There was a little struggle as Aiden tried to disarm Amanda. The police arrived at the scene at the same time as their sirens were heard coming from afar. The gun went off and Amanda and Aiden both froze in place.Ana stared at the two standing before her. Aiden took two steps backwards holding his stomach. He looked at his hand which was stained with blood as Amanda examined herself still holding the gun. "Aiden," Ana called him in a whisper, her eyes quickly filled with tears."Ana," Aiden said as he went down on one knee and the next knee followed with one hand stretched towards Ana. Aiden fell face down and Amanda turned pointing the gun at Ana. She took some steps backwards towards where Aiden was lying. With the gun still pointing at Ana, she forced Aiden's head up pulling him by his collar."You are not gone yet," Amanda said almost kneeling next to Aiden. "Now watch as I put a bullet in between her eyes. You can take that memory with you. My generous gift," she said and pulle
"Brother, what happened to you?" came Ruth's voice and Aiden just rolled his eyes. Ruth moved closer to Aiden's bed and sat on the little space left on the bed. Mr Scott stood at the foot of the bed and Mrs Scott sat on the provided seat. "Brother, I know I have not been the best sister. I found out, when I was 12, you were not my true brother," Ruth said. Aiden remember he and Ruth were very close but she changed when she turned 12. Listening to her, he now understood the sudden change in behaviour, the competition and her scheming attitude. "I thought you would take everything away from me and leave the family once you find out you don't belong," Ruth said fidgeting with her hand and her lashes lowered. "I allowed the family wealth to crowd my judgment and never paid attention to all the good you did for me. I am truly sorry," Ruth apologized looking very honest. " I am also sorry for framing you up at the hotel. I was the one who changed the status of the approved bill just so
The head doctor opened his drawer and brought out a small medication in a box. He picked up a syringe and placed it on his desk. He put on his overcoat and placed the syringe and medication into his pocket before exiting his office and heading for Ana's ward. Upon getting to Ana's ward, he looked around as he entered. Ana who had been abandoned to the room with no medical attention turned to look at the doctor. The doctor stopped in his steps and looked at Ana. He was just an arm stretched away from Ana's bed. "What is wrong with me?" Ana asked in a low voice. "Since I was brought here, no one had come into this room to attend to me aside from a woman who brought me food. What is happening?" she asked. The doctor stood there looking at her. Something broke inside him hearing Ana's voice with the look in her innocent eyes. He walked towards Ana's bed and examined her. Her pulse was weak. He pressed the bell and other medical doctors entered. "Quickly put on the machines," the head d
The head doctor looked away unable to watch the scene. He had come intending to carry out Mr Scott, Aiden's father's instructions but he couldn't. That innocent look in the eyes of Ana broke something in him. He wished he had taken better care of Ana. "Ana, please don't leave me," Aiden whispered on her lips and his tears fell on Ana."Aiden," Ana whispered and her eyes opened. The heart monitor which had flat-lined picked a beat."She is back," the nurse who was about to put off the heart monitor shouted. The doctor quickly got closer, helped Aiden to the wheelchair and attended Ana. He opened her eyes and flashed the light in her eyes. They started putting the machines back on and placing an oxygen mask on her. The lab technician walked in with part of the lab results unaware of what had transpired earlier. He handed it over to the doctor. "Get me blood from the blood bank," the head doctor said after going through the lab results the lab technician had brought, informing him the
"Marcus is walking free. Marcus came for her," Aiden thought. "Aiden, did you hear what I said?" Ruth said seeing Aiden was silent."I did. Let the police handle that," Aiden replied. "She will come for you. So it would help if you were careful," Ruth said. "I will be fine," Aiden stated.Ruth stayed around for a while and left for work. Aiden dialled Dr Jerome's number and brought the phone to his ears. "Hello Mr Scott," came Dr Jerome's voice. "Hello Dr Jerome," Aiden responded and informed Dr Jerome about Ana. Aiden went ahead and gave Dr Jerome details of what transpired the previous day. Once the call ended he called Mr Jayson and confirmed Amanda had escaped. Aiden knew he needed to move Ana. He pressed the bell for a medical attendant."How soon can I go home?" Aiden asked."If not for the wound opening, the possible discharge could have been tomorrow," the doctor said looking at his file. "Make that happen and how is my wife now?" Aiden asked. "She is stable and breathi
"Ana, let's go home, I will explain?" Aiden said feeling it was time she knew she was pregnant, again. "Okay, Mr Scott, please don't do any heavy lifting and no pressure on the wound. It is still healing," the head doctor said and Aiden nodded walking Ana out of the hospital. Outside the hospital premises, Aiden was expecting to see Lewis, since Ruth had an important morning schedule meeting, Mr Scott would be at work and Mrs Scott had told him she was feeling a little sick probably because she was not getting enough rest, but outside was the entire family. "You think, we will let you do this all by yourself? We are family and family sticks together," Mr Scott said and walked towards Aiden. Aiden had his arms wrapped around Ana and didn't know how to take his hands off with his entire family staring at him. "Son, I meant it when I said we should start afresh as a family. I have forced my will on you in the past and only realized how selfish I was. Your wife is welcome to stay wi
"You are an evil genius," Mrs Scott said and kissed her husband. "An evil genius with a costume," Mr Scott said with a smile and made love to his wife. The next day, Aiden got up early and after taking a shower dressed up for work. He was putting on his tie when Ana woke up. She got down from the bed and came to help Aiden with the tie. Aiden's eyes shifted to her finger and her ring was missing. "What happened to your ring?" Aiden asked. "Ms Thatcher took it," Ana replied. "I will get you a new one on my way home," Aiden said and planted a kiss on her lips. "I wish I could take you back to my place on the hills but considering what happened there and with Amanda on the loose, I feel it is best you stay here. I don't plan on staying here for long. We will move out soon," Aiden said and Ana nodded. "I will get you a new phone on my way back and we will go see Dr Jerome when I return. I will be back home early," Aiden said and Ana nodded. Ana fetched Aiden's jacket and helped him
"Good, we continue tomorrow," Mr Scott said and climbed into bed. In the morning, Aiden took Ana to see Dr Jerome since he could not do so the previous day. On the way to the hospital, he noticed Ana was still not back to her old self. "Hey, are you alright?" Aiden asked and Ana turned to look at him. "Will this baby be alright?" Ana asked. "Yes. We will do everything medically possible. We will have this baby," Aiden assured her. "Aiden. Do you love me, or did you marry me to take responsibility?" Ana asked. "Ana, I married you because I love you and not for any other reason," Aiden replied. "Look, I don't know when and how it happened but that day when I saw you slipping away, I knew I didn't want you to go. I wanted you to be a part of me," he added. "Why did you marry Ms Thatcher?" Ana asked and Aiden frowned at her question. "Did something happen at home?" Aiden asked. "No, I just want to know. I am the third woman you have married," Ana pointed out. "Did anyone say anyt
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