“Hey, princess. Daddy needs to talk with Leila,” Adam said, moving closer to them,He had been standing there in a corner staring and admiring the affectionate moment between the two, making him smile. He had always wanted Ariel to have a mother figure in her life or someone she could look up to as a mother, “Let me get Evelyn to come take you downstairs.” He said and headed towards the door to get Evelyn.He stepped out to call Evelyn so she could come take Ariel for a walk, and on their return, they met Ariel on Leila’s leg playing with her hands and her heart melted at the sight of the both of them,‘They both seemed like a mother and daughter duo already.’ Evelyn thought to herself as he approached them to take Ariel away,“Let’s go, Ariel.” She said to her and helped her up gently.“Bye Leila.” Ariel greeted and waved at Leila as Evelyn led her out of the room,“Bye, baby,” Leila replied, waving back at her with a big smile of satisfaction on her face.Ariel and Evelyn left the
Just as Williams was about to step out of their presence, atensed Louisa barged into the room, looking grim and scruffy, she wasn't at peace as she had been trying to reach her mother and brother for hours to no avail.Her rushing into the house got the attention of the trio and they all turned to look at her with varying expressions on their face,“Hey, hey, Louisa.” Williams was the first to call her out with a sneer on his face, storming in her direction, “Williams?” Louisa responded with blinking eyes, and a drawn-back head, she couldn't understand why the fool had called her name so loudly at this time,“What happened?” She asked with furrowed eyebrows, looking him from head to toe,“Williams, what is going on?” She asked again, gazing at him as she walked towards him with the baby in her arms.Her estranged husband glared at her with grated teeth, but for the child in her hands, he would have dragged her by her hair,“What.did.you.do?” He asked with a raised voice.“What did I
In a few minutes, she came out with two glasses of water in her hands and handed one over to her mother and the order to her brother.“None for me?” He was holding the baby while sitting on the couch, he didn't like being excluded,“Suit yourself, William.” She retorted to her estranged husband with scorn, without sparing him a glance. “So Logan, how did it go?” Louisa asked Logan who still stood aloof, his face as straight as a ruler, his straight face pale.“Was it a success? I'm guessing it was hectic, but still a success. Right?” She fished out again, going to sit beside a stiff Cecil once more, oblivious to the rising and lowering of Logan's chest, nor to his flaring nostrils, Cecil on the other hand fiddled with her fingers, muttering swears beneath her breath,Louisa's gaze remained on Logan as she waited for his response, at his silence, she proved again,"Loga..." “It was a mess! It was a mess, Louisa!”Logan thundered at her with fuming eyes, interrupting her while thro
The silence in the room was deafening, the tension palpable, if an elephant had rushed in, no one would have noticed.All the same, Williams sat in his chair with a smirk, it was a delight to see this family crumble, just as they had crumbled him.Louisa was still numb in her position, and no one took notice of her or her fears, Cecil sat with a scowl,Logan exhaled and finally broke the silence, staring at his sister, his face a calm facade,“Whatever happens, we all go down together.” He announced to Louisa with a straight face, the sides of his mouth upturned, At first, Louisa stood frozen in her spot, her lips quivering, trying to process the words before she could finally string words together and spoke up,“What do you mean?!”She glared at him, her nostrils beginning to flare, “What do you both mean by that?” Louisa demanded, stomping her foot hard as she gazed between the duo, “I’m not going to be part of any blood deal you both made!” She informed them, whilst pointing at
In a darkened room, a woman with long flowing hair sat, almost still, albeit the harsh breathing, one wouldn't know she was alive or if there was anyone in there. Though she was finely dressed, she looked haggard, just as she felt ragged, she ached to blow something, kill someone or take back what she felt was truly hers. This woman couldn't fathom how she had let the good thing she had ever known slip through her fingers, and the realisation gnawed on her soul, ‘I’ll get you back. For this pain, this heartache, my sacrifice and time! Best believe I'll get you all back, for ignoring my feelings and never acknowledging it” the haggard woman muttered, while biting her fingernails harshly. “You won't see me coming when I come for you, for making my life miserable, I will make yours a hundred times more miserable than you ever left me! No one toils with me and gets away with it! No one! Absolutely nobody!” She cried out in the dark, the pain in her chest overwhelmingly painful and hea
At Adam’s house, Leila was seated on the chair, reluctantly finishing her breakfast as Adam sat on the bed and stared at her. He was well aware she was not ready to face her sister and father but he knew that was the best thing for her to do and now was the right time.“Can you hasten up a bit?” He asked her as he watched her slowly chew her breakfast, deliberately delaying,“Yeahhh.” Leila replied, swallowing hard before picking up her cup of coffee,Adam looked at her and saw the sadness in her eyes moved closer to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.“Leila,” he called in a soft tone, tilting her head gently towards his direction so he could talk to her while staring directly into her eyes.“I know you don’t want to do this right now.” He said softly and she nodded.“Then why are you trying to make me?” She asked as her eyes became teary.“Because now is the right time.” He said to her and rubbed her cheeks with his pinky finger.“You need to have a conversation with your fathe
Adam headed back to his room, opened the door and walked in, he met Louisa sitting on the bed quietly with a bright smile on her face as she watched him walk into the room majestically, “Here.” He said to her, handing her the package he had just received from Adrian. “Oh thank you.” She replied with a smile, as she grabbed the package and stared at it, “I wonder what it could be.” She mused aloud, hitting and shaking the box to aid her guesses. “Just open it.” Adam said as he watched her trying to guess the content of the package. He was also curious to know the content of the package as he had trusted Adrian to get her something nice to wear. He watched her carefully take off the wrapping paper and hoped Adrian did not fumble, his friend was such a tease, and could not help himself sometimes. She tore off the wrapping paper, and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, “Oh my gosh, this is Milly Mo.” She said, excitedly as she gaped at Adam, her fingers touchi
Leila hesitated before she responded shyly,“No..not at all.”Sighing she went on, “I would like to say goodbye to Ariel before I take my leave.” Leila responded, staring at Adam through lowered eyelids, she knew how to weld the weapon that was her eyes on people, especially her father.“Yeah, that’s right,” Adam said swiftly, immediately realising that he had also forgotten to say goodbye to his daughter before leaving the house,He headed back up the stairs in a jiffy.“This way,” Adam said to Leila pointing towards the direction of Ariel’s room,He dashed into the room without knocking and headed towards her bed, hoping to see her there but to his utmost surprise, she was not on her bed.“Where is she?” He muttered to himself and looked around the room wondering where his daughter could be as she was always in her room.“Princess.” He called out for her but did not get a response and the look on his face became worrisome.“Remember you asked Evelyn to take her down for a walk,” L