Chapter 68: Chapter 68

Chapter 68

‘’Mum!’’ I shout at the top of my voice. I swear I keep forgetting that Harry isn’t supposed to find out that Mrs. Jones is my real mum.

Or should I just tell him? Isn’t it gonna complicate issues?

I am pacing the floor in like ten seconds everyone is in the living room. Things keep getting better. Well, not logically better but worse.

‘’What the heck!’’ Harry exclaims once he sets his eyes on the screen. ‘’Don’t tell me they are talking about the same Diana that I know!’’

‘’Hey, you are shouting. Those are literally her images so, yeah, they must be talking about her. The same Diana that you know.’’

‘’Well, someone has to be paid here on earth. It is payback time for her. She did all that she could to ruin you and I but see what has happened to her. She fucking ruined herself! She is now insane for sure and the scene is disgusting.’’

‘’What do you suggest we do?’’ that’s Harry.

‘’Dude! What we suggest you do? What the hell! That woman almost killed you! Do you still feel some pity for her? You are not serious, Harry Williams! Or should I say Uncle Harry?’’

We all burst out laughing when he says that. He has a sense of humour. I love Alvin for free.

‘’Calm down, nephew. I wasn’t asking to help her. She is a psycho and that’s the truth. Whatever she did to me wasn’t acceptable and I will never be closer to her at any point.’’

‘’Good! Someone is finally manning up.’’

‘’Alvin!’’

‘’What?’’ he asks casually. ‘’I am just stating the truth of the matter.’’

‘’Keep your truth to yourself. I don’t want anyone fighting at this moment. We have so much to do, think about and we still have so much as our action point. Fighting your uncle isn’t cool at all. You should learn to respect him at all costs. You get it?’’

‘’Yes, ma’am I get it, princess.’’ Well, he is making fun when things are serious.

‘’Diana, Harry Williams’ former wife has been spotted walking on the streets. She looks absolutely insane. Diana is currently a fugitive of the law after she attempted to kill Harry Williams the son of one of the well-known businessmen in the city.’’ The young handsome journalist explains patiently.

‘’Please take a look at her current images.’’ Her current and before images are shown all over the street. This is pathetically painful. She was once an elegant young lady, good looking and remarkably beautiful. What the heck happens to people? Why would they want to be so bad to others?

I am about to start thinking of how she made my life a living hell when I was pregnant with Harrison’s baby but I scratch that. I throw it absolutely out of my head.

‘’Clara!’’ Janet’s voice startles me and I turn to look at her direction. ‘’Please come for a bit.’’

I walk to the kitchen without a word to go speak to Janet. She must be wondering what is going on so, I will enlighten her on the same. What she must know is that her boss has finally gotten her missing son.

‘’Hey, long time, Carita.’’ I smile when she says that. She knows I don’t like it when she calls me that but this is not the time to get upset.

‘’Hey, what’s up? How’s everything around here?’’ she smiles at my question before she responds.

‘’Everything is going well. Madam Aliana is really good to me. Well, I mean she is still very good to me and I will take the advantage to stay here for as long as I can so as to be able to make it in life tomorrow.’’

‘’That’s the spirit, girl. You will make it, you’ll see. I like your enthusiasm a lot.’’ I tell her jovially and her face lightens up when I say that. I genuinely like Janet a lot. She came from a very rich family but that didn’t dissuade her from working as a housemaid. She has passed through shit in life but didn’t give up just because of that.

Ross Wilson, the Happy Agent said: By being the best you can be, the most skillful in your endeavour and by loving yourself, your life and what you do with it, you'll happily begin every new day with a spring in your step.

I smile when that drifts through my mind. I like it that she likes so much what she does and I am sure Aliana likes it too.

She does it the best way that she can. I can attest to that.

‘’Clara!’’ she waves her hand on my face startling me and bringing me back to the planet earth. She is so adorable.

‘’Hey, come here. Let me tell you something.’’ I hold her hand and lead her to the balcony through the back door. ‘’Your boss just found her son that has been missing since birth. He has been my friend for so many years and now, he is Aliana’s son.’’

Her palm covers her mouth when she hears that. ‘’Really?’’ she asks excitedly, ‘’I have never felt happy like I am right now. She has suffered enough time and I feel very happy about this new development.’’

‘’I know she will be telling you about it officially. Meanwhile, how is your mum and the little kid doing?’’ I ask her in a bid to change the topic.

‘’Mum is doing really well, she, by the way, found out that dad had left a lot of money for her. She started a business and now she is doing perfectly well.’’

‘’Nice, I am truly happy to hear that. You see, your mum moved on when your dad’s door was closed for her but guess what! God literally opened better doors for her and now she is even running her own business. That’s a plus, you know?’’ she nods at me. ‘’Didn’t you get anything from him?’’

‘’I did but I decided to donate the money to the less fortunate. I don’t want to live off dad’s money, I want to work hard and make my own money. Living off someone is annoying. I have learned to make my own little money and I will keep doing it as long as I have the opportunity.’’ Wow! That sounds really cool. ‘’Thank you for the sweet words, Clara. You are a gem.’’

I laugh despite myself. ‘’Really?’’

‘’Yeah, really.’’ Someone responds and she frowns. When I turn, Harry is standing at the entrance with his arms opened and I don’t waste a minute before running to the open arms. ‘’You are my Gem, Clarita. I love you.’’

‘’And I love you more than you can ever imagine,’’ I tell him with a smile and when I slightly move my head, our lips lock and I have missed this. I want to pull away immediately I want to tell him that what we are doing is a sin but I push the thought to the back of my head kiss him like never before. I want to bouquet the moment, feel what I have missed and I want to know that this was still kept for me.

