"Josh, what are you talking about?" His mother asked him as she bent closer to look at him."I was the one that stole from Grandpa," Josh said, still crying.Austin laughed, not believing Josh as he saw him as an ignorant little child."Wow, did he bribe you to say this in case he is caught, I bet he wasn't that foolish," Austin said out loud to everyone's hearing."Are you sure about what you are saying?" Anna asked Josh. He concurred by nodding his head."I didn't like how uncle George is being treated by everyone here. He is always called names, insulted, and looked down on by everyone. Uncle Austin is always at his neck, trying to make him feel less of himself by making him have low self-esteem but it still didn't make uncle George less of who he is which made me love him and want to be like him. I always find him sad so I wanted to make him happy. I thought taking money from Grandpa and giving it to him would solve the problem. I couldn't ask him in person because he would not ag
After the incident between George and Austin, Anna felt disturbed. She felt like she had wrongly hated George for no reason all this while and felt like making it up to him but she didn't know how. As she lay on the bed in the bedroom.She looked at poor George who was making his bed on the couch as usual. It made her feel so guilty and restless. She tried to act like she was right as she had always done but she couldn't because she still felt so disturbed.She sighed and got down from the bed. She walked to the couch to meet George and at least apologize for how he had been treated by her all this while."Hey!" She managed to fall softly but on hearing her voice, George acted like he was asleep but she didn't leave. She still squat down beside the couch and faced him."I know I have been terrible with the way I had treated you all this while. I know I had never been supportive because I was never in support of us from day one but I just want you to know that I am sincerely sorry for
Anna woke up early to prepare for the date. She happily rushed up with what she was to do that morning and quickly went back to the room to take her bath. She settled on a white floral dress which made her look like a princess, she poured her hair and tied it with a ribbon. She wore silver heels and a bag to match and was ready for the date. "Are you done?" George, who was outside waiting, texted her."Yeah, I am!" I'm coming outside to join you soon, she replied and started heading outside.The other family members who saw them looking lovey-dovey that morning while they were having breakfast wondered what was going on between the two of them.Anna was unusually good and gentle towards George which kinda pissed some of them off as they always enjoyed their quarrel.Anna saw George leaning on her car looking so handsome than ever with a black suit and shoes to match.She had asked him to drive them to where they would be having the date using the car her father recently gifted her.
The week progresses with Anna and George still on good terms. Austin tried to come in between them as usual but Anna refused to give him that chance or listen to him as she did in the past.She concluded that she wouldn't be the kind of person who would allow other people to interfere in her welfare and define how she was going to live her life.She was way past that, she thought as she felt very happy that giving George a chance would be the best decision she took in her life.She was still in deep thought in the room when her mind drifted to her foster parents and how they were faring.Her foster parents, especially her foster mom, were the people who took care of her after their mother's death when she was two years old. Austin then was already seven.She knew her as her mom and her husband as her dad until she became older and came to realize that they weren't her parents and had only been raised under their care.At first, Anna didn't want to return from her foster parents' place
After a week's stay with the Harts, Anna started going back to her old self due to her foster mother's influence. George couldn't understand what was happening because Anna wasn't meant to allow anyone to influence her the way they always do whenever she decided to change.Now it was even worse as her foster parents supported her and would always say that still being married to George is a privilege.George tried to do something, he tried to talk to Anna but he was never allowed to do so. In return, he was threatened with divorce if he didn't follow their way of life.He contacted Sir Matt and told him about it but sir Matt supported them.He told him to act very weak and stupid if he still wanted to be married to Anna or he would join forces with Anna's foster parents and make sure they end the marriage.Having no other choice, George decided to adhere to what his father-in-law said.He decided to obey his foster parents and allow them to treat him the way they wanted for the time be
It was a Saturday morning and George was pacing in his bedroom. Before his birthday and after his birthday, he had not heard from his grandmother.For some months now, he hadn't bothered to visit her because of how busy he had been. George was happy that he would finally get to visit her since she lived in the same city as Anna's foster parents.His grandmother had been a help to him too after his father cast him out of the house, she was the one who handed him over to Anna's grandfather and went ahead to move out of their family Villa because she wasn't in support of what his father did.While thinking about this, the memory of him asking Anna to spend time with him flashed in his head and he closed his eyes, in dismay. "It was hurtful." He said to himself, weirdly. Anna had insulted him to the nines and he felt like disappearing on his birthday.It was one of the most dreaded days of his life.Walking into his bathroom, to wash his face, George took out his phone to place a call
