“Come in, Mr. Richmond,” Doctor Meyers said. Paul nodded and stepped into the room. He was puzzled that the doctor would call him instead of letting him share a few more days with his son. Paul was the happiest man on earth right now. He finally had a family now. With Lauren accepting him back after everything, he hoped that this would be the start of something new. He was expecting a reply from the college he had applied for in Texas this week. Hopefully, he would get hired and they could all move there. Maybe Lauren could restart school there, and they could share responsibilities on who would hold the baby. Everything seemed to be working out better than he had expected. This was because Arlene wasn’t here. She would have whispered into Lauren’s ear telling her how bad a decision this was. But Lauren knew that the baby and she needed him. There was no way she would be able to provide for herself without him. She was still in the sick bed trying to recover from the delivery, and
Paul Richmond barged into the hospital making his way through the hallway in a hurry. He was just told that Lauren had finally returned after going missing for over two days. Paul was infuriated, but all he hoped was that she was still with the baby. He could remember being dumbfounded after finding out that she had fled the hospital with their son, Rylan. He couldn’t understand what would prompt that move. They had agreed to take care of the child together when they moved to Texas together, but it seemed like she had other plans in her mind. What had she done, and where had she gone?Paul was going to find out soon. He arrived at the door of Dr. Meyers’ office and knocked on it impatiently. “Come in,” a muffled voice ordered. Paul gripped the doorknob and swung open the door stepping into the office. In the office sat Lauren. She was sitting before the desk with Dr. Meyers looked directly at her. They seemed to be having a conversation before his interruption.Lauren turned slo
Dr. Meyers shut the door of his office heading towards Lauren’s room. It had been two weeks after the incident at his office. He had broken the news to Lauren about her hemorrhage, and she had taken it better than he had expected. After her meeting with Paul, he had prescribed a few pills for her to take which would help with the hemorrhage, but she had refused to do so. Dr. Meyers had been shocked by this. Her condition had become critical, and now he was heading to her room to prepare her die surgery. The hemorrhage would have to be removed for her to live. If it didn’t work out, she was going to leave behind an innocent kid to an arrogant man like Paul Richmond. This isn't something Dr. Meyers would wish on anybody. He arrived at the room all dressed in his lab coat and knocked on the door. There was no response. He felt that she was dressing up in preparation for the surgery and that there were a couple of nurses in there with her, so he waited. Dr. Meyers hadn’t talked to Pau
LOS ANGELES, PRESENT DAY. Rylan was shaken as he stared at the floor. Hearing his father’s side of the story had truly opened his eyes. It seemed everybody had a different perspective on the story, but he would have loved to hear it from his mother’s mouth. He wasn’t going to be that gullible to his father. There is every possibility that his father could be trying to manipulate him. Rylan didn’t care if it was paranoia knocking on his door. He wasn’t going to let somebody who had been absent throughout his life change the way he thought about his mother. He refused to believe that his mother would give him away like that after Paul had promised them a happy home in Texas. Why would she choose to hand him knelt to Arlene rather than move to a new city with him? Maybe she didn’t love him anymore? Maybe she hated him so much. It could be understandable. Paul had told him that she hated him because he had ruined her life with the pregnancy. Rylan couldn’t help but feel like a problem
Paul Richmond couldn’t describe the mix of emotions he felt. He was happy that his son was alive but was also sad that he had given up on searching for him. He had feared that Rylan had been dead all alone, and that was why he had never bothered to go and search for him. But now, he was at his mother’s grave trying to pay his last respects. It was raining heavily now, and Rylan hadn’t come in yet. Paul feared that something was wrong. And so he decided to go out and look for him. He picked up a raincoat and pulled out an umbrella before stepping into the rain. He walked through the backyard heading towards the little garden where the three tombstones were. The garden had been made by Lauren’s mother, Agatha. Lauren had decided to look after the garden after her demise. And Paul had promised on her grave that he would look after the garden for her. That was why he was staying here. He had run away at first to Texas after burying her. He had thought he could escape his past, but it
“Please sign here and here,” Leah said, pointing at the dotted line on the paper. Edward McCullough clenched his jaws before holding the pen down to the dotted line. His eyes went to Rylan who was sitting relaxed by his desk. He couldn’t believe he was doing this. Rylan had been so thoughtful to give them back the company. Something they had never expected. But it came with a price. A price that could be costly. A price that was quite embarrassing considering everything they had gone through. It was crazy that they had come to do it. But there was no other choice. It was either this or nothing. And Edward knew which he was choosing. In the office sat Karen and Eve. They all looked nervous as they waited for Edward to sign the papers. Karen was having second thoughts about this. What if everything went wrong after this? What if Rylan was playing them again? He had done so countless times over the last few months, and what’s to say that he couldn’t again?Rylan had accepted to give
“Please sign here and here,” Leah said, pointing at the dotted line on the paper. Edward McCullough clenched his jaws before holding the pen down to the dotted line. His eyes went to Rylan who was sitting relaxed by his desk. He couldn’t believe he was doing this. Rylan had been so thoughtful to give them back the company. Something they had never expected. But it came with a price. A price that could be costly. A price that was quite embarrassing considering everything they had gone through. It was crazy that they had come to do it. But there was no other choice. It was either this or nothing. And Edward knew which he was choosing. In the office sat Karen and Eve. They all looked nervous as they waited for Edward to sign the papers. Karen was having second thoughts about this. What if everything went wrong after this? What if Rylan was playing them again? He had done so countless times over the last few months, and what’s to say that he couldn’t again?Rylan had accepted to give
Rylan Daystar walked up to the podium which was standing before the factory. The sun was high and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day. There was a sea of reporters standing before him as he held the podium. He could hear the sounds of the cameras and the flashes from the paparazzi as he was about to make a speech. Today was the day he was finally going to open the factory. After hours of work, it was finally time that he opened up the place that would change the lives of many in the city. This had been his dream from the start and he couldn’t wait. In front of the sea of reporters was his lawyer, Leah Marcher who smiling and clapping uncontrollably as she watched him. She looked like a proud mom. Rylan knew that none of these would have been possible without her. She had stuck with him through all these years and he couldn’t believe he had almost thrown that away. It was when he had been scammed by the McCulloughs. He had thought that Leah had gone against him, and at