"I would not be responsible for what comes next." He threatened.She wanted to tease him again but decided against it.He poured a generous amount of bathing gel on his hand and gently applied it on her back. His strong palms grazed the contours of her back diligently with minimum pressure.She relaxed back and tilted her head back."And here I thought that you could do it by yourself." Brantley teased. His hands caressed the crook of her shoulders gently, making way to her chest and back simultaneously.Her hair was pushed to the side, she quickly spun her head to stare at him, distributing her hair evenly on both sides of her shoulders."What did you just say?" She asked."What did you hear?" He asked back.She smiled, "Looks like you have been the one bathing me for the past twenty seven years, huh?" She asked sarcastically.He chuckled and nodded.He leaned down and stole a kiss before she could turn her face. Her whole body was soapy, oh and naked too. It took all rationality le
"This is not a toy." She said, taking off the bullets and partially dismantling the gun. Just in case his itchy hands decided to touch the pistol again.She did not ask him how the hell he got hold of it, at least, he did not put the bullet in his body."Don't bother, I'll cover it up with a tarpaulin, just in case it rains at night." She explained calmly when she noticed his eyes drifting from her to her ventilated roof."Thank you." He finally opened his mouth. His words came out in a whisper. He looked cute."You should be happy that, that was not your head." She secured the weapon in her bedside cupboard, she could not keep it far away too. It was meant for defense."No, thank you for not returning with a knife, or another gun." That fright was gone, only for it to be replaced by a mischievous grin on his face."Well, you had your eyes open, so…" she decided to play along.They laughed it off.She got into the sheets and laid by his side.She could not get the idea of the missing
"She broke her two limbs, she's in surgery. The doctor said she'll be fine,but would probably need to continue using a wheelchair even after the six months healing period." Mrs White explained."Hey Fabiola, I love your hair." One of the twins whispered to Fabiola. The girls were actually warm, she did like them, but unfortunately, she could not get close to them. Their father still is her enemy."Thank you, you've got great hair too." She replied the teen."Yeah, but I don't have curls, my own hair is straight and won't curl no matter how hard I try." The girl complained.Well, she and Mila were almost the same height. Mila leaned down slightly, "Some things, you can not change. You just have to accept it as it is because that is what makes you beautiful. I stopped trying to get my hair straight when I discovered that, me, in straight hair, is a completely different person. Your straight hair is what makes you beautiful, ok?" Mila went in full time big sis mode."Do you think I am
There were a bunch of things occupying Fabiola's mind that night.There was still the mystery of the missing files, she would talk about it with Dominique tomorrow, now there was this woman. It could be any family and she, Mila, just happened to coincidentally resemble her niece, but one thing was certain, her parents had a lot of secrets before they passed away.Pops too had his Secrets and had answers to a lot of Mila's questions, but he would not say.It has been almost five years since she paid an undercover visit to either of her grandparents, she might as well do that anytime soon.She decided not to show up around any of her family members because of an incident in the mall, her maternal grandmother recognized her.The old woman still babbles up to today about meeting Mila, but everyone thinks she's old and crazy.Good thing, they live in different towns.Freya did comment on Fabiola's spacing out that night, but Fabiola brushed it off under the pretext of being tired. With eve
"Ok, I'm all ears. What kind of investment are we talking about?" Linda asked attentively."Casino." "What? Casino?" Linda asked in utter bamboozlement. "Hold up, which among the two of them sort to buy or build a casino or invest in a casino.... Whatever?" Linda leaned forward."Uncle Melo. He wanted to buy a particular piece of land and erect a Casino?" Linda shook her head. "I don't get how this connects us to anything, or how it might be related to his death. I see why the cops slashed it out. But what I want to know is; why would a man like Uncle Melo want a Casino. He could build anything he wished, a hospital…even a church. But why a casino?" Linda asked."Those are questions nobody thought of asking.""Let me guess, your Father was not d'accord with the idea?" "Yes, that is what Mr McGraw said in his statement. My father argued that a Casino was not a bad idea to generate money, but it did not just suit their reputation." Brant explained."But what was more interesting was t
"That might look like any ordinary emerald or gem, but taking a closer look, it isn't just any gemstone. That is a Painite." Randy explained."A pain… what?" Linda asked."A painite," Randy repeated patiently. He took the laptop and played his fingers on the keyboard.He turned the screen so that she was able to view it."A Painite, the rarest and most expensive gemstone to ever be discovered…." She read it out loud."Hold up! I have tons of questions, but first, how the hell would something that rare magically appear in this part of the country? And whoever discovered it, why did the person not mine it? And how does it involve erecting a Casino?" Linda bombarded both men with a queue of questions."Your secretary is not on seat sir?" Randy turned to Brantley, totally ignoring Linda's bucket of questions."Just answer my question!" She yelled.Both men looked at her as though she was losing it."She probably went out to grab a bite, check if she is back and let her know not to interr
Linda took a sip from her glass."Painite is formed by the combination of two elements that would naturally not occur together in nature, Boron and Zirconium. That's what makes it rare. But having it being discovered in this part of the world, is almost an impossibility because we barely have rocks here, especially in Limesville."Linda listened attentively."So I think that chemical depositions from the laboratory years back, could have provoked the strange occurrence of the two unrelatable elements." "I can not believe that all that chemistry in school is really coming in handy right now, I do not even remember which group of the periodic table Boron falls under." Linda complained.Brant chuckled, "do not beat yourself up about it, I am here to remember for you. All these details are just for us to get into uncle Melo's mind. I think he might have figured all this out too." "How was he planning to extract it?" Linda asked."It can be mined using seismic charge launchers or mining l
"Just what the hell is going on?" Mr White roared."You know that you are overreacting right now, right?" With his hands in his pocket, Brant strolled majestically in his father's office, walking towards the booze in the office bar."This is still my business and you do not have any right to take such a drastic decision without my concern! Did any part of you think that you should talk to me first before making such a decision?" "She is a major shareholder of the company, she has every right to be part of the board." Brant explained softly. He poured himself a glass of soft white wine. Today was no day to over drink. Just a little boost of alcohol would do.Despite his father's anger and yelling, Brantley on the other hand, was in no mood to waste calories on such a trivial matter. "That is what I am most worried about, how did she manage to get hold of such a huge percentage of the company's shares?" Mr White was at the verge of exploding."You should not be worried about that righ