65.The night didn't go as Macy wanted or as she had planned. Asher was there to check her every move and she realized that Asher didn't mind that she could race at high speeds and that she was wild and she was sure that if Asher didn't mind, even Richard wouldn't.She thought that a family like theirs would want a cultured woman who was modest and not someone like her who was wild and outgoing.But if she had managed to do anything that night, it was to make a new fan in the person of Asher Armstrong.She wondered what to do next and then she had an idea.So, after they were done racing and she even won against Dela who thought she could take Macy's car, she and Asher went back home.She didn't take Dela's car because she realised that she didn't want to make enemies in this sector because she might need them any time.She knew her position wasn't yet guaranteed in the city and she didn't know what Angela's next move would be and so, she couldn't anger Lion or his people and that wa
66. Macy followed the middle aged man outside and he found him smoking a big cigar next to a bin where there wasn’t much light.“I really thought that you were playing with me and wouldn’t come out.But I am glad you did,” the Man said as he took out a clipper and put out the cigar, produced a case and put both the clipper and the cigar inside and then put them back in to the inner pocket of his jacket.“I wouldn’t promise you if I wasn’t to come. And you promised to pay in cash, didn’t you?” Macy asked and the man smiled showing her a wand of cash.“How about we go to a hotel and spend the night? I will pay you double,” he said and Macy pretended to contemplate.At the corner of that street, there was a tall man dressed in all black including the sneakers he was wearing and he was a jar of vinegar.He had hopes that Macy was a girl different from the others because he believed that he was a good judge of people and he wondered how he had been so wrong about her.How come he didn’t
67."Do you know who he is?" Macy asked the woman who was looking on the screen with a surprised expression."Is it him? Is it really him?" She asked Macy.It seemed that she couldn't believe that the man who had made her life a living hell was on the ground being beaten by a girl who looked barely twenty."Yes, it's your scumbag of a husband," Macy answered and the woman on the other side of the screen started laughing."Oh God. Oh God!So such a day was to come?Can I ask a Favour from you?" The other woman asked Macy with a huge grin on her face."Go ahead," can you beat him for all the times he has been hitting me?" She asked and Macy smiled."That's what I have been doing so far," Macy said and kicked the man who had held her leg wanting to stop her."I asked you a question, why haven't you divorced him? Is it because of the children?" Macy asked again and the woman's countenance fell."No. I can take care of my babies well on my own.The problem is that he wouldn't let me.Befor
Macy skipped up to where she had packed her motorbike hitting the left palm of her hand with the bundle of notes she had just taken from that man she had just roughed up.She smiled, sniffed the money, smiled again and then took her keys from her jacket pocket and put the money there.She was so happy that if she had been a little bit more alert, she would have noticed the vinegar jar that was standing just a few meters away from her hiding behind a car looking at her.She revved her motorbike’s engine and drove off after securing her helmet.Richard too took his motorbike after a while as he looked at his phone at the GPRS tracker he had placed on her shoes and followed closely behind.Macy looked at her watch and saw that it was just a few minutes past one in the morning and she shook her head.“Too early,” he said to herself and then stopped at the side of the road.She couldn’t go home as she thought it was too early.She needed Richard to know that she was a riot by getting back
Macy slept in because she didn't have any works scheduled for the day and she had called her manager, who was the same woman managing Angela, and she had been told that there were no jobs or meetings that day.As she was sleeping at around eleven o'clock, her phone rang.Since she wasn't expecting any important calls, she muted it even without looking at the calker ID with her eyes closed.After a while, the phone rang again.She did the same ring but after it rang for the third time, she was pissed and took it from the stand."Damn! Can't people tell when to to stop! Just text!" She cussed as she opened her eyes a slit and then saw who it was.Katina, her new manager."Kat?" She asked."Macy, where are you?" It was Angela and she was shouting."What do you mean where am I and why are you shouting at me?" Macy asked as she sat upritghtThat shout to her ear had jolted her upright."What do you mean?Katina tells me that she had told you that we have a meeting with the sponsors of the
70.Bombalicious continued fussing on Macy as he made sure that she was more than okay."From what young master told me, they called you late hoping that you wouldn't make it or even embarrass yourself, right?" The drag queen asked Macy who was now sitting elegantly on the chair with her dress flowing everywhere.She looked at Richard who pretended that he wasn't there and was busy with Mel but he was keeping an eye and an ear on her at all times."Yeah... Yes. I guess that was the intention," Macy answered and Bombalicious laughed."Don't worry darling.Here, my card.Call me anytime of they dare pull that shit on you again.In fact, I will be your personal beautician and designer from now on.What do you say?" He asked Macy who stood in shock as she looked at the card he was holding.Who was Bombalicious?He was the god of designs and beauty in DC.He was used by the qjo was who and rumour had it that he was so expensive that even some celebrities couldn't afford him.His Facebook,
