CHAPTER 8

LIA'S POV
"Lia!" The scream pierced through my ears and I instantly jumped off Tamara, I was no longer bleeding but my heart was still beating fast.

“I am sorry” I whispered.

“What are you?” Geo asked.

Tamara was shaken by the whole experience I could see her trembling as tears fell from her eyes.

“What have I done?” I thought to myself as I stood still while Geo helped Tamara out.

“Baby” I tried talking.

“Lia stop, just stop!” He yelled at me.

“I am sorry my anger got the better part of me.”

“I will take Tamara home now” He said without even looking at me.

I quietly got my bag and walked to my car, I didn’t know what happened to me but if not for Geo’s screaming I would have bitten off Tamara. I felt this burning desire to just rip her to pieces. I drove home at high speed, I just wanted to lock myself up.

“Lia you are back?” I heard Racheal call out when I got into the house.

“Not now Racheal!” I yelled as I got into my room.

I locked my bed room door and immediately called Cleo.

“Talia” She answered excitedly.

“Hey!”

“Have you been crying?”

“I almost bit off someone today, how do I get rid of this stupid curse? I want to have a normal life.” I cried.

“Talia I told you, the curse can’t be reversed what happened?”

I took a deep breath before explaining what happened at Geo’s house.

“You see the reason I told you to stay away from relationships?”

“But I love him and he loves me too.”

“Talia you are possessive and that is not a good sign.”

“I was just trying to protect what is mine.”

“Drive over to the farm tomorrow, the full moon will be out in the next few days, your transformation is close.”

“Cleo I have a life to live okay?”

“Talia quit being stubborn.”

“Whatever” I said before hanging up my phone, there was no way I was driving back to that evil farm.
I spent the next two days locked up in my room, I didn’t know how to face Geo, I loved him so much I would kill for him.

“That love will be the death of you” Cleo had kept telling me the other day but I had been too stubborn to listen to her. Cleo was just being jealous of me just because I found love.

“Talia you have to leave that room now!” I heard Auntie Helen bang on my door on Thursday morning.

“I will leave when I want to, for now just let me be! I yelled back.”

“Talia?!” She called out.

“Can’t I have some peace in this house?”

“Come out now!”

I angrily walked to the door and unlocked it.

“What?”

“You have been locked up for two days aren’t you going to school?”

“I am sick.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I can’t sort out myself is that all you wanted to ask?”

“Talia this attitude is uncalled for.”

“Can you please leave me alone?”

“Talia?”

“Leave!” I yelled and she instantly ran off.

I walked back to my room and slammed the door behind me. I spent the day sleeping but later in the evening I woke up feeling terribly hungry. I walked into the kitchen looking for something to eat but nothing interested me till I saw some raw meat. I grabbed a knife cut of the meat and instantly started chewing it, normally I would have found eating raw meat disgusting but at that moment I was enjoying it, I didn’t notice someone was watching me. The more I ate the more I craved it.

“Lia my God what are you eating?” Racheal asked making a disgusted face.

I immediately stood up and rushed to my room without answering her. I walked to my batbroom and started brushing my teeth. As I brushed I noticed my teeth were quiet sensitive a bit longer.
I freaked out as I walked back to my bed so I could take a nap but I felt uneasy, there was a strange sensation in my bones. When I got my phone to call Cleo, I saw some hairs in between my fingers.

I called Cleo’s number twice but she didn’t pick up, so I got a bag and packed some clothes before sneaking out of the house.
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RACHEAL POV
I stood still for a while trying to make something of what I had just witnessed.

“Who eats raw meat?” I asked almost vomiting.

From the time Lia moved in with us I had noticed how strange she was, firstly her eyes usually glowed when she was upset, she couldn’t control her temper and her eating habits where unusual. I had also noticed how she could sense when someone was talking about her, it’s like she was into magic or something.

After asking her why she was eating raw meat she uncomfortably rushed into her room without answering me. So I told myself I would monitor her every move.

Mom had gone out for the evening and my two sisters where visiting so it was just me, her and the maid in the house. I sat outside trying to get some fresh air when I noticed Lia walk out of the house with a bag on her back hurrying as if someone was chasing her. She didn’t notice me so as soon as she got into her car and drove off, I also got into my mine and slowly followed her behind. It was a a bit hard to keep up with her because she was driving at high speed.
After driving for over an hour I found it strange that she parked her car in the middle of no where. She got out immediately and walked into the bushes. I got out of my car and also followed her, I needed to know what she was hiding. She speed off into the bushes almost flying. What I saw next shook me and I screamed out of fear.

To be continued.

CHAPTER 7

LIA'S POV
I stood up from my chair and slowly walked to where the two white caskets where placed. The room was filled with people from all works of life who had come to pay their last respects to my parents. I couldn’t wait for it all to finish so I could get back to my life, I had lost so much in the past two years but life had to go on.

“Farewell dear parents” I whispered as I stared at their faces, they looked as though they where just sleeping. I felt sorry for mom, she didn’t deserve to die like that but I wasn’t remorseful for what I did to dad, he deserved it.

I wiped a little tear that had broken free before walking away. It was the day my parents where being buried. I was lucky not to have gotten arrested for murder once again. The maid had come to my rescue by explaining how my father used to beat mom. I gave my statement as well which was in line with what she said.
The conclusion was that she stabbed him before dying, what killed her was the amount of blood she had lost. If someone had come earlier mom could have been saved.

I had informed all our relatives and we decided to hold the funeral at the farm house where they would be buried.

Silent cries filled the room as people walked out of the church so they could finally escort my parents to their final resting place.

“Who would have imagined my family would all die in the space of two years” I thought momentarily before getting into Cleo’s car.

“Are you okay?” She asked as she started the engine so we could go to the burial site.

“I am more than fine.”

“You are a strong lady.”

“I have no option, the world doesn’t have space for weaklings” I smiled as I fastened my seat belt.

I noticed she was staring at me in an usual way.

“What?” I asked getting uncomfortable.

” Nothing” She said.

“Okay let’s get going, we need to get this over and done with.”
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CLEO POV
I glared at her one more time before driving off, her attitude was surprisingly amazing, she had just lost both her parents but she wasn’t at all shaken.

I had expected to see her weeping, but her eyes where dry, no tears had fallen from them during the whole funeral.

“What kind of a child was she? What kind of relationship did she have with her parents?” I thought as we neared the graveyard.

I had decided to stick by her side so I could teach her one or two things about werewolves. She was still in denial and it was my duty to make her realise that the curse was real and the sooner she accepted the better for everyone.
I felt guilty for infecting her with curse, it wasn’t my intention but I couldn’t bring myself to tell her. I was the one that bit her that night.
After I had transformed that night I ran into the bushes seeking for blood. I was expectating to run into a vulnerable wild animal but instead she happened to be in my way. To quench my hunger for blood I bit her and ran off.
I ran off knowing I had infected her with curse hence I came back the next day to help her out knowing how powerless she could have been after her first transformation.

My curse was hereditary I was born with it and as I grew up I learnt to live with it, I had used my power for more good than evil.
But despite me being a good werewolf people still judged me, people still distanced themselves from me once they knew what I truly was.

I felt a tears threatening to fall off as I remembered how my husband, chased me from his house taking my two daughters from me when he got to know I was a werewolf. It was then that I decided to buy a farm and settle in a place where I could be free.

“We are here” Lia announced disturbing my thoughts.

“Okay” I said my voice almost breaking.

“Cleo are you okay?”

“Yes” I whispered before following her.
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LIA'S POV
Five months later...
Life had taken a great twist for me, I couldn’t have wished for more. Being my parent’s only surviving child I had inherited almost everything they owned. Dad’s elder sister auntie, Helen had taken up the responsibility of looking after me. I had wanted to be under my own care but my annoying relatives didn’t see it fit hence I was now living with her and her three children.

Monday morning I woke early because I had a morning test. I was now in University studying for my degree in Business Administration. I had made quiet a few friends at school and I even had a boyfriend. I walked into the bathroom and took a long cold shower, making sure to scrub every part of my body because it felt itchy. When I was done I lotioned my body before wearing a short sleeveless dress and purple boots. I finished off the look with a little make up. When I looked at the mirror I couldn’t help but see my mother in me, with each day that passed I was becoming more and more like her.

I walked out of the room with my car keys and books. I had bought a new car the previous month something bigger.

“Morning Lia won’t you have some breakfast?” The maid asked handing me a cup of coffee.

I grabbed the cup of coffee from her hands and poured it on her head.

“The next time you call me Lia I will do more than that!” I yelled as I walked past her.

“Talia you don’t have to treat her like that” Racheal my cousin said.

“Shut the f.... up Racheal” I yelled before banging the door in her face. I drove to school listening to Rihana’s Man Down. As soon as I got there I noticed my boyfriend Geoffrey talking to a girl. They where giggling as they talked.

“What nonsense?”

I walked over to the them feeling pissed, I was a very possessive girlfriend, I didn’t like ladies parading themselves around my man.

“Baby” Geo smiled when he saw me.

“Hey” I smiled wrapping my arms around him.

I gave the girl a deadly stare and within a few minutes she was out of our sight.

“What was that for?”

“What?”

“The look you just gave Tamara?”

“Whose Tamara?” I asked rolling my eyes at him.

“Talia?”

“She has to know you are mine” I smiled as I leaned in to kiss him.

He walked me to class before going to his class. I felt lucky to have such a hank all to myself.

Cleo had warned me against getting into relationships because according to her they brought nothing but heartbreaks, well she was wrong because Geo made me happy, I couldn’t imagine him breaking my heart.
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GEO POV
The first day I saw Lia I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful she was, I had made it a point to pursue her till she was mine. I did all I could till I managed to make her my girlfriend and that’s when the trouble began.

Lia was possessive and very controlling with each day that passed I was slowly losing interest in her. Her jealousy tantrums were getting on my last nerves.

“Just let this girl go?” my best friend had advised after noticing how ugly her behaviour was.

“We have just been together two months, won’t that looked like I used her?” I asked worriedly.

“Man the girl is a psycho.” He had warned me but instead I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt by sticking by side a little longer and now I had had it with her.

I was home working on an assignment with Tamara when I heard a car drove in. Tamara was one of my classmates and my study mate.

“Expecting someone?” She asked.

“No maybe its Benny” I responded.

I had talked to Lia that afternoon and she said she wasn’t feeling well so I wasn’t expecting her but when my door opened and I saw her enter, I knew I was in for a lot of trouble for having Tamara at my place.

“What is she doing here?” She asked as soon as she saw Tamara.

“You won’t greet me?”

“What is she doing here?!” She yelled loudly.

“We are working on an assignment.”

“Can’t you do it from school or something?”

“Talia stop being unreasonable.”

“Unreasonable, me!?” She yelled.

She moved to the other side of the room, grabbed a glass and threw it on the wall.

“Control yourself.” I said holding her hands, I could feel her heart beat faster than normal, her eyes glowed red as if possessed by an evil spirit and within a few minutes she was heavily bleeding from her mouth.

“Talia?!” I screamed in fear.

“She is bleeding!” Tamara yelled.

As I held her, she yanked herself from my grip and pounced on Tamara and started hitting her.

The way she jumped off was weird because she literally flew out of my arms.

“No Lia!” I cried out as she was about to bite her neck.

To be continued.

CHAPTER 6

LIA'S POV
I followed the woman for a while before we stopped at a fenced house. She pushed the small gate open and signaled for me to follow her. I was amazed at how big her house was, I didn’t expect to find such big houses at the farm, our house was big but the one I was looking at was extra huge.
Most of the farms in the place belonged to rich folks, they were well developed no wonder mom bought one.

She opened the door to the house and I walked right behind her, she pointed at a couch for me to take a sit and I just did that. The house was beautiful, the furniture was too exquisite for such a place. On the wall were photos of her and portraits of wolves hung on the other side of the room.

“You will take a bath first then we shall talk” She said.

I nodded my head in agreement as I wondered who she was. After a few minutes she escorted me to a room that I sensed was the guest room and directed me to the bathroom.

My body was still sore and the water felt like heaven on my skin. I took a long bath, as events of the past night triggered in my mind.
When I was done, I walked out and found clean clothes on the bed. I quickly applied lotion, then wore the white new lace pant and matching bra that was next to the clothes. The clothes she picked fit me perfectly, it was a blue jean and white T-shirt. When I was done I combed my hair backwards tying it at the end with a ribbon I found on the table. I walked out of the room and found her watching television.

“You are done already?” She asked.

“Yes Madam.”

“Call me Cleo, madam makes me feel too old” she smiled.

