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Amber. Chapter Fifty
A man rushed into the restaurant looking around frantically, he bumped into waiter carrying the tray of food for the couple by the right side of Amber, knocking the tray out and unto the man reading a newspaper in front of his partner, the hot food made him jump to his feet, he bent his head to examine the damage to his clothe and his cap fell off, the waiter was apologising profusely.“Am so sorry sir, am sorry please"“it’s okay, the stain is not too much"The man said Amber looked up to see the drama unfolding and was shocked to see Todd Anderson, her mouth open and she stood up without even realising it, her feet seems to have a mind of their own as they moved of their own accord to where Todd stood, Jake followed her quietly, Amber stopped in front of Todd looking at him straight in the eyes, she turned to see the woman with him and it was Alice.“Oh, I see" Amber said throwing her hands in the air.“Good thing I left huh, now you can make your relationship public but with me it
Amber. chapter Fifty one
Todd looked at the clock ticking every second and his brow furrowed, the time is 9:00am and Amber wasn’t at the office yet, she should have at least called in sick or something, he thought. He tapped his leg on the ground, he became really agitated when by 9:30am she was still not around, he picked up the land line in his office and dialled a number.“come to my office" he said into the phone, few minutes later there was a knock on the door and Jen stepped in.“why is your friend not at work" Todd asked not in the mood for any exchange of pleasantries.“huh" Jen said looking confused.“I’ll find out right away" She said and stepped out of Todd’s office.She dialled Amber’s number on her phone and it rang, after the third ringing. She picked up.“Hi" she slurred into the phoneJen looked at the screen to be sure she dialled the right number.“Amb, is that you” she asked.“yeess" Amber said, her words sounding slurring once again“Are you drunk, at this time, what’s wrong, why are you n
Amber. Chapter fifty-two
Todd woke up with a start after falling asleep on the wheels while waiting for Jen to exit Amber’s building, he wondered if Jen was still inside or she had left, to be sure he placed a call to Alice.“hey, do you know if Amber’s guest is still with her or if she's left"He asked when Alice picked up“no, She is still in there” Alice said and Todd hung up.After thinking for a while he started the car ignition, turned back and left.The next day at work, Amber came in to work and was summoned to Todd’s office, she tapped on the lightly and opened the door.“You called" she saidTodd raised his head to look at her, he noticed her dull eyes and somewhat sad countenance and he felt bad that he had made her sad, he unconsciously reached out his hands to draw her closer and comfort her but Amber moved back abruptly, her movement was too fast that she missed a step and was falling, Todd rushed out of his seat and grabbed her hand trying to safe her but they both fell flat on the ground with
Amber. Chapter fifty-three.
When they got to the hospital, Amber’s knee had already been wrapped up with a band aid and she was thanking the nurse who attended to her, Todd heaved a sigh of relief when he saw her in one piece, he placed a hand on his chest and took three deep breath before moving into the room completely, Carl stopped at the door and nodded at Amber, she nodded, acknowledging his greeting, she looked at the nurse as she walked out of her room then turned her face to the side, biting her lip she closed her eyes squeezing it tight as if willing Todd to disappear but when she opened her eyes and turned to check he was sitting on the chair by her bedside, the gentle look in his eyes was her undoing, she couldn’t look away from him, she bite her lower lip nervously and Todd held her hand tenderly.“I was so scared, I thought I’d lose you too" he said gentlyAmber was moved by his words, she tried to respond to him but there was a lump in her throat and her words sounded hoarse, she cleared her throat
Amber. Chapter fifty-five
“Why don’t you trust me, Amber" Todd asked raking his hair with his hand.“Do I really look like someone who will betray or cheat on you" he asked looking into Amber’s eyes as if the answers will jump out of her eyes.Amber bite her lower lip shaking her head quietly she said.“Am sorry, I dragged my baggage into our relationship" her eyes lost focus like she was looking into the distance as she began to recall bits of her childhood.15 years ago.“Ann, Ann" came the shout from little Amber, Ann rusher into the sitting room and found Amber perched on the stool by the window, looking out the window she pointed at a figure approaching the house as she said.“He’s coming and he’s drunk" Ann rushed towards Amber and dragged her down from the stool “quick, come, let’s go hide, you know what that means right” Ann held Amber’s hand and the two of them rushed into their room, locked the door and climbed the bed to sleep.Bang! Bang!! Bang!!! The loud banging on the door didn’t stop even as
Amber. Chapter Fifty-six
Todd hung up the call and stomped his feet on the ground, he couldn’t believe Amber chose to tell someone about their relationship despite the current situation and she chose the worse person, a person he had been suspecting since the day he saw Petra at the restaurant while he was spying on Amber, he had followed Petra that day out of suspicion, he was shocked to see Jen talking to Petra, he had been suspecting her since then but has no evidence to proof his suspicion. His head was bursting with lots of thoughts. What if Jen turns out to be Sarah’s murderer, though they looked into her before, they didn’t search deeply, now he was hoping they could trace her call records perhaps that will shed some light on the issues at hand, he really didn’t want to imagine what would happen of he was too late again this time, he placed his hand 9n his chest in an attempt to steady his heart, took deep breaths before turning to walk back into the hospital room where Amber was currently watching a
Amber. chapter fifty seven
“let’s go for a vacation” Todd said to Amber after she was discharged “What about the company and Carrie"Amber asked, her eyes searching Todd’s to gauge his reaction, she really wanted to go for the vacation but she also knew the company is at a busy stage.“don’t worry, have arranged for everything, Carrie and Donna will go with us and we will all stay at the vacation house there, its close to a ranch. You’ll love it" Todd said and Amber beam smile, moving closer to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and brought his head down for a kiss.“I think we will go for more vacations in the future, I didn’t know vacations can get me kisses" Todd said, his breath fanning her neck and his words teasing her.She smiled and turned away, her face turning red “there’s more to come during the vacation” she said“Is that so" Todd said drawing her back, he embraced her from the back.Stanley knocked on Todd’s office door and waited till he heard “come in” he opened the door and walked in,
Amber. chapter fifty eight
Carrie was overly excited to be going for vacation with her favourite people, she couldn’t stay calm all through the ride she kept asking questions like“are we there now, when can I go play, can we swim there Daddy"Todd was driving so Amber answered most of the questions that Carrie asked, when the car parked in front of the house, Amber got down from the car and looked around, the view was breath taking, the house was made with dark brown woods and there were trees scattered all around, the drive way was paved with grey interlocks.“wow, looks like one of the houses have seen in the movies"She muttered to herself, Todd who was bringing down their luggage from the booth stepped beside and said“Well, now you’re in this movie”Amber laughed and they all walked in with Todd carrying most of the luggage, the inside was even more gorgeous than the outside, all the walls were painted white and the furniture’s were all brown giving the house an elegant look.“Nice" Amber said looking arou
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