“How dare you?” Joan thundered at her sister.“You are with that loser of a lover?” She blasted her sister.“You left me hanging here to meet that man,” Joan asked fuming through the phone,“Listen to me Joan…let me explain.” Leila stammered amidst her sister’s anger.“What the hell do you have to explain?” Joan continued roaring at her sister.“You didn’t even think of Dad,” Joan said with a hurtful tone.“You didn’t think of your father, who has been in a coma all this while. You left us and ran into that man’s arms once again, now when your family needs you the most.” Joan said.Leila sat there, still as an igloo, listening to her sister’s words. She felt those words pierce through the skin of her chest right into the depths of her heart. Her warm tears dripped down her cheeks as her sister continued to spew out her hurtful words,“That's why your cock and bull story was inconsistent.” Joan continued to blast Leila who had her face covered with her palm,“You were kidnapped? And a
“Come and sit.”Adam said to her pointing to the chair opposite him, Leila reluctantly walked towards the chair and sat down, looking at the food in her front, bile almost rising in her throat, “I don’t know if I have the appetite for this.” She said, and quickly looked away from me,“You will have to eat it anyway,” Adam said and poured some herbal tea, “Take this, it would help with the migraine.” He said and handed her the mug. Leila reluctantly grabbed the mug from Adam and stared into the herbal tea,“Do you enjoy the migraine in your head?” Adam asked, raising a brow.“Nahhh,” she said and took a sip of the tea.“Argghhh.” She said as she tried to spit out the tea from her mouth but swallowed it as she got the memo of what to do from the look on Adam’s face.“It tastes horrible.” She said with a dreadful look.“Good things taste awful at first try,” Adam replied with a smirk on his face as he was enjoying the look on her face.“Can you add some sugar or something?” She asked a
Adam looked at her and thought about how much of an emotional wreck she was, she was already teary up for a story she had not even heard the tip of the iceberg and smiled at her,He nodded his head and grabbed a glass containing water and gulped it down his throat. He took a deep breath and continued,“Her mother sold her to child and drug traffickers.” Adam said and once again he noticed the look on her face change from pity to anger instantly, she had become pissed at what Adam had just said.“You mean, Louisa sold your baby to traffickers?” She asked him flaring up, almost flying out of her seat,“Mm..hmm,” Adam said simply and nodded.“How dare she?” She asked angrily.“Where were you? Why did you let that happen?” She asked Adam and stared at him awaiting his answer, he was silent for a while, his eyes lost in thought,“I was in jail.” He started, and shook his head,“I was framed and thrown into jail.” Adam went on, releasing a sigh,“What the hell?” She blurted out, her mouth
Logan stared at his mother silently and his silence gave Cecil the right answer she needed, she looked at him dumbfounded and knew within her that he had complicated things for them more.Taking a deep breath, she slowly released it before asking,“What deal did you make with that big dog?” Logan could hardly answer as he stood and continued to stare at her blankly,His silence infuriated Cecil, as she stared at him, fuming within her. In response, she grabbed him by the shirt and shook him more fervently, gritting her teeth as she held him. “What a deal did you make with that bastard?” She yelled, still fuming,Logan huffed and suddenly freed himself from her grasp, causing her to stumble in the process before he lashed out,“I didn’t have any other choice, Mother!!!”“That was the only way he would have agreed to be part of this, okay?!” He said before throwing his arms in the air.“What did you do?”Cecil asked loudly, clenching her fists as she bit her lower lip,“I…I..did..” H
“Hi officer.” Cecil greeted with a smile as the officer lowered his window to get a better view of them,“Ma’am, where are you headed and where are you from?” The police asked as he averted his gaze from Cecil to Logan,“We are travellers from Brazil, and we are headed to the southeastern province.” She said and cleared her throat while trying to maintain a smile,“We got displaced from our family and now we are stranded here.” She said to the officer, observing his facial expression to see if he had bought her story.“So, how about I take you to the nearest police station? So a search can be launched on your family to enable them to find you easily?” The officer asked and Cecil's face became pale immediately,“No...no...no, officer.” She retorted immediately,“That would not be necessary Sir.” She said immediately trying to feign a smile to convince the officer that everything was fine.“Uhmm, we just need a phone to put a call through to them.” She said and Logan seconded immediat
The officer took his phone from Cecil and continued staring at her, narrowing his eyes at her with wrinkled brows. Cecil rubbed him the wrong way but he couldn't place it, clearing his throat he asked with raised brows,“Are you sure you are going to be okay?”“Yeah, sure officer.”Cecil responded with a nod and a smile that was enough to sway the suspicious, “We might be foreigners, but we know the borders like the back of our palms.” She responded, trying to make a joke to alleviate the tension and relieve the officer of his tension.“Okay, ma’am.”“Just in case your family can’t reach you, be sure to head to the nearest police station.” He informed, “It’s just down the next bridge.” pointing down the road,Cecil nodded before she responded,“Thanks.” and watched as the officer zoomed off.She took a few steps backwards from the road and took a deep breath. She had been so tense as she didn’t want to fumble herself in front of the officer so they didn't take her to the station.Ho
Cecil's son counted the money, his face lighting up with a smile when he realised it was more than enough, but his joy was short-lived, as Cecil suddenly slapped him on the head from behind,He turned around, his eyes blazing as he glared and demanded,“What was that for?! Mother!" Cecil's eyes were cold and flat, shaking her head, she lashes at Logan with curled lips,"Someone threw money at us, and you're picking it up like a beggar?"Logan's face reddened, and he retorted with a snap,"What are we going to do? We need the cash!"Cecil raised her brow, then rolled her eyes, his rhetorical question was aggravating, and her next response was laced with venom while she narrowed her eyes at him,"What did I do to deserve a loser like you? You're useless, just like your father!"Logan's eyes narrowed, and his nostrils flared, his jaw clenched tightly before he stomped his foot,"I'm not a loser!"Cecil sneered,"Oh, but you are! If you were capable of making a decent living, we wouldn't
Logan exhaled and rubbed at his brows,“No, we did not, and the big dog’s hideout got busted.” He replied with a huff, and Williams’ expression instantly changed from that of mockery to bewilderment,“The what got busted?” Williams's head drew back quickly, and he asked with bulging eyes, “You got the big dog involved in your little schemes?” he proved in a disbelieving voice, trying hard to not laugh as he knew the implications of what he had just heard,“That means you made a blood deal.” Williams observed with raised eyebrows, as he waited to hear a response from any of the duo,Cecil exhaled loudly and jabbed her finger in Logan's direction,“That fool right there did! He did that behind our backs, without informing us!” she fumed, and continued to glare at him with curled lips,“He put all our lives on the line.” She snapped.Williams smirked and made an elaborate sweep of his hand,“Point of correction ma’am, he” pointing at Logan with a smirk, he continued, "Put your lives i