Doris froze in her steps as Alan snatched a gun from the police officer in front of him and aimed it at her. She knew she was supposed to run, or at least move out of the way but she couldn't.Fear crept into her mind and drilled her to the spot she stood. From the corner of her eyes, she noticed Nathan running towards her but before she could warn him, it was too late. She heard the loud bang of the gunshot and Nathan was bleeding terribly. She watched in horror as her husband fell to the ground and soon he was covered in a pool of blood."No, no, please stay with me." She felt horrible and her entire body was trembling badly.Her mother amd cousins ran inside but Owen and her father stayed, but neither of them moved to where they were. The police officers tackled Alan to the ground and hurriedly cuffed him.Granny Castiel rushed to them and pressed her slim hands hands on Nathan's wound… not that her small hands could do anything. "I already called the ambulance and they're on thei

Doris didn't go back to the mansion since Nathan was taken to the hospital, instead she stayed by his side, not leaving for a second.Back at the mansion, things had been awkward, granny Castiel had been hostile towards everyone, one would think that it was her son who got shot.Anne looked like she was weighed down by the incident, but her concern was more on Doris than Nathan. No matter how much the girls fought, Anne was still worrying about Doris. The others acted like nothing had happened at all, except Owen who tried dramatically to impress their grandmother.With only three days after Nathan was hospitalized, Granny Castiel sued Alan to court, despite all the pleas she got from Alan's mother and grandmother. She was willing to drop all the charges against him for old time's sake. She had been friends with his grandmother for years and she was willing to let go of all the hard feelings for friendship sake. But then, Alan did the unforgivable by almost claiming Nathan's life.★★★

In life, it is said that you can learn to grow stronger in any storm, you can learn how to turn disadvantage into advantage, and that will be your 'turning straw into gold' moment. But it was challenging, so very challenging. Doris had no idea how she was supposed to do that, she didn't even know where she could start from. Her mornings were filled with tears from watching her husband that had been put on life support, and her evenings were crying herself to sleep, praying for a miracle to happen.She knew she was supposed to be stromg, for him, for their son, for their family but…it was unbelievably difficult. Seeing someone you love dearly in a difficult situation was bound to break you.That day was no different, she had woken up early, and after checking on her husband, she then proceeded in counting the hours until nightfall.The only difference this day had was rain.The downpour was so heavy that to be caught unawares in it meant being drenched to the skin. Each drop was as la

FLASHBACK.Doris and Nathan decided to spend their anniversary at Larry's meat shack, the place they shared their very first kiss together. As weird as the name might sound, Larry's meat shack was not a place where a bunch weirdos sell meat. In fact, their menu barely had meat in it.Larry's restaurant rose to fame when his famous rib steak became…well…famous. People from all over town came over to have some of his steak and in no time, he had made a name for himself. Doris wanted to look her best to impress Nathan, although she knew that whatever she wore didn't matter, his compliments were always the same. "It doesn't matter what you wear, you're gorgeous all the time." Still, she wanted to make an impression.She decided she was going to wear her favourite outfit, a royal blue dress that was flair from the waist down. It reached just above her knees and the reason she loved it so much was because of the beautiful pink bow that was used to adorn the waist line.Like her mother alw

"Well, how does it feel to be back home?" Doris asked Nathan who was examining the living room like it was a strange place."It feels…good. Feels like I haven't been here in years." He took a seat on the sofa, still looking around the place he had gotten used to."I'm not the one who was hospitalized but I kinda feel that way too." Doris said as she joined him."Yeah well that's probably because you barely came home at all.""I couldn't bear to leave you alone." She said simply as she stared into his pale blue eyes that always seemed to make her toes curl."I'm really sorry you went through so much because of me.""I'm the one who should be apologizing, it should have been me and not you.""I'm glad it was me. I don't know what I would have done if something bad had happened to you." It was true. Nathan would have lost it if Doris was the one who got shot, he probably would have killed Alan with his bare hands."I'm just really glad you're okay.""Me too."★★★Doris marched down to Ra