George felt emotionally downcast as he left his grandmother's house, seeing his grandmother's lifeless body made him realize he was now alone in his world with no one."Am I alone?" He asks himself and then recalls his nagging wife and her family and sighs frustrated. He walked to a bar he found along the road to drink away his sorrow while reminiscing how miserable his life had been since he married Anna. He hated the fact that these past days, he had fallen in love with her after the date and now loved her sincerely thinking she also loved him too but he realized now that she never had given him a chance in her heart and only deceived him.How they got married was a miracle. His grandfather-in-law adopted him for selfish reasons. He thought they cared for him but he was wrong. His jaw clenched in anger and his fist tighten cracking his knuckles in the process "I'm going to make y'all pay" He seethed gritting his teeth. "It was my responsibility to take care of her, I couldn't bec
George's grandmother's funeral was given and the day arrived, George prepared to leave for his grandmother's funeral. He quickly rushed around the bakery, trying to fix up everything that would be needed in the bakery as he would be taking the day off.He prepared to leave as he put on his best suit and shoe. He was looking very smart and good even though his appearance was very poor. He met Anna lying lazily in the living room, watching TV.She looked at him, before looking away. After the incident that happened some days back, they hadn't been on talking terms and it kept George worried.He walked towards the door and made to leave but couldn't. He turned back and came to stand in front of Anna."Anna!" He called out but Anna acted like she wasn't standing in front of her.George sighed softly and closed his eyes."I'm sorry for what happened," he apologized, swallowing his pride.George looked away without uttering a word."Talk to me, we shouldn't keep on avoiding each other. At L
The police officers were able to trace Sally and Davis through the men they caught to their hideout where they got arrested and taken to the police station.George went to the hospital to check on Anna and Jane who were admitted. He was worried about their condition when the doctor informed him that both of them were in critical condition.Anna was being operated on to remove the bullet, and Jane was being revived as she had passed out due to the substance that the men fed her.George was restless as he paced about the hospital, praying that he doesn't lose any of them. Jane risked it all, just to help him get Anna back from the hands of the abductors. It wasn't an easy task but she made sure she stood by him.Too many people were already hurt in this journey of his, salmon and Damian were yet to be discharged from the hospital because they were recovering from the attack they got the last time now it was Jane and Anna.Everyone around him was down, he was the only one standing and it
On getting close to the penthouse, George stopped the car, making the other people to do so too."Why are you stopping?" Jane asked him."It's dangerous, remember the group of dangerous men that was seen entering the penthouse," George pointed out."Yeah, I remember," Jane replied.George decided to involve the police in order to have assurance for safety. He didn't want a case whereby the men would attack and get them injured or hold them captive. He didn't know what Davis' plan was and he couldn't tell.He didn't know what he might have planned with Sally but he knew how dangerous he could be.George searched through his phone, looking for the contact of an acquaintance who was a police man, a high ranked officer in his division. He luckily found it and quickly put a call through him.The police officer picked after the first ring like he was expecting George's call."Hello Mr Jackson! It's been a long time," he said cheerfully over the phone. "How have you been? I know how busy yo
Jane reached out to George to know the situation of things so far in finding Anna."My secret agent had been trying to reach out to them. He is also looking out for him. I had instructed him to keep an eye on Davis, he might be the one making all the moves while Sally, who we discovered was also involved, would be watching Anna," George said, to which Jane agreed."I will also be doing everything in my power to help out. I and Chris had checked almost all the CCTV cameras in search of Anna. The house they are staying at on the outskirts of the city is unusually cold. As of today, I don't think Anna is safe anymore. We got a glimpse of men who came visiting," Jane reported.George informed her of how hard his men were working towards finding Anna which was very satisfactory to her.He was disturbed himself, he was feeling very bad and had a strong feeling that Anna wasn't safe too which made him decide to go onlook and in search of him himself. He didn't care if his life would be expo
