Emily helped Stephanie to gather her bags so she could return to her parents. She couldn't control how nervous she felt.“I don't know why but I feel so restless. I feel like I should not return today,” Stephanie uttered, grabbing her bag and looking around.“You shouldn't feel that way. Everything will go great. Afterall, you wanted to see them. You should listen to your heart,” Emily advised.She later packed her bags and left. While she was on the go, Emily started thinking about how she would approach her father about the marriage and how she was treated. She was moved to her hometown immediately after Stephanie left.Her sham husband was not even looking in her direction, he was not facing where she sat and his head was up too high.Her heart pounded in fear, she could only hope it was not what she was thinking, what it looked like.Her father usually told her, the truth will always find its way no matter how bitter it is.Her hands became cold as the silence around them became m
“I can't imagine you did such? Do you even think of anything before actually taking out your actions? I consider you being so wicked at the moment,” Emily scolded. She started nagging as she could not bear how she was treated by Christian.“I didn't know it was going to take that long. You have to understand that I have to settle all of this,” Christian ignorantly replied.“How? You are acting lame,”Emily splurged.She walked out and Christian, for no reasons, felt bad.“Where are you going to?”Christian called out, but Emily moved to the room.Stephanie made her way to her Father's house. She didn't know what she was going to see. However, things turned out differently.Her father fell sick after some days, it was revealed to her that her father had a fatal accident which restricted him to the bed.“What the hell? What is going on?” Stephanie ranted. She could not behold her eyes. Frantically, nothing was making sense to her.She had the strong feeling of backing out from coming home
Nothing was making sense to Andrews anymore. He decided to settle down and look around. There was absolutely nothing to admit to because he never committed the crime.“Why did you do all of this?” Stephanie pulled the collar of his shirt.“What's all this in my house? You should really chill. This is not making sense anymore. I ruined the company and I left because I couldn't face the company, especially your father. You have to believe me,” he started pleading.“You made me lose a lot, you are heartless,” she cursed.“I'm not anything you say I am. I did no such thing, you have to listen or leave my house,” Andrews through an order.“Great, you are funny now and the denial is making everything really hard to believe,” Stephanie called out.Everything was turning in circles till she received a call.“What's happening mother? I hope everything is fine,” she desperately said.“No…no, my child,” she cried so hard over the phone that it was difficult to breathe.“You are making things w
“Where did you go? I was looking for you,” Stephanie asked desperately.“I should be asking you that question,” Emily replied coldly. She returned from telling her mind to Christian. She ignored all of Jack's text messages.While Jack was in the city, he decided to teach those who ruined his life. He started Mr Micheals.Before he became an ex-convict in the mafia's, he was going to be set free, but Mr. Micheals made sure that justice was served. It cost him so much, but he still went ahead with the punishment.“I went to see Andrews,” Stephanie uttered coldly.“What do you mean by that? I thought you were better than this and going behind my back to ruin a plan,” Emily hastily replied without giving it a second thought.“I didn't have any choice. You warned me, but I refused to listen. I didn't know how to count how horrible I felt after realizing the man I went to meet was in a tragic accident,” she confessed.Emily gasped, she covered her mouth with her hands. She couldn't believe
“You can't do what you are thinking about,” Emily scolded.“What do you mean? I have to show them that I have found my foot. It is very compulsory I do that,” he ignorantly said. Enjoy stared at the man whom she still had feelings for.“Great, you should see how I support you with that. I will not watch you come here and ruin the life of others,” she was interrupted.“Interesting. You should see to it. You need to settle what you need to settle. I'm idle and I won't try lying to you,” he replied, looking away.He couldn't look into her eyes. He mentioned a lie. It was very necessary that he did what he wanted to do. Maybe he would have been saved from where he was today.It wasn't easy for him to navigate through it all. He gave every bit of the matter a little thinking, and it all fell to giving him an exotic pain to live with.He wasn't sure about it, so he caused Stephanie's father a fatal accident that would help him rest his lips and brain for a little while.Everything was perfe
Stephanie realizes that her mother was up to something really fishy.She moved to the location that was on the message and when she got there she got the most shocking revelation.“How could you do this? You should not even be here, JJ,” Stephanie uttered in shock.“You are not meant to be here. It's not nice that you are the one seeing me here,” hr was embarrassed. Their plans were ruined.“You should not be here,” she stammered.“Why do you think I should not be here? You made my father seem dead on a bed, you put his life at stake and now you are here telling me I should not feel bad? You suck. You really have messed up,” she cried out.“It's not what you think…” he paused.“I don't even care about what you think. He was very heartless concerning me. He didn't care about me, that I would have a future or something,” he replied.“You have messed up. You should not have even said that. You want revenge and the best thing to think about is having him dead? Didn't you think that he was
