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Alex lay down on the shower floor shivering uncontrollably. Sophia immediately turned off the shower when she got to where he lay. She sat down beside him, raised his head and placed it on her leg. Cynthia came in with a duvet and helped cover him up.“I don't think that this duvet will help him right now. I will have to undress this soaked cloth and wear another one for him. Just help me get a new cloth from his wardrobe.” Sophia rushed out. Cynthia left immediately to go and do what she was asked to do while Sophia picked up Alex's hand and started rubbing her palm on it as a friction to help warm him up.It did not take up to one minute for Cynthia to come back with a new dry cloth. She excused them so that Sophia would have the privacy to undress Alex. When Sophia finished, she called on Cynthia and Jayden to help her carry him to the bed. A few minutes later, Alex had been tucked into the bed and the heater was already put on. Jayden made a phone call to the family doctor and he
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It's been up to 3 days since the death of Mr Christopher Columbus, Alex's foster father. And today is the burial. Alex, his girlfriend, his other friends and the staff were all dressed in black. They were all on their way to the cemetery.Over the past few days, some of the C-Square Associate members came to his house to pay a condolence visit, but Alex refused to see them. It was Sophia, Jayden and Cynthia who later ended up attending to them.They made it to the cemetery even before the ambulance service brought in the deceased body of the late Mr Christopher Columbus. A few minutes after the corpse arrived, the officiating minister started the burial service.The sermon by the officiating minister went this way, “We want to use this opportunity to honour the late Mr Christopher Columbus who lived an exemplary life when he was with us. He was a father to many and also a mentor to many others. The first time I was lucky to come across Mr Christopher was when I was having some issues
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Alex drove the car to a small club downtown. Jayden was surprised at where he brought them. He was expecting him to drive to a serene environment where he could sit quietly, meditate and listen to his own thoughts and not this noisy place. “Alex, what are we even doing here?” Jayden asked when Alex stopped the car at the club's parking lot. “This is the exact reason I didn't want any of you to come with me in the first place. Just mind your goddamn business like you promised a few minutes ago at the house. Just behave like you don't know me, at least, you now know that I wasn't off to go and kill myself like you guys thought.” Alex said in a bored but agitated tone. He was wondering what exactly his friends wanted from him. He agreed to their terms and conditions even when he wasn't okay with it and now, Jayden wants to influence his decision. “Contrary to what you think, we all care about you. You may think that we are choking you but you have no idea how much favour we are doing y
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Jayden got to the Columbus estate about 15 minutes later. Alex kept whining and sulking like a child. Jayden knew that Sophia would be so disappointed to hear of everything that went down tonight. It was already a few minutes past eight pm when they got home. Jayden dragged him out of the car and they made their way into the house.“Why are you draaagging me against my wish? Why are you treating me like a child? Can't I make decisions for myself anymore?” Alex slurred but Jayden paid him no listening ears. He was past the stage of caring that it was his boss he was dragging like that. He was wondering what would have happened if he didn't go out with him. Maybe his face would be all over the internet as the Casanova CEO who went clubbing with different girls the day his foster father was buried. Some of the bloggers might even twist it by saying that he probably murdered his father just to have everything to himself. Those types of headlines might destroy his career and he wasn't goin
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Throughout the night, Sophia sobbed silently. She thought that she was discreet enough but little did she know that Cynthia heard it but she let her have her moment without any interruptions. Maybe that will go a long way in relieving her of the emotional burden she was carrying around in her chest. Cynthia felt really sorry for Sophia, she prayed that Alex would come back to his senses sooner than later so that they would be graced once more by Sophia's radiant smile which disappeared since the day Mr Christopher Columbus died.*****Alex opened his eyes to discover that it was already morning and he wasn't in his room. He looked around swiftly in panic to make sure that he wasn't in a strange place with a strange person. His racing heart calmed down when his eyes caught the shadow of Jayden in the bathroom. That was when he slowly looked around and then discovered that he was in his house but in Jayden's room.“Look who is finally awake after getting wasted the previous night.” Jayd