Afterwards she gave me some food which I rapidly ate as if I had been starved for days. I drank some water when I was done and I quietly sat on the couch biting my nails.

“So what happened to you?” She asked as she stared at me.

“You wouldn’t believe it.”

“Try me.”

I felt I could trust her so I narrated my ordeal to her. When I finished she just smiled at me, not the reaction I was expecting, I thought she would freak out but she was calmly smiling.

“You don’t believe me?” I asked worriedly.

“I do.”

“You do?” I asked surprised.

“Yes I do, welcome to my world” she said.

“Your world?” I asked raising my eyebrows.

“Yes the world of werewolves” she loudly said.

I had watched a number of movies on werewolves, where people turned into wolves during a full moon. I never believed in the existence of such, I still didn’t.

“No, no that’s a lie” I said shaking my head.

“Yes my dear, you were bitten by a wolf and now you are one of us, you shall carry the curse of the wolf for as long as you shall live” she said.

“No is there a way I can get rid of the curse, I wanna live a normal life, I can’t be an animal.”

“There is no way out but you can live a normal life like I do” she said.

“No, no, no” I said tears falling.

“Listen to me, you can use this curse to protect those around you, you can be a good wolf its your choice” she said.

“What do you mean?”

“You don’t have to kill people when thirsty for blood, you can always kill an animal to quench your thirst.”

“Blood!, No!”

“Yes but when you use this curse to kill people your end will be fatal.”

“How?”

“You are likely to die too after you have killed a number of people.”

“This is absurd!” I yelled out.

“You will find yourself getting very angry at times and you will easily be provoked but as time goes by, you will learn to control it so you can associate with others without them suspecting a thing.”

“This sucks!” I yelled.

“It’s all up to you, you can return back and live a normal life but you need to know when the full moon is around the corner so you can stay away from people.”

“And the pain during the transformation?”

“It won’t always be painful, but most times it is painful.”

“I can’t do this, its all a lie am a person not a wolf, what happened yesterday was just a bad nightmare.”

“It’s all up to you, as time goes by you will learn more about the werewolf life.”

“I think I need to go back home” I said.

“Wait I will drive you to your house, if you don’t mind” she said as she grabbed her car keys.

I felt weak, how on earth was I to live like this, I never bargained for any of this stuff and one way or another I had to find a way out.

As she drove me home, I kept replaying everything in my mind, from the stabbing to the beast biting me, the transformation and my conversation with Cleo.

“Do you want me to go in with you?” She asked as she parked at my place looking at how many cars where parked outside my house.

“Yes please.”

We walked into the yard and found a number of people.

“There she is!” Our maid shouted to some people who were carrying my parents bodies.

“Poor child” Another woman shook her head as she bypassed me.

We had a maid at the farm house that came occasionally to help with the cleaning and other stuff.
She narrated how she got to my place that morning and found my parents dead in their kitchen hence she called the police. I shook in fear as they called me to give a statement. Cleo held my hand and assured all would turn out just fine.
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The story will now focus more on Lia’s life what happens to her now?

To be continued.

Chapter 5

JENNY POV
No one knows what the future holds, no one is sure of what the next day might bring. You might have it all today, you might think your life is all figured out but in a tick of a clock everything might come rushing down on you.

I had it all, a rich white husband, two wonderful children, money and cars. When I met Henry I didn’t have to do anything, I was a queen of his castle. He treated me with so much love and respect, never did I imagine he would ever lay his hand on me.

I stayed behind when he started physically abusing me because I thought I had a chance to restore what we had but with each minute that passed my husband was turning into a person I couldn’t recognize. I wish I had gotten Lia arrested maybe then I could have saved my marriage. My son’s blood was crying out to me, I had betrayed him by keeping his murder a secret.

I was on my bed, rubbing my swollen arm when I heard a knock at the door.I knew it was Lia.

“Come in”

“Hey mom” She greeted as she came to sit next to me, her sight irritated me.

“What do you want?”

“I want to leave this place?”

“To where?” I asked not paying attention to her.

“I want to go back to my life, I wanna go back to school, travel and live a little.”

I looked at Lia not sure what to answer her, how could she be so selfish as to want a normal life looking at all the drama around us?

“The only thing you care about is you traveling and exploring life huh? Don’t you have a conscience?!” I yelled.

“Am I going to spend the rest of my life paying for this one mistake, I killed him yes what do you want me to do?”

“You took another person’s life, your own brother's life that’s not a mistake.”

“Here call 911 and report me, do it mom, if it will help you sleep at night?!” She yelled as she handed me her phone.

“Don’t try me Lia!” I yelled, tears already streaming down my cheeks.

“Why can’t we just go back to normal? You guys loved Jad more than me, would you people have been this broken if I was the dead one?”

“You will not speak to me like that, you see that attitude? That’s the reason you murdered your brother.”

“Yes, I killed him and you know what I am glad I did.”

“How dare you?;” I said slapping her face thrice till she fell off.

“Look what your husband has turned you into.” She yelled before standing and rushing out of my room and banging the door behind her.

I stood still, tears flowing from my eyes as I thought of how happy we used to be.
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LIA'S POV
I walked into my room feeling very pissed. I resented my parents so much especially my father because he had managed to turn mom against me.

“I have to leave, I have to find a way out of here” I said as I got into bed, dad wasn’t home as usual, I knew he would be back at midnight to make noise like he always did. I struggled to sleep but finally I felt my body relax and I dozed off.

Laying in my bed at night, I was awakened by mom’s screaming from the other room, I checked my phone and it was half past midnight. I got out of bed as her screams of pain and terror grew louder.

“I have to do something before he kills her.”

I slowly walked to the kitchen and I was horrified as I watched dad throw her around the kitchen and smash her head against the wall. She was covered in blood which was pouring from her forehead running down her face.

“Dad stop!” I cried out but he didn’t stop, he kept hitting her like someone who had been possessed by an evil spirit.

I could feeel the tension building up in me as I tried to get him off her but he pushed me aside.

Without thinking, I grabbed a knife and stabbed him.

He fell and screamed out but I continued stabbing him. I stabbed him multiple times till he stopped breathing.

Confused and scared, I dropped the knife and moved to mom’s side. She was laying in a pool of blood helplessly gasping for air.

“You are a murderer, you have done it again” She whispered as she closed her eyes.

“Mama stay with me please don’t go I will find us help” I cried as tears coursed down my face.

Afraid and disturbed, I ran out of the house. With tears running down my eyes I kept running, I didn’t know where I was going to but I ran deep into the woods. We were at the farm house and the place was filled with more bushes than houses.

As i ran I came to a standstill when I noticed a figure moving behind one of the big trees. Fear crept in as a surge of adrenaline rushed through my whole body thinking of all the wild animals that could be hunting at that time of the night. Before I could process anything my eyes landed on a massive black animal with glowing eyes that pierced through the darkness. I trembled badly as it approached me. I wanted to run off but I felt my knees get weak as warm water gushed down my legs. I walked backwards and stumbled over a fallen branch. The animal threw its head up and made a loud ear piercing sound before jumping on top of me.

As I powerlessly laid beneath it, it tore my clothes to pieces and fastened its teeth on my neck, I felt its sharp teeth penetrate my flesh and I let out an agonizing scream.
When it was satisfied it jumped off me trailing blood from its mouth as it ran off. I lay on the ground for a few minute feeling scared and weak.

“What just happened?” I asked as I touched where the beast had bitten me but there was no wound whatsoever.

I slowly got up feeling confused but before I could make a step I felt an excruciating pain rush through my body. It was unbearable, I cried out of pain as I felt my body transform. Before I could make sense of what was happening, the bones in my body outstretched as they started shifting and reorganizing. My arms and legs cracked and twisted before turning into paws. Then the pain rushed to the tips of my nails and within minutes they changed into long claws. Just then I felt a lot of pressure on my back as my spine cracked and crumpled forcing me on all fours. I helplessly cried out as I felt something grow from my backside. The pain now shifted to my face, there was intense pain in my mouth as my teeth grew longer and shaper. My tongue became flatter and wider as my lips reshaped and pulled to create space for my new teeth. My mouth pushed out painfully as it turned into a muzzle and my ears moved to the top of my head then my nose slowly shifted before turning into a snout.

Just when I thought it was over, I felt more pain penetrate my body as fur spurted all over my body.
I screamed out again but my scream turned into a long howl. I was now a wild beast. My eyes glowed into the darkness as I rushed off into the bushes with a craving for blood.

When I opened my eyes the next day, I was back in my human form, I was laying naked under a tree covered in blood. There was a taste of blood in my mouth and my whole body was sore.

“How will I move from here” I panicked as I tried getting up, just then I saw a woman the age of mom walking towards me.

“What lie would I tell her if she asks what I am doing naked at this time of the day in the bush?”

As she approached I felt more and more scared. What if she thought I was practicing witchcraft or something. I had heard stories of women who had been found naked early in the morning and they had been called witches and beaten up by a mob of people.

“Follow me, let me help you” She said handing me a wrapper to wrap my body with. I got up and slowly followed her without asking any questions.

To be continued.

KimberlyWest:
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CHAPTER 4
“Talia, Talia, Talia, there is strain on your hands.

“No my hands are clean leave me alone!” I yelled.

“I can see the strain stained on your hands!” The voice screamed louder.

“Who are you?” I asked getting terrified.

“I am the strain that’s stuck on your hands!” The voice grew louder.

“Stop please stop, stop!” I yelled.

The voice went quiet then I noticed blood dripping off my hands. My body shook in fear as I tried running to the bathroom so I could wash it off.

When I turned on the tap, blood started coming out of it. I quickly closed it.

“What’s happening?!” I cried out.

“You will carry that blood on your hands for as long as you shall live!” The voice spoke again.

“No ,no, no!” I screamed.

I abruptly opened my eyes only to find myself on my bed with Auntie Mary worriedly staring at me.

I checked my hands and slowly breathed out when I didn’t see any strain.

“Hey” She said handing me some water which I rapidly drank.

“Care to talk about it?”

“No” I shook my head, it seemed so real.

“Lia, it’s okay to be afraid and to have nightmares, you just lost your only brother in cold blood.”

“I don’t want to talk about it” I whispered.

“I am sure your parents will do everything to make the people who did this pay.”

“I said I don’t want to talk about it!” I yelled tears already streaming down my face.

“Sorry I was only trying to help.”

“Please leave me alone.”
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It had been two days since we buried my brother, my mother was still laying in the hospital bed in shock, she wouldn’t speak to anyone. My father on the other hand had been all over the place trying to act cool but I could see this was killing him inside. What scared me the most was that he had not said a word to me from the time Jad died, I was afraid he was going to turn me in.
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HENRY POV
I sat on the couch in my room with his photo album in my hands, each of our children had a photo album of their own filled with a variety of photos from birth all through out their childhood. I sipped on my wine before opening the album and the first photo I laid my eyes on was from the day he was born.
I remember just how much pride I had felt as a man to finally have a son, not that I didn’t love having a daughter but having a son and knowing I had someone to continue my family name made me whole.

“He is everything I have ever imagined” I smiled at my wife that day as I rocked him.

“I know” she whispered.

“Jenny you have made me a proud man” I whispered.

Unlike Lia, Jad was focused, at a tender age he knew he wanted to become a Lawyer, one of the greatest the country would have.

“Daddy, after I become a lawyer I will become a President” He would often tell me

And I would smile at his innocence.
I loved both my children equally, Lia was the princess in our castle, I gave her everything she ever wanted. She wanted to travel the world and enjoy the finest things in life, school was the last thing on her mind, we let her do as she pleased till she decided she would go to college. The one thing about Lia was her anger, she was easily provoked and most people complained about her attitude, hence they preferred Jad over her.

As my children grew up I noticed how much Lia envied Jad, she wanted everything he had. She treated him more of a rival than a brother.

“I wish I was an only child” she would bluntly tell us but we would brush it of as a joke.

Now that she had managed to kill her only brother, I couldn’t help but feel I had not done enough as a father to show her how much I loved and appreciated her just as she was.

The death of Jad came as a shock to me, I had not let a single tear out of my eyes since he died. I just couldn’t believe he was gone, murdered like a criminal. I was at conflict between protecting Lia and sending her to jail. A part of me cried for Justice but I couldn’t break my wife’s heart once more.
Jad’s death had broken her to the cole, she would lose it if Lia got arrested.

Speaking of Lia I had not been able to face her let alone talk to her, I was scared of what I would to her because just the thought of her made my temperature to rise.
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TWO YEARS LATER...

