“I’m so happy mum.” Elena said as she rubbed her Mum’s belly the millionth time. She turned to the man that stood beside her mum.He looked like he was in his early fifties. He looked handsome too. He has light freckles that dotted his nose which spread to his cheeks and under eyes.As he greeted her warmly with a smile, she noticed the wrinkles that appeared at the sides of his eyes.She turned to her mum. Her mum was smiling sweetly at her. She could see how genuine her mum’s smile was. She was glad that her mom could be happy again.“How is that boy friend of yours?” Her mum teased with a knowing smile.Elena could not help the small blush that creeped up her face. She looked away smiling. She turned to stare at Ajax, expecting to see him standing at the last place she saw him. She didn’t see him. Her eyes flickered around , searching for a six foot plus mop headed man.She saw Raphael though. He was eating at a table but she did not spot Ajax.She began searching for a particular
After Gregory ordered that Caroline be taken to be punished, she screamed and fought pleading for help as she wailed loudly trying to get Gregory to forgive her. “Please! I’ll get it back! I promise!” He turned his back on her and Adam as he left. Adam and the other guys held her back despite her thrashing around.Caroline was carried into a building that looked deserted and incomplete. Adam followed the men as he was just supposed to supervise and make sure she was locked up. Even though he did not want to, he had no choice.With tears and an aching heart, Caroline was thrown into a dark room roughly and then the door went shut.She screamed yelling and crying, banging on the door but the footsteps of her captors kept sounding distant till they were out of ear shot, thus , she was left all alone there.She felt an immense hatred and anger grow in her towards Gregory.All she wanted to do was grab his face and smash it on a wall till it was a splatter of bones and lumps of flesh
“Look Caroline.” Gregory started immediately Caroline entered his office. Suddenly, he squeezed his nose as his face morphed into one of disgust. The smell of Caroline had hit him and it smelt so bad.“I’m sorry Caroline.” He continued. “I had no right to lock you up.” He began softly as he came close to her.Despite her smell, he held her close. “I know you probably despise and hate me right now but I am really sorry.” Gregory said.He looked away. “When I ordered you to be locked up, I got busy with work and totally forgot that you were there. I never meant it Caroline.” His voice was thick with emotions. “I never wanted you to be locked up. When I finally had a free time, I wanted to invite you to have lunch with me. I wanted to spend sometime with you but then Adam informed me that I had given an order for you to be locked up. I could not believe I did that. I hated myself when he told me. I could not believe I let you stay in that God forsaken hell of a place Care. I am deeply
It was easy for Caroline to convince Ajax, Elena and Raphael because she meant everything she said. She knew she just had to say the truth and they would believe her. She knew deep down that they did not trust her but she was ready to and going to try her best to make them trust her. She was grateful that they did not send her away. She was also grateful that she was given the chance to prove her self.Lately Caroline had been spending more time with Ajax and his friends. Not just under the disguise of playing spy for Greg but to also stay away from Greg.If it was the former her, she would be feeling super excited that Gregory was showing her the attention and care she had so much craved.Now, it felt like he was suffocating her. She hated him and it was getting difficult by the day to stand in his presence and pretend to like him.Whenever he was free and called for her to come and spend some time with him, she always gave the excuse that she was hanging out with Ajax
“Ajax…” Caroline mumbled, her voice as tiny as a squeak. She was really shocked to see him there.“What are you doing?” Ajax asked with a raised eyebrow, his voice had a hint of annoyance in them as he took a threatening step towards her.“I….” Caroline paused as her eyes flickered around, her heart still beating erratically. “I need to talk to you about something.” She said. There was no time to waste. It was now or never.“You did not answer my question. What are you doing?” Ajax sneered coldly taking another threatening step towards her.“I just got a call from the quarters and they are coming here for you. You need to get out of here as quickly as possible.” Caroline said. Her voice quivering as she looked around suspiciously.“I don’t trust you Caroline.” Ajax said expressing his feelings. His eyes were cold and it sent shivers down Caroline’s spine. She has never seen him looking so cold and scary like this.She took in a deep breath to calm her nervousness and fear before
Raphael had been stuffing his face with food since he got to Elena’s mothers baby shower. He acted like everything was fine, but he was not actually fine.Coming to Elena’s mothers baby shower brought back memories of when his mum was pregnant.No, they were not good memories. They were bad ones that he thought he had gotten over and healed from until now.It happened that when he was younger, his mum was pregnant and little Raphael was very happy that he was finally going to get a baby brother or sister to play with. He was a the only child at the time and was very lonely. He had No one to play with.His mum was usually engrossed in work but she tried her best to give him attention. Her best was never enough as he still felt lonely most times.Raphael had no idea who his dad was but him and his mum lived with one of his mom’s boyfriends.She was pregnant and he was happy for both her and himself.During the his mother’s baby shower, his mum had accidentally slipped in fright
Caroline’s master plan was to throw Ajax over the fence, then she would hop over it and then they would both zoom off with her super speed to a hidden place, but she never envisaged that he would be this heavy. The few times she had had to use the formula of life on her self for the abilities it gave, she had never really used it much. She only used it for strength, fast reflex and speed that it gave.That was why she was shocked when she saw her hands seal itself together at the backyard.Now, Caroline could run super fast with the system formula in her, but she found it extremely difficult trying to run super fast as well as carry Ajax with the system’s strength at the same time.It was weighing her down and she found herself running at a human pace.If per adventure any of Adam’s men went round the house, She would definitely be caught by Adam’s men so she had to be smart.She threw Ajax over the fence, back into the back yard then she jumped over too. She carried him back into
“How… wha… My daughter was taken because of you!” Elena mum yelled as she advanced towards Ajax, murder intent in her misty eyes. “And you were hiding here all these while!”Her husband held her back, stopping her from advancing towards Ajax.“Listen ma’am.” Raphael said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. “We would get your daughter back. Pretty soon. This was all a misunderstanding and… uh… somewhat a prank amongst some group of young adults from our college. Your daughter is fine. I assure you.” Raphael said trying to calm her.He did not wait for a response, he turned to Ajax and Caroline. “Come on. Let’s get goi….”He trailed off as he saw the death glare Ajax was sending Caroline. Just as he was about to take a step to attack Caroline, Raphael ran to stop him.“Ajax! Stop! Not here.” Raphael scolding holding Ajax back as he tried to push Raphael out to get to Caroline. “Ajax, If you respect Elena, you would take this outside and go back to our hou