The two cars collided, but Derek had swerved sideways making theirs tumble and hitting the road upside down. The airbag was all over the place, many motorists quickly parked their vehicles and came out to help the victims. Amelia had lost consciousness out of shock, but she wasn’t really injured, just some little bruises when she was dragged out of the upside down vehicle. Derek was the one who took most of the hit, with blood streaming down his dark hair; still he wasn’t unconscious. He was dragged out of the tumbled vehicle and he staggered straight to the owner of the other car, and gave him a super punch on the face. “Fuck you, man, what the heck were you thinking?” Derek growled, panting heavily. People immediately held him down and also went to nurse the punched man. Derek struggled free when he saw Amelia lying unconsciously by the side of the road, as he walked towards her; he prayed that nothing would happen to his child. The ambulance sirens blared loudly from a dista
“What!” Sam exclaimed, his eyes wide in shock as he stared at his dad. He wasn’t expecting such news from Ethan; Sam could feel his heart pound faster than normal. “Yes, it’s true, Sam. And you’re the only person who knows now apart from Clinton,” Ethan confirmed his words, gazing at Sam soberly. Sam still couldn’t assimilate the news, he was confused; Ethan looked so healthy when they met, he thought this was just a little illness he had because of his age or something. “I… I don’t understand dad,” Sam stuttered, he was still utterly devastated by what his dad just revealed to him. “I found out about the illness very late, Sam. It’s already in the advanced stages, and my days here on earth are numbered, but I want you to have all you need before my time reaches fruition,” Ethan narrated, none of his children would take this news easily. He knew that, he just hoped they would allow him to die in peace. This was his last resort if Elena tried to go on with the divorce, he was goi
The doctor smiled at both of them, and brought out a white piece of A4 sized paper. “I should be doing this in my office, but I can see it’s urgent and you couples want to know the details so quickly,” he said, handing over the paper to Amelia first. She collected it and quickly glanced through it, going straight to the place where it confirms that Derek was the owner of the child but her countenance fell when she saw what was written there. Derek’s heartbeat skyrocketed when he saw Amelia’s expression, it shouldn’t be what he was thinking, he prayed. “I’m so sorry, Mr. Derek, but the child in Amelia’s womb isn’t yours, I do not know who the owner is, but you’re not the father,” the doctor made the announcement to Derek, instead of him having his own turn to look at the results. Derek could literally feel the shattering of his heart, it was so real and the pain was aggravating; he was too expectant and too confident that the child was his that the reality hit him as hard as a roc
“There’s someone here to see you, Amelia.” The doctor gave way for the woman to pass through, and Amelia gasped when she saw her. “Mum!” She exclaimed, her mouth agape. The doctor nodded, he thought as much; the resemblance was clear, it was the reason he didn’t ask Mrs. Rosenberg questions, he knew that she was a relative or something. “I’ll leave you two, but please make it snappy; she needs some rest,” the doctor announced before closing the door behind him. “What are you doing here, mum? I told you not to come,” “I heard about your silly accident for God’s sake, what type of mother wouldn’t come to see her daughter in the hospital after an accident,” Laura reprimanded, walking straight to her daughter’s bed. “I didn’t tell anyone, how’d you know that?” “A friend was nearby, luckily. So you weren’t going to tell me?” Laura questioned, looking somewhat terrified, her hands placed on her chest. She was putting on a flowery gown that went down to her legs, almost like the ones
Emily dialed Sam’s number, the beeping sound from the phone made her very nervous; after it had rang for about ten seconds, she ended the call out of fear and tension. She had no idea why she was feeling this way towards a man she was older than; like a teenage girl who just got teased by one rich high school boy. ‘What do you want to do, Emily!’ She said to herself in her mind, as she dropped the cellphone on the bed and paced her small bedroom. Her heart was pounding as if it wanted to come out from her chest; Emily hated the fact that she felt this way, just because she wanted to accept the man she had grown feelings for. Was it because he was her boss? Or because he was the son of the man she so much respected? She had no idea. As Emily paced her room back and forth, brooding about the step she just took, the phone rang suddenly; startling her and making her heart thud heavily. She quickly rushed to the bed and stared at who the caller was; as she had thought, it was Sam.
Sam heard her loud and clear, but still he wanted reassurance; he wanted to hear her say it again. “What do you mean?” Sam pretended, leaning closer to the table separating both of them. Emily heaved a sigh, she didn’t want to keep repeating the words as it made her a little embarrassed. “I want us to go on with the feelings we have for each other, Sam, and I accept the request you gave me that day,” Emily made her response more clearer, in order not to repeat herself again. But she didn’t look at Sam’s eyes when she finished talking, she was too shy to do so. Instead she placed her gaze on the small vase beautifying their table. Sam could literally feel the joy in his heart, he couldn’t explain the feeling in words but he could tell that he had never felt such a way in a long time. It was different from when Amelia accepted his offer, this looked a lot like a big deal, but he wouldn’t make it seem so. For the first time since he started talking to Emily, Sam was lost for word
Emily was caught off guard, but she didn’t pull away from the kiss, his lips were soft as velvet and warm, soothing in the chilling atmosphere of the beach. For a second, her eyes stood wide open in surprise then slowly reverted into their normal state. Emily never assumed that Sam would kiss her, after what happened during their last date. After a few seconds of silence and just the sound of their tongues hitting each other, alongside the splashes of the ocean on the shore; Sam broke the kiss and stared right into Emily’s eyes. “I want you to be mine only, Em, I really mean this,” Sam whispered, holding her face in his broad hands. “I’m yours, Sam. Yours alone,” Emily whispered back the words. She just kissed her former boss’s son at night at an empty beach. It actually felt like a dream as she held the gaze of the most handsome man she had ever seen. A man she had just met some weeks back, wasn’t this too fast? Emily asked herself, but there was no reply coming from her brain,
“I just have three months to live, and I’ve been trying to tell you but,” Ethan paused, took a deep breath and continued. “But, you’ve been so engrossed with this inheritance of a thing,” he concluded, staring at the shock on his wife and daughter’s faces. Elena wasn’t very moved but Ariana was perplexed and her heart was starting to pound. “How can you keep that away from us, dad; what the hell?” The concern and worry on Ariana’s face showed that she still loved and wanted her dad so much. “I didn’t keep it from you, at first; I didn’t want any of you to panic so I delayed the news, but when I decided to share it, you just wouldn’t let me, but now you know. I have lung cancer and would probably die in the next three months as estimated by my doctor,” Ethan clarified, focusing his gaze on his daughter alone. “That doesn’t change the fact that I won’t still continue the filing of our divorce, you’ve shown me that you do not love me anymore Ethan. By refusing to do what I told you.