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THE ONLY HEIR chapter 26
The police man that sat facing me was fat. He looked like he was a pretty boy but not any more, he was somewhere around late fifties and was at the brink of retirement. He had tired but intelligent eyes, his chubby hands held a pen and a small note and he continually scribbled something on the note. He raised his eyes up to me.“What did you say she looked like?."“Dark hair, dark eyes, about six foot eight or nine."“And you say she worked for you?."“Yes."“When was the last time you saw her?."“Thursday."“Thursday was the last time you saw her."“Yes, Thursday evening."“Was she upset about anything?."“Yes."“What was that?."“Her ex husband, she was in a violent relationship with him, she left and on Wednesday, she saw his best friend at my office and she was really scared." The man's eyes, lifted from his note and it fell on mine.“His best friend works for you?."“No, he was a client."“How did you meet him?."“His name is Adrian Brooks, I formally met him when he c
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 27
My neck was sore, so was my back and my legs. I was waking up, last I remembered, I was walking and then... A truck had hit me. Suddenly, I was aware of my surroundings, I was in a room, it was dark. I stood up, careful not to make a sound and I shifted open the curtains, it was nighttime. I saw the sky, it was moonless. I was terrified. I was still looking out of the window, I couldn't see anything, I only saw trees.“You've woken up." I heard and terror ran down my spine. My guts went cold, my hands started to shake. I saw the figure standing there, in the dark. “I'm not going to hurt you." He said walking forward. I shifted back." Madeline. I promise, I'm not going to hurt you. “ The voice sounded awfully familiar, if only he just stood where he was." What do you want with me?. “ I asked him." Nothing. I don't want anything. “" Then why the fuck am I here?. “" Mandeline, look at me, I'm going to turn on the lights now, promise you won't scream, even if you
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 28
“do a little dance for me you pretty flower." I heard in my dream. Geoffrey was clapping, his friends were laughing, I had started to dance my dance. Adrian was playing the music and Thomas was just watching me, all he did was to watch he couldn't act, he just watched them treat me like shit, it wasn't his fault though, he couldn't do anything to stop it even if he tried. I broke out of my sleep, I woke up in cold sweat, I was still in the room, I was still in the house, nobody had come to save me yet. “Bad dream?." I heard. I didn't notice that someone was there in the room, with me. This wasn't a dream, Geoffrey was now walking towards me, he climbed my bed and he pressed himself on me. I kicked him, God knew I did, his hands were over my mouth, shutting in my screams." Shuush, I'm not gonna hurt you my love, this would only take a minute or two. “ I heard his zipper come undone, dread clouded my mind and my heart was beating too fast. I bit his palm as hard a
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 29
I woke up, I remember falling asleep when I saw streaks of sunlight escape through the blinds and now it's was 10:28 am. The first person that came to my mind was Mandy. I took my phone and I dialled her number in hope.... It went through.“Jesus, Mandy, Mandy where the fuck are you? Jeez I've been trying to reach you." I said into the phone but I didn't hear anybody's voice but I could swear that I heard steady breathing, what if it was Geoffrey.“What do you want with Mandy." I heard. His voice was like the sound of steel when it hit the floor, he had a very annoying voice. “Who's this?." I asked to be clear." This is Geoffrey, Mandeline's husband, who are you?. “ I could hear Mandeline shouting in the background. He introduced himself as the husband, I would kill this man. “Mandeline, I'm coming, forgive me for not showing up a long time ago, but, I'm coming, can you hear me?."“Darwin, please help me, I fucking hate this bastard." I heard her clearly, as if she had taken
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 30
My throat was burning, as if I had drank too much of gin, but it didn't burn from the consumption of alcohol, it burnt from thirst. I could drink an ocean right now if they let me, I could suck up the Pacific in a single sip and I might still feel thirsty. I thought of asking Geoffrey for water, but I didn't want to speak with him. I went to the window, it was tightly shut, since I came here, the window has never been opened. I tried to check the rims to see if I could penetrate, I looked around the room, to see if I could break it with something, anything. I saw nothing, I sat in silence, only hearing the ticking of the clock, that annoying clock, that would tick so slow at night. I looked at the clock, it had a metal rim, the idea struck me. I went to the clock, it was fairly large, I broke the glass carefully and as quiet as I could and the plastic came off, then I had a square shaped metal frame, I bent it, it was too hard it couldn't bend. I ran to the wknd
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 31
I was done with checking the cabin, I couldn't see anything inside from the outside, but I knew that if anybody was inside they could see me, so I was careful not to make any noise. I looked around, there was no vehicle around, no sign of human life, the cabin was just like a mini prison of some sort. I knocked on the door, my pulse was as normal as when I was sitting still. I wasn't scared, no, fear was not part of my feeling, although I felt anxious for Mandy, I wanted her to be safe, God knew I did. I stood there after knocking but nobody answered the door, I was as silent as I could be, I didn't hear a sound, just the swooshing of pine trees and the steady beating of wood peckers. I wondered how this place would be at night time. I didn't like the woods very much, for one thing, the smell that the trees gave the air, I didn't like that smell, although I liked to see pictures of woods like this. Nobody had answered the door yet I waited a short while, before I
