Chapter 4Jessica woke up with a throbbing headache. Her head ached, her foot ached. Her body ached. Everything just ached. She sat up slowly trying not to strain her foot. As her thoughts flooded into her mind with the events of last night, she felt nauseas. She remembered going to the hospital and then everything was blank.Jessica was blank. She really could not remember anything after the hospital and this made her panic. She could feel an anxiety attack rising within her. Her chest tightened. She felt as if she was suffocating. She cupped her hands over her mouth taking a few deep, quick breathes. A technique she learnes when she was a child. It was something she lived with most of her life. Whenever she got stressed out, even by the most slightest things, she would freak out drastically, leading to a panic attack. As she calmed down and started to massage her temples her daughter jumped on the bed next to her. " Hey mom, what happened to your foot?" she asked, her eyebrows now f
Chapter 5Mark Molt sat comfortably on his black leather chair behind his large dark brown oak desk. It was another long day at the office. He waited for Mrs Blunder, who was his secretary for the last fifteen years, to bring his coffee. She had been bringing him his coffee since the day she started. She was as old as his grandmother, he assumed. Her grey hair and wrinkled face had much warmth and love. He adored her. This year will be her retirement. She decided to stay on until sixty five although sixty was the retirement age. She was as fit as a fiddle. Never complained, seldom took sick leave or any leave for that matter. He was going to miss her.She was truly a valued member of the law firm family. Mrs Blunder handed him his coffee," extra hot, extra strong, extra milk and no sugar, just how you like it son". His heart melted just hearing the little old lady. Indeed he will miss her. She had three more months until retirement. He wished she didn't have to go. Mark tried to persue
Last chapter.Mark grabbed his towel once his crazy neighbor untied him.Never in his life had he been so used.His a*** hurt so much he grabbed a back of peas from the freezer as soon as he reached home.He drew his curtains and sat on the bed.The ticking of the wooden clock on the wall had caught is attention.It was already five thirty, he had spent more than two hours being tortured.He picked up his phone and saw two missed calls.It was Jessica."It is a sign.", he thought.He called her."Hi", her cheery voice came through the receiver.For a woman who had been ignored for a few months, she sounded quite happy."Can we meet?", Mark asked. Jessica agreed. "Six thirty?", Mark suggested. "Perfect." Mark went back into the bath. This time he filled the tub with boiling hot water and some rough sea salt. Pulling on a pair of dark blue skinny leg jeans and a black polo neck shirt, Mark left his apartment in a hurry. He missed Jessica but he knew he wanted his old life back. He
I felt deeply hurt inside and that afternoon I could not write. All I could think about was my sick dad, covid 19 was wiping out entire families, I never thought that it would affect my family. They were always so careful.The next day the nurse looked at results , with a surprised expression on her face she said my dad was positive.I double checked the results only to realise that the name on the paper was some other person.I laughed at her , feeling some relief in my chest.The day after that it was confirmed that he was covid positive. I felt devastated yet hopeful. He was my dad, he had no chronic illnesses, he was as fit as a fiddle. He was like my own personal superhero with a family of healthcare professionals. Somewhere in my heart I knew that he would be fine.I took my lunch break early that day , feeling like a thief , I secretly went to see my father and give him the horrible news.As I sat at the dining room table, I told him that he was covid positive and all the preca
"You have two choices Sarah" Emily sneered as her mother sat quietly listening.Emily was Sarah's eldest sister.Mrs Daniel's ruthless henchman. Mr Daniel's clearly wasn't invited to this meeting. The next words Emily spat out left me in shock." YOU WILL EITHER MARRY HIM OR LEAVE Him. "The words were ringing in my head, as I sat dumbfounded. Where was this coming from, what have I done to deserve this treatment, time after time I was their emotional punching bag. I had never expected this is how they would dispose of me.I had just turned celebrated my eighteenth birthday earlier this year and completed my grade 12 last year. I working a low paying job in a private hospital.I had no degree, no diploma, just a high school pass. Jacob White was my boyfriend. We were together since I was fourteen. Jacob is three years older than I am and happens to be my brother's best friend, or so I assume. He was tall and handsome with pin straight hair all flicked up with a bit of gel. I felt that tingl
Saterday was like any other. Since Jacob had started working at the same hospital as I, we spent much more time together. At two in the afternoon, we wrapped up our work and walked out of the hospital hand in hand. It was a sunny December afternoon. The sun was blazing,the air was still and the humidity could be seen wafting up from the ground. They walked to the bus stop. Today was saterday, it meant he would go to the Daniels household to spend time with Sarah under much scrutiny from her evil mother and sister, but he felt it was worth it. Sarah was indeed his high school sweetheart, he had only eyes for her or does he? . He was consumed by her love for him,Sarah always thought. The bus ride home was like any other. We talked about work,our lives together, most importantly what we are going to do on our day off together. We jumped off the bus, outside the long dreadful driveway of the Daniels' house. Jacob was surprised, parked at the end of the driveway was his stepfathers old b
Mr Daniels married the love of his life at the age of 19 and 16. Yes, back in the day people married, leaving their school to become wives. For Mrs Daniels this was an arranged marriage but for Mr Daniels, he loved her from the moment he layed eyes on her. Mr Daniels came from an abusive background. His step mother was a total b****. His father died when he was in school. This compelled Mr Daniels to leave school to support his step siblings who were equally evil. They beat him for no reason and most days he spent sleeping outside. He late r left home to stay with his aunt and found work at a multi national company. On his way to work one day he had seen Mrs Daniels. She was outside hanging up the clothes.He felt the beating of his heart accelerate. He knew she was the one. The very next afternoon he took his uncle and aunt to meet her parents with a preposal. They had agreed and soon the couple was wed.Mrs Daniels slowly fell in love with her husband. Well
Sarah had started highschool, Edith was fresh out of high school and working at a Chinese Clothing store, Xing xang clothing. It wasn't really bad for a starter job. The Daniels parents did not have any money to spend on college for their remaining three children as they had paid for a few courses for Emily, their golden child. The rest of us would have to pave our own way. Ediths dream was to be a singer. She has the voice of a chihuahua and maltese, but she believed it was the voice of an angel.Coco Cola was hosting a competition this year called Coco Cola Popstars. It was a singing contest and would be in Curo this weekend.Edith decided she was going to audition.She woke up before sunrise on Saturday morning. She was bubbling with excitement. She was also nervous but she pressed on. She had a long shower, washing her hair with Pantene, leaving it super shiny and sleek. She rubbed her lotion, lathering her voluptuous body. She had a pear shape body. Tiny