Kraig walked back home and couldn't get the incident out of his mind. He tried to shake off how he was feeling, tried to act like he wasn't affected, but no matter how hard he fought back the tears, he just couldn't win, and he was reduced to crying like a baby. He sat down on a step of the staircase and bawled his eyes out. He had been told not to blame himself for what happened to her, but how could he not? And how is it that even though he wasn't to be blamed, he was suffering this much. The woman he loved didn't want anything to do with him. She pushed him away, demanded that he let her be, requested for him to stay away from her family. She wanted nothing to do with him. How could he not blame himself for such a thing? He heard footsteps approaching his location, and soon he immediately wiped the tears off his face. "It's only me," Wesley said as he sat down beside Kraig. "There's no shame in crying. Society has made a man feel like crying is a show of weakness when, in fact
Though she had been the last person between the two of them to shut her eyes, she was the first to wake up. And the questions that plagued her before didn't come to an end. Though she was wide awake, she couldn't bring herself to move. Her left arm was stretched out almost reaching the other end of the queen-sized bed, and on her chest laid the blonde beauty that caused her heart to beat so fast and her mind to be flooded with questions.She understood the reason why Carolene was still fast asleep. Last night had been quite horrible for her. She fell asleep without even realizing so.Jade wanted to sit up, to get herself some coffee, to act her role as the girlfriend of the old man. But she knew that the slightest movement would wake Carolene up, and although she needed answers to her questions, she didn't want Carolene to be disturbed.So she just remained there. Looking at the ceiling, listening to Carolene's even breathing, and getting the sense of pure comfort from having her body
Kraig stood in front of his grandfather's room. He had kept himself busy just to avoid battling with the emotions Wynn's actions had provoked in him. He knew pushing everyone away wasn't the ideal thing to do, but he couldn't handle any drama from anyone when his own life was so chaotic.He turned the doorknob and entered the room. It wasn't that early in the morning; he was even set to leave for work. So, it wasn't a surprise when he saw Jade feeding him breakfast.The two of them turned their heads to see who had walked in without knocking. Jade was holding a spoonful of oats, her hair pulled up in a messy bun. She was clothed in a pair of sweatpants and a sports bra.Kraig smiled, "I'm sorry, I didn't think you'd be here."Jade smiled and went back to feeding the old man, "Why wouldn't I be here?" she asked.Kraig shrugged, walked further inside, and closed the door behind him. He went ahead to sit on the bed. Due to the small size of the bed, his body was dangerously close to Jade
Kraig walked to his room after listening to Jade's idea. He had been ready to get to work, but after Jade's idea, he had contrary thoughts. If he was going to invite her to the birthday party, then he needed everything to go perfectly well.He didn't know what Wesley planned for the occasion. Hell, he hadn't even seen the guy ever since their conversation. He wanted to reach out to get an understanding of the theme of the party, the guest list, and the food and drinks that were going to be served. He also needed to know about the decorations.He suddenly felt anxious, as if he had someone he needed to please. Actually, he needed everything to be perfect; he was going to be asking a lot of questions.He peeled his work clothes off his body, donned more casual apparel, and then headed for Wesley's room.He knocked twice.He heard the sound of a door opening; however, it wasn't the door in front of him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Carolene standing there holding her door.His bre
That hadn't been a date," Jade was quick to clear the air.Kraig frowned; he was curious about the reason why she would immediately refute his claim. He had thought that she would be smart enough to know that he was still in character. What they had done that night had been for the cases. If anybody were to find out that they had gone out for undercover work, they might get into trouble.But Jade was myopic and inherently stupid. She didn't see things the way he saw them, and that was why he kept uttering all sorts of profanities in his head.Meanwhile, Carolene was looking at them, seeing how desperate Jade was not to sound as if she was cheating on her or anything.Cheating?Carolene was shocked by the choice of word.This wasn't cheating.They weren't in a relationship.She looked at Jade; the woman's eyes were on her own as well, and in that second, it felt like they were instantly thrown into a place where they were alone, lost in their affections for each other.Carolene shook h
Those words made a lot of sense to jade but atbthe same time they didn't. She couldn't however think of a reason why she would ever assume that Carolene would be in live with Kraig. But the more she thought anout it, the more it syarted to make sense tk her.Take for example, the list. Why was Kraig at the top? Why was it that she kept the baby deaoite the health challenges shebwas facing? Why did she put a lot of effort into making sure she knew eveeything there was to lmow about Kraig, even knew that he had been thenone that set her laboratory on fire.If she didnt love him, why woukd she be treating him like the sun of her solar system.But then again. Carolene was fucking her. Carolene was twirling her hair in her fingers. Carolene hd added her name to the list even though she didn't deserve tk be there. Carolene had showed her immense favour and even offered to helo her to finf someone to run her company for her.Did Carolene only seeher as a plaything or there was somethjng mor
The sun was just setting, painting the sky with a mixture of ornage and yellow. The stars were akready peeking out to the sky, trying to overshadow the light of the sun. And the moon waitwd patiently for it to have its chnace to finakly display its glow, whether or not it was incomplete.Juan, dressesnin a black tux stood beside his car under the orange sky. Gkancing at thw clouds that looked like the stars were magical dusts that scattered around it, givung it a glitter never seen before.His short hairnwas well trimmed, and gelled to the back, somentendriks hanged aroubd his the side of his foirehead making him look like annart from the renaissance. He stood, resting on one of his leg amas he peeled his eyes away fem the grandiose sught above him.Wynn, who had been having a hard timw at jome ever since Leah got arrested, walked from her oathway yo the gate where Juan was waiting for her.She wore a dress. A silk, ruched dress that made her look like she fekk feom a modelling magaz
Kraig quickly found his way to the front of the venue of the party after he had gotten his towel from his room. The maid had been right; a lot of people were already there. He was smiling and talking to each of them, exchanging pleasantries.However, despite the crowd, he couldn't find the reason why he had run downstairs. But as he was about to give up, turn around to leave the entrance, he spotted a familiar car suddenly pull up. It was a black Mercedes, something he had seen before countless times, but there was something about this car in particular that caught his attention. He was fixated on it as he wanted to see who it was that had driven the vehicle there.His first thought went straight to Tabitha, but he didn't think she would arrive too early to the party. For some reason, he thought that because he had gone to her own party late, then maybe she would arrive late.The car door opened, and Kraig took in a sharp breath. It was as if his heart had stopped as he waited to see