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THE ONLY HEIR chapter 17
I thought of giving her a ride but then I thought better, that was how she met Geoffrey, she would be weary of me. I was proud of her, how strong she was, and I hardly even got a cut as a child. I drove to the coffee shop to get some coffee.“Hi, good evening." The lady behind the counter said to me.“Hi, can I get plain black coffee."“With milk?."“Yes please."“Sugar?." She said biting her lips with a smile.I laughed.“Yes, please."“I'll be back in a jiffy." She said almost cockily and left, she came back in a very sort while with a hot cup of coffee. I paid and I took my coffee to one of the tables. I didn't want to go home, not yet, I wanted to wait a bit. I was looking around when I caught someone staring at me, it was Ará. Her green siren eyes pierced through mine, I held her stare and I watched her turn away. I took my cup and I decided to leave, everything got uncomfortable after I saw her. “I didn't take you to be the type that ran.“ she said to me
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 18
I rang the door bell and I waited patiently for her to come out to see me. I hoped she was in.I rang the bell again, and I waited.Slowly, almost too slowly, the door came open to reveal Ará standing in her pajamas.“Good morning." I said to her.“Good morning, what are you doing at my house."“I came to tell you that I've forgiven you."“You're late."“What do you mean."“You're late, what made you think that I'll still be asking for your forgiveness, after what you did to me yesterday in the parking lot, no man, and I tell you, no man, has ever turned me down."“Well, I'm glad I'm the first." I said and I watched a frown cross her face.“It's a joke." I told her. “For what I did yesterday, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to leave you like that, I was too angry at everything."“What do you have to be angry at, I mean you've always been Mr perfect."“There's a lot of things going down and I'm actually very sad right now."“Okay."“Please can I come in?."“No."“Why?."“I'm angry at you,
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 19
Slowly, I walked to the door of the bathroom, to see what went wrong, to see what had happened. My dad had ran immediately she ran inside the bathroom, so I couldn't see any of them until I was standing in front of the door, that was when I saw. I saw her, she was laying on the ground, unmoving, pool of blood gathered around her head, I couldn't look, I never looked, till this day, I can't tell in detail what I saw because I didn't really look at her, I couldn't, I was scared of what I would see. My dad had carried her, droplets of blood stained the floor, stained her orange gown, there was blood stains everywhere, he carried her from downstairs where everybody was watching and everybody had seen her, everybody that was at our house that day saw her and they never stopped talking about it. They said her head was broken, they said it was the most treacherous thing they ever saw. My dad could barely live after that, no one of us could, one moment she was there and t
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 20
It was Monday morning. The day was beautiful, the sky seemed bluer and the grass seemed greener. I got in to work early and I had completed a few things, if only my parents could see me now, in no time I would build my own fortune and my own legacy. I didn't need to please anybody, or conform to the rules of the board of directors and lastly, there was no corrupt lawyers to be bought, better still, my cousin Mark could never reach me. It was 3:15 pm. I had just finished with having a meeting and I would say that I was bored. It had been a long time since I went to a bar and the thought of going to one was tempting. “Good afternoon." Mandy said peering her head into my office. Just who I needed to see.“Hi, Mandy."“How's your afternoon going?."“Very good, please have a seat."“Thanks."“There's something I wanted to ask you."“Yeah?." “Do you know where I can get a good house keeper?."“Yes, I know where you can get a good house keeper, there's someone I know, her n
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 21
I looked at myself in the mirror just one more time, I was wearing a red evening gown, it was a satin slit back gown and it was breath taking. I remember I had bought it but I didn't have anybody to impress the time I had bought it, but, now I had Darwin. He walked back into my life in the weirdest way. The universe has its way of working, I clutched to the edge of my gown and I breathed in a few times. I walked away from the mirror and towards the door. I took my keys and I dropped it in my purse that was as red as my dress. I rang the door bell and I took one big breath.I was sitting in the living room when I heard the doorbell ring.Rosé was about leaving, she was in front of the door when the bell rang. I watched her open the door wearily, I smiled from where I was sitting, she was so gentle. Who could be at the door I wondered.My breath caught in my throat when I saw the pretty lady that opened the door.“Yes?." She asked me.“Jesus, I'm so crazy, I'm so
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 22
I drove while Ará stared out from the window. From time to time, my eyes fell on her. We didn't say anything in the car, unlike Mandy, Ará had always had this quiet and serene aura around her, if I was with Mandy, I would be laughing my chest out, but, nonetheless, I loved who I was with Ará. I reached for her hand in the small darkeness and I held it, it was warm and soft, I squeezed it gently and she turned to me, her fine curvy lips turning into a small smile, I liked the way she looked then, I liked the way her hair fell like fine soft needles. I held the image in my head, long enough for it to make me smile. We got down from the car, while she led me into her gallery, I didn't expect to see anybody, I thought it was going to be just her and me, but, what I saw was hundreds of people, dressed like pretty flowers, blooming under the sun. The gallery was white, and spacious, if there was anything to the looks of the building, it was white and spacious. There were pa
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 23
“Don't tell me you're from around here." Adrian said, showing off his pure white teeth in a wittful grin.“I schooled here, when I was little, so it made me feel sort of connected to London, I'm from the U.S, what about you?."“Born and raised here, I went to school here, an Ivy league school,” He said but I didn't ask him what type of school he went, he was just one of those rich bastards. “I just travel a lot these days and I've been staying in America for a while now, my girl lives there." Once again, be reminds me of Melissa. “So, what would you like my company to do for you?." With my peripheral vision, my eyes caught Mandy in the door, I completely forgot that I was with someone.“Mandeline, come in." I said to her. It seemed like an eternity since I last saw her. She was wearing a black dress, and her hair was tied in a neat bun, a pen was held behind her ears and she carried a file underneath her arm. She was a lovely sight. “Good morning, sir, I hope I'm not d
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 24
I was still hovering on a memory when his voice shook me out of my thoughts. I turned to him, and then I realized my face was wet with tears, I used the back of my hand to clean up my face, and I arranged my dress and I squared my shoulders and then I smiled. But, I was too late, he had seen it all. I was embarrassed. “Mandy, what's wrong?." He asked me. “No.. nothing's wrong sir." He breathed heavily and sat on my desk."Mandy. “ He said, his voice as soothing as the sound of soft music on a rainy day." You can tell me anything, I swear I'm here to listen and I can do anything to see to it that you're smiling again, but you have to tell me what's wrong. “" Why do you care about me?. “" Because you're my friend. “" Nobody has ever cared for me and when they do it's... “" Heyy, heyy, I understand, I've gotten my own fair share of fake love. “" I'm sorry, but I'm not worth your friendship. “" C'mon, get up, please. “" Where are we going?. “" Anywhere you want to g