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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
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 34
The man walked past my table and went to the table just beside mine. He was following me and he was doing a bad job at hiding it. For one, he looked at me with the corner of his eyes and if I caught him watching me, he would turn around frantically or just look past me and then start watching me again. If I made sudden movements, like dropping my cup down on my table, he would follow my hand. I didn't even know when I had finished my glass of whiskey. Although I felt as sober as hell, I needed to be vigilant. The man started to look impatient, as if he couldn't wait any longer as if any moment from now, he could walk over to me and shoot me down. If he wanted to do it, then fine, but I would beat him at his job. I scanned him, he was big, he had this muscular build that body builders had and he carried his arms like they were too heavy, he wore a leather jacket and it was open, it revealed a black top inside, he wore faded jeans that looked too tight for his size. F
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 35
I woke up to the sound of faint giggles and light kisses.“Hey sleepy head." I heard lightly. I opened my eyes and it was Mandeline, God I didn't know how to hug her. But I did, I hugged her lightly.“Jesus, Mandeline."“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, I just came to say thank you."“Why are you apologizing, I'm fucking glad..." I didn't find any other words to say to her. If I wasn't so strong, I would be weeping like a child. “Thank you. For saving me, I was surprised that I woke up alive, I thought that I was dead but I'm here and it's all thanks to you, so, thank you."“I'm glad you're here."“How did you find me?."“I did a little research." Then she laughed a little and she sat on the bed. She crossed her legs in the meditation pose. “Tell me, how did you find me."“I went to work on Monday, I went too early because I wanted to see you, I missed you. Then time just left and you hadn't walked into my office yet, so I went to yours, found your desk empty, you hadn't c
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 36
“Mark?." Aleya called from the door.“Yeah." I said bringing my attention back into my office. “What were you thinking, I've been calling your name."“I was just thinking, do you have good news for me?."“Maybe." She said smiling wryly.“Stop being cocky, c'mon tell me." I told her, she was the sweetest woman I knew.“Okay, I'll spit it out, but I'm warning you, it might not be something you might even want to hear,” she said and paused before she continued “I and Martins are expecting a baby. “" Oh my, jeez, how is that something I wouldn't want to hear Aleya, come here. Congratulations. “ I said giving her a hug." Thank you, the best part is that you're going to be the Godfather. “" No.“ I said excitedly." Yes. “ She said squeaking." This is good news, we need to celebrate. ““Come by the house tomorrow, we're holding a small family gathering, for celebration." " I'll be there, give me a time. “ I drove home thinking of Aleya. She was so darn beautiful and she was too dam
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 37
“shame on you Hensley." That was the last word I said. I took my bath and before I went to sleep I layed awake thinking of Darwin and then Alaye. Somehow, life started to seem meaningless. So yes, I fell asleep thinking of how meaningless life was.I woke up and I found Hensley sitting on the couch downstairs. He was eating pancakes. I didn't acknowledge his presence, I just walked past him to go outside, I needed to breathe fresh air. I walked around my small garden, I hardly ever took notice of the flowers, they were onlybthere for decor, and in my honest opinion, they looked too arranged, as if they flowers themselves were fake because of the way they were arranged. I took my mind off the flowers because they had started to make me angry and I placed my mind on the murderer that sat eating pancakes in my living room. I had to be careful around him.I looked at my watch. It was quarter past two. I climbed down from my car and I rang the door bell.Martins pulled open
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 38
I heard the word “Traitor." It was Hensley, then I heard the gunshot. I sat on my couch waiting, I was certain it was a gunshot.“Mark?, Mark, c'mon talk to me, Mark!“ I didn't know what I was waiting for, maybe Mark's voice... Anything, even if it was Hensley's voice, I heard nothing then the line went dead. Jesus, did Hensley just murder Mark?.“This mean that you wouldn't even have to go to work anymore, you're now like the megamind of a great legacy.... What's wrong, you look pale, Darwin?." Mandeline was saying coming into the room. " Mandy, someone just killed my cousin. “" What?. “" Yeah and he's coming for me. “" What?. “" Yeah, I have to act fast. “" What are we going to do. “" I like how you said we but, this is my cross to Carry. “" What am I going to do to help."“I have a safe house in Ireland, apparently, they know this house, you are going to go there. “" Jesus, I can't just go to a safe house in Ireland all by myself. “" It's beautiful and it's safe.
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 39
I was surprised that he knew my name. I walked up to him.“Yes?."" Go on a date with me, would you?.“I was dumbfounded." But it's raining. ““My name is Anderson Cooper." He said. We were driving towards the restaurant. His car was parked just right in front of the diner's door. When I saw it, I understood why he left when I went to get him his chips. He went to bring his car closer so I wouldn't walk in the rain. It left my cheek burning a little as I thought about it.“That's a nice name." I told him. " How did you know my name?. “ I asked him.“ My friends call you Alice. You talk to them, I always wondered why you never talked to me. “" I don't talk to them, I just ask them what they wanted to have. “" Are you always like that?. “ He asked politely, he talked the way rich people talked and I didn't just mean rich, I meant wealthy people. Like those people that have been bred properly, those kind of people that their great-grandparents passed down riches unto them, I
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 40
Then he disappeared. It was as if he never existed. He didn't come by the diner, but his friends did. I wondered when he would come so I would talk to him, tell him I needed some money. I looked forward to seeing him walk into the diner like he did every other day in the past, but he didn't walk through the door, I kept my heads up every time someone came through, but I didn't see him. I was devastated, where was I meant to look for him. I watched my bump grow, even my boss looked at me with pity, I was fucked and I knew it, it almost made me go crazy, just the thought. An evening came, I couldn't hold it in no more, I asked them about him. His friends. “Hi, Good evening." I said serving them their food. “Hey Alice." Just one said. They seemed to loose interest in me since they saw my belly. Not that it was obvious, I was just three weeks pregnant. But formerly I had a very flat belly. “I haven't seen Anderson for a long time now, hope he's good."“Why did you
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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
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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