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 32
The weather was particularly cold today, I looked outside my window to see thick dark clouds forging ahead, it might rain. There was traffic and I wouldn't see how I would get out of it anytime soon. Mademoiselle Noir was playing and my head placed images together to form vivid pictures from the description of the song. I dropped my headback on the headrest, then, I remembered that I was thirsty. I raised my head and I reached beside me to take my coffee from it's bag, I took out the cup and a blue coloured paper fell. I was about to pick it up when I heard horning behind me. I saw that the traffic had cleared and I was blocking the other cars from moving, so I drove forward and away from the traffic. In my parking lot, I drank my coffee, every single drop, Nessa made the best coffee I ever tasted, I was about to leave when I remembered the note. I searched for it and I found it.It read 'come by the cafe today, anytime you want.' Was it from Nessa?, But we ta
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 33
I woke up, found the bed empty. I brushed my teeth before I went downstairs to find Mandeline. She was cooking, she didn't know I was standing at the door yet, but, it was a sight to behold. It's been a long time since I saw a woman, my own woman in the kitchen.The afternoon went by like silk on an oily surface. I wanted time to slow down for the both of us. The time reached where she insisted that she had to be home. She left her car at my company and she didn't want me to give her a ride. So she left in an Uber, I was as sad as hell but I was looking forward to meeting her at work on Monday. I heard a light tap on the door, it brought me back to the present moment, away from my thoughts. It was Edison.“Good day sir."“Yeah?."“Is there anything you want me to do for you?." He asked me.“No, thank you." It had stopped to rain.I drove home in silence, I didn't notice the world, I was in it but I wasn't part of it. I drove straight to the cafe. Immediat
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- THE ONLY HEIR
chapter 172
It was morning. I woke up a little after dawn. I went out for a run and when I got back, everybody was already up. We were in my house in New York... All of us. My mum, my little brother, my elder brother Kai, my lovely Ará and me... All of us. “Good morning." I said to my mum.“Where's Ará?." I asked nobody in particular.“She's preparing breakfast." Kai said. I headed for the kitchen.I saw here there, handling some pots.“Good morning." I said to her walking into the kitchen.“Good morning." She said Smiling. “I woke up and I didn't see you, I figured you must have gone out for a run." " I did. “" Why don't you join me in making breakfast.“" Are you sure you don't want to have a cook or maybe just a house keeper and the house keeper can employ people to come and do some stuff. ““Remember what happened with Rosé..., Remember?." " I remember. ““ I don't want something like that to repeat itself and plus, I'm able to do these stuff on my own. We can just call peopl
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chapter 171
It was late afternoon already.“You're my mother..." I whispered to myself, I figured that if I wanted anybody to hear me, I had to speak louder but I couldn't find my voice. “My mother's name was Bridgette, was it her you gave... Was I the baby?." I asked her..., My mother, my real mother. Looking at her I didn't know what to say, we all didn't know what to say. We all looked ashen and spooked. I wasn't the only heir after all, I was the child of a lovely affair. Something in me spurred, gave life to light. She was my mother... I felt as if I was another person entirely, I didn't feel like my name was Darwinson Charleston Andersons.... No, I didn't feel like I had a name but I felt that I had a past a, strong past and there was a strong love that brought be to the world... Not the strange type Bridgette and Anderson had, finally I could call them by their first names... I whispered it out “Bridgette Andersons and Anderson Cooper Andersons." It sounded good to my ears. Noa is
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chapter 170
Once again I was making lunch while Kurtis spoke to Solo. To keep my mind away from what was happening, I decided to bury myself in poems, poems that nobody had heard.'I know but I don't want to believe, that there is no such thing as love, I know it's true that love dosent exist but If believing in it is being foolish, then I want to be foolish, if being foolish is being happy, then I want to be foolish it's not everytime in your life that you have to be wise, sometimes you know what happens next, so why not close your eyes and fall blindly into love even though it comes with heartbreak(s), at least you were once happy, at least you were once foolish. ''I have the mind of a ninety year old but the heart of a three year old, I love desperately and I care quietly, I miss calmly and I wait patiently, I want truly and I think fastly, I think deeply, I listen, I understand truly, I judge with reasons, I'm calm, my heart is stupid, my mind is mature, I won't compare myself to a lonely fl
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chapter 169
