Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Clarissa tapped her foot impatiently on the floor waiting for the door to open up for her, she raised her hand ready to knock again but it came opened.

Alexa’s brows arched at the sudden appearance of the Clarissa, after the little she had overheard from their conversation yesterday, she now saw Clarissa differently..

“Hi Alexa, I was wondering if you are less busy.. I just thought it might be nice to go hang out at some nice spot”

“You are well aware that I’m still mourning my mother’s death”

Clarissa shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly as she made her way into Alexa’s apartment, she walked to the sofa and settled herself on it..

A sly smirk tugged by the sides of her lips as the sound of the door closing reached her ears..

“What do you want? if you’re here to talk about anything related to Hardin then I’m sorry to break it to you that I’m the wrong person to speak with” ..

Clarissa sat up on the sofa cackling up with laughter..

Her face suddenly turned serious, it was void of any emotion..

Since Hardin wasn’t around at the moment, there was really no point of acting nice towards the spoilt rich brat..

“When do you intend to leave him alone for good? haven’t you messed up with him enough?”

Alexa was taken aback by the sudden change of her attitude, a part of her had always found Clarissa suspicious…

And she just proved to have a different layer underneath the fake smile she puts up whenever Hardin was around..

“What do you mean?” Alexa who was still clueless about Clarissa’s approach asked..

“You know very well what I mean Alexa! you’re making things hard for him, Hardin has changed and you’re the reason behind that awful change in him! if you hadn’t come around, he would have accepted my proposal”

Alexa was left speechless and confused by the other lady’s words..

“I’m not even doing anything and you are already feeling insecure? if you have nothing else to say, then I suggest you get out of my apartment!”

Clarissa chuckled dryly rising up to her feet, she inched closer to Alexa leaving them with a little or no distance apart..

“I’ll say this only once Alexa and I hope you pay heed to it, stay away from Hardin, the both of you are worlds apart from each other and nothing good can come out of whatever you are trying to do, you are his tenant, so maintain that title and don’t crave for more!”

She warned in a sharp tone and made her way out of the apartment leaving Alexa to ponder on what she just said.

***

The small smile on Damien’s lips froze as he stared at the caller’s id overlaying on the phone’s screen..

Sandy was alarmed by the sound of her phone ringing, she made an attempt to snatch it from his grip but he was faster..

That was his mum’s name boldly showing on the screen, or perhaps she knew another person who had the same name too?..

“What are you doing Damien? Let me have my phone it might be an important call”

Damien accepted the call and almost immediately, a chirpy voice came through at the other end..

“Aunt, how is it going at the station? Olivia is being a nuisance over here, she is asking for a pee break and I’m afraid she is trying to escape just so she could reach Damien”

Sandy sighed deeply, that was Bianca’s voice, her eyes lowered to her purse when she felt Damien’s eyes on her..

She clenched and unclenched her hands taking a peek back at him, she watched Damien’s expression changing from a look of amusement to another look she couldn’t fathom..

“Hello?.. Aunt, can you hear me?”

Damien disconnected the call, he felt something was wrong, like they were hiding something away from him..

“Didn’t you say Olivia went to the mall?” he asked meaningfully..

“Oh, did I?” She asked with a nervous ear to ear grin..

Damien shouldn’t find out that his mum was still alive, Anita made the decision to be the one to break the news to her family by herself..

If Damien figured out everything before she even gets a chance to tell everyone, then this might turn to a big misunderstanding..

“What are you hiding away from me?” he questioned.

Sandy shook her head at his question “Nothing dear-

He turned around heading away from her before she could finish her sentence. His initial reason of coming to the station was pushed aside in a matter of minutes..

First he had to get to Olivia, it appeared that she had wanted to reach out to him but they were holding her back one way or another..

Only she could give him answers, he tucked Sandy’s phone into his pocket just so she couldn’t alert the rest at home of his coming..

***

Olivia rolled her eyes as Anita’s sobs reached her ears, they were watching a movie not like she wanted to anyway but she had no other choice since she was still tied up to the chair..

Anita pulled out a tissue out of its box dabbing it under her eyes gently..

“It’s so emotional” she choked out in between sobs.

“Can I at least get something to eat? I’m hungry” Olivia grumbled..

Anita stood up to her feet with the bowl of chips, she approached Olivia and offered a single chip to her lips which was still tightly shut..

“Come on dear open up”

Left with no other choice, Olivia opened up her mouth..Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

She munched on the crunchy chips Anita offered to her continuously..

“So I heard you spent two nights with Damien at his villa all alone, is there something you would like to share with me?”

Olivia’s cheeks flamed up, she suddenly felt like vanishing into thin air when Anita’s teasing laughs reached her ears..

“Nothing happened” She lied to stop the latter from teasing her so much..

Anita leaned down to Olivia’s ears and whispered softly.. “Bianca told me about the hickeys”

Series of coughs escaped from Olivia’s throat..

Bianca!

Such a friend indeed..

“Aunt! Bianca is clearly telling lies-” Olivia tried to defend herself only for more chips to go into her mouth to stop her from speaking..

Anita placed the bowl aside and touched Olivia’s face gently..

“I’m so happy that Damien made the right choice by accepting you and Kelvin, and according to what I have heard from your mum, you and Damien have been bonding really well in the last couple of days”

A smile tugged at the corner of their lips but all that died as the door bell rang once and the door opened afterwards leaving Anita no time to hide from whoever that it was..

Their eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the last person they had expected to see..

Time froze around Damien as his eyes fell on the figure standing next to Olivia who was tied up to a chair..

“Mum?”

His voice came out as an inaudible whisper, he was left confused at what was going on around him, he pinched himself to know if this was all a dream..

But heck no, it wasn’t, his precious mum was standing right over there. She looked completely normal.

Anita’s eyes watered at the sight of one of her babies whom she had missed so much, her legs moved on their own towards him..

“Damien” she called out caressing his face tenderly..

She enveloped him into an embrace while she continued sobbing in his arms..

Sandy panted heavily as she entered, she was too late but things didn’t turn out bad like she had expected..

She smiled at the emotional scene going on in front of her..

Damien was dumbfounded, his mum was alive all these time? and he had no idea about it?

“I missed you so much Damien, tell me how is your dad doing?”

Damien held her shoulder pulling away from the embrace..

“You lied about your death?!”