ROMAN“What can I do for you, Mr Floyd?“I need you to check if this baby was delivered at this hospital?”I hated hospitals.I showed him the death certificate which made him crunch his note a bit and then he began typing away on his keyboard while I took a look around his office.Several awards lined the wall like he was trying so hard to make it obvious that he was good at what he did. Quinn knew how queasy hospitals made me and she was seated quietly beside me, giving me that look and laughing silently.“Stop laughing before I peel your face off.”“Oh yes, Mr Floyd” he handed me back the paper “She was born here, December fifteenth, at 10:25pm."Good, one step cleared.“Who did you say was the nurse that delivered this baby?”He began typing on her computer again. Quinn obviously thought I was going too far with this but I needed to make sure all the information was accurate.Of course, I knew the baby was born, I just needed to know what happened after that. It wasn't a point for
EDEN“Eden?! Eden, drop whatever you're doing and get here now!”That was enough to get me out of my seat and dashing out of my office with my coat hung half over my shoulder and basically tripping over my heels with each step.Had Roman caught up with Alicia?Had he taken Belle without Alicia knowing?I brushed past my manager who seemed to want to say something to me but I didn't have time for that right now. I forgot I didn't bring my car today because it.I hailed the next cab that was passing by the building and got into it.My mind was filled with various thoughts of how wrong things would have gone.“Please hurry up. I'm busy.”I could barely sit straight in the cab and it was like I should have flown out of the cab and gone straight to Alicia's house on foot.My heart was beating so fast that I had to place my head in my hands because I was feeling dizzy.We finally got to Alicia's house and I ran out of the car and dashed into the house.“Alicia? Alicia!”She ran out of the k
EDENI guess my fear that Roman would appear was an overreaction. It had been a month since I'd brought Belle back to my house and she still hadn't shown up. If he had truly found out about her, why won't he have broken down my door and taken her from me?Or better yet, kidnapped her on her way back from school since he was actually very desperate.I wouldn't put a thing like that past him, he was a man of deadly means. I'd made sure to call Belle's school and tell them that she won't be attending school for some weeks.Gosh I needed a break from everything but I don't think I can call in for another break from work. My manager would just have my neck just like he'd always wanted.That was fine, I could handle myself. It was Belle I was worried about.Speaking of the issue that had gotten us in this situation in the first place, no one was saying anything about the contract and I was beginning to wonder what was going on because this was supposedly the deal of the year for this compan
EDENI should have known that today was going to be a very horrible day for me when I woke up. First of all, I woke up late. I'd made sure to set my alarm the night before for six am but somehow, I found myself flying into the shower at eight thirty with a headache that appeared from nowhere.I didn't even think twice about what I'd thrown in my body before running into Belle's room to get her ready for school. I wouldn't have bothered taking her to school anymore but she had exams and she couldn't miss them.She wasn't in her room and the worst thought crossed my mind.“Belle! Isabelle!” I screamed her name through the house.To my surprise, she was fully dressed and waiting for me downstairs at the dining table with a bowl of cereal before her.“Let’s go, mummy. Hurry up.”Her hair was still a mess so I straightened and we continued running towards the car. It was a surprise I didn't get pulled over because of how fast I was going. Of course, Belle thought it was thrilling because s
EDENI had to stop the car at the side of the road and turn around properly to talk to her.“What did you say?” I wanted to make sure I had heard her correctly.“Roman." She looked at me with her wide beautiful eyes and I wondered if I should be angry at her.“You can't talk to him anymore. He's not a good person."I knew that was low and I knew I shouldn't be saying bad things about him but I had no other choice. Since I couldn't tell her that they were father and daughter, I had to tell her anything I knew would scare her off.Or so I thought.“He’s a good person, mummy. He always brings me chocolates and flowers and asks me how my day is going.”Always?! I'm sorry, always?!“Since when have you been seeing him? I mean, since when has he been coming around?"She placed her hand on her chin and looked outside the window.“Um, since I came back home.”Bloody freaking hell. That bloody bastard has been going behind my back to see my daughter, making me think that he was finally out of
EDEN“What have you decided?”I stood before the CEO, staring him dead in the eye while my heart and insides were shaking to death. He was giving me a death glare, one that would make me melt if not for the fact that there was a lady sitting in front of him.She has given me a once over when I first walked in, it wasn't a very nice look though. I could see that she was tall even while she sat, her long legs poked out of her short skirt and she constantly flipped her blonde hair out of the way as it often clouded her vision as she moved.He was still waiting for an answer. This is something I had gone over and over on my own, thinking whether I should choose the demotion.Alicia thought it was an outrageous idea to get demoted. She felt that we should just agree to pay the company and she said her father would help out but I didn't want to put her and her family through all that.Neither of us were rich and I didn't know how much the company was going to ask for but I knew I was showin
EDENI should have listened to Patricia, I should have listened to myself when I wanted to resign. I should have accepted the CEOs offer to willingly sign my resignation letter.At least that would have saved me the years worth of embarrassment and humiliation that I had suffered at the hands of Selena in this past week.She wanted me to be at the office by six am, apparently that was when the coffee shop that she loved opened and she wanted to get the first cup of coffee.As if that was not enough, the weekends weren't mine. I had to come into the office and get things prepared for Monday.I was supposed to remind her of her meetings thirty minutes, twenty minutes, ten and five minutes before the scheduled time. I wasn't supposed to leave the office before her even though it was after office hours.And even when she left, she gave me documents to file and go through, pointing out how a single missing punctuation could ruin it so I had to do it again.I'd barely seen my daughter this
EDENI knew what I was saying when I said I didn't trust her. Alicia was always in the business of surprising me. Like right now, she had out me into something I wasn't sure was allowed to be called a dress.“This…this is preposterous.” I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed “I’m a mum!"“And so am I. But you don't see me being such a nun.”I was offended.“I am not a nun. I'm being an example to my daughter. ““And did you get that daughter in your nun clothes?”I flashed back to that night. The clothes I wore were Brenda's because mine had been spoiled by dirt.“Yes, they were." I crossed my hands to hear what she was going to say next.“And hence the reason your baby day is chasing you around the city like a dog. He really should get a life. Don't get me wrong, I love Belle. Wear something even better , you'll get a better man.”I dragged the dress she was dangling in front of me.“I'm going to wear it because I can't be bothered to argue with you anymore.”“That’s the smart