Stephanie didn't know exactly how to feel after realizing that all of that could be possibly true. She moved back home and she sat by her father's sick bay. She started weeping sleepy while having a good feel of his hands.Everywhere was quiet and there was no one at home.“Great. I didn't know what it was all about. I'm sorry, I don't know where to start. I know it's my mistake, father. I didn't know you were going through all of that. If I knew, I wouldn't have displayed my stubbornness,” she cried.“JJ did this to you. I can't even express my pain. I'm so lost that I feel so burnt out and exhausted. I don't know how else this can work,” she replied.“It's not what you think,” Stephanie turned and she realized it was her mother.“You should at least have limits. After committing a crime you should have special boundaries set for yourself. Why are you even here? You know very well I don't even want to talk to you,let alone see you,” she replied, her anger was worth it.After everythi
Stephanie stretched out the printed letter towards Emily.She stared at it for a while and deep down, she was fighting. She was fighting so hard to make sure that she would put her pressure to the side.After thinking about the last meeting that she had with him, she suddenly became too curious to see what was written on the paper.“I know you want to get it. You should stay away from acting this way. How else do you think everything is going to be? You need some information to move on,” she replied. “Bold of you to say things and act like you know them. We both know, you know nothing Stephanie,” she said, dragging the paper out of her hand.“Great. You should think better like this. I like to know what to do. I don't like the fact that you are making good decisions right now,” Stephanie mentioned and walked out of her. Emily's tension increased. She became so anxious to know what was written inside the paper.She went back home and after a while, she could not describe the beautiful
CHAPTER 113Wedding bells "Hi, everyone. What's going on here?Did I interrupt anything? I can see y'all are having a good time, right?" Doctor Mario dashed inside Stephanie's ward with a document in his possession. Stephanie's conversation with her Mom was fruitful as they made peace and vowed to improve each other. Personally, Mrs. Rolando instructed everyone to join them inside the ward while she used the opportunity to apologize to Chris for treating him like a piece of trash while he was married to her daughter, Stephanie. The whole family is set to put the past behind them and embrace a new beginning that would be beneficial to everyone. Stephanie's near-death experience made them realize that there's more to life rather than beefing each other. "Not at all. Doctor Mario." Stephanie smiled. "I'm glad you're here with us.You came at the right time. We were just discussing my discharge date before you showed up. What's the update, doctor?" "Somewhat Positive if I must
Family ties."How do you feel now?" Chris asked Stephanie while she lay on her sick bed. She had her bandages wrapped around her head to enable a speedy recovery. It's not even 48 hours yet and Stephanie has lost much weight due to the excess bleeding from her head."I feel some type of way right now. I just can't explain. I can't wait to stand on my feet again." Stephanie responded in a faint voice as she held Chris's hands so passionately and stared directly into his eyes, "Thank You!""For? I can't recall doing anything," Chris responded to pretend he didn't know what she was talking about."Come on, Chris. Don't act like you don't know. Of course, you know what I meant. Thank you for everything. I wasn't expecting you to come through for me in my distress and trust me, I don't take your kindness for granted. I want you to know that I appreciate everything you do for me and more," Stephanie buttressed and displayed her heartfelt gratitude. She forgot to address the horrible texts s
Mrs. Rolando's venom.Heavy falls of snow in June are not uncommon, and only for a short time towards the end of July are the nights exempt from light frosts.The climate is hot and humid in the lowlands and along lower places, but in the uplands, it is dry with high temperatures and a cool atmosphere.Mrs. Rolando hasn't shown up yet and everyone's worried. Her hastiness would determine how fast Stephanie would get better."Have you figured out what to do? We don't have plenty of time to gamble around," Doctor Mario asked Chris. He was taking a stroll when he saw Chris and Emily standing at the reception. He expected Chris to have fetched Stephanie's family members previously discussed in his office."I know, Doctor. I'm working towards that I just called her mom and she'll be here pretty soon. Just buy us more time, please," Chris pleaded.Emily wasn't paying attention to their discussion. She concentrated her gaze on a woman approaching from a distance which she suspected was Mrs
CHAPTER 109The agony of Stephanie."Mr. Chris. Are you there?" Mario waved at the lost Chris to rejuvenate his lost soul. His mind went blank the moment Mario disclosed traces of narcotics found inside Stephanie's system."I'm fine! I am just trying to process everything. I'm still in shock.' Christian placed his head on Mario's desk to nurse his pain.Christian is quite aware that Mario is telling the truth but he's scared to admit it. He would rather pretend not to know to avoid Mario from suspecting that Stephanie is into drugs. He wishes he could visit Jayden at the station and strangle him with bare hands. He's the reason they're into this mess."I want to ask an important question and I'll need you to be honest with me. Can you do that?" Mario asked."Sure!" Chris nodded in a faint voice. His baritone voice has disappeared mysteriously without a trace due to the overwhelming situation.Narrowing his gaze around his office, Mario slowly whispered, "Is Stephanie a drug addict?"
