pte

re

voice broke through the quiet of the room, st

w because She hurried to where our stepmot

hen turned to me and my father, "You guys finally found a match for Andre? That's

y who only cared about the status of t

marriage, Lou

ou're the one old enough to get married here, you're thirty, remember? An

think?" Hearing me talk about her marriage with our father, her face morphed into something else,

.! I'm not getting marrie

et married someday,"

t feel like you all want me out of the h

Elizabeth and then continued, "Good news is that they also want me

turned to Louisa, holding her hands in hers. "Follow me to Leila's room so that we can open everything together. We even collecte

about material things, don'

." I

d not become rich by being

always form new relationships, beneficial ones." He got up from his chair, going

place, I thought love was something real, but soon I realized that there's no such

alcohol, handing one to me with a sma

ly name for as long as I stayed with them. Don't get me wrong but the only thing she had to offer which I am grateful

that small restaurant of hers. I'm not sure anyone in this family wo

ave you as my son. I am only guiding you because I do not

e former minister's daughter. Make her fall deeply in love with you so that thi

if you don't feel she's the right one, I have a list of others. It's the first

refilled the glass, and took

nley to call the insura

y father was a little dramatic, if he knew what that girl did at Taylor's restaurant, he

t take a scrap car around the city, you're the so

ather, I'll leave now." I bowed in fro

aiting for me with the phone in his hand. It rem

and so I proceeded to open the lock, what was I expecting, it was locked with a secured password. I tried different ones

the screen saver o

, Sir?" He asked as he walked to w

that girl, she owes

ion and paused for a mom

, it would be easier to find her if I kne

t don't come to work tomorrow if you don't find at le

anessa, her name is Vanessa. Find something valuable about the Vanessa gir

once more before

know that she took action against that girl by firing her. She was asking for my free time so we could meet but I knew how women like her were, she didn't ca

my mind to have nothing to do with her. She didn't love us then, why should sh

ked her from sending more annoying texts that

hands in my pants pocket, staring out the window as

mind and I wished it didn't. For a moment, I began to guilty judge myself for not doing dr*gs, at least not n

ssions if I could give up on it but it's not so easy. It's

nly in earning money for us and left us in the care of our nanny a

the presence of the whole house so I went to the door, quickly checking outside to see if the area was cleared, it

k then my father was disappointed that I did drugs, the only thing he did to help me was sign me up for counseling and I did go, just that I f**ked the counselor out

oset before going to bed. I opened the box, there were lots of packed cokes which I had saved up for some time since they were pretty expensive and hard to get. Medicine bottl

tourniquet to reveal the veins. I was about to inject myself with the drugs when

perceive cigarettes so I know you're in there. We're orde

ed, feeling pissed off. She's

on't complain later because I won't l

e disturbing me." I rolled out my eyes, I hope

it no more, I injected myself with the substance. That rushed feel

or's

ring the day. He was giddy, talking fast and laughing at the most meaningless words which came out of his lips. Andre couldn't feel the cold air on his skin, but instead felt a hot, prickly sensation beneath t

red and heavy and he knew it was time to rest, but He was too anxious to do so. All he could do was sit there with crazy thoughts runni

I can't do this, I shouldn't sleep. I'll die in my sleep." He continued

him to break something. He did try to fight it off but it took over him. There was a s

rom trying to sleep, he folded himself into a shivering ball, his teeth clattering in the cold. Sweating ferociously on the outside while frozen on the inside, He was too weak to even reach