JENNY POV
“Henry what do you want me to do? I lost a child as well” I cried when my husband walked into the room drunk and hurling insults at me.

“If you had allowed me to get her arrested all this wouldn’t have happened, she murdered him!” he yelled.

“She is also our child, we had to protect her from the cold walls of prison” I cried out.

“Jenny look at me in the eyes and tell me our lives will ever go back to normal” he said holding my face so I could look at him.

“I don’t know Henry, but we can try, Jad is gone, let’s pick up our lives.”

“What’s there to pick up? One child is dead and one is a murderer tell me can we mend this?”

“We can try” I begged pleading with him.

“We are too broken to be fixed, we can’t go back to how we used to be, Jad’s blood is screaming out to me, justice should have prevailed.”

I stood by the door watching him as he yelled, I didn’t know what to do, I was helpless.

“Henry you need help” I said softy.

“Oh so you think I am mad now?!” He yelled walking to where I was standing.

He got close to me and stared at me for a while before pulling my hand, I knew what he wanted to do so I tried pulling away but he was too strong.

He pushed me on the bed and punched me in the face and I cried out in pain.

“Let me show you what crazy people do!” He yelled as he kept punching me.

When he was satisfied, he let go and walked out. I sat on the bed and cried my lungs out. My lower lip was was now bleeding.

Our lives had taken an unexpected twist since the death of Jad, my refusal to have Lia arrested had cost me. Henry was no longer the same man I knew, he was always insulting and beating me up.

“What was I to do? Allow him to get Lia arrested? What would that prove? Would that bring Jad back to life? I had to do the best I could as a mother, I had to protect her even when a part of me felt like I had betrayed Jad.
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LIA'S POV
When I heard the yelling I knew they where arguing again and I knew how the arguing would end. He would beat her up like always.

My dad had practically turned into a monster since Jad died. He was depressed but couldn’t admit it. He had ended up venting his anger on mom.

Mom had forced us to move to the farm house for a while so we could adjust to not having Jad around our house in Lusaka had so many memories of Jad. According to mom being in a new environment would help us heal faster.

I was tired of being at the farm house, i6 wanted to go back to the city and get my life back on track.

Yes, I was guilty for having killed my brother but what would holding on to guilt to do me. My father needed to understand that his anger would only separate this family apart.

We were fine before Jad was born, why couldn’t we go back to how it used to be now that he was no more?

As soon as I heard the car drove out, I rushed to mom’s room. She wiped away her tears when she saw me. Her face was swollen.

“I had to do something to stop my father from hurting her again.”

“I am sorry mom” I told her.

“It’s fine Lia, it’s okay” she faked a smile.
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HENRY POV
I drove out of the house fraustrated, I didn’t know what I had turned myself into. The death of my son had destroyed my perfect family, I couldn’t hold it together. I blamed Jenny for not willing to get Lia arrested and in the end, I vented out my anger on her.

I was never one to lay my hand on a woman, but I just couldn’t help it, I needed someone to blame someone to take the fall for what had happened and Jenny was the perfect person.

I loathed Lia so much it hurt to look at her, we had not been on talking terms the past two years, in my head she was as good as dead.

I drove around in circles. I didn’t know where to go or who to talk to, I felt like I was about to explode. My heart was filled with so much anger.

“I will avenge your death I swear.” I whispered to myself, I didn’t know how but someone was going to pay for Jad’s death.

To be continued.

Finnestgreat:
This episode got me emotional.

Same here, but you ain't read nada.

Chapter 3
Jealous is a toxic emotion, it starts small but gets worse as time goes by, it makes people bitter, miserable and angry. Harbouring jealousy can be damaging to a person, people with too much jealous in their hearts are easily provoked and might end up doing about anything in the heat of the moment.
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LIA'S MOM POV
I was in my bedroom watching TV with my husband when I heard the kids yelling at each other, it wasn’t something unusual Jad and Lia argued each chance they got.

“Let me check on them” I told my husband.

“They will stop soon don’t mind them” He said pulling me back on the bed. It got quiet a few minutes later.

“You see” My husband giggled.

“These two act like cousins” I said and just when I was about to get back to the movie I heard Lia screaming.

“Mommy” She screamed her voice almost breaking.

I quickly rushed out as my husband followed behind. I was taken aback with the scene I saw in the kitchen, I felt numb I couldn’t move.

Jaden was lying on the floor with a knife in his chest as he heavily bleed, while Lia was covered in blood as she knelt besides him.

You see I knew my daughter was jealous of her brother, several times we had joked about how she competed with him as though he was her rival. No one really paid much attention to the jealousness she portrayed because we thought she would outgrow it, not even once did I think she would go to the extent of stabbing him.

“Lia what have you done?” My husband yelled as he carried Jaden to the car.

I was confused as I got into the car, I held on to my son begging him to stay with us but with each minute that passed I felt he was fading off.

At the hospital they asked what happened to him and I Immediately said he was was attacked by unknown people while my husband gave me an evil eye, I couldn’t risk getting Lia arrested, I couldn’t afford losing two children.

I kept pacing up and down praying for his recovery as the doctor attended to him. When the doctor finally emerged, his face looked defeated and I feared the worst.

“We tried all we could to save him but he lost too much blood, I am sorry we lost him.”

I rocked back and forth, not believing the doctor’s words, I needed someone to shake me and tell me it was all a bad dream.

“No!, no!!, no!!! Doctor no, not my Jaden!” I screamed throwing myself on the hospital cold floor
I was weak, my husband had to carry me to the car, the drive back home was awfully quiet. We had lost the one thing that kept us sane how would we survive?

“How would I look at my daughter and not feel hatred for her? But would I allow her to get jailed and in the end remain childless?”

All these thoughts kept lingering in my head as my husband drove. I looked at him as we were nearing the house, he hadn’t said a word to me, what was he thinking? I knew just how he took pride in having a male child, how much joy Jaden gave him, I could see this was breaking him apart even through the silence.
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LIA'S POV
“What have I done?” I kept asking myself, tears pouring heavily from my eyes. My parents had rushed of to the hospital leaving me behind as I waited, my heart kept beating fast.

“I didn’t mean to kill him, it was an accident” I kept saying to myself as I scrubbed the blood off the floor. Then I rushed to the bathroom and took a long bath, when I was done I walked to the living room and waited for news from my parents.

I waited for what seemed like an eternity and when I finally heard the car drove in, I rushed outside.

“Mom” I whispered.

She opened her mouth as if to say something but no words came out. A small drop of grief welled up from the corner of her eyes then suddenly she broke down as tears of pain rolled down her cheeks.

I froze in fear and shivered in disbelief as dad carried her into the house. I had killed my brother, how would I live with the guilt? What scared me the most was the fact that I could end up spending my whole life in jail for man- slaughter.
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LIA'S MOM POV
I walked into the church listening to the cries that echoed around the room from family and friends. We were finally saying goodbye to my boy, the past three days had been hectic for me, I couldn’t hold myself together. A mother’s greatest fear is having to burry her child, not once did I think I would see this day come to pass. If only God had spared his life and taken mine, he had so much to live for. I wiped away the tears that couldn’t stop falling.

When the coffin was brought in, I held my husband’s hand tightly. He seemed strong, I had watched how tough he had been acting and not once did I see a single tear from his eyes.

“Let it go Henry, let it go, its okay to cry you have just lost a child” I had told him the previous night but as usual he said he was okay.

I was scared of what Jad’s death would do to my family. I know we were supposed to report Lia but I just couldn’t, we needed to cover it up, she was the only child I had now and I couldn’t handle the pain of losing her too.

When the pastor walked in, he said a prayer before reading from the book of Romans 14:7-9.

“For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living”.

I zoned out after hearing that text, memories of my little boy flashed before my eyes. I fell in love with him the moment I laid eyes on him, so tiny and fragile. I vowed to protect him through life, I wanted to give him the world but I had failed. At that point I questioned my role as a mother, had I not done enough to love them both equally? What drove Lia to stab him?

“Shhhhhhhh, it shall be fine” Henry whispered in my ears but we both knew nothing would ever be fine.

When it was time for body viewing, I walked in front if the casket, holding my husband’s hand as Lia trailed behind us slowly.

Tears sprang in my eyes as I stared at my baby’s beautiful face.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you Jad I am sorry” Lia whispered.

“Go well my son” Henry said.

I bent down and kissed his cheek before walking off.

The drive to the cemetery was filled with tears and silent whispers. When we got there, the pallbearers removed the casket from the hearse and placed it on top of the grave. The pastor said a few words, speeches were made and finally the casket was lowered. I had an emotional break down seeing that casket go down.

“It’s over” Henry whispered as he pulled me into an embrace.

As I knelt down to place flowers later, I felt suffocated and I struggled to breath, before I knew it my eyes got blurry and I couldn’t see a thing.

To be continued.

CHAPTER 2
I dressed up for the party that evening, as mom suggested, I tried being nice. I wore a long white backless dress with a long slit at the corner exposing my thigh, I completed the look with yellow heels. I let my hair flow down my neck. I applied a little make up then wore diamond studs and a necklace.

“My baby you look awesome, come here” Mom said when I walked out.

I walked to her side and she couldn’t stop smiling as she stared at me.

“Jad come here” She called my brother.

“Stand next to her let me get some photos.”

“Mom we aren’t babies okay” I snapped.

“Lia be nice, hold your brother and smile.”

I did as I was told while mum took the photos.

“I can’t believe how much you guys have grown” She said almost tearing up.

“Ma don’t start with the tears” I said walking past her.

“Wow you look just like your mother” Auntie Helen commented when she saw me.

“I look nothing like her” I said clicking my tongue.

Most people said I looked like mom but I would always disputed that fact. Mom was dark, I always wondered how come she found herself married to a white man.

That evening I watched as people talked about how lovely Jad was, the whole place was packed with friends and family members. No one even paid attention to me, it was all about Jaden.

Finally it was time to hand over the presents, I paid particular attention at that time because I wanted to see what my parents had bought him.

“Attention attention” Dad said as he stood in the middle of the room.

“I am so happy that you all have come to celebrate my young man’s Birthday, I can’t believe he is 17 already seems like yesterday when I held him in my arms.”

They all clapped.

“This is not only a birthday dinner but a fair well dinner because Jad here is going to the States for hid studies in the next few months” Dad said.

I couldn’t believe my ears, I knew nothing about Jad traveling, did they keep it away from me? I thought.

“I know most of you are surprised, but I kept it a secret because I wanted it to be a surprise, congratulations my child you made it to Harvard.”

“Harvard s***” I cursed loudly.

“Here is my present to you” Dad said handing him car keys.

“A new car!” Jad exclaimed.

He rushed outside to check it out as we all trailed behind him. It was a black Mazda, one of those cute sports car, something I wouldn’t mind driving.

“Why did he even buy him a car knowing he would be traveling soon?”

“Dad thank you!” Jad exclaimed as he hugged my parents.

I just stood there frozen and pissed off.

As he got into the car to try it out, I wiped a little tear that had slid off my eyes before walking back into the house.

I knew dad must have done everything to secure Jad a place at Harvard while I was supposed to enroll at one of those pathetic Universities in the country.

Jad was one serious person, he had it all figured out when he was in high school, he knew what he wanted to do and who he wanted to become unlike me.

After High school I decided to explore and travel a little before deciding on what to study. I wasn’t academically bright, in fact I hated school, I was more into fashion but my parents said fashion would not bring food on the table. After thinking about it for a while I decided I would go to Uni the coming year.
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A month later, the hate I felt for my brother was growing each minute and I couldn’t wait for him to leave the country so I could have some peace.

“I hope he never comes back” I smiled thinking about how great it would be for him to disappear, it would break my parents hearts but they would be fine in the long run.

I was eating breakfast one morning while reading a novel when Jad walked in.

“Morning Lia” He greeted but I didn’t respond, he knew how I felt about being called Lia but he did it every time.

“So you will pretend like I am not here” He asked grabbing my novel.

“Give it back fool!”

“What exactly is your problem?”

“And what’s yours?”

“You know I don’t understand you at all, can’t we just be civil for once?”

“I don’t wanna be civil get out of my face!”

“The Jealous you are carrying in your heart will be the death of you.”

“I am not Jealous, why would I be jealous of you?!” I yelled.

“Because I am 17 and about to go to Harvard, you are 19 and still don’t know what to do with your life.”

“Shut up!” I yelled.

“I am your brother not your rival, the sooner you realize that, the better for everyone.”

“I said shut up!” I shouted feeling my anger rise to another level, I felt like I would burst out.

