** Omniscient Narrator **The driver of the car was none other than Mr. Blackwood. “Anna, are you okay?” He asked curiously as he rushed to her. He immediately held her shoulders and turned her to face him, she was soaked in water.Annabel didn’t react, even though she was surprised to see him here; she just stood there in the rain crying. She had no idea how he was here or why, was he imagining him here or had he been stalking her all these weeks?Mr. Blackwood cupped her cheeks immediately and made her look at him, slowly wiping off the tears from the corner of her eyes with his thumb. “It is okay, I am here now, Ann.”“Tell me what happened, why are you crying? Who hurt you?” he asked in a sputter of words as they both got drained in the rain. There was so much pain in his eyes watching her cry, he was hurt seeing her like that.“I… I…” Annabel couldn’t make up any words as she felt choked by her own tears, she just let the tears flow down her face without holding back, she was
Mr. Blackwood groaned softly as he opened his eyes, the room was still dim as the curtains had not yet been opened. He wonders for how long he had been asleep, he usually wasn’t a heavy sleeper as his years of struggling had given him insomnia.Turning to the other side of the bed, he felt like something was wrong. He crumpled his face in thoughts, trying to remember what was amiss, and then it crossed his mind- Annabel!Mr. Blackwood sat up immediately, his eyes dashing across the space of the room. “Anna?” he called out, but there was no response.He rushed to the bathroom but she was not there, he went to check the dressing room but she wasn’t there either, he also noticed the clothes she had taken off yesterday were not there as well.Maybe she had gone to do laundry. He left the bedroom immediately and ran down the hallway, still dressed in his pajamas. The first person he ran into was Zack, his Butler.“Good Morning Sir.” the middle aged man greeted, he was fully dressed for dut
Tears rolled down Anna’s eyes as she sat there in shock; why was this happening to her? Why was everyone in her life betraying her?She was still contemplating on her miserable life when she heard a knock on the door. Anna got up and slowly walked to the door, she stood there crying, not knowing if to open the door or not.When the knock persisted, she slowly unlocked the door and pulled it open. It was Jennifer standing outside, wearing a pity face the moment she saw Anna.“Oh babe, I am so sorry.” Jennifer cooed and embraced her in a tight hug. “I just wish you had listened to me, I tried to warn you about him.” she said in consolation.Annabel didn’t reciprocate the hug, she just stood there crying, Jennifer’s words of consolation only fueled the rage and anger with her. How could this human look her in the face and pretend like she didn’t sleep with her boyfriend?Jennifer broke the hug and stepped back. “It is okay, Anna. Please stop crying, at least now your life purpose can be
Jennifer let out a soft groan as she opened her eyes, the light in the room was too bright and she had to shut them again. With a second attempt, her eyesight was a bit blurry but gradually became clearer.She caught sight of Anna sitting beside her and she had to blink to make sure she wasn’t imagining it. “Ann?” she muttered.“Welcome back.” Annabel said in a cold voice.Jennifer immediately looked around and realized that she was in a hospital room. “What happened? Am I dead?” she asked with a little chuckle.“Unfortunately not… you passed out for a few hours. Don’t worry, the car didn’t hit you, you only passed out in shock. According to the Doctor, you have no broken bones, no brain damage, no bruises or fractures, you are perfectly fine.” Anna spatJennifer smiled a little, still feeling a bit dizzy. “Why does it sound like you wish I had any of that?” she asked.“It is actually more like all of that, unfortunately wishes don’t come true. You know what they say, bad people live
Annabel walked out of the hospital room, leaving Jennifer behind and quickly wiped off the tears forming in her eyes as she did so. She couldn’t understand why she was being excessively emotional these days, it was like the tears were waiting for reasons to pour down at every given interval.She arrived at the Doctor’s office and was welcomed with a smile. “Mrs. Juliet, you sent for me.”“Yes Anna, you said you wanted to run a test. Can I know why?” the Doctor asked, they had known each other far back during her college days. She used to be the school nurse but then got promoted to the position of doctor at a general hospital.“Yes Ma’am. I experience constant dizziness, moodiness and nausea. Also, frequent urination and terrible cramps; please don’t tell me I am going to die, I refused to use google for that very reason.” Anna joked.She had learnt to stop googling her symptoms on google because they gave the worst diagnosis she could ever imagine. One time they made her think she ha
** Anna’s POV **I walked out of the Doctor’s office with shaking legs; my worst fear had come to pass. I was carrying a child, whose father I couldn’t even tell. Was it Maxwell or could it be Jimmy? I had slept with both of them in the previous month, if the pregnancy was anything less than three weeks old, then I could have been certain that it was Jimmy.My heart raced as I walked down the hallway, I cannot keep this baby, regardless of which of them is responsible for it. I won't even consider bringing a child to this world for Jimmy, after everything he has done to me, I want no ties and connections to his life in future, our paths must never cross again.And Mr. Blackwood… I don’t think keeping his baby would be a good idea. Take aside the men involved, I am not ready for a child right now, I can barely take care of myself and my family, let alone an extra mouth to feed.“Hey, what was it about? You looked worried?” Jenny’s voice called back my attention. It was then that I r
** Omniscient narrator **Mrs. Maria Forbes sits calmly in the large lounge as she watches her son pace around the room like a man whose wife was in labor. She took a sip of the champagne and sighed.“Are you going to relax or what?” she said with a little chuckle.“I don’t know, why am I even being nervous? It is just a girl,” he groaned.Maria Forbes laughed softly. “You see, that is where you get it all wrong. I understand that you are new to such emotions but that is because you are still refusing to accept it. Let's start afresh, you love her?” she queried.Maxwell nodded. “Yes mom, obviously.” He replied with spread arms.“Good, and so have you told her?” she asked again.Maxwell paused and shook his head. “Not exactly…” he muttered and scratched his head.Maria wrinkled her face in disbelief. “Let me get this straight… You love her but you have not said the words to her?”Maxwell looked confused with that question. “Yeah.” He replied bluntly.“Are you serious? Why are you men
** Anna’s POV **It was now my second week as an employee of Logic Press Publishing House and things had been going quite smoothly. I was a fast learner and since the job description was something from my field of study, I had easily settled in, and even made a friend.Of course I didn’t inform the HR department of my pregnancy, good thing about having a flat tummy, there was no sign of my baby bump, or maybe it was just too early for that. My office colleague and newest friend, Alia; you guessed right, she is India.Aside from the accent, I find her humor entertaining, there is never a bored moment around her. It looks like I have been cursed to make beautiful acquaintances at every place I visit.I saw Alia packing her bags as she stood up from her desk. Like I already mentioned, we both share the same office space.“Are you leaving?” I asked casually as I turned away from the monitor screen to her.“Yeah, work is over for the day, why aren’t you?” she chucked.I laughed softly. “