Compound Woes"She's not even responding, Chris. Please assist me in taking her inside," Emily begged Chris. Stephanie is losing a lot of blood and Emily isn't about it. Just when she thought their problems were over, Stephanie's accident gave me another reason to trap them back inside the hospital's premises."Where are we taking her to? I know a nearby hospital where Stephanie would receive the best treatment. Let's get her inside my car," Christian said. He knew where Emily was driving but he just wanted her to spell it out."What sort of question is that? Why take her elsewhere when we are in the right place?Can't you see that we are in the hospital already? We should carry her inside where she would be treated inside." She responded with a harsh voice."Hell no! There's no way Stephanie would be treated in this same hospital. Have you forgotten what happened recently? To me, this hospital is bad news and must be avoided at all costs." Chris instructed at the expense of Stephani
Breaking free.Brandy gritted his teeth, remembering how confident he was a couple of minutes ago. He doesn't feel the same anymore and fears the worst that's about to him. His sense of loss was so deep, that he thought it'd kill him some nights.He paced around the cell for a couple of minutes in his prison uniform looking restless. He can't withstand the pressure anymore."Calm down, bro. It'll be fine. You've got nothing to worry about. You've been restless since we got here. We don't need that negative energy right now. We just need to stay positive." Jayden walked up to Brandy and calmed his nerves. It's crazy how you're calming the same person you're banking on for your freedom."Get your hands off me. You're in no position to say that to me. How dare you ask to stay calm when you know the situation already? You don't expect me to sit down and fold my arms right? I'm working towards my freedom unlike you with no plan. My Dad isn't picking up his calls or responding to his texts
Reconciliation Christian wasn't bothered about his potential arrest initially because he was quite confident of his innocence. He even made a declaration of becoming a Freeman who finally came to a manifestation.“I'll be going home at last. It's been a crazy adventure.” Chris smiled. He was so elated that he was going home. There's no greater joy than seeing Brandy and Jayden being arrested by the cops. If Chris was allowed to have his revenge on them, he doesn't mind shooting them in the head and watching them bleed to death. At least once in his life, he was able to do the right thing when it mattered.“Mark!” Chris halted Mark.“Where are you going? Please come back to me. There's something critical I need to discuss with you.We still have unfinished business.,” Christian called Mark when he noticed how scared Mark had become since he explained to everyone how Brandy destroyed everything. “Unfinished business? What are you talking about? Please make it make sense to me becau
The Escape route.“What's running through your mind now, Brandy? Doesn't it bother you that you might be spending the rest of your life in jail for committing a serious crime? You haven't spoken a word since we entered this vehicle. Are you planning on something I should know about?” Jayden whispered silently as the cops drove them to the station. He's noticed how unbothered Brandy has been lately.“Nothing special. I don't have Skeleton up my sleeves. I just have this peace of mind that can't be explained. I'm certain my Dad would come for me pretty soon. I've got absolutely nothing to worry about,” Brandy boasted. He isn't bothered by the arrest because he knows it's just a matter of time before his father comes through for him. When the cops got Brandy's declaration that Brandy would be arrested, he never argued or fought with them. Majestically, he smiled and walked his way into their vehicle, while Jayden kept arguing and pleading for a second chance at freedom again.Brandy's
Brandy's antics."Emily, is he telling the truth? I need you to be honest with me. You're the only one I could trust right now. Brandy is a jerk. No truth comes out of his mouth.I don't want to believe that Brandy erased all the data. What gave him the nerves to do that?" Chris focused his attention on Emily. She was the only person that wouldn't lie to him. He doesn't want to believe Mark's explanation even though it seems legit."I hate to admit this but it's nothing but the truth. Mark already said it all. If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have agreed to what he said. Everything happened right in front of me. You know what? I don't want to talk about this anymore. It saddens my heart each time I remember what happened out there.My head's spinning right now and I don't want to fall sick.," Emily narrated her ordeal in a soft tone. She's gradually losing her voice each time she opens her mouth to speak. She vowed never to speak until they reached the conclusion."Over to you Brandy. E