The knock on the door woke Adele up, she groaned and weakly sat up and found out she was in a hotel room.
“Fuck” she cursed rubbing her scattered hair as she looked around and the stranger is gone. She looks inside her blanket and finds herself still naked.The knock began to hit again for Adele to quickly stand up, and rush on her clothes before carrying her bag. She rushed out of the room for the cleaner to look at her as she rushed out.“Grace” she called crying as she regretted the decision she took last night.She called her friend's number as she stopped a taxi to their apartment.After multiple rings Grace picked.“Where have you been?” her husky voice asked for Adele to burst into tears.“ I’m so sorry Grace, where are you?” She asked to hear her friend's voice.“Home,” she said and hung up for Adele to rub her scattered hair crying.“ Adele, what did you do?” She said crying. The taxi stopped at an apartment for Adele to come out and pay her bills before she rushed into their apartment just to meet her friend in their cushion with a swollen face.“Grace” she called for the dark-haired girl to look at her.“ I called you but you never showed up. I….“ I’m sorry, I’m sorry” Adele apologized rushing towards her friend who moved away from her.“ I’m sorry Grace, what happened to you?” Adele asked looking at her friend's face.“ he beat me up, I thought he was a good man. After serving him at the bar, we decided to have some time together but I didn’t know he was a beast, Ade, he doesn’t just have sex without seeing you in physical pain. I thought I was going to die last night. After I hit him with the bedside lamp he fell unconscious and I thought he was dead that’s when I called you. I was scared, I waited but you never showed up so I ran away, still, I called but you never picked up.” She said with tears falling from her eyes for Adele to hug her.“ I fucked up Grace” she whispered hugging her friend who kept crying.“What happened?” Grace asked looking at Adele who bowed her head ashamed of herself.“ I took the wrong room address, I entered the room of a beast in the form of a human, he….“ he raped you?” She asked looking at her friend's teary eyes.“I won’t call it rape,” she said cleaning her tears.“ he was in pain, I…“ you choose him over me” Grace frowns for Adele to bow her head.“ Adele, I was in danger and you barged into a stranger's room, instead of leaving you had sex with him…..“You won’t understand Grace, it’s not like how you think it. I…“ no excuse, I don’t want to talk to you,” Grace said walking to their bedroom for Adele to sigh as she buried her face in tears and self-anger.At the McCall Mansion, Harden woke up stretching as he looked around but instead of a hotel room, he found himself in his room.Immediately he stood up and took his phone to call his assistant.“Good morning boss” Simon greeted for Harden to go straight to the point.“Get the CCTV footage of the hotel I was taken from, find the red-haired girl,” he said and hung up before Simon could even respond.He covered his face as all the footage of yesterday night was deleted after the chair lady paid the hotel security management to delete every single footage of yesterday night.Harden went to his bathroom and took a quick shower before coming out to his room and dressed for work.“ no breakfast” Maria asked her son who didn’t respond as he walked down the stairs.“ you should go back home mother, I’ve had enough of your stay here. Josiah!” He called for his butler to rush towards him.“ make sure my mother leaves before I come back home,” he said for Maria to scoff.“ yes boss,” the butler said for Harden to work out with Simon already waiting at the car for him.After Harden entered the car, Simon drove out, he asked about what he called for earlier.“ did you get the footage?” He asked carrying the file beside him.“ I’m sorry boss, I couldn’t,” he said for Harden to look at him through the review mirror.“ is that an answer?” He asked.“No trace you have ever been to that hotel yesterday boss,” Simon said for Harden to scoff.“ My mother, was it her doing?” He asked for Simon to nod.Harden scoffed knowing whatever Maria McCall erased, it’s gone and gone for good.“I will give you her description, I want you to find her,” he said sighing.“OK boss,” Simon said knowing even with her description, he still wouldn’t look for the girl because he had made a promise to the chair lady to make sure her son never knew anything about the girl.He looks at his boss through the review mirror knowing he’s going to disobey him for a little while.Harden could remember the scared red hair standing at his front but her face is blurry in his head.After Simon dropped his boss, a text came to his phone.“The girl just left the hotel, she has gone home,” the text from Anonymous said for Simon to text back.“Keep tracking her till the boss lady is satisfied. Send the apartment address.” He texts back before following Harden to his office.