“Cody, wake up!” Nina cried. As she rubbed his hands as if that would put some life into him. She looked around the hospital ward and then drew closer to him.“Who did this to you Cody? Just a few months away from each other and you’re dying already, what have you been doing in your free time?”A nurse walked in and came to examine Cody then turned to Nina.“Mrs. Whyte, he’s perfectly fine just let him rest a little he’ll recuperate in a day or two” Nina breathed a sigh of relief. “I will allow him to relax then, I’ll be back after work” she said.She kissed Cody goodbye and left the hospital ward. Dylan smiled when he saw Nina approach the workshop. He went up to her and smiled.“You’re so late today, what happened?” He asked.Nina instantly felt guilty seeing Dylan’s innocence.“Something came up, I haven’t even slept a wink” she replied with a yawn. “What happened can I help with anything?” He asked.“No, I can handle it, you don’t have to worry about me” she answered and walk

Nina’s phone beeped and she checked it, it was a text from Cody. “Busy tonight?” She thought for a while and responded “sort of, why?” “Wanted to take you to go see a show” Cody replied.“Sure you can come for me” she responded. She didn’t see when Dylan sneaked up on her.“Surprise!” He said and Nina jumped out of her skin.“Dylan! Why did you sneak up on me like that?” She said startled.“Well, I was standing outside observing you, you kept smiling at your phone, I’m jealous are you cheating on me?” He asked.“What? Why would I? See” she showed him her phone. “It was memes” Dylan nodded but still not convinced. “Today’s the death anniversary of my mum, I’d be going to see my dad today, I’m kinda nervous I haven’t seen him in years after my mum died” he told Nina.“Aw” Nina said feeling sorry for him “have a seat, let’s talk” they both sat in the sofa in her office and she held his hand.“What’s going on? Did something happen?” She asked.“I blamed him for her death, he was barely

Dylan, his two brothers and dad sat around a dining table in a solemn mood. “Thank you all for coming, I didn’t expect it.. well you’re here now and that’s all that matters” There was awkward silence again. Then Dylan cleared his throat.“I was so mad at you when mom died, I blamed you, I said if you were around momWouldn’t have died. We wouldn’t have had to go stay with our uncle, it was messed up. We were always broke, we were always hungry” Dylan said with tears in his eyes. The room was dead silent. Mr. Walsh he heaved with his head bowed. He didn’t know how to explain to his three sons that he really did love them and that he also wished he could’ve done better. “I’m sorry, I wanted us to be together always, but the man in me… how could I face you when I couldn’t make enough to put food on your table, I wanted to prove I was a man that could care for my family I was working about 4 jobs, we had debt to pay, your mum was sick we had to pay the hospital bills too, spending ti

As they stood by a lemonade stand and ordered some lemonade she kept staring at him. Anytime their eyes met she faked a smile. Dylan was beginning to feel uneasy. “Is everything okay?” He asked.“I was wondering, have you ever had a girlfriend?” She asked and Dylan nodded.“Yeah, I dated once” “Once? What happened”“It was after high school then I was still stupid, I told her I wanted to be a stay at home husband and she wasn’t happy, she took it seriously and left me” he laughed.Nina stared at him, so that was it. He wanted financial security that’s why he was acting so in love with her. She thought to herself. “So do you still want to be a house husband?” She asked. Dylan shook his head“I don’t” When they both got their lemonade they drank in silence with Dylan wondering what was wrong with Nina, while Nina wondered if Dylan was a leech. Yet while she wondered about it a part of her still loved him and believed he would be good to her. She needed someone to explain to her wha

Cody sped angrily through the hood to his house. He was angry at himself for being that careless. When he got in Seth stared at him and immediately knew something was wrong. He went straight to the study and started throwing books around and banging his hands in the wall. Seth just stood there staring at him. He had never seen him that mad before as Cody had always been a well composed person. Seth shook his head and called some maids to tidy up the study. Cody marched upstairs knocking down paintings and vases. He went to the balcony. Minutes later Seth joined him there, with a ceramic cup on a saucer.“Here Mr. Whyte, some chamomile tea” he smiled and offered it to him. Cody took a sip and placed them on the bannister.“Mr. Whyte is anything bothering you?” He enquired.“She said she was on family planning and now she’s pregnant and she’s pretending to be mad at the hospital that put her on the plan”Cody’s answer confused Seth, he thought Nina was pregnant and Cody was mad about i