“Get a life, live a little open up a bit to people, you think the whole world hate’s you? It’s your attitude they hate ———-”

The more he talked the more pissed off I got.

“Shut up” I said standing up.

“You shut up and listen to me Lia.”

“I said shut up!” I yelled as I grabbed a knife by the sink and without thinking, plunged it into his chest.

“Lia” He whispered as he fell off and just then my father’s words replayed in my head.

“Anger is poisonous, you can’t go around carrying it in your heart one day it will cloud your judgement and you will end up doing regrettable things,get rid of it.”

To be continued.

CHAPTER 1
The characters and events portrayed in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
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Laying in my bed at night I was awakened by mum’s screaming from the other room, I checked my phone and it was half past midnight. I got out of bed as her screams of pain and terror grew louder.

“I have to do something before he kills her.”

I slowly walked to the kitchen and I was horrified as I watched dad throw her around the kitchen and smash her head against the wall. She was covered in blood which was pouring from her forehead running down her face.

“Dad stop!” I cried out but he didn’t stop, he kept hitting her like someone who had been possessed by an evil spirit.

I could feel the tension building up in me as I tried to get him off her but he pushed me aside. Without thinking I grabbed a knife and stabbed him. He fell and screamed out but I continued stabbing him. I stabbed him multiple times till he stopped breathing.

Confused and scared I dropped the knife and moved to mom’s side. She was laying in a pool of blood helplessly gasping for air.

“You are a murderer, you have done it again” She whispered as she closed her eyes.

“Mama stay with me please don’t go I will find us help” I cried as tears coursed down my face.

Afraid and disturbed I ran out of the house. With tears running down my eyes I kept running, I didn’t know where I was going to but I ran deep into the woods. We were at the farm house and the place was filled with more bushes than houses. As I ran, I came to a standstill when I noticed a figure moving behind one of the big trees. Fear crept in as a surge of adrenaline rushed through my whole body thinking of all the wild animals that could be hunting at that time of the night. Before I could process anything my eyes landed on a massive black animal with glowing eyes that pierced through the darkness. I trembled badly as it approached me. I wanted to run off but I felt my knees get weak as warm liquid gushed down my legs.

I walked backwards and stumbled over a fallen branch. The animal threw its head up and made a loud ear piercing sound before jumping on top of me.

As I powerlessly laid beneath it, it tore my clothes to pieces and fastened it’s teeth on my neck, I felt its sharp teeth penetrate my flesh and I let out an agonizing scream.
When it was satisfied it jumped off me trailing blood from its mouth as it ran off. I lay on the ground for a few minute feeling scared and weak.

“What just happened?” I asked as I touched where the beast had bitten me but there is no wound whatsoever.

I slowly got up feeling confused but before I could make a step I felt an excruciating pain rush through my body. It was unbearable, I cried out of pain as I felt my body transform.
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TWO YEARS EARLIER…
“Happy Birthday Jaden” Dad screamed from the other room.

“It’s that time of the year again” I sighed as I get out of bed.

“Talia” I heard mom call out but I instead ignored her and rushed to the bathroom.

She banged on my door for a couple of minutes before walking away. I opened the water and let it pour on my body, water had a great effect on me, it relaxed and calmed my every nerve. I walked out of the bathroom minutes later. After a little of struggle on what to wear I settled for a blue bum short and a crop top with sneakers. I tied my hair in a bun and applied a little gloss on my lips.

It was my brother’s birthday and I know I was supposed to be happy but my heart wad filled with anger and hate. Jaden and I were three years apart with me being the eldest. I hated him with every fibre in me because he stole my parents love from me. Once upon a time I was their princess till he appeared from nowhere and claimed my position. Jaden was always the center of attention where ever we went, people naturally liked him unlike me who had to try so hard to fit in. He was everything I ever wanted to be, an A+ pupil, popular among his peers, great voice, awesome personality and much more.

“If only he wasn’t born all this attention would be mine” I frowned before getting my phone from my dressing table, I took a few selfies before walking out of my room.

“You are finally up” Mom said when she saw me walk past the living room.

“Talia Daniels” She yelled and I went back.

“Morning”I frowned.

“Aren’t you going to wish your brother a Happy Birthday?” She asked.

“Happy Birthday Jaden” I faked a smile as I said that.

“Thank you Lia” He smiled back.

“It’s Talia not Lia” I corrected him.

“Lia its all the same.” He laughed and at that moment I wanted to strangle him but I breathed in and out to control my anger

“Whatever” I said before walking to the kitchen.

I sat down to have my breakfast as I pressed my phone, I was so busy I don’t notice mom was in the room till she cleared her throat.

“Hun, what is it?” She asked.

“Nothing” I responded not looking up.

“I can’t help but feel something is wrong”

“I am fine” I responded as a fake smile crossed my lips.

“It’s your brother’s Birthday the least you can do is be happy for him” She said softly.

“Mom I am happy its his Birthday”.

“You know you guys are all I have and I hate to see you arguing always.”

“Mom stop!” I yelled feeling annoyed, why must everything be about him?

“He is your little brother, the only one you will ever have please make an effort to get along with him.”

“Mom can I enjoy my breakfast in peace?” I asked and when she didn’t move, I stood up grabbed my car keys and walked out.

I drove around in circles till I found myself at Cosmopolitan Mall. I walked out so I could do a little bit of shopping before going back home. Nothing made me as happy as shopping did. Besides it was my brother’s birthday and I needed a new dress for his party I smiled as I selected a few dresses from Fashion World.

I got as many clothes and shoes as possible and when I was done I got myself some food before driving off. I needed to get back home before mom started nagging me.
When I get home I carried my plastic bags and walked in, It was noisy and packed with relatives who had come to help prepare Jad’s birthday. Dinner that was taking place that evening.

I rushed past the kitchen avoiding everyone. As soon as I got into my room mom walked in and banged the door behind her.

“What?” I asked.

“I need you to behave at least for today act like you and your brother are the best buddies on earth” She said.

“Fine mom what ever you want” I clicked my tongue.

“Talia Daniels” She sighed.

“Mom”

“Get changed and come help out.”

“I will be there soon.”

“Now!” She said looking angry.

“Fine” I responded before following her.

I spent the whole day feeling upset, I didn’t like most of my relatives and they knew that fact so no one dared talk to me.

To be continued.

Hands of Strain...

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Finnestgreat:
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No qualms bro.

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I really enjoyed the story...

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Wow!!! Happy ending

Thanks for this wonderful story OP

You're welcome.

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Chapter 15 (FINALE)
“Good Morning boyfriend” Samantha says sitting on him and kissing him awake.

He isn’t opening his eyes.

“Wakey wakey sleepy head, rise and shine boyfriend of mine” she pulls his cheek.

He still didn’t open his eyes.

“Hmmm’’ tapping her lips she stares around and sights the glass of water on the table, she was going to sprinkle just a little on his face… it was 10am... he should get up. She looks away and reaches for the glass of water and when she turns back to sprinkle some on his face... with a smile on her face she gets.

“BOOOO!!!’’ his eyes shoots open and he sits up abruptly, grabbing her behind with his arms so she doesn’t fall off as she screams rolling back, the water splashes on her face instead.

He bellows out in laughter.

She smiles wiping the water from her face shaking her head “Oh, now you gonna get it” she empties the entire contents on his head,
laughing she jumps and sprints to the corner of the room doing the chicken dance “Na na na na
nah whack whack qwack whack!!’’

His face dripping wet, he gets up from the bed… wiping it away with his hands.

“So, you want to play water huh?’’ walking towards her, she looks at either side of her… the exit door was her only escape.

“Bass… hey baby..relax boy I was erm… just playing.”

“Oh I know…” he is close now “me too.’’

She runs to the door, “Crap!!’’ she forgot that she needed a key card to open it, she turns and faces him , laughing...

"Boo?’’

“Hmm?’’

He is walking to her now, a mischievous glint in his eyes... "No way to run to princess, so what
would it be?" his hand are behind him.

“What are you hiding?”

‘You haven’t answered me.”

“Hey… what is behind your back?’’ she is curious. Silence… smile tucking at the corner of his mouth.

She tries to seduce him “Hey Bass, you know I am officially your girlfriend for… like almost 24hours now so that means” she is walking up to him now, running her hands up his body.

“That.."

“That?”

“You can’t pay me back for anything I do to you… you love me remember… so it means that you forgive me for the water bath, right babe?” she goes on tiptoe… kissing him, he kisses her back.

“Hmmm very true, you are 100 percent correct babe… but there is one little thing though.”

“What is that?” her hands are around his neck and he hugs her tight with the other hand.

“I love paybacks” he says winking at her, his grip is tighter.

“Wait what… Bass… what??’’

He raises up his other hand, she looks up to see a bottle of cold water… how the hell did he reach the fridge and get it out… it was slushy cold…

“With my love, I thee baptize!”

She made to run but he grabs her tighter and pours the contents over her head, her struggle only courses it to flow over her body, wetting him too.

“ARGHHHHHH BASSSS OH GOD ITS COLD, ARRHHHHHH!!!!’’ she screams and he is laughing.

Done, his body is erupted in laughter.

“Oh it’s so cold” she repeats shaking.

“I know, next time, don’t start a fight you can’t finish. Don’t worry babe, ama warm you right up” he bends lifting her and throwing her over his shoulders, he slaps her butt as she squeals and carries her to the bathroom, he turns on the
heater, puts on the shower and slowly puts her down.

“Still cold?"

She nods “Your fault…”

He laughs “Yeah, I won” he removes her nighty over her head… and kisses her nose “you’ll get
warm in a second, my princess would be all warm and hot in a minute… well you are already hot right now though but… sexy hot in a minute” he winks.

She laughs hugging her side as he nudges her gently under the shower and enters beside her,
stripping from his brief.

She closes her eyes as the warm water courses through her body, pouring from her head… he grabs the sponge and begins to scrub her body from her back to her front, he allows the latter caress her body as it solely treks down to the floor and disappears into the sink as water dissolves the foam.

While they bath, he replaces his hands with his lips, and before long, his need and desire is evident as she leans backwards into him... he drops the sponge, lifts her off the ground and places her to the wall of the bathroom, he makes contact with her lips and their body sink in rhyme towards each other… and they danced, slowly, passionately, as his hands held her
tighter than before, and her lips moaning out his name in sensual plea… they shatter together, enjoying the bliss only two of them can give.
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“Ready?” he asks her.

“Yep, but I really didn’t want the weekend to end.”

“Me neither, but work… life… everything else…”

“I know’’

She is quiet while they go to the airport.

“Is something wrong?”

She is worried, the weekend was wonderful, more than wonderful, it was great. But she couldn’t stop herself from having that feeling…
What if it isn’t real, what if it’s one of those moments that one gets to enjoy only for the now and when they get back home, back to their
live. He might realize that this wasn’t actually love, and that all he felt was lust, infatuation and he just had to be with her to realize it. Maybe, maybe she shouldn’t think she was living her fairytale dream of finding someone who really loves her. What if once they land, he goes back to being the the cold, pompous and annoying Bass all over again and all he was doing was pretense; pretending to change so he could have her.

Argh!!!

But everything felt so real, his bare raw emotions, the way he told her he loved her, the way he showed her intimately how he loved her… it felt so real and she didn’t know why she held back in telling him she feels strongly for
him too.

But what if...

She bites her lips.

“Samantha, no secrets remember, what’s wrong?’’ they were already seated, the plane was moving.

“What if, all this… what if all you feel is just a mirage and it all clears like smoke from your eyes…?”

“You think I don’t love you, and all I wanted was to have sex with you?"

“I… I...”

“Look Samantha, I have been with a lot of women and that is something I am not proud off at least not anymore and I know when it is lust or mere desire and… this isn’t it.’’

“What if the novelty of what you supposedly feel for me wears off, what if?”

He sighs turning to her “Stop, please babe, please don’t ruin this… I know you might have a lot of doubts and I swear this is the first for me. I know that I love this feeling and I want to keep loving it, I love you, maybe you feel doubt because you don’t love me too… which is fine, I told you I’ll wait, I ain’t going nowhere… now
that I found love, you think I would buckle and run? hell no!… I am stuck on you like glue, anywhere you go, I will follow you to the ends of the world so you have to prepare yourself… Bass loves Samantha, and she can’t do anything to shake him off. It’s your fault.”

“My fault?” she laughs.

“Yes, you made me fall for you so you better deal with it. Now give me a kiss, please and let us bask in this. Babe... I ain’t going nowhere not until you become old Lady Cat with bucket teeths maybe” he pulls her face into a kiss.