71.Angela was still talking to the director with a smile on her face because she had won; or so she thought.By now, the waters had been asked to bring in the food and Angela was sure that Macy was a no show.She was surprised when she saw the director not listening to her and stand up with his eyes to the door."Macy? What are you doing here?" Angela forgot where she was and shouted when she saw the woman at the door."Isn't she supposed to be here?" The assistant director asked."Oh, sorry. What I... I mean..." Angela began."Macy darling, welcome.I was sad there for a while because I thought you had ignored my invitation even though it was given very late," the director said as he walked towards Macy and held her hand to help her descend the small flight of stairs to the center of the room."You look gorgeous girl.But why does this style look familiar?It really does...." the woman who was the assistant director said as she looked at Macy who had now stopped and looked at everyo
72. The lunch went well and finally, it was time to go and meet the entertainment journalists who were eagerly waiting.As was given, Angela had already hinted to some of them through the manager that Macy would be missing and they were ready with articles that would be published on social media minutes after the conference ended all directed towards showing the world what a bad and proud actress Macy was.Angela had also made sure to buy a water army that would escalate the story to a point that it would be among the trending topics of that day.So, one can imagine the surprise they received when they saw Macy walk in hand in hand with the man who had played the king in the play.They were talking animatedly and as was given, Angela didn't like it because it should have been her who was where Macy was.She also hated the fact that Macy literally shone throughout the room without any effort because her dress was the most eye catching and the fact that she hadn't worn a lot of makeup
128. By the time Richard and Macy were done with entertaining the guests, time was far much spent.They thus decided to retire to their room and then leave for their honeymoon the next morning. Richard carried Macy across the threshold as was traditionally unacceptable for a groom to let his wife to enter the door walking in her first day as a wedded wife.Macy was so happy that she felt as if whatever she had going through was being compensated. By the time Richard was placing her on the bed that had been decorated with red roses, her ribs were tired from all the laughing.She was happy.She had two children and a man who adored her. She could not ask for more. “Do you want to take a bath first?” Richard asked her after helping her take off the high heeled shoes she had been wearing.“Yes. I will go first,” she told him.“Okay. I will help you prepare the bathtub," he offered."No. That's okay. I want to have a shower because I am tired. I just want to lay down,” she said and he n
127. The moment was intimate and all Richard could see was Macy. He didn't want to think of everyone gathered in the hall because he hated crowds and the reason why he did all this was for her.Another reason he held this wedding on an island was to make sure that not many people attended.The air was charged with excitement as those gathered waited to hear what Richard would say. Some wondered if it would be as heart touching as Macy's or if it would be blunt. As Richard took a deep breath, the crowd fell silent, anticipation hanging in the air. He turned to Macey, her eyes sparkling with joy, and began to speak the words he had carefully crafted in his heart. “Macy,” he started, his voice steady yet brimming with emotion, “from the moment I met you, I knew you were the one I wanted to spend my life with. You are my rock, my confidante, and my greatest adventure. With you, I have found a love that I never knew existed.”Tears glimmered in Macey’s eyes as Richard continued, recountin
126. “Macy, darling, we are so sorry for everything that we did. Please find it in your heart to forgive us," Mrs Phillips said and Macy just stood there both embarrassed and angry.She wondered why they had to make a scene even though she had allowed them in.“We are also thankful that you allowed us to your wedding. Thank you so much darling," her father added.“Just sit and let us continue," Macy said feeling all embarrassed because there were other people in the hall who weren't family and although it wasn't a secret now after the live broadcast of Angela washing her dirty linen in public that these people had neglected their own daughter and nurtured the one who had killed their own son, she wasn't ready to deal with them.This was supposed to be her day and not theirs.“No, darling. We won't sit unless you say that you have forgiven us," her mother, Mrs Phillips, said and she sighed.“You do realise that today is supposed to be about me and not you, right?" Macy asked the two wh