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“Stop crying, please. It hurts me to see you cry.” Alex wipes the tears running down Sophia's face. He pecked her forehead and her nose. “I'm very sorry that I've only caused you nothing but heartache these past few days. I promise to do better.” Alex apologized, still holding on to Sophia's body that was on top of him. He rubbed soothing circles on her back.Sophia dabs her tears with her pyjamas top but the tears won't just stop falling. Contrary to what Alex thinks, this is not the tears of hurt or heartache. These are tears of joy and relief. She now has her man back and she is very happy. She was determined not to let him off the hook again and to do better by him too cos it seems like she didn't do enough to help him in his grief and maybe that's why he drifted away.“It's fine. The most important thing right now is that you are here and you have realised your mistakes. I'm so happy that you are done guilt-tripping yourself over your father's death. Like I said earlier, it wasn'
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They entered the lounge in high spirits– intending to have fun and leave every bad energy behind. They played different games, but the one they spent the most time playing was the hooker board game. They had fun and they forgot about the moody situations of some days ago. They were now sitting at the bar having cocktails and generally catching up with each other. The other three noticed that Jayden's cheerful aura had diminished, replaced with the one he had earlier. He seems to always be deep in thought and forgetting all about his environment.“Jayden…” No answer. “Jayden!” There was still no answer. “Jayden!!!” Cynthia yelled thereby startling him out of his thoughts.“Um… yes, you called me. Why did you call my name like that? You freaking startled me.” Jayden said, palming his racing heart.“Well, I'm not sorry cos I've been calling your name for what seems like forever now and there has been no response. So, that leaves me with the question, what were you thinking about?” Cynth
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Jayden clears his throat and also takes a deep breath. “I used to live with my father's sister, who is my aunt. My grandma gave birth to three children– two boys and one girl. The first son was my late father, the second son is the one that my grandma went to see with his wife and the third child is my aunt whom I lived with– she has been behind bars for over one decade now.” Jayden paused when he heard the gasps from his friends. He knew that they were wondering what his aunt must have done to warrant such a long jail term, but that was what he was about to tell them if they let him.“We are so sorry for making a sound and thereby distracting you. We will try our best to listen attentively, as quietly as possible.” Cynthia chipped in almost immediately after he stopped talking abruptly after their shocked gasps.Jayden nodded and continued, “As I said earlier, I used to live with my aunt, her name is Sally Bartels. I was taken to her place by my uncle when my parents died in a plane
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“Please explain what you mean,” Jayden said, still looking a bit taken off guard by her response.“I knew that I was pregnant. Well… I didn't know for a fact because I didn’t do any tests in the hospital but I did a urine test with a pregnancy test kit and it came out positive. I didn't know how to tell my boyfriend because I didn't know how he would take it. I also knew that I would lose the child when I started bleeding out.” She was a bit sceptical about telling him because they had only been intimate just once and that was on the night after his birthday. They had already been aroused even before they went to the party venue, it was only natural that they completed what they started earlier.“I can't believe that you are saying this. Why would you keep something like that away from me? Have I ever given you any reasons to doubt my love for you? It takes two to tangle, have you forgotten?” Alex asked a series of questions. He was bothered that Sophia would think that he would by an
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Sophia woke up to see her boyfriend and her friends surrounding her in their various positions. There was this happiness that filled her soul to know that they slept in the same room with her without considering the uncomfortable position they slept in. The closest person to her right now is Cynthia who was sleeping an inch beside her. She gently tapped Cynthia which made Cynthia open her eyes almost immediately she was touched because she thought that Sophia might be in any form of discomfort.“Sophia, is everything okay? Do you want me to call the doctor?” Cynthia rushed out.Sophia shook her head sideways, “No, I'm fine. Just help me and touch the men.” Sophia requested.Cynthia walked over to them and tapped them. They both woke up with a startle, just like Cynthia, they thought that something was wrong with Sophia. When they looked around, they saw Sophia who already sat up on her bed. In a split second, Alex swiftly rushed to where she was sitting down and engulfed her in a hug.