“Oh… that would be a sight.”

“Yes indeed, but I’ll love you still” he kisses her again, linking his hands with hers.. “I am all yours, do with me as you please” he winks.

“Who are you, return Mr. Arrogant Bass immediately!!”

“Hell no!! I think I love this Bass more…” he winks at her, she shakes her head laughing, feeling assured more than ever.
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Jamie is at her door, she opens it for her.

“How did you get here so fast?”

“With what you told me… I borrowed wings from the gods and flew… what the hell… tell me tell me!… you guys went on a trip, saw the royals and you made sweet sweet love after he told you he was head over heels fallen in love with you and and… oh… please, buy me a coffin, kill me… I will die happy.” Jamie squeals running around the house.

Samantha is laughing “I should hit you for telling him about my birthday.”

“Meh!!! You should thank me… I am effing cupid bitches… you owe me your love life… I made you guys happen and if you are nice and giving me juicy details I wont go and tell Mr Bass you are a lousy fart when you eat baked beans and you like pressing the toothpaste from the middle, who does that?”

Samantha laughs laying on her bed “oh… love covers all faults. Go ahead, he loves me, he don’t care shit.”

Samantha covers her eyes and squeals in excitement “ I still can’t believe it… Mr. Bass is my Bass… like my man, my lover, my… sexy
amazing man that blew my brains away while sweeping me off my feet and he didn’t have to do it with being arrogant, but sweet and loving.and caring and all... oh Jamie… he says he loves me, he says it and I am so happy I can hardly get enough, I was scared that maybe he would be another Christopher and stuff but he tells me he loves me and all my fears goes away.’’

“And did you tell him back?’ Jamie is sitting beside her.

Silence

“Wait you didn’t tell him back? She pulls Samantha up, she shakes her head.

‘Why, you don’t love him? Do you love him?”

“I do... right now this moment I do…I love him so much."

‘Then why didn’t you tell him?”

“Because I wanted to be sure.’’

Jamie looks at her, she grabs a book and WHAMP!! On her head.

“Oww Jamie what the hell, that hurts!” she rubs her head and pouts.

“Because you need a brain reset. Dude goes all out for you, tells you how he feels and you obviously feel the same,why not seal it? When you going to tell him?”

“Hey, I was being mysterious and hardcore… I will tell him and no more hitting.”

“Only when you let me down. Oh… so you are officially his girlfriend, lover… everything?”

“Yes”

“I am jealous. Good jealous. Oh, so many broken hearts, I can’t wait to show off that I know you Samantha like, you know he is dating my best friend, Mr. Bass I mean... they’re dating, officially, exclusively so if I catch you all
flirting with him… ama ruin your ass with a bat... that’s my best friend’s man yo!” she says
dramatically.

Samantha laughs, she is happy, very happy.

“Oh Samantha, I am happy for you both two. Best birthday yet?”

“Yes, best birthday yet.”

They hug.
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“Miss Samantha, Mr. Bass is holding on line one.”

Shelly knocks on her door.

“Do I tell him to call later, I know how you like that he fixes an appointment and stuff” Shelly says, its Monday morning and the work resumes.

“Oh no, put him through” she couldn’t hide the smile on her face.

Shelly frowns “erm… is it just me or I see a smile and blush?’’

“Both”

Shelly frowns, then her eyes grows big “Don’t tell me you and Mr. Bass had a thing?"

Samantha laughs” Thing? Nooooo! he is my man!!"

“He never dates anybody for real."

“Oh that was the Bass you knew… this Bass is all brand new and he is mine."

“Oh… damn!!!” she breaks out in a smile “I am jealous.”

Samantha laughs “Me too! I can’t believe it still.’’

“Oh let me not keep him waiting then… oh… my God!!!’’ she squeals running outside.

“Hey princess, can I come pick you up for lunch?’’ the call comes through.

“Really? erm… I guess so” she smiles.

“Great, be with you in a second” She frowns… “wait, your office is like an hour away from here and…” she trails off from the sound.

Knock knock!!

“Can I please come in and whisk my princess away, she works too much and I need to feed her and kiss her and tell her I miss her and… you know…l ove her…”

She laughs rushing to the door, she opens and sees him standing there with a flower covering his face, Shelly and some other females are
behind him awwning, Mr. Shelton had come out of his office, a silent smile on his face.

‘’Bass...?” she cuts the call as he cuts his “aww they are lovely but everyone is staring."

“Let them stare, I don’t care” he leans in to kiss her.

“Shall we?’’ he gives her the flowers, she sniffs it and then kisses him back.

“I have to get used to this showing up randomly right?’’

“Oh yeah babe, can’t get enough of you.”

Then they kiss again, Mr. Shelton clears his throat behind them.

“Oh hi Mr. Shelton, hope you don’t mind that I take my girlfriend out for lunch, it is lunch time… yes?’’

“Yes It is… and Mr. Bass, I like this new look on you.”

“Yes, me too” he stares at Samantha. “Me too.”

The ladies come out in their numbers to watch them leave.

“Oh... dear, So Mr. Bass is officially taken right?’ someone sobs.

“I know… I know… we all loved him.”

“But he got the best of us, he got Samantha and it’s the best thing that ever happened to him’’ Shelly says genuinely happy for them.

“Okay, fun is over, back to work.”

“Its lunch time sir."

‘Oh’’ he scratches his head, they all laugh.
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EPILOGUE
It’s been a year since their journey began... and within that year, Bass had commissioned his Gulen Projects for the technology institute and had two other private ventures commissioned as well.

Within the year, Samantha had been promoted to Assistant Manager of Shelton Events
Management/Business consulting firm, and she is looking to open her own company by next fall.

Veronica became the most sort after model in the industry, she has her own clothing line. She and Bass are friends still.

Bass and Samantha commissioned other charity projects together and he was fully involved this time, making other sponsors to join in the humanitarian work as well.

Jamie and her Beau are going strong.

Becky left, she couldn’t handle the fact that Bass was genuinely in a relationship with another woman and not her.

Sophie was promoted to PA.

Todd got married, he was still Bass’s driver, but his pay doubled over the last couple of months.

Today, it was their first anniversary since they began dating… since he asked her out a year ago on her birthday… today was 28th birthday.

And till now he hadn’t called her nor showed up and everyone had been pretty quiet, even Jamie, like they forgot. She was angry… she was fussing.

“How dare they?’ she says driving home from work… she gets down, opens her door, kicks her shoes “I will not talk to him or anyone ever
again… how dare they forget about today!! Arggh!! All day ignoring my calls. Oh… I will never talk to them or him.” she fumes, enters her house and puts on the light.

“Surprise!!!!’’ everyone bursts out from their hiding.

“Oh my God!!’’ she screams, as Jamie and everyone else from work comes to hug her.

“I thought you all forgot.’’

‘Nah!! Never! happy birthday kiddo.”

They hug and everyone hugs her too, she sees her parents, she is suprised.

“Mom! Dad! how did you get here?’’ she runs into their arms, her father had changed for the better too. Her mom was happy.

“Oh, we flew… thanks to that young man over there?”

She turns to see Bass walking towards her, she smiles turning to hug him as he opens up his arms.

“Thank you” she sobs into his arms.

“Haven’t seen them for ages.”

“I know and you are welcome princess.’’ he hug her back.
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During the course of the party, they roll out her cake for her and lights it, they sing and then tells her to blow out her candle.

“Make a wish princess” Bass tells her.

She does and blows it out.

“What did you wish for?”

She smiles.

“I have it all already” she says, walking up to him and kissing him.

“Well, happy anniversary babe’’ he deeps his hands into his pocket, goes on his knees.

"How about you make my wish come true, I love you Samantha Brookes, will you marry me?”

She has tears in her eyes, nodding her head.

“You bet I will Bass, gosh I love you!! yes yes yes yes!!’’ she says as the house goes up in a cheerful uproar as he lifts her up, twirls her
around as she flashes her diamond ring… they kiss, laughing into each other’s faces while everyone claps and cheers.

This right here was all she needed.

And this to him was his world, right here, with Samantha.

‘I LOVE YOU MR. BASS!!!’’

“I LOVE YOU MRS. BASS!!!”

“Oh I like the sound of that…”

“Yeah I know, so how about making those twins you talked about?’’ he winks at her.

“Oh you naughty man..” she laughs as he spins her again kissing her and loving her and being her forever and a day more man.
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~~~~~~~~~THE END~~~~~~~

I appreciate you ALL for the time you've devoted for this piece and I believe that you must learn one or two things from it (Even am not excluded).

Please let's make use of any didantic attributes gathered from this and stay blessed.

I celebrate your worth.

OluspicyTheVirtualMaker

Chapter 14 (SEMI FINALE)

WARNING!!!: If you are not comfortable with erotic scenes don't read this episode, thanks.

Samantha was nervous walking down, she knew the ball was in full swing , she could hear voices and she saw herself from the window, the cars and people who trouped in dressed elegantly. She looks at herself in the mirror and wonders if she was not over dressed.

It was a simple red gown, but beautiful nonetheless. He didn’t see it and yet he paid for it. She wasn’t used to getting expensive gifts
from anyone, well... she never liked to feel indebted to anyone, so she never received. But he said this was a present, no strings attached.

She sighs, he was obviously waiting for her downstairs and she wonders if she should go or keep stalling. She looks at her dress again, she hopes he likes it. Then she makes up her mind, leaves her room and takes the staircase, one at a time.

She saw him standing at the foot of the stairs, waiting for her, she saw him turn and then there was a look in his eyes she swore she had never seen before... he keeps staring at her and she almost felt weak walking down the stairs.

That saying “If looks could kill” didn’t lie, but in this case, his looks wasn’t killing her, it was making her yearn for what she could see in his eyes and yet not understand.

Jesus! Mr. Bass, why does your look right now send shivers down my spine?

Trying not to fall she walks down to him as he watches her.

She is standing face to face and she is wondering why he isn’t saying anything yet. Then he held her hand, bringing her close to him as his face rests close to hers to brush her cheeks with his lips as a form of greeting, then he whispers into her ears “Samantha, I want to
tell you how I really feel.”

“What do you really feel?” she looks up staring at him.

He opens his mouth to bare it all out, then.

“Mr. Bass, how wonderful to see you again!” a woman dressed royally says to him as she makes her way into the waiting area with her detail which was more than a dozen people, she reaches him as he takes her hands and kisses it.

“Your Excellency, it is a pleasure indeed to be invited again to wine and dine with you...’’ they smile.

“And who is this beautiful lady?’’

“She is... Samantha Brokes, my erm…’’ he trails off.

“A very good friend of his” Samantha says smiling to the elderly woman.

“Well, I hope not for long” she smiles to Samantha “Bass, she is beautiful, don’t wait too long to do the needful.’’

He laughs , oh I don’t intend to...

“Shall we?”

“Yes we shall”

They were ushered into the ballroom and then everything takes on full swing.
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He introduced her to guests. Normally, his person before would have left the woman he came with to herself while he spoke business
with guests, but him now? he didn’t want to do it the same. He wants her to be a part of his world as he would want to belong to hers, so
throughout the ball, he didn’t let her go away without him following her, letting her hand rest on his arms, danced with her, laughed with her, and danced more with her.

It was almost 9pm when the ball ended, and they bade their goodbyes.

“Tired?” he asks her as they make their way upstairs.

“No’’

“So from a scale of one to ten, how was your day today?’’

She is smiling “well, let’s see, I flew out of town to this beautiful hotel meant for royals and high elites, I get to walk through the streets, danced, ate from the streets, screamed’’ she laughs.

He smiles “and you didn’t tell me you know how to sing” she nudges him.

“Well you didn’t ask, I didn’t say. But I loved the epic look on your face though, classic” he gave her the okay sign.

“Oh well, oh the jazz, the park, the fun, oh the ball, magnificto!!! The people… I can’t believe I met the royal family and even danced in the same room… and this beautiful dress… which I love, its lovely, thank you.”

“You look breathtaking beautiful in it.”

She blushes “so I’ll say 11."

“I said on a scale of ten, how come you picked eleven.”

‘’Because, by far it is the best. Thank you, at least I wasn’t alone today.’’

They are on their floor now… their rooms a few doors apart.

“You are welcome, but one more thing is left.”

“What?’’

“You’lll see.”

He walks her past their doors, heading to the roof.

“Where are we going?”

“Oh you’ll see, be patient.”

“Bass?’’

“Just one more thing, I promise...” he smiles as they get on the roof, with a see through glass over head.

