Rio had begun to learn things about Riley, from her favorite color to others.He found it interesting to talk with her, she could be a blabber mouth sometimes.Anita had suggested they had a daddy daughters time that they’ll bond more.Rio,who bought the whole idea, had gone into Riley’s room to tell her a bedtime story but they ended up talking all through the night that they ended up waking Stacie.Stacie had heard hushed voices from her room which was close to Riley’s, tiptoed quietly out of the room and grabbed the baseball bat which she kept in her room for unknown reasons.She traced the voice to where it came from and saw Riley and Riley giggling. Riley had decorated his face with her glitter and paint making him look funny.Stacie,seeing how they played, shook her head and went back to her room as she had no plans of disturbing them.Rio woke up late the next morning,he had slept in Riley’s room over the night after they decided to close their eyes from their long chit chat t
“Yes, yes” Anita had screamed out.As soon as the words had left her mouth he planted his lips on hers, taking her lips in his.She loved him dearly, but she never expected the question that soon from him, they had only started dating properly after she got back and it wasn’t up to three months and he had already decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.She had given him the answer he wanted and was dying to hear.Riley, excited by the fact she was getting a new mom, jumped on them and they all hugged each other with Rio and Anita planting kisses on Riley’s forehead.Mimie who had kept tabs on Rio following them all through during the outings had gotten angry as she heard Anita agree to his proposal,she felt betrayed by Rio who she thought she had under her palms rushed back to Rio’s house with a broken heart.“Mom! Mom!!” She called, going towards her bedroom to find her.She had run home to inform his mother of the latest development,filling her with details of what
Anita finally agreed to Rio’s pleas to see him, he had gone about it for days and she had gotten tired of him repeating the same thing.She had been skeptical about meeting with his mother as her previous visits had not ended well with him as she had gotten tons of insults from his mother on several occasions.She had only agreed to go because Rio had been on it for days,he hadn’t given her a chance to breathe properly as he went on and on about it he talked with her.Anita had barely entered the house when Stacie came rushing forward and engulfed her in a near hug and began to apologize for how she had treated her and how she behaved the last time she came over.“I’m sorry”She apologized as he held her by the hands. “I assumed wrongly,” she added.She had been surprised to see the woman she had hurled abusive words on was her family’s savior.Stacie had wrongly assumed she was a sex worker as Mimie had fed her lies about her.She had always seen her as a gold digger who wanted to
Anita, who understood Rio’s anger, calmed him down and convinced him to go back home and accept his mother’s apology.She had told him his mother had done what any mother who loved her child would, as she had only been looking out for her son’s best interest.Rio had paid no attention to her,Anita didn’t deserve the treatment his mother gave to her.He had almost cost him to lose her as he had no idea she had come to look for him as she got back.He got more pissed when he remembered how his mother hurled abusive words on her. She deserved none of it. The first time his mother had talked down on her, Rio had cautioned her about the way he referred to his guest she was just meeting for the first time.He knew Anita was an emotional person and words quickly got to her, she had cried her eyes the last time his mother had talked down on her and he had to apologize to her for days before he could finally forgive himself, she had accepted his apologies but he thought she had just said th
Anita called Rio non stop as he had promised to pick her up after her night out with Gracie, but he didn't answer his phone.She had taken a break from dialing his number and rested looking at her phone every sec the light came on thinking he rang back.Ideas had begun to fly into the head assuming different things to why he didn’t answer his phone.He had never taken this long to return her calls when he missed them which he hardly did.“He might be busy with something” She said thinking out loud.Or could he be sleeping? Different thoughts ran through her head as she continued dialing his number.She had gotten tired from dancing and wanted to go home. She had felt a little bit tipsy,not wanting to get drunk she stopped drinking and danced wild as if it would make her stop staggering.Out of ideas, she sent him a long message of how she had called him non stop and got no response from him and how she had gotten worried over it.She sent the text and waited for a reply from him not g
Anita felt her heart shred into pieces,as she struggled to come to terms with what had just happened.She thought a prank was being played on her until he slammed the door in her face,she had come to her senses seeing he meant every word he said.He had collected his ring back without a word,she cracked her brain as she tried to think of what she could have done wrong. She deserved some sort of explanation even if she had done something wrong.She knew something was amiss the moment she saw Mimie but she couldn’t say what it was.She had managed to hold back the tears that had filled up her eyes as she ordered a ride home.Totally kept in the dark she dragged her foot lazily into the apartment and shut the door behind her releasing the tears she had held back on her way home. She laid in bed as the tears rolled down her face. Pausing in between sobs, she wiped her tear stained face, she wished Gracie, her roommate, was around to listen to her talk and encourage her as she always did
Anita was still in the cell where she was locked up when Gracie came. Gracie had requested she wanted to see her and she was dragged out from where she had been kept.The nice police officer who stood behind the counter revealed to them that they had gotten news that Mimie was okay, that she had just suffered a mild concussion.Gracie and Mimie heaved a sigh of relief at the mention of Mimie being alive but they had no idea of what awaited them in front.Anita had been scared she had become a murderer, she had pictured herself standing in front of the judge who sentenced her to death or life imprisonment as he pleased.The police officer informed them of the decision Mimie had taken. She had decided to press charges on the basis of assault and battery. She had gone as far as saying Anita had come charging at her directly.Mimie who had heads for coming up with mischievous acts had gone far in coming up with a different version of what had actually happened. By her words, she had c
The day of the hearing had finally arrived.Gracie, alongside Anita, had arrived at court an hour early as they awaited the presence of the judge and Mimie and her lawyer.Anita seated alone,felt a rush of emotion running through her veins.She had felt fear,scared of the judgment that she would receive from the judge.Her mind had played its own prank on her, making her feel guilty before she was pronounced.She felt broken, she was all by herself. Her parents had sort of disowned her when she left by herself. They hadn’t called her since she left in anger. She was all alone, there was no Rio in her life again.Gracie, her roommate, was the only person that stood beside her during this time. She promised herself never to let her guard trust anyone. As she had been betrayed by Mimie who she had opened up to and became friends with.People had started to troop in, making the court full as they awaited the arrival of the judge to begin the case.They all stood as soon as the judge