Kohler got home that night, feeling devastated. She wished none of this never happened. She wished that she was there to protect her child and that they took her, instead of her child.On getting home, she just sat in the living room, thinking deeply.“Kohler, Kohler.” She heard her name, suddenly, and then came back to reality.Quincy had just come back from where he went to, and he reeked of alcohol.“So, the next thing is to drink alcohol? Why didn’t you invite me over, so, we could both wallow in sadness? Oh, you didn’t tell me the full story of what I needed to know, right?” Kohler confronted him but spoke calmly as she looked at him.“I don’t understand, Kohler. Where is this coming from?” Quincy questioned, not expecting her to react this way, after leaving her.“Why didn’t you say anything about the abductor, telling you that you should provide a sum of five billion dollars?”His expression changed, and his eyelids fluttered, taken aback by her sudden question.“How…. how did
The next day, Quincy headed straight up to meet Charles in his home, as he had gotten the address. He wanted to meet with him before he could go out to work, or any daily activities he did, early in the morning.“It’s quite a surprise to see you, Quincy. Let me guess, Did you get wind of the news that I offered to help your wife? Are you probably feeling insecure?”“Just shut it! Shut it, okay? You are shameless. So shameless, and you do not deserve to be roaming around with your head, held up high. How would you be offering to help a married woman, on the terms of her, having to leave her husband? People like you can’t find true love.”“Yada yada, whatever. And who cares about that? What’s love, without money? Come on, I see gold in Kohler, and all you’re doing is get it rusty. Allow me to take care of her for you.”Quincy grabbed Charles’ collar, and his upper lip twitched as he tried his best to control his anger.“Get your filthy eyes off my family. The abductor might have texted
Quincy drove off to his office and threw away the milkshakes as he couldn’t see any time, close enough that he would have the appetite for it.“Good morning, Quincy. How was your night?” Scott asked as he walked into his office, and stood before him.“Well, it was okay. My morning was just a little sour.”“What happened?” Scott asked, out of concern.“That brat, Deborah, I bumped into her, and she tried to poison my mind, saying different things about how Kohler would eventually leave me,” Quincy spoke his mind.“Come on, you should know better than to take her word for it. You know Kohler very well, so anything anyone says, shouldn’t bother you.” Scott spoke, to make Quincy feel better.“I know, right? It’s just difficult to wash off the annoyance that still lingers in me. But I’ll be fine, soon.” “You will. I know that.” Scott added.“Anyways, what’s the schedule for today? I shouldn’t allow my experience, this morning to rid me of my responsibilities.”“Exactly. That should be the
Although Lauren didn’t expect that he would react this way, she understood, anyway. She knew it wasn’t going to be an easy decision, but rather, a tough call. “Calm down, Quincy. I’m sorry if I hit the wrong spot. I was just trying to be very realistic.” She said and rose to her feet. “But right now, you’re still in pain, and I’m sorry I haven’t given the answer that you would have loved to hear, but let’s meet again, Quincy.”“You know very well that it’s because of our close relationship that you’re still standing in my office, comfortably, right? Lauren, with all due respect, please don’t see me if what you’re going to say, is going to be so annoying.” Quincy said to her, and she sighed, sadly.“Quincy, I know you. You can always wriggle your way out of any situation; just don’t be too slow on this one. See you some other time.” She said to him and then left.Quincy brushed his hair to the back, with his hand, and paced around, feeling annoyed. Half his day was more like it was pl
On getting to Charles’ house, she texted him that she was already at his house. In no time, she saw him through his gates, walking towards her.She twitched her lips, and then looked away as she wasn’t interested in staring at him until he got to her. “Welcome. It’s quite sunny. Are you sure you don’t want to come in?”“Even if it is rainy, I would prefer to stand under the rain, than to go into your house.” She said, with clenched teeth.“For someone who wants to see how her daughter is faring, you have some stubbornness in you.”“If you don’t want to help me, I can just wait until the abductor sends a video to me, as well,” Kohler said, expressing how much she wasn’t interested in going into his home.She didn’t want any of what happened, to repeat itself. He could go crazy at any moment, and this time, have his way.“Hmm. Alright then. As you wish.” He said, then handed his phone over to her, unlocked.The first thing she saw was her daughter, looking scared, and she became anxiou
Scott and Quincy heard that thump and then rushed to where they heard the thump, only for them to find out that it was Kohler.“Kohler. Are you okay?” he asked her as he helped her up.As she stood on her feet, she looked at him, dumbfounded. “What’s going on? Did I hear right?” Kohler asked, trying to understand what was going on.She was hoping that she didn’t hear what they said, well enough; that her husband could pay a sum of 5 billion dollars, but didn’t want toBoth Quincy and Scott exchanged looks. Quincy feared that she had heard what he didn’t want her to know about, all this while.“What did you hear?” Quincy asked her, trying to remain calm, and composed.“I just overheard you both, talking about how you can pay the 5 billion dollars, but you don’t want to. I don’t understand. So, you have such an amount, but you kept it from me? Alright, if you had your reasons, then that’s understandable. But the fact that your daughter’s life is on the line, you couldn’t release it? Oh
“Kohler, hold on. You can’t just leave. Where are you going to?” Quincy asked, worried that she was really serious about her decision to leave. “You don’t need to know where I am going. And you also don’t need to worry about saving your child, anymore. If you can stand and watch her, being slaughtered, I can’t. I carried her in my womb for a good 9 months, and also went through the stress of raising her; if you know what I mean.”“Look. Calm down. We can figure a way out of this.” Quincy said to her, in a pleading tone.But she didn’t listen to him, even until she got into her car.“Quincy, please. Just stop.” She said, not wanting to hear any more word from him, then she drove off.While driving, she brought out her phone from her purse and then dialed Charles’ contact. The dial tone kept on ringing, but he didn’t answer the call.She drove off to his home instead as she felt he could have been away from his phone, and even if he wasn’t at home, his maid would certainly let her in.
Charles couldn't believe his ears. Just like that? She was going to divorce Quincy? He had tried all he could to get her away from Quincy. Even while Quincy was unconscious, the trick had been Eunice. Eunice being abducted had easily done what Charles had always failed to do from the onset. Joy licked at him like the flames underneath a cooking pot, but he could not show it—not when Kohler was that devastated. He would now finally have a chance. “What caused the fight? What happened? I mean—are you sure you want to take things that fast?” He asked, looking into her eyes that still shone with the tears she had shed. Oh, Kohler was beautiful. She was graceful in every way and the thought of finally having her made him feel sweet inside. “I know what I'm doing. I'm no longer staying with him. It just can't be possible. If he can just…” she broke off, “Right now, I don't even understand him. It's like he's… I don't know.”“Tell me.”“You don't need to know the details of our fight, Ch