Helen closed the door behind Eric as he stepped out. Her phone was buzzing as she stopped back into the living room. She picked up her phone and realized it was her sister calling."Hey sis," Helen said, sitting back on the couch."How are you doing? Saw that the court hearing was televised. Are you fine?" Emma said, sounding so concerned for her sister. "I am going to be fine. The court says I don't have enough evidence and the case might be called off if I don't come up with one soon. George is doing everything he can to help with the case.""I pray it all ends up with you winning, he deserves to rot in jail. Did you get the report from the hospital about the baby?" "Yes, I just did.""Alright then. I hope that helps a bit."Helen wanted to mention that Eric had showed up. She wished she could as she stared at the letter on the table in front of her. She picked the letter up "how is life over there?" She asked."It's fine, I met the publisher today. He was really excited for my
Eric wasn't sure if Helen would have sent his letter to Emma but he was hoping that she did. She knew that Helen too had issues of her own and he was willing to help anyhow that he could.Eric had been thinking about how to get through to Betty since the wedding day. She hadn't been picking his calls and he guessed she didn't want to see him too.He made a decision today, to go to where she was staying and finally talk about all that had been happening.Eric drove to Betty's parents house and as he parked in front of the mansion. He hesitated coming out of his car.He wasn't sure what he was going to tell her or even her parents and if they were even going to allow him see her.He finally summoned courage and stepped out of the car. He rang the doorbell twice before one of their maids came to open the door. As he walked into the living room, he figured that her parents would most likely be home and as he got to the living room, he met them sitting on the couch.They both looked
Eric didn't know what to say to Betty, he knew he wronged her and wished things had happened differently. "I wished things didn't happen the way it did,"Eric said and Betty forced a smile."I just really hope you can forgive me for everything," he added"You're still my best friend, I want you to know that. And our friendship is more important than anything that might have happened," Betty said and Eric smiled.Betty pulled him in for a hug. "I have missed you," She said and Eric responded "I missed you even more.""We should go out for dinner sometime," Eric suggested."That would be amazing," she said.**********************************************Today was another court day. It was the third one since the start of the court hearing. Helen was nervous as ever. She was starting to lose hope about the whole thing and already knew what the courts verdict was going to be. But she wasn't giving up anytime soon.The court hearing started with a friend of Helen's being a witness and
Helen looked at Eric's facial expression. She knew he had been expecting a better response and she wished she had it for him."She liked you a lot," Helen said as she stared at him.Eric looked up from what he had been doing."She always talked about you. She wouldn't stop telling me about the cute guy she met. She said you were smart, nice and cool. She always looked forward to you meeting," Helen said smiling as she remembered all the days Emma spoke about Eric."She was so nervous to tell you how she felt. She wasn't sure that you felt the same and on the day you kissed her!! She wouldn't stop talking about it," Helen said and Eric smiled too as memories of He and Emma flooded his head again."I love her and I haven't even been able to say it to her. I hope it's not late because now it seems like there is nothing I can do,""I had never seen her so broken like the day she found out you were getting married. She was always so strong, always looked after everyone but herself and I re
Emma sat on her bed going through her phone. She had been able to meet the publisher today and she had submitted the draft. He was so excited to see it and had also promised her that it would be ready as fast as possible.First, he needed to send it to an editor then after, make a book cover, publish and all.Emma said she was ready to wait so long as it was going to make her first book amazing.Today was her sister's last day of trial and Emma knew that it was probably all not going to end well, especially since they couldn't find the evidence and now it's going to be that way.Emma was going through her phone and has she scrolled through the gallery, she realized there were still some pictures with Eric that she had not deleted and had no idea was even there in the first place.She looked through them and couldn't help but feel sadder about the whole situation. She wished she could talk to him even if it's just one more time.She figured that he was probably with his wife now, happy
Eric decided to go to Helen's place and congratulate her about winning the court case. He didn't want to drive so he called on Alfred, his mum's driver."Alfred, please I will like to get to Emma's place. It's on my way to work," He said."Alright Sir,"He got into the car and as he was carried away with his phone, he suddenly remembered that he had not described the place to Alfred but Alfred was already at the house."I didn't describe this place to you, how did you get to know the place?" Eric asked confused as he and Alfred waited in the car before getting down.Alfred didn't know what to say. Lieing would have been his first option but he knew that no matter what he said, Eric was going to see through him."I brought your mum here," Alfred said and Eric looked confused."When was that?" He asked"Some couple of months ago.""What did she come to do?""I don't know sir but I think she came to see the girl."Eric's mind immediately went back to a couple of months ago and how Emma
Emma went to meet the publisher, he had told her to come so they could review some of the books together. Emma had left early in the morning, she was really excited about the meeting and her book. It was going to be out soon and she couldn't wait for it to happen. "Thank you so much for this opportunity, it's been really nice," Emma said, after she and the publisher were done talking."You're an amazing writer and I really can't wait to see the great things you will achieve," he said."I don't regret moving all the way out here just for this book."He smiled "what do you mean by that?"Emma looked confused. "Henry said I needed to move out here before you will agree to help with the publishing," she explained.He was confused. Didn't know what to say but he knew he had no such conversation with Henry.He had only told him that he was interested in her book and would like to help with the publishing.Where she lived or stayed didn't matter so far he was able to interact with her an
Emma walked out into the living room, she was excited. The editor had called her that her book was ready and she had posted it online for people to preorder for the book. Publicity had started and with the help of the publisher, it seemed to be going on well. Henry noticed how excited and different Emma was this morning. He knew about the book being done and with the tension that had been between them for the past couple of days, he wasn't sure how to engage her.He and Emma hadn't really spoken about the fight they had the other day and had just continued on. No one wanted to bring it up and left to Eric, he felt it was all probably for the best.Emma made a sandwich and sat on the dinning table while Henry made a stair fry noodles."It all finally coming together. The book and everything I have always dreamt of," Emma said and Eric sat opposite her on the dinning table."You deserve everything and more. And I really feel this is only just the beginning of your happy ending." "A