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Eliana walked into her room and collapsed to the bed, with Laurel strolling behind her. The past few days had been so rough for her and the more she tried to feel better, the more worse she felt.“You should try and get some sleep. Crying continuously wouldn’t solve any of the problems”, Laurel advised Eliana who was still sobbing profusely.How could they have hidden something so huge from her? How could the people she called her family turn out to be the ones that betrayed her in the way and manner she never imagined?“I would be fine”, Eliana said to Laurel who didn’t believe a bit of what she had just uttered.Laurel walked out of the room and returned with a tray of food and a bowl of water that had a small towel inside of it.Eliana was currently having a rise in temperature and Laurel needed no one to tell her that she needed to take care of her if she wanted her to stay away from breaking down.Before Eden had left, he had told her to take care of Eliana and the last thing she
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The next day was not a good one for Eliana. She was bothered and sad about everything happening around her and despite how hard Laurel tried to be help her out, she couldn’t help her present mood.“Are you sure about this?” Laurel asked Eliana who nodded her head for the hundredth time.They were about to make their way to meet with Eliana biological mother and inasmuch as this was a difficult thing for her, she decided to do it.They entered the car and drove off, with Eliana trying so hard to stop her heart that wouldn’t stop beating.The both of them arrived in no time; and with their hands entwined in that of each other, they made their way towards the entrance of the asylum where her mother was being taken care of.With each step she took, her heart thumped heavily and beads of sweats formed on her forehead. Somehow, she wished that she was able to do somehow at that point in time, but she was only a child who had no idea of what happened.They waited at the reception area and af
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Vincent came out of the shower and grabbed his robe which he quickly threw over his body. He clenched his fist silently as he walked over to the balcony where he could catch sight of every single thing that happened in the premises of his abode.A massive scowl made way to his face the moment he darted his eyes towards the entrance of the house.For the past few days, his eyes had been on the lookout for the person who had been sent to take down the main person who looked after Eden.Since then, he never got a response from him neither did he have an idea of what might have ensued.Just then, he caught sight of the young man who walked into the gate and headed straight for Vincent’s quarters. Vincent caught sight of him and quickly walked out of his room and down the stairs, with his anxiousness and eagerness to hear some good news on the rise.He sent for his right hand man, Aldehard who came out the moment he was summoned. And for the next minutes, Vincent sat across the two men who
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Celestine was still in her state of misery when the next events that happened in her life made it worse.She had been carrying out her daily routine activities when she passed out and was rushed to the clinic. There, she discovered that she was pregnant.At first, she cried until she couldn’t cry any more and then, she thought of what to do. Despite the number of thoughts that passed through her mind, she couldn’t find an answer to her predicament.The pain she felt from the rejection was severe and the one she felt from the news was even worse. She felt utterly empty and lost.Meanwhile, Aldehard had spent about twenty four hours in search of Eden and the others. First, he went over to their initial apartment, but met the emptiness that lived in it.His heart raced terribly as it started dawning on him that he might just get killed by Vincent just like he had thought. None of their enemies were in sight and he had no idea of where they might have gone to.He was certain that they wer
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Osvaldo stood at the balcony as he stared at Laurel who was currently picking out some leaves from the garden. He had gotten a lot better and although he still felt slight pains each time he tried to move his shoulders, he was a lot more stronger.With his eyes, he followed Laurel who walked straight into the kitchen and almost immediately, she walked out with a small plate that laid on a tray.He walked back inside the moment he realized that she was coming over to his room and just as he did, a smile curved on his lips.Laurel was the sweetest person he had ever crossed paths with, and deep down, he was already convinced that she was the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.He walked over to the bed and picked up the ring which he had been staring at for some hours now. He already had a ring, but only waited for the right time to place it on her fingers.Laurel opened the door that minute, causing him to jerk up abruptly. She gazed at him intently, with flashes of su
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Eliana woke up feeling not so great. She turned to the side of the bed, but realized that Eden was nowhere in sight. She knew that he must have had an emergency to take care of since that was the order of things for a while now. He had gotten so busy that she hardly got to meet him on the bed.She got off the bed and took a quick shower after which she decided to meet with Laurel.Laurel was at the clothline, arranging some clothes on it and smiling widely. Eliana waved and called out her name just as she walked over to meet with her.However, just as she walked, she felt her head swirling and in a split second, she landed to the ground with a thud.Laurel dropped the clothes she was arranging and rushed over to her, with great panic in her eyes and voice. She called out to Eliana, tapping her continuously and hoping that she would wake up, but she was unconscious.At this, she rushed her to the house and called for a nurse.In no time, Eliana woke up and met the smiles on both the fa
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The wine glass dropped from Eden’s brother’s hand the moment Eliana walked into the room. She had been passing through the hall way when she got distracted by some hushed voices that came from one of the many rooms. At first, she made to shove it aside, but realizing that it was a suspicious move, she decided to satisfy her curiosity.At this, she opened the door, without knocking or giving any notice.“Ohh! Eliana”, Eden’s brother said with a smile on his face as he tried to relax his nerves.Eliana was the last person he expected to see and seeing how she barged in while he was in the middle of a crucial discussion with his mother made him get highly uncomfortable.“Is everything okay?” Eliana asked as she scanned through their faces, wondering why they were gazing at her as though they’ve just seen a ghost.Eden’s brother broke into a loud and mysterious round of laughter, after which he nodded in affirmation.“We are good! Just having a little chat”, his mother said after a while.
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Eden was shocked to his bones the moment he got informed about his brother’s death.Inasmuch as they were hardly close, he still felt the bond since they were brother’s afterall.Osvaldo could barely look into his eyes since he got engulfed by guilt and at that, he walked up to him the moment they got done with the funeral.He explained how he had discovered his brother’s plot and plans to get hold of the key. He went further to talk about the room where they she found the map that contained the vivid direction to every house he owned in the country.The part of the story that broke Eden to the core was the part where Osvaldo mentioned how his brother was always reporting to Aldehard. That simply meant that he was also working for Vincent who was their core enemy.Eden felt a pang of betrayal piercing through his heart, but he took in a deep breath and got a grip of himself immediately.He quickly bought a house for his parents since he wouldn’t want any issues arising from their pres