Chapter 41…STELLA…Has the night soon approaches so does my anxiety, I want to sleep with Benji, yet I cant help feeling bad about it, I stay at the window side of Zoey’s room waiting for Benji to come back home, he knows we are supposed to have a baby making session, why is he late?, I cant help thinking he might bail out on me despite knowing the real reason why I wanted to sleep with him. My thoughts eventually shift off to Maria, does she know her so called man and I are officially married?, I quickly dial her number but she doesn’t answer me, I call her a few more times but she still doesn’t respond, I eventually give up and put my phone away just as Benji’s car enters the yard,I quickly move away from the window side and take a sit on the couch, I feel more anxious as I wait for Benji to come in, after a few mintues he does come in with a bar of chocolate which he hands to me,“I remembered you liked this chocolate before” he says as he takes a sit next to me,“I did five year

CHAPTER 43…STELLA…“what?, you thought I wouldn’t know that you are only pretending to hate Benji, admit it Stella, admit it that you want Benji, you always have” Maria’s words are like a knife stabbed in my chest, I thought she knew me better than anyone but I guess am wrong,“Benji is trash and I don’t like trash Maria, I thought I was doing you a favor by doing this just so you don’t end up with a cheat like him” I say,“he is not a cheat!” Maria yells making me surprised, her entire face seems to have changed in an instant, I had seen Maria angry in the past but nothing like this, she looks scary,“I love him and I know he loves me too, you have no right to decide who is good enough for me, if I say its Benji then its Benji, this is my life and my rules, you are just a backstabbing bitch” I raise my hand to slap her but manage to stop myself half way,“you want to hit me, hit me Stella, hit me, as if taking my man isn’t enough” she says, tears are already falling down her cheeks

Chapter 45…Maria…Despite what I expected, the date with Mario isn’t that bad, we both agreed we dont want to marry each other which is a relief that he feels the same way. We start our date with Dinner and when we are done, Mario asks me what I want to do next, I think for a minute and then tell him,“I have actually never been to an amusement park” I say, Mario looks at me surprised,“seriously, where were you all along?” he asks with a laugh,“Stella had the freedom to do anything and go anywhere, I was young at that time and was always home with mom” I explain to him,“well then, lets go there” he says and starts his car. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Mario simply because he has been Stella’s friend for a long time but I now know he isn’t that bad, only if I can convince him to stay away from Stella, that won’t be difficult if she dies though.“did you visit Stella at the hospitial?” He suddenly asks,“yes, I went there” I say uninterested in this particular conversation,“yo

Chapter 47…BENJI…The next morning, Zoey is awake and asks me to read her one of her favourite books, I happily do so but just before I get to the last part, a nurse enters the ward room,“the Doctor wants to see both of you” she says, Stella and I exchange worried looks,“I will go and see him while you stay with Zoey” I suggest,“okay” Stella says without me even insisting, I kiss Zoey’s cheek and follow the nurse out of the room, when I get to the doctor’s office and see the expression on his face, I already know he has some bad news, nevertheless, I take a sit.“you called for us Doctor, Stella is with Zoey and wont be able to join us” I say“yes Benji. I did more tests on Zoey, her disease is progressing at a rapid pase” he explains, I now understand why Stella didn’t want to come here, I can feel massive fear at the doctor’s words, however, I take a deep breath and look at him,‘and?”“am sorry to say this but she wont make it to the time her sibling will be born even if Stell

Chapter 48 …BENJI… Mom and Daisy stay at the hospital for a while and talk with Stella, am glad to see her not crying anymore, as it turns out after my little confrontation with Maria, she probably thought it unwise to come and see Stella and went her way which is a huge relief, I cant stand her pretending to be good while she is planning to kill Stella Zoey was brought back a few hours ago and is yet to wake up since the surgery, am thinking of what to do next, on one hand, I want to save Zoey but am afraid of what Maria might do if am away, “what are you thinking about?” my mom’s question drives me out of my thoughts, “me?” I ask when I see she is looking my way, “of course you, you are the only one zoomed out” only if it was possible to tell her what I was thinking, for starters, she would kill me for all the lies, “just worried about Zoey” I say, “you remember my suggestion?” she asks and I immediately shut her up, “please mom, Don’t…” “what is your suggestion Mrs Edwards