Robbie proceeded to call Sebastian after he hung up the call with Stephanie. He sat on the couch and waited patiently for Roberto to answer the phone. It began to ring for seconds, but there was no response. He heaved a sigh and looked at the screen of his phone. “Sebastian, are you serious? You really won’t answer the damn phone?” He mumbled, angrily. Deep down, he didn’t want to believe Sebastian dumped Stephanie after sleeping with her. ‘There must be an explanation to this.’ He checked the previous message he sent and when he saw that Sebastian had responded, his eyes widened. “When did he respond?” He muttered to himself and checked the time Sebastian’s message came in. It read 5 am. “5 am? Bruh! Who would be awake at 5 am?” Sebastian’s message said, “So, did you figure out if Jennifer likes you or not?” Robbie scoffed after reading his message. ‘Seriously? Just this? He didn’t say anything about Stephanie.’ “Hey, you, where the f**k are you?! Stephanie just called me, she said
~3rd Jan 2003~Stephanie got to work even though she wasn’t in the mood to work. She didn’t have a choice but to go. Since Sebastian left her and said absolutely nothing to her, she had not been herself since then. Danielle and Robbie took time to console her, and they even invited her out, but she refused to go. She cried herself to sleep every night. Everything around her reminded her of Sebastian. Her couch and duvet refused to stop smelling him. It was nothing but torture. She sat behind her desk and switched on her laptop. She waited for it to load, while she buried her sick face in her hands. Thomas sat behind his desk and kept his gaze on her. Since she arrived he had noticed something strange about her. He wasn’t sure what it was, but he knew for sure she wasn’t happy. He heaved a sigh and got up from his chair. He walked out of the office and headed to the elevator. Danielle stormed out of the elevator before Thomas could get in. Her shoulders brushed his arm, and she stopp
Stephanie stood up from her chair fearfully. The look on Danielle’s face when she passed the instruction registered fear in her. “What’s wrong? Is he angry with me?” She asked in terror as she approved Danielle. “I’m not so sure, but his voice sounded pretty loud and harsh,” Danielle responded, and Stephanie felt her skin tingle. “I’ll go to him now.” She walked out of the office and approached Dr. Peter’s office. Her legs seemed too heavy for her to carry, so she dragged them on the tiled floor, making unpleasant noises. She got to Dr. Peter’s office and knocked on the door. “It’s Stephanie, sir.” She stepped back a little, waiting for him to respond. “Come in,” She heard his threatening voice pierce the wooden door in front of her. She reached for the doorknob and opened the door. She slowly walked into the office, and a smile flickered across her face like a hologram. Dr. Peter was sitting behind his desk, his eyes glued to the screen of his computer. Stephanie could see the frow
~After a week~ Stephanie got to the office with the same puffy eyes she had yesterday. She wasn’t sure she wouldn’t be able to get rid of it anytime soon, so she didn’t bother doing anything about it. All she needed was a good night's sleep and how to forget Sebastian totally. Danielle and Thomas had arrived at the office, and when they didn’t see her, they called her but Stephanie didn’t answer the phone because she was close to the company already. Dr. Peter stormed into their office in anger, he stared at Danielle and Thomas before speaking. “She still hasn't arrived?!” He spat in anger. An important client of the company was waiting in his office, and he had asked to see the marketing head which was Stephanie. “He has been sitting for twenty minutes now, waiting for her! Didn’t she check the time?” Dr. Peter was angry and equally frustrated. He was beginning to grow tired of Stephanie's incompetence that she had developed in the new year. Danielle stood up in great worried and
“Mary! What is taking you so long? Don’t tell me you are going through her stuff again!” Sarah shouted from the kitchen. She asked Mary to take care of Stephanie’s room against her return, and Mary was taking years to do that. She got no response from Mary, and Sarah heaved a sigh. She stormed out of the kitchen and headed to Stephanie’s room. She barged into the room and was about to shout when she saw Mary sitting on Stephanie’s already laid bed. She had a paper in her hand, and she looked lost staring at it. “What is that?” Sarah asked as she approached her. Mary heaved and showed her the paper in her hand. It happened to be a picture that Stephanie and Owen took when they were still together. Sarah collected the picture and stared at it for minutes. She saw how happy Stephanie looked in the picture and it broke her to know that happiness didn’t last long. “I saw it in a box she kept under her closet. I don’t know why she has that, Mum, but I don’t think she needs it anymore. We
~The Next Day~ Stephanie felt someone sit next to her on the bed while she slept. She turned to her other side and slowly opened her eyes. She saw her mother and father staring at her as she slept. She wrinkled her forehead and rubbed her eyes with her finger. “Mom. Dad. What’s wrong?” She asked. Sarah was sitting next to her on the bed, and Philip was standing next to Sarah. “Good morning, Stephanie.” They chorused with a bright smile. Stephanie held onto the bed with her hands and pulled herself to sit up. “Good morning.” She covered her mouth and closed her eyes as she divulged a yawn. “How are you this morning?” Philip asked, and she bounced her head. She opened her eyes and looked at them again. They seemed suspicious, and Stephanie knew it. “Should I be worried? You are in my room so early in the morning.” Sarah smiled faintly and moved her hands to Stephanie’s legs which were still tucked under her duvet. “We are here to talk. We wouldn’t want your siblings to listen to what
~The Next Day~ “Stephanie, please pass me the butter.” Sarah quickly placed the washed chicken laps in a bowl with her right hand and stretched her left hand to Stephanie. Stephanie picked up the butter that was in a small bowl and passed it to Sarah. “Thank you,” Sarah said, and cut some of it into the heating pan. “Can I beat the eggs now?” Stephanie asked, and before Sarah responded, Mary walked into the kitchen looking very beautiful. She braided the sides of her brown hair and applied some makeup. “Hmm… Where are you going looking so beautiful?” Sarah twitched her eyes brows, and Mary giggled. “Stephanie, you are still in the kitchen?! I told you, you would be following me to my friend’s birthday party!” Her eyes popped open when she saw Stephanie was yet to prepare. “Oh my, I’m so sorry, Mary. You didn’t remind me again. I totally forgot. Is it time now?” Stephanie asked sadly, and Mary shook her head. “You have fewer hours to prepare though. I’m done with my makeup, all I ha
“Stephanie? What are you doing here?” Owen picked up her phone from the floor and gave it to her. Stephanie was too stunned to speak and all she did was stare at him. “Here… Your phone.” He stared at her shocked face. Stephanie hurriedly collected your phone from him, grabbed his bag, and stood up. She proceeded to the door in the twinkle of an eye. “Stephanie!” “Ma’am, your tequila is ready!” Stephanie heard the voices call behind her but she didn’t look back. She kept storming to the door. Her eyes were on the door, and she didn’t shift her focus until she was out of the house. She saw a Taxi heading to where she was, she raised her hand to wave it down, then she remembered Mary. ‘I’m here to watch over Mary. If I leave now, how will I do that? What will I tell Mom?’ She gulped hard and lowered her hand. She turned away from the road and looked at the mansion. ‘What the hell is he doing here?’ Stephanie saw Owen hurry out of the door, he was chasing her. When he saw her standing a