Mag-log inIVYWaiting to hear from my mum again felt like eternity.It had been days since we last spoke…almost a week by now, and she was yet to get back to me.Right now, I was even more concerned about hearing from her than the anticipation of my next doctor’s appointment.“I might not even be here until that time,” I kept telling myself.My mum now had shares in Mr. Silver’s company as a result of her conniving with Donald Shell. He might be my worst enemy on earth, and I still planned to carry out my revenge on him, but then again, as long as I could get out of here, I didn’t mind whether or not he was involved one way or another.I wanted to leave here so desperately that I was hardly even eating.“Ivy.”I jumped in fright the moment I heard my name. I was so consumed with my thoughts that I didn’t even notice the presence of anyone else.At first, I thought it was the nurse who had come to call me for my release, but when I turned and saw that it was Lina Barry, I was a little disappoint
ALEXAI wasn’t sure I was pleased with Shirley giving out information to anyone, especially Noelle, without my knowledge and consent.“You have been in touch all this time?” I asked Noelle, trying to pretend that I wasn’t displeased, but she noticed my countenance instantly.“Listen, Alexa, I know that we haven’t been in good terms for a while now and I do have my part to blame in all this, but the truth is that I am really sorry,” Noelle went on to apologize. “But I need you to know that I am here now,” she added deeply.“Have you two been in touch all this time?” I repeated thickly.Emotions were building up inside of me and I was trying hard to fight it.“No, we haven’t,” Noelle answered wistfully when she saw that I wasn’t paying attention to what she was saying. “But as soon as I got back, she was the first person I called,” she added.“Why?” I asked.“When I left Paris with Nelson, we weren’t on speaking terms, but I can assure you that I didn’t stop thinking about you for a sin
ALEXA“Look what you have…” I started to berate Dina, who had the decency to stop and help the person she had knocked to the ground, but I stopped when I saw who it was.I stood there, shell-shocked…unable to move and breathe.“I am so sorry, ma’am,” Dina apologized.I had thought that Dina would continue making her way out of the house, and even though she had succeeded, she would have been held back by the time she got to the gate, but she didn’t. Instead, she stopped to pick up the guest who had fallen on the floor.“Weren’t you looking, and what the heck is going on here?” She asked, obviously and rightly upset from being knocked down like that. “I could have broken a bone,” she lamented further.“I am sorry,” Dina apologized again. Then she cleared her throat and said, “I will just be in the kitchen.”She wasn’t looking at me when she said that, but she was referring to me.She turned and made her way to the kitchen, and I didn’t stop her. Suddenly, I wasn’t bothered about what
ALEXAToday being a new day, I decided to concentrate on spending time in the attic and getting rid of old and useless things.I just wanted to get my mind off two disturbing things; the harsh reality that hit after Donald Shell announced to the public of the new name he had changed the company to.Everything that had happened in the last couple of days had happened so fast that it still felt like a dream. I wasn’t doing anything about it, like fighting Donald Shell; I couldn’t anyway, but then, a tiny part of me just kept thinking that I would wake up one morning and everything would turn out to be a bad dream or a silly prank.But the information made me realize yet again that it was real.I had lost my dad’s company forever.“Forgive me, dad. Forgive me, mum,” I had pleaded and sobbed all night, even down till the early hours of this morning.It had been about three days since the news, and every time I thought about it, it still felt like it was just announced a few minutes ago, m
MARK“May I come in?” Reyna asked after knocking.“Of course, Reyna, you can,” I responded and Reyna walked into my office.“Is there something you need?” I asked her.“Not exactly, Mr. Mark, I only wanted to tell you that the payment has been successfully made and every man who sought a refund had gotten their monies back,” she said.I wasn’t surprised.“Didn’t you give me this information after it was done yesterday?” I asked her.“Yes, I did, but I didn’t also add that Miss Alexa will not be getting any lawsuit all because of you,” she said.Reyna was smiling and that made me slightly uncomfortable.“Did you remember to inform her secretary that it must be done anonymously?” I asked.That was what mattered to me more right now.“Yes, sir,” Reyna answered.“That’s good, because I don’t want Alexa to even have an idea that I know about what is going on with her business, much more, trying to help. You already know that she is as stubborn as can be,” I added.“Yes, Mr. Mark, I underst
ALEXADonald Shell’s cold condolence disturbed me for the entire night, and it got worse when I had yet another nightmare about him.I woke up panting and sweating.“How long is this going to keep happening to me?” I asked myself dejectedly.The whole thing was taking its toll on me, and unfortunately, Donald Shell’s taunting had followed me all the way here.And then I realized that I was very famished.“Not again, ugh!” I lamented as I fell back into bed.I really wish that my body could become numb to all the sorrow, pain, and hunger. That way, I might be able to live like every other normal human being because it just felt as though I was the only one going through a difficult time in the whole of Paris.The hunger in my stomach wouldn’t back down, and eventually, I knew I had to rise up and go find myself something to eat in the kitchen.It wasn’t exactly dawn yet, but the good thing was that I could cook. Serving Mark Ronaldo and nursing him back to health for five years had bu







