Alex wouldn’t forgive himself if anything happened to his wife. He made a big mistake by asking Henry.After all, like Clara said, it was the present that mattered not the past. If Henry really knew a lot, he wouldn’t have followed him to the graveyard.So he began to go to all the places that they had been to together. He was determined to find her. While he searched, he kept calling her lines, but they weren’t connecting.Isabel, the maid who assisted Annie, was beginning to go down and down every day. She can’t take it anymore and at this stage, she might blow mad.She listened to everything that Henry and Alex conversed through the window. No one had seen Clara yet. Was it the effect of the drug she fed her with?When they find her, is she going to send both her and Annie to jail?She couldn’t even think of that as she used both her hands to cover her ears. It was better she didn’t work here any more than be the first to dent their reputation.Her father would always tell them that

Alex followed the doctor to his office. He was keen to know what had transpired and what brought about it. But the doctor started by congratulating him.“Congratulations. Your wife is two weeks pregnant.” The doctor declared, projecting a handshake to him.“You see, there is no cause for alarm and there is no need for you to be afraid. Your wife might have been poisoned, but luckily, it didn’t affect the baby.”However, Alex’s expression had not changed. He didn’t appear to be optimistic or pleased with the news. He kept looking around to see if there was any other person the doctor was speaking to, but he was the only one.“Doctor, are you sure of what you are saying? Are you misplacing her results for someone else? You need to check well. My wife can’t be pregnant.” Alex cautioned the doctor.In other cases, men get excited with news like this. But in Alex’s case, he seemed to be so angry. Maybe they were not couples or something. The doctor thought.Whatever the cause may be, the do

The next day, Alex woke up in Jane’s apartment. He had completely passed out. He remembered calling someone the previous night, yet, he thought he had called Andrew. He never knew it was Jane he called.“Alex, you are up. Top of the morning.” She greeted.But Alex didn’t say anything to her. He had just remembered his family problems and all that he was going through.“It would be best if you do not say a word to me.”Right from time, Jane had always been temperamental. She doesn’t know how to handle the atmosphere sometimes and how to control herself.“Why? Why would I not say a word to you?” She asked but Alex ignored her.“Do you know how late at night it was when you called me? Do you know how I drove on the highway to come pick you up?”“Do you know how I contemplated between taking you home or bringing you here? I don’t know what happened and why you are being this way. But at least, be appreciative.”“You don’t just wake up, in my apartment and say I should not talk to you.” Ja

“Let’s start with a thousand dollars,” Elizabeth replied and Annie kept smirking.“What a cheap thing!” Annie muttered to herself before agreeing to give her the money.In Elizabeth’s thinking, she needed to start with little amounts, then over time, she would proceed to call large sums for her.To Annie, Elizabeth was not even smart enough to ask for a reasonable sum, before she would be able to ask for the second payment, it would be very late by then.“Just send me your details,” Annie sounded off and that was how the call ended.Only a fool uses her daughter’s misfortune to threaten others. Annie, without wasting time, sent the money to Elizabeth.She needed something for a start so she decided to take care of little things, if every other thing kept her sad. At least, this would keep her happy. After Clara was chased out of the Peters family, she was so devastated and broken.She could recall Alex telling her that he didn’t trust all these charades that his parents were displayin

While she was all agitated about all that had happened, Clara could see Joe stepping forward with all smiles on his face.“I got you chocolate to put you in a lighter mood.” He said with a warm smile.“Thanks again,” Clara reacted.As she bit the chocolate, it wasn’t making her mood lighter, it only reminded her of the past and she felt like she was going crazy.She didn’t even know when tears began to drop from her eyes.“Clara, are you crying?”“No, not at all. I think the wind blew some dust into my eyes.” She lied, offering him a fake smile.Even though Joe did not believe her, he didn’t say anything anymore. Soon they arrived at his house. He stayed in a two-bedroom leased apartment which wasn’t bad at all.It was well-furnished and had lots of interior decoration in it. He used lots of wall paintings and art designs and his house was almost made of only two colors.Black and white.Clara couldn’t help but admire the interior. Joe wasn’t as rich as Alex and Henry, but he was okay