"I came with Mark, he dropped me off and went back to his date, I didn't know he was on a date with his wife before you scolded me, and I told him to go back to her immediately, he knows how much I missed you D so he is not offended."She explained moving close to him and hugging him closely."Get off me, you crazy woman,"He warned though he wrapped his arms around her, he missed her, she was his only close relative apart from Robert's kids, when his aunt had found out that her husband had an affair she had broken things off with him and had gone ahead to look for the child which her ex had neglected and had made sure she had the best of everything and Lizzie in return had treated Maya as her mom. When aunt Maya had died, Liz had been studying abroad and was in her finals she couldn't come home until after Maya's burial, she had been sad, they had both falling apart from each other after that but came back again when Liz told him she was getting married, unfortunately, her husband wh
"Does that make sense to you Mark?"Devon asked staring at Mark with a disbelieving expression, he just couldn't picture it, yeah, in the beginning, he had thought they looked alike but it never crossed his mind that they could be father and child but Mark just said..."Exactly shat I asked but the guy is sure, Laura is Robert's youngest daughter,""Then why will Robert abandon his child? You saw how caring he is, I just don't understand and I don't know how to tell Laura this,"They were in his room, Liz and Lau were either in the living room or somewhere in the house, he woke up this morning on a high spirit with a bright smile, waking up to the woman he loved and also seeing her smile have him such joy that he didn't want anything to ruin It that's why when Mark had walked in he had told him to skip everything about Cleo and anything else that will ruin his mood and that has not worked cuz what Mark just said ruined his mood already."We just have to hear his side of the story,"Ma
"Wow, this place is beautiful, "Laura said admiring the beauty of her surrounding,"I agree," Lizzy replied coming to stand beside her. "This is where I had my honeymoon,"She added with a sad smile. "Sorry about your lost Liz,"Laura said consoling her. They were at Liz's beach house in another part of Springfield that Laura hadn't know existed, the past week had been a roller coaster of events like Devon had said the reporters on his tail hadn't left his front gate, they had reduced in numbers as the day went by but even until they left in the early house of today some very stubborn ones had still been there even after Mark had threatened to sue them. They had not returned to Clovers for a couple of reasons and Liz had suggested they use the beach house since it had almost the same surrounding as Clovers, she had spoken with the private investigator Devon had hired some days ago and he had said he will get back to her after he confirmed his findings, Laura didn't want to hope for t
She must have heard him wrong or misread what he said, there is no way Robert is her father or the parent who abandoned her, Robert is caring and doesn't seem like a negligence parent, but the look on his face, the way the room was silent with everyone watching intently made it obvious that he is indeed the man the private investigator brought as her father, she turned to Devon eyeing him and convening all the pains and emotions in her heart."Is this some kind of joke, Devon, are you playing tricks on me? You know how badly I want to meet my parents, are you using that against me?""Laura, it ain't a joke I won't do that and you know it, I didn't believe when I found out either and I had the doubt still until we spoke to Robert and he gave details and it fitted perfectly, just hear him out Laura I am sure he has his reasons,"He said and she took a step back shaking her head, this wasn't what she expected, Robert can't be her father, how can he? Why was she the one abandoned? If he
"I couldn't process it, I had come into the hospital with my pregnant wife expecting a newborn and now I had to leave the hospital without either of them, back then I wished I had acted differently so maybe you wouldn't have gone missing. because I became too aggressive, the doctors were scared that I may cause trouble so they sedated me and before I woke up it was already ten am the next morning, I don't blame the hospital because they didn't know we had other kids waiting for us at the hotel, they released me when I told them and when I got to the hotel, I was still thinking of how to pass the sad news on to you guys when fate slapped me with another kind of pain, I met your older siblings with the hotel management they were all in tears and you were nowhere to be seen, no one knew where or when you left the hotel, your older sibling said the last time they saw you were before they fell asleep and you were sleeping when they woke up you were no longer there, I looked for you, got th
"Did Sloan leave?"Devon asked when Mark walked in, "Yes he did, he said he had other things to take care of and since his job is done there is no need to wait, Robert can spend the night here as I feel he and Laura still have a lot to talk about, they were still talking when we passed by they didn't even notice us,""He can stay, for sure,""I already said he can, I wasn't asking you, I talked to Lizzy and she gave a go-ahead,"He revealed sitting down on his bed."Whatever,"He wasn't in a talking mood, he still wasn't over what happened between him and Laura, he knew he shouldn't have reacted like that but it was too late."Devon, about the Laura photo, I found out that she didn't give anything away to the media, he must have told her something that made her follow him because I met the reporter myself and he confessed that she didn't give him a word about you or your life,"Mark revealed and Devon wished the ground would open up and swallow him"Oh my God Mark, I messed up big tim
Laura paused at Devon door and took and a deep breath before knocking, while she waited for a response, she tried to go over what she wanted to say in her head, this is it, if he signed the paper, she is gonna leave with her dad, it still felt strange calling him that but after hearing everything, she knew she couldn't bear it in her to hate him or be angry at him, he went throwgh a lot so being angry will be selfish of her."You can come in the door is open,"Devon finally responded and she opened the door, he was sitting in his wheelchair beside his bed with his phone in his hands, he looked handsome as always and she felt a deep feeling losing overwhelm her but there was no way she would be with someone who didn't truet Ir want her around."Hey, Laura, you done talking with your dad? That took quite a while, you guys good now?""Yes we are, thanks for finding my dad for me, I will forever be grateful for your help,""It's nothing, glad I could help, about the stuff that happened be
Laura smiled to herself, yes she didn't have to leave, and yes she and her man were cool again, and also her she just found her family, her dad said he and her siblings will come over soon and the thought of meeting them warmed her heart. He had left this morning to go back to Clovers because the others can't survive without him, according to him and he said he will come back to visit soon with her sibling too, Liz had gone with him, she said she wanted to go say Hi to Percy and the others, ao it was just her and Devon in the house.Laura couldn't contain her excitement she had been happy since she woke up and have been smiling like a child on Christmas morning."Oh, no,"She exclaimed."What is it, baby?"Devon asked he was on his phone again, he has been doing that a lot since this morning and she wanted to ask him out of curiosity, but she chose not to."I just remembered that Sophie doesn't like me, how are we supposed to get along if she hates me?"She asked sitting down heavily,