"I don't understand, mom. What are you talking about?" Adera asked. Mrs Anderson paced the room restlessly, mumbling a series of inaudible words. Adera had to grab her shoulders to get her still. "For goodness sake, talk to me, Mom. How do I have a sister and you never mentioned it?" Adera half-yelled in frustration. "Because I didn't know, dammit! I don't know! I don't know anything!" She yelled back. "How can you not know?! You're my mother! Didn't you know if you had another daughter or not?" Adera fired. Helen clasped her hands on her ears with a groan. "Because you're not my daughter!" Mrs Anderson fired back and everywhere fell silent."What?" Adera whispered, releasing her grip on the woman's shoulder. Mrs Anderson staggered back as well, shocked by her own words. The silence stretched into minutes. Everyone is in a different layer of disbelief. Mrs Anderson walked to the couch and took a seat. She could see the questions in Adera's eyes. The trembling movement of her li
Zade returned later that evening but Adera was nowhere in the house. He called her number severally but she didn't answer the phone. He thought about filing a report but they would probably talk about the twenty-four hours bullshit. He decided to call Helen instead since they were together when he left. Thankfully, she picked up at the second ring. "Where's Adera? I've been calling her since I got back but she's not picking up. Is she there with you?" Zade asked."Actually, a lot happened today. A woman showed up at our front door, claiming to be Adera's sister. She went as far as demanding her own share of Anderson's property," Helen informed him."Her sister? Where is Adera?" "I left her at her mother's place. She was in a very foul mood. She almost got into a heated argument with her mother, over a slight misunderstanding," Helen answered. Zade paused, trying to process the whole information."Who was this sister?" "I don't know, but I think her name is Roselia. She's blond w
"Hey.""Where have you been, Dera? Do you know how worried I was? I was just about to file a report even though I know you're not missing. Do you know how frustrating that is? I understand a lot happened while I was away but that's not enough reason to ghost everyone. It's been three fucking days," Zade poured out his frustration to her. "I'm downstairs, come get the door. You can scold me after that," came a weak response. Pool aaa"Are you serious? Don't answer that, I'm on my way," he said quickly, hurrying down the flight of stairs. He got to the door and turned the lock. Adera looked at him with a weary expression. He pulled her into a hug and her arms immediately wrapped around him. She felt smaller than the last time he, her. More fragile."Are you okay?" He asked softly."No, I'm not. I'm tired of everything. I need a break," she muttered. "Let's go in and get you something to drink, yeah?" After he made sure she was settled on the couch, he went to brew coffee for he
"Flynn?" Roselia gasped in surprise, "I wasn't expecting you.""I know. I didn't expect you to," he scoffed, pushing past her into the house. Roselia groaned inwardly before shutting the door and following him like a lost puppy. "So… what happened?" He demanded."Huh?""You've been ignoring me for the past two weeks. You don't answer my calls anymore, when you do, it's one lame excuse to another. What is really going on? I don't understand you anymore," Flynn complained.Roselia climbed into his lap and cupped his chin. "I know I've not been fair to you, baby, and I'm really sorry about that. It wasn't my intention to leave you hanging. The thing is, I have this big project I'm working on with Adera and it's eating deep into my personal time. You know I love you, right? I would never intentionally hurt you. Forgive me," she pleaded, kissing his lips gently. "When you're like this with me, how do you expect me to stay mad at you?" He sighed. She planted another kiss on his lips."Is
"Ty, can we talk?" She remained at the door, fidgeting, shifting from one foot to another. He threw her a glance, then returned to the show he was watching.Helen didn't make any attempt to walk in. The last time she did that, she had to wear heavy makeup for a week. When he didn't say anything, she decided it was better to leave, but just as she turned, she heard his voice."I'm not deaf."She stopped, processing his words in seconds."It's just that we haven't spoken since you got back. I was hoping we could… maybe do lunch. There's this quiet spot in town, they make very tasty spaghetti. I thought… thought we could uhm… try it out? If you want… that is… I can understand if…""Who did you go with?" He interrupted."Huh?""Don't play dumb with me. Who was with you when you 'discovered' this perfect spot?" Tyrone's attention was fully fixed on her now."No one. I was by myself. I…" the words got stuck in her throat when Tyrone got off the chair. "I was with no one, please. I stumbled
“You're right. There is no need for you keep her or cater for her child even. You have no intention of marrying her as well, right?” Zachary asked. “I already made it clear to you from the start but you insisted I stick with her since she was already pregnant with a child that might not even be mine,” Tyrone arrogantly said.Zachary said nothing to that. To an extent, Tyrone was right. He had been through one pushing his grandson to keep a woman he clearly didn't want. He just hoped it wasn't too late to make amends. “Fine, I will take responsibility for her from now on. You can go ahead with your normal life,” Zachary informed him.“Are you serious?” Tyrone asked.“Yes. Just do me a favor and stay away from Helen form now own. You have no right over her or her daughter. Feel free to remarry if you want to, but this would be the last time you will see her. Is that understood?” Tyrone frowned deeply. Everything seemed to be in his favour until the man stated he had no right over Hel
Tyrone arrived at the hospital, he was fuming from both anger and worry. He stormed into the ward and glared at the unconscious form with annoyance. “This is all your fault. Why did you have to slip into a coma from such a small fall, huh? If it was that deep, why didn't you just die?” He spat. “Ever since you came into my life, it has been from one shit to another! Why can't you just die and let me have the peace I deserve?!” He yelled. “Won't you say anything?” He matched to her bedside. “Why don't you ever say anything? Why do you have to beat it all? Why can't you fight back? Why… why can't you leave so that I can be with the woman I love?” His tone softened. He sat by her side and stroked her hair gently. “I know I haven't been the best partner, but please do this one thing for me. Just wake up so my daughter will be safe, please. I'll do anything,” he pleaded. He waited by her side for several minutes but nothing happened. He left the ward and went to meet the doctor.“Is
Tyrone thought Olivia was completely calm until the next two hours. She literally set his eyes ablaze with complaints and yelling. It went from one tantrum to the other and all he wanted to do was bury himself somewhere deep where no one could find him. To worsen the situation, no one would disclose Zade's whereabouts. Even the trackers he hired couldn't find him or pretended not to. His grandfather wouldn't hear a word of it. Probably because he didn't know his great grand daughter was involved. There were so many times he was tempted to scream out the truth, maybe he would get the answers he needed, but after considering the consequences, he bottled everything in. He couldn't afford anyone knowing the truth. Not even Olivia. She knew he was from a wealthy family and had dealings with the mafia but that was far as her knowledge went. She didn't know he had another child and a woman he had promised to marry a couple of years ago.Olivia was an overthinker so there was no freaking