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Chapter 11: At All Cost

Sixteen Years Later The hall was filled with people, people of high class, sophisticated bourgeoisies. Everyone wore a happy face now and then, a little smile to greet the person next to them. Even if it wearies them, they had to keep that attitude so they don’t look odd. By the telling of their clothes, you would know they are people who would never come across on the streets. Even the smell of them screamed affluence. And if you look closely, you could tell that there were classes higher than some. You could see the expression on everybody’s face. You could tell when someone is being looked up to and taken in awe. And you can tell when another person is being looked down on. That’s the difference, the difference in class. “I have been searching with my eyes and I am yet to find my daughter”. Fabian said. He was hugging the hand of a woman. And she was clinging to him as well. Katherine, once his mistress, now his wife. She has been by his side as his wife for sixteen years. They
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Chapter 12: Sweet Little Girl Has Turned Cold

“What the fuck?” A redhead yelled with her eyes wide opened staring at the screen of her phone. She threw it on the floor fuming. “How could he decide such a thing without my knowledge? I’m going to fucking ruin this shit”. She said clasping her hand together as if warming up for a fight. “Babes, you should calm down. Your old man certainly mean well for you. He made it clear it’s for business. You won’t be tied up with the Gullivan guy for long”. A young man who looked like he was in his early twenties said. He had really dark brown hair and a sharp pointed nose. His blue eyes will make you feel like you are watching the sea. The sharp cut around his jawline was the only thing that made his face look less prettier than a girl’s. “You should not have asked me to check it out now. I think I’ve lost interest and can’t go dirty with you tonight”. Aria said to him. He looked at her in surprise. “I’ll put you in the mood”. He said. That was not what he planned to say, but he felt like
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I Don't Like Her

Flashback“Daddy said you are my mommy? Mommy did you change your face?” Little Aria asked Katherine who was busy caressing the flowers as that’s the only thing she seems to do when she is not in her room. Katherine turned to look at Aria who is dressed in yellow. The little girl seemed curious and was anticipating for Katherine’s reply. Instead of answering Aria’s question first, Katherine started with a drama. She touched her face as if in a frenzy. Then she grabbed Aria with her and went back inside. There’s a full length mirror just when you enter into the foyer. She stood with Aria in front of the mirror. Then she asked Aria if she looks like her mother. Aria was quiet. She just looked at the mirror blankly with no reaction. She had no idea what to do. She was just four. “Tell me, do I look like your slut of a mother?” Katherine said yet again. This time Aria looked up at Katherine’s face. “You are not my mommy”. Little Aria muttered with tears filled in her eyes. Katherine
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You Can Say That Again

Fabian opened his mouth to say something, but words failed to leave his mouth. He wanted so bad to yell at Katherine and tell her not to intrude whenever he is talking to Aria and that he will try to handle his daughter himself. But he could not. Instead he told Katherine that Aria has run away again. “She will come back. This is her usual routine. Just block her cards and you will see her come back”. Katherine said. Fabian shook his head. A few days ago and some years back, Fabian would gladly take this advice and do what Katherine said. But now he can no longer bring himself to do that. “Do you know why I talked about her marriage in the anniversary? It’s so that my daughter would come home and talk to me. I would not allow Aria a marriage that will make her hate me more than she already does”. Fabian said. “No reasonable child will hate her father after everything you’ve done for her. Well, that’s one rebellious child. At least you have our son Brandon”. Katherine said. Fabian b
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Greek God

The man screamed and punched Aria across the face. She spat out blood and a smirk appeared on her face. The man was wearing a ring, and her had bruised her cheek with it. The blood that came out with her spat was as a result of her biting her mouth when the man punched her. Ashley seemed to have noticed what was going on. So she rushed over to try to calm the man down. He was a customer and they need not offend him. Ashley tried to hold him back while pleading to forget Aria. She signalled for Aria to leave at that moment. But Aria remained seated. She mouthed a “go” at Aria, still Aria stayed there. Aria bowed her head for a second. Then she stood up from the sofa. Ashley breathed in relief thinking Aria was leaving, but she had no idea what Aria was going to do next. Aria walked to the table next to them. She winked at the group seated there as she picked a bottle filled vodka. With the bottle of drink in her hand, she walked back to the man, opened the bottle and emptied the dri
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Take Me To Church Or Hell

