Chapter 5
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***Arya***
Hello! Arya here yeah of course it's me again who did you expect. Am the one this guy is always thinking about, the billionaire’s baby mama although this is my mother in laws playground. Anyway, I hate to interrupt you but I knew this day will come. Which day? I mean the day my mum finds out I screwed a married man. Am not scared, she is my mum she can't beat me up like am a ten year old even if she does she won't kill me. You see I was planning to tell her myself, it would have been better this way "Hey Mum I slept with a married man" as compared to Melissa telling her it came out lethal everything from the bitches mouth is lethal. And this guy couldn't think of the right time to write about this? Anyway tell your story one day I'll tell mine. What if I did not sleep with a married man? Spoiler alert!
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Don't take get seriously. There are no spoilers on this story she slept with a married man.
Lincoln price was not having peace even after getting rid of his biggest adversary. He did not believe in God or rather nature getting back on him. No he didn't as a matter of fact Lincoln thought he was use by nature to bring about justice for all the people Ben had stepped on, threw under a bus to get his fortune. There was no proof he had done that but Lincoln did need any proof. He was rich himself which was an enough reason to accuse Ben. That's the thing with evil people, they don't believe they are evil but everyone is.
Funny how nature was using another person to get back on him too. The door to his office was knocked. He shouted a hasty come in and continued going through his files.
"Good morning sir" A short stout man dressed in an old blue suit said.
Lincoln behaved as though he had not heard the man and continued going through his bunch of papers. The man stood there looking restless. Lincoln raised his head.
"Sit"
"Thank you sir I..."
"Am busy what is it?"
"Someone is watching me sir" He said looking stressed.
He closed the file and arranged the papers decently on his desk then with his elbows supported on the desk he gave him his attention.
"Job I pay you to do my accounts not to interrupt my mornings!"
"Am sorry sir but I don't feel safe" Complained job.
"Then go to the police"
"You are not serious sir, police are not good around our kind of business"
It was true. Obvious Lincoln was not thinking straight. Police involvement in his matters would have caused more problems for him especially with money that he kept laundering.
"That was a stupid suggestion how do you want me to help you?"
"You can give me a security detail sir at least for a few days"
"Okay I will talk to Alex you can go" Lincoln Said scratching his bald beard for answers.
Job thanked him and walked to the door. He stopped and turned around. His boss was not that good he could tell. His enemies, all of them had insomnia driven by their string urge to ensure he enjoyed no peace and he had nothing and from the look of things they were succeeding.
"Sir?"
"Yes Job is there anything else I can do for you?" He asked.
"NO, I just wanted to say you will win this war, all your unknown enemies will be vanquished am positive about it"
"Thank you job, but I don't need words right now. Go bring me their heads or get out!" Screamed Lincoln.
It was not as good as Lincoln expected but to Job it was something. At least he tried his best. Job walked out of the office quicker than he came in.
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Arya was in the gym with Mrs. Chau. The latter had opted to help her train from home since the funeral and also her pregnancy was big enough.
"Go girl!" Shouted Millan.
"Says... Says the one watching from the sides", Mocked Arya.
Millan and Chau looked at each other and smiled. She was not enjoying herself, it was strenuous but necessary. Lilly came in unnoticed and joined the two other women. Arya saw her on the mirror and she did not look happy.
"Morning mum, want to join me?" She asked.
"Am already taking breakfast so, I don't think there is any need"
"Chau, tell her"
"You can exercise any time Mrs. Jacobs" Said Chau flashing a friendly smile.
It was obvious Lilly looked uninterested in in their bid to make her understand the importance of doing physical exercises.
"Maybe tomorrow can I have the room with my daughter please?"
"Okay" Millan said.
The two, Millan and Chau walked outside leaving Arya with her mum. She was done for the day anyway.
"Mum, what is it you don't look happy", Arya said drying herself with a face towel.
"NO, am happy" Lilly said stating around the various gym equipment around them.
"I can sense bad energy what is it mum?"
"I just had a talk with Melissa"
Arya froze on the mention of Melissa. Lily was creating suspense with her utterances, giving her daughter incomplete clues on what she really wanted to say. The vindictive daughter of a killer was throwing stones in her glass house. She expected that one it was not a surprise because as they say, when you live in the trenches you have to know your enemies. Perhaps she was bitter with the fact that Arya was carrying Scott's son.
"And how did it go?” Asked Arya.
"Am disappointed in you Arya" she finally said relaxing on the nearby bench.
"Welcome to the hall of fame" Joked Arya joining her mother on the bench.
