Adams totally forgot about the main reason he came to the hospital in the first place, at this point his flu wasn't even important anymore. He had hurriedly left the Doctor's office and was now outside, standing beside his car.
“A…Alicia is pregnant, Alicia was carrying my child.” He kept on repeating, while struggling to breathe at the same time. He placed his hand on his chest, then he bent down a little as he tried to catch his breath.
Everything started coming to him in waves, he then remembered what happened the night he gave her the divorce papers. When he walked into the house, he was surprised to see her waiting for him with a huge smile on her face, and it was visible that she was excited about something, but he didn't seem to care then and was only concerned about getting rid of her.
He remembered how she had wanted to tell him something and was even holding a paper, but he rudely waved her off and presented the divorce papers to her instead. Even after all the things he said to her, she had still tried to tell him, but he didn't even listen to her.
“Alicia.” He muttered as hot tears rolled down his cheeks, he couldn't bare to keep standing, he slowly dropped to his knees, crying bitterly.
Most people passing by the parking lot gave him weird looks, it's rare to see a man dressed in an expensive suit and driving an obviously expensive car crying like a baby in public.
“What have I done? What have I done?” He cried even harder.
All these while he's been so cold and rude to her, he had sworn to always be there for her and defend her at all times, but he had let his parents insult her and treat her like dirt because she couldn't give him a child, and they had thought she was barren. He knew how much she loved her job as an author, he was so well-informed about her passion for writing and when her career had started going downhill, he was supposed to be there for her and support her, but he didn't do anything of such and rather insulted her, he mocked her and called her a failure.
“Oh God!” He screamed in pain as he angrily hit his hands on the floor.
The one who has failed wasn't Alicia but him, he's failed woefully as a husband.
“I'm so sorry, Alicia, I'm so sorry.” He cried.
He stayed that way for sometime as he reflected on all his actions, feeling so terrible and guilty. He managed to pull himself together and that was when he stood up, now he had only one thought in mind and that was to find his ex-wife Alicia and seek for her forgiveness for everything he's done to her.
He hurriedly fetched his phone from his pocket and tried calling her, but her number was unreachable, he tried countless times but it was all to no avail.
He got into his car and drove off, everything in his head was now Alicia and ways on how to locate her.
Adams drove straight home, when he arrived, his parents were already there waiting for him.
“Adams.” His mother called in excitement as she rushed to him, she was so concerned about telling him about the wedding plans that she didn't even notice how red his eyes were from all that crying and his face puffy.
“Everything for the wedding is almost ready, Helen will also be here soon.”
Adams heaved a deep breath. “There won't be any wedding mother.” He stated, his mother gasped in shock and even his father rushed to meet them.
“W…what? Why are you saying that now, Adams?” His father asked.
“I don't want to get remarried, Dad, that's it!”
“You should have a specific reason for not wanting to get married Adams, weren't you the one who was excited about this wedding taking place before, I mean think about everything, what will people say, I already told all my friends about your wedding, think about Helen and her parents, this will be a disaster.”
“Well I don't care about any of that mother, and I certainly don't care whether this will be a disaster or not, or care about what people will say or not say. I'm not getting remarried and that's final!” He snapped before leaving for his room.
His parents shared a worried look, they couldn't understand what was happening. Adams wanted this marriage, so why the change of heart.
Meanwhile, when Adams went to his room, he immediately placed a call through to his best friend, who was also his manager at work, and he picked up almost immediately.
“Hey Adams, what's up?”
“Mike, I really need you to do something quickly for me.”
“Err…sure, what's it?”
“Alicia, I need to locate her, use any means possible in getting me her whereabouts and I need you to report to me immediately.”
“Are you being serious, Adams? Why are you suddenly looking for Alicia when you were the one who divorced her? I'm still really mad at you for what you did to her because she doesn't deserve any of that.”
“Now's not the time to judge me, Mike, just do as you're told!” Adams snapped, then he hung up.
Mike was his best friend, so he was well-informed about everything that's happened, he was never in support of how Adams and his parents had treated Alicia, he even tried warning Adams about divorcing her, but Adams never listened, and now he's paying a huge price for his actions. What he did to Alicia will forever hunt him and his guilt will forever eat him up, not until he finds her and pleads for her forgiveness.
Hours went by before Mike finally called, when his phone rang, Adams hurriedly picked it up, not even bothering to check who the caller was.
“Mike.” He called, and he could hear Mike clear his throat loudly from the other end.
“I've got some information, Adams and you certainly won't like what I have to tell you.”
Adams felt his heart sink deep into his stomach when Mike said those words, and it took a lot to urge him to continue.
“Alicia is no longer in Seattle Adams, she's left the country, there's no way to locate her. She's gone, Adams. Gone!”
“What!?”