125. Macy couldn't believe that this day was here. All her life ever since she found out that she had slept with a stranger and got pregnant, she never thought that she would ever get a man to love her but here she was.Not only did this man love her but was also the father of her child-ren.She followed Richard's footsteps until they came to the raised dais where her brother, Asher, May, Mel and Jared were standing.For the first time ever, Macy got to see May in a flowing dress.She had always seen May with leather pants or jeans pants and leather jackets. But now, she really looked like a girl.Macy stood on the left side of Richard where she was directed and they faced the people.She hadn't gotten the time to look at this place since they obviously had got there at night and she hadn't gone around since, well, she was getting ready for this.The hall wasn't as big and she even didn't know that they were on an island but she felt the waves hit rocks and she, at first, thought that
124. Life is a blessing and we only have one of it. In this life, we have plenty of challenges and heartbreaking events that we at times feel like we won't be able to move on from but as long as we have theones we love right beside us it makes it all worth it.One of life's gifts is finding someone you can share the rest of your life with, someone who will be there for you through thick and thin and love you for who you arenot what you have.Richard had found such a person who was currently lying in his arms. He wanted nothing more but to spend the rest of his life with this woman and no one else. As he lay on the bed his gaze lingered on Macy with a hard to describe smile on his face. He couldn't believe that he had been this lucky.He also smiled when he remembered when he was drugged by his brother. He almost killed his brother but now, he was happy and he would even reward Asher with the latest Tesla that he had been asking for.They had arrived at his uncle's villa on the Indi
123. “Mom, hurry up, we have to leave," Mel hurried her mother who was still getting ready. It wasn't that Macy wasn't ready it was just that she had just been informed by her man that they were leaving in an hour's time and they were going for a vacation. “What should I carry? Why didn't you tell me at least yesterday and I would have gotten ready!" She had complained wondering where to start. “Don't worry about that. It was a surprise and we already packed for you. All we want is for you to go with us," he has said and the children had beamed. “Yes ma, just wear something and let's leave. This will be my first vacation with my real family," Jared had urged and that was how Macy had found herself getting ready and now, she was wondering what to wear because she had even forgotten to ask where they were going. “Where are we going again? What do I wear?" She shouted from her bedroom and Richard shouted back, “just wear anything. One of those cute dresses of yours.” "Yes mama. The
122. Since Macy said yes to marrying Richard and they got their boy back, Richard had become like Macy's second cloth.He would be wherever she was and if he wasn't lying on her if she was sitting, he would be touching her here and there provided he could feel her.He even spent his days in the studio watching her film but Macy didn't mind although people started talking.For the first time, the mysterious first son of the Armstrong family started showing up in public.This clingy behaviour went on for a month though it wasn't as severe as before. He stopped following a lot but he would casually send cute texts and pictures whenever they were apart.All of a sudden, the ice cube who had no social media accounts created them and shared with the world that he was the happiest man alive.His IG moments were always filled with things like 'My Beautiful fiancè made me breakfast today #inlove' followed by a picture. Sometimes it was random pictures of Macy doing the most regular of things
121. Did you guys hear? The dark angel was finally picked up by the police.For real? Where? I wish I was there and I would have thrown the first stone.Bitch doesn't deserve jail. She deserves hell.I pity the women she will share a cell with. She might off them.Some people like her deserve Azkaban.Oh, only if Harry Potter wasn't fictional.This one doesn't deserve death. Let her suffer in jail for years and years.Lawwd! Why am I not the judge.Guys, y'all here talking about the dark angel and none of you pities the girl whose life she destroyed.Upstairs. You forgot her husband. Poor fella.If he needs a wife, yours truly is here.Upstairs… *laugh emoji* keep dreaming. If I were him, I would be running at the sight of women. Baaaad news! Upstairs: *gun emoji* *grenade emoji*Those and more were the snippets of conversation going on in the new account someone opened on Facebook dedicated solely to bashing Angela.She had been picked by the police the day after Doctor Maxwell con
"A wedding?" Ash asked, low-set ginger brows furrowing even deeper."Why so fast?" He shouted this time."A wedding," Richard said with a slow grin,and a collective set of gasps filled theair. "I'm gonna marry her on the thirtyfirst this month. I want to belong to her, legally. I want to say those vows you see in movies, to give her not just my mind and body and heart, but the very essence of my soul. I want to give it all since I'm in this relationship for the forever haul.""Er, a-a-actually, uh," Kyle stammered, looking flustered, "well, um... y-yeah,we could do that. But don't you think that we could give my sister some time to prepare? She is a girl and they tend to want everything to be meticulous," he said and they all looked at him.Dinner had been eaten and now, then men were in the pool room playing pool whole the women were somewhete catching up.Richard had just dropped the bomb that he wanted to marry Macy by the end of the month which was like a week and a few day