He looked at the sleeping figure. Her eyes were red from crying.
"The doctor said my mom needed a quick amputation" she had confided sorrowfully.
"She could get a prothesic leg" he had suggested.
" Will I ever get that kind of money??"
Xavier called."you're home?"
"On my way"
"That's good, I'll come over we need to talk"
"Okay, did you speak to Hillary, she ran off immediately"
"Yes, she's home" he said a tiny of smile in his voice.
"You care for her??"
Xavier smiled," I do, she had this charm about her. Damien looked at the sleeping figure, she did have a charm about her. He ended the call and he sped off.
Soft music filled the car, he glanced at her occasionally.
He parked as he reached where he had dropped her off yesterday.
He tapped her gently.
"Hey...hey"he called her shaking an arm.
Then he crossed an arm to unlock the seatbelt. He was so close to her he could inhale her scent faintly.
Gently she woke up and he withdrew.
"You're home, girl"
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He flew the stairs three at a time, he was exhausted. A cook shower and sleep was all he craved after he eat a eight sushis in his car.
He opened the door, " how have you been...Fiance??"
Damien sighed, she was the last person he wanted to see.
" Let's do this another time"
He passed her." Damy love, I haven't seen you in three years, don't I get a hug, at least??"
She purred hugging him from behind.
" Get off" he said breaking free.
" When are we gonna get married?" She asked
" We both know that's not happening.... that's the door Cubia" he said, the demeanor changing immediately.
" You!" She stopped abruptly, she didn't have any leverage, his parents were now gone. He only listened to Mrs Sylvia, Xavier's Mother, who happens to dislike Cubia.
" I don't want to leave" she said adamantly.
" Cubia, the door is behind you" he said, the chilling his voice told her if hidden dangers.
" You think I'm a plaything Damien?" " No calls , no texts for years and you come back and-" she stopped and turned to leave.
She didn't want to look pathetic, she knew Damien hated weak, pathetic women.
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Penelope looked at the wristwatch. It was sliver wristwatch with diamonds.
She wondered who he was, again.
She looked at her sleeping mother, he was right, she was not helping matters.
She had to stop.
She wondered how nice it was to have that Man as a brother-in-law. She smiled.
Tears streamed her cheeks, Damien was going to annul their engagement.
She had bragged about their future wedding for years now.
She could no longer use pregnancy to tie him down. Years ago, She was just a waitress at Chasen (a job she slept through to get). Damien was at the time was dealing with Tina's break up. He frequented Chasen, drinking every night. Cubia noticed, offered herself. He agreed.
They had a night and she got pregnant, her plan along.
She, smartly, put the screws to him and they got engaged, what else could he do when she had his parents full support.
The baby was never born.
He left the City.
He left her.
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10:46pm,
Anderson wasn't home yet.
A knock sounded lightly. "I'm coming"
Hillary opened the door, she saw no one.
" Hey...lass... it's me"
" Momma M, how are you?" She said wondering what she wanted, everyone knew Momma M was a pain in the neck.
" I sent your dog to jail"
Everyone also knew that she hated, Anderson and his friends.
" What do you mean??" " Where's Anderson?"
" He was causing a ruckus, I called da police" she said proudly.
" You are mean" she said going in to pick her phone.
" You is ungrateful, I saved your ass from a drug dealer, now ya can marry that lad that brought ya home tonight!" Momma explained.
Hillary paused. She had seen she and Damien?
She looked at Momma's window. She had locked it. A rare sight. Momma was upset.
" He's sister came" someone said from behind.
She turned. It was Sandra, their neighbor.
She nodded, ' with Cubia involved, this was a whole new level'
"Thanks"
She went in. She picked her phone and called Cubia's landline.
She left a msg.
After a while she called her private line.
Just as he laid down, he felt the vibration. He ignored it. After a while he looked around and he saw a strange phone, ringing.
It was obviously Cubia's phone. He looked at the caller, Bitchy.
'christ' he thought sliencing the phone.
As her thought about her, the more annoyed he came.
He decided to double the security.
She locked the door and pulled off her pyjamas, heading to the bathroom. She decided to take a shower, again.
Humming a song, she reminisced what Momma M had said.
" I would bake her a cake" she muttered.