" Huh?""I said I'm not leaving till I make things right and I mean it." Jack said stubbornly.Regina sighed, relenting to Jack's persistence. "Fine, have it your way," she said, her tone edged with frustration, and slammed the door shut behind her. The sound echoed through the quiet night as rain continued to pour down relentlessly.Inside her cozy apartment, Regina tried to forget about Jack, who was probably still outside. She lay down on her bed, unable to sleep, staring into space but her thoughts were restless. Jack's image lingered in her mind, soaked in rain, his determination etched on his face.Unable to shake off the nagging feeling, Regina reluctantly got up and went to the window. Pulling the curtain aside, she peeked through the rain-streaked glass. There he was, sitting on the cold, wet pavement, his shoulders slumped. Guilt tugged at Regina's conscience, she couldn't let him sit out there all by himself.A few minutes passed, each second dragging as Regina wrestled wit
Jack leaned in to kiss Regina but she shoved him away, "No, I'm not interested." " At least would you please come back to work?" Jack pleaded, giving her his best baby eyes. " I'll try," she replied. " And would you come back to the house?" Jack asked again. " It's not like I have much of a choice, your house is closer." Regina replied.The next day, Jack's brother had already resumed. Jack found a job for him, he was in charge of advertisement and Sales. Regina too had resumed the next day and Victor couldn't take his eyes off her, she was too beautiful. " Regina! Regina!! Wait up," Victor said as he ran up to her. Victor asked her for a date but Regina refused. He pleaded but she still refused and walked away. The awkwardness between her and Jack lingered, creating a palpable tension in the air. As she settled into her workspace, Jack approached, his icy blue eyes reflecting a mix of regret and longing."Regina, about yesterday," Jack began, " I told you I want to make things rig
It's our boss, we don't know what happened," the butler stammered, his eyes wide with fear.Following a trail of little drops of blood, the atmosphere was heavy with tension, and the shattered glass crunched beneath her shoes.Regina discovered Jack sitting on the floor in his room, stained and wounded. Her shock turned to anger as she confronted him. "What the hell is wrong with you!" she yelled, her voice echoing through the room.Regina's tears flowed freely as she knelt beside Jack, ignoring the stains and examining the small cut on his hand. "Why... Why are you doing this to yourself?"Jack's response came with a very dangerous edge, "What were you doing in my brother's car?""He offered to take me home Jack, is that why you want to tear the whole damn house?" Regina shot back, her frustration etched in her face."You don't understand, you'll never understand, just leave me alone. I'm a mess!" Jack's hands pressed against his head in anguish."Leave!" he shouted, causing Regina t
10:00pm in Ward 134."Are you a fool?" A voice said as hot tears rolled down her eyes. She could believe her ears, her eyes and ears couldn't deceive her everybut her heart could contain her sorrow. "You thought I loved you, why would I?" He said as he laughed at her, watching her cry so hard that her heart aches. He loved bit of her pain till her death. "Who will love a puppet like you, you don't have a mind of your own, you are just too foolish" he said as she raised her face. With pain in her body and heart, she could only say a word."Why?" She asked and he walked to her and raised her face. "Why? You still keep asking why?" He said and left her."Because you are you, you have nothing to offer me" he said and she cried loudlg again almost falling of the hospital bed. "Peter, I was there for you, I stood by you" she said trying to wipe off her tears but fresh ones won't stop coming."You are not beautiful, you are not wealth, you don't even have a good background, an orphan and
The details will be here in a minute" Lillian said before removing the glasses from her face. "As a doctor, may I ask the reason you are concerned about the patient?" She said."Nothing," Jack replied, still with a straight face. "Then I can't get the files for you, all our patient's information are meant to be hidden perfectly" she said with a smirk."Okay" Jack said in an attempt to stand up but Lilian pouted, "can't I be professional to squeeze information out of you?" She complained.Before further interaction, a knock was heard at the door, Lilian glared her brother before she allowed the person to come in.It's turns out to be Mrs Nola, Lilian smiled as Mrs Nola walked forward, "good day ma, good day sir" she said as her movement stopped when she saw the young man that helped her with the vase." This is the file you sent for" she said as she quickly recovered to cover up her embarrassment. This didnt go without Jack's notice. "I was informed that you are the one personally ta
"Stop being stupid, you were stupid for the past years you have been with him and you still are" Mrs Nola yelled at her.Regina who had never seen that side of Mrs Nola since she had been admitted in the hospital. She shut her mouth quickly."All you think about is him but not you, look at you, you just survived a surgery, you were rescued and you still don't want to know anything about it" Mrs Nola said."I'm sorry" Regina said cleaning up her tears. "So now, ask me the proper question meant to be asked". She said."My surgery, what happened?"she said slowly and silently, which could be passed for whispering.Mrs Nola glared at her a little before decided to tell her."A young kind man was about to lose his mother, he heard of your case and decided to let her mother rest and live on in you" she said.Regina, who was listening quietly had her mouth opened wide, she was shocked by the story, it's sounds so fake."He didn't let any means of identification he is more like an angel. I don
Her screamed alerted an old woman who was guiding her chicken back to their tents. The woman left the chicken and came running to their side with her rod."Leave her alone, you son of a gun, let her go" she started screaming as she was walking toward them. The guys were scared that the woman's noise might alert the neighbors.They released Regina and ran away without looking back. They were so quickly to avoid being recognized by both Regina and the old woman.Regina curled on the floor like a ball as she didn't quite recover from the shock of being molested by a group of hoodlums. She was bitterly broken as she thought of the negative possibility of the events.The woman was so shocked to see her still laying there on the floor, crying her eyes out. The woman felt her heart broken for Regina without even knowing her before."You are strong, stand up and make them regret encountering a warrior like you" the woman said, trying to coerce her but Regina was already sliding into another r
Regina's mouth was agape as she thought her ears was playing tricks on her. She looked at Lillian and back at his Mrs Nola, it took her seconds to finally find her lost voice."You.." she said as she was clueless on what to say. "Yes, I want to adopt you as my daughter" Mrs Nola said and she smiled at Regina. Tears of joy started pouring from her eyes."Don't be a cry baby, Regina," Lilian said, mocking her while they all laughed. Regina held Mrs Nola and hugged her tightly. Mrs Nola looked down at her and she was glad.She had always wanted to make Regina happy and this was the best choice of her life. She gave her warmth to Regina to make her feel loved and at peace with herself."Mum, thank you" Regina finally said and looked up at her face. "I never got to call someone mom, all my life and here you are, thank you" she said and sniffed a little.*****A month later" Good morning, Regina." Lilian said as she walked in the ward. "Good morning, Doctor," Lilian replied." You've heale