"What can we do to help?" Mia asked as she climbed down from Ivan's bed. "What can I do to help actually? He must remain in bed." "I don't think you can help, she fell into the water at the valley of geysers and drowned before they found her but she is still holding on to her last breath, I have to go now!" She exclaimed before running off. She closed the door before leaving and Ivan and Mia stared at each other. "Why did she explain the whole thing when she won't need our help?" Mia asked. "Just in case we come across a doctor, maybe under the bed or somewhere." Ivan said and Mia chuckled at his sarcastic response. She went back to him and he cupped her face in his palm and pulled her closer to his face then planted a light kiss on her lips. As he wanted to kiss her again, the door knob jiggled and it caught their attention, they immediately separated before the person at the door came in."Alfred!" Ivan exclaimed with a big smile on his face."Young meter Wayne!" Alfred sighed w
The howling wind whistled in Jenna's ear as she sat on the edge of a bridge. The dark night sky was brought to life with millions of stars, glistening in their own very special way."The sky.... The sky has never looked so... So beautiful." She smiled in a wearied manner as she croaked the words. She was once a beautiful young girl with a happy story who never even knew what it meant to harm any animal, talk more of a human being. She hated what she had become and she knew there was so going back. She had lost too much blood from her wound inflicted by the police and she was already pale and weak. A sudden gust of wind blew past her and pushed her off like she was nothing but a piece of paper.In one single splash, she sunk into the water and she couldn't even struggle for her own life. She would forever be remembered as the woman who brutalized her own husband and his family, slaughtering them heartlessly but no one would ever know her pain. ★★★Ivan sat up in bed, he was feeling
Ivan froze for a second, what was the bloody little adorable Andrews daughter up to? What could she possibly need the help of a poor servant that he was supposed to be to do? "Will you help me?" Her soft and angelic voice interrupted his thoughts."Let me hear it, no promises though." He loosened up a bit."Thank you." She said with a smile."But I won't steal or kill for you and if you want to ask me to sleep with you then you might as well forget it!" He sternly said."I am not going to ask you to sleep with me so calm down and I can handle my own bills okay?" She said with an expression that asked the question, do you understand?"Fine then, no promises still. Let me hear it and make it quick because I really have to go because Alfred can be really... What's that word I was going to use again?" He asked himself as he stared into the air like the word he was looking for would just randomly float by. "Annoying? Pestering? Difficult? Hard nut to crack?" She stated with yet another
Alfred sighed as he rubbed his temples and then checked the time on his wristwatch. "What is taking him so long?" He asked as he groaned."Cut some slack off the kid Alfred, he is probably still asleep as we speak." Mia's mom said with a smile as she saw Alfred's expression.His face was like he was about to explode from the rage that was building inside him and it was like he wanted to break down Ivan's door and drag him out from one leg probably. "He probably wants to get out of bed when breakfast is ready so he doesn't have to wait, you know the way kids are these days." She continued."He doesn't have to act like a kid kid like this." Alfred sighed as he relaxed into the chair. "Mia, you are his PH, go and bring him out here, drag him out if you have to." He slowly massaged his temples."Yes sir." Mia said with a smile as he left the scene to get Ivan."Hmm... I feel like I have gotten really old just these past couple of days." He expressed with a sigh. "He is like a little chil
A woman that looked in her late thirties walked up to Mr Andrews one bright morning as he and his family were heading to a restaurant. As they got down from their car to enter the restaurant, the woman ran up to them and fell to her knees. "Please sir, I am very hungry and my child is yet to eat as well, can you please help me?" She pleaded. A little boy was standing a few steps away from them and he appeared to be the woman's son. He stared at his mom as she begged Mr Andrews for money but didn't go to her. China was only a little girl then when it happened and she stared at the woman as tears rolled down her face then back at the little boy who just stared at them."Please sir, just help my little boy." The woman pleaded as she bowed down on the floor, holding on to the tip of his trouser."I have no money to give to the likes of you who are able bodied but refuse to work." Mr Andrews said to the woman."No sir! That is not how it is, I am doing everything I can so my son can bec
The next eleven hours plus in the air was more than enough time for Ivan to have a think of the last thing that happened to him before he left Russia. He had gone to face China about sneaking into his room which she confessed to doing and apologized immediately. "I am really really sorry I snuck into your room and accidentally broke your picture, I was just so curious to know who you are." "For the hundredth time China, I accept your apology. At least you fixed the picture for me now I can take it back home like it is brand new." Ivan said with a smile. "I am also very sorry for what my parents did back then, how they treated you and your mom. I really wanted to help back then but if I did, they would have done something very terrible to me." She explained as she walked with him."It was how many years ago? I hardly even remember it happening so you don't have to worry about it. Besides, it was the work of your mean and terrible parents and not you." Ivan said. "I know, they are w
The evening air was cool and light, and there was a gentle breeze blowing, rustling through the leaves and creating a soothing sound to China's ears as she strolled down the road. "In English, soiree means “a fancy evening affair.” The word comes directly from French and was formed from the word soir, meaning “evening” or “night.” The French make a subtle distinction between soir, which refers explicitly to the time of day following sunset, and soirée, which refers to some duration of time, usually translated as “evening.” English speakers don’t use different words, but we understand the difference between “I’ll see you tomorrow evening” and “We spent the evening playing cards”—one refers to a time of day and one refers to the passage of time. "From the idea of a period of time evolved the second meaning of soirée: a party that takes place during the evening. As is typical for words that have been borrowed from modern French, soiree in English signifies the fancy version of a simple
The trafficker directed the plane on where to touch down safely and after that, Ivan got out of the plane alongside Alfred and Mia and other passengers. After leaving Incheon airport, Alfred took them to their home while he went to register their sim cards. South Korea, being five hours ahead of Moscow, the time was already three after midnight so every planned activity had to wait till dawn. Ivan laid in his bed, lost in thoughts. A lot had happened in the past few days and he was wondering if he was day dreaming. How could a pauper like him get to travel around the world? Eating new foods, drinking expensive wines, wearing clothes worth more than the money his parents -foster parents- and their generation ever had!Then a side thought came in, when would he get to enjoy this wealth with his family? Sure, Alfred had made sure they were in good hands but when would they ever know his true identity? When would be able to tell them he knew he was not their son but he did not mind it?