All Chapters of Love Prevails : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The morning arrived quickly. Steven was having the children. It was Christmas. The Saturday, he received a phone call from Chris, Tamara's father, "Steven, since you have been considered family for a while now, I'm going to let you stay in the house until the end of the month, but in the new year you need to be out," he didn't intend on holding a long back and forth conversation."Yes sir," he said in despair. Steven hadn't thought about moving again, and he knew that he could never afford the rental on this property.Later in the morning, he tried contacting Tamara. She eventually answered her phone. "Steven, we are finished. I am finished. Everything I have done has been to my own detriment or demise. I was ousted from the family. I have nothing. We would never have worked. I only fell for you because of Camilla. You were divorced from her because you couldn't help yourself. You love women, Steven. Women and alcohol," she said callously. The realization of her cold-hearted words hi

Camilla was still at Bradford's place. Sitting in the living room, they looked outside the window. The first winter snowflakes had begun to fall. Putting on her black coat and thick red scarf, hat, and gloves, she ran outside into the snow.There was something magical about the snow falling. Camilla loved this time of the year. Everything was crispy white. Bradford looked at her, "Woman, you're crazy. This will be the death of you. Get inside before you get sick," he called out to her.Camilla burst into a bubble of laughter, ran towards him, and grabbed his hand, pulling him outside to enjoy the snow with her. "This is beautiful," she laughed, "don't be dramatic." She ran around as the snow fell, and Bradford chased after her.Looking outside through his window, Grandpa watched as the two acted like young children. He had always loved watching young ones enjoying the snow. It made him reminisce about the times when his late wife and him used to behave like love-fools in the snow. S

As the party came to an end, Camilla was in no rush to go home. Bradford had asked her to stay longer. He had even prepared one of the guest rooms for her to sleep in.Camilla agreed to stay over. After all, she was home alone. "Grandpa," she said, "you're still up? Come sit down, and have a cup of tea with me before we go to rest."She poured Frank Hemmingway a cup of tea and said, "Bradford, come have a cup with us." Bradford smiled and indulged both of them.They sat talking and laughing. "I'm so happy the two of you are together," Frank said.He took both their hands in his and said, "this will be a good year. Bradford, you must treasure this woman always, and you will have a gem for life."Bradford smiled and said, "I plan to grandfather, I plan to."Grandpa stood up and said, "These old bones are getting tired, I shall retire now." Grandpa walked up the stairs, leaving the young couple to their own initiatives.Soon after Grandpa exited, Bradford scurried over to Camilla and sat

The accident on New Year's Day was near fatal for Camilla. She had lost a lot of blood, with extensive internal damages, and she was in a coma. Everyone wanted to wait around, but Bradford assured everyone that the minute he heard anything, he would inform them immediately. They all said goodbye, and, once again, Bradford was left alone.He walked into the room where Camilla lay, lifeless, hooked to various machines. He held her soft, delicate hand and stroked her hair."Babe, you must wake up. Please wake up. I need you. The kids need you. We've only just found each other. I don't want to lose you now. I have so many plans for us," he said softly and tenderly. Tears welled in his eyes. His heart craved to hold her and take her out of the coma.Hours ticked by, and nurses and doctors entered her room to check her vitals. "If only it had been me instead," he thought.Taking a break from her bedside for a few minutes, Bradford went to the men's restroom. On his way back to Camilla, he

While Camilla was still in the hospital, Bradford had organized for their things to be packed up and moved from her place to his. The children's beds, all their toys and clothing, as well as some things of Camilla's. Bradford had also organized for someone to take over the house and pay rental each month. Eliminating any additional stress on Camilla once she got home.Mid-week being a Wednesday, Bradford arranged for Uncle Chris to drop the children off at his place, explaining that the kids and Camilla would be moving in with him. That way, there was more oversight and especially now, while Camilla still had a long recuperation period ahead of her.Later in the afternoon, Bradford received a call from the detective on the case informing him that Jessica had been picked up for questioning. He was informed that should they require further information, they would need him to come down. To which he politely replied that it would not be an issue. He had just wanted this over with.On Frid