“Isn’t it enough that I have to bear your good for nothing mother?! Why do you have to make my life hell too?! What is wrong with you?! Why can’t you just be good for ones?! Why can’t you just be like…like…” He stopped. “Why didn’t you complete your sentence?” Lovelyn asked from the door with an angry look as she joined her daughter. “You could have just mentioned that witch in this house and ruin my peace further.”“This isn’t how to find peace,” Brett corrected her. “Ruining the life of someone else’s daughter isn’t how you find peace.” Hailey was baffled by what he said. “What does daddy mean by someone else’s daughter?” Hailey asked her mum with surprise. Lovelyn got tense and pecked her on the forehead. “Forget he said anything,” she avoided the discussion. “I will follow your dad to school tomorrow to apologize to this visitor. I am sure she won’t be angry with us for long. We are very good people, are we not?” Hailey nodded with a smile and threw her dad a hateful look, b
Naya knew that it wasn’t necessary to visit Hailey’s school for an apology, but she needed to do it. She had to see her beautiful daughter again. She knew how tough it would be to get close to her, but she did not mind trying. She arrived at the school the next day without her apprentice. Hailey was already standing in the principal office with a stone look. As soon as Naya caught sight of her, she smiled and spread out her arm for a hug. At first Hailey shook in fear thinking she wanted to hit her. But realizing it was the opposite, she gazed at Naya with surprise. With an angry stare, she stepped away from Naya immediately. “Come on,” Naya pulled her for a hug anyway. “It is just a hug.” Hailey felt very uncomfortable as Naya crossed her arm around her and stroked her back. “Stop it!” Hailey pushed her off her almost causing her to fall over her heels. “What’s wrong with you?! Do not touch me.” “I was only hugging you,” Naya corrected. “I do not want your hug,” Hailey refused.
Hailey arrived home from school having a lot of questions about her mother. The information was too huge for her to keep in her mind alone. “Are you my real mother?” She asked Lovelyn as she walked into her room to get her dirty laundary. Lovelyn's heart sank when she heard the question. This was a question she hated and she had prayed days and nights that Hailey never asked that. She relaxed herself and turned back to Hailey. “Why did you ask that?” She asked. “I insulted Naya Aurora yesterday in school and she invited you and dad to apologize to her today. Unfortunately you didn’t come, so she told dad that she was going to sue you both for something that happened in the past. She also said something about me being her real daughter and the fact that she will do everything to get me back.” Hailey explained. Lovelyn got furious and pulled Hailey’s hair, ensuring it hurt her badly. “Didn’t I warn you not to hide things from me?” She asked Hailey in anger. “Mum, I am sorry,” she
Brett zipped up his traveling bag ready to leave. He had had enough and couldn’t keep up with the situation anymore. His home was draining to him and he had to leave. Wait?! Home. Was that even a home? A place that brings nothing but chaos and misery wasn’t a home. It was a freaking prison. “You are finally leaving,” Lovelyn said leaning against the door. “It was high time you left anyway. You have done nothing but cause Hailey and I pain.” Brett said nothing to her. He walked passed her, rudely brushing her off the way and yelled Hailey’s name. “Hailey!” He called. “Hailey!” “What do you think you are doing?” Lovelyn asked with a pisssd look. “Hailey!” Brett called out for his daughter one more time ignoring what Lovelyn said. Hailey hurried out of her room, wondering what was happening. “Do not call me to death!” She nagged in irritation. “Get your things, you are coming with me,” he ordered. Hailey was stunned by what he said. “ No! No!” Lovelyn argued against it immediatel
“Her pain?” Brett scoffed. “You do not even let her make friends. You do not let her follow her dreams. You control her all the time. How does that make her happy?” Hailey knew he was right about that. She sulked and turned to her mother. “He isn’t wrong, you know,” she said. “I know what’s best for you,” her mother snapped at her. “Trust me, okay?!” Hailey nodded and went back to back up her mother. Brett was done with both of them. He picked up his luggage and left for his new apartment. He needed to win Hailey's custody at all costs. He didn’t care how long it took or what it entailed. It hurts to see his daughter in such a condition and he couldn’t bear it anymore. After a brief conversation with his lawyer, his mind wandered to Naya. Perhaps Naya could also help him get custody of the child. He wasn’t sure of how he would convince her to help him, but he knew that he needed to take action. He had to take action. He searched for Naya’s beauty salon, but got discouraged by the
“Her pain?” Brett scoffed. “You do not even let her make friends. You do not let her follow her dreams. You control her all the time. How does that make her happy?” Hailey knew he was right about that. She sulked and turned to her mother. “He isn’t wrong, you know,” she said. “I know what’s best for you,” her mother snapped at her. “Trust me, okay?!” Hailey nodded and went back to back up her mother. Brett was done with both of them. He picked up his luggage and left for his new apartment. He needed to win Hailey's custody at all costs. He didn’t care how long it took or what it entailed. It hurts to see his daughter in such a condition and he couldn’t bear it anymore. After a brief conversation with his lawyer, his mind wandered to Naya. Perhaps Naya could also help him get custody of the child. He wasn’t sure of how he would convince her to help him, but he knew that he needed to take action. He had to take action. He searched for Naya’s beauty salon, but got discouraged by the
Naya laid on her bed recalling the night Lovelyn pushed her down from the bridge. It was a night she knew she would never forget, no matter how hard she tried. It was a night that held so much memory in her mind. A night that had made a history in her life. She took out a photo from her photo album and admired the picture of her mother and Desmond. “I hope you are both happy in paradise. Good night lovelies,” she said with a smile, before kissing the picture. This was something she did every night, before going to bed. She couldn’t get herself to fall without bidding her mum and step dad good night first. As she adjusted her duvet cover, her phone beeped with a message. It was from Miss Cherry. “There is an emergency meeting with a client! Very very urgent! Rose Garden, Los Angeles. Your presence will be very much needed, thank you.” Naya was confused on who this important guest was. She acknowledged the message and laid back down ready to sleep. Her thought went to Hailey. “My sw
Naya arrived at the Rose Garden, feeling desperate to see who this urgent client was. She's gotten her official outfit ready and ensured her make up was spotless just for this meetup. When she walked into the garden with a positive glamor, she ordered her guards to stand at the garden entrance and wait for her. This was unlike her since she was always cautious of people after her. “Are you sure?” Her body guard asked. “Have I never been sure of something?” She answered a question with a question. He let her be and ordered his other men to stay in position. “Good.” She smirked before walking further into the garden. There was a nice tent which had a nice dinner area. But she caught sight of no one. Who the hell was this guest who wanted to see Naya and why was she late? Naya bit her lips in anger since she hated her time being wasted. “Naya,” Brett's voice said as he walked towards the tent to join her. Her eyes widened in shock. She stood up from where she sat immediately and tried