Shirley povAfter the doctor left everyone had already gone to their rooms. We would be staying with Yvonne for a few days until things get a little better and we trace the kidnappers. Dylan and I were sharing a room. I could not sleep as I was worried about him. Looking at him now makes me pity him a lot. I wonder what the childhood trauma could be. The reality that a very little boy like him had already gone through a trauma was even more pitiful.I stood up from the bed and headed inside the toilet, when I was done using the toilet I stepped out and went back to bed. Even after trying several times I still could not fall asleep. While I was struggling to fall asleep Dylan woke up. “Oh my goodness, Dylan are you okay?” I asked him and he only looked at me without saying anything, this was the time reality hit me then I realized what the doctor said was true Dylan would not be able to speak until he's able to overcome the trauma. “Are you hungry?” I asked him and he nodded his he
Shirley pov“Why would you even think of saying such a thing? Obviously you did not feel like his mother.” Yvonne smiled when she heard what I said. “You will not understand.” she said to me calmly.“What is there to understand? Everyone in this City knows that Jackson is one of the most successful men from our city so why would you even think that you did a bad job raising him.” I said to her as I was trying to make her get rid of search thoughts. “While he was growing up he made a big mistake that cost the life of Felix's grandmother and his biological mother. I still don't know if Felix has forgiven him for what happened in the past but I tried my best to make sure that I raised both of them with enough love so that what happened in the past would not ruin the family.” When I heard what Yvonne said I realized it was more than what I had earlier imagined.“Few days ago when I had a misunderstanding with Jackson, that was when I realized that he has been bearing grudges. He said ev
Writer’s povThe moment Sharon called Shirley Dylan was sighted walking down the stairs so Shirley Stood up to go meet the little boy so he wouldn't trip and fall while running to go meet her. When Shirley got there he hugged her immediately with a bright smile on his face. Sharon, Amelia and Luke were looking at both of them. “Isn’t she going to have her own baby?” Sharon suddenly asked which drew Amelia’s attention. “Why do you care? If she wants him to be her child for such a long time I don’t think you should care.” Amelia said to her mom, already sounding jealous. Sharon looked at Luke and Luke heaved a sigh, Sharon didn’t know that saying such a thing would annoy her but when she realized she decided not to say a thing again and just mind her business.“I just said that from experience, at first I thought I would be able to raise Shirley as my daughter because she was so sweet and kind hearted, but blood always wins at the end of the day. I wanted my kid to survive so badly th
Jackson povWe had all gone back to our daily life, and today we’ll be moving back to the house because on several occasions I have seen Felix try to have conversations with Shirly which has been bothering me, so I just thought it’s better to return to the house, after all it’s been weeks already. We were all set to leave and the load was taken into the car trunk. Amelia went into her room like she didn’t care. Yvonne looked like she was not ready to let us go. I could tell she had already gotten very used to Shirley staying with her. They will usually stay up all night talking about things that I don't even know of. Even though mom and I have never been very close I still felt bad that we are leaving this way. Dylan still hasn't gotten over his trauma, he's still unable to talk but Shirley has been doing her best and doing everything possible to make sure he talks again.“Please make sure you watch over him very well. I know you are doing your best so I trust that you won't disapp
Shirley povThough the voice sounded very familiar I couldn’t tell exactly who It was but I know it’s someone that has talked to me before. After calling my name the caller didn’t say any other thing, she just kept mute so I decided to wait too, maybe the person would finally say something else.“Shirley.” The person called my name again. It was at this moment I realized who it was, I opened my eyes wider than normal when I recollected who the person was. “How dare you? What makes you think you have the right to call me?” I asked her angrily, Jackson raised his head to look at me when he heard what I said because from the way I sounded he could tell I was very upset. “Shirley, are you really not going to hear me out, I know that what we did was wrong and you have every fight to be angry but please I want you to put the past behind you…”“I should put my past behind me? Do you know what my past looks like? Living with strangers for a very long time and the one I trusted so much was
Shirley pov I hated it so much how I always feel relieved whenever I hear them call me dear daughter. I don't know why it's so hard for me to hate them after everything they have done to me. At first I hated that she called me their daughter but suddenly I realized I was feeling relieved and a little excited after hearing that. I know that I must have sounded very rude and angry but that is because I want them to feel the pain and rejection they made me feel. Sometimes I wonder what went wrong because they have suddenly changed. Back then when Amelia got married to Felix they acted like I was a forbidden child like I did something very wrong by dating the same guy their biological daughter fell in love with and now all of a sudden they are trying to be nice to me. I couldn't help but find it a little suspicious. “Why do you always think I have something planned each time I decide to call you?” Sharon asked. “I know you don't like me. I mean you said it to me so why are you trying
