Steve sat on the couch in Aziza’s ward his eyes red from crying, his whole body shaking. She hadn’t woken up since they found her in the factory three hours ago but the attending doctor expected her wake up as soon at the sedation she was given by her abductors weighed off. A part of him wished she could stay unconscious longer, hours or even day then maybe he would be ready to talk to her. Nothing in this world ever prepared him for this.
Seeing her turn on the bed he stood up quickly and rushed to her bedside and held her hand.
Opening her eyes, their eyes met. Steve, she called his name weakly.
I’m here babe, he responded squeezing her hand and watched her drifting back to sleep only to open her eyes again few minutes later.
Our baby, she win
Baby Unity’s gruesome end shocked the people of Asherway with condolences pouring in for Steve and Aziza from different social groups and organisations.Steve spent all his time in the hospital with Aziza who thankfully was drowsy most of the time due to the strong pain injections she was receiving. She would ask about their baby whenever she woke up. He would lie or change the subject until she drifted off to sleep again but soon he will have to tell her the truth.In a resort 500 kilometres away from Palmville, the president, the leader of opposition party, defence and police ministers met for a secret meeting. The atmosphere in the room tense with accusations flying around.“The plan was clear and simple. Get the fiancé and the baby, use them to get Steve to drop out of the election
Jack’s sudden death did not arouse any suspicions from the authorities but Jake Reed was certain that it was murder. Jack had always lived an unhealthy sedentary lifestyle but he was completely fine and as cocky as he has always been when he left the secrete meeting they had the day before. Initially he was worried that Steve and Aziza had discovered the truth and this was revenge which meant he would be next but he found out from his spies that Steve’s investigation had hit a dead end and he had not left the hospital because Aziza was still admitted recovering from the operation. He was also informed that she was yet to be informed about her child’s death, this excluded her and her supporters as suspects. On top of his list of suspects remained the two other people who were in the secrete meeting with him but he couldn’t just accuse the president of the country and the defence minister of a crime he had no evidence of but it was clear to him that if they were ruthless enough to kil
“Az, please talk to me” Steve pleaded, his heart breaking. He had rushed back as soon as the hospital informed him what happened. After collapsing in neonatal unit, she had woken up and demanded one of the nurses to show her the gruesome video of her baby’s end. After that she had completely lost it and became hysterical until the doctor sedated her. Now she was awake but staring blankly at Steve. Steve didn’t know it yet but this was the end of the road for them. From now on she will not emotionally connect with him anymore. They were on two separate journeys now. He will be the president of Asherway and she had no doubt that he was the right candidate for the job but she will not be his first lady. Steve had all the right people around him she was certain that he will be fine without her. Her journey now would be to avenge her baby even if that led to her grave. A day passed and Aziza had not said a word. Even when John, Jay and Jerome came and tried their
The following day the people of Asherway woke up to the news that Aziza and Steve have parted ways. Justakid the journalist shared a video of Aziza explaining her reasons for breaking things off with Steve. The video ended with a message urging people to support Steve as he was the best candidate for the country. While the country was still processing the news with some disappointed that Aziza will not be their first lady after all, the police department employees received an email with a sexy girl in a revealing outfit. It was a departmental policy not to open any advertisements attachments on the work computer but it was too tempting to ignore. As a result, few employees secretly opened the attachment, giving the sender a back door to the whole system. Aziza was disappointed at how easy it was for her to gain control of the police department. “No wonder criminals are roaming free, the department is just useless” she thought to herself. She was even more disappointed wh
Two months later Steve still had no clue about Aziza’s whereabouts but dead bodies were pilling up on daily basis, putting her on top of the most wanted list by the police and military. He was still a mess from loosing Aziza and his child. Fortunately for him he did not have to go out often even to campaign as his victory was guaranteed.On the other side, the president, defence minister and acting police minister met for the third time that week. They were all under tremendous amount of pressure from the public who demanded transparency on the investigation of murders of fifteen officers police officers and twenty two decorated military officers that happened in one month.“Sir I suggest that we give them the name” Timothy the acting police minister suggested. He was starting to regret accepting the position. Not only were they under pressure for the mur
In a secluded house at the west street of Palmville, Harry laid lazily shirtless on a couch. He has been more busy in the past two months than he had been in the past five years since he became the president’s assassin. It seemed the president was really tying all the loose ends before stepping down. He was not bothered though because that meant more money for him but he needed to be careful in case he decided to get rid of him as well. Luckily for him, the president had no idea what he looked like nor the sound of his voice. He made sure that worked alone, all his clients knew absolutely nothing about him, all his orders always came via email with payment upfront. That was how he could do the job and still live a normal family life with his wife and kids who had no clue what he actually did for a living. Thinking about his family, he made a note to call them that evening and explain that his business trip was taking longer than
In Aziza’s house, Beverly waisted no time and made her move on Steve on that night. Steve was already in the bedroom laying down to sleep when she knocked. Walking to the door he came across Beverly on a sexy lingerie, an image that once drove him crazy. With her smooth skin, full breast, perfect waist and her long blonde hair cascading down her shoulders, Beverly was the definition of a sex appeal.“What is it Beverly?” he asked, standing at the door blocking it with no intentions of letting her in. He remembered it like it was yesterday when she cheated on him with his best friend and how she shamelessly seduced him to bed when he was drunk and came back claiming false pregnancy. While he felt obligated to protect her, he had no intentions of ever getting involved with her no matter what happens with him and Aziza.Beverly swallowed her saliva, realisin
“Sir I…I..can’t find any evidence that your emails and that of the late defence minister have been hacked” Lewis the IT specialist stuttered, knowing that was not the answer the president wanted. He had done his job meticulously looking at the president and defence minister’s devices but came back with nothing. A day ago the military delta wing was wiped out with an order that supposedly came from the president. An email signed by both the president and the defence minister approving the strike on the delta wing of the military was then leaked to the media.“I am telling you that someone hacked my email. If you don’t know how to do your job, find me someone who can” the president responded angrily. His life had turned upside down overnight, the only persons who could have been able to exonerate him was his late friend he was accuse