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The ladies knew that they were in for a lot. They trembled in fear and strikes of tears ran down their faces, “Please spare us.” Cassandra pleaded in a shaky voice. She was against this whole arrangement at first because she knew that there would be no easy way out if they were caught, but they had to emotionally blackmail her into taking part in it, now look where that had gotten them.Cassandra’s answer caused Alex to chuckle in amusement, “I just lost my child because of you guys and for some shitty reason you think that I would want to let you go?” He asked in his newly adapted mild voice. This particular tone of his feared them more than the loud and snappy tone.“We didn't know that she was pregnant, and the poison wasn't even for her,” Clare replied.Alex huffed in disbelief, “Should that make me feel better? If it wasn't the baby who died, it would have been Sophia. And… would it have been better if you guys succeeded in your plans to kill me? There's one particular question t
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‘Kaboom’ Alex's fist lands on Victor Mancini's face.“You had the nerve to try to kill my girlfriend. You must really be fearless.” Alex spat. Over the past 10 minutes after Sophia's call, he had been with the Kingston family, or better put– the notorious four. They were tied up in circles with their backs to each other on the floor. He had the urge to just end them completely, but he knew that the law would take its course no matter his status in society. He had to come home after hearing the news of Sophia's miscarriage. He had to look for where to let out his anger and the only place that came to his mind was the perpetrator's body. He wanted them to feel half of what he was feeling right now. This is very much unlike him but they have done more than enough, whom much is given, much is expected also.“As I said earlier, your girlfriend was not the target. We wanted you to be the one to take the drink but no! Sophia had to get in the way of our revenge. Well, I guess that half-bread
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“Please can you repeat what you said earlier?” Alex reiterated, still shocked by the news.“I said that my team and I are so sorry to announce to you that she lost the baby. We did our best to save her but the poison in her system would have succeeded in killing her if it didn't kill the baby.” The doctor repeated while he thought that they didn't hear him the first time.“Shit!” Alex cussed out and punched the closest wall. This motion startled both the doctor and Cynthia who was too dumbstruck to say anything. “Um… we didn't know that she was pregnant.” Cynthia finally speaks.The doctor looked surprised at this. It was then that he realised that they asked him to recap what he said earlier not because they didn't hear him but because they were hearing it for the first time– they were shocked at the news.“She was a few weeks gone from the scan we carried out on her earlier… precisely 4 weeks gone.” The doctor answered. He saw how the news disoriented Alex– how he was going around
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“Cynthia, please ask my baby to wake up.” Alex strained out from the driver's seat. He looked between the road and at his girlfriend through the rearview mirror. He frustratedly hit his hands on the driving wheel when the traffic light turned red. If he were to be the one in front, he wouldn’t have minded the traffic light at all.At the back of the car, Cynthia was shaking profusely. Her lips trembled and her eyes kept overflowing with tears. They were all to be blamed for Sophia's current condition. If anything happens to Sophia, they will all be doomed.“Is there no other way for you to get to the hospital? Sophia is bleeding profusely– Alex, she's losing a lot of blood.” Cynthia was able to get out of her jittery nerves.Alex looked to his right to see that the cars were moving to the right side, but he was supposed to take the straight road cos that's the road leading to the hospital. It was about 30 seconds remaining for the traffic light to turn to green but that felt like an e
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Sophia picks up a gift card from the list of items lying on the floor, “Oh… this is not for me.” She hands it over to Alex, “This card has your name on it.”Alex took it and looked at it. It didn't go beyond his notice that his girlfriend totally avoided what he said to her earlier, but he would just let it go.They ended up exchanging their gifts. At some point during the process, they all got emotional about the thoughtful gifts they all got. Sophia got a box of diamond pieces of jewellery, a Christmas card, a big teddy bear– that got her cackling though, and a MacBook.Alex got a Christmas card too, some sports attire– he had an inkling that it would be from Cynthia cos that girl wanted him to go boxing on his birthday, he got a headset too because he likes music a lot and he finally got a Rolex designer wristwatch.Cynthia was the only one who didn't get a Christmas card. This made them conclude that the lovely cards were from her. Well, She got some cake equipment like an oven, a
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“Merry Christmas.” That has been what has been exchanged so many times since daybreak. Alex invited all his staff to have Christmas dinner with them. The dinner was to start by 7 pm while the exchange of gifts between him and his friends was to happen by 5 pm. It was half past 4 pm already and they were all now surrounding the Christmas tree. It happened that every one of them sneaked in their Christmas gifts for one another before daybreak. They did it in such a way that the recipient of the gift wouldn't know the giver– the only way to know that the gift is for you is from the name written on it.As for what they had been doing since morning, Well, they all woke up quite late and when they did, they had their brunch and drove to the cemetery where they stayed with Mr Christopher for quite some time. On their way back, they dropped by the orphanage and celebrated Christmas with the children there. They took pictures and played around with the babies. When they were about to leave, th
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It's Christmas Eve and Alex, his girlfriend and his friends went to the movie theater to spend it. They had been outside the whole day, going from one fun place to the other. They already mounted a Christmas tree earlier in the day before leaving the house. They were going to place their gifts on the tree after they got home from the theatre. “This is like the hundredth time I'm seeing this movie and it still ended up making me emotional as always,” Cynthia said dabbing her eyes and wiping the snot running down her nose. “Yeah… Romeo and Juliet always have a way of penetrating someone's heart. Every time I watched the movie, I kept praying that they would live happily ever after while still knowing that they would still die.” Sophia chipped in. They were done watching their movie and they were on their way home. As the women conversed about the movie, the men sat down quietly and listened to them. They don't want to say anything that would make them call any of them inconsiderate or