Shirley PovAfter my conversation with Marissa I realized that maybe it's not the end of something I like to do, in a few days we are going to be having a family dinner where gifts will be presented maybe now is the time for me to show them that I am no more the Shirley they used to know and now I can do so much I never knew I could do.I stood up from the bed and immediately stepped out of the room, shockingly the first thing that I saw was the secret room. I looked around the sitting room, Jackson is supposed to be out of the house now, so why is the room opened like this? I moved closer a little to confirm if I was seeing correctly and just as I thought, I was right when I said the door was opened, I recalled the last misunderstanding we had and how I promised him I will not go into the secret room again.While I was looking around, I finally decided to go in and see what it is that Jackson was hiding from everyone. When I got in, the room was dark so I turned on my phone torch lig
Shirley POVI was patiently waiting to hear what she had to say. I don’t know why she would say such a thing if she didn't know who my real parents are. “I will send you an address, come see your dad there, he needs you now.” I was confused, what was she talking about? Why is she sounding like she really knows who my biological parents are“Do you really think I will fall for something like that?” I asked her angrily, I could tell from her silence that she was mad, because I said that she was telling a lie. “Shirley, I wish this was a prank too, you need to come before it’s too late, I’ll text you the hospital address.” Aunt Alicia said and ended the call. I was still in shock, I just wanted to believe this is one of her few tricks to have a conversation with me. If she knew who they were all these years why didn’t she say anything? Why did she make me live such a pitiful life when my parents were probably searching everywhere for me. I rushed into my room immediately and sat on the
Writer's pov“So you actually think that everyday of my life I live a happy and perfect life? Do you know how tough it was trying to please them every single time and my effort was thrown away? Do you even know how sad it is watching the people that you call your biological parents treat a stranger better than the way they treat you? Well then I wasn't smart enough to understand that you were their biological daughter but what I know is that they always treated you better than me. I had to do everything to please them but they never were pleased with whatever I did to make them proud. They always commended even your little efforts but they never commend my hard work because they believe that I wasn't their biological daughter. So what happiness are you talking about? What I always wanted was what you got easily but I didn't try to forcefully take anything away from you, I knew that in the end I can't have it all.” Tears was welling down her eyes as she was talking because she had to
Writer's povJackson was too busy working that he wasn't able to see her message, he wasn't even with his phone because he had something serious to attend to. The same issue that made him moody the other day when he got home, he decided to take care of it this time around at work so that he doesn't allow Shirley suffer from the stress he's going through at work.While he was doing that he couldn't get Shirley off his head, he was wondering why she is always so happy even though she might be going through the most.“Boss, you are…” One of Jackson's staff was shocked to see Jackson smiling for the first time since he started working in the company. Jackson noticed and immediately changed his facial expression. Jackson hates it so much whenever they see him smiling because he thinks that is a weakness but after leaving with Shirley for a while now he got to realize that smiling isn't any sign of weakness, it is even more sign of strength when you're going through the most and you find y
Writer's povBefore Shirley made the phone call she was hoping that they are going to listen to her and accept what she says because this is the only alternative she has to help the little way she can, she knows the kind of person sharon is and how pestering sharon can be but she was hoping that this time they try to reason from her own perspective too and see reasons why she cannot give her blood.Amelia was totally against the idea because it's only going to ruin her plan and she was scared that her parents might accept the idea from Shirley.“Okay.” Amelia opened her eyes wider than normal the moment she realized that her mother had already accepted the idea that Shirley brought.Just when she was close to achieving her biggest dream which is killing Shirley it had to end this way, Amelia was so upset that she wanted to get up from the bed and leave but it will only ruin her chances even more, all she has to do right now is think of a way to end this blood topic and find another th
