Clarissa arrived at the given address and stepped out of her car. She examined the appearance of the building with her gaze and went ahead to knock on the front door. The door was opened by the same doctor she was looking for and on recognizing Clarissa himself, the doctor made to shut the door as quickly as possible but Clarissa shoved him back. "So you did the entire thing on purpose?" Clarissa asked the doctor. The doctor parted his lips but no words came out. "Forget it. I have no time for this argument. Where is the result of the DNA test?" Clarissa asked the doctor. "I don't have it with me. I left it in the hospital." the doctor replied. "You son of a... " Clarissa's voice trailed off. "Get into my car right now!" Clarissa ordered. "I need those results right now!" she yelled. "There is no need for me to come with you. Do you want the result? I make a call to get it to you." the doctor replied. "Make it quick," Clarissa said to the doctor, right after she gave him a sh
Here I was again. It was only a matter of time before I would receive a phone call from... *Buzz buzz* My phone rang before I could complete the words in my thought.I checked for the name of the caller on the screen and I wasn't surprised to see who it was.'Mr. Kennedy Collins'I answered the call and waited for him to speak first, "Hello? Am I on to Trevor Chess?" he asked me."Yes sir," I answered in a weak tone of voice."Oh! Right, You are fired! Do not ever think of returning to this company ever again!" he yelled into the phone, almost bursting my eardrum, and then he ended the call.I put my old-fashioned phone aside and sat up in bed. I stretched and yawned before getting up and slamming my shoulder against the rickety old door of my room so it would open for me. I entered the living room of my average house and took the cup of coffee I had made yesterday in my hand.I sipped it and I gagged immediately it touched my tongue and went down my poor throat. My fourth boss in my
I laid down on the cold floor after turning off the useless tv. Empty-minded and with no goal in life or solution to my current predicament, I got up and went to my room.I stayed in bed and put my pillow over my head. My stomach rumbled but I ignored it. I only had enough money for my last meal and I planned to spend it tonight.Going out under broad daylight was something I despised because everyone who knew about my situation would always mock me in one way or the other after they see me.I stayed in bed throughout the rest of the day until I noticed the dark of the night before I rose from the bed.The bedroom door was jammed again and so I had to hit it several times with my shoulder until it opened. I counted the last amount of money in my pocket and decided that I would buy bread with it as it was the only meaningful thing I could afford.I walked five blocks from my house to the cemetery first. I stood before the tombs of my parents and sobbed."It is both your faults that my
Parker nodded and went in. After a while, Parker returned with a loaf of bread. "How much for it?" I asked."Give us all that you have," Parker said as he placed the bread on the counter. Normally I would have ignored and left due to their insulting words from earlier but the hunger in me was greater. I took out my money and Parker snatched it out of my hands.He shoved the bread into my hands and gave a smug smile, "Enjoy your meal." Parker added and both he and Gus looked like they were trying to hold back their laughter.If only I knew what was coming to me.I happily entered my house with the mindset that I was finally going to fill my stomach no matter what the bread would taste like. I opened the bread as soon as I sat down.Just as I tore the bread in half, cockroaches flew out, causing me to throw the bread at the far corner of the living room. I could only imagine the amount of laughter that Gus and Parker were getting at just the thought of the outcome of their prank on me.
"Hm. Poor-poor woman." the second man said and spat to the side. Were they the cousins my supposed aunt was talking about? The first man bent over the corpse and searched her "any sign of the pendant?" the second man asked the first, causing my heart to skip a beat. The same pendant the lady just gave me? She just put my life at risk with that single act of hers. I wish I never accepted it. "No. She took it. Where did she put it now? I think we have to look around." the first replied the second, getting up on his feet."Wait... Do you smell that?" the second man asked the first. "What is it?" the first asked. The second man bent over and I think he was staring at the lamp on the floor, "it's still hot. Someone was here. Or..." the second man added. I felt all over the wall with my hands and soon found the window. I was ready to escape the house silently but unfortunately for me, my leg hit an unidentifiable object and the noise alerted the men."There is someone else in here!" th
The mother of the twins, by the name Victoria, wanted to stop Penelope from exposing that truth to the twins but she felt it was too late to intervene and so she stayed hidden away from their sight."What?! You dare to tell us this now?!" Loki got up and screamed."There is no way on earth that I will allow an absolute stranger to take everything that rightfully belongs to me and my brother! It will never happen!" Dean shouted."I agree that I was young and stupid. I had a child with my husband and he wanted me to abort it because he wasn't ready to have kids. I... I couldn't do it and I abandoned that child in the hands of a different couple in secret. All that doesn't change the fact that he is the heir to everything under the Vandelson family name!" Penelope said to the twins. The faces of Loki and Dean vividly showed the fire of anger that they catered within themselves."No! Everything belongs to me and my brother! That bastard son of yours never grew up among us in the first pl
