TAKEN forty-nine
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As they all see Bella off to the car. They waved a bye to her with nice smiles. Everyone aside Marcus was surprised at her decision of leaving the house, but since she had insisted, they had to let her go. Marcus volunteered to drop her off,so everyone waved them both a bye.
Although, his mum said his fitness instructor was just making him work out to relieve all his stress. But Stella did not believe a single word. She had every feeling that Bella was lying to her and covering up something for her son. She promised herself to find out what it was before Marcus finally kicks her out of the house. Which is getting nearer and she has to take more faster actions.
When they were both out of sight, Stella turned to Allen and Flora, who were both glued to each othet. "I see she's doing a great deal leaving you out of this drama Allen." she faced Allen.
"I dont mean to disrespect ma'am, but Allen was never in support of this from day 1, you pushed him to it" Flora cut in
"I did push him, but he enjoyed the fall didn't he?"she turned to Allen instead. She knew he spoke for her yesterday but she also knew it was just to leave him out of the picture. She wished he could take the blame for whatever happened between them instead of Spencer but she wouldn't allow it either. She was suspicious of how Spencer got into the picture too, but Allen never knew about him, so she kept her cool.
She had all reason to cover up for Allen, else Marcus would immediately kick her out and never forgive her, if he discovered Allen was really sleeping with her. She would mostly be at loss and would be left out, if the family finally have a reunion and settle things between themselves she wouldn't be there too. So she has tried her best to remove Allen from the picture from the moment Marcus started asking weird questions. Flora was also in the picture. If she tried anything cunning or funny, the lady was smart to fire her back. The fact that she had also caught her and Allen still remain a barrier and she wouldn't let little mistakes cause her own death. She would agree that she let Allen safe but it was only for her own good.
Allen was scared at Stella's word. She talked like she has been going easy on him all this while and it was time to reveal some baffling truth to his brother. There was too much confidence in her and he feared her next step. He was starting to rethink Flora's idea of leaving the country soonest. But he really wanted everything to die down first. He didn't want his brother to rush into a conclusion that he was all involved and that was why he was running. But what if the matter only gets worse. What if he nevers gets to leave the country with Flora after his brother discover his relationship with his wife.
Flora wasn't bothered the way Stella talked. She was also confident that Allen would scale through this. She promised herself she was going to win and Stella little threats would not scare her. Allen's mum had left already.They were few in the house. Marcus was easier to penetrate with same decision yet heard.If someone was to be at loss. It was Stella.
Stella watched as Allen was dragged by Flora into the room. If it wasn't what was happening, she would have personally kicked that girl out of her house. She just wished in few months time, this was still her house. This was the first time she feared her husband decision.She knew him to love and respect whatever she said, but now, she really messed up for not planning things well..Stella suddenly wants to take a nap, she hadn't had a better one single all these started, Marcus didn't sleep in her room yesterday too. She had a lot to think about. So while he is away, she needed to take a good nap and refresh her memory back.
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Rose stiff at the door as she unexpectedly sees her friend at her doorstep looking exhausted and drained with sweat.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"Rose asked ushering her in.
Stella moves and takes a seat as she tries to calm her head down. Rose grabs her water from the kitchen and hands it over to her as she gulp it down her throat. She takes a seat beside her friend as she tries to listen to whatever brought her here in a rush. She knows all her friend was going through and her coming in here disturbed means a lot of things had happened and she hope it was not the divorce Marcus promised her.
"I remember"Stella's voice broke as she tries explaining herself to Rose. "It's Allen's baby. Allen was the one. I can remember vividly Rose. Allen owns this sperm in me. What am I going to do. Everything seems to fire back at me. Nothing is working out" Stella couldn't believe her taking a nap could actually bring back all her sex scenes back to her and she could vividly remember who did this. She was a human, she would definitely know who made her pregnant. Now that she remembers, she's not at peace. She expected this to favour Marcus and her, at least the baby could bring them together, but No!. Things are falling apart so bad.
"How could you both make that mistake. I vividly told you to only allow Marcus that comfortable with you since he wanted a baby so much . What extreme fun would you have with Allen and you both..."
"Allen didn't even know, I made him drunk, we were both drunk, I just wanted a different kind of sex that night"
"Marcus shouldn't find out about this Stella. You're in too much trouble already. Keep convincing him that he owns the baby. I do not have a spare room if everything goes sideways, just so you know"
They were friends, but she had expected this answer from Rose. Although Rose could let her stay few weeks, but she knew how inconvenient it would be if she stayed too long. Although, she didn't want a reason to talk to her husband like always and so she always keep her cool independently. Stella didn't want to stay at Rose's for long too. She couldn't imagine a life without all Marcus had and had given too her. She thought about her own gain in the divorce, she wasn't going to get half of Marcus wealth. It is all going to get wasted in few months time. Especially since a child was coming
There was silence in the room for some time.
"You should find the perfect time to ask him about his fitness instructor. Are you sure they really don't have anything to do with each other. Stop slacking woman. You have to get Marcus back" Rose had gotten short of advice for her friend, so she needed to know if Marcus attention was not diverted with another woman, only that way they could talk to him and he would listen
"Mum told me it's nothing to worry about. I want to find out myself, but I don't think Marcus would be this angry with me if he was doing the same thing as me" Stella tried to support, but her nerve cells starts to release angry hormones at the thought of Marcus having another woman with him
"Girl. Maybe you messed with the wrong person. I think you should not have gotten involved with his brother from the beginning. Because I still can't figure out why all this just bounced back on you out of the blue"
Stella had given it a thought thousand times and still she couldn't come up with an answer. The only obvious answer was that, she might not escape this trouble.
qmml
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On his way home, Marcus turned over as he head back to Jennifer's fitness center. He needed to settle a lot of things that ran through his mind all night. He even wanted to be alone. If that was enough for him to think.
Jenifer was also surprised to see Marcus this early, but she was happy he did come because he never said a word since yesterday. She was happy, he still did consider her as someone important.
She pulled him into a tight hug immediately he got into her office but he shrugged it off instead. He was going to go straight to the point like he has practiced in the car.
"Jenifer. I really wanna say thank you for being with me all this while, but we can't go on, including our friendship. I want it to all stop"
Jenifer stiff at what Marcus says. He didn't mean it did he? This was not what she was expecting. She needed a proposal from him, not a rejection. "I don't get what you mean Marcus"
"It's exactly as I said it Jen. We can't happen. I'm so angry Stella's cheating on me and I'm also doing the same thing. If she finds out about this, there won't be peace for you too. I'm in a complicated situation right now. Mum even left because of me."
"We can't just break up like that. You can't leave me Marcus, I have no one else."her voice broke.
"I'm sorry."Marcus didn't like that he was hurting her, but he needed to save his marriage too.
"So all that happened between us was what? You know how much I love you Marcus, what exactly did you take me for, someone who's just sleeping around? When your marriage was not fine, you came to me and now everything is okay you're going back?"
Marcus didn't want to go all emotional with her, he moved towards the door but she stopped him with a tight hug from the back. "One last time Marcus"she said kissing his neck slowly. He tried opening the door but she turned the lock instead. He gave a defeated sigh as he slowly turns towards Jenifer and staring into her eyes he could see how hurt she was. But she didn't let him think too much, she kissed him like it was her last time.
Well, it was.