Wayne scratched his head at the intense gaze she was giving him. It was like she wanted to look into his soul. "It’s the left over money from what my friend borrowed me.""Are you serious?" Loretta scoffed in disbelief. "You borrowed money to do all this?"Wayne nodded."So why happens if you're unable to pay back?"Wayne sighed, placing both arms on her shoulders. "Now worries, wifey. Mark is a very good friend of mine."Loretta shook her head, still finding it all hard to take in. But as she looked around she had to convince herself that it was true."Excuse me." Wayne excused himself to go pick a call and Loretta picked up a ceramic pack of new plates to admire it."It's so pretty, right? My Daddy is the best!" Loretta heard her daughter's voice."Who's Elsa speaking to?" She hurried to the restaurant to meet her daughter laughing with a tall man with green eyes and jet black hair.Loretta found him familiar but she couldn't place it."Elsa?""Mummy!" The man looked up when Elsa r
And Leslie clenched her fists.Wayne started walking away when he stopped to look Leslie in the eye, sending her a warning her not to do anything funny."Hmph. I can’t believe this bullshit, Aleena." The most outspoken of them, Janet Rogers spoke up. "How could your live-in son in law address you so casually and non-chalantly? Aren’t you giving him enough chores to do?""Yeah. Please tell us. The haughty look in his eyes sent a shiver down my spine. He seems like a criminal to me. How could you live with such a person?" Another woman spoke up.Aleena’s face turned red in embarrassment."True. You always brag to have power over the entire Moore family, but what is this?”“A miserable son in law walked past you without greeting properly and you're letting him go?" Leslie snickered. "Aren't you going to discipline them? Is this how lax the Moore family is?"Aleena's face turned red from all the insults and snickers of disgust.It was all that bastard's fault.If he hasn't come in at this
Sunday morning. . .The Moore family had to attend a baby shower thrown by the Castor Family. The wife of the first son, Wendy had given birth to a baby boy, so the party was sure to be extravagant and luxurious.Wayne didn't want to attend, but he had no choice because Wendy was Loretta's friend and it wouldn't be nice not to meet and congratulate her.Gary refused to allow them get in the official Moore family limousine, so Wayne had to take his rickety car along.Even though Loretta's ticket was VIP, Anna took it from her and handed her some normal backseat invitation, in her words she didn't want to be associated with people like Wayne and since he was going with her, it was best they stay far apart.Wayne only snickered at her reason, ushering his wife and daughter into his car.He got to the VelCrik Hotels, making his way to the parking lot. Several luxurious cars lined up the place that even he felt a bit overwhelmed.It was like the Castors invited an arrays of wealthy people.
Loretta woke up the next morning, meeting Elsa on the bed alone. She quickly glanced around the small room, he wasn’t anywhere.A small possibly at at the back og her mind that he’d left again. She rushed top the wardrobe and sighed in relief when she saw his big black bag and his suitcase.There was a big black bag beside his suitcase which wasn’t there when he arrived yesterday, could Wayne have put the bag here?She ran her ahnds along the tips. It was made of real leather and was probabaly very expensive. It was the sort of bag people ususalyy to carry lots of cash.Just as she was about to open the bag, Elsa called out to her and she stepped back to kiss her daughter good morning.“Where’s Daddy?” Elsa looked around in surprise.“I- He stepped out for a moment, dear. Let’s get you ready for scholl, baby.”“Yay! I love going to school!” Elsa ran into the bathroom and Loretta laughed. “Is it cause you wanted to get 1st position from Charlie?”Charlie was Elsa’s best friend, he was
Wayne turned to face Fedora, hands in his pocket. "What clothes was I wearing when you saw me stealing your box?""I. Huh." She cleared her throat. "A b. . .black hoodie and trousers."Wayne's hot gaze burned into her eyes."Really?" He took a few intimidating steps forward, pinning her with a fierce malicious gaze.Having trained in Martial arts, he'd developed an intimidating aura that could frighten anyone he focused on.Fedora was beginning to fumble under the pressure. "Mum, I'm not l. . .lying. I saw him with the box. Please believe me!""What the hell are you doing to my daughter, you freak? You took the box out of this room, didn't you?" Aleena jumped on Wayne's throat immediately. "Don't you dare deny that hid it in that black bag that was in your wardrobe!"But Wayne's gaze didn't leave Fedora's face. "I can assure you that the jewelry box is still in this room. Your daughter hid it just to frame me!"Fedora flinched in fear at the deep baritone of Wayne's voice. He sounded
"Daddy, please put me down." Elsa muttered.She got down and ran to the door. "Mummy, I want to go play with Dennis downstairs.""Alright, baby. Were coming down soon." Loretta rubbed Elsa's hair and let her out.Wayne was still staring down at his phone, his fingers were hovering over the 'read' button.What he was about to discover would be a turning point in his life. Either to strengthen his plans or turn his life into a nightmare.As he was about to open the email notification, the door swung open and three people burst in.Anna, Gary and his wife, Aleena.Loretta frowned deeply, placing her arms akimbo. “Aunt, don't tell me you had to involve Grandma in what just happened? Aren't you supposed to be scolding your daughter for what she did?”Aleena gave out a loud hiss and scoffed. “Keep your opinion to yourself, Loretta. I don't need you to tell me how to raise my daughter. Face your thief of a husband!”“Aunt, I won’t tolerate you calling my husband a thief.” Loretta insisted. “Y
Wayne's face turned deathly pale and the phone dropped to the floor immediately.He clenched his fists so hard than he ever had.His heart was racing so hard and he was beginning to feel hot under his clothes.How could Simon not be his father?Could there have been a mistake in the readings?He trusted Mark must have carried out the job religiously well.Was he really not a Costa?“Wayne? Are you okay?” Loretta noted the drain of colour from his face.He stared down at her and swallowed hard."I. . . I'm-" For the first time, the Almighty Wayne Costa stuttered.He was really shaken.As he was thinking of what to say, Aleena picked his phone from the floor. “What the hell is wrong with you? Why did you suddenly look so pale?”“Paternity results?”Wayne looked up when she gasped. “Give that back!” A muscle ticked in his jaw.But before he could reach her, Gary had snatched the phone and had a look at the screen. “You had a DNA test with Simon Costa?” He faced his mother in shock.“Wha
Heavy tension hung in the air when Aleena finally left.Wayne turned to face Loretta. “Loretta, please don’t be mad, there's a reason why I can't say what happened on the 5th of November.”“It’s okay, Wayne. I totally understand you.” She muttered, looking straight into his eyes.Instead of the helplessness she saw earlier, she saw determination and anger.Loretta raised her hands to his cheeks. “What-?” She wanted to ask, but Elsa rushed in.“Daddy, Mummy, what’re you doing?”The both of them sprung apart to face their daughter at the door.She thought they were in an embrace when she dashed in.Loretta was still in a daze. “Baby, what’re you doing here?”“I’m gonna be late for school, Mummy! You and Daddy can hug later!” Elsa whined.She rushed in to grab both their hands and pulled them out.Wayne only smiled and followed his daughter’s lead.When they got to the car, he sent a quck message to Mark before pulling out of the garage, on the way to the Kindergarten..“How the hell di