Chapter 8NO WAY OUT...Sally...The room seemed to have suddenly become small making it impossible to stay composed.If someone told me a month ago that I would be seating here with the famous Doctor Crown under this circumstance, I would have laughed as it would seem impossible,"How can I be pregnant?" I softly asked looking at her grining face, I acknowledge the fact that I had agreed to sleep with her son willing but looking at the Doctor right now made me realize how naive I had been,She had this all planned out from the beginning and yet I had regarded her a miracle in my hour of need, I suddenly felt so stupid"I know all this is sudden Sally" she began as she handed me her phone which I took staring at a document,"What is this?" I asked confused"Thats a NDA you signed coupled with a few more papers" Doctor Crown explained,"You tricked me, I didnt sign up for this" my eyes drifted to the test result Doctor Crown had now pressed on the table,How on earth could I be pregna
Chapter 9AT THE CROWN MANISON...Sally..."Hey Baby" I entered Rita's room and put a tray with a glass of milk on her bedside and took a sit right beside her"Hey, how were the exams?" Rita asked sitting up"Am pretty sure I nailed the paper" I answered forcing a smile."What happened?" Rita suddenly asked after taking a sip of her drink"Nothing happened, I was just worried about leaving you alone" "Who was that man and what did he want?" She asked with raised eyebrows"He is just a friend" I quickly gave her the glass of milk"Drink this" I said, Rita did as told."I hope you did not get yourself in any sort of trouble just trying to find the money you paid for my surgery", I hated the fact that Rita was too sensitive, I put out the best smile I could muster"Its not that, Am actually here to tell you we will be moving" I watched her face closely "Moving to where?" She asked, I took my gaze to the wall trying to avoid eye contact, I hated lying to her"What's wrong Sally?" She ask
Chapter 10CONFRONTATION...ROBERT..."Grandpa, please you have to understand that I drugged, I don't even know that woman" I tried to explain to my grandfather after Lucas left the room with the woman"The deed has already been done Robert, we can't ignore the fact that she is carrying your heir" I was frustrated as I looked at mom, "Listen to your grandfather Robert" she said, I fought with the urge to answer her back rudely but I knew that would only ensure an endless argument with her"We cant even be sure the baby is mine, that woman is clearly poor and will do anything just to get her hands on our money",. The moment I had done a background check and found out about that woman, Sally, it was evident she was doing this for the money and probably some good opportunities Mom had presented to her.Mom and I have been playing the cat-mouse game for long, we did not share a loving mother-son relationship as most people believed. This wasn't due to the fact that I hated her, it was bec
Chapter 11THE UNHOLY RELATION...LUCAS...The Crown mansion was in chaos as need be, I took this time to go to my room to rest before I went for my shift in the evening.Just as I laid on my bed, my phone rang, I cussed at the disturbance and reached for it, Uncle David was calling, "Hey" I answered"Where are you?" He immediately asked"Am home, is something wrong?" I asked even though I already had an idea why he was calling"Come to my place right now" I answered with an okay and grabbed my car keys. In the next 20 minutes, I pulled up my car at his residence and went to see him,Has expected, Uncle David was angry and uneasy,"How could you let this happen" he asked when I entered his study, me on the other hand wasnt in the least disturbed as I took a sit comfortably in one of the sofas"Do you even understand the griveness of the issue?" Uncle David asked yet again,"You dont need to get so worked up Uncle, I have everything under control" I assured him but it was clear he was
Chapter 12THE AWAKE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY...Robert...To say I was disturbed would be an understatement, I tried to think of where mom could have taken Melissa but couldn't figure it out which made me even more anxious,I couldn't help thinking what if she wasn't well taken care of or if they switched off the life support machine, these thoughts made me even more disturbed.After thinking things through, I found myself at Sally Andrews now bedroom door, taking a deep breath, I knocked.After a minute, she opened the door for me and seemed surprised to see me"Why are you here?" She asked taking a quick glance inside the room before she closed the door behind"I want us to talk" I began"About what?, haven't you insulted me enough for today?" She might have felt insulted but there was nothing that I said that wasn't true, "I am here over something important, follow me" I said and began to make my way to my room with her following behind."What do you want to talk about?" She asked when
Chapter 13ACCIDENT 1...SALLY...A week had passed since the time I was brought into the Crown mansion,The week had been uneventful and to top it off, I had not seen Robert Crown since the night he tried to convince me to talk to his mother about the whereabouts of his fiance, I occasionally saw the other family members but no one really made effort to have a conversation with me except Grace who was friendly to me and Rita.I stood holding both Rita's hands not wanting to let go"The car is here" Rita said with a smile, Doctor Crown had enrolled her at a private school where she was supposed to report today, has much as I was happy that my sister would have an opportunity to be at one of the best schools, I was still hesitant to let her go,I would be left all alone in this house and that thought did not sit well with me"Take care of yourself okay, call me if anything happens" I said wiping away a tear, Rita in response hugged me"I will, I love you" she said"I love you too" I res
Chapter 14ACCIDENT....Robert...Sally was taken to the hospital and immediately admitted in the ICU,Waiting outside the ICU room, I called Mom to tell her the graveness of the situation.About an hour later, Mom and Grace got to the hospital, Mom was in a state of panic as she paced back and forth unable to sit still."You look awfully worried about someone you have only known for a week" I commented looking at how shaken she was. Though she had refused to paying Sally, I was now more convinced it was all her doing"Unlike you, I don't want to lose my grandchild before he is even born" Mom replied."Seriously! you should be worried if She will survive this before you start worrying about the baby" I knew Mom's main interest was the baby but I on the other hand felt bad for Sally,I found myself genuinely worried about her, the horrific state I had found her in still left me nerved. I wondered if the accident was caused by anyone who might have wanted to cause harm to her, I had read
Chapter 15...Robert...When Adam pulled up at the house, I rushed out of the car"Robert, calm down a little, we wouldn't want you to do something you will regret" He tried to stop me"Go home, I will handle everything" I said turning to him"But..." I shook my head and reassured him I was going to handle the situation to which he eventually nodded and went back to his car.I made my way to Lucas's bedroom and banged on the door before he opened it to for me"Why are You here?" He asked, he was preparing himself probably to go to work"Didnt you hear Sally is in the hospital?" I asked"I don't know what you expect me to do about that, should I have come to the hospital for the picture perfect family?" He sarcastically asked"You were the last person she was with before she got hit" I said studying his face keenly"What are you trying to say Robert?" He asked holding my gaze,"Why did you leave her out there alone?" I questioned, Lucas let out a laugh"I had an emergency, if you think