I opened my eyes and saw a policeman hitting a rod on the steel bars of the cell. I closed my eyes and pretended I did not see anything and at the same time, I tried to shut out the noise. I heard the door open and then footsteps that only seemed to be getting closer and closer. In the next minute, without my expectation, I was jerked to my feet by a policeman. "Get up lazybones!" the policeman said to me. He took me to a room and made me sit on a chair with a table in from of me and two chairs on the opposite side of the table. After a while, a man and a woman came into the room. They both sat on one chair each and placed some documents on the table. "Do you know what you are here for?" the woman asked me. I shook my head in response to her question."That's what I thought," she said."So you know for sure that I am innocent?" I asked her. "Innocent of what?" the man who was seated next to her asked me."Of killing the woman who was found dead in my house," I replied to him. "So
"Calm down sir!" Mrs. Hemsworth shouted at him. "What is wrong with you?!" she asked him. "Take your seat and keep your mouth shut!" she instructed Mr. Thomas. "My apologies madam." Mr. Thomas said and sat down as he was told by her. Mrs. Thomas took a deep breath to calm herself before finally speaking, "First of all, let us understand that the woman, in this case, is already dead. We cannot get information from a dead body can we?" Mrs. Hemsworth questioned. "Of course not. That is why she cannot testify against him." Mr. Thomas said, interrupting Mrs. Hemsworth. "I thought I told you to stay quiet." Mrs. Hemsworth said to him, in annoyance. "Sorry." Mr. Thomas mumbled and turned away."And you mentioned that there were two men who came in after she died right?" she asked me. "Yes," I answered her."Will you be able to describe those men to the artist?" Mrs. Hemsworth asked me. "No..." I said to her. "It was too dark for me to identify their faces. They did not see me either
Clarissa arrived at the given address and stepped out of her car. She examined the appearance of the building with her gaze and went ahead to knock on the front door. The door was opened by the same doctor she was looking for and on recognizing Clarissa himself, the doctor made to shut the door as quickly as possible but Clarissa shoved him back. "So you did the entire thing on purpose?" Clarissa asked the doctor. The doctor parted his lips but no words came out. "Forget it. I have no time for this argument. Where is the result of the DNA test?" Clarissa asked the doctor. "I don't have it with me. I left it in the hospital." the doctor replied. "You son of a... " Clarissa's voice trailed off. "Get into my car right now!" Clarissa ordered. "I need those results right now!" she yelled. "There is no need for me to come with you. Do you want the result? I make a call to get it to you." the doctor replied. "Make it quick," Clarissa said to the doctor, right after she gave him a sh
[The next morning]Clarissa woke up in my bed while I was still asleep. She left my room and went into hers. After taking her bath and getting ready, she dressed up and left the mansion. The only thing that Clarissa had on her mind was the DNA test and she couldn't wait to get it and show it to the twins for them to do the comparison. Clarissa arrived at the hospital and headed straight for the doctor's office. She tried opening the door but it was locked. A nurse was passing by at that moment and Clarissa stopped the nurse to make inquiries. "Good morning ma'am." the nurse greeted. Clarissa ignored the greeting from the nurse and went straight to the point, "where is the doctor that usually stays in this office?" Clarissa asked the nurse. "Today is his day off so he's not going to come here for work until the next day." the nurse answered Clarissa. "Do you know where he lives?" Clarissa asked the nurse. "I am sorry ma'am but this hospital follows strict rules. Such which inclu
"Oh, it makes a whole lot of difference because I do not want that to happen," Clarissa replied to Dean. "Hm. Hand what are you planning to do about it? Stop us? How exactly do you want to start that out?" Dean mocked Clarissa. "I can give you what you long for the most," Clarissa said to Dean."And what is that?" Loki asked Clarissa. "You may not know it but we are getting a good reward from Zane, that is after we succeed in what we were sent to do. Nothing you say could be any better." Loki added. "And I am sure that what Zane offered was not money. It's something else which I am yet to find out." Clarissa replied Loki. "You better keep your nose out of our business Clarissa. You know very well what we are capable of." Dean warned Clarissa. "Uuu, I'm so scared. Someone come and help me." Clarissa said to Dean in a mocking tone of voice. "I didn't come here to discuss what Zane offered the both of you but what I can give you two," Clarissa said. "Just go straight to the point