"No Mike, that can't be true, she can't be gone, she just can't!" Adams replied, refusing to believe the information Mike has just told him."I'm sorry Adams, but that's just the truth, Alicia already left this city and no one can blame her for that, not after what happened.""This isn't the time to judge me Mike, I need to find Alicia, you must do everything possible to find out where she traveled to. I can't let her go Mike, I just can't.""Do you even hear yourself Adams? Well I'm sorry to say this but locating her is going to be impossible, I would have asked you to wait and see if she's ever going to return but then what's the possibility that she's ever going to come back to this country."Adams heaved a deep breath, then he slowly sat on his bed, he was starting to have a terrible headache and his conscience was now eating him up, he blames himself for everything and if only he could just turn back the hands of time, he's more than willing to change everything, he's never going
SIX YEARS LATER....Alicia stepped into her newly bought apartment with a huge smile on her lips, beside her was her beautiful daughter Diane who was five years old, on her left hand was her favorite doll, while she held her mother's hand with her right hand.Alicia took off her sunglasses and inhaled deeply, she couldn't be more pleased with herself for getting this apartment, everything about her now screams of wealth, from her stylish outfit to her luxurious car.Over the last few years, she's managed to make it to the top in her writing career, it wasn't easy, but she fulfilled her dream and is now a successful Author with her own publishing company and an insanely incredible fan base. At some point in the early years of her struggle in making it, she had wanted to give up, but her daughter Diane gave her the courage she needed because all she wants to be able to do is give her daughter the best life she deserves and make sure she lacks nothing at all.She's returned to her countr
Adams abruptly stood up from his seat. "Where did you get this from?" He asked, not taking his eyes off the flier in his hand.Mike had a huge smile on his face, he was still bubbling with excitement. "On my way to work, I saw some people handing this fliers out and there was also a huge banner on display, I was going to look away but the name caught my attention, I couldn't even recognize her at first Adams, if it weren't for her name.""She's changed a lot Mike, she looks so different and...." He trailed."Successful." Mike finished and Adams nodded in reply."When is this event taking place? I can't wait to see her, I really need to see her.""It's in a week's time Adams and also, there's something else you should know about." Mike replied and that made Adams look at him."What's it?" He asked.Mike fetched his phone from his pocket first. "After seeing this, I couldn't resist making a research about her and I also saw this...." He showed a picture to Adams.Adams eyes widen in sho
Adams car pulled up in the hall where the event was taking place, when he got down, he heaved a deep breath before going in. When Adams went in, he was shocked to see so much people in attendance, the crowd in the hall was just too much, he tried his possible best to sight Alicia, but he couldn't see her anywhere and that made him groan in frustration, there's no way he's going to find her with this much crowd in the hall.Soon, a man came up stage and asked everyone to settle down, which they did, he gave his speech which took longer than Adams had expected, in fact, none of what the man was saying was even entering his head, all he wants is to see Alicia, nothing else taking place here concerns him at all. When the man was finally done giving his speech, Adam sighed in relief, soon, the man mentioned Alicia's name and the sole reason for this event, the mention of her name alone made the crowd go wild and it took a whole lot to get them to calm down, when they were calm, the man f
When Alicia got home, she stayed in her car for a little while as she tried to calm herself down, she was still feeling so angry about her encounter with Adams and she wouldn't want to take that anger inside and see her daughter with it.Adams words about trying to make things right rang in her ears and she scoffed bitterly."That damn man!" She spat while hitting the car steering with her palm.She couldn't even believe his guts, after everything he and his parents put her through, he still has the audacity to come to her and tell her trash about being sorry and wanting to set things right!"Sorry? Sorry!?" She laughed bitterly. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me Adams, you've really got to be kidding me, sorry my foot! Do you really think sorry can solve everything? Ha!" She hissed. "I pray I never get to see you again Adams, never ever!" She placed her head on the steering and took countless of deep breath.She forced herself to forget about her encounter with Adams, and one thing sh
May placed her hand on Alicia's shoulder and made Alicia face her. "Are you being serious?" She asked. Alicia sighed, then she stood up and began pacing in front of May."You have no idea how seeing him was enough to ruin my precious evening, why the hell did he choose to show up now huh!?" She spat, her anger slowly rising once more, she balled her fist as she felt a strong urge to punch Adams right in his damn face.May stood up and went to pat her back. "Just try to relax okay, what was he even doing there?""He came to see me, he mentioned being sorry and wanting to make things right!" She replied in a sarcastic manner. "Yeah right, like it's all so easy, I can't believe the guts of that man! After all these years he shows up in my face and all he could say was sorry! Sorry? Like one sorry from him could fix the whole goddamn thing, he has no idea of what I've been through and how he and his parents ruined things for me and made my life so miserable." She raised her head up in ord
Adams was just arriving at his office and he was just getting settled in when a knock came on his door, he heaved a deep breath before asking the person to come in.Mike walked in, there was a huge smile on his face as he went to sit in front of Adams. "Done with what you asked me to do." He placed a huge brown envelope on Adams table and gently pushed it towards him. "And yes, one of the investors called me this morning, he wanted to know when we'll be launching the new product."Adams took the envelope and brought out the paper inside. "And I trust you handled that well." He replied while taking a look at the paper in his hand.Mike scoffed softly. "Of course I did, what am I your manager for?" He bragged.After that, he simply kept on staring at Adams who was pretending not to notice him, but Mike already knows Adams too well and he could tell that he would soon start to get uncomfortable with how he was staring at him and that's when he's going to ask the question that's bugging h
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Alicia asked May as they both walked out of Diane's school premises.Ever since they enrolled Diane and dropped her off at her new school, Alicia hasn't stopped worrying, getting her to even leave Diane was a struggle, she was so worried about her and how she's going to be treated by the other kids, plus she was even worried that Diane might not be okay despite the fact that the little girl kept on insisting that she was fine, but still Alicia wouldn't stop worrying.May mentally facepalmed herself, this felt like the millionth time Alicia is asking her the same question."How many times do I have to say this Alicia, Diane will be just fine and it's not like this is the first time she's attending school, didn't she go to school in London? Even Diane already told you that she'll be fine so can you please stop worrying already because you're making me want to hit you for the same question every time." May groaned in frustration.Alicia sighed deeply, she s