I stood up suddenly, the sound of my boots against the cold concrete echoing in the room. I walked toward the door, my mind set on what I had to do. When I opened it, I found Luke standing there with two of his men. Their faces were pale, their expressions anxious. I could feel their concern in the
OLIVIAI poured a cup of tea, my hands shaking. The house was silent, too silent. No more sounds of Samuel running around. Just quiet. The kind of quiet that makes you feel like something’s wrong, even when nothing’s happening.The door opened. Nick’s mother walked in, her clothes covered in blood—blood that wasn’t hers. She looked like she’d just come from a fight, like she’d been in the middle of something dangerous. Her hair was messy, her face pale, and she stumbled like she didn’t know where she was.I froze. “Why did you come here like this?” I snapped, my voice sharp. I didn’t mean to sound so angry, but the sight of her like that—it set me off.She stared at me, confused. “I didn’t think,” she stammered. “I had to deal with the men we caught. I thought I could check on the kids. I didn’t realize I still had blood on me.”I cut her off. “You didn’t think? Samuel’s still scared after the shooting. And you show up like this? What if he sees you? How do you think that’ll affect hi
ELODIEWhat was I thinking? Olivia was right, I should have been there when that incident took place. I did go there to take care of the kids, then why was it that I felt the need to go out there by myself. What was it that compelled me to leave what I went there to do and go after criminals.Luke w
NICKSix days had passed, and this was the seventh day. The last day of torture for Xander. I tortured him for the exact number of days he kept Olivia in that catacomb. Made him have a taste of his own medicine. It seemed my dear Xander only knew how to dish it out but not take it.I tried wiping th
OLIVIAI didn’t know if I could trust Nick, not after what I heard. The way they told me about Sandra being dead and showed no emotion and yet he killed her. It told me he could not be trusted. If he could go on with his life as if nothing happened after killing Sandra it meant he could lie about Xa
MARCUSThe moment between Olivia and Luke touched me. I thought I was caring for my wife well enough. I thought I knew what she needed, but seeing her with Luke like that made me realize that I had missed some things. Like the relationship she should have had with her father.Luke was the only famil
OLIVIAI thought my husband would be offended and wouldn’t want to accept the gift from my father. I thought that his pride as man would be bruised, but that was far from the truth, Marcus surprised me and accepted. I offered him a warm smile; it seemed as if we were becoming more like a real family
ETHANWhen I got outside, Nick was leaning against his car looking up in the sky as if he was a wolf about to howl to the moon. The door closing him alerted him of my presence. He looked over at me then opened the backseat, throwing his jacket in. “Am fine, Ethan, go back.” He got into the car and d
LUKEA smile formed on my lips hearing my daughter putting Lupita in her place. I was proud, she was growing up and starting to stop that habit of hers of trying to please everyone. Olivia had lost many people in her life and was afraid to lose more.That was why she develop that tendency of taking
OLIVIAI was busy with the kids when the security informed me that I had a guest. Which got me curious as I knew no one who would visit my home. All the people who visited my home, I knew them and could count them in one hand. I went and checked, and I almost got a heart attack when I saw who it was
NICKI was left with the kids when Olivia and Marcus went to see Ethan. I had hoped everything would go well and we would be back to what we used to be. I hated the in fighting, it was not who we were. Our disagreements didn’t last even a day and would get resolved. Ethan was doing the most.I knew
ETHANShe threw herself at me and hugged me tightly. I was taken back by her behaviour, I wanted to push her away, but my heart started beating radically, stupid disloyal organ! “Am sorry.” She whispered, I felt myself calmed down, my heart started to slow and stabilise.What the fuck was going on w
ETHANOlivia and Marcus left. They left me with all the anger I felt before I left with Samuel, all the work I had done to try and get over what happened had gone down the drain. I lost the woman I liked because of them; we ended up saying things we couldn’t take back to each other because of them.
OLIVIAI knew he was only saying that to hurt me, but Marcus couldn’t take it, he was my husband after all, and he couldn’t just sit back and watch while I was being disrespected. “That is both rude and disrespectful, Ethan. That is my wife you are talking to like that.”He was angry but trying extr
OLIVIAThe next day, I called Ethan to come over to my house, but he refused. He said if I wanted to meet with him then I would go to his house. Which I found fair. I told Marcus and he wanted to go with me. He and I were the reason Ethan was acting that way and going to meet with him together and a
OLIVIADay six and still no call from Ethan. I thought they would have been back by now, but they were not. I missed my son much that I hear his voice sometimes and I would smile and look only find nothing. I went to his room every morning, but his scent was starting to fade.I wanted to call so man
MARCUSEverything had become such a huge mess, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that Ethan would ever do something like that. the man was not capable of hurting my wife. Nick could do it and everyone else, me included but not Ethan.That man cared deeply for Olivia, and it wasn’t some