Lily Shawn never got the chance to meet her mother whom she was told died the day she was born and was raised by Abigail whom she knew as her Aunty. She fell in love with Derrick Mingle and found out the truth about Abigail through that love. She became bitter, broke up with her boyfriend, and vowed to take revenge for her mum. Can their love heal Lily's, bitter heart? Will Lily be successful in taking her revenge or will she face a new obstacle? To know more, read "Lily Shawn"
View More"No, he is gone as in, he committed suicide yesterday," replied LuisDerrick went silent and lowered his head."I was informed yesterday but I knew you were out on a date and I didn't want to spoil your evening with such news," Luis added and Derrick just nodded "I will be returning to Florida, later today, just let me know if you need anything," Luis said and got up to leaveDerrick got up and escorted him to the door without saying anything but just nodding to whatever Luis said. He closed the door after Luis had left and out of anger punched the wall so hard, he got injured in the process. As if he could not feel the pain, he gave the wall another punch. He turned and pressed his back to the wall and sank to the ground. Luis went to his car and called Isabel."Hello Isabel, are you busy?" he asked "No, what's up?" replied Isabel "Kindly come over to Derrick's, he is not alright. I just told him about his father," replied Luis "Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes," she replied
He knew Luis would not just make such accusations, because he would dig thoroughly for the evidence. So, his father was the reason he couldn't be with Lily, the woman he loved.Derrick lowered his head, disappointed. He did not know how to react to the news he had just received. It was his father all along. All the problems they went through were because of his father. Technically, Lily never had a moment of peace because of him. He recalled what Lily had said about having months of peace since he was out of her life. She was right after all. "When did you find out?" he directed his question to Luis"Err, things become clearer the day you left Florida. I had always had my suspicion though," replied Luis"Why didn't you say something to me?" he queried "Would you have believed me then without the undeniable evidence?" Luis asked advancing towards himDerrick went silent and Luis patted him on the shoulder"I am truly sorry about your father. I wish he didn't do what he did," he cons
Luis, knowing what was going to happen, had already taken the first flight to Washington to go defend Derrick. Arriving at Washington Central police station, Derrick saw on the TV screen what had transpired the night before, while he was in bed hugging Lily's dress. He was shocked to see what was showing on the screen. "So that is why he got arrested?" he thought as he was sent to the withholding cell. He knew his father can do the unthinkable like when he killed his friend and made him lose his memory but that was a long time ago. He thought he had changed."Drug and weapon trafficking?" he thought "When did he start doing such business?" he continued in his thought "But why? As the head of Homeland Security, he earned good money, so why will he do this?" he thought, "or someone set him up" "Lucky you. Your lawyer is already here," came the voice of the officer interrupting Derrick's thought. He got up and moved closer to the bar and staring at the police officer sternly he sai
"Yep, I kept you away from Lily because he was still gloomy about her but he started taking things to the next level with Isabel, I decided to let you two be," Luis replied"Does your wife know?" he enquired "No, when I found Derrick, I sent Isabel there to monitor him. She got herself employed in his new company, Armani or something, some weird name, I don't know how he comes up with company names. Anyway, she got close to him and he found solace in her. She yielded so I let them be," he explained "So Derrick doesn't know," Derry said"No, he doesn't. Isabel is a CID. She is in love with Derrick now and she will come clean after our operation. She is a strong woman; she can handle rejection if things don't go well. I am sure by now Derrick, wait let me show you. This is an invasion of privacy but I have to test my butterflies," Luis said "but pretend you didn't know," he added and he brought up a screen and Derrick could be seen lying on his bed hugging a lady's dress"Is that a l
Derrick smiled but he knew Rose was right, if he had been a little brave, he and Lily would have been together but well maybe their love was never meant to be. Derrick spent some time with his children before leaving for his apartment. He decided to stay around for a while before going back to Washington. In his apartment, he stood in the living room recalling memories of himself and Lily. His eyes shifted to the dining and he remembered the first time he had cooked for her. He recalled the good time they had.He went up to the bedroom. He opened the door and the familiar fragrance that used to greet him when she was in the room was no longer there. He scanned the room and the dressing table still had her stuff on it. He opened the closet and her clothes were still in there. Neither she nor he returned to the apartment after she was rushed to the hospital. He removed one of her dresses from the hanger and hugged it. It did carry traces of her scent. He lies on the bed hugging her d
Derrick watched the chemistry between the two and already knew he had lost Lily. Derry left and Lily turned to face Derrick. There was silence in the room for 10 minutes but it felt like a whole day for Lily. Derrick cleared his throat and got up to sit next to Lily but she stopped him."Please, don't come close to me," she said with a straight face Derrick sat back in his seat "I am sorry about that," he said "Okay. Why do you want to see me," Lily asked going straight to the point "Lily, I came here to apologize. No matter my explanation it doesn't change the fact that I abandoned you when you needed me most," he started and Lily looked on with a straight face, constantly reminding herself Derry was just in the living room to keep herself calm. "So, why did you leave? All I remember was you apologizing," she said and Derrick remembered that day, He had spoken to his father and he left the hospital after. He recalled Lily's state when he left.Derrick narrated their entire lif
He didn't know why Derrick left her. He knew he did love her, so something might have happened reason he left her. He doesn't want to be the reason she will go into a dilemma if she finds out why Derrick left. He wants her to be happy. He felt she needed to know the truth and that would help her make a decision she would not regret. If Derrick's reasons are justified, she could go back to the man she had once loved. She hated him now because she doesn't why he had left. He turned to look at her, she was asleep but the expression on her face said she was not happy even in her sleep. He got out of bed and went to the washroom and stood under the cold shower. The weather was that cold yet he took a cold shower. He returned to the bedroom to see Derrick had replied indicating he wasn't asleep himself. He sighed and left the bedroom for his study. He dialled Luis's number and he picked up after two rings "Hey men, do you have something against marriage fun," queried Luis as soon as t
After dropping the two ladies and the babies in his apartment, he went straight to his company. He met the board of directors and they had a long discussion and he continued with work after.Derry joined his third and last meeting for the day. In the meeting, he was a bit distracted. He felt content in his heart, having adopted the children but was still afraid to advance his relationship with Lily, especially now that Derrick was back in Town. "Will Lily go back to him?" he thought recalling Luis's several warnings."Sir, what do you think of the idea?" asked one of the board members Derry sat at the head of the table surrounded by 6 board members, 3 on each side of the table. He could see their lips moving and images flashing on the projector but nothing they were saying was registering on his mind. "Sir, Mr McClean?" the board member sitting closest to him called "Yes," he said snapping out of his thoughts"I just wanted to know what you thought of the idea for the project," th
"Perfect," he said and Rose looked at him wondering what was on his phone that he was smiling about but he said nothing and continued driving"What is it?" she asked curiously "Just work," he replied and rubbed her chin with his thumb gently before putting both hands on the steering. "Okay," she replied and kept her eyes on the road. As soon as they got home, Luis kissed Rose on the cheeks and quickly proceeded to his basement.Rose immediately knew the notification; he received in the car was probably a lead on the investigation. Meaning he had found something on Mr Mingle. She smiled and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and after she started preparing some tea for Luis.In the basement, Luis turned on the light and put all his machines on."My babies, Dad needs you to do something really fun for him," he said while opening some apps on the machines and waiting for other machines to fully boot.He connected the headset to the machine and put it on. He pulled a seat and
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