Madison found it difficult to control the smile that formed on her face, as she walked out the doors of the bakery and began to head home. Work today had been great as there hadn't been a lot to do today, and she had also been commended by her supervisor. Madison knew that this meant something good. It meant she was doing her job well, and also it meant that there was hope. Hope for longer retainment, hope for a… promotion. Of course she didn't say this out to anybody, but still she was so proud of herself for getting this far.A month ago, coupled with all she had been through she wouldn't have believed it if someone told her that she would have been at this point now, but here she was, with a stable income. A few more months and she might even be moving out of her dingy apartment, to a better place provided she saved well and it was nothing short of unreal. Well, regardless of anything Madison was determined to keep moving like this. So she decided she would encourage herself in
“Hello Madison Connor.”Madison nearly dropped her phone in shock at the sound of that all too familiar voice, she just heard. Shakily, she moved her phone from her ear to check if she had dialed the wrong number, but sure enough, Alvarez's name on the screen stared right back at her, and she swallowed a heavy lump.She placed the phone back on her ear and tightened her hold on the cell, at the same time fuming with an unexplainable anger. Why would Damien pick up Alvarez's phone? Obviously he knew she was the one calling, since her name must have flashed on the screen so why? It was bad enough that he had humiliated her publicly. He had sent her out of his club, and he had even ignored all her plea letters completely, but now he was picking up Alvarez's call? This was the height of it all, Madison told herself shutting her eyes, with her jaw ticking as she reminded herself of what was important at the moment.Trying so hard to control herself, Madison swallowed, and then said, “W
Damien ignored the greetings of all his employees as he walked through the building and into his office. He had been in a sour mood all night, up till this morning. Right from when he had woke up, to the shower and even when he had dressed up he had just been angry, and right now the last thing he needed was another reason for his fury to escalate.Fuming, he dropped his briefcase carelessly on the desk as he got into his office, and then he plopped down on a chair. He had a lot of work to do so he really needed to get on with it, but as he turned on the computer and began to tap away, he found out that he just couldn’t concentrate. His mind kept wandering, and he kept raking his hand in his hair.Muttering a curse under his breath, Damien shut the computer and leaned back into the chair. He could not bring himself to stop thinking about last night. The call with Madison, the way she had lashed out at him, and no matter how hard he tried to get himself to stop thinking, it wasn't
Today was the day Damien had been waiting on for about a week now. It was the day he would finally acquire the properties he longed for. Not for his personal gain, but a step closer in his revenge plan on the Connors, and it was safe to say that he was pretty excited about it. Which of course explained why he was taking his time to get ready today. He took his time to pick out an outfit, took his time to get ready in the bathroom, took his time to decide what to have for breakfast, amongst other things.Damien rarely had breakfast in the mornings before leaving for work. Most times he would just get something at a restaurant on his way to work, or he would skip it entirely and have a filling lunch, but he was feeling good so he decided he would today. He had already called his secretary to move any other meetings he had today and reserve the morning for his meeting with only Mr Paul, his lawyer. Smiling to himself, Damien put his briefcase down and sat at the dining table to have b
Madison wrapped her blanket tighter around her as a light wind blew through her window. Her teeth chattered as she pulled the blanket over her and slowly got to her feet. She winced in pain from the ache in her joints as she quickly shut her window to stop some of the air from coming in. When she was done with that, she wobbled into the kitchen to find something to eat, as it was already quite late, and almost time to take the third dose of her medicine. Thankfully she had some leftover pasta from the day before, and this would be sufficient for her to take her drugs. Madison felt so terrible. She rarely fell sick, but whenever she did it was always bad, and now she had a feeling she had come down with the regular flu. Her temperature had skyrocketed, and her joints were aching so much that she had to take a sick leave for a few days. She had been scared to do so at first because she didn't want anything that would put her job at risk, but her colleagues had advised her to go ahe
Damien's hands on the steering wheel tightened as he stepped harder on the gas. He was driving to Katherine's house already and he was still quite furious. What right did she think she had that she would dare divert his letters? He was so pissed off that he forgot about the fact that he had been working for almost twelve hours, straight and he had been tired. He forgot about the fact that ten minutes ago he was fatigued and hungry due to the lack of sleep and what he needed at the moment was a good rest, but this revelation had made him forget about all of that. As he made a turn in the road his mind went back to Alvarez's words. If Alvarez had not made that joke he would never have guessed, and it all made so much sense. Damien hissed, anger rushing through him. All this time, Madison had been angry with him for something he had no idea about, and he thought her reaction had been unprovoked. For her to reach out to him… it had to mean something.Finally he reached Katherine's hou
up with a start. She sighed deeply, rubbing her forehead as she tried to locate her phone. Partly because it was ringing, but also because she felt terrible for probably awakening her neighbors from how loud the shrill sound was. Madison still felt a little bit sick although she was better than before, and this was the first night she was finally able to get some sleep without coughing or sneezing through the night and it had felt nice, until her freaking phone had started ringing and she hissed again.Turning over on the bed, Madison picked up her phone and sitting up on her small bed, she peered at the screen to see the caller ID. The energy she had just exerted made her groan in pain, clearly she still wasn't as healthy as she should be and she also felt groggy from awakening so suddenly.She frowned when she saw that it was an unknown number. She stared at the number on the screen trying to see if she could recognize it from somewhere, but the more she looked at the number, th
Madison exhaled slowly, raking her fingers through her hair in exhaustion. She stifled a yawn that threatened to escape her lips by covering it with her fist, and then she sighed deeply. She wasn't sure why she had awakened all of a sudden, but it didn't put her at ease. The last thing she wanted to do was think. She just wanted to have a long sleep… long enough to drown out all those thoughts, but now she couldn't go back to sleep. No matter how hard she tried to, her mind kept going back to the call with Damien. To say she was in shock would be an understatement. Madison wasn't even sure how she felt about all of it. The things he had said, the way he was acting… she didn't know what to make of it. From his apology, the things he had said to her, and for the first time since she had met him again, he had spoken to her without a trace of anger in his voice. He even seemed genuine, and to Madison, that wasn't something she could believe all of a sudden. It was still quite stran