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18. Giving it away
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The Lovely Loner 19. Swollen eyes and glasses
Waking up in the morning, Ann had the brightest smile on her face. The previous night was amazing, it was all she imagined her first time to be and more. She grinned and reached out to Rex but soon found out she was alone and Rex was no where to be seen. His side of the bed was cold and empty, she looked around and their clothes scattered on the floor last night was reduced to hers alone. She sat up immediately, thinking he might have gone to the other rooms, she covered herself with the bed linen and search all the other rooms available but she still couldn’t find him. She felt dejected but was still in denial.Panicked she run outside in just the linen but there was no Rex in sight. She halt her steps at the unlocked door and felt her heart beat go up the roof. She shook her head violently in denial,” No! no it can’t be what I’m thinking! Why? Nah he won’t! Rex can’t do this to me! He loves me, yes! Yes! I know he loves me! He-he-he won’t abandon me like this after the night we’ve ha
The Lovely Loner 20. The Party (The past)
Friday came quickly and uneventful for Ann, whenever she sees Rex in one direction, she does the other way and doesn’t even blink an eye at his direction. It was as if she was ignoring him like a plague which didn’t sit well with Rex. He didn’t know how to feel nor how to get a reaction from her, he tried all he could but she ignores him like a plague.In the evening of that Friday evening, she was just at home, on her couch watching some cartoons showing on the television. She didn’t have work this evening as Manager Lee told her to take the time off to rest, his exact words were,” I don’t want a tired and zombie looking staff on duty, you might scared our customers off. Go home, we will talk later and you’d tell me everything. This isn’t me asking, this is me commanding, I want to know everything. This has been going on for far too long..... shoo shoo go away.” He chased her away that hot afternoon.She smiled at the fond memory, bored at home and getting emotional because of the fla
The Lovely Loner 21. Roxie (The past)
Ann was no where to be found that night, both Rex and Judith couldn’t find her anywhere they knew she will probably make her escape to. She wasn’t at her place nor the cabin, she wasn’t at her work place either and that place happens to be the last place they went to but the staff on duty sworn to have not seen her since her last shift two days ago. When Rex and Judith made their appearance looking for Ann, Craves was thrown into a frenzy and all the attention was given to the annoyed looking Rex who was in despair and desperate for answers. He turned the place outside down looking for Ann but not even her shadow was found at that place. When his arrogant behavior couldn’t fetch him what he was looking for, he humbled himself for answers. “Please? Please anyone with any information on Ann’s whereabouts should kindly let me know. I-I will do anything and pay any amount for that information ......” Rex pleaded throwing away his pride and ego. This wasn’t the place nor time for his infl
The Lovely Loner 22. Meeting Peter Lee
Lee was in his office making calls to confirm the final arrangements of the currently heartbroken and depressed girl on his couch, he was extremely surprised when he got that phone call that dawn from Ann. Putting the phone from his last call down he remembered what happened clearly, she was crying hysterically which took him by great surprise. Ann hardly cries, he had never seen her cry since he knew her so to hear her crying like that broke his heart into a million pieces, he asked her to wait for him as he drove to get her. The sight of her coiled like a ball in the cold weather on the love bench on the park still makes his heart clench bitterly. He went to her that dawn and picked her up, she didn’t even make a sound making him wonder if she knew it was him carrying her or simply didn’t care, when he took her to his place, she was a hot mess. She was sobbing throughout the night, that night was a painful and sad one for both of them, they couldn’t sleep a wink.Not knowing what t
The Lovely Loner 23. Saying Goodbye
Rex and Judith made many attempts to reach out to her but Lee made sure they didn’t get access to her in anyway, he changed her phone number and also ensured that he hid Ann away in Roxie’s house when he noticed he was being followed one evening after work.He has also been seeing different cars packed in front of his apartment and had been told by neighbors on numerous occasions about the continuous and persistent knocking on his door whenever he wasn’t around. He had never informed Ann nor Roxie about all the strange happenings but kept this information to himself. Rex and Judith’s visit to his office, how he was followed and many of the other happenings was kept from them for their own sanity.That night before Ann’s departure, Lee joined them at Roxie apartment and stayed all night with them. For the first time in days, Ann had real fun and was genuinely happy. They played games, watched movies, sang at the top of their voices to karaoke songs and ate junk foods till the dropped ti
The Lovely Loner 24. The Twins
The first few weeks of her stay at X Country were actually the most stressful days of her stay in that strange country. Combining the new atmosphere to attending her new classes and looking for a new job to fend for her expenses was tremendously stressful for her. She was dead need of a new job, she because she doesn’t want to finish her little savings nor depend on Lee always for everything she needed for her survivor.During the next few weeks, she soon realized she was feeling sick every morning. She became weaker, dizzy, tired, feverish and began vomiting some mornings along with bloating stomach. The symptoms progressed and she began feeling sicker so she reported to the hospital for treatment. She cussed underneath her breath, she remembers that very day like it happened just few hours ago when actually it happened more than six years ago. Walking to the reception of the general hospital that morning, she was met by a beautiful lady probably in her mid twenties. She was quite be
The Lovely Loner 25. War
Still in her state of recalling her memories, more memories were still flooding in like a hurricane until a continuous knock on her car window woke her up completely and brought her to her present,”Mum! Mum! Mum! Come out, we’ve been waiting for you for minutes, we were hoping you’d come out the car but you kept staring into space like the aliens are coming. Wait... mummy! are the aliens coming?”, her son asked with a fearful expression.She laughed and a look at him with a particular kind of tenderness that could be seen in place of the look of hatred she was spotting earlier,” you silly boy, of cos no aliens are coming. Mum-mummy was just thinking about the past.” She muttered softly.Ryan frowned,”the past again? It must be very a very bad experience because mummy anytime you think about the past, you get so angry and turn to be in a bad mood. Why-why do you still think about the past if it is that bad..”, Ryan asked her with a curious expression. He wants the answer to that questio
The Lovely Loner 26. Rumor Has It
Over the next few days, the news of Annie and the twins became the hot topic of the entire country and the suspicion rose when pictures of the twins were printed by a particular magazine. That picture caused chaos and had people talking about the possibility of a certain someone being their father.“Oh my gosh! Have you seen this boy? Damn! He boy looks just like the billionaire, Rex Radford and the girl is just too adorable, I can’t pinpoint who she looks like. She’s oddly very beautiful, like the exotic and fairy like beauty.” A woman whispered to her friends softly.“Yes you are right Beatrice! Who is this woman? Who is this boy and why does he look so much like Rex?”, Lisa whispered back to her friend.“Yes! This is strange, very strange.” Their other friend, Mabel chipped in with a frown.“Yes! It is very strange indeed! Who is this woman? I don’t think I’ve ever heard about her.” Kate replied thoughtfully. Beatrice stood stiff with her mind wandering about the things she has hear
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