“What’s wrong Cole?” Bola asked.
She had just arrived home and had headed up the stairs to check on her son when she caught sight of Cole. She had seen color drain from his face as he turned pale. Bola waited for a few seconds but of course, as expected Cole did not spare her a glance talkless of grace her with a response. Instead, he stopped using his phone and scurried around looking for what she assumed was his car keys
“what's wrong Cole? why won't you—” Bola stopped mid-rant as her eyes met the contents in the phone screen. Her hands shook as she picked up the phone to examine what was in her hands, she froze completely as she felt her whole world crumble down.
She had to stop Cole now! Apparently, by the time she recovered, it was too late and she was left with yelling out Cole's name as his car pulled out of her driveway, fear
"Bola? When the maid had told me you were here, I didn't believe it,” Mrs Dante said as she saw Bola, as he moved closer she realized the girl was pacing around. The woman raised an eyebrow and asked; "Is something wrong?" Bola chuckled sadly "Is something wrong?" She repeated with an emotion filled voice "Is something wrong? Are you seriously asking me that? Everything is wrong mother! Every single thing!" She said as she threw her purse to the ground breathing heavily as she continued to pace about. "Calm gone and tell me exactly what is wrong,” the woman demanded. "Well what do you expect? It's the same pathetic story. Cole doesn't love me! He doesn't care! And when ever I try to be close to him, his memories of that girl come back! I can't take it anymore. We've been married for two years mother, two years, yet your son can't even bear to stay in a room with me, talk less of share a bed with me! He is like a st
"What is it?" Daniel gritted out as he poked his head out of his room door with a raised eyebrow. He was completely irritated as he glared at his sister who seemed unfazed. He sighed as he came out giving her a look that said "so?" "I need you to call Clarissa's house right now," Mercedes said and Daniel didn't miss the panic in her voice. "Clarissa?" Daniel said as he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "why?" He asked "Now is not the time to be asking questions just call her up,” Mercedes demanded desperately "Look, if this is one of your stupid assumptions on who she is then—" "Just call her okay! Five lives depend on this!" She screamed to her brother, Mercedes needed to know if Clarissa and Aramide were the same persons. If so, their whole world was going to come crashing down, and their mother's heart attack would be the least of their worries. S
"What happened?" Daniel demanded the moment he arrived at the Clough mansion. Blaire sighed as she wiped her tears and offered him a sit. He hastily accepted it. "So, what happened? She was fine when I left two days ago!" Daniel exclaimed. Well maybe she wasn't so fine... but she was alive and not missing! "I went up to her room the next morning after you left," Blaire sucked in a deep breath as she whispered "She— she wasn't there, Clarissa had vanished" Aramide's kidnapping had hit her hard, even though she wasn't her real mother — Blaire cared for Aramide as if she were her very own child and nothing compares to when a parent is on the verge of losing their child. "The police have started their investigation and..." she trailed off. In reality, she had nothing to say, the police hadn't been able to gather anything conclusive or any leads that coul
“Checkmate” Tania smirked as she stared at the frown that was growing on Dared's face, her childhood friend had never been one to deal with defeat, in fact, the man rarely failed. She was the exception though. She had always made that clear. The fair-skinned girl stood up and dusted her clothes, they had been at this for a while going back and forth and she was exhausted. Honestly, when she decided to visit her friend in New York, she hadn't imagined she would spend three days, and now she had been here for more than a week. She wasn't complaining though, Dared was great company, he was smart intelligent, tall, influential, and dominant. Being filthy rich as well — a quality, she admired. To Tania, Dared was anyone's spec, and she hoped to everything he had built and his whole career, that this Clarissa girl he was always rambling about, was a
Tania smiled as the waves of London hit her, the beach had always been her best place to relax and take her mind off her issues. She closed her eyes as she opened her arms wide, The scar on her chest remained on display. Memories played Beneath the darkness that had engulfed her as she closed her eyes. “mom! mom!” Tania cried out as she tried to pull her mother out of the vehicle, but she was stuck, the sight of blood all over the place sent shivers down her spine, she ignored the blood that was currently dripping from her chest, she was sure dripping was an understatement though, as she was bleeding profusely. Tears blinded her vision as she was pulled away from her mother, the Seventeen-year-old saw only red as the car her mother was in exploded, and everything was ruined. Tania's eyes snapped open and a tear slipped.  
Blaire paced to and fro in the waiting room her hands visibly shook as she took in heavy breaths while her thoughts were everywhere. Aramide's father was sitting on a chair, His head was rested on the wall and he seemed deep in thought. Blaire let a tear slip as she mumbled something underneath her breath, Memories ran through her mind. "You've become quite popular and feared here, No one wants to get cross with the boss lady,” Blaire said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes "That's exactly what we want, whosoever wants to kill me, must be someone who knows me well, the person must be going crazy wanting to know where I am and how Aramide managed to disappear from the surface of the earth," Aramide said with a smirk "Oh Nana, I can't wait to return to London, I can't wait to board that flight today, it was about time
"You fools! You are useless! You had one job! Just one job! And you failed at that too!" Dared roared as his bench men shrunk in his sight. To say the man was furious would be an understatement, their leads hadn't got them anywhere, apparently, the kidnapper had changed locations and they were back to square one, they had looked everywhere in London, but they had found nothing. Dared frowned as he downed a shot of vodka, He ran his hands through his hair as he sat down in one of the many bars in London. His thoughts were all over the place. He was sure of one thing though, the moment he found the person that dared to lay a finger on his woman he would tear them into tiny little pieces. "Oh, Clarissa" Dared spoke. "You never cease to amaze me" he continued "You and I both know full well that you are mine" "I don't know if you are bold or just plain stupid, but I don't have time to waste on you," Aramide replied sharpl
Jared groaned as he paced back and forth. It had been two hours, two long hours since Cole had managed to escape from right underneath their noses! Jared was sure Aramide had helped him escape. What he didn't understand was why the girl hadn't left with him? Why had she stayed? What exactly was keeping Aramide tied to this place that she had willing told freedom goodbye? The man sharpened his small knife as a frown laced his features, he couldn't care less what she thought anymore, he was going to get rid of his pestering niece today, Soon the cops would arrive. Jared was sure that cole had been singing to them about how Aramide was alive. Every moment was crucial. Each moment was like a drop of water, it could never be gotten back after it was lost, and that was just reality. "Aramide" he gritted out as he stepped into the room, He didn't m