I woke up the next morning to find the bed empty. I went to the sitting room. Solo was already dressed and he was drinking coffee.“Hey baby, why are you dressed so early?." I asked him." Mr Kurtis called. He's going to have a meeting with us today. He wants us to be there earlier today. “" Okay.... When will you be back?. “" In the afternoon. “" Good bye. “ I told him and he dropped his cup on the table." I love you sweetie, take care of Kai and yourself.“ He told me. I watched him leave.I went to the bathroom, I brushed my teeth and I had my bath. I was still dressing up when I heard the knock on the door. Did Solo leave anything in the house that he should have carried. I tied a towel around my chest. I went to the door, I undid the locks and then I turned the door open, standing there was Kurtis. He walked past me.“Jeez, Solo just left, what if you met him here."“I saw his car leave, I knew he just left, I was outside."“ For how long?." I asked him.“N
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chapter 168
I woke up and made breakfast for Solo. While Solo was still asleep, the phone rang.“Hello." I said into the phone.“Hey baby." Kurtis's voice cut through the phone.“You called this early." I said above a whisper."I've been awake since dawn, I didn't know if would be so early, I'm sorry. ““You don't have to be, I was just worried that Solo might have picked the call." " How are you doing?. “ He asked me. “I just made breakfast... I'm good, how about you?."“I miss the hell out of you." He told me“I miss you too."“How about I come and pick you up today. My yacht is out in the ocean."“I don't know about today..." I started to say but he cut me off.“Solo is going to be done with his work soon, in two days time. I can't hold him here, surely he's going to get any contract, I can arrange that but I don't know how valid that plan would be, we literally don't have time on our hands, I've been thinking about it for so long and it's chewing me up. “" I thought about it too. “" I
- THE ONLY HEIR
chapter 167
I went home. As if Ana smelt it... As if she knew that I had done the abominable, she smiled a very fake smile.“Gael, you're back." She said to me. It wasn't Mrs Garcia or Miss Gael, it had changed to Gael, only Gael. But I felt good, I felt alive, I felt in love again almost reborn... I was born again. Gone was the old Gael and come was the new one. Not that they both of them had too many distinct features they didn't, they had too many in common, but this new me was the manifestation of the reborn Gael, the one that was formerly lost in being loyal... The one that had to quench her fire to fit in a type of lifestyle. “Yes, I'm back. “ I told her... My voice seemed foreign to me, it was much more bolder than the former, I was much more confident. “Hey Kai, how are you doing?." I asked Kai. “Momma." Kai said giggling. I took him from Ana.“Thank you Ana.“ I told her. She walked out of the door without saying anything. I was still in the bathroom having
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chapter 166
The next day, after Solo had left for work. I took out those boxes, sat there in Kai's closet and I tore them. Toy train and cars that could moves with remotes... There were too many toys in the first box, too many that I wondered how Kai would play with them, all. Then in the other box were jewelries... How would I explain how I got them. I knew that I would have to come up with a new lie. If Solo asked who bought them, I would say that my colleague, Marietta gave them to Kai... She had a rich uncle no, I wouldn't say she had a rich uncle, I could say that she had a rich brother and she had a wealthy family too... And she loves Kai, should add that she also has a daughter or maybe I'll say she has a son. When Solo had come back, he had met me sitting in the living room with the two boxes on the table.“Jeez babe, what are those, the boxes are huge."“The boxes are huge aren't they... Let me tell you, come and have a sit. Do you remember Marrietta, my colleague, the funny lad
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chapter 165
I heard the knock on the door. I wondered who it was. I was in the kitchen setting the things I would use to prepare dinner. I turned the locks, opened the door and I saw Kurtis standing there with two huge boxes standing beside him. When he saw me, he bent and he carried the both of the boxes and they seemed heavy. “Good afternoon." I said and he walked past me.“These boxes are heavier than they look." He said to me laughing. He dropped it on the table." I wasn't expecting you. “ I said to him." I know. “ He said walking to Kai's bedroom. " I was just in the office and I thought I'd come and surprise you and Kai. “ He said touching Kai's face." What's in the boxes?. “" Toys, mostly and the other things are just for you.“" For me?. “ " Yes, I picked them today myself. I'm sure you'd love them. “" Thank you, but what are they?. “ I asked him." You'll find out when you open the box. “ Kai was awake so they were playing together while I was cooking in the kitchen
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chapter 164
“I'll be back soon." I told Ana. I turned the door and I walked out of the house. I went outside and I saw a different car, but it was black. And sitting behind the wheels was the same driver.“Hi." I said to him. He smiled at me. It didn't take long before we reached the beach. I climbed down from the car. The sun plastering on my body. The wind scattering my hair and my dress, kissing me everywhere. “Mr Kurtis will be waiting for you in the boat right there.“ The driver said pointing to a boat. It was the only boat that was there and it was big. Written on the body was 'Aqua-Marine'. I liked the name, very much. I walked to the deck and I turned around, the driver had started to drive away. This time there was no body to lead me. I saw Kurtis standing there when I was on the deck. He smiled at me. I turned to the ocean then to look at him.“Eyes like the heart of water." I told him. He laughed and stretched out his hand to me.“You look beautiful."“Than
