Chapter - 76
"Ahhhh...hhaaaaaa... ughhh..." Yawning and stretching, Martha walked out of her room in her blue transparent baby doll nightie and her night robe in hand. With her eyes still half-open, she put on the night robe over her shoulders and made her way towards the kitchen. Martha was in a bad mood, she hoped for a fun night with George last night, but all she got was a cold shoulder and a night full of snores from him.
"Alex... Can I get a coffee? Ughh... I am damn sleepy," Martha called out for Alex as she reached the kitchen, but Alex was nowhere to be seen. He was neither in the hall nor in the kitchen. It was odd, but thinking that he might have gone to the gym, she looked towards the refrigerator for some kind of note. But yet again, there was nothing.
Usually, Alex would be the first to wake up and start preparing for breakfast after he was back from the gym. Was he not back yet? Martha looked at the time,
Chapter - 77"But I am not really your son," Alex said but regretted the moment these words left his mouth.Martha, on the other hand, hearing Alex, was left stunned. The towel in Martha's hand fell down. She looked at Alex for some time as her eyes turned watery. All the love and care they showered him with for the last one year, was it for nothing?"Mom, I didn't mean that. I am sorry. You know how much I love you and dad" Alex tried to get up and wipe her tears."Don't get up. You are not well" Martha pushed him back to the bed, "But I have to admit, you finally poured your heart out.""Mom, I didn't mean it that way..." Alex tried to explain, but Martha shut him up."I just hope you won't ever say that again. I am the one who gave you your name. You take up the surname Rutherford. You are as much my son as your brother, even if you don't want to take me a
Chapter - 78Alex was resting upstairs while Martha was busy with house chores when her phone rang. It was George."Hello," Martha answered the call."Honey, I need you at the company as soon as possible," George said from the other side. Martha could feel the urgency in his voice."What happened?" Martha ask. She wanted to know if something was wrong with that thing from the morning."I will explain everything to you later, but I need here as soon as possible, it's urgent. Don't delay it anymore," George told her."Alright, I will be there in half an hour," Martha replied.As soon as George heard her, he hung up the phone without even replying to her. Martha was left staring at her phone in thoughts. From his tone, it was evident that some serious shit had happened in the company.Without losing any time, Martha hurr
Chapter - 79Getting the nod from Margaret, Martha gave her the keys, and giving her some further instructions, drove away in her car.After Martha was out of sight, Margaret clenched the keys, and with a silly grin on her face, sprang inside her house.She opened her wardrobe, fiddled around with the dresses before finally settling on a hazy blue shift dress, comfy and stylish at the same time. She quickly dressed up, played around with minimal makeup and made her way to her beloved Alex.Margaret sneaked her way inside the house stealthily. She took off her heels and tip toped around the house. She carefully looked around, and her heartbeat rose with each step she took. The way she was going around, even she felt like she was just short of picking something up and becoming a full-fledged authenticate thief.After she was quite sure that no one other than herself w
Chapter - 80Closing her book, Margaret looked at the clock on the wall. It was already three in the afternoon, and there was no sign of Martha. She was feeling a little hungry, and it was time for her to stuff herself. And other than herself, she needed to make something for Alex as well.She sneaked a peek at Alex, who had his eyes closed, but looking at those shivering eyelids, she knew that he was awake. Margaret, for Alex's satisfaction, walked out of the room tip-toed and went downstairs.Walking in the kitchen, Margaret had a frown on her beautiful face. She had no faith in her cooking. She looked around, hoping to find something and lucky for her, she did find something, a note stuck on the refrigerator.'Alex, if you feel hungry, I have already prepared the lunch and kept it in the refrigerator. But don't forget to heat it before you have it.'Margaret took out
Chapter - 81"Alex, look who is... he...re..." Just as Margaret was about to kiss Alex, Martha walked into his room. All the vibe died down, because of the shock, Margaret ended up missing her target, and her lips were kissing Alex's headboard.Alex was looking at his mother over Margaret's shoulder in shock while Martha was looking at the bare ass of Margaret in front of her."Mom? What are you doing here?" Alex asked. He was surprised to see his mother miraculously appear in the room."What am I doing here? What the hell the two of you are doing in broad daylight," Martha asked, pointing at Margaret's bare ass."Mom... Don't panic and listen to me. This is all but a misunderstanding. The situation is not what you are seeing, but it is what you are not able to see," Alex tried to explain to his mother."Are you playing mumble-jumble with me?" Martha was irritated."Mom, let me explai---" Alex tried to explain once more but was interrupted."Alex, how are you feeling now? We heard you
Chapter - 82"Believe me, nothing was going on up there," Alex gave one last try to justify himself."And we believe you. There is no need for you to keep explaining. Look at the panic on your face," Hazel won't let anyone else speak. She knew that Alex could ride his way through any one of them except for her and Ellaine. But Ellaine has been out of the game for some time now. So it has come on all her shoulders to take the charge.Alex could clearly discern the sarcasm from Hazel's tone. He finally turned towards his final ray of hope, Karen. But when he looked at her, he could not see the usual warmth in those eyes. Still, he wanted to give it a shot."Chief, you believe me, don't you?" Alex asked. He hurriedly went up to her and went on his knees in front of her, trying to act all innocent, and those puppy eyes of his were ready to swell up."What?” Karen was clearly ta
Chapter - 83Soon, Margaret and Alex helped Martha bring the food out, and in no time, the dining table was loaded with a variety of dishes. Martha invited the ladies, and all of them gathered at the table."You did not have to work so hard, Mrs Rutherford. Just a simple lunch would have been enough," Jennifer said in her humble self."It's nothing much. Like I told you, this was all I had prepared for Alex," Martha said, "Now enough with the chit chat, start stuffing yourself.""Wow! you are such a good cook Mrs Rutherford," Hazel said as she took her first bite."I agree. It's like ages since I have had such a good meal," Karen also agreed with Hazel."Thank you. If the meal is to your liking, don't shy away from taking seconds." Martha was all smiles hearing their compliment."It's such a shame that Alex is sick," All of a sudden a voi
Chapter - 84Alex spent the rest of the evening playing games on his phone or surfing the internet watching videos and stuff. It was around eight in the evening that Martha called for him, asking him to come downstairs for dinner.Alex didn’t know if his father was back or not, but if he was back, Martha would have told him all about what happened in the afternoon. While Martha was the one who never believed in stretching a matter, George, on the other hand, won’t stop reminding Alex about this afternoon until either of them are in their grave.Still he can’t just spend his days cooped up in his room, Alex went downstairs hearing Martha’s call. As he climbed down the stairs, he looked around to spot his father, but George was nowhere to be seen."Mom, where is dad?" Alex asked as he sat down at the dining table."Your father won't be coming home today. He