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CHAPTER 53

Author: Steph Avery
last update publish date: 2026-02-21 19:36:38

Brandon

My hands trembled slightly as I hung up on Salma. She had some nerve ordering the court to restrain me from trying to contact my daughter.

“Brandon?” I turned to see Elaine standing behind me. Her eyes were fixed on the brown envelope in my hand.

“What's that about?” she asked, looking at the envelope.

I tried as much as I could to regulate my voice, but I said, “Nothing.”

“It doesn't look like anything to me, Brandon,” she said, “you've just been served by a court. If you're in tro
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    A Year Later Salma “You bastard!” I screamed as I held the rails of my bed tightly, “I guess your promise meant nothing, eh? You…” But my words were lost as another contraction racked my body. I could feel every pore on my body fire up with pain. “You said you would never break my heart again!” I screamed at Brandon. He gently removed my fingers wrapped tightly around the rail and said, “I have not broken your heart.” I squeezed his hand until I heard the bones in his finger crack, but I was in too much pain to care. “So it's fine to break my vagina, huh?” I remarked harshly as I felt another contraction coming. “Salma,” I heard my doctor's voice, “you have to push now. You’re fully dilated.” “What about the epidural? Why is the damn thing not working?” I screamed. The doctor's voice remained calm, “It should have begun to kick in.” “I can see the baby's head,” I heard Josephine's voice, “you need to push now.” “You've got this,” Brandon whispered beside him. I wanted to

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    Brandon I was desperate for an answer, but I had a sinking feeling that it was not going to be what I wanted to hear. Even to me, my excuse sounded pathetic. My excuse for leaving her without so much as an explanation sounded flimsy and stupid. If she turned her back on me and disappeared without a word, leaving Leona entirely to my care, I would deserve it because it was the same thing I had done to her. And yet. Yet, I was ready to do anything to change her mind. To make her remain here in Texas while we worked on us. I was determined to make things work between us because it was clear now that the only woman in the world for me was the one standing right in front of me now. “You deserve to hate me,” I said, my voice reeking with desperation, “I won't blame you if you resent me and you never wish to see me again.” I was staring into her eyes, hoping that they would communicate just how much I loved her and how sincere I was. “I just wanted you to know that I am sorry, and I wi

  • ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN BEST FRIENDS    CHAPTER 228

    Salma“You know,” Josephine said, “it sounds like you still love him.” I had just narrated to her how I had first met Brandon, how he had saved me from my wicked stepsister and her villainous friend. “Of course not!” I refuted, placing a hand on my swollen stomach. “I do not love him at all,” I said to her, “how can I love someone who left me so cruelly and without a word too? Can you believe he fucked that bitch? He slept with Marilyn, and I have a feeling he wanted me to see them together. I could never love a man who would do that to me.” Josephine looked at me without saying a word. But from the look on her face, I could tell that she was not buying anything I was saying. She believed sincerely that I was still pining for Brandon. I could not explain the reason, but I felt I needed to convince her. Because if I could not convince her, how could I convince myself that I was over him for real? “I'm sure he has had the chance to reach out to me,” I said, “his parents and mine wa

  • ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN BEST FRIENDS    CHAPTER 227

    Salma “What? Are you going to cry?” I was flat on my face on the floor and bruised from the impact of my fall. I rolled over and saw the entire cafeteria staring down at me. I looked directly above me and I could see Marilyn's smug face above mine, looking at me like she was a predator enjoying toying with her prey before finally squashing the life out of it and gobbling me all down. She had a smile on her face like she was daring me to challenge her. “You… you made me fall!” I shouted, refusing to be a victim again in college after enduring her humiliation throughout high school. “Me?” she pointed at herself while scoffing at me, “Do you have proof?” “Everyone saw you!” I yelled at her, “You put your leg in the way so…”“If you're going to accuse me,” she said, “at least have proof of what you're saying.” Tears burned behind my eyes, but I was resolved in my mind not to let them drop. Being bullied in high school by my sister and her best friend was one thing. Being bullied in

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    Salma Teagan cut me off before I could finish speaking, “You could go to the moon for a year, honey. We are very happy to have her here with us.”“Are you sure?” I wanted to be certain, “I wouldn't want to be a burden.” “A burden?” Teagan echoed, “You're not a burden in any way.” I smiled and stood up. “Mommy?” Leona looked up, “When will you come back?” “I'll be back before a month is over,” I replied to her, “so don't worry too much, and just have fun with your grandparents and your dad, okay?” She nodded cheerfully. “I'll miss you,” she said, warming my heart with her small voice. “I'll miss you too, sweetheart.” **** I was waiting in line to be checked by airport security before going to board my flight when I saw Brandon running towards me. My heart leaped out of my chest because the only reason I could think of for him running to me was that something had happened to Leona. “Brandon?” My heart beat even faster, seeing him stand in front of me completely out of breath.

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    Salma “You know what?” I was seated across from Daphne sipping coffee while venting to her about men in general being annoying. I really was venting about Brandon, but I did not want her to think I still had feelings for him. “I'm going to take the next flight that takes me to Sudan,” I told her. She dropped her mug and looked at me like I was going crazy. “You're a mom,” she said, “you can't just take the next flight out of the country. What about Leona?” “She has her father,” I said with a shrug, not mentioning Brandon's name because it physically hurt to even think about him.I felt stupid for feeling this way about a man especially after everything I had been through recently. “What is in Sudan?” she asked me. “People who need my help,” I replied, “people with heart defects that cannot afford to get surgery.” “So you do volunteer there?” she asked me. I nodded with a smile of satisfaction. I had always loved helping people and I loved that studying medicine, and surgery h

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    Salma A part of me felt like a fool. I had allowed myself to get lost in lust with Brandon's green eyes and throaty sexy voice. I had allowed him to run his rough fingers over my skin, brushing against my nipples like… The honk of several cars behind me brought me out of my reverie. I could not t

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  • ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN BEST FRIENDS    CHAPTER 32

    Brandon“Why can't you tell them you're at the hospital?” she asked me, her voice was still a whisper. “I just can't, okay?” I said, “Let's talk later.” I hung up the call and checked to see if Leona was still by my side as she had the tendency to disappear when she felt like it. “Do you have to

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    Salma I saw the punch coming but made no effort to sidestep. What I did not see coming though was the human shield in the form of Kane who took the hit for me instead of my pretty face. I heard Ariel gasp. She had just punched an attending and that would have severe consequences for her. “Dr. Ka

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    SalmaMy blood went cold when I heard Brandon's name but I had a surgery to concentrate on. Even though I did not like the idea of Brandon with my little girl, she was safe with him for now.The second I was out of surgery, I searched for Dr. Allison so I could speak to Brandon. She gave me my phon

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