George had been tracking Sally's whereabouts who had gone into hiding.While George sat in his study lost in thoughts after the news of Anna's kidnap got to him, it's been two days already. He has been tracking her and doing everything to know her whereabouts but none has proved futile. The kidnappers too haven't contacted him.His phone rang which brought him out of his thoughts. He checked it and saw it was a strange number, he hesitated before picking it up, a strange number hadn't called his phone so he was skeptical about picking up the call but since he didn't know the reason why whosoever that was calling him was using a strange number, he decided to pick the call."Hello, I guess you are good, George Melmer!" A deep masculine voice said."Of course, who is this?" George replied."I heard about your wife and I can be of help. I know who has her, and where she is and if you think I am lying, check the CCTV footage I will forward now to your phone," The voice said and immediately
They all stared at Sally as she brought out a gun from her cloth. "Guess I came prepared too." They all moved back in shock as more SWATs entered. "Everybody out!" The people in the restaurant were allowed to go outside, leaving George and Sally with the SWATs."You don't want to do this Sally, just surrender and let's all forget that this ever happens." George said.George had called the SWAT on his way to the restaurant. He wanted to arrest Sally and he had put a recording tape on his body, which recorded everything and enhanced the SWATs to hear everything said by them."This is exactly what I want to do, to finish everybody off and return to my mom." She pointed the gun at George and pulled the trigger unexpectedly, cursing a distraction for them all. She used that medium to run out of the restaurant, she met one of the SWATs outside waiting for them and shot him before he was able to lift his gun to shoot."Oh my gosh! Hold on dude, just hold it there." One of the SWATs chanted
George exchanged a look with Sally before starting his questions. "Why are you like this? You wouldn't have been born to be evil." He has been wondering about the question for a long time now and he only had time to ask about it then.Sally sighed. "That should not be your concern George but if you want to know, I was born as a sweet girl but that sweetness suddenly disappeared when my father lost his job. Your family caused that and my mom wanted revenge but couldn't do it by herself. She had been bittered since the death of my father who died recently because of the delay when ma'am Patricia opposed the marriage and got hospitalized. My mother wanted her revenge then, so she put up a test for us all which I was able to pass without much stress but I was a child that's not trusted, I was too sweet to do evil tasks, so another task was brought up which got me thinking and all that.""Do you know that I had a lover then?" George shook his head indicating a no. "Well, I did. Her next t
"George?" Sally's smile dropped immediately. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she looked around, trying to detect if George was playing a prank on her."I'm here to see you, you know Chris right, don't look for someone else!" George said, snapping his fingers before her face, he noticed how she was glancing around like she was searching for someone.Sally stared back at him and watched as he pulled out a chair and made himself comfortable on it with his legs crossed on each other. "Come on Sally, why are you silent? We're here for business, then let's proceed with it or isn't that why we're here?" George asked her as he pretended to be removing the dirt from his nails.Sally laughed crankily, desiring to play smart. "What are you talking about George? We're here for business? Will you mind me asking you which business that is? Because I don't remember engaging in a business with you." She said with a fake confused look."Oh Sally! Allow me to refresh your dumb brain then. Does
Austin recovered a little bit and was requested to be sent back home by Anna who decided to look after him at home. Since she felt that the hospital wasn't safe for him.After Anna had gone out in the morning, Sally came visiting.Sally banged into Austin's room. "Hi there, how are you holding up?" She asked Austin, who was weakly lying on the bed.He had been fed with a lot of poison, which had drained his blood and strength."How do I look?" She asked, spinning around for Austin to see.He was just staring at her, unable to move any part of his body, even his mouth felt so heavy."You don't have to talk, I know I look beautiful, even more beautiful than I used to be." "Look at me very well. Do you think I'm the most beautiful girl in the area?""Well." She laughed. "I forgot you can't talk but don't stress yourself, I understand your body language.""I'm going out today to complete the selling process of your inheritance and guess what will happen after that!" She bit her middle
"Like I was saying, you shouldn't trust these women, they are evil. You don't even know their motives for coming here," Josh said as he stood with Anna looking at Sally and her mother, Elizabeth who was sitting beside Austin who had been hospitalised and was receiving intense care."But they look so harmless especially today," Anna said in reply as she also looked at them.Sally had apologized and confessed to treating Austin badly but she didn't mention she was the one who put him in such a condition. Anna, who had a soft heart, forgave Sally when Sally's Mom got involved. Sally begged her to look after Austin for the last time."Of course, they would look very harmless but they are Austin's greatest nightmare who he never prays to meet in his life again. Sally has never loved him, I can attest to that. Even Austin knows too," Josh replied as he watched Sally and her mother who had already sat on a couch in the ward."What are you suggesting I should do now?" Anna asked as he looked a