Chapter 5

Chapter 5

ISLA

"We are sorry but we couldn't save the baby. It's life was already in danger," The doctor finally said.

"No, don't tell me that! Where is my baby?" I bursted into hot tears.

I wept so hard that I passed out. I was deeply hurt.

When I woke up, I wouldn't say a word. I just stared into space. Even when Mel came, I didn't talk to her.

My parents or even Phoebe didn't show up.

"You have to eat something," Mel said calmly as she tried to spoon-feed me but I turned my head away.

I refused to eat or drink anything. Not when I had lost my baby.

Few days later, I was discharged. I was nothing like myself and I looked like I was going to collapse anytime soon.

I was told that I was unconscious for three days after the surgery and apart from the death of my baby, they gave me another bad news;I won't be able to get pregnant again.

My womb was damaged due to the accident. I was just twenty three years old and my motherhood had been cut short.

My life seemed meaningless and I hated it.

There was no reason to keep living.

But Mel stood by me and tried all she could.

Two weeks later, Mel and I arranged for our flight and left the country.

This place only brought nothing but sadness and Mel said it was going if we changed environment so, we ended up leaving the country.

We settled down in Germany.

FELIX 

"You're going to make me go late to work again today, you know right?" I sighed tiredly as I looked at my four years old who was sitting comfortably at the back seat of the car.

Just like any other day, he ignored me and faced the window side.

Aiden my son threw a tantrum this morning that he wanted me to take him to school. I was already running late for work but he was adamant about not going to school if I didn't drive him.

I guess I've pampered him a lot.

I dropped him off at school and watch his homeroom teacher walk him into the building before I drove off.

I got the company but I was late which was unlike me.

Ever since I had Aiden to take care of alone, I usually went late to work and any function.

The workers greeted me as I made my way to my office while my secretary filled me in.

I got to my office and went to the meeting room, the meeting had started earlier.

I entered and went to my seat.

Jason, my brother was talking and I signaled for him to continue as he had paused when he saw me walk in.

"It's almost the end of the year, what do you think about this year's revenue?" I asked as I flipped the file in front of me.

"We had twenty percent increment." Jason replied and I nodded my head.

"Before the end of the today, the marketing team should come up with a new logo for the brand they're working on. 

That would be all," I said and left.

I got ready to leave for an appointment outside the office, I was accompanied by my secretary.

As my chaffeur drove passed the busy road of a Friday morning, I rolled down my window a little and looked outside of it.

We met a traffic and I used the time to look around.

Suddenly, my eyes caught with someone familiar inside a cab beside mine. Her gaze was fixed only on the road.

The person looked so familiar but I could not recall where I had seen her.

Just as the traffic was cleared and we started to move, I suddenly recalled where I had seen her and who she was.

Isla Peterson!

ISLA

"How does it feel to be back after five years of being away?" Mel asked as soon as we arrived at the airport.

I looked around and just shrugged my shoulders.

"Nothing too pleasant. Just so-so." I replied nonchalantly.

"There are some memories you still hold dearly right?" Mel asked with a smile.

I wrapped my arms around hers and pulled her gently to walk with me.

New York seemed to have changed a lot since the last five years and it made me smile a little.

We boarded a taxi that would take us to our new house. We met traffic and my gaze was just fixed on the road as my mind was flooded with thoughts.

I came back to start afresh and not runaway anymore.

I was doing well in Germany until a month ago when I had an issue in the office with chairman's son.

I resigned before a disciplinary committee was held.

I wanted to return to the US and Mel said she wanted to come along too.

I dissuaded her from coming with me but she gave her own reasons.

"Look, this has been trending in the US news," Mel said and handed me her iPad.

I scrolled through and saw Phoebe. She was doing well in the entertainment industry and she has become popular as an actress.

Her movies were a hit and she got good reviews too.

This was the first time in years I was seeing her even on the phone as I had severed contact with everybody.

They were the course of whatever happened to me.

We got to our new apartment and we settled down. We arranged our things, ate dinner and went to bed.

That night, I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking of ways to get my revenge on Phoebe.

I wasn't going to let her just be, she and everyone of them.

This was part of the reason I decided to come back to New York.

I was pretty good at acting and joined some few shows back in the university even if I wasn't in the department.

I sometimes went there to volunteer to play any role.

By midnight, I already decided...

I was going to go into the entertainment industry and be a rival to Phoebe and bring her down.