I waited for Clarissa's response would be and my heart kept pounding fast each second I waited. I just confessed to Clarissa that I loved her. The same woman that made my life miserable in the past was the same one I fell in love with and I still can't comprehend how it happened. "I don't mind if you say no but please don't keep me waiting this long," I begged Clarissa. "Walker... I... I love you too." Clarissa said to me with tears in her eyes.I felt like a heavy burden just left my chest the moment I heard her voice. She loves me too. I couldn't contain myself anymore and I embraced her, lifting her and spinning around with her. Clarissa was shouting for me to stop while she laughed at the same time. I stopped and put her down. "You don't know how happy you have just made me," I said to Clarissa. "Thank you, Clarissa. And I'm sorry for fooling you the way I did before." I said to Clarissa. "It's all in the past now Mr Walker. I forgave you long back." Clarissa replied to me a
I returned from the restaurant with Clarissa. She was so happy throughout even until we reached home. I couldn't believe this was the same person I was who had hated her in the past. Why was I fast falling for her? "Um... Walker? Why aren't you coming in?" I heard Clarissa ask me. Her voice brought me back into reality and made me realize I had gotten lost in thought and had stopped at the door. "Oh! Sorry about that. I kind of zoned out there." I told Clarissa and walked into the mansion. "Hey," I said. "Yes?" Clarissa answered while turning to face me. I thought about it again and again. Maybe I should tell Clarissa about my feelings for her. But what if she tries to take advantage of me through it? What if she doesn't feel the same way at all?The last thing I would want right now is a one-sided relationship..."Sir?" Clarissa said. "Hm? Nothing. Never mind that. Just go to your room." I said to Clarissa. Clarissa turned to leave but quickly turned back to me. "Sir... Um...
I caught the fist and kicked the strange person's second hand when I felt it coming at me. The stranger shouted in pain and I dragged him out of the darkness only to find that it was Zane. "What the...! I thought I told you to stay away from me and my wife?! So you do not know what a restriction order is?!" I shouted. "Come out with my wife!" I shouted to the men I knew were still in the darkness. Two men stepped out, holding Clarissa and one of them had her mouth covered. "Run now that you have the chance to do so," I told those two men. The two men looked at Zane and then at each other. After a second or two, they took to their heels. I punched Zane square in the face and he fell to the ground. He sat up with a bleeding nose and blood leaving the corners of his lips. Zane looked at me angrily but he did and said nothing. After Zane was finally gone, Clarissa jumped into my arms. "Thank you so much!" Clarissa said to me as she cried on my chest. I patted her on the back. "Ever
What the hell?! Dean?! Why would he so openly send men to search this mansion? And judging by the time the phone call had happened, Dean called right after I left his mansion. I looked through the rest and it wasn't difficult to discover that they were not able to find what they were looking for. But what was it that they were searching for? Dean is on to me for something but I'm not sure. Is he after me as me Walker or... Is he after me as Trevor Vandelson? I knew I had to be careful in whatever step I take from now henceforth. [Eight o'clock, the next day]I looked at myself one last time in the mirror after making sure that my tie was made properly and neat. I left my room and was about to leave when I suddenly remembered something. What better than to take my wife with me? It's a party after all. I went into the laundry room where I knew she would be by now and she greeted me the moment she saw me. The punishment I gave her by making her my maid and cleaner humbled her after
"Of course, we are friends me, Dean. That's why I'm going to cancel the meeting and attend your party." I said to Dean. "Wonderful. I'll be expecting the best out of you. It's not a party for the poor after all." Dean told me. I clenched my fists in anger, remembering how I was treated in my past life. No matter how my anger was, I never let it show on my face. I relaxed my hands and smiled, "I'm not a poor man so, you should indeed expect the best." I replied Dean. We shook hands and I left his mansion and entered my car. "Where to Sir?" my driver asked me. "My home," I answered. While the driver was driving, I couldn't help but let my mind trail off. What was all that for? This was supposed to be strictly business. I know I planned to be close to Dean and Loki Vandelson but they're offering my friendship on their own is suspicious to me. Do they suspect something? But how would they? I only married Clarissa and for some time, I never made any contact with them so why this tac
I continued with the workload I had in my office and my phone rang. Probably, my brothers are calling to check up on me. I checked for the caller and instead of the name of one of my brothers being on it, it was a call from an unknown number. I answered the call and I recognized the voice speaking. "Good day me Walker. This is Loki Vandelson speaking." Loki said to me. "Happy to be hearing from you Mr Loki," I replied. "I called because of your partnership offer. Says in the documents that you would like a merge between our companies." Loki told me. "Yes. I made sure to do some research on your and your brother's companies. compared to others, yours are the best for the merger." I replied. "So what do you think about it?" I asked Loki. "I think it's best we meet in person and discuss it." Loki offered. "No problem. When do you want the meeting?" I asked Loki. "Let's say... By eight o'clock. Today of course." Loki answered. "Alright. I think my schedule is cleared by then. See