Before Miriam left for her room to sleep. She had decided to go talk to her son and maybe admit guilt for yelling at him. She had tried to pull the door knob open but it seemed locked from the inside. She softly placed multiple knocks on his door while she called his name but he kept mute. "Henry, can you please open the door? I'm so sorry for shouting at you earlier today! Mummy is deeply sorry, I just happened to have lost my temper!" Miriam uttered behind the door before placing another knock for the tenth time but got no response."Miriam, can you just talk to your son tomorrow morning? I honestly think he might have fallen asleep already," Eleanor had said rubbing her hands together. "Eleanor, I'm truly sorry that I had shouted at him but I was just so upset with everything. I didn't mean to hurt him but I just couldn't control myself." She had said to her sister."You know what? I honestly feel like there is a different reason why you lost your temper at your son!" Eleanor sa
"Carlos, are you serious right now? Did you give that stupid and ungrateful guy such an amount of money? What!" Jeffery exclaimed in shock and annoyance."That's the only thing I could think of to keep his big mouth shut," Carlos said. "I'm not sure that you did the right thing, Carlos, especially now that he would get a taste of so much money. That amount you gave him was just too much," Jeffrey uttered yet again. "My mother doesn't even know anything about this and I know that she would be very furious when she finds out that I issued that cheque from the company's joint account!" Carlos explained and that had made Jeffery to groan exhaustively by all this that was happening. Meanwhile, Joseph had gone to the bank to cash out the amount of money. "I want to cash this cheque, and please make it fast!" He told the lady at the counter. "Sir, can you please follow the line?" A lady behind him said. "I was here before you," Joseph lamented with widened eyes. "No, I was here first!
Later that night, Carlos trudged down the stairs to make himself a cup of coffee only to come in touch with his mother who had a glass cup filled with steaming tea in her grip. "Carlos, if the bank hadn't called earlier today. I wouldn't have known about such an amount of money, what did you need such an amount for?" Gina asked her son who rubbed his face before responding. "Uhmmm___ mother," Carlos voiced out but went mute right after."Carlos?" His mother called yet again."Uhhh mum, I invested in a certain company and I just didn't want to bother you about it because I already took out a loan and needed to pay up after I lost so much money!" Carlos lied. "But why didn't you tell me?" Gina asked yet again. "Didn't you hear me mom? I was so worried that you would get upset with me." Carlos said. "You have money Carlos and I would always give you money for business if you wanted, what was the reason to have collected a huge loan?" Gina pointed out with a frown. "I'm so sorry mom
The following night, Lara had tailed Joseph to a club with her friend. They sat at a distant end while they glared at a particular corner. "Common, are we going to seat here while you smile and flirt with that guy all night? He hasn’t glanced your way even once!" Daisy asked Lara curiously. "We are not living here until I have found out what secret Carlos is keeping," Lara responded to her friend. "And how sure are you that he would give in to you? He doesn't even know you!" Daisy exclaimed as Lara stood up from her chair before speaking. "Oh well, I would like to introduce myself to him." She uttered before cat walking towards the corner where Joseph had three girls with skimpy clothing clustered around him. "Drink up girls!" The voice of Joseph uttered cheerfully."You know what, you girls are just too beautiful." He lamented but his attention was soon diverted when a hand tapped his shoulder making him swirl around. "Guess what, you forgot to wear something?" Lara said with a
Meanwhile, Miriam sat at the dining table while staring at the tea in front of her in deep thought but the voice of her sister had brought her back from all her thinking. "Miriam dear, why are you so up early?" Eleanor questioned as she glared at the clock on the wall."To be sincere, I wasn't able to sleep a wink last night. I kept thinking about Carlos's bad dreams he had been having recently, he always seemed so scared." Miriam said putting her hands on her jaw with an unhappy expression. "You can't blame your husband. He is always busy and might have so many things on his mind. That might have been the reason why he had been having all this horrible nightmare." Eleanor told her. "That was exactly what I told him but it seems like something bigger is bothering him. Asive he is hiding something from me, like something he can't tell me!" Miriam told her sister while careesing her exposed arms. "Miriam, you have known your husband for a long time. You know that he would never hide
"Miriam had fixed some snacks to take over to Carlos and his friend when she stopped to eavesdrop on what they were discussing. Not that she wanted to but the discussion they were having seemed so serious and heated that it had made her very much curious!"It's a good thing that your mum gave you some money but what about the rest? How the hell are you going to get the remaining two point five million without your mother knowing!" His friend exclaimed."Yeah, but I can still sell off some of the properties right?" Carlos said."Are you crazy? You would definitely end up in the street if your mother finds out." Jeffery uttered. "Jeffery, I would lose Miriam if Joseph began to talk. I would rather lose all the riches and go poor as long as I am with them, I can't live in this grand mansion without my wife and daughter. It would be a waste," He told his friend and Miriam had decided to go back to the kitchen with the snack. THE FOLLOWING DAYThe next day, Miriam had gone out with her f
Miriam had just gotten back home from shopping with Doris who just couldn't stop herself from smiling widely. "Oh my God, I must have been lucky to have a rich friend. I get to go shopping while she buys me all these things! It's like every day is Christmas." Doris had said and that had ignited a chuckle from Miriam."I think I need to go home to try all of this wonderful stuff you bought me, I know that they would look nice on me!" Doris said while hugging her friend. "Hey, my driver here can take you home," Miriam suggested kindly. "No, you don't need to bother because I would be fine! I will see you tomorrow." Doris said before leaving and at that point in time. Christian came down from his car he had parked at a distance before walking towards Miriam. "Miriam," he called and that had ignited a frown on her face when she laid eyes on him. "Christian, what on earth are you doing here again?" She blatantly asked. "You aren't answering any of my calls or text messages. I got so
"What, how did Lara know that you were the one who had raped Miriam? Did you tell her?" Jeffery asked Carlos who looked tensed up. "Look, I can't obviously be that stupid to have told her anything. I really don't know how she found out." Carlos spoke out as he walked around the office. "Joseph is the only one who knows right?" Jeffery implored. "What if he had told her?" Jeffery expanded smartly. "But Lara doesn't know Joseph, what more? Why would Joseph tell her about this, what would he gain?" Carlos questioned his friend."You know what? This is getting way more complicated than I ever thought. Especially now that someone else knows about your secret!" His friend uttered. "I'm not going to give in to Lara, I know that I'm not supposed to lie. Especially to my wife!" Carlos voiced out. "But do you have a choice?" Jeffery lamented. "You expect me to keep this away from Miriam forever? If I tell her the entire truth, I know that she would detest me. Buddy, I can't live without