Maybe it was the loose, unkempt ponytail, or the simple pair of sweatpants matched with a hoodie, or it was hee bare face, but Beatrice could point out that there was something very different about her daughter.Other than her appearance, she was also smiling in a way that Beatrice was accustomed to. The last time Avery smiled like that was years ago when she tied the knots with Davide. Up until now that smile was gone.Avery approached her wearing that sad but happy smile, she looked tired, she looked like she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.Aveey crouched down by her leg and gave it a gentle squeeze, "hello mom"."Is this your daughter?" The two percent woman asked.Beatrice didn't know where the smile came from, but she was grinning from ear to ear with pride bubbling in her chest, she nodded her head vigorously."Yes, this is my daughter," she looked at Avery, "my only daughter"."Aigoo," the red haired woman said, "so you brought her up while pushing her t
Avery had no idea why the anonymous person would suddenly send her a fax machine, nevertheless, she took it to her house and plugged it in.To say that she was scared was an understatement, she was petrified. When she had rushed to the hospital and couldn't find her mother on the bed, she had panicked. She grabbed her chest and started heaving, almost losing her mind trying to find her mother in that single room. She knew how her mom felt about meeting other patients especially the ones of her age, her mom had a pride that was incomparable to another. She felt like the earth was her footstool and it was very funny given the fact that they weren't even that rich.When she saw her mom talking to the other women, she felt very happy. She listened to the women talk and the smile that was plastered on her mom's face. Avery had very much liked the sight, to her it was definitely picturesque. She loved her mom.Her mother who had lived by always pushing her to the edge, her mother that had
Derek was staring wordlessly at Davide. He had so many thoughts going on in his head, however he could not bring himself to formulate an adequate reason for the question asked.He casually bit into his chicken like he wasn't having a tsunami in his head."Because of protection, Davide. I can't love you like I lost my brother". He said.Davide felt his heart warm up, he never thought that Derek possessed this fear in his heart, this worry for him. He thought at the very least, Derek just acknowledged him as his nephew and there was nothing more to it. But as it seemed, he was quite precious to the man.Why wouldn't he be, he was the only thing that reminded Derek of his brother. Davide looked just like his father, except he took his mother's eyes and her skin tone. His father was much more tanned but it didn't matter. Anytime Derek looked at him, he remembered the man who grew up w
Davide had already been feeling quite anxious and Zeta suddenly showing up made him sort of angry. He had been planning his escape and what if she had caught him climbing out of the window, he knew she wouldn't just let it go. Like now, she was standing there and questioning him when she should be apologizing about barging in."What are you doing here, Zeta?" He asked.Zeta looked around the room, the reason she had asked where he was going was because of how he was dressed. She knew that by this time, Davide was normally in his pajamas and was either on his computer or reading a book. But suddenly he was dressed in black faded jeans, a black t-shirt and even wore a pair of sneakers. It was really something to pique her interest.She frowned when she saw the crease between his eyebrows, she had never met this side of him before. He seemed to be very angry about something and she knew it didn't just have to do with her barging into his room. She admitted that it was a wrong thing to d
Mr Lee glanced at Davide who just asked him a very weird question. To tell the truth, Mr Lee himself had no idea why he was doing this. Why he rented a car, why he was wasting his precious time driving in the city when he shoukd.be snuggled up in his bed watching movies or eating chips. But instead he was sitting next to this insufferable person.It couldn't be that he just suddenly started to like Davide, well, it actually was that. He never expected that the boy would be so easy going and so different from many other people. He didn't know where the envy and jealousy had come from before that made him hate the dude, but after spending a few days with him he started to see a side to the boy he never saw before.He realized this when he was buying coffee, his usual was black but he didn't know when he asked for another one from the barista, he had made a lousy excuse to himself that he was just being a good staff but then he went out again just to get food for Davide and then got hims
Avery was feeling all sorts of emotions. She couldn't name one of them but she knew they existed inside her. It's been a whole day and she never left the house. She couldn't even bring herself to take her bath. She couldn't eat anything, it wasn't as if she even propelled herself up to enter the kitchen to cook. Avery was quiet, only staring at the bag of gold on her bed. Underneath the state of angst, there was a feeling of emptiness.She felt unbelievably empty.It's been twenty four hours since she stole the gold. When she was doing it, she didn't know that she possessed such strength, stealth or even wisdom to pull off such a heist. Though all the information about the whereabouts of the gold and the time she should be there was given to her, she still had to rely on her ability to take what wasn't hers. She had seen the clothes of the workers moving the gold. They were simple and looked very humble. One of them kept talking about his girlfriend and the other one was painfully s
Davide couldn't recall how he had fallen asleep but when he woke up, he was still in the clothes he wore yesterday. He must've been so tired that he couldn't change out of his clothes.He groaned and looked at the digital clock that stood on his nightstand, it was fifteen minutes to seven in the morning. He didn't bother himself with rushing to get dressed.He was the boss, he could come in to work at any time.However, he was instantly reminded of the problem he was facing at work. Davide lost his will to live.With his face buried in the comforters of his bed, he groaned. He didn't know if he had cried last night but he was sure that his eyes were suddenly moist and the comforter was starting to get wet.His life seemed to be a rollercoaster of misfortunes. He couldn't place his finger on one time in his life that he was truly happy and not rueful. No, his life was quite pitiful.He didn't want to go to work. The problems would be waiting for him. He didn't want to leave to do wha
Beatrice had been worried about her daughter. She knew that Avery had taken a leave from.work after the incident that Davide had saved her from. Ever since that time, Avery had been quite frequent at the hospital. She wouldn't go home unless she had some things to bring back. She was always with her and did the most for a child who didn't receive the most. Beatrice had been thinking about Avery since that day she heard those words from those other women. She knew that as a mother, she clearly did not deserve a daughter like Avery but somehow, out of some miracle, she had been blessed by God with a daughter so amazing. She was well aware that most people that Avery knew would call her hard hearted, they would oftentimes refer to her as a bad person or a cold and shameless person but she knew her daughter, rather, she had known her daughter best. When Avery was a teenager, she thought her favorite colors were black and pink. It was after Davide showed up with purple lilies and she in