. Aiden stood behind her and massaged her shoulders for a while. Ana immediately felt relaxed. Aiden's phone buzzed with a message and he stopped massaging Ana's sh