There was some silence as both of the two women drifted into their unconscious. Arya was thinking about what was so lethal that Melissa told her mother while Lilly was still holding back on whether to judge her choices when she was not there for her in the first place or just pretend like it was okay and move on. It was both confusing.
"This is not funny Arya!"
"I know, she did tell you the two of them are married right?"
"I can't believe you slept with a married man Arya, I raised you better" Lilly said with a lot of disappointment in her tone.
"I didn't know he was married mum, you can't put that on me"
"Of course I can, you can tell what a married man looks like and they also wear something called a ring around their fingers next time look for one"
"Ooh, am sorry I haven't been with many men to learn that skill and FYI mum the ring is not permanent it can be removed"
"Is that how you are going to justify this disgrace?"
Arya looked at her mother with a spark in her eyes. It was that courage that eceryone hated including her ownother Lilly. And she noted earlier that Arya was not happy.
"Don't you look at me like that your mother!"
"You called me a disgrace, do you know why I left home in the first place?"
Lilly was left tongue tied. Arya was playing the guilt card. Her mum was not there for her when Henry was throwing her out in the streets to live in her own and fend for herself. Pregnant and vulnerable with no idea where she was going.
"Of course you don't, when dad was throwing me out you said nothing. You just begged him but do you know the real reason why I left?" She asked seething with rage.
Arya was now in her feet. Her mother was the was seated looking embarrassed. The courage she had came with had abandoned her. The tables had turned and now Arya had the power. Her past and submission to Henry was starting to create an even bigger rift between Lilly and her daughter. She had to do something about it.
"He askede to abort this baby, my own baby"
Lilly gasped. Henry was brutal but never did she think he could go to that extent of asking her own daughter to take an innocent life. Yet what was really bothering her was the fact that she seemed to have stood by him and let him, not really supported him but kept quiet about all the bad things he was doing. As they say, bad things do happen because good people either do not have the power to do anything about it or they keep quiet. In her case it was both.
"And I didn't tell you because you were too scared to Stand up to him then. Where was this courage you've got now?"
Lilly kept quiet. She was crying.
"Before you judge me mum, remember I had no choice and no one in my corner" Arya said abs matched out.
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After what looked like a messy breakfast, Scott his mother and Paul used the same vehicle to work. Melissa used a different one. Her and scott were not talking even though they needed to talk one on one. She had not informed her parents about it. Melissa did not know why. In her generation cheating was a daily occurrence. In fact she had speculated Scott was cheating but this was different. Normal women found out a few days maybe weeks later. Eight months was just too much to take in and she was pregnant, everyone's favorite. Everything was happening so fast. It was a humbling experience.
"Mum, you look tensed today everything okay?" Ruth asked.
"Nothing is okay ruth" She said.
"You can talk to me you know, I can also cancel yiyr meetings and everything until you feel better"
She really wished for that. Martha her mother was her therapist but she didn't want to worry her parents besides it was shameful too. How could she lose her husband to a nobody? Arya did not look like they were well off. And what about the media? How was it going to react to the news that her man thought she was not good enough for him and sought another woman? It would have tarnished her name and ruined her career as much as pregnancy did. Melissa was not willing to take the chance, it didn't have to come out. Never.
"You knew Arya was pregnant with Scott?" Melissa asked.
Ruth's morning had just started on the wrong foot. It was a tough question. If she said yes then why didn't she tell her? She just got to know the previous night and if she Said no then it would have been a lie. Melissa did not trust people that easily. She took her chances with yes.
"Yes"
*How long? "
“Yesterday at night "Said Ruth avoiding eye contact.
"Yester night, interesting" Melissa mocked stating through her window.
They were making their way across town. FCNN was a few meters away. The suspense in the car was getting high, Ruth did not know her fate. Melissa was known for reacting badly to anything not to mention betrayal.
"Were you planning on telling me?" She finally asked.
"Yes mum I was planning on telling you"
"Good, no one must hear of that in fact call Paul let him know" She ordered.
When they got to their destination Melissa marched out of the car almost knocking the driver down. She was furious. Ruth wondered if she was going to do the show in that emotional state. She followed Melissa closely while trying to reach Paul.
"Morning Paul"
"Morning Ruth what can I do for you?"
"Melissa wants the news of Aryas pregnancy not to leave the castle. Her orders sir"
When it came to hierarchy Paul was superior to her. There was a way she had to talk to him without making it look like she was barking orders. The good thing with Paul, he was understanding and a father figure.
"Okay, I will see to it right away"
"Ruth!"
"Bye Paul, thank you. I got to go"
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