In the middle had two chairs and a table… and as soon as they drew close, the lights comes on to show a dangling chandelier over their heads with different beautiful lights, lighting the floor.

“Oh my God, this is beautiful” she exclaims. He pulls out a chair and tells her to sit.

“I hope this isn’t much, I would have gone all out but I know you like the simple things of life so I said…why not have a late birthday dinner, out on the roof top... so viola!!!’’

Samantha is speechless “You really didn’t have to.”

“I know but still, I wanted to do something nice” he sits down.

Suddenly a chef walks in carrying a cake… not so big, and then two others follow him behind singing as they each carried a tray of food, singing a ‘happy birthday’ while the one in front carried the lighted cake inscribed “Happy 27th Samantha.”

“Oh my God!!!’’ she closes her mouth with her hands as she laughs throwing back her head.

It pleased him that he could make a girl happy without having to do the extra ordinarily… it was a strange and thrilling feeling that was new and beautiful at the same time.

He joins them to sing for her and claps too when they were done.

“Thank you so much” she tells them as they leave.

“So, make a wish” he urges her.

She stares at him… “My wishes never come true.”

“Maybe it might, you never know. Make a wish.”

Okay, here goes. she closes her eyes and then blows out the candle.

“What do you wish for?’’

She smiles “if I tell you, I would have to kill you."

“Damn, Tushei Samantha!! But fair enough, here” he cuts the cake and then forks it, placing it close to her mouth “You know in India, you
are allowed to feed another sweets and cakes."

“We aren’t in India.”

“Still. AHHHH, open up now.”

She did eating it, “Now my turn.”

They share a smile.
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Samantha is staring at him while they eat the cake and then the food laid out for them, listening to the music playing in the background
and she is wondering if she is dreaming. This was the same Bass that she fought all the time for the little time they worked together. This was the same man who she couldn’t stay in the same room with all the time he tried to control
and enforce his will and didn’t care about a woman’s feeling.

Now he was being so different she could swear he wasn’t the one. He was not throwing into her face that he is rich and wealthy but rather he was doing simple little things for her, enjoying the streets with her, eating at the road side, chasing ducks and singing karaoke at a pub bar.

Now he was… sharing a cake with her that he ordered just for her and they were actually enjoying each other’s company.

There was no doubt he really wasn’t the same person and she had to admit, this New Bass threw her off guard, and now she wasn’t so sure if when she said she didn’t like him, it was true anymore, maybe she was just lying to herself.
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Done, they leave and he walks her to her door, his was opposite.

“Thank you for a wonderful day” she tells him... as she slids her card to open her door.

“Thank you for showing me the other side of the divide Samantha” he smiles.

They are staring at each other.

“Goodnight”

“Goodnight”

She turns away... He wants to stop her… but he doesn’t… he wouldn’t want her to feel as though she owes him and he would want to take advantage of that. No.

He turns away.

“Bass, earlier, you said you wanted to tell me something,what was it?”

“It’s nothing.” He lies.

“Okay, goodnight.”

“Sleep well Samantha.”
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It is 11pm and neither of them could sleep. Showered and in bed, he keeps thinking about her.

“I can’t stop thinking about you Samantha, I can’t. Dear Lord!!!’’

He turns to his side, sighing he gets up and walks to his balcony, he gets a bottle of water and then drinks it... just staring out.
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Samantha isn’t asleep either.

“What did he mean he wants to tell me how he felt, what did he really feel, why didn’t he say?’’

She turns away, trying to sleep, but every time she closes her eyes… his face pops up, and tonight that near-kiss they almost had.

Why didn’t he try to kiss her at the door again?

Argh!!

There was no denying it, she had feelings, strong feelings for him and she didn’t know what to do about it.

She gets up and walks to her balcony.

She hugs herself, closing her eyes.

“Oh Bass, what have you done to me?”

She couldn’t sleep.

And neither could he.

So they laid awake 12:23pm.

He gets up from his bed, he was just going to go over there and ask how she was doing, and if she needed anything.

And she gets up from her bed, she would erm… just go and ask him when they are leaving, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

They both open their doors the same time and stare face to face at each other.

“I was erm-‘ she began.

“I just wanted to erm-" he says, they both trail off.

“I can’t sleep” he admits.

“Neither can I.”

“Why?’’

“Because” he looks at her “Because" he runs his hands over his face.

Screw it!! He was going to tell her.

“Because Samantha you are driving me hella crazy, and I don’t know how much I can take being sane when all I want to do is to kiss you and tell you how I feel” he says leaving his door and crossing to hers.

“Bass” she breaths as he is standing face to face with her.

“I swear it ever since I saw you… you got under my skin and made me go mad because you are
different from every woman I know, at every turn you challenged me and I hated it, I hated you, because you were turning my world upside down with your stubbornness but now I realize that I had to meet you to understand that one just needs a lil chaos to see that things needed
to be changed. Samantha I don’t know how it happened and why but I am happy I got here... I was proud of myself before but now I know that I lacked a lot of things and it’s thanks to you, I used to wonder why my father was that way he was because of my mother now I understand that love can change a man and make him do things he wouldn’t have ordinarily done. Samantha… I am crazy about you… this isn’t mere like, this isn’t infatuation, when I see you my heart skips, my nights are filled with you and I want to let you know that I have fallen deeply and insanely in love with you and I didn’t realize that until today. And I know I am a jerk and I still need to learn a few things but I would try to be a better man, I just need you to give me the chance to prove that… what I feel for you right now, right this moment is real.” He says.

She is speechless “Bass I… I...”

“You don’t have to say anything to me, you may not feel the same way it’s okay, I’ll wait. But this is how I feel, I am in love with you Samantha Brookes that is how I truly feel” he is touching her face...”And I want to kiss you right now but I won’t if you tell me not to.”

She closes her eyes and then opens them.

This is real right, this right here. It was real right?

‘’Samantha?”

She nods her head “Yes, yes you can kiss me Bass.”

Smiling he leans and kisses her slowly, savoring her lips he kisses her until both of them are out of breath. Then he lets her go, his head resting on her forehead.

“If I don’t leave now I would want something more” he kisses her again and steps away, Samantha stops him.

“Stay, please.”

“Sure?”

“Yes”

She steps away from him to enter.
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He is standing there while she is staring at him... he leans to kiss her again as she comes closer to him, turning her back to the door he
kisses her, as she wraps her arms around his neck.

Lifting her off her feet bridal style he takes her to the bed, placing her gently he lays down beside her.

“I don’t want to ruin this, I don’t want this to be like others, I want to do this right because I don’t want to ever lose what I am feeling. I love you Samantha, I know you might not love me but I know you like me a lil” she laughs.

“Yes just a tiny bit” she teases.

“Go out with me, be my girlfriend, be mine... and I will be yours. You and I, exclusively, no pretends, no half-truths. I want to share what I
have with you, be in your world as you would be in mine. I want all of you Samantha, all of you... say yes!!’’

“Bass, this is too sudden."

“I know, but what I feel is that my head, mind and body want is you and I can’t keep waiting anymore for something else to happen. I want you, not only in my bed, but in my heart, my life, my everything. I have never felt this way before Samantha, I love you and I can’t stop saying it, just say yes please, and I promise to tell you ‘I know how to sing next time...” his lips curves into a smile.

Samantha laughs... do I even have a choice?” she teases.

“Technically no” he says.

‘’Hmmm, I am a handful.”

“I know.’’

“I will give you hell.”

“I know.”

“I will-”

“Sssshh! I know, and I don’t care, I just want you, all of you… the mean Samantha Brookes who
broke me.”

Samantha is laughing loud now.

“Well, let me pity you since you are begging and say yes so you don’t go crying that I am mean, it’s not good for my resume” she says nudging him.

He laughs “Oh is that right? So can I kiss my girlfriend now?”

“Well I suppose that’s what couples do right?”

“Hmmm, yes, that and so much more” he kisses her, rising to lay on top of her, caressing her face.

They kiss for a long time, and all she felt was warmth, a burning desire to be held and touched the way he was doing now.

And everything he was doing was sending sparks from her toes to her head. She places her hands flat to his chest touching him there, as he ran his hands down her legs, separating cloths from flesh, caressing her thighs, kissing her more passionately, taking his time, loving every part of her body, kissing , kneading, touching until they rid themselves of the clothing they wore.

Naked, he kisses every inch of her body, loving it like he had never loved any woman’s before... every touch send desire shooting through his body and making him want more, every moan escaping from her lips makes him want to drink from her even more, and so he drinks, savoring her lips, kissingbher neck all the way down, taking a fold in his mouth, suckling on each nipple till he felt her ache towards him, finding his way down, he separates her legs, placing his head in the middle, he kisses her lower lips till she begged him and shatters from orgasm... finding his way back to her lips, his member hard and ready he slowly taps at her gates, feeling her warmth, leaning into her as she wraps her legs around him he enters her, slowly, wanting to enjoy the moment, watching her quake and squirm beneath him, ache for ache, thrust for yearning, moan for groan, slowly taking her and each other over the cliff and reaching the heights of orgasm... he holds her tight as they fall together not letting go till they both reach back done, heavily breathing into each other’s mouths as they kissed back to normalcy.

“I can’t feel my legs,” she laughs kissing him more, running her hand over his body while her legs were still wrapped around him.

“Yes, its shaking” he bends to kiss her knee, then he rolls off her, pulling her with him, his hands caressed her back “I think it’s my weight, am sorry.”

She shakes her head "No!! it’s what we did” she kisses his jaw, curling on his body as she caresses his chest.

“This moment right now gives me peace that I have never felt before Samantha, so much.”

They sleep in each other’s arms, and then sometime in the night…they made love again and again.
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Chapter 13 (QUARTER FINALE)
For every year for a while, she had spent her birthdays practically alone since she moved
away from home, going to school, getting a job and moving out of state eventually in pursuit of a better life. Most of the times, it has been she and Jamie, they have been friends for as long as she could remember, and when she wasn’t home with her parents celebrating her birthday, she was with Jamie as they screamed at the top of their voices doing a karaoke, and later they cut her cake, and then drive around town having fun and when there was a boy it would be three of them. It has always been like that, and days Jamie wasn’t around, just like today she was going to spend it alone… watch a movie, open her gifts, lick ice-cream and then later at night, she might just go into town and listen to jazz, then come home and eat her cake after blowing out the candle saying wishes that never comes true.

Another day, another year gone, another year added and she wouldn’t feel slightly older. She
felt the same, just the extra number added to her years. And today was going to be one of those quiet birthday days, until Jake Bass happened, showing up on her doorstep.

She shakes her head as she picked up her bag, throwing a few things inside it, she pauses in the process.

“What are you doing Samantha? You don’t like him, you said so, so what if he showed up with a letter telling you stuff, doesn’t mean he has changed, but you don’t care right, not like you guys had anything or felt anything for each
other... you should just tell him ‘Good for you’ and slam the door on his face, what are you doing Samantha?’’ she asks herself sitting down.

Argh!!!

“But really Samantha, there is no harm in going out, besides, you were going to be home alone,
watching boring Tv, eating your cake alone and being lonely while even Jamie is out with some boy wonder and you would be alone...alone...alone” she bites her lips “He did say sorry, and it’s not as if he had any bad intentions, I’ll slap him if he tries to get all Jake Bass on me. He said he just wants to do
something nice for me for a change... no harm right? Besides it’s my birthday, I should cut him
some slack right?”

Jake Bass... is... He is… She bites her lips. Behind that door waiting on her.

“Should I go? Should I not go? Go or not to go. Go or not to go?’’ she bites her lips again.

“Stay home, alone… or go out?

Doesn’t mean I have to like the guy… I still don’t like him. Just for my birthday. Nothing else, accept his apologies and that is it.” she grabs her bag, her phone, takes a deep breath and opens her door.

Todd and Bass still stood there waiting.

“Let’s go.”
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“So where are we going to?”

“Well, can I be honest?” he turns to her, yes, he missed seeing her face, her stubborn chin and the way she is always on guard. He was glad he ran into Jamie , if not he wouldn’t have been here and neither would she. He wasn’t sure if he could get to her, wasn’t even sure she would want to even look at his face, but he had to try, sitting behind his desk and wishing he could call her never did anything, tossing at night thinking about her never did anything either… he wanted to see her, talk to her and not even trying to make that happen was frustrating.

Jamie was God sent and without thinking changes his plans and he was finding his way to her place.

“Better try and fail than not try at all and be wondering...what if?” He had asked himself what he was thinking but… he was done being the stuck up, rich billionaire who has been in control, he just wants to be Jake Bass, who despite being rich wouldn’t mind having to tilt to the side and for Samantha, he didn’t know how she fit into this but he would be damned if he doesn’t find out and this was him, finding out.

