Clara wanted to stand and walk out. She had never the intention of doing this.But she needed to hold on, because of Alex, because of Henry.The people who made her father despite her were no longer around, so she needed to forgive him. “It’s fine, Dad. After all, we are family.”The joy Mr. Roberts had knew no bound, ever since Elizabeth and Selene left, he had been lonely. No one to take care of him, staying in the house alone was hard and boring.Clara didn’t forget the reason she came, it was after her father was done that she began to drink the coffee he brought for her.“So why did you come home all of a sudden?”Clara kept mute, she couldn’t say the real reason she was here, but she found a smart answer immediately.“Mum would be happy I came.”It was the moment she mentioned mum that she had realized how bad her family abandoned her. She doesn’t want to think of the fact that her own father didn’t attend the burial, or the fact that her stepmother hid her mum’s corpse and ext

Clara went to the room where she had kept the box her mum had given her. She went through everything over and over again, it was only the precious items that were there.What exactly was her Dad talking about then?She stayed admiring everything one after the other. She had money now. If only her mum had told her about this earlier, they would have sorted her bills.As she was looking at those. Her phone beeped. It was Henry. She peeked through the window. She could see his car, and he had arrived to pick up the laptop.Clara quickly arranged the items and kept themSafe. Then she picked up the laptop and headed outside the building.“Here, there is no password to it.” She said, handing the laptop to Henry.What Clara had told Henry over the phone meant she didn’t trust him. So Henry didn’t need to move with the laptop.“Hold on Clara. I’m checking it here.” He said and tried to come down the vehicle.But Clara looked at her wrist, it was going to be the same time that Alex would be

Annie wore a protected expression. It was an indifferent expression, she wouldn’t let them guilt trip her or make her look like owed them anything.They are the ones to be grateful that she still considered them useful.So with an indifferent look, she called. “Mrs. Elizabeth, it’s been a while. You don’t look so good.”Selene smirked her face at the hearing of that. She felt like slapping Annie, but what could she do?Not when she hadn't heard why Annie came to see them, even Elizabeth was too ill to say anything.So Annie continued to speak. “It’s been hard trying to get you guys out, even when I was trying. You still went ahead to betray me. But it’s all good.” Annie would use this to gaslight them into thinking she really cared all along.And it worked, Elizabeth and Selene frowned their faces. They had always thought Annie abandoned them, but she was out there looking for means, and they betrayed her.“Thank Goodness I had to come up with something when Alex confronted me. All be

“Huh.” Clara’s face had many expressions on it. The way her eye twitched showed she was incredible.“It’s a joke baby. Does it hurt?” Alex soothed her, bringing his head lower to confirm her reply.“Yes, it does,” Clara replied shyly. She couldn’t look at him In the face discussing that, so she looked away.“I know it does, baby, I am sorry.”“You don’t have to apologize, Alex.” “Yeahhhhh.” He gulped, “I will take you in.”They had been outside for such a long time that they didn’t even realize it was so cold. Alex carried Clara like a baby.The household workers had all gone to bed, yet they were alert, cos they knew it was weird to Sleep when their boss was still awake.Immediately they heard a noise, they woke up. They would have to lock the doors after Alex.It was when they got to the bedroom that Alex noticed his phone. There were way too many notifications. Calls and messages, including the message from Andrew.He was too tired to check them all out tonight, so he decided to d

The more Clara explained to Henry. The more it ached his heart. It was obvious from his silence, but he didn’t give up.“What do you mean? Remember the past, Clara.” When Henry was still trying to say some more words, Alex snatched the phone from Clara. “Look here. Mr. Brown or whatever you are. This would be the last time you would be communicating with my wife.” Alex warned. Alex wanted to end the call when Henry began to say something. So he listened to what he was saying.“Alex Peters. I let you all this while because I thought I was guilty. But now that I have the evidence, I will claim what is mine.”“Why not let her make the choice.” Alex retaliated.“Then don’t force her to stop talking to me. The only thing I need is time. I will convince Clara to fall in love with me.”The way Henry was so confident annoyed the hell out of Alex. He can’t believe that it was him that Henry spoke to this way.What gave him the guts to? He gave him the benefit of thought thinking he wanted goo