CHAPTER NINE
“Where have you been all these years? Are you not even ashamed of yourself why are you now showing p here now after mom’s death, you didn’t even show up in her burial, what makes you think that we are happy to see you huh?” I asked him and he just looked at me like I was some statue
“Oh my God look at how you have grown into such a fine boy, you can even stand up for yourself, and the guts just like your mom’s the only difference is that she was a coward and didn’t know how to take care of herself and even her kids, she was a bitch who deserved to rot in hell I am glad she died by the way and I am not even remorseful for what I did, I am in fact glad I did, you remind me of her promiscuity, she lied to me all those dam years and I am not just going to stand here and watch you disrespect me” he said and I just chuckled, I might have been afraid of him when I was young but at that moment, I was re
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOTWO WEEKS LATERIt had been two weeks full of ups and downs, full of investigations, police here and there but filly it was time for the two families to celebrate their victory, it was more than what one would do if you were in their shoeThe family had finally gotten their freedom and the culprits were in custody, it was not an easy task to pull but they managed in the end“I can’t believe that we are here, that my mom is here and my dad and your family is back together again, to me it sounds like a miracle, like a dream, I don’t know” Maeve said to Dylan as they were seated by the pool, it was at his new home where they had just moved in after everything had calmed down, it was not far from Maeve’s place, everyone was invited including Alyssa who thought she wasn’t going to be invited to the party“Yes, me too, it is hard to believe that all this happening, to me it is like a dre
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEA WEEK AGOOver the days that followed the two families got so busy in finding out what really happened Dylan’s father and Maeve’s mother, Alicia was doing on well and she was on medication responding quite well which was good news to the family, they were just done with their end term exams and they were just home playing games on their new ipads and Melissa had already gotten herself new bunch of friends, they spend most of their times togetherSince the day that Maeve and Dylan made love I his car, their bond was on something else and there was nothing that Alyssa could do to break it, no matter how many incidences she involved herself to try and maybe seduce him, trick him into accepting her, he would always choose Maeve over her and that sucked for her, she had no friends, not eve Caitlyn whom she thought that would help her around, she remembered the day that Mike broke up with her, it was the very same day that she kiss
CHAPTER FIFTY“I have just passed by Alyssa on my way here and it was like she was coming right from this direction, is everything okay? Because the moment she saw me, she sneered at me and got into Caitlyn’s car and the banged the door” Maeve asked Dylan immediately she got into his car, he looked confused, frustrated and uncomfortable“It is nothing, you know how she likes to create a mountain from an anthill, she just hates you since that day you know, are you ready? Maybe we should just drive home, I don’t think I want to go for ice crem today” he said and Maeve knew that he was probably trying to hide something from her but she was not going just to let it slide just like that, she knew that Alyssa was capable of anything and that she would do anything just to frustrate her, she knew that Alyssa was in love with Dylan buts he was in love too and she was not going to just let her get what she wanted and let her step on he
CHAPTER FORTY-NINEThe following days that followed were a little bit too busy for both Dylan and Maeve that they did not get enough time together, it was like everyone was engrossed in their exams but at long last, they finally got the chance to meet that Friday after exams, Dylan offered to ride with her in his car after their last exams paper, Dylan had plans over the weekend, he was going out with his aunt and together with Mr. Baker, they were determined to find out the truth about what had really happened and Dylan had this feeling that his father was still alive and he was looking forward to meeting him, he knew there was a possibility of him being alive given all the evidence they had been collecting since he got in England to stay with his auntThere was this tension between Maeve and Alyssa and the two were not talking after the ordeal that occurred at Dylan’s house, Maeve had developed this kind of hatred towards her and she was bound to do anything ju
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT“Can you imagine Maeve lashed at me yesterday when I went to check on Dylan’s sister? I did not know that she was there at his place and worst thing is that Dylan called her babe in front of him?” Alyssa complained to Caitlyn who was busy munching on her apple“I don’t understand why you keep complaining about what Maeve is doing, she is happy with him and you should be happy with Mike, don’t know why you jealous all of a sudden, you remember the you also shouted at him and made him look like a fool, he then met Maeve who was not shouting at him and the two are actually compatible, I can see how they look at each other, you know what friend? It is high time you let go of the past and focused on yourself and your boring boyfriend Mike, stop being jealous” Caitlyn said and Alyssa looked at her for a few seconds before she scoffed“Really and I thought that you were my friend, I can&rsq
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN“So have you got anything that might help us into finding about what happened to Dylan’s father?” Sue asked Baker as the two were seated at the cafeteria; Dylan excused himself while he let the two to talk“Actually I might be having something although I am not sure if it is useful and by the way your sister, Kayla I have met her three times and she was always speaking high of you, you two must have been close back then”“Yes we were, it is unfortunate that she left so early and left her kids behind, but we were close, she took care of me, took me to school and you know all that, she was a lovely woman, loved by many, Walker was lucky to have her but her kids were not even lucky to see him, I mean their biological father”“Yeah I know Walker was always talking about moving in with her and his kids but I have reasons to believe that he might be alive, you see my wife and Walker were working on the