“Erm, you are staring Mr. Jake Bass” Samantha says.

“Okay I was intending to go away for the weekend and already made plans to that effect so… when I found out it was your birthday I wanted to do something nice and-’’

“Who told you it was my birthday, you don’t have that information?”

“Erm it’s a highly classified information and if I tell you I would have to kill you” he winks.

She smiles “Oh, really now…” she thinks … was it Mr. Shelton? Shelly … hmm… JAMMIE!!!! I am going to kill her.

“Oh I think I know your informant.”

“Nah you don’t, but anyways, I already had flight booked and a hotel etc… it was just going to be
a quiet trip and I figured… why don’t I book another and ecetera.’’

“Where are we going to Mr. Jake Bass” Samantha’s mood changes.

“Please Samantha, just let me make this day for you… almost perfect, it’s your birthday right… I
just want you to have smile on your face, if that’s the only thing I do today, please I would love to. I know we started off on a wrong foot, we literally have our boxing gloves on most of the time and I admit it is partly my fault… I am
sorry Samantha Brookes, really and let me make it up to you... today, with this… I really am not the person you met a couple of months ago… I took your advice and I am glad I did… let me thank you, please?”

What’s the worse that could happen right?

“Okay”

“Okay”

“Still didn’t tell me where we are going to?’

“For starters… all the way up” he smiles as Todd pulls at the airport.

“Trust me?’’ he gives her his hand.

“Oh boy, do I have a choice?”

“Technically no!!’’ as she places her hand in his, he links it with his and they walk into the airport. in less than a few minutes they were in the plane and flying. In less than an hour they had landed.

“You didn’t have to fly us first class you know?’’

“I know, I wasn’t trying to impress you with anything, you don’t get swayed like that… but I already booked it before I came to you.”

“And how did you know I would come with you.”

“I didn’t, I took a risk… glad I did” he says as he ushers her into the building.

“So what’s next?’’ she says wowing to the beauty of the hotel... "what is this place?”

“It’s one of the best hotels in the country if not the world, only the elite can come here, special
delegates from the governments, Princes, Queens ecetrera… anyways they are having a ball tonight, and I was invited and you my dear, I would love to have you as my plus one.”

“Are you serious, you didn’t mention anything about it… have just jeans and tops and a dress... most definitely not a ball-friendly attire” she says frowning.

He laughs…”you can wear anything and still look pretty” he tells her.

“Right, and who would be in attendance of this ball?”

“Oh... some special delegates, Queens, Princes, Presidents... the whole elites... the royal family
maybe” he smiles.

"Oh no Mr. Bass, you go enjoy your ball while I enjoy this magnificent hotel… there is no way I am going there wearing jeans” she says.

He laughs “Nonsense!! Don’t worry, that is no problem. So tell me, what do you want to do in the meantime?”

“Why?”

“Well… for the little I have known you, you would hate to be imposed upon, for me, I would love to take you out on a boat cruise, see the Eifel Tower, early dinner at the most amazing restaurant, flowers, chocolates and you know… but that Is me… but I would want you to do what you want… so tell me.”

She looks at him.

Yes, this wasn’t the Bass she knew… seeing him asking her opinion was strange, very strange,
she had to smile.

“Anything?’

“Yes anything”

“Even if It’s utterly ridiculous?"

He bends his head to the side “Yes but would I regret this?"

She laughs “You won’t… C’mon’’ she drags his hands and pulls him back outside as the doors opens up for them “Wait… our bags?’’

“They would attend to them... take it up to the rooms and stuff” he says indicating to the waiting men.

“Great, do you guys have a map for visiting tourists?’’

“Yes ma’am. You need it? We have special guards and chauffeurs for you Mr. Bass, a security detail that can take you anywhere you want and-"

“Nope, he wouldn’t be needing that” Samantha cuts the waiting man.

“But Mr. Bass, it isn’t safe for someone with your prestige to be moving around town unguarded and without any detail sir, please
wait, I call them for you.”

“Mr. Jake Bass?’ Samantha looks at him “You said anything."

He sighs sinking into her eyes “Its fine, thank you. I guess she would be my guardian angel today” he says taking the map from the man
who is dumbstruck.

“Yass!!!” Samantha exclaims pulling him to the gate and out.

“So what next Samantha?“

She turns to look at him, he was all suited up, very classic man. Good thing she was on jeans and top and wedges. she takes off her jacket,
and puts her hair up in a ponytail, she had a one hand bag she slashed over her shoulders. Then she turns to him.

“Do you trust me??’’ she was close to him now.

He frowns.

“Now what?”

“Do you trust me?”’

“Do I have a choice?”

She laughs “Technically no" she winks at him, it warms his heart.

“Fine I trust you.”

She raises her hand up touching his suit. She removes his button and places her hand into it, she didn’t mean to touch his chest it just
happened , she blinks, then she quickly removes his suit off his shoulders “I need you to take this off.”

He does so reluctantly… she looks at him placing her finger to her jaw tapping tentatively.

"Erm, not yet’’ she unbuttons two buttons of his white shirt to reveal his neck bone and a slight teasing of his chest, then she takes his hands and rolls up his sleeves.
While she was doing this, she was smiling.

Done, she steps back... Her heart skips a beat. There was something
sexy about a guy wearing a white shirt with a rolled up sleeve. Maybe not any guy, maybe there was something sexually appealing with Jake Bass with a rolled off sleeves.

“You are staring” his lips tugs into a smile.

“Was not” she grabs his jacket and hers and drops them over her bag.

“Lets go... Mr. Jake Bass."

“Hmm now that I am not looking like the billionaire that I am, how about we drop the Mr. to my name.”

“You first.”

“Samantha”

“Bass, I like Bass” she flags a taxi and bends, showing him the map she took from Jake’s pocket… pointing to it. Then she straightens up, opening the door.

“Lets go champ.”

“Where to?”

“Oh… to heaven!!!’’ she laughs as they slid into the car and the car speeds away. Ittakes them into the city.

They ate from the road side, danced to the music of people playing drums, guitar and
tambourines on the streets, chased birds in the square, stopped to buy ice-cream and then she messed up his nose in the process, he chases
her to get revenge, listened to poetry and then later jazz.

They went to the park, they rode the car-hanging-cart, he won her a teddy bear shooting balls, she won him a baseball cap... and when he wasn’t looking she took a coloured pen and wrote ‘Bass’ on it.

When they left the park they went karaoke-ing... he didn’t want to sing so she stepped on stage... and bellowed out to the songs off keys. Got everyone laughing, including him.

He still wouldn’t sing, so she clears her throat and tells the crowd “My husband is shy ladies,
can you please bring him up stage, he is a horrible singer but I bet he would make you smile.”

Then everyone cheers him on… he still wouldn’t get up “Do it for our twins?”’ she gave him puppy eyes as she touches her stomach.

“C’mon man, babies love songs while they are in the womb, I would know, I have children of my
own” a lady beside him says.

‘‘C’mon daddy!’’ Samantha coos.

Bass shakes his head, mouthing “oh I’ll get you back for this” to Samantha, but she was laughing mouthing back “Oh you can try…”

When he mounts the stage, the cheering stops as he stares into the crowd.

“Don’t worry husband, we won’t laugh… hard, I promise” she screams.

The cheering continues “Well... this is for you...WIFE” he says.

The crowd goes “Awwwwn!’’

Samantha was having a good day, her plan was to laugh and boo the hardest when his cricket voice comes over the mic, she grabs an apple and began to eat… waiting for the horrible voice.

Then he picks a song, by Brain Adams and began to sing.

The whole room grew quiet.. she didn’t notice when her mouth hangs open… she blinks.

When he was done… he gets a standing ovation… he takes a bow… thanks them and walks down with people clapping his back and
whistling, he stops right in front of her.

“So… WIFE, you were saying? I wonder what we should name our twins... Sam and Jake Jnr, perhaps or no I have a better idea, ‘Never-
assume-anything for the boy and the girl... you-should-see mommy’s-face-right-now” he winks
at her . then he takes the apple from her hand and takes a bite, his face breaking into a wide smile.

“Why didn’t you tell me you can sing?"

“You never asked” still smiling.

“Whatever” she turns away, feigning anger, grabbing her teddy, puts the cap over his head
and pouts.

They are walking outside now, a man carries a basket of roses on his bike calling people to buy, he stops him while she is flagging a taxi, she enters waiting for him, he slid’s in beside her.

“A beautiful rose for a beautiful lady” he gives it to her, she shakes her head.

“Okay, I will just throw it out the window then.”

He winds down.

“Oh don’t you dare, its mine. Thank you’’ she take it, sniffs it and smiles “where to now?’’

She is smiling and winking at him “the skies.”
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They combed the city within five hours... and during this time, while she laughed, danced, jumped and chased him with a duck. He found
himself laughing more, being free… he found himself feeling things he had never felt.

And there was a moment when she stood close to the rail while they threw food to the ducks… when she laughed as a little child jumped on her body because he was scared, when she went about as though she didn’t have a care in
the world… when she held his hands and ran with him ,causing him to chase after her.

There were moments when he loved the peace and serenity she brings to him, how despite disrupting his perfect world, he liked the beauty within the mess… the beauty that had a heart, a face, a name-Samantha!

He touches his chest, rubbing it for the hundredth time that day.

“Samantha, what are you doing to me” he breaths staring at her as she stares at the sky…. without thinking he pulls the rubber off her hair and allowed it flow.

‘’Hey, what are you doing?”

‘’Letting it breath, sometimes things being out of control is just the best thing that can happen to a person” he tells her, they were standing close now, face to face.

“What do you mean?"

“I don’t know Samantha I swear I don’t know’’ he whispers, he touches her face... caressing it.

Her heart is beating fast, the way he was looking at her… she read him before she sees him lean towards her.

He was going to kiss her... he was going crazy staring at her. Then his phone rings.

Sighing...

“Yes, sure,okay”

She bites her lips… saved by the phone.

“We have to head back, have less than 30minutes to be at the ball and we still haven’t gotten you a
dress.”

“A dress?”

“A ball worthy dress Samantha.”

He takes her by her hand and flags a taxi for them.
*************************************

He waits for her as she tries some cloths on, she takes 45 minutes before she could pick one out.

“Done?”

“Yes”

“We’ll take it.”

“Wait, I thought you said you renting it?’’

‘’I lied”

“Bass?’’

“ Look, it’s your day, take it as a birthday gift...” he says as they leave the boutique.

“To the Masquitic Hotels and Suites please “ he tells the driver.

“Thank you” she says.

“No Samnatha,thank you.”
************************************

As they got into the hotel, they were shown their separate rooms… he told her to meet him downstairs in a few minutes once she is
dressed.

It’s another twenty minutes and he is still waiting, the ball is in full swing… he was going to send someone for her when he turns to see her walking down… in a beautiful red dress, her hair poured to her left shoulders and a red lip stick to match her dress.

This time,his heart did backflips... and he knew, without a doubt, he didn’t just like her, that it wasn’t lust either. He had fallen in love with this woman who has turned his world into a beautiful chaos, and for the first time in his life… he wanted it all.

“Samantha, I want to tell you how I feel.”
*************************************

How do Bass feel like?

TO BE CONTINUED.

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Chapter 12

“Samantha?” he calls her name again.

“No. Get out!!”

Shock vibrates through his body.

“if you need validation just because you did a good deed and you expect me to reward you, you are sadly mistaken. If you wait for someone to tell you how to treat people, then you are really pitiful. You should know the difference
between right and wrong, you hurt someone’s feelings, you should apologize, you don’t like someone, you tell them, not to use them just
because… it doesn’t matter if you are rich, your heart is what should matter. I don’t know how messed up your childhood was but I believe you should have done better for yourself. You don’t
come here to tell me you apologize to someone you hurt and expect me to clap for you… No Mr. Bass, you should be ashamed of yourself. Were you doing it for me? Then you are wrong. You should have done it for you… because me? I mean nothing to you for you to think you are pleasing me. And asking for a kiss, how dare you? Get out of my house Mr. Bass… and I hope you treat people better because you want to, because it feels right not because some girl with a sharp mouth had to tell you that” she says out of breath.

“I am… I am sorry, forgive me” he says taking a step back as shame washes over him, he leaves. She closes the door, resting her back to
it. she didn’t realize her hands was shaking, not of fear, but of something else.
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Her words tormented him for days, and he even began losing focus at work.

“Mr. Bass, are you feeling well?”

