Twenty Eight Years AgoA woman in her mid-twenties ran gracefully in the hallway, holding onto her long gown to save her from falling on the titled ground. Her hair followed the rhythm of the breeze as her ocean eyes sparkled each time a smile crept on her face. She descended the grand stairs, heading towards the sitting room where she knew her father would be."Father." She called as she hastily ran to the sitting room, halting in front of the door while she peeped through the slightly opened door and found her father conversing with a foreign man about something she didn't know as they spoke in a foreign language.She placed her hand on her chest and felt her heartbeat accelerating. "I need to tell him about it, once and for all." She muttered under her breath. After waiting for some minutes, she peeped again and found her father waving goodbye to the foreigner. "It's time." She said her voice barely above a whisper.Once her father was seated, she gently opened the oak door, tipto
Twenty Eight Years Ago "James is a farmer," Grace said with a shaky voice.Her father's response wasn't surprising as she knew he'd yell at her. The man was confused at first, thinking his daughter was playing games with him like she always did but Grace assured him that she wasn't playing games with him this time and should take her words seriously since it's about her life and who she was going to be committed to."Pttf!" He scoffed. "Nonsense!" The man yelled, hitting his fist on the armrest."Father, this is about the person I want to get married to. James is a farmer but he's well-to-do. I'm sure you'll like him....""...shut the hell up, Grace." Her father injected in fury. "Can you hear yourself and the nonsense you're saying?"Grace heaved a sigh of frustration. Her father wasn't making things easy. She wanted to choose who she wanted to be with and not her father doing the reverse. Her sisters' relationship is all messed up because they don't understand the kind of suitors t
Twenty Eight Years Ago The chairman was alone the the sitting room thinking about the encounter he had with his daughter. He started regretting in an instant why he raised his voice at her as that was the first time he had done that since she was born."Hope she hasn't done something stupid." He massaged his scalp, running his finger through his hair as he stood up, exiting the sitting room and heading for his daughter's room when a servant ran hastily to him."Sir, sir." The servant said as she fell on her knees, panting.The chairman was startled. "What's the matter?" For some reason, he thought about the possibilities of the issue being related to his daughter as she didn't leave his presence with a happy state and the servants must have been shocked to see their young mistress in distress as she always kept a happy face even when she was offended but this time was different, she was pained."Sir, the young mistress is about to commit suicide." The servant broke into tears after s
Twenty Eight Years AgoThe next day approached fast as Grace got ready to meet with the acclaimed foreigner that her father wanted her to get married to. She got dressed in a fancy blue dress that radiated and matched the color of her eyes and styled her hair perfectly. She was satisfied with her appearance and headed to where the visitors awaited.She stood in front of the large oak door and took some deep breaths before pushing it open, making her presence known to them.Her father had a warm smile on his face as he was seated on the swivel chair while the foreigner and his father sat opposite her father. The chairman gestured for her to come stand beside him as he introduced her to them."This is Grace, my last daughter." He said with a warm smile as Grace gave a curtsey to the duo."It's a pleasure to meet you sir and same goes for your son." She said, forcing a smile to look neutral and not spoil things for her father."The pleasure is all mine." Said a man with dark red hair as
"I'm in love with someone else. I don't think it's going to work out for the both of us." Grace said clenching her fist in nervousness.She tried as much as possible to her revelation sound convincing but Wilfred was about to blow up."What did you say?" Wilfred asked raising his brow as he pinched the space between his brows, giving her a questioning look.Grace wasn't expecting that kind of reaction at least not from a person that looks responsible. "What I'm saying is that I have someone I like...like or should I say, love. So please I don't want to lead you on or throw advances."Her explanation drove him nuts as he furiously stood up from the swing. "Are you fucking kidding me?""No, I'm stating the fact. And you should be grateful." Grace retorted, her voice calm yet firm as she didn't want to be angered by the furious looking man even though her revelation came too sudden or was like a devastating news to him, she wanted to at least put herself in his shoes before acting up."I
Twenty Eight Years AgoChairman Conrad apologized to Wilfred and his father before they left, as they canceled any plans they had to marry Grace to the Chairman's annoyance. Grace waited for him in his study as she went through some inventory books until her father came in sighing.Seeing his daughter reading peacefully as if nothing happened earlier baffled him and he wouldn't take that. He walked up to where she was seated and tapped her shoulder gently."Meet me at the sitting room." He said before leaving.Grace raised her brows in confusion. "Well, I'll have to read this later then." She said before closing the book and putting it back on the shelf then she headed out to meet up with her father in the sitting room.On getting there she heard voices. Her sisters were present and her father was sitting in the head chair."What are they doing here when they should be tending to their various families?" Grace muttered under her breath as she took a deep breath knowing fully well they
The old man had to cut the long story short as he placed the cigarette on the ashtray so as not to bore Coldie anymore with his past stories. "I knew I was kind of harsh and brutal for not giving her a chance to prove herself." He said with tears falling down his cheeks."Sir, you gave her a chance. She was just being stubborn. I was there that day, she chose him over the family, and if she hadn't done that she might still be alive." Coldie said, trying to comfort the man.Chairman Conrad was dazed by Coldie's words. "I haven't seen you say this much but I appreciate that." Coldie bowed. "Anything for you sir.""Have a good night's rest. Tomorrow is a long day and we have to find out about the imposter secret cult." Chairman Conrad winked at Coldie before waving his hands, gesturing him to leave and the latter bowed before leaving the old man all alone to reminisce his past life and all the regrets her had and the mistakes he had made.The next day, the sun crept through the window i
WARNING!!! THIS CHAPTER MAY CONTAIN SEXUAL VIOLENCE THAT MAY BE UPSETTING TO SOME READERS!!!Liana got to wake up at noon with a banging headache. She sat up on the bed, holding her head as she groaned in pain. The door creaked open, and her husband, Richard walked in holding a glass filled with water and some pills."Here, you were drunk last night." He said handing over the hangover pills to her and the water.When she was done, she placed it on the table beside her and thanked him. "What happened last night?" Liana asked trying to recall how she got home when she was drunk but to no avail, instead, her headache would worsen."You don't know?" Richard asked furrowing his brows and folding his arms, giving her a nonchalant attitude.The only thing Liana could remember was going to the bar the previous night after she had tried reaching out to Chris but to no avail. She kept thinking about everything that happened on her wedding day and how surprised she still was about Chris's new id