Zach spent an hour searching all over the city at places he was sure Maisie would go but he didn't see her. He knew he had to try her home soon although he knew that Maisie would think it was too easy for him if she decides to hide there, so she will definitely not sleep there. Still, he had to try his luck.
Zach breathed he didn't know what Vivi game was but it was over. He would not allow her to do whatever she wants with his relationship. He was going to deal with her later but what was in his agenda right now was looking for Maisie, he had already tracked the car to see it dumped by the side of the road with a parking ticket already. Zach knew that if Betty had her way, she would have trashed the car.
Zach went to Maisie's home and knocked ( more like bang) on her door.
" Maisie open up. Please open up if you are in there. "
To Zach's greatest surprise he heard the locks turning as th
Maisie didn't go to work on Monday but she knew that she couldn't push it off much longer so she went on Tuesday.And when she saw Cathy, she tried to avoid her. " Miss Williams. " Cathy called out as Maisie was about to turn back.Maisie turned and looked at Cathy as she fixed a strained smile on her face. " Yes. " " I wanted to invite you for a cookout I am having this weekend at my place. " Cathy said with a smile on her face and a glow around her. Maisie noticed it but she was still stuck on what Cathy said " why do you want to invite me. " Maisie asked when she could finally get her tongue to unfreeze. " Because you are Anthony's friend. " Cathy said as if it was the most obvious thing ever. " Since when do you care for Anthony. " Maisie asked in confusion. Cathy looked at her weirdly.
" I cannot believe you still decided to stay with him. " Betty said." Not stay, work. " Maisie corrected.. " Still the same thing. " Betty said but Maisie rolled her eyes. " you believe what he told you, didn't you? "Maisie nodded her head subdued this time and when Betty opened her mouth to talk, Maisie started to talk before Betty could get a word in edgewise. " I know that I might be acting lovesick or you think that I am a dummy for giving him another chance but I know that he didn't cheat on me, not on purpose, I love the guy and he loves me, I know that I shouldn't believe any word that he said but I do believe that. I wish you could know how I feel about him. If you did, you would understand why I know that what he is feeling is real. " Maisie said and Betty stared at her. " say something, Betty, please... " " Fine, I will, just so that you will not launch int
Maisie knew that she shouldn't be nervous but she was. She needed to have a serious conversation with Zach and as much as she would love to have it the next day at work, she knew that she would not be settled until she tells Zach that she wants them to continue dating. They did have a lot to talk about. Zach opened his door to see Maisie on the other side. His mind didn't even go to the fact that she was the one ringing his doorbell. Who he was suspecting was Jeffery but he prefers who he saw. " hello. "" Hi. Can I come in? " Maisie asked Zach who was looking unsure and tensed like he didn't know what to expect. " Err, sure. " Zach said as he stepped aside and let her come in.Maisie moved to the sitting room where she dropped her bag and sat down. "What is wrong? " Zach asked sitting close to her. " Nothing. I am sorry,
It was a good thing that Maisie dragged Betty along. The people who were also invited to the party were not her crowd, they brought a whole new meaning to the word snooty rich people. They all looked down on her because she was an orphan and certainly not a self-made millionaire since she was working for Zach. They made Vivi look tame. " This is why I don't like hanging out with these kinds of people. " Betty said as she drank a glass of champagne " You mean your kind of people. " Maisie asked with eyebrows raised as Betty glared at her. " My parents are not this rich but yes. God, they are so pretentious and backstabbing. " Betty shudders. " Like Vivienne," Maisie said with a nod at Zach's stepmother who pointed some people to her and gave her a wave. Without being close to them she knew that the woman had just told her friends that she was Zach's girlfriend and he
Everything flew past Maisie in a state of unawareness that started when Zach suddenly fell on the floor. She knew that she rushed to his side and screamed and maybe shed some tears but it happened like she was watching a movie without comprehending what was going on. She knew that the doctors said she slipped into shock and they had to give her something that made her feel numb which was a joke since she was already feeling numb, she knew that they would have given her something stronger to knock her out but for that they had to get her into a hospital bed and that means she had to leave front of the room where Zach was taken and that caused her to pitch an unholy fit. They settled to giving her something mild and left her in the care of Betty who had somehow remained by her side. Maisie heard the doctor come out and they wheeled Zach to another place which she would have followed but Betty made her listen to the news first and it didn't make her
*A YEAR AGO*Zach came down from his car as he walked towards the building which Jeffery said that they should meet. He didn't understand why his stepbrother wanted them to meet here, after all, they could have met in other private places.He did know that Jeffery had bad timing though. Why couldn't they all wait until after he had broken up with Vivi then he could have used the call as an excuse to escape Vivi's waterworks which she always used to get her way. It worked on him during the early stage of their relationship but it stopped working when he realized that Vivi was using it to mold him as she wanted.He didn't even want to be in a relationship with Vivi, she was just like the other girls he had a good time with but he somehow, found himself in an open relationship with her then they were exclusive and before he knew it, people were expecting him to propose to her. Ho
Maisie gave Zach some water to drink as she pondered about his statement. What did he mean by that? Did he mean their time together or something else? He seems restless to make her understand but she calmed him down just after she pressed the button to call for the doctor. " Don't let my family near me. " Zach tells Maisie as soon as he had sipped enough water for his throat. Maisie frowned at that. That was a strange request even when it is coming from Zach, she knew that Zach felt out of tune with his family she had been hoping that he would not be too angry with her for not letting his family visit him but the request threw her. It was like he was scared that they would try to hurt him. She knew that she couldn't push for answers now but she could keep to his requests. " Promise me. " Zach added as the door open and the doctor came in." I promise. " Maisie
" He what? " Maisie asked in surprise." He was responsible for my first accident. " Zach said as Maisie collapse on her chair. Maisie knew that something was going on when Zach didn't want his family with him but she would have never suspected the reason was this. " Are you sure? " Maisie asks Zach and when Zach glared at her she hurriedly continued. " I mean I always felt like something was off with Jeffery. Like, he was putting on an act but this is too far. " Maisie stood up unable to sit still anymore. " I mean why would he do that. " " Because he is my next of kin who is set to inherit everything when I die. I am sure that he decided to hurry the process of me dying. " Zach answered in a bitter tone.Maisie stopped her pacing to look at her boyfriend who was certainly angry. Both at himself and Jeffery. " It wasn't your fault. There was no way that you would know what