It is flowing nicely not beseeched. We are literally in love.

I tilt my head to give him access and deepen the kiss to a point I have never gotten. I feel him pulling away from the ferocious and wild kiss and I sulk for a few seconds. I want to tell him jokingly that I hate him for doing that but he doesn’t give me a single chance because he captures my lips hungrily again and I swear I am literally wet.

The back door flies open but we don’t even turn to look at who is there. I hear someone awkwardly clear their throats and claps their hand and I frown when He speaks.

‘’You two should drive to get a room already,’’ Alvin says jokingly making us break the sweet moment.

‘’Suit yourself, nephew!’’ Harry shouts and he goes back to kissing me. It has been months and months but he is still as good as I remember. He is the best kisser ever.

Not that I have kissed lots of people! No. he met me when I was a very naïve girl, he was literally the very first person to kiss me. Recently Alvin kissed me and …. Sorry but Harry remains my best kisser.

I mile between the kisses and I feel him pulling away.

‘’Are you okay?’’

‘’No.’’

‘’How can I help you?’’

‘’You cannot help me.’’

Remind me, why am I so harsh again? I pull away from his grip and walk back inside. Janet and my friend Alvin are long gone from the balcony.

When I get to the kitchen, I blink several when I see Alvin and Janet in a very compromising position. I hope we didn’t influence them to do that.

Harry is trailing closely behind me. ‘’I need to tell you something, beautiful.’’ He whispers gently to my ear.

‘’I am listening.’’ He holds my hand and pulls me towards the living room.

‘’Anita has a crush on Alvin.’’ He says once we are out of their sight and my eyes shoot open.

‘’How did you know?’’ I ask him curiously.

‘’She confessed it to me the other day when you two came to the hospital. She thinks she likes him but maybe it’s because we all are related.’’

When he says that, I feel my adrenaline rise very high. I swear he will really hate me when he finally realizes that I hid the truth from him. I hope that never happens.

Mum and Aliana are busy talking in hushed tones and I wonder what they are discussing so deeply.

Harrison tries to pull me out but mum’s voice stops us on our trajectory.

‘’You two, come back here.’’ She says and Harrison and I share a knowing look before turning to walk back without saying a word.

‘’This woman seems to really love you,’’ Harrison whispers quietly to my ear.

‘’Really? I haven’t noticed that.’’ I whisper back trying to push away the conversation. I don’t want my tongue to slip and say what I do not wanna say.

‘’Where are you two going?’’

‘’Um, nowhere,’’ Harry replies and Aliana smiles.

‘’No games, we will head to the hospital for tests between Aliana and Alvin, then we go to the police station to hand over the evidence that we may be having against Jenna. She doesn’t know that I am alive or so I assume. It will be a surprise on her.’’ She says patiently and a little bit of excitement laces her voice.

Alvin comes and we all set to go to the hospital

A few days later.

We are going to the hospital to get the results. Aliana and Harrison are seated together. Harry is driving while Aliana is seated shotgun. My mum was busy so, she didn’t make it to come with us. She, Luke’s dad and Mr. Williams are having a meeting.

Alvin and I are at the back and his long arms are holding my shoulders comfortably. I keep rubbing his back gently telling him that it is okay. He seems to be too nervous and that’s not good for him and Aliana.

‘’You know you should be strong for her?’’ I ask in a hushed and muted sound. I don’t want him to be the one who looks gloomy when he should be the one enlightening the mood.

‘’I know, Aunty Clara. I am just very nervous about it.’’ I laugh despite myself at the way he just addressed me. This guy is crazy.

‘’Just try and be very strong for him. I am here for you and everyone else is, you know?’’ I ask him and he nods.

‘’Okay, aunty. I know.’’ I roll my eyes and spank him on the shoulder jokingly when he says that. I love my friend and the fact that our friendship has lasted for this long is really good for us.

I let my head rest on his shoulder. I close my eyes to have a little nap but my head shifts to the day we went to the station to give our statements.

Jenna is totally worried. I think it is totally true that ‘every dog has its own day’. She was once this elegant queen bee, very arrogant with don’t care attitude. She frustrated me and I never knew I could see her like that at some point.

Looking like shit.

Very vulnerable.

I never rejoiced when I saw that, in fact, I felt really bad when I saw her in that situation. She said that my mum was a ghost and said that she has come back to torment her. The latter is the very same thing that she told me when she first saw me.

Mum asked her if she ever received any gifts from her and I am just glad that I was there to witness her face. It was horrible. She was crying and I swear I felt her pain.

Aliana didn’t say anything because that would have led to sabotage or interference. She wanted to go back when all was set and ready so that she can tell her that all was now set under the light.

Truth can never be hidden.

Time is here for the truth to come out. I went in with my mum. I had hopes that she would confess that Harry isn’t William’s son but I was mistaken. She rubbed it on my face how I had a baby with my own brother and how I did an abominable act with my own brother.

In my heart, I am aware that I never knew that he was my brother, both of us were oblivious of the same. Otherwise, we would not have done that.

We are not insane to do such an insane thing.

Anyway, it has happened and my final decision is that I will marry him. A brother or not, I will be his wife.

I feel a soft finger tapping my shoulder. ‘’We are here.’’ Harry says.

I raise my head and realize Alvin is asleep while Aliana and Harrison are all standing outside my side of the door.

The doctor who was doing the tests is a nice doctor. He welcomes us and the first thing he does is hand over the envelope to Aliana.

Straight to the point.

I completely cannot decipher the look on her face when she opens the paper that was nicely folded in the envelope. I don’t know if it is horror or excitement.

I hope the test results are positive.