Kimberly:As soon as I got to my room, I fell to the ground and slept off, Rebecca following shortly after all.I woke up to several missed calls from Vanessa on my phone.Worry clutched me and I decided to call her back.A loud knock was suddenly placed on the door.Lazily, I dragged myself out of bed and went straight to open the door.As I opened the door, I found Uncle Greyson standing at the door, a sweet smile on his face."Hey, were you asleep?" He asked."Yes," I yawned and Rebecca walked up from behind me."Hey Dad," she said, walking past me to hug him."I'm so tired," She said, dragging her words."I'm sure you are. Both of you missed breakfast today. Stephen told me y'all went to go get some things very early.""Yes, Daddy. I told you we were going to get things for Kim's room. We want her to feel welcome, don't we?""Yeah, that will do. Well, I came to inform you that dinner is ready. I don't expect the both of you to miss it," Uncle Greyson said."Nah, we are both fa
Kimberly:"Is everything okay?" Rebecca came down the stairs as Stephen, the security guard and I dragged Vanessa into the house.I glanced up at Rebecca, grunting heavily at Vanessa's weight on my shoulders, She was wearing a Hello Kitty nighty and her hair was up in a bun. She looked disoriented like she'd just been woken up from sleep."Help me take my friend upstairs please," I begged her."Of course," she said, running down the stairs towards me to grab onto her shoulders.Vanessa groaned and stirred in her sleep but she immediately went back to sleep."What happened to her?" Rebecca whispered, trying not to wake her up."Seems like she had a little too much to drink."We both paused as we neared the bottom of the stairs and glanced at each other, wondering how on earth we were going to carry Vanessa up the stairs."I'll carry her up," Stephen said and carried her bridal style from our hands and took her upstairs."Thanks Stephen…" Rebecca and I said simultaneously, letting out a
Vanessa:I woke up in a strange bedroom, my head banging like I had been hit multiple times with a brick in my sleep.Dragging myself off the incredibly soft bed, I almost lost my footing and crashed to the ground.Groaning out in pain and feeling like I was about to puke out my future, I forced myself up and quickly ran to the bathroom to puke all the drinks from my last night.Come to think of it, what happened last night? I pondered as I trudged to the vanity to wash my face and mouth.The last thing I remembered was going out to a club with some random guy I met.I filled my mouth with water, rinsed, and spat out the water.Slowly, I walked out of the bathroom after cleaning my face and out of the room. Once in the hallway, I scanned my environment and it seemed that I wasn't in a hotel room like I had initially thought. I wasn't in Kimberly's house either even though I now remembered Kimberly coming to get me last night but nothing after."Shit," I groaned, clutching my head i
Ethan:The sweet smell of freshly brewed coffee filled my nostrils as I stepped into my office.My assistant who was following closely behind me, placed the mug on the table as I took my seat."Thanks," I smiled at her and she gave me a polite smile in return and returned to her station outside my office.It had been three days since Kimberly left the house. I've had close surveillance following her but I hadn't gotten much news about her whereabouts since then except for last night where she was spotted in a club with a friend of hers. She'd been dressed in her PJs for some reason.I had tried calling her but she had simply ignored me. Her silence was starting to annoy me and break my heart.My intercom rang just then and I picked it up."Yes?""Sir, your Ten I clock is here,"My assistant informed me through the phone."Send him in," I permitted before dropping the phone in it's cradle.Less than a minute later, My private investigator, Richard, who I put in charge of investigating
Ethan:."Crystal?" I mouthed as soon as I got to where the lady stood. What on earth was she doing here? I wondered as I approached her."Well, I'll be damned. Ethan," the blonde-haired woman wearing a short black dress smiled as she opened up her hands to hug me."In the flesh. What are you doing here?" I asked, enveloping her in my arms."To party, obviously," she remarked with a roll of her eyes as she let go of me to take me in."But you are supposed to be in France," I said, trying to talk above the music."That was ten years ago, Ethan. I've been back since then."I nodded, watching her. Somehow she looked younger than the last time I saw her."Are you here with someone?" I asked, looking around her to see if she was with a man or something."A couple of my friends, we are celebrating the finalization of my divorce," she said with a smile and peace sign."Divorcing your French husband already?" I asked in a teasing tone."It was long overdue." She said with an exaggerated tired
Kimberly:After Vanessa and I talked about what was going on with her, I advised her to go talk to her parents about her situation with Leo but she was adamant that she still needed time to process things.I asked her where she was currently staying and she'd told me that it was a hotel downtown.We were currently rearranging my room and it was turning out better than I thought."Okay, I'm just going to say it. This is slain," Rebecca said as she stepped away from the wall that she had just painted.I looked over at her side of the wall and was beyond impressed, "our, I didn't know you could draw!" I remarked, stepping away from my wall to go look at the painting of a garden on my wall."I dabbled in it in fifth grade.* She shrugged like it wasn't the most beautiful painting I've seen in a while."That looks way better than a fifth-grader-level painting," Vanessa said. She had a little paint on her face. I tried to remove it but ended up making it worse.She slapped my hands off went
Kimberly:As I drove into Ethan's driveway, the next morning, I practically jumped out of my car and marched into his house, eyes blazing. His car was parked in his driveway but I didn't care. I opened the front door with my key and walked my way into the house.“Ethan!" I yelled as I climbed up the stairs, unable to find him in the living room and kitchen. There was no answer.I continued to ascend the stairs until I was in front of my room. About to pass over to Ethan's room, I noticed my room was ajar and someone was inside. I pushed the door open and screamed when I found a naked woman in the middle of my room."Who the hell are you?" I yelled, picking up the baseball bat, behind the door as carefully as possible."How the fuck did you get into my fucking room?" I raised the bat, threatening her with it."Better fucking start talking or I'll get to swinging," I glared at her."Oh, wait, wait. I was brought here by Ethan, who are you?" She asked, her eyes wide with fear as she sta
Ethan:“I wish you’d just come back home.” I said to Kimberly, watching her like a hawk.I had no idea how she always managed to look gorgeous in everything she wears. She was currently wearing grey sweatpants and strapless top and some how she looked like she’d just come from a vogue photoshoot“And I wish you’d give me the deeds to my company.” She retorted.“We both know that’s not a good idea.” I said to her I had no idea how to explain to her that she was playing right into her uncle’s palm. She genuinely seemed to love him and thought I was the bad guy. Yes, I was kind of the bad guy but not towards her. I was only trying to protect her. Why couldn’t she see that everything o did was for her own good. Why wasn’t I enough for her?“I don’t care what you think is a good idea anymore. I want my inheritance. Get the lawyers to transfer everything to my name. I’ll be back next week.” She said in an authoritative tone that both pissed me off and made me proud at the same time.