Bailey was perplexed to see a fleet of cars lined up in her father's compound as the gates opened automatically. Confused as to why there were strange cars, it hastened her process to find out. She pulled the door open and suddenly the room was plunged into silence. Her mother recovered faster than everyone. "Hello, darling. I didn't think that you'd return so soon." "Are you kidding me right now?" She thought but smiled at her mom. "I'm back, Mom, Dad, it's nice to see you all. We closed early today." She responded softly while also staring at the men in the living room who were acting all strange toward her. "Kindly have your seat, daughter." Her father interrupted her quietly, making her a bit also worried about his tone. He was hardly interested in talking to her except it was to instruct her of course. "You might be wondering what's happening here." He began.Bailey nodded vaguely as she tried to understand what exactly was happening. "I'm sure that you've been waiting for m

Bailey was shivering when Archie saw her, he was pissed that she was undergoing such a stupid condition. There was only one thing that could make her remain that way. It was either there was no one to help her or her father had rejected her. "Babe, let's go!" He called when the cab stopped right in front of her. It was snowing. His mother had said that it was gonna rain not knowing that it was going to snow badly. The issue now was, Simon had refused to get back to him and he didn't want Bailey to come to his house. It wasn't what she was used to. He wanted something with the semblance of the luxury that she was enjoying in her father's house. That would make him a proud boyfriend but right now, it was almost as though he was just taking her through a lot of suffering. Something that she would never experience on a normal day, she was now going to live in a small house. "Hey, thank you for coming!" She called back in the same tone. She didn't doubt her arrival to rescue her but she

A new wave of anger rushed through Archie as soon as he learned of the exchange between his mother and Bailey's father. That was wild and he wished he was there to defend her. His face glinted with remorse as he regretted putting her through this. A lot of people were always keen not to admit their mistakes. "I'm sorry, mom. This is entirely my fault.'" he apologized. His mother shook her head. Oh, that man had some lectures coming for him all these while. One of things that he would have done was to begin earlier. There was a change in the way that certain things were done which made it very strange now that one looked at it. "Okay... So, what do you think about me?" He inquired, She shrugged, "Nothing much, just that you don't want to cut your losses. I'm not trying to tell you to go against your wishes for your love interest but believe me when I say that this doesn't always end well." Her lips tilted in a sly smirk. "Especially not after the word baptism I gave him. If I were

The bell rang and the students bustled around the corridor speaking to each other about what happened over the weekend. Archie sauntered into the school with a small smile on his face. There was absolutely no way that anyone could have known what happened to Bailey over the weekend. Little did he know that some people had gotten wind of the information and we're waiting for him in class. As soon as he walked in the class fell silent. He refused to acknowledge them because he knew they were egging for some gist. He went to his seat and opened his locker. He glanced at his watch for a minute and realized that Bailey was running late. He didn't want to be tempted to call her because he knew that it could be a bad idea and as much as he wanted to talk to her, her father wasn't in support of their relationship yet. Anything he did now could make her get transferred . He wanted to focus both on work and her. A hand touched his desk and he looked up. He saw a few of his classmates standi

"M-my son?" She spluttered in shock."Yes, your son.""Make me understand what's happening in the first place. How did Archie get such money to purchase it from you? I think I'm asking the wrong questions. Tell me how much he got it." She demanded.Ralph didn't know if he should be totally truthful because from the way she was reacting, he didn't want a case whereby the young man would talk to him however he pleased because his mother had lambasted him. "It's not important. I only need your consent to buy it back. At least we can own it equally." He proposed. The only thing running through her mind was the fact that she had been working for her son all these while and he didn't deem it fit to tell her for one day. It made her mad. "I won't sell it to you because we all know how greedy you can get. What's the assurance that you haven't begun to look for tricks to be able to get it from me, huh?" She inquired, shutting him up. She would confront her son later but for now, she wanted