“ You are kidding, right? The last time I checked, they were just mere friends. It took a lot of intervention from you before Joy agreed to be his friend, so when did they start dating?” Lilly asked. She was surprised that two arch enemies could profess love to each other.“ It was just confirmed two days ago, before we realized the trouble ahead of us”Lucas faced his father-in-law to study his reaction to the shocking news.“ Thank God the relationship is still fresh, so they can still put a stop to it.” Lucas frowned at Justin's statement, “ Am I making sense, Lucas? They can still get separated, right?”“ I'm afraid that won't be possible, sir. They have been in love for a very long time before one of them summoned courage to speak up. They are deeply in love”His response angered Justin and he flared up, “ What kind of stupid love is that, when my life is at stake? I don't care how they do it, they have to put an end to this madness”His anger erupted a volcanic annoyance in Luca
Meanwhile at Marie's apartment, Joy tiptoed out of the house without her mother's notice. When she got to the porch at the entrance of their house, she looked left and right to check if someone was lurking around. When she was sure that she was alone, she brought out her phone to call Albert. It was at the second ring that the recipient picked up the call.Speaking in hushed tones, “ Hi babe, how are you?”“ I'm fine, love. How about your side? Is everything alright with you? Hope your mother is not troubling you?” Albert replied with a calming tone. He was extremely worried earlier, both about his mother and Joy, and he had almost cried out his eyeballs, if not for Alex's visit and Lucas's intervention.His nerves had been calmed with a bottle of alcoholic wine. He would have drowned himself in the drink, but Alex's presence stopped him. He was now alright to speak with his girlfriend.“ I should be asking you that, but hearing the calmness of your voice, I guess I shouldn't be worr
Marie wasn't hearing any of her pleas because she had left her to decide wisely. Joy went inside her room, she was devastated and helpless. She couldn't think straight, so she ended up crying. She cried out loud that her whimper could be heard by her mother in the next room, but instead of Marie showing up and giving her the support and strength she needed, she didn't care. All she did was to leave the girl to her predicament.She cried herself to sleep and the ball socket of her eyes almost bulged out. Early morning of the following day, she did minimal clean up on her body, then she set out to meet the only person that had been her confidant for a very long time. Without informing her mother, she went to visit Ms Jane in the Old folks home.As she stepped into the Care home surroundings, the security guard welcomed her, but was surprised to see her.“ Hi Ms Joy, hope there is no problem. Today is not your normal visiting day” He squinted his eyes when he saw Joy's swollen eyes and h
Albert rubbed his eyes to be sure he was seeing clearly, “ Yeah! It's her”, At a wind speed, he rushed to hug her “ Mom, I have missed you” He started crying, refusing to let go of the fragile woman. He was so engrossed in the warm embrace that he was oblivious of what was happening to Ms Jane.The woman couldn't utter a word, she held her head in pain, when she couldn't bear the agony anymore, she forcefully detached herself from Albert and she screamed.As she held her head, she was opening and closing her eyes at intervals and the world seemed turning around her, she was feeling dizzy.Before Joy could run to her side, she fell on the ground with a thud. Albert and Joy got to her side in a rush. She was shaken vigorously, but there was no response from her.“ Mom! Mom! Mom!Please wake up, it's me. It's your son, Albert. Answer me! Juliana” He was forced to call her by her name, due to frustration, but she had lost consciousness.“ Calm down, there is nothing wrong with her. She ju
His mom was still asleep and Joy was rubbing her cheeks tenderly when he rushed in. Joy looked agitated as she saw his restless expression, “ What happened? Why did you rush in like you were being chased?” She questioned.“ Of course I was being chased. Why would I barge in like a mad man if everything is okay? We need to leave here at this minute, and we aren't leaving without my mother” he said authoritatively. He disconnected the long drip connected to the cannula on his mother's arm.“ Whoa! Aren't you being dramatic and getting ahead of yourself? How can we leave when your mother hasn't recovered? She is still unconscious, for crying out loud!” Joy screamed, forgetting the patient on the bed.“ Can you please listen to me for once without dragging words with me?” He shouted, thinking Joy would at least be scared, but she didn't move from her seat.He was forced to kneel before her and whispered into her ear, “ Lucifer's henchman is outside. Our lives are in danger if we spend ano
Lucifer was pacing back and forth in the conference room inside his house. Some of his men stood before him with their heads bowed. Silence engulfed the room such that the sound of a pin could be heard.He glanced at them with a bitter look, then all of a sudden, he raised his voice, “ You are a bunch of idiots. How could you allow them to slip away from you like that? How could you lose them? That was the best opportunity you could have used to capture them when Albert was harmless. He seldom goes out with guns these days and I'm sure today was one of the days. Damn!” He attacked them furiously.“ Snake! I'm highly disappointed in you. If someone told me you would miss your target, I would have put a straight bullet on the person's head. This is the best chance for me to become the most powerful dark lord on earth and also exalt my revenge on Justin Rowland. I would have gotten my revenge on Diego for betraying me, but I’m acquainted with him for the rest of my life. The only grandso
Marie ran to hug her daughter as she came down from Alex's car. After Albert left Lucifer's house, he went straight home to stay with his mother, so Joy decided to leave after that.“ Oh! Baby, Mommy is sorry. I'm very sorry I gave you a hard time and tried to force you to make a choice. I know you deserve happiness and I will never try to take away that from you again. I have realized my mistakes now. Thanks for coming back to me” she cried while she hugged Joy. Joy stared at her mother for a few minutes and she saw that she gave a remorseful and sincere apology. She realized Marie was ready to become the mother she yearned for and she was ready to give her a chance, but she was confused with her mother's last statement. “ What did you mean by ‘ thanks for coming back to me’, I never left you mom. I can never leave you, because you are my pillar. No matter the estranged relationship we had in the past, I still love you and no one can replace you in my life. So you have to bear with
“ I can't believe Jeff did all that! I knew he was heartless, but how did he turn worse all of a sudden. Thank Goodness I'm alive to see you again. Before we talk about Justin's issue, I want to ask you about someone very important.” Albert did not waste time to regale all the happenings to his mother when she settled in. He wanted to allow her rest for some days, but Juliana couldn't stop asking questions about his father and why he was chasing them.Juliana was baffled at the amount of crime committed by Jeffrey since she had left and she blamed herself for having an affair with a man like him. She even blamed herself for giving Albert a monster as a father, when she heard the torture he went through in the hands of his so-called father. She pledged to do justice to everybody that Jeffrey has hurt, by granting them the support within her powers, especially those that were connected with Her beloved Joy and Albert.“ Who is this person you wanted to ask from me? Do I know him/her?”