SAMANTHA'S POVAfter that day,I had tried my best to avoid Manuel as much as I could limiting our interactions to when it was unavoidable because it was business.Manuel had frustratingly quiet as well which wasn't helping matters.Here I was sipping a drink while my thought revolved back to Manuel and his passionate lovemaking.I couldn't get him out of my head and it was frustratingly clear that I cared more than I wanted to about him."Samantha you need to stop&

SAMANTHA'S POV I was still reeling from the shock of Manuel's discovery. I had never planned to hide the truth from him but it was something I had to do. His memories was back now so it seemed. And it was only a matter of time before he would find out about the kids. I had to do something but the only thing that came to mind was telling him.I didn't want his life to be disrupted and I didn't want my kids to feel rejected. I thought as I paced the full length of my office twiddling with my fingers. I tried to come up with a solution but none came to mind. The rest of the day, I couldn't concentrate either.Standing outside the office at the end of the day,I frowned as I massaged the kinks from my neck from overworking myself just to get the worry off my mind. I called Martha earlier in the day to inform her that I would be late tonight. I wanted her to tuck in the kids for me.As I stood on the sidewalk, waiting for a cab. A black SUV zoomed past. With heightened eyesight, I read

SAMANTHA'S POV"You want me to do what?"I asked in disbelief hoping that I had heard it wrong. "You heard me "he responded.I let out a chuckle.You can't expect me to take you seriously. How the heck would I be able to get that huge sum of money?"I told him."Come on,6 million cannot be that much to you "he joked."Wel,l don't have that kind of money and even if I did, do you think that I would be able to release them to you?"I responded.He chuckled, getting up from his chair he turned to leave."Well,you'll have to come up with that money if you do not want anything bad to happen to you" he threatened giving me a smile that exposed his gold-plated teeth.I felt goosebumps trail my skin at the sound of the imminent threat in his tone. I knew he meant it. After he walked out, Two men walked in and strapped me to a titanium chair. They pulled out their sheers and one by one they picked at my fingernails as the sounds of my screams resounded all around the metal room beggin

SAMANTHA'S POVWhen I awoke again I was surrounded by white walls,the marble titles smelt of antiseptic.I struggled to sit up but was quickly held down by Rick."You need to rest"he ordered.I looked up at him,about to protest but the look in his eyes said it all.I allowed him to tuck me back in bed."Where I am?"I groaned as I felt my belly hurt."Careful,you got hurt badly.It will take sometime to heal"he said."You're in a hospital."he addedI nodded.That much I had guessed."Where's Manuel?"I croaked reaching for the glass jug that was placed on the bedside drawer.He reached out to help me,pouring me a glass which I gratef

SAMANTHA'S POV"Mummy!"Nova,Finn,Dax screamed running towards me as I walked through the door.I wrapped my arms around all three of them thankful that I had thought to shower before leaving the hospital."Mummy we missed you"Nova cried.I lifted her up in my arms."I heard you were a big girl for mummy,weren't you?"I told her."Yes mummy.We all were. "She said giggling."Okay kids let's give mummy some room to rest okay,she's just coming back from a very long journey"Rick said from behind me making his presence known.After we had all settled down,the kids were asleep in their room and Rick and Miriam were sitted hand In hand beside each other facing me.Rick had just gotten off the phone with Manuel who had told them that he might come by."He sounded so worried. "Miriam teased.I smiled.Rick nudged her with a disapproving frown on his face."Honey?"he cried."What?Am just being honest.She's one lucky girl"Miriam responded. "That doesn't mean you should start admiri