Homeland Novels & Stories

After that day, Charlie never showed up again. Yuliana finally received notification that her visa application had been approved. There had never been much in the house that belonged to her—just a few sets of clothes to pack. Looking around the villa where she had spent the last three years, she felt no nostalgia, only the relief of finally being free. She was finally escaping the cage that had trapped her for three long years. With only a week left before her departure, Charlie never came home. Alyssa, however, filled the void with a daily barrage of provocative texts.

It took me three whole days to finally move all my things out of Cicio’s house. I was in the middle of packing into the car when he suddenly came home. The housekeeper was a very sweet woman called Anna. Seeing Cicio's appearance, she hurried to him. “Don Russo, please, will you talk some sense into our Dani! Couples fight and cold-shoulder each other all the time, and it's supposed to be temporary! I mean, it’s not like you're really breaking up!”

Her hair was pitch black and it curled right at the end and fell below her D-cup breasts. Her eyes were dark brown and it held scorn deep in them. What was more piercing was what she was wearing. The army camouflage screamed respect and glory. A woman in uniform. "Hey, babe! You left the front door open!" Mario turns back to jam the door behind him, when he looks forward, he gasps. "Jasmine! You're home? I thought I told your ass I'm gonna pick you from the airport?" Mario engulfs this woman—Jasmine—in a tight and long hug.

After checking the records, the officer replied politely but distantly. "Ms. Miller, we don't have any recent hotel or rental registrations matching the description you provided. If the person is an adult and there's no evidence he's in danger or being held against his will, we have no authority to interfere with his personal freedom." During the day, she wandered through the streets. Whenever she saw a man with a similar build, she couldn't stop herself from running after him. Again and again, disappointment. Again and again, strangers stared at her with puzzled or wary expressions.

“The Elder of the Holmes arrived at the scene,” reporter Harold Griffin, said through a phone call. “And he announced that Alpha Brett might marry Maxine. Lol.” [“Really?”] Chandler asked with a laugh from the other line. [“It seems you got the perfect hideout to watch the whole scene. Where are you right now?”]

And after a piece of music, I saw an irritating headline. "The Chaney family's daughter walks barefoot back to the city after being kidnapped, losing all her glory." I turned off the TV. My breath became quick as I silently told myself that everything was over, that I would never see those people again and never see Jeffrey again. After a long time, my heartbeat returned to normal. At this time, the doorbell rang. It may be the delivery man. After I lived in, the whole loft was designed and decorated by Kash. I got up to open the door. But outside the door, I saw a person I didn't want to see.

“Now… take me home.” The drive back was quieter. Heavier. Because she knew the next step. The DNA test and whatever truth it would reveal. By the time she entered the house, her husband was sitting in the living room watching the evening news with a cup of tea in front of him. He looked up as she walked in. “You're back quicker than I expected,” he said. She removed her coat slowly. “Yes,” she replied calmly. “My baby asked that I not stay long,” she said walking towards him to give him a kiss on the lip.

Fate often guides two soul mates in the right direction to find each other. Upon Your Return by Marie Lavender Book one of the Heiresses in Love Series Prologue November 8, 1853 Fara Bellamont stepped away from the bay window overlooking the harbor. She didn't want to move; she would miss her home too much. The view of the waves rocking against the hulls of the ships in the harbor had calmed her restless soul on many sleepless nights. There was something about the greenish hue of the ocean and its gentle sway which drew her to it. It was a sight she welcomed but was not exactly in her blood. Her parents' home was but a carriage ride away from port. Her father was a businessman who had acquir

THE UNEXPECTED VISIT. Giordana. One month later. Staring out of my office window at the drizzling rain, I felt a sense of peace and calm. Spring had always been my favorite season. A month had passed since the wedding and my life was back to normal. Same old routine; from work at the hospital which was as stressful as usual, to my lonely apartment, to church sometimes. Ella and I spoke once in a while. She had gone on a long honeymoon to Bali with her husband and they still were not back so I had not seen her since the wedding.

He settled underneath the covers and tugged me towards him. I turned on the TV and scrolled through the movies till I settled on Work It, the dance movie featuring Liza Koshy and Sabrina Carpenter. I turned to Ayo and he nodded. I pressed play and turned off my lights from the switch beside me. I laid under the covers and Ayo immediately pulled me towards him and tangled our legs together. I sighed softly and watched the movie trying not to fall asleep with how completely relaxed I felt in Ayo's arms. ---------->>>>>>>