CHAPTER 17.
Lorraine heard everything. It was in her expression. Her face was suddenly devoid of colour. Then, her lips pressed into a thin line and her eyes dark and grim.
How long had she been standing there? Dane asked himself again.
Lorraine’s footsteps sounded loud in the absolute stillness of the room. She came to a halt next to Serena and just looked at her for a moment, as though seeing her for the first time.
Serena swallowed and smiled shakily. “It’s not—”
Lorraine slapped her hard across the face. Dane's eyes widened in surprise, Lorraine has never been a violent person. Serena's face almost looked comical with the shock as her hand went protectively to the stung cheek.
"How dare you...." Raine's voice broke with the force of her anger. She tried again, "How dare you...speak to Dan
CHAPTER 18."Then, I'm going with you." She snapped, lifting her chin.Seeing the glint of stubbornness born out of pain, Dane took a deep breath. He shook his head again, "No, honey. You can't.... I can see it in your eyes, even you know that you can't. You're finally living your dream here, learning the gymnastics that you've always wanted. And you have a life now....a girlfriend. You can't bail on her like that, it's not right."He was saying the truth. He was saying the truth, dammit! "I came here because of you, Dane, you!" Raine cried out, pointing at him. "You can't just leave like that. I can't bear it, being here without you!"Dane walked to her, raising his hand, he collected the tear that ran down her cheek. "I can't go on like this, Raine. Loving you... Watching you from the sidelines... I think it's time I embrace the fact that I can't have you and try to move on with
CHAPTER 19.*************Serena couldn't concentrate. Joshua's body glided over hers and the heavy thrust of his body into hers drove the bed to bang against the wall, yet she couldn't derive any pleasure from his fierce fucking. The dreadful thought that she had destroyed her relationship with Lorraine weighted heavily on her mind.What if Raine decides not to take her back? She seemed really angry when she told her to start going this morning. What if she doesn't accept her back?"Oh, yeah. Oh yeah baby...!" Joshua groaned in ecstasy as his thrusts became more shallow and faster. He groaned as he came hard on top of her.Serena extracted herself from him and made her way naked to the small bathroom in her lodge. She didn't bother with the shower that stopped working a long time ago, instead, she filled one of her buckets with water and started bathing
CHAPTER 20.Alexander is a distant cousin to Dane. Dane is two years Alexander's senior. They've never really been close. But, when Dane wanted to go and live in Africa, Alexander had asked him if he and his newly wedded wife, Mila, can come and leave in his house because their own house was mortgaged and Dane had accepted wholeheartedly.Alexander had been very surprised when he saw his big cousin arrive a month ago at the house, looking like a man burdened with the weight of the world in his broad shoulders.He grimaced, remembering the first month after Dane’s return from Nigeria. It was…bad. He’d never seen his ever-so-composed cousin in such a state. Dane didn’t shave, barely ate and drank way too much.It continued until Alexander finally threw away all the booze in the house, shoved Dane into a cold shower, and told him to get a grip and
CHAPTER 21. "At the rate she's going, she'll get injured one day." The first girl said, talking about the white woman who was doing a back walkover on the beam and sweating profusely. "She's been this way for the past few weeks. I bet her whole body must be aching badly." Another girl said with a shake of her head. "She's about to do a handstand split on the beam balance!" Another girl gasped with shock as she watched the white woman stand on her hands, raising her legs up. "But, we haven't been taught that because we are yet to reached that stage!" Another girl whispered, stunned. Most of the gymnasts gathered together to watch Raine who was oblivious of their shocked stare and in a complete world of her own, as she stood on her hands on the thin pole and spread her legs wide in a split. There were lots of gasps around her
CHAPTER 22.Dane took a day off from work. He had taken his lunch and he tried to get some sleep. He promised Cynthia that he'll take her around the city in the evening, coming back to his empty house, he decided to take a little nap before any other thing.He was deep into his nap when he felt a warm soft body curl up against him, placing her head on his chest."Raine." He breathed without opening his eyes. "My sugarplum..."The body stiffened but just slightly. Then, she relaxed again.It was Dane's turn to stiffen. This person doesn't smell like his Raine. That familiar flowery scent was absent. This person doesn't smell like home.Dane opened his eyes to see Cynthia staring up at him. She smiled kindly at him, "I'm sorry I woke you.""It's okay. There's nothing to be so
CHAPTER 23'My Everything?'Serena felt so angry. She didn't know why all these is happening. She and Raine finally got back together, they finally agreed to be together.....really be together, then suddenly everything is tearing apart. The worst of it all is this accident that didn't only spoil her night with Raine but it's also on the verge of bringing back her greatest rival, Dane.The reason she'd held onto Lorraine's phone was to search for the contact of Dane first and delete it, so there will be no way of contacting him. She'd deleted two of his numbers but apparently, she'd missed this third number. And she was sure it's Dane's. Who other person is Raine's everything if not that man!?She hated this, dammit!*********Cynthia wiped the tear that dropped from her eyes and smiled sympatheticaly at Dane. "I'm really sorry
CHAPTER 24"Her doctor will be here as soon as he can." Raymond said to the doctor after he dropped the phone. Only a few people were remaining in the room because the others had left some time ago."He's flying in?" The doctor asked."Yeah. He is....he might even be arriving before nightfall. The patient and the doctor is a good friend of my wife and I. Viv won't like to hear the news of Raine's accident."The doctor sighed. "No one ever likes to hear such news. Look, I do have other patients to attend to and—""Don't worry about this one. I'll keep an eye on her until her doctor gets in." He was quick to reassure the doctor."If you say so..." He trailed as he headed for the door.While the doctor left, the instructor followed him. Only a woman was remaining in the room. Raymond gave her a once-over from he
CHAPTER 25When Raine's breathing picked up, Raymond proceeded to take Raine's temperature. All the while his eyes were at her friend who had lowered herself in a chair next to Raine.Frankly, Raymond didn't like what he saw in the eyes of the woman as she looked at the patient lying down on the bed. There's pain, concern, pity and something else.Something that closely resembles dislike....hatred....lust.Raymond caught himself from the thought. What the hell am I thinking anyway, he chided himself. This woman is here to stay with her injured friend."Dane....." Raine murmured as she stirred. She was still under the effects of the drugs she was given. Her eyes were still closed."Dane.... I want Dane... Where is Dane....?" She cried, pushing her friend's feminine hand away from hers. She reached out with her hand...searching. she swiv