“Mabel, get over here. It’s time to go home,” a young girl of eight heard her mother say. They were currently at the park and the young girl was having too much fun to want to live.“Mummy, I want to stay some more,” Mabel said to her mother as she proceeded to go down the slide.Maya wanted to allow Mabel to have more fun but she looked outside the park and saw some suspicious-looking men staring at Mabel and then at her. Knowing the circumstances regarding Mabel’s birth, she immediately panicked as she suspected that they were there for Mabel.Without thinking twice, she brought out her phone with the intention to call the police but before she called the number, she looked up again and saw that the men were gone. Her heart pounded in her chest as she immediately rushed to where Mabel was playing.“We’re leaving, now!” she stated in a firm tone that left no room for the young Mabel to argue. “Come on,” she grabbed Mabel’s hand and led her to her car where her driver was waiting for
“My love,” Maya cried out as she hugged her daughter. It had been a damn week of her being from Mabel and every second of it killed her not knowing how Mabel was holding up.“Look at that, mother and daughter finally reunited. Isn’t that what you wanted pumpkin?” The terrifying man said and Maya immediately shielded Mabel behind her.“What problem you have shouldn’t be taken out on her, she’s just a child,” Maya tried to appeal to the terrifying man. The man didn’t say anything, instead, he brought out a young boy and due to the fact that Mabel was behind her mother, she couldn’t see him. “She’s the one who killed your brother and who caused your mother’s accident,” the man whispered into the boy’s ear as he put his gun into the boy’s hands. “You know what you have to do,” the man said as he moved behind the boy.“What nonsense are you saying?” Maya demanded and her eyes widened in horror as the young boy pointed the gun at her.“I promise, I didn’t kill your brother nor cause your
Christian ran his finger through roughly as his breathing turned heavier. ‘Shit!’ He cursed as it had been ages since he had a panic attack. Without wasting time, he headed straight to his study, as he kept his drugs there. He had used them for a while, but he always kept them in his study, room, and office just in case he got a panic attack. When he got there, he immediately grabbed his pills and poured himself another glass of water before taking his pills.Christian immediately slumped on the floor, and he tried to get his breathing under control, as he didn’t want to lose consciousness. More than ten minutes passed, before he was able to come back to normal, and he sighed as he ran his finger through his hair for the umpteenth time. The memories of what had happened sixteen years ago hit him.****“Dorian, stop annoying me,” A young Christian fumed as he pushed Dorian off of him. He was trying to read and the annoying pest kept on buzzing over him like an annoying fly. The
When they entered the room, Christian saw the driver who had wanted to kill him tied up to a chair. “Stay here, let me go and get the woman,” the man said as he left Christian alone with the driver.“You betrayed us!” Christian yelled at the driver. “Dorian is dead because of you, and my parents won't spare you!” He yelled.“Don't blame me, blame the woman who killed Dorian,” the driver laughed evilly. “After she escapes from here, she'll go after your mother and father and kill them just like she killed Dorian, and you'll be all alone with no family!”“No!” Christian screamed and he covered his ear as he didn't want to hear anything else from the driver.He quickly ran out of the room and when he got out, he saw the man who had rescued him walking into another room, without thinking twice, he followed him and when Christian got into the room, he saw a woman and a small girl behind the woman alongside the man.The man then turned to face Christian. “She’s the one who killed your broth
“Dorian is alive, Christian,” he heard his mother say to him and Christian’s eyes lit up with happiness.“Really?” Christian asked and his mother nodded as tears rolled down her eyes.He was currently in the hospital, receiving medical attention after what had happened.“And the woman?” He probed and his mother sighed in resignation.“You should get some rest, Christian,” his mother said instead of answering his question, and Christian decided not to push the matter any further as his mother looked tired and so was he after what had happened.When Dorian finally regained consciousness, Christian's world crumbled when Dorian told him that it wasn't the woman who stabbed him but the same man who had placed the gun in Christian's hand and told him to shoot.The man was smart and had used make-up prosthetics to change his face making it impossible for his father's men to trace him and the house where Christian had been found was a dead end as the house blew up a few minutes after they lef
“You’re still high on emotions and making a decision now could be detrimental,” Dorian stated. “Hold on, I need a drink,” he said and left the room. Within minutes, he was back and he was holding a bottle of whiskey in his hand as well as two glasses.“Are you trying to kill me?” Christian asked Dorian but he still took a glass.“Maybe I’ll finally have some peace and quiet in my life,” Dorian jested, humouring Christian as he poured a drink for himself and his brother.The two men then drank in silence and it wasn’t until the bottle of whiskey was half empty did Christian speak. “I’m going to have to tell Mabel as it wouldn’t be nice if she finds out in an unconventional way.”“Let’s be for real, Mabel will definitely not be happy to hear it,” Dorian stated, and Christian sighed as he knew that Dorian was right.There was no way that Mabel would just accept and forgive him for what he did. The look in her eyes when she asked him to find who was responsible for her mother’s death was
“When I saw Mabel that day, I didn’t know who she was nor did I recollect where I knew Maya from and so I took some of Maya’s blood to run a DNA test so I could get answers. It came back negative,” Reginald explained. “Maya is not Mabel’s actual mother.”“Which means, Anthony is indeed not Mabel’s real father,” Christian rasped. His blood boiled as he knew that there was no way Anthony didn’t know that Mabel wasn’t his daughter, especially considering the fact that Maya never tried to pin Mabel on him.He just made her suffer for sixteen years for no good reason but a twisted revenge as Mabel’s grandparents were more than willing and actually fought to keep Mabel.“But there’s something not still adding up, what is the correlation between Dorian and Mabel and why did he shoot both of them?” Christian asked as the file didn’t explain that.Just like Mabel, Dorian had fought after being shot by the man and after losing a lot of blood but why were they shot in the first place?There wer
“Did my mother say anything?” Nala asked, desperately hoping her mother would say something and redeem herself.“No, she…” Dorian was unable to complete his answer when the burner phone he had used to contact the Keystones rang.“My, my,” he grinned as he answered the call and put it on speaker.“Speak,” he ordered but his voice would come as distorted to the other person.“Please don't kill my daughter, I'll get you the money just please give me some time to gather it,” Nala heard her mother say.“Your husband made it clear that he wouldn't pay any ransom,” Dorian pointed out.“I'm not going to sit back and watch my daughter die. Please try to understand, I'll get you the money soon, I just need some time.”“You have forty eight hours,” Dorian said to her.“Please don't harm my…” the rest of the old woman's voice was cut off as Dorian disconnected the call.“Well, looks like you got your answer,” Dorian told Nala who smiled in happiness as not all her family members abandoned her.“S