Kelvin has just gotten out of the police station. He stood by his car for a while as he wondered if that young woman was actually Aria Harts. She is one person he could never forget. They were kids. And if he could remember vividly, she must have been four if not five. He remembered that little girl that was all over him. He tried to compare her to the woman who had emotionlessly broke a bottle on a man’s head in the club. They were not the same people. They only have the same name. Perhaps, another Aria Harts does exist. But still, he could not stop wondering. He recalled that they stopped visiting all of a sudden. And that his mother told him that Aria was on a vacation and so they could not come. But growing up, he learnt that the father had divorced Aria’s mother the mother’s infidelity. And that the father was married to another woman. But whatsoever had followed, he had no idea of. He even heard his mother mentioned to his father a few years ago that she was worried for her fr
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Strangers Are Better

Aria saw that he was serious about it. She didn’t want to feel like she does not have things in control. She did not want to look beggarly, so she got out of the car and watched as Kelvin drove off without her. “Fuck you!” She cussed at the disappearing car before muttering under her breath that he was handsome. Then she looked from her left to her right wondering where to go. She felt lost but decided to keep walking. She took the same side the car went. “I can’t believed I called him Kelvin just because that was the only name on my lips”. Aria said laughing mockingly at herself. Just then she saw a white light from afar. She tried to cover her eyes to shield it from the blinding light. But immediately removed her hand and started cussing at the driver. The car stopped by Aria’s side. It was Kelvin. He wind down the glass and told Aria to get in. Aria bit her lips, she looked around and then muttered something under her breath before entering inside the car. “I will drop you o
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Aiming For The Meat

Kelvin returned to the room only to find Aria fast asleep. She looked innocent in her sleep, like she could never hurt a fly. He watched her for a while and the thoughts that came to his mind was what could have caused an innocent little girl to grow up into a thorn. He covered her up with a blanket, but she tossed it away and mumbled something like, “call mommy”. Kelvin sighed. He could not tell if he heard properly. All he did was try to cover her up again with the blanket hoping she won’t kick it off again. But she did the same. He decided to let her be. All he did was regulate the temperature in the room that he felt would be suitable for her. After which he walked out of the room leaving Aria alone. He ate his food and slept in his living room. That was the sacrifice he had to make for his childhood friend. The following morning, Kelvin woke up to a call from his mother, Diana. He picked it up with a frown on his face. He answered the phone mumbling a good morning to his mothe
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Pay His Hospital Bills And That Of His Funeral

“You are no fun Mr”. Aria said scoffing. She turned around with her arms folded below her bosom as if to support it from falling off, even though it was barely evident.She found her way into his kitchen and started ransacking his fridge and every single cupboard. Then she turned to Kelvin who was now standing at the door of the kitchen. She pouted at him and asked him to come make something for her to eat and that she was hungry. “I can’t seem to figure out what to do with the things in your cupboard. Can you make me breakfast?” Aria said. “No! It’s time for you to leave?” Kelvin said to her. But Aria was stubborn. She told him she could not remember them, signing an agreement that she was supposed to leave his house the following day. “I’ll call the police if you refuse to leave”. Kelvin said to her. She chuckled as though she found his joke funny where he did not make one. “Chill okay! I ran the fuck away from home. This is the only place I can be infor now that the body guards
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Theresa Harts

Fabian paced up and down his eyes were visibly red. Aria was not back and it bothered him. Last night when Katherine asked him to block Aria’s accounts, he didn’t do that because she had stopped depending on whatever he puts into her account. She was rebelling and he saw that.He could not understand how the police was yet to trace a girl like Aria. She was never good at hiding well. They’ve replaced the punctured tyres and his men have all gone out in search of Aria, but are yet to give him any news aside from the fact that she has caused trouble in a club. And that was something they already knew from the night. “Honey, this won’t help your health. Why don’t you sit down and wait. Aria’s wild, you know that. Besides she’s no longer a teenager”. Katherine said to Fabian hoping to calm his nerves. She hated that her husband was worried about his daughter. She would prefer he does not care whether or not Aria returns. After all, her son, Mycroft is the heir of the Harts. Fabian looke
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