“ you should stop giving in to my mother's orders. It should stop from today, she has crossed the line” he said sitting on his desk.“Boss, it’s hard to ignore the chair lady's orders,” he said for Harden to look at him for Simon to immediately bow his head.“Are you stupid?” Harden asked for Simon to close his eyes.“ I’m sorry boss” Simon immediately apologized.“I won’t repeat myself, Simon.” He said for Simon to nod.“ yes boss,” he said for Harden's secretary to knock and enter the office.“Good morning boss” she greeted wondering what kind of suffocating silence was in the office.“You have a call from the McCollum’s company boss,” she said for Harden to nod.“ direct it. Leave” he glared at Simon who immediately bowed his head and left while the secretary immediately left too.Two weeks later.At the little Apartment, Adele freshens up after coming back from work, she has accepted the fact that she chose a hot stranger over her best friend and roommate. She has been apologizing but Grace was still upset with her. She made a nice tasty soup to apologize to Grace one more time, they both drank the soup as she kept apologizing.“It will never happen again, I promise,” she said for Grace to look at her.“Don’t make a lame promise Adele,” Grace said for Adele to smile.“It’s not lame…….Adele held her mouth not to puke on her friend, she rushed to their kitchen sink and threw up the soup she had taken.“Are you alright? I’ve been noticing you for a few days Adele, are you ok?” Grace asked for Adele to wash her mouth holding her head.Adele looked at Grace as she became teary for her friend to frown.“Adele” Grace called for Adele to bow her head holding her stomach.“I’m pregnant” she whispered.“What?!” Grace screams for Adele to nod.“I went to Dr. Sami today and did a test, it came out positive,” she said for Grace to scoff.“Adele, no way? don’t tell me you let a stranger's seed grow inside of you,” Grace said for Adele to walk towards the couch.“It’s two weeks gone,” she said for Grace to sit beside her.“Won’t you get rid of it, it’s not human yet” Grace said for Adele to bow her head.“I’ve thought about it but I haven’t brought my mind to it,” Adele said for Grace to scoff.“Did Dr Sami not advise you to get rid of it?” she asked.“He told me to think about it thoroughly,” Adele said sighing as she lay down on the couch laying her head on Grace's lap.“Whatever your choice is, I will support you. Just choose the right choice Adele” Grace said for Adele to tear up more.At New York City Hospital, the spy saw Adele coming out of the hospital so he called Simon.Simon knows something might not be right so immediately asks the spy to go in and do more research.After Adele left with her result, The spy entered the doctor's office smiling as he brought out a pistol with a silencer.“ don’t waste time, straight to the point. The lady that just left, why was she here?” He said for Dr Sami to look at the gun pointing straight at his head.“Pregnancy taste,” he said raising his hands as his heart beat fast.“Positive?” He asked Doctor Sami to nod immediately.“ evidence,” the spy said for Doctor Sami to bring out Adele's file.He opened it and showed the spy who looked at him.“ if you tell her about this little meeting, then the next time you wake will be within the walls of your grave. Got it?” He said smiling for the doctor to nod his head in fear. The spy took a photo of the result in the file before leaving. He sends the photo to Simon who gasps.“Shit” he gasps as he immediately sends the photo to Maria.At the McCall main mansion, Maria was having tea with old lady McCall when A message popped into her phone and immediately she checked it, she frowned.“What!” She gasped as immediately she excused herself and left the old lady alone to call Simon.“Without Harden hearing about this, bring her to the wood mansion, I would like to confirm myself,” she said and hung up….It’s been a week since Adele confirmed her pregnancy, she continues her work as a waitress because deciding to keep the child means extra expenses and she doesn’t know who the father is to tell him she’s having his baby. She’s three weeks gone and she felt easily tired and weak apart from the morning sickness.She hung her apron on her stand as she was done with her shift for the day.“Can you come by morning tomorrow, Samira just called she won’t be able to make the morning shift or the evening because of her sick father” the manager said to Adele who sighed.“Extra pay?” She asked for the manager to nod.“Sure,” he said smiling at Adele who nodded her head.“Ok,” she said knowing she needed the money.Adele left the front of their restaurant as she walked to the bus stop to wait for the next bus ride.“Goodness,” she sighed looking for where to sit as she was feeling dizzy and nauseous. She carried her little phone to call Grace to find out if she would be coming home for the night.