“I am fine. But tell me honestly Samantha… what do you think about me?”

She raises an eyebrow.

“No, –am sorry Sophie” he closes and opens his eyes.

“Well, honestly you are a great boss but sometimes you can be, excuse my forwardness a pain in the ass but we don’t mind it sir, promise.’’

“Let’s assume for a moment that my looks don’t matter.”

“That’s hard not to notice.”

“Just assume, and that I am an egocentric arrogant dxxk. Would you still be working for me, would you like me?”

“Honestly? Hell no!”

He sighs.

“But Sir, really, we don’t complain.’’

“That’s the problem. Sophie, really, I am sorry if I ever come off as arrogant towards you, from
henceforth I would try to do better.”

She looks at him, frowning “Sir, are you sure you aren’t sick?’’

“I have been sick for a while Sophie, for far too long, I just had a wake up call and I realize that… sometimes, you need something to shake you up to know how messed up you have been.”

“Okay sir, thank you sir.”

She keeps staring at him as she leaves.

He is facing his window as he gets up.

Yes, he hadn’t been himself since that night at Samantha’s, her words plagued him and every fiber in his being has been burning of guilt. Everybody he had misbehaved with, every woman, every passing stranger, it was as
though they tormented him in his sleep. He wasn’t a bad person, he never went out of his way to hurt anyone, but he never suffered a
fool and when it came to women, he didn’t care if his actions hurt them, and but now, he regrets everything.

He sighs running a hand over his face... He really wanted to kiss her, he did. But she turning him down and telling him to get out of her house hurt him so much and he didn’t blame her, he blamed himself, he had been an ass, a proud pompous jerk… everything she said about him had been right and he wants to change all that.

For her… and he had no idea why. His thoughts of her had been so strong and un-explainable, and every time he thinks about her his chests hurts… She hated him, that’s what makes it even worse... and for the first time in his life, he
wanted to make things right.

For her, for him... Everyone had taken his bullshits, ate it, and acted like they weren’t hurt about it, but she had called him out... and he was thankful. If she hadn’t come into his life albeit in a dysfunctional way, he would have been the same person he had always been.

A rich Man who had no regard for others, especially women. But now he wants to change all that... and he would.
*************************************

So he began, changing his attitude and the way he spoke, how he treated people even those he
thought were beneath him. What he told Ver was true, he didn’t have feelings for her and wanted to be her friend… and she accepted. He even came across the waitress at the restaurant, she had walked out on him and he followed her and apologized, the shock on her face was… strange. He felt, relieved.

And there was Betty, she threw a tantrum, but he told her… he was sorry too. Like a burden, his weight lifted. Even his staff looks at him strangely now, wondering if he was feeling unwell.

He had never felt better in his life… all because Samantha had waltzed into his life and told him
to his face how messed up he was… no one cared to, okay maybe they were scared to but because of her… he wanted to be different and
better.

He sighs looking at his phone... It’s been two weeks since that day… and every single day he was tempted to pick up his phone and call her… and he felt the thing he had never felt in his life before..

FEAR!!!

FEAR OF REJECTION!!!

He turns away from the window… He thinks about her a lot, and if only he could talk to her… he was going crazy and he couldn’t explain the feelings he was having.

“Samantha!” he breaths.
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“Are you gonna ever talk about it or not?” Jamie walks beside her.

“No”

“Why not?”

“Because there is nothing to talk about.”

“Samantha, it’s been two weeks, what’s the big deal? Look, a guy like Mr. Bass ever hardly changes but in his rarest of moments he had
been emotional open with you… why didn’t you just go for it?”

“Because I don’t like men like him, being vulnerable so that they can get girls like us to feel sorry for them. I mean what, allowed him
to kiss me and then what, I lose my senses?’’

“Maybe that is what you need. Isn’t it obvious he likes you?”

“Mr. Bass doesn’t like anyone but himself, his fat account and his pretty face.”

“You never know… he has changed… the way he talks and acts towards people, people are saying maybe it’s because of a woman or because he is sick.”

Samantha seats on the chair, staring away “It’s not of my business, if he has, good for him.”

“Samantha, tell me honesty, why didn’t you let him kiss you that night, what were you scared off?’’

Silence...

“Of losing myself” she closes her eyes.

Jamie nods “Maybe this time would be different, he seems to like you.”

“No… men are all the same, and he may think he likes me because I am different, I don’t fall all over him, I challenge him and I am a supposed upgrade, not like the women he has around him… like a new game he is just intoxicated
about the idea of me, he doesn’t like me and God forbid I allow myself into that web of confusion.”

“Do you like him, even a little?’’

“No”

“You are lying.”

“I don’t, there is nothing to like and I am glad that I will never see him again. Forget Mr. Bass, I meant it when I told him to leave, he is a proud man Jamie and I bruised his ego, they never heal from that. At least if he is changing, I am glad I was able to teach him some things and I hope it makes him a better person in life, and he needs no validation from me. He should
change for him.”

“But I still think he likes you a lot Samantha.”

“Well you should stop thinking and let’s go have that ice cream okay?”

Samantha gets up.

“What if he shows up out of the blue… what if he wants something more… more than he had ever asked or given someone… what if Samantha?”

“Fairy tales are for children Jamie. And I and Mr. Bass’s classes are over. Glad to know he Aced, but really I don’t care, stop talking about him already.”

“Okay, at least I want to formally admit that I am rooting for you two, take one for the team.’’

“Jamie!!!!”

“Fine, let’s go.”
*************************************

Samantha lays on her bed… staring at the ceiling. For the past hour she had been trying to concentrate but all her thoughts keeps going back to that night.

“I can’t stop thinking about you Samantha, you drive me crazy… can I kiss you please” she remembers his words as clear as though he was standing beside her.

She closes her eyes to will it away, but she ends up seeing the scene in her mind’s eye, him being close to her as she backed the wall, she could literally hear her heart beating…

And all the while she was praying “please don’t kiss me, please don’t kiss me.”

The first day he kissed her, she was furious and slapped him. The second time, she had been shocked and weak and felt… unsure, and she didn’t know why she didn’t slap him.

She had stayed up for hours, fighting the thoughts seeping into her mind “You like him Samantha, maybe that is why you couldn’t hit
him maybe, just maybe you didn’t mind that kiss.”

She sighs.

And when he now had the good sense to ask her, she had been sacred. Yes scared, that if she had said yes, she would have liked his kiss and maybe kissed him back.

And she didn’t want that, him being close to her almost made her lose her senses, and he being, emotionally vulnerable almost made her want to give into him.

But now, she didn’t come out of a messed up relationship to let some pompous rich dude kiss her, No!.

Mr. Bass was ruthless and heartless, and the fact that he just turned down a girl barely a few
hours ago and went to apologize so he can come get a kiss from another only upsets her more… and yes, she meant everything she said
to him.

But why did she feel bad, why did she feel as though she had hurt him. And then when he left she kept thinking about it, and she hadn’t
stopped for two weeks and she had no idea why… why she felt the way she does.

And every time her phone beeped, she wondered if he was the one. Of course he would never ever call her again.

She had told him not to. He was proud, he wouldn’t, after being humiliated and rejected. He would never call or see her again. She told him not to.

But yet, she missed not fighting with him. It was crazy but… when was the feeling one had ever any reasonable?

She lied to Jamie that she didn’t like him, but the truth was that she didn’t know how she felt.

She knew she despised him at first, hated him later on and now… now when she thinks about him her heart skips and she doesn’t know why.

She sighs...

Now she would never know. It’s been a month now, and whatever change he had, had was probably some sort of show off, that he could do better, it didn’t mean that he actually have changed.

Men like Jake Bass remained pompous, egocentric and heartless… everything she hated
in a man and it was distasteful. She was glad they would never have to see each other again.

But why couldn’t she stop thinking about him?
*************************************

Bass didn’t mean to do it but every single day he finds himself parked outside her house at night, fighting the urge to go up and knock on her door, but he couldn’t be able to bear her sending him out again... so he would sit there and then wait, till her lights go off then he would go home.

“Wouldn’t you want me to go up and knock sir?”

Todd asks him one of the days.

“No, Lets go” he tells him.

Sometimes he would go by her office, go up to see Mr. Shelton… but he really wants to see her, but he doesn’t.

He should forget about her, but he couldn’t... Whatever thing he was feeling for Samantha was deep, and if only he knew what it was.
*************************************

“Good evening sir “ Jamie says.

“Oh hi, it is Jamie right?’’

“Yes sir, one and the same” she says as she met him leaving the building, she was leaving too.

“Lovely” he tells her opening the door for her because she had something in her hand, inside it was a ribbon package box, and it was written.

“Happy birthday”

“Oh wow, thank you sir.”

“You are welcome. Have a great weekend, and happy birthday!”

“And you too sir” she says frowning and then she follows his eyes “Thank you sir but it’s not
my birthday.”

“Oh boyfriend’s?”

“No” she laughs “not close, but technically she is like my sister, my boyfriend and parents all
summed up into one.”

“Oh… your partner?”

She scoffs “Oh don’t be silly Mr. Bass” she laughs, realizing herself she apologizes.

“Oh I am so sorry, forgive me.”

“Oh no harm done Jamie, I don’t bite, not anymore.”

She smiles, he smiles back “well, it’s my best friend’s birthday and I just wanted to get her something, I would be going away for the
weekend so I wanted to drop it by before I leave."

“Okay, well happy birthday to your best friend” he tells her.

“Thank you” she begins to walk away and him too.

“Mr. Bass?”

“Yes?’ he turns.

Samantha was going to kill her but, she can apologize to her later.

“Its Samantha’s birthday tomorrow” she says, then she turns and leaves.

He stands staring at Jamie until Todd comes to him.

“Sir, the car is waiting, your flight is by 7pm, everything has been booked, shall we?”

“Change of plans Todd.”

“I don’t understand sir.”

“Neither do I.”
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‘’Thank you mom” Samantha says into the phone as her mother wishes her a happy birthday “I love you too” she laughs into the phone “And tell your husband I kind off love him too even if he is an ass” she laughs as her mother scolds her for calling her father an ass.

“Oh what I would do today?? Oh nothing,Jamie is going away for the weekend with her new beau, so I would be home watching movies, eating chocolates and feeling 27..., oh gatto go mum, Jamie is here, I love you” she cuts the call.

“Hi jamie, aww you didn’t have to” she hugs Jamie.

“I know but still, sure you don’t want to travel with us for the weekend” she asks Samantha.

“Three is a crowd babes, no go have fun with that fine stud of a man, I am good, I got lots of calls and messages from work,. See, presents on the table” she points, Jamie ‘wows.’

“That’s a lot.”

“See I am loved so go have fun okay.”

“Okay, happy birthday again Sam” she kisses her.

“Thank you James” Samantha kisses her back, they laugh and she leaves.

It’s barely 10 minutes later when the knock comes to her door.

“Argh Jamie, this girl!”

She opens to find Him there.

“You?!!’’ she breaths.

“Good Morning Miss Samantha, happy birthday!!!” he says giving her a small sealed box.

“Who is this from?’’

“I think you know from who” he walks away, she closes the door frowning, her heart beating as she pulls at the ribbon and opens it to find a smiley face turned upside down with large tear coming from its eyes... she frowns, seeing an
envelop, she reads:

“Hi Samantha, I know you told me you never want to see me again nor talk to me ever but… I swear to God it’s been hard. Really hard. I want to see you again, I want to apologize for all that I have done, I want to quarrel and fight with you about things that don’t make sense, I don’t know, at least I would get to have you in my
personal space...” she laughs.

“I know It’s your birthday, and that well… you are home alone obviously, please at least let me
do something nice for you and if you still hate me because I hate me too, I’ll never bother you again. I promise I am not the same guy you
used to know, I have changed, not for you. I was stupid to think I needed your validation. I changed for me and I swear it’s been great…but at least allow me tell you thank you for messing up my world and making it spin out of control in ways I still don’t understand. Please, let me do something nice for you today and if it’s a yes, I would be waiting in the car, you just have to pack a weekend bag.” He drops a closed eye smiley” I am not ordering, I am begging.”

She finds herself smiling , there is a knock on the door.

“Miss Samantha?”

She is frowning, she hands him the box, “Tell Mr. Bass that he never learns, I will not just up and leave just because he says” she says.

“I know” she turns hearing his voice.

“That’s why I said please.”

She smiles shaking her head.

“I’ll be out in 20 minutes” she turns walking inside, she didn’t see him smile, neither did he.
*************************************

“Okay, let’s go.”

TO BE CONTINUED

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