EPILOGUE (DAISY)My favorite time of the day is waking up snuggled into his arms. He always holds me so hard to his body that I can barely move and once I try to escape from his hold he will push me back to himself. That always brings so much smile to my face, so much happiness that I can't begin to mention. “Are you awake?” His sleepy voice asked, and I tried to pretend I was still sleeping as I closed my eyes tight.“I could hear your thoughts so wild, and you know….”Laughter bubbled out of me as he tickled me “Stop it” I yelled, pushing his hands away from me as he got a hold of me and was still tickling me so badly. “Say please,” he said while still tickling me so hard that my chest hurt. “Never” I pushed his hand away, trying to stand from the bed, but he was so strong, and he caught me before I even escaped. “Okay, please Damien, please” His hand softened as he held me to himself. We are still on the bed now and panting a little from the play that we had just engaged i
The first thing I heard was a beeping sound, so slow not regular and the sound kept giving me a headache. I groaned and attempted to open my eyes and kept failing. Where the fuck am I?? I tried with my eyes again, and it turned blurry as what was in front of me was a big chair, occupied by someone, someone I cannot seem to see clearer. Twitching my hand as the first movement I could feel I hear a heavy sound and the person who seemed to be beside me is up. “Oh my goodness she is awake” I heard a loud shout followed by the stomping of feet and my eyes are opening a little as the image before started coming out clearer. From the shadows that surrounds me in the bed, I felt the presence of so many people, the shout, and the happiness that came from them kept my ears on a bud. “I cannot believe she is awake I told you she will not leave us” someone whose breath is on me, rather refreshing said as she leaned over her hands on my face. “Are you okay? How are you feeling my baby” she
FLASHBACKHas there ever been a time in your life when you felt it was just better to die than be alive again?Walking into the house that very day was how I felt. What is the use of being here every day when the treatment is undoubtedly how it will be and no change too.But regardless, I turn the key to the knob, opening the door. The house was flooded in darkness, so pitch I could barely see a thing.“Kenny??” I called outKenny, my husband, someone who was meant to take me away from all the sorrows I have felt growing up, who could have thought he would be the one to bring more sorrow to me??Walking to the path where the switch is I turned it on and the light came back to the house.I gasped, my eyes on the floor as I stared around the living room.clothes that have been shredded are littered on the floor, and clothes that don't belong to me,I held my chest willing the tears to go back, of course, I know my husband has been cheating on me, I have known this but seeing the eviden
“We are here,” the woman said pointing her hand outside the place as the car came to a stop.I let the grit of my eyes roam throughout the car trying to figure out where exactly we were, everything felt so confusing.She has the most amusing face I have ever seen, looking so radiant as those faces scrunch up in the most perfect smile.“I knew you were going to come home with our darling” she rubbed her hands on my shoulder in the most tender way possible.Things are still blurry, the last time someone showed me any bit of affection was my mom before she passed on, and right now, I don’t exactly know how to feel.The car opened up, and she climbed down before me, holding her hands out for me to do the same.taking a step I stepped down from the car and my mouth dropped open at the sight of the house.Nah this was a mansion. Sited in the middle of a big blend of a golden castle that steals the spotlight of the place.It has a gigantic structure that steals the place making the golden bu
DAMIEN ANDERSONKatherine has a fire in her eyes I've never seen before, yes she was never meek as a wife before the accident, but when I looked at her a while ago she had this look that made it almost impossible to see her as the same Katherine I had known.Ignoring that thought I checked my Rolex watch for the time as I am almost late for an important meeting.I should have headed for the meeting first. I do not know exactly what brought me straight to that God forsaking house instead of avoiding her for as long as she wanted.“Mr. Anderson, we are here” I heard my driver call out and turned my direction to his eyes on the mirror before looking outside and there was the office the meeting was holding.As usual someone is opening the door and rush of feet could be heard as I took a step outside the car.This is one of the office buildings owned by Anderson DC, the company I developed in my early twenties.My parents were prominent people, very well and the name Anderson was known by
KATHERINEI brace my hand on my knee as I watch the darkness, since everything in my life seems to be pitched with them, I allow the darkness of the night to warm me.Everything felt strange, the house, the bed, the kids, and most especially the husband.I do not belong here, I do not even know what the hell I'm doing here and what the fuck I'm supposed to do since God knows what has brought me into this place.My life with my husband as Daisy may not have been a bed of roses, but I have never seen a husband look at his wife with such coldness in his eyes, shrugging my shoulders since I have no idea of what transpired between them, I close my eyes willing the darkness to go away and the sleep to come in.But as I lay there, the only pitch I could see, the only thing clouding my eyes was the look he gave me when he asked me to get out of the room, so cold and live less.* * I watched the kids chatting and playing with their nanny as the morning came. I’m standing halfway to the livin
It's been two days and I found myself cooped up in the room without leaving there. I just wanted some alone time to think, and I've been asking questions.Yes, including shouting it out so that whatever spirit brought me to this place will give me some kind of explanation as to why I am here.But as I said, I've had some alone time and that didn't change the fact that there was no one to answer all the thousands of questions I have brought forward.I heard a sharp knock on the door and inhaled deeply before standing up to get it. I wasn't expecting the person standing at the door.“Oh, my baby girl” the mother of the girl grinned, and then tears are rushing down her eyes as she embraced me tightly.I'm still put in an awkward position, as I don't even know whether I should hug her back or not. She didn't mind and just kept holding me tight.“This is the reason I wanted you to be with us, but it happened this way." she left me, and then her hands still on me, she gave me a thorough ex
“Wow Mrs. Anderson, this is a lot” The nanny whom I've known to be Sarah seemed perplexed and shocked at how the food I had prepared came out.Even the chef who stood at a corner is watching me intently as he wouldn't just agree that I've made that food.“When I said you should trust me, what were you expecting??” I gave her a dotting smile and hers grew.The chef cleared his throat before the girl's smile died, and she is back in her mean stand.One thing I've detected through the time the three of us have stood in this kitchen preparing this meal is that Katherine was never the laughing one with the staff, and it came as a surprise when I accomplish just that.“Now all you have to do for me is take the food to the dining while I clean off this mess,” I said to the both of them.“No no Mrs. Anderson, I cannot let you do that. It's already a big sin enough that I let you cook and now clean? That's my work” The chef protested.“Of course I know it's your work but let me do it, at least