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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT [THE PROPOSAL]
[The proposal]
It was a Friday afternoon, the wind was cool, the sun was shining bright, Summer is seen in her office at the head quarters of Empire industries. She was wearing a long black gown and a flat yellow shoe. Her hair was in a ponytail as usual and she only earrings on. She looked simple yet beautiful.
[Over the phone]
"I'll come pick you up after work, ok? We are going on one of our rare dates" he informed her
"Alright I'll wait for you" she smiled.
"Love you" he said
"I love you too" they ended the call.
"Allison" Summer called out and Allison rushed into the office.
"That was fast" she looked up at her
"I was just about to come in when you called" she informed
"What does my schedule look like?" She asked
"Well there are no meetings today so you are clear" for the first time in the week she all she had to do was relax and sign documents.
"Good, you can go now" she dismissed.
After
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EMPIRE CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
Sunday: 12:55pmSummer and Tasha were sitting impatiently in a restaurant, they had been waiting for over an hour for Barbara to get there."Where is she? Does she think I have all day to waste?" Tasha complained"She'll be here" Summer had been calming her mother down but was slowly losing her patience too.A few minutes later Barb walks into the restaurant and walked straight to them;Summer stood up as a form of greeting while her mother remained seated;"Natasha" Barb called out"Barbara" Tasha did same. The two women exchanged looks and then Barb sat down."Let's get this over with" Tasha was tired from all the waiting."I hired a wedding planner, the best in the country and I wanted to go over some details with you" Barb informed"Ok proceed" the two were handling it like it was a business deal"Let's start with location, I was thinking maybe it should be outside in a garden" a wedding outside seems n
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY [WEDDING BELLS]
A wedding is the probably the most important day of every woman's life and today is Summer's day.[In Summer's dressing room]"You look beautiful in your dress baby. I'm so proud of you" Tasha was so emotional but she promised herself that she won't cry."Thanks Mom" Summer was all smiles and cheerful.I can't believe you are leaving me" she started sobbing"Mom don't do this, I'm not leaving I'm just getting married" she comforted her mother"I'm just so happy for you" she hugged her"I'll miss you momma and I promise I will come visit you" she hugged her back"I know you will" Tasha smiled"Will you both pull yourself together, we don't want her dress to be ruined now do we" Sandra separated the two ladies."Very funny Sandra" Tasha hissed at Sandra."Let's go so she can talk to her friends" Sandra dragged Tasha out of the room and they went to the wedding hall.Summer was sitting in front of the m
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY- ONE
Vanpetts residence:"Mom!" Summer rushed to hug her mother as she stepped into the house with her new husband, shit never gets old."Summer, you are glowing" Tasha held her daughter's face and smiled."Hello mother" Willam greeted, this was the first time he had called her mother."My son looks amazing too" she hugged William, she had always wanted to know what it feels like to have a son and now she does."We actually came to pick up Gabi, where is she?" Summer asked"Well she's upstairs, I'll go get her" Tasha was all so excited to see the two of them."I wanna go greet your dad" he couldn't possibly come to the house and not see him."He's probably in the patio, I'll join you soon" she directed him to the patio"Alright" he pecked her on the lips and left.***Later that night at Summer and Liam's house;The two had arrived home late so Gabi was fast asleep, Summer took Gabi from William and took
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY- TWO
[In Summer's office]"What do you all have to say for yourself?" Summer sat in her chair with her legs crossed as she tried very hard to 'forgive' them like William had asked her to."First of all, I am so sorry, I didn't think it was a problem so I ignored which I nor see was wrong" The manager was feeling remorseful just because his job was at stake, people like this are what considers as hypocrite but she has given her words so she couldn't fire him."Okay, six of you, what do you have to say for yourselves?" She glared at the six of them"We apologize Mrs Channing, we cannot justify our actions but we ask that you consider us. We promise to not let it happen again" the head chef pleaded. Summer was just holding it in, this was not her way if handling issues but still."Ok, all of just get out. I expect changes and will be checking up on you regularly" she dismissed them before she could change her mind and they hurried out because the condition
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
Summer had left for her business trip the following day, this was to take her a month. She traveled from China to London and then to France, travelling alone is never fun and she missed her husband so much that she decided to hurry things up. Normally William would have flown to meet her but this last month was hectic for him.After rounding up in France she took the next flight home, she arrived home early and she went straight to her bedroom.Hearing the door Creek open William's face lit up, he hadn't gone to work because he knew she was coming back today;"Baby your back" he rushed and hugged her, oh how much he had missed her."I missed you a whole lot" she was getting so emotional that she started to drop a little tear here and there."I missed you more, you look so stressed" he held her cheeks to check and make sure she wasn't sick."I'm fine, where's Gabriella, I haven't seen her in a month I don't want her to forget me" she threw he
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Empire Medical Center:Summer is seen laying unconscious in a hospital bed. Her family were there with her and William sat close to his mother, Crying;"It's okay William, everything will be alright" Barb tries to comfort him but it was of no use.The resident doctor walks into the room with test results in his hand;"Well the results are out" the doctor stood in the middle of the room."What does it say?" William rushed to the doctor."There's good news and then there's bad news. The good news is that your wife is fine and no harm was done to her body... The bad news... The baby is gone, she had an unfortunate miscarriage" breaking bad news was never easy especially to your boss's family, the doctor wanted to give them a little time to themselves so he left.On hearing this news, William took a few steps backwards and sat on the floor resting his back on the wall with his head down;"My poor baby, what is she going to do? How
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
"Where are we going?" Stephanie asked. Drake had picked up Stephanie while Summer and William had gone on their own."Amusement park" Drake replied. The best place to lift up one's sport is an amusement back but wasn't that for kids?They drove off to the park and minutes later William and Summer arrived.The whole idea of an amusement park was supposed to be for fun but when Summer saw all the families together and the children she felt defeated. She didn't want to ruin the outing for everyone so she pretend but William noticed because he felt the same way. The two sat on a bench in the park"Babe are you alright" William followed the direction of Summer's eyes and noticed she was staring at a baby."I'm not alright" she wasn't going to lie this time."I'm not okay, I pretended to be alright so Drake would stop breathing down my neck. I was tired, no I am tired of people pitying me and telling me that's it's alright because it's not a
EMPIRE CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
Olivia had been arrested and the police went in search for Sara Dumphill. Sara Dumphill, Ex girlfriend to Theodore Vincent, what could she possibly have against Summer that lead her to do something so outrageous?The search for Sara wasn't long since she never went into hiding, she wanted to be found and they did, she was in an abandoned warehouse eating lickerish when the police came to get her:"Sara Dumphill, you are under arrest for the murder of the unborn baby of Mr and Mrs Channing, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do shall be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney and if you cannot afford one, one will be provided to you" the police man red her her right and Sara bursts into laughter."Did she just laugh?" Summer looked at William and then back at Sara."It took you all 4 days to find someone that wasn't even hiding" She burst into laughter again."Why are you laughing? You are going
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