Chapter 27…STELLA…Mrs Edwards is surprisingly kind and comforting, I always thought she hated me, that she knew what I was doing the night Ben was involved in an accident and blamed me for it. Before that happened, she was like a second mother to me, I grow up by her side and was used to her. It feels good to see her acting like this around me,“thank you for coming” I say, she kisses my hair with a small smile. Benji’s phone suddenly rings and he excuses himself“when your parents told me they disowned you because you were pregnant with another man’s child, I hated you because my son loved you, I don’t know how things happened between you and Benji but am glad you kept this little girl, I want her to get better so that I can get to know her more, you know how I love kids especially my grand-kids” she says making us both chuckle,“Zoey has never had a grandmother, am sure this will make her happy” I reply remembering the way she smiled when she was happy. I need to make my move befo
Chapter 28…STELLA…My breathing is unsteady as I realize just how hard Benji is for me, I get confused and wonder why he is resisting me,“then why are you holding back?’ I ask, Benji makes me turn to face him,“because you are not the kind of woman I want to spend only a night with Stella”“well then it wont be for only a night, we can make it a week or month if you like” I quickly say, Benji chuckles making me wonder if I said something that was funny“I don’t want that either Stella, you are the kind of woman that I don’t want to have for a short period of time, I wanna spend more than a month with you, I want to watch you grow old, I want to go through everything that comes my way with you, I want to protect and love you in the right way. I want to marry you”, to say I am speechless is an understatement, is Benji proposing to me right now?, I feel like screaming and cursing him but my mouth feels too dry. This is deep and delusional,“i…I will just head to bed and see you tomorro
Chapter 29…MARIA…When I leave Benji’s place, I call the girls to meet me at a hotel, by the time they arrive, I am already two bottles down,Even though am getting tipsy, I can still feel the anger inside of me building up even more,“don’t you think its too early to have a drink?” Maggie asks, I roll my eyes at her angry that she invited Selina. I had cut off Selina the moment she began dating Benji. The fact that they broke up doesn’t mean I want her back in my friends group“why is she here?” I ask facing Selina,“stop being a pussy, Benji and I are over, not that it concerns you anyway” she says with a roll of her eyes.“whats happening with you?” Ruby asks“I want to kill Stella” I speak knowing fully well I mean it,“calm down girl!” Maggie says,“at this point, I can help you get rid of her” Selina says drinking from her glass cup“whats gotten you so angry?” Ruby questions.I pour myself a full glass and drink it in one go before turning to the ladies,“Benji proposed marria
Chapter 30…STELLA…‘Your sister is here to see you’ one of the maids tells me as I sit on the couch in Zoey’s room,‘let her in’ I say. Maria had gone home looking pretty upset in the morning, I didn’t think she would be back here so soon.A few mintues later, she enters the room,‘Stella’ she says with a smile as she hugs me, she looks to be in a good mood‘hey, you are back’ I say, she nods,‘am sorry about ealier, I didn’t mean to be rude, jus that I didn’t tell you the whole truth about Benji and I’, I turn to look at her confused‘there is actually a lot I haven’t told you’‘okay’ I respond not knowing what else I can say.‘two years ago, Benji and I were both drank and had sex, I know I said he raped me but that is because I don’t remember how it happened. Things were different for us since that time, truth is Stella, Benji and I are in love’ I look at Maria eyes wide‘what?’‘I know this is a shock to you but we have been seeing each other secretly, am not supposed to be telli
Chapter 31…STELLA…Benji is just standing there looking into my eyes, I am uncomfortable with his stare as I feel like he is hoping to know the reason am doing this,I now move my hand to his shoulders,“are you ready for this?” even as I say this, I know I sound stupid,“are you having second thoughts?” he questions making me shake my head almost immediately, its not like I dont want to do this, I just don’t know how to,“I think I know the reason why you are doing this Stella” he says making me move an itch away from him,“do you?” I ask,“I thought about this over and over again and the only sensible thing that came to my mind is that you are in love with me” my eyes pop wide as I feel the strong urge to laugh, how delusional is Benji?,“you have a woman in your life right now don’t you?” I ask not responding to his delusional thoughts,“I had a woman in my life, that was Selina but now that we are over, I don’t mind being your man” I yet again suppress the urge to laugh, at this
Chapter 32…Stella…A few mintues later, three cars enter the yard, I let out a sign of relief,Benji walks out of one of the cars and walks over me “what happened, why do you need to go to your parents?” he asks,“I thought you had an important meeting” I say surprised that he took the time to come here when I only wanted his men,“nothing is more important than you” he says,“now, what happened?” he asks,“dad has mom locked up in the basement since yerterday” I pause and let out a sign,“I know they disowned me and I might look stupid by being worried about Mom but I don’t want him to hurt her anymore” I explain, Benji nods“is the nurse with Zoey?” he asks“yes” I answer,“good, lets go” he holds my hand and walks me to his car,“I can handle it alone, I just need your men in case dad goes crazy on me, you can go back to the company, am sure you have work to do” I say,“am coming with” Benji insists but I shake my head,“don’t please, I insist” I say,“fine, but tell me in case so
Chapter 33…Stella…Dad is restless as we hear a second gunshot, he turns to his men,“go out and check what is happening” he says, his men soon leave the room,“you know Dad, whoever is out there, I hope they are coming for you” I say meaning every word of it, I hug my mom who is still on the floor, I feel how cold she is and turn to look at my monster of a dad,“she will get a fever, she needs to go somewhere warm” I say, Dad laughs to my face,“does it look like I give a shit about what happens to her?” he asks me,“then why don’t you dirvorce her?, you have made her suffer for too long, let her go” I say. Dad moves closer to me holding my chin making me look at him,“you little piece of shit, you don’t tell me what to do” he holds my chin more tightly, just then, we hear a voice,“let go of her before I blow your hand off” I feel relieved as Benji walks into the room pointing a gun at him,“you heard what he said” I say yanking his hand off of me and help Mom stand up,“stay out o
Chapter 34…BENJI…Its been 24 hours and zoey is declared a missing person, search teams are looking for her but there is still no news about her, I held a press conference putting a huge amount of money for anyone who might have seen her anywhere, I also plead on live television telling who ever had her about her sickness and what would happen if she stayed long without her medication but there is still no news about her, at this point, am losing my mind and it doesn’t help when Stella literally goes crazy,I understand her because even though am yet to lose my mind, I feel the same way as her, I don’t even know what to say to comfort her, I cant tell her everything is going to be okay because I don’t know how true that is,It is different than last time, then I knew where she was but now, she is really missing and very sick, I cant help thinking the worst will happen. Am scared, more scared than ever, I have to find her at all cost.My eyes are pinned on Stella who is pacing back an