Immediately Alex got an answer from Clara. He walked away.Does she take me for a joke now? How could this woman look at me and lie to my face? Does she think all these are fun or what?Alex could not just concentrate in his bedroom. He saw it. The message and the call, so why did she deny it? Or answer like it was not a big deal.It would have been better if she said nothing than to accept or deny it. There was no way Henry could send stuff out of the blues if Clara wasn’t leading him on.Alex concluded by giving Clara the silent treatment. He would just leave her to do her thing until she decided to open up.Last time, they decided to always trust themselves and never doubt themselves, but Clara was making it very hard for him. However, he still gave her the benefit of the doubt.That night, they didn’t eat together. Alex ate first, ignoring and waiting for Clara to come around, while Clara ate much later when she was hungry.She made it easier for the maid to put the content again i
Clara was abandoned in the hospital while Elizabeth and Selene left. That way, they would be able to treat her and not hold anyone responsible.Even though Annie wasn’t going to like this kind of news, they had to tell her the truth.“Are you trying to say that you guys took her to the hospital? I suffered to have Clara in our custody.” Annie yelled.However, Selene couldn’t take the rudeness that Annie lashed out on her mum anymore so she took the phone from her mother and warned Annie to stay away.“Miss Cooper or whatever your name is. We are grateful that you saved us, but please, stop treating us like we are non-living things.”“If my mum can take it, I wouldn't, and yes. You can lock me up again if you wish.” Selene said over the phone.“Selene.” Elizabeth tried to call her to order.“Mum please, I miss the old you, so don’t just say anything. Please.”“I miss the old you too,” Elizabeth replied but Selene paid Zero attention.In the hospital, they could not attend to Clara if no
Selene couldn’t understand what was happening. She began running around the whole house.Was it what she was thinking? Or is it related to that of Clara?She couldn’t just think straight or think of anything meaningful, so she ran to meet her parents who were as surprised as she was.“Mum, Dad, please save me. I don’t know what I did.” She weeped, the memories of the last time they spent in the prison traumatized her and there was no way she wanted to go through something like that again.Mr. Roberts was tired of the whole family drama. But he can’t abandon his daughter at this point.“Selene, tell us, what did you do?” Jackson questioned her daughter.But whenever she opened her mouth to speak, nothing was coming out of her mouth. She can’t make a single sound.As she was still scared of saying a word. The police broke into their house. They had a picture of Selene.“You are under arrest for one failed murder and two successful murders.”She quickly comprehended. It was what she was t
Soon, the news about Selene’s case had spread around the whole city.Alex was in the office listening to the radio when the news came up. He immediately switched off his television.He didn’t want to hear anything relating to Henry and his deceitful ways. He had let him have Clara so he doesn’t need to be rubbed on his face every day about that.While some spread rumors without knowing the main story, others who remembered the story of the missing young man showed disgust towards Selene’s behavior.Both couples have been fighting and self-blaming themselves for their daughter's behavior.While Jackson blamed his wife for spoiling Selene a lot, Elizabeth blamed him for being weak and not being able to say it then.It was so serious that it almost led to a physical fight, but Mr. Roberts, being a gentleman, left the house for Elizabeth.It was during those reflections that he began to miss Clara’s mother. She was always there for him and always stood by him no matter what.Even without e
Alex wouldn’t forgive himself if anything happened to his wife. He made a big mistake by asking Henry.After all, like Clara said, it was the present that mattered not the past. If Henry really knew a lot, he wouldn’t have followed him to the graveyard.So he began to go to all the places that they had been to together. He was determined to find her. While he searched, he kept calling her lines, but they weren’t connecting.Isabel, the maid who assisted Annie, was beginning to go down and down every day. She can’t take it anymore and at this stage, she might blow mad.She listened to everything that Henry and Alex conversed through the window. No one had seen Clara yet. Was it the effect of the drug she fed her with?When they find her, is she going to send both her and Annie to jail?She couldn’t even think of that as she used both her hands to cover her ears. It was better she didn’t work here any more than be the first to dent their reputation.Her father would always tell them that
Alex had just arrived at the hospital. He couldn’t believe his wife had been unwell and he wasn’t aware of it.The nurses mentioned unconsciousness. How long had she been unconscious? Well, these were all the answers he would get to find out at the hospital.When Alex arrived, Clara couldn’t recognize him. She was still unconscious and had been saying the same words.“Sweet, it’s me. I didn’t abandon you. I’m here.” Alex said, but no matter what he said to her. She wasn’t acknowledging him.Then Alex began to check her phone. Right from the day she started acting strange, to that very day. He could believe that this was the handwork of Selene.Why was she keeping in touch with Selene? Clara had lots of questions to answer, but she had to get better first.Then the nurses told Alex how someone was feeding Clara with some memory-erase drugs but that was not what led to her condition.Some tests have been carried out on her and the results will soon be out.“Mmmm.”While Alex prayed it w
Alex followed the doctor to his office. He was keen to know what had transpired and what brought about it. But the doctor started by congratulating him.“Congratulations. Your wife is two weeks pregnant.” The doctor declared, projecting a handshake to him.“You see, there is no cause for alarm and there is no need for you to be afraid. Your wife might have been poisoned, but luckily, it didn’t affect the baby.”However, Alex’s expression had not changed. He didn’t appear to be optimistic or pleased with the news. He kept looking around to see if there was any other person the doctor was speaking to, but he was the only one.“Doctor, are you sure of what you are saying? Are you misplacing her results for someone else? You need to check well. My wife can’t be pregnant.” Alex cautioned the doctor.In other cases, men get excited with news like this. But in Alex’s case, he seemed to be so angry. Maybe they were not couples or something. The doctor thought.Whatever the cause may be, the do
The truth was that Clara was not even in the mood to read any letters or talk to anyone. Alex had broken her. All she had never thought of had happened.She looked at the note and pushed it aside. She didn’t know who it was from or what it was all about.Probably from the hospital or even from her job interviews. However, when she dropped it on the sofa, the name on it caught her attention.“Henry Brown?” Then she opened the letter and started to read it.“Why was everything happening today tragedy?” She questioned herself.All the duration she was unconscious, Clara didn’t know that Henry had won the case with Selene. He had traveled out of the States too. He didn’t even look for her, but he said he loved her.This was the reason why she never believed human beings, anybody who said they loved her always left. But why were they leaving at the same time?In the past, she would believe Alex and curse Henry. But she doesn’t even know who was hurting her more right now.“Are you okay?” A