“What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you here?” A woman glared at a little girl who was holding onto her leg, the disdain in her eyes was evident. With a sneer, she tries to free herself from the clutch of the child, cruelly kicking her aside. “Get lost brat!” Aiden, upon seeing the actions of his wife immediately rushed over to carry the child sprawled on the ground. “Amelia, how can you be so heartless to our child?”Amelia openly glared at him. “Our child? This brat! Get her out of here, her presence is embarrassing.” She sips from the champagne glass in her hand.There was a party currently happening and everyone was engrossed with the conversations and socializing that no one noticed the pair in a corner. Aiden held his daughter in his arms and looked around, he didn’t want to be present, he felt out of place. “Can we leave now?” He asked with a persuasive tone.“Why should I leave? This is my aunt’s birthday party and if you’ve suddenly forgotten, I seem to be the guest

As soon as he left, the party resumed it’s usual glamour, Aiden was pushed to the back of the minds of everyone, no one really cared about him as there were no benefits attached. As Aiden walked away with nothing but Zia in his arms, no one could tell what he was thinking from his expressionless face, one of his hands were clenched in anger and frustration. Upon arriving outside the venue, he quickly flagged down a taxi wanting to be away from the place immediately. He entered the taxi with his daughter and gave the driver his address. Getting home, he quickly ran a bath for his daughter and soon tucked her in bed. “Daddy,” Zia called out to him with a smile as Aiden tucked her in.“Yes darling.”“Is mummy going to come see me?” she inquired with an hopeful look on her face.“Mummy has to be somewhere else right now but I’m sure she’ll come see you when she returns.” Aiden had no choice but to lie to his daughter seeing the expectant look on her face, he couldn’t bear to crush he

Aiden frowned at her words, but it quickly disappeared before it was seen. It was dark and raining heavily, there was no way he could leave since he didn’t have a car and hasn’t thought of place to stay, there was only one place he could run to but he wasn’t sure if it was still safe. He turned to the patriarch who was still looking in his direction with indifference. “I have to leave right away?” Aiden inquired.The man nodded his head. “The five years are up and from now onwards, you would no longer be a part of our family so it is only right that you leave immediately. I won’t pursue what you did to my grandson.”Aiden felt conflicted. “But it’s late-”“And what does that got to do with us, why don’t you hurry out of here, we don’t have forever.” Ruby, his ex mother in law interrupted him. She couldn’t wait for him to leave.“My mother is right. Could you take your daughter and leave my house, and you must never return here.” Amelia said. “Okay, I hope you don’t regret your ac

The nurse gave him an apologetic look. “I’m so sorry but there’s nothing I can do about it.”“Is this your hospital policy? That anyone who comes here should be refused treatment?” Aiden’s face was expressionless but on the inside he was breaking. He glanced at his daughter who was still unconscious and pale in his arms, clearly she was in a lot of pain. “Please do something, I can foot the bills.” “Are you sure about that?” A familiar person said in a sarcastic tone of voice, Caspian returned with a smirk on his face. “Do you think you’ll be able to pay for your daughter’s treatment now that you have no money?”Aiden was itching to throw a punch at him to wipe the sarcastic smile off his face but he restrained himself. “What did you do?”“Nothing much, just spoke to some people here, that’s all,” Then he burst into laughter. “Do you think I was simply going to let you off after what you did, it’s unfortunate that it’s a little girl’s life that’s on the line now. Tsk.”“I would take

Hours passed and Zia no longer had a fever by the time it was afternoon. She was sleeping peacefully so Aiden was finally relieved, he began to wonder about the woman’s identity and how she was aware of Zia’s illness. After making a lot of guesses, none of them seemed correct so he pushed the matter to the back of his mind. Opening his phone and checking his bank balance, there was just a measly three figure sum left which was only enough to get him and his daughter through one more day. “What do I do?” He placed his hands over his face in contemplation.There was a lot of things he hadn’t put into consideration. He couldn’t get a job without having someone look after Zia and even if he got one, Aiden wasn’t comfortable leaving Zia in the care of others. He had learnt the hard easy from the past and wasn’t willing to repeat the same mistake. He had to find a means to work from home.Like a light bulb brightened in his mind, Aiden grabbed his phone to check the stock market and starte