Lahat ng Kabanata ng Stolen heaven : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

Matthew fixed his gaze on Rissa as his lips quivered. “Aren't you late for your music class?" his granny said, eyeing him suspiciously." I will leave soon”, he responded, avoiding her grandma's laser-eyed stares." Pass me the rag, Matthew”, Rissa said suddenly, which caught him unaware; he quickly picked up the rag with lightning speed and handed it over to Rissa, feeling pleased with himself.Rissa looked at him but kept on dusting the shelves in the pharmacy, but Matthew remained fixated on the spot, shivering slightly." Spill it, you are making me uncomfortable”, Rissa screamed at him and his grandmother laughed hysterically.Without a word, she walked out on both of them to tend to her cat." I...I .. want to say...it was just a....r.. rumour," he stuttered, avoiding Rissa's intense gaze." I don't understand," Rissa said confused " I...mean Golden Fingers CEO's ... wedding”, he said, throwing her a side glance.Rissa's countenance darkened but she pretended to be unaffected.

Abraham hastily pushed open the doors of the pharmacy with the old pharmacist lying unconsciously in his arms.The women were at his heels, panicking along with Matthew and Luke, her grandsons." We need to get her to the hospital in the next town now!" Stella shouted in awe." That is too far away, she wouldn't make it!" a tiny voice screamed, and all heads turned in the direction of the voice.To Rissa's surprise, that was the same lady who bought a leg cramp cream a few hours ago." Let me check her out first; I am a medical student,” she shouted convincingly.Abraham and Stella exchanged looks as Luke also nodded in affirmation. Mrs Wilson was already paling out, and they knew the risk of not getting her medical attention instantly could not be underestimated.Abraham placed her on a slab in front of the pharmacy, and the lady performed some first aid on her, which, to their surprise, awoke her consciousness." She is awake!" she announced proudly as everyone gathered around her

The antidepressant fell out of Rissa's grasp as she felt a sharp pain in her pelvis, she stilled on the spot as she felt liquid trickling down her legs.Her heart thumped loudly at the thought of what could be wrong as she managed to look down in between her legs to see the water trickling down it.She had immersed herself deeply in the bookish knowledge of the inexperienced childbirth enough to know what that means.Mrs Wilson picked up the drug and put it on the shelf with her trembling hands, where Rissa was about to arrange it." Is anything the problem?" she asked as her countenance was laced with concern " Granny! the baby! I think the baby is coming," she shouted as she felt another round of pain.Mrs Wilson's eyes widened immediately as she scrunched out immediately to call on Stella. Her blurry sight made making calls difficult for her.Rissa placed her right hand over her stomach and breathed in and out while the contractions lasted.She had read that it lessens the pain; w

Luke smiled warmly at Caleb, who was tightly wrapped in his arms, his eyes lit with excitement at the reciprocation of it from the cute three-month-old baby who smiled pleasantly at him." He seems to like you a lot," Rissa said, watching the duo while updating the pharmacy log." Children love me a lot," Luke responded instantly without taking his eyes off Caleb who wiggled playfully in his arms.Rissa knew Caleb must have felt drawn to Luke's positive energy as everyone else did. If only she could bring herself to feel a romantic connection with him.Unfortunately, she couldn't, or probably she wasn't willing to. Love was torn out of her dictionary over a year ago when she became an infamous laughingstock of all blogs." Don't you think it is high time you put up interest in the pharmacy?" Rissa asked out of the blue taking Luke by surprise." I…I don...I don't want to Rissa," he responded frankly " Why? You are smart and intelligent," she said reminiscing over the memory of stumbl

" Mum! I am skipping music class today; Mr Wilson's is so boring," Caleb said, scrunching up his nose while adjusting his mother's oversized sunglasses that he had on.Rissa laughed out loud at his childish outburst, she pinched his nose gently "You aren't skipping classes under my watch silly"" Ouch! Mum, it hurts. Can I go to grandma's instead?" he asked with pitiful eyes.Rissa thought long as she almost fell for it but she remembered Matthew complained of Caleb's inattentiveness in class." No! I insist you don't get to skip class, Matthew.....I mean, Mr Wilson wouldn't like that, and so your grandma; you can visit her over the weekend," she said, kissing his forehead lightly." Hi supervisor," Rissa looked up to see Camela carrying her toddler and walking towards the cabin excitedly.Rissa's eyes lightened up. "Camela, hi, nice to have you here," she said, engulfing her in a tight embrace." Congratulations Rissa, I heard your long-term effort has served its reward to you; I am