LOGINIVYI got into my room and fell on the bed.“Finally!” I said out loud.I never thought that a day would come where I would be back to where I had always known as my home. “This is such a great feeling,” I told myself cheerfully.Even Alexa wouldn’t have been able to stop me from staying here, and it was a good thing I had something to hold against her, otherwise, she would have teamed up with her best friend and they would have sent me away.“I am back home,” I said to myself out loud again.I rolled from one end of my big, lush bed to the other end, allowing myself to feel alive and better again. In the last one year, my life had been a nightmare. When Lionel took me away from the mental home, I had thought that that was my breakthrough, but I soon realized that it was simply transitioning from one hell to another.But here, it would never be like that.There was no Mr. Silver to turn me away; he was the only one that could have successfully kicked me out. As for Alexa, I could alw
ALEXA“Every time I think it cannot get worse for me, it just spirals out of control,” I lamented painfully to Noelle.Tears gathered in my eyes and I knew that I wouldn’t even try to stop them from falling.“Gosh, this is too much for me to handle,” I added bitterly.And from the sound of my voice, Noelle could tell that I was at my breaking point.From dealing with no success at the fair and Donald Shell’s threats, and Mark’s betrayal and sting of success in my face to Ivy’s return…I could literally see my life shattering right before my very eyes.Ivy went upstairs to her old bedroom some minutes ago.Of course, I couldn’t say no to her bargain.What choice did I have?Knowing Ivy, she would do what she threatened to do if I had asked her to leave, and I couldn’t bear that, especially now that Donald Shell had resurfaced and threatened to take his little revenge. I knew that his taunt at the fair was just the beginning of something worse to come.Which was exactly why I really need
ALEXA“You are alive?” I asked, still unable to believe my eyes.Noelle was also stunned into speechlessness. We both saw the news about Ivy’s death together, so how come was she here right now?“Surprise…!” Ivy said with a coy smile.I would have said I was seeing a ghost but Ivy sure didn’t look like a ghost, and I didn’t believe in ghosts, and even if I did, Noelle couldn’t be seeing ghosts at the same time, right? So, Ivy wasn’t certainly a ghost.She was alive and right here at this very moment.“How is this possible?” Noelle asked, eventually coming out of her shock.Ivy turned to Noelle with an unpleasant stare.They never got along well from the very beginning. Noelle never liked Clara or her daughter, Ivy, and she never hid it.“This is between families,” Ivy sneered at her.Noelle scoffed.“I know you have been away for a while, Ivy, so I am certain you must have missed it, but listen up, you are no longer a member of this family,” Noelle stated firmly. “Your mum was divorce
ALEXA“You have done more than enough for the day, Shirley,” I said to Shirley as soon as I walked into my dad’s living room, which was now mine anyway.My chest was hurting with fury. It was even a miracle I was speaking without exploding.Noelle and Shirley followed me into the living room as well, and they did so really quickly. As a matter of fact, since we left the fair a while ago, they had been quiet, which was good because one word from anyone and I would have lashed out at them even though they hadn’t done anything wrong to me.We went to my apartment to place everything right back to where it should be, and Shirley still drove back with us.I didn’t know why she bothered to, but I didn’t ask her.It was late already.“I just tried to do my job,” Shirley said with a calm voice.For hours at the fair, we got not a single contract. Donald Shell managed to scare off the one person that had had the courage to walk up to me. Shirley’s attempt to bring customers to our stand had be
MARKAfter my company was crowned the winner of the fair, which of course, was a big deal, the rest of the fair was filled with celebrations, even down to the night.That was usually how the fair ended.But for me, it didn’t feel like a victory, especially as I didn’t see Alexa. The crowd was much, but again, I would see Alexa in any crowd whatsoever, so why didn’t I see her?“Congratulations, Mr. Mark Ronaldo!” Those were the words I kept hearing, and I tried to put up a smile so that it doesn’t look like I wasn’t happy to have won.Where was Alexa?“I am so happy for you, Mark,” Mona said, hugging me tightly and warmly.“Thank you, Mona,” I said.I felt slight guilt because all this time, I was thinking of Alexa and dying to set my eyes on her. Mona had been nothing but caring and supportive, and she didn’t deserve to be treated like this. Didn’t I assure myself that I had gotten over Alexa Silver?Why couldn’t I get her off my mind for hours now?I blamed Vector for bringing her t
MARK“Are you really going to go over to her?” Vector had asked me when I made to leave after he pointed me in the direction of where Alexa had her business stand.“I just want to see her, that’s why,” I had responded to Vector.“But why?” Vector had asked. “You said you were moving on from her, and you are even in a relationship with Mona now,” he had reminded me. “What would you say to her if you went to her now? Do you want to trigger her? Do you want to upset her?” Vector had questioned me deeply.“Why are you being defensive over her, Vector,” I had asked. “I am not being defensive, Mark Ronaldo. I am just being very realistic, and it’s only fair that you go back to your lover whom you have been flaunting since the fair began, and stick with her,” Vector had said, almost angrily.Not that Vector really wanted me to be with Mona. I figured that he was just upset. He had always wanted me to be with Alexa and no one else.“What is the meaning of this?” I had asked Vector.“I just d
ALEXA“Are you sure about what you are saying?” The detective asked Oscar. “You do know that if this turns out to be a lie, you would be in a more terrible situation. You don’t just go about mentioning names, especially the likes of Mark Ronaldo, who is a man of repute in this city,” he informed Os
MARKThe rest of the day went like a blur. I was restless before Alexa showed up with her questions, but after she left, I was more restless than I had ever been.She seemed very hurt and disappointed and upset, and those were emotions that I hadn’t seen in her eyes before, or maybe it was because
MARKI arrived at the station and met with some of the cops there, and it was a relief that they knew who I was even without having to introduce myself, because that would mean that I could use my influence and social standing to get what I wanted.“I am here to see Oscar; he was brought in last ni
IVYI had no option but to wait for them to finish up their round of argument, of which my mum didn’t win this time around, unfortunately.Mr. Silver stormed out of the house in a rage, while my mum stormed upstairs.As soon as I noticed that she was coming up the stairs, I decked and hid quickly b