It’s been nine months since Adele disappeared, Grace has searched everywhere possible but nothing or a trace of her best friend. She filled out a missing person report and after two months it died down like she never asked for her friend to be found.It was dark already, Grace didn’t take her night shift as she was ill. Since Adele left, life seems meaningless for her but she wants to keep trying to at least know what happened to her friend. She watched their photos together on her phone and tears began to roll down. “ I hate you, I fucking hate you, Ade. Why did you just disappear without a clue? Did you even have me in your mind? You know you all I got” she said as tears began to rush down her eyes.Grace kept going through their memories until she fell asleep.At the wooden house, the sweet melody of the wood birds sounds so melodious, Inside the beautiful room, a red-haired lady sat close to her window, her big round stomach grew every day like she was being stocked with food and
Martha couldn’t express the joy of seeing the two babies in their crib. Even though the baby girl had a touch of red hair mixed with her black and green eyes, she still saw her son in her face.“They both look so much like Harden,” Martha said closing her mouth in excitement.“Yes ma’am,” Simon said sighing.“By morning, we will introduce them to their father, he will be upset but you don’t know anything. You are clueless” Martha looks at Simon who nods his head.“Take the girl to the hospital, deposit her funds,” Martha said as she smiled at her twin's grandkids.She sighs as she looks at the maids.“Bring them along, let’s introduce them to their father,” She said walking away for the maids to carry the two babies and follow her.Adele's unconscious body was cleaned up and transferred to the hospital, Simon carried an envelope of money and a hospital address to Adele and Grace's little apartment. It was dawn, Grace heard a knock on their door in the early hours of the day which mad
Harden looked at the two sleeping babies, he couldn’t believe all that just happened, he was a father to twins birthed by a woman he never met after a nightstand. It’s all just too real for him. Now he understands why he searched for her and it was like she never existed. He doesn’t even trust his assistant anymore to continue the search for what happened to the girl.“Have you decided a name for them?” He heard his mother talk which made him turn towards her.“Tell me the truth Mom, please don’t let me find out” Harden pleaded with his mother because he’s scared he might not control his rage if he finds out about what she did.“About what honey? I told you the truth already. She died after…“I’ve seen her corpse already. I just…. I just want to know, why she came to you and not me” he said for Martha to sigh.“She was scared you would reject her. She believes I’m a woman and a mother, I will want the best for my son and my grandkids too. I’m just happy that the kids we’ve been wantin
At the garden Martha tried to calm Lisa, she didn’t expect Harden to say such words to her in the presence of his grandmother.“He thinks I’m a whore aunty, I work my ass off to be where I am today and he thinks I slept around for it. My mother died leaving me with my dad who has no time, I grew up In loneliness and chose to let the world know me and he thinks I get there by sleeping around” she said for Martha to sigh.“ he doesn’t mean anything he is saying, he just wants to push you away,” Martha said for Lisa to clean her tears.“ I love him, Aunty, I love Harden but he just….“ Then quit your job to show him how much you love him.” Old lady McCall's voice sounded for Lisa to fall into silence.“ Mother, why will you say that?” Martha asked the old woman to look at Lisa.“ He doesn’t hate you like you think. He only believes what he knows. He knows that you do what he said you are doing for shows and he can’t allow such a person to be his wife or care for his kids. To prove that w
It’s been two months, and Harden has no choice but to accept to marry Lisa after his grandmother and mother have pressured him and also threatened him with the family company, he won’t have bothered but his grandmother is strict on rules. He won’t want to see his father struggle to be in the hands of his murderers because of his selfishness. It was Saturday and it was like all other Saturday for Harden but just the fact he was tying the knot with a girl he disliked spoilt it while for Lisa like every woman's dream, she was excited about going to walk the aisle to be wedded.The McCall event arena was decorated, with beautiful flowers as important guests were arriving as the wedding was limited to only business partners and families. The paparazzi were outside trying to get shot on big shots arriving.Albert McCall, welcomed the guest into the hall with a smile as he’s like the father of the groom since his brother is late. A young man younger than Harden walked towards the elderly m
Adele sat in front of the manager nervously, she rubbed her hands looking everywhere except the face of the man in her front.“Adele Henderson, you said is your name?” The man asks for Adele to nod.“You don’t look like…..A call from the chairwoman's office cut his words short.“Yes ma’am” he picked up and responded.“Right away,” the man said and hung up.“Suzi, take this lady to the chairwoman's office, she needs to clean the mess Mrs. Lisa McCall just cause,” he said for his assistant to nod while Adele looked confused.“Go with her, the chairwoman might retain you if she likes your service,” he said for Adele to awkwardly follow the assistant as they left the office.Inside the elevator taking them upstairs to the chairwoman's office, as the dingdong of the elevator sounds, the assistant turns towards her.“ sluggishness is what the madam hates so much,” the assistant said for Adele to nod as they both walked to the office. The secretary stopped them while the assistant left Adel
Adele stood up angry at Grace who stood putting her hands on her waist. “ Are you not hearing me? I said I couldn’t be seen by the woman I signed to never to come for the babies…“ I don’t care if the woman is a friend to the chairwoman of Finesse. You are taking the job Adele because you will be disguising.” Grace walks towards Adele holding her hands.“It's a good thing for you Adele, you get to know how your babies are, you will be eavesdropping on their conservation, and from there, you get to know who their father is. They are women they will sure gossip about their family as a personal cleaner to the chairwoman it’s a great way to do this sister.” Grace said trying to convince Adele who rubbed her frustrated.“I’m scared Grace, even if I want to disguise, how can I disguise, they know my face and…“ we dyeing your hair black.” She said for Adele to frown.“ my… my hair. No, no way” she said moving away from Grace. “Yes, your hair makes you stand out Adele, if you blend in with