AlexanderThe sun forcing its way into the room met me directly on my face. I had bags under my eyes, I didn't sleep for up to an hour. I kept tossing and turning, thinking about how the day would go. Better still, the direction of how my entire life would go now.A knock on the door forced me out of bed, it was Lady Selene.“Good morning Mimi,” I answered in a gruff voice.Her heels made pointy noise against the hard floor. She was adorned in jewelry and had a very light makeover. “Were you able to sleep, child?”“You can guess the answer, Mimi. I tried to,” I stopped my words and looked at her. Alternating between her and the wall clock.“It's just 7 in the morning, are you going somewhere?”She scoffed. “Don't be ridiculous, child. It's a big day today. I've had the cooks prepare food for everyone. Now get inside the bathroom and wash up, I'll have your clothes arranged for you by the time you are done.”Her attitude worried me, sent me thinking into space. “What is going on? Why a
Melissa After her explanation, the only word that could free itself from the captivity of my mouth was wow. I was beyond surprised. I turned to look at the man who sat opposite me, he refused to look at me. Still gaping at whatever amused him on the table, I called out first. “Mr Billionaire,” every single word of mine reeked of anger covered in sarcasm. “Is it true?” His head gently went up and the only thing he did was nod in affirmation. “This can't be possible,” the lady who we just both found out that she was adopted kept mumbling. Yeah, her name is Bree. Bree kept mumbling that. She was one minute away from losing it. Her eyes were glassy and the stares she directed to me were full of hate. “So after all these while, you think now is the right time to tell me that I'm adopted,” she screamed, standing up and banging her hands on the table simultaneously. Yup, she was definitely a spoiled brat. No one said a word to her. I guess they knew how irrational she behaved. “You,
Melissa I quickly relieved myself of the things I had carried, rushing towards my dumbstruck kid. He asked again, as if to be sure of what he heard. “Mr Alexander Pierce is our daddy?” “Honey, it's not what you think. It's uh, it's complicated,” I started doing damage control. “Just answer the question mom, is he our daddy?” I feared this day might come, I didn't want to answer yet I couldn't leave the poor child hanging. “He is,” Albert answered, walking into the room with Aurora. “Mr Alexander Pierce is our real daddy.” Oh bless heavens, I rolled my eyes inwardly. Just that one child who would see every tense situation as normal. Aiden diverted his attention away from me, to his brother. “Albert, you knew all this while?” “Sorry,” he said casually. “I promised not to tell you guys.” I could see my baby start breaking into two. “Really? Why? Because we weren't as smart as you or because we aren't so good at hiding our emotions like you?” “Can you listen to yourself, Albert?
Bree Normally I'd plan my next day the night before. And when I saw Alexander's impromptu arrival, I instantly believed that the next day would be as blissful as paradise. Even though I know that he doesn't look at me or regard me in a way that I would want, I still longed for his presence. And now the news they bore to me this morning was beyond devastating. Not only did it turn out that I was adopted, it also turned out that Alexander's supposed wife was their real child. The signs were there, I didn't take any of it into consideration. I didn't take the slightest resemblance from any of them. I should be angry with Alexander for knowing about it yet not saying anything. But then one could not really fault him. Mum and dad would have instructed him not to say a word about it. I found my attachment and my obsession toward him growing deeper and deeper. 2 of those kids who sat at the dining table looked so much like him. As I kept tossing and turning in bed, I heard noise downstai
Melissa “Welcome home honey,” Janet threw her hands out immediately she saw me. “Tell me you won, that was why the Thatchers summoned you.” She didn't get the reaction she expected from everyone of us and just composed herself. She read the room, looking at the kids sullen behaviors and drawing out a conclusion herself. “Did something happen?” She asked, and of course no one gave her an answer. Aiden was always the friendliest who always said things the way they were but she was wrong that day. Aiden was beyond pissed. He grabbed his bag and headed straight to his room, Aurora followed suit. Albert grabbed an apple from the counter, walking in the direction of his room before facing me. “You two have a lot of things to catch up on, I'm going to leave you to that.” “Are you sure that kid's mine?” I asked Janet, still not understanding how difficult it is to decipher his emotion. “Well honey,” she took a spot right beside me. “Going by the resemblance he bears with Alexander, he's
Melissa The day transformed into dusk as soon as possible. I wondered how long I had slept for. “Knock knock,” Albert stood in front of my room. “Wakey wakey, you have a visitor.” I stretched my stiff hands and legs for a while. “Visitor? Who? Is it–” He cut me short quickly. “No it's not dad. It's someone else.” “Give me a few minutes, I'll be out now,” I discharged him. I helped myself into the bathroom, rinsing my face and other parts of my body. Whoever was looking for was deep rooted at the back of my mind. Well, for me to know who it is, I'll have to just see for myself. Janet was helping the kids dish out their food. I looked around only for me to see Francis sitting at the far end of the couch, waving and smiling at me. I got closer to him. “What do you want here? Haven't I told you not to come here again?” “Your kids weren't so nice, especially the one who came to call you out,” he pointed at Albert and I hit his hand down. “Don't ever point your hands at my kids,”
AlexanderLast night outside her house, I couldn't help but notice her disgust under the balcony light when she walked that man out of her house. That man knew more about our relationship than anyone. Immediately her eyes locked with mine, she ran to himself and I could only hide myself before she came back.Her flashlight flashed the area where I once stood, she was desperately trying to find out who was stalking her.I got out and peeped through the sitting room window. Watching her tell Albert to keep quiet had me force my laugh in. Her friend wasn't helping matters either, she kept making the whole situation more funny.They all said grace and started digging in before Albert spoke up again, drawing her attention to the wrapped box Felix gave her during the day. He was definitely someone that couldn't keep his mouth shut.Immediately the wrapper went off and she raised the first note up, the three of them ran from their seat, straight to her back, cooing.She was surprised and did
AlexanderI strained my eyes at the light forcing it way in through the semi open curtains. I found my way to the window and closed it properly, I wasn't ready to get out of bed yet. I spent a greater deal of the night with Carl downstairs when I entered the house. Lady Selene and Bree had gone to bed, Sir Carlos was waiting for me before he could sleep. And we ended up talking about where I went and just jumping on random things.My phone chimed and I struggled to get to where it was. It was a message from Nancy.“Right on time,” I said aloud in my gruffy voice while opening her message.Damien is on standby sir, what do you need me to do?I placed a call to her immediately and she picked up at the second ring.“Good morning sir, Damien is here with me,” she said.“Great, hand the phone over to him.”The phone went silent for a while before Damien spoke.“Good morning sir, it's Damien.”“Damien, I know you keep a list of all the people I ask you to look into. So please do me a favor