Writer's povAmelia was very happy to hear what her mom and dad said. She has been waiting for the moment when both of them will decide to take it by force. Obviously she is not willing to give her blood no matter how much they try to beg.“Mom, dad, I really do not think that is a good idea because you know very well that she is only trying to act stubborn, with time she will finally be able to submit to us and give us whatever it is that we want.” Amelia said to her mom and dad trying to pretend to be a good person, Sharon was not buying what Amelia was saying because she felt time was not on their side and anything can happen. With the way the nurses were looking it seemed like everything had gotten even worse, and she guessed they couldn't see the truth which is why they kept saying it will be better if the doctor speaks to them by himself. “Amelia, as much as I am trying to make peace between myself and Shirley, I am still going to do whatever it takes to make sure that my daugh
Writer's povAmelia realises that it’s already getting late and soon they would find out that she is lying. She was hoping that blood transfer would be done before the truth comes out, but right now she is making everything hard because both parents already agreed so she's wondering why Shirley hasn't agreed to give her the blood that She wants. Amelia was pacing around the room looking very worried because things weren't going well at all. She was hoping that her father's visit to Shirley's house would make things easier for them. Amelia snapped out of her thoughts and realized that her position is risky and it will be easy for them to find out that she is healthy if they find her pacing around the room. “I'm not going to let her ruin what I worked hard to plan, I'm not going to let her destroy my work. “Amelia said to herself as she sat on the bed thinking about the next plan.She realized it's better to pester her parents even more, because it’s only when she disturbed them ver
Shirley povI was shocked to see Jackson back home earlier than planned. When he returned he didn't look exactly happy which was a little worrying to me, I hate seeing Jackson like this, I was wondering why he looked really upset but then again it might be business that is bothering him.“Hey, are you okay?” I asked him the moment he walked into the house. I could tell from the look on his face that there was something wrong but I didn't want to pressure him too much, “I'm good.” Jackson said to me without hesitating, I could tell from the way he was behaving when he first got back but he wouldn't tell me what is bothering him.I didn't bother disturbing him anymore. I just took the little boy upstairs so that both of us can give Jackson some time alone to think. I couldn't stop worrying about him but I just had to give him some moments to clear his head and I am sure he's going to feel better in some minutes. It's not like he’s going to be moody the whole day.*******After spending
Writer's povShirley couldn't stop having a lot of flashbacks about everything that has happened in the past, this room is the room that contains everything from my past so it was totally hard for her to run away from it.She remembered when they were five which is the first day that they met, both of them were complete introverts, they hardly get along with strangers which is why they were able to connect very well when they were young and they promised each other that whenever they need help they would always be there for each other. Even though so much has happened and that strong friendship that they used to have has suddenly turned into hatred for each other Shirley still couldn't overlook the promise she made to Amelia.Both of them knew that Amelia was always the sick one so Shirley promise that even if it has to be her life she will do everything to make sure that nothing happens to Amelia, this is a promise she made to her when they were young so she felt maybe right now is
Writer's povThey both headed to the other side of the house where Amelia was sure that no one would be able to eavesdrop on their conversation.“I'm really grateful to you and Grandma for making out time to be here even if it's already late. I never imagined that you would come here the moment you hear that I was in such situation, I didn't know you will take it seriously which is why I did not tell you that both of us have been having series of misunderstanding so I just thought she might even think I'm doing you a favor by having such illness.”“Well you are.” Felix said in his mind and let out a smile so that it would look like he was smiling because of what she was saying. Felix hated it so much that he had to be in the same space with her, Felix couldn't believe he had to pretend like he was cool with the whole nonsense that she's saying, she kept beating around the bush which was very frustrating to him, he was wondering why she cannot complete a simple sentence so that they ca
Writer's povAmelia was not really happy to see Felix in the house at the wrong time, she did not tell him anything about the sickness as she realized he didn't have to know about it because it's not like it was real, telling so many people about it might only risk her opportunity of hiding the truth.“What are you doing here?” Amelia asked him angrily because he's not supposed to know about it.“I am here because I received a call from someone else telling me that my wife has a deadly illness and that she has only a few days to live and I have to be here to take care of her. Why didn't you tell me anything?” He asked her angrily.“Why should I tell you anything? You have never believed anything I say to you so why do I expect you to trust me this time around? I had to keep the truth to myself and find a solution to it immediately because I do not want to die now.” She was so upset while she was talking. Amelia hated it so much that she couldn't have control of the opportunity to hold