DELOITTE CONGLOMERATE***
Paige stands at the center of the huge compound of the company and tears was just falling down her eyes like rain.
This was the place she first met Carding when he was being slapped by Vince.
She looked at the chair outside and it was the same chair Carding was sitting on the very first day she met him and Paige could remember how sad and lonely he was that day.
She staggeringly went to the chair, caressing it softly and as she did, more tears falls down her eyes… Indeed Carding has always been a sad kid thanks to Vince.
Remembering their sweet moments together and how caring Carding was towards her brought more tears to her eyes.
“Carding I’m sorry. Please don’t leave me, I won’t be able to take it if you do. Carding!” She said crying and Clark gives her an handkerchief.
“Dry your tears with this” He said and Paige looks at him with watery eyes.
***
“How do you know I was here?” Paige asked some minutes later, though she was no longer crying, but her eyes were producing tears.
“Inquiring about you, I find out this company was the actual place you and Carding first met and since I fancy romance a lot, I had a hunch that you might go back to where it first started and my hunch was right” Clark said with a smile but Paige looked somewhere else.
“Paige, Don’t h@ťě Aunt Tessa. Her coming back to Chicago might have ruined your relationship with Carding, but she only came to Chicago because she missed you a lot. You own her your life yunno. If she didn’t handle you to sir. Edward you probably won’t have been alive talk more of falling in love with Carding”.
“What’re you trying to imply?” She asked cleaning her tears.
“I understand if you h@ťě sir. Vince, he deserves your hatred, but not Aunt Tessa. After I and my late mom saved her, she was in coma for five years and when she finally woke up, all she thought about was looking for you. For good thirteen years she never stopped searching for you Paige, that is how much she loves you. Don’t be mad at her for coming back to be a mother to you again” Clark said.
“Everything that is happening to me is so hard to digest. All I care about right now is for Carding to be okay and back to his feet”.
“He is going to be okay. All he needs right now is your prayers”.
Paige looks at him and he smiles genuinely.
******
In the outskirts of the city of Chicago, Odessa pulls her car into a halt. She came out from her car and enters an old building.
“Ma’am” The smoking guy said and Odessa landed a hot slap on his face.
“You idiot!!!!” She yells at angrily.
“I paid you to do away with Paige and not my son!!. Thanks to a coward like you, my son has a 50/50 chance of surviving and if by chance he wakes up, he is going to go insane!!!” Odessa yells at the hoodlum angrily.
She has ealier paid him to run Paige over with a car. The car that hit Carding was organized by her.
“I’m so sorry ma’am. I got drunk and that is why I lost my sanity for a while. And since your son was so beautiful like a lady, my drunk eyes thought it was the girl you wanted me to ki||” The hoodlum said and Odessa slaps him again.
“If my son doesn’t get his sanity back when he wakes up. I’m going to ki|| your entire family!!!” Odessa yells angrily at him and leave the abandoned building.
She enters her car angrily and screams hitting the steering wheel.
“Paige should be the one in a critical condition not my son. It should have been her and not my Carding!!!!” Odessa shouted with a feeling of ingratiation burning inside of her.
Her phone rang and when she sees the caller, she switched off her phone.
“I can’t let Paige and Tessa have a happily ever after with Vince. I’m going to destroy them!!!” She shouted furiously.
*****
A BAR***
“What! You aren’t pushing through with Rose and Carding getting married anymore” Mr. Wilson asked.
“No I’m not. Carding is in a critical condition. He has a 50/50 chance of surviving and if he by chance survive he won’t be the son I used to know. I want to make it up to my son if by chance he survives this. And I also want to make it up to Cassandra too”.
“Who is Cassandra?” Mr. Wilson asked.
“She is Paige. She is the daughter I thought I lost a long time ago. Both she and Carding are half siblings” Vince said.
******
NEXT DAY=EMPIRE HIGH**
“Thanks for the ice cream Bryan” Desiree said smiling as they walked one step after the other.
“You don’t have to thank me Desiree” Bryan said with a smile caressing her cheek.
“How is Carding?”
“He hasn’t waken up yet but we hope he’ll, even if the outcome will be disability. Anyways I’ll be right back. Lemme use the restroom” Desiree said and Bryan nods.
Desiree leaves after giving the ice cream she was eating to him. Bryan sighs looking around the school and then his eyes met with Nadia was walking dizzily and he quickly rushed to her.
“Nadia are you all right?” He asked worriedly.
“I’m fine” Nadia said trying to walk away, but Bryan touch her forehead.
“You’re burning up Nadia. Are you sick?” He asked and Nadia jerked his hand off.
“Isn’t this what you wanted, to make me suffer for not being able to fight for my love for you!!” Nadia shouted at him.
“I was only doing that to make you jealous Nadia. I was so hurt by what you did to me. And to make you feel the pains I felt, I had to use Desiree to make you jealous!!! I still love you so much Nadia” Bryan said.
“You were just using me” Desiree asked and Bryan turns, only to see Desiree crying.
“Desiree I’m….”
Desiree shut him up with a thunderous slap on the cheek.
“I was just a pawn. So all these times you were being romantic towards you, you were only doing that to make Nadia jealous. And here I was thinking I was going to have a chance with you!!!!!” Desiree said as more tears falls down her eyes.
“Desiree” Bryan muttered her name.
“I love you Bryan. You have no idea how hurt I was when I discovered Nadia was your girlfriend, but I decided to let go, at least seeing you happy was going to ease the pain. Then you came home crying that Nadia broke up with you. And you said you were going to forget about her and I thought maybe I was really destined to be with you, but now I found out that you were just using me to make Nadia jealous. You’re so cruel Bryan, you’re wicked!!!” Desiree yells crying painfully.
“Desiree, I am sorry. I have no idea you love me” Bryan said trying to hold her, but Desiree slaps him and took to her heels crying.
She ran across the road and was almost hit by a car, but the driver was quick to halt the car before he could hit her.
“Miss, are you all right” Clark asked coming out from his car. Desiree went to where he was and began hitting his chest aggressively.
“Do you want to ki|| me!!!”
“Miss I’m sorry”.
“You all are all the same. You’re so cruel. I h@ťě you, I h@ťě you so much” Desiree cries, hitting Clark’s chest the more.
*Seems her heart was broken* Clark muttered inwardly and with that he hugged Desiree.
“Pour it all out. My shoulder is free for you to cry on” Clark said and Desiree slowly hugs him back, crying so hurtfully.
TBC