Chapter 31Days passed and Jessica was still not home. And Robert believed it was okay if Asher acted the way he was because Jessica remained his only and the younger sister he has, and that fact can never be changed.He knew Jessica was only being the little girl he is. But then, he didn't turn his back. He made sure eyes were fixed on her just the same way he did in Asher's case, because he could never afford to lose either of them.Robert had tried speaking to Asher but all washed down the rock and so he decided to let him grief for the meantime. He left him alone and never bothered to ask him questions, because eventually it would all bring questions on how to go looking for Jessica' and possibly bring her back.Seeing the space between father and son and how bad it had become. Christine took it upon herself to fill the gap, then think of a way to probably make things right again.Then came another day, another day of skipping breakfast, lunch and no. Christine became scared, what

Chapter 33In the past few days of staying with Lena. Jessica noticed she was no longer her usual but unfortunately. She found it hard stopping the new life. A part of her, deeply loved the adventure but deep down, she knew she was scared of her new life and wished she could stop but it was too late.It was exactly past 10 in the night when she lit her cigarette sitting on the rocking chair, right at the balcony of Lena’s room. Her legs tucked up on each other as she moved back and front, puffing her smokes.That has been her craving for the whole week. She would wake up, when she felt everyone else had gone to bed and sit there, which has suddenly become her favourite spot. Watching the city blinked below, the silence that comes with it which gives her an undeniable suiting pleasure.But it was different on that day, as she heard sounds from the inside and she knew someone else but her, had their eyes open. And not too long, she felt someone was standing beside her. Immediately she

Chapter 35The bell rang just as the pot began to release vapour. And Asher, who had decided to surprise his father and his aged nanny who he now sees as a mother.Earlier on, he had pleaded with her to stay off the kitchen for just that one day, so he could give her and his father a special Saturday treat.Christine wasn't comfortable at first, because why would she give someone who barely knows how to light the stove a chance to explore the kitchen? That would possibly be disastrous, knowing he would definitely burn the house down and everything in it.But after a few promises from Asher, and assuring her he was going to be very careful, she gave up, but still peeps in, every minute to be sure their agreement was intact. And there, Asher stood in the kitchen staring blankly at the pot on the stove with just water in it and trying to figure out how to put in other things, when the doorbell rang again. He was quite confused and didn't know which to attend first.His mouth opened tryi

Chapter 37Months gone, but Ava still finds it difficult to erase the picture of the familiar image she'd seen at the airport. Even though her mind dribbled her a little, she held her instinct tightly trusting with every bit of her. She was sure, very certain of what she'd seen and believed it was really Asher.Nothing could ever look more real than that. How could two different people share the same exact feature, like they are in one body? Even though they were just so many reasons why she should believe it was never Asher. Which one of them is seeing how wealthy the young man appeared and what could possibly bring him to Ashland.This minute she's thinking about it and the next, she wants to give up but just can't let the thought off her mind.Her mind kept trailing off as she suddenly forgot she was on duty. Until the mop in her hand fell off, just then she realised herself as she scanned her eyes around searching to know if someone was watching.Quickly, she bent low, picking her

Chapter 39To Annabel. Ava was doing all of that on purpose and staying with someone who pulled down every effort to help her find her feet again suddenly became a thing of regret and clearly, it had affected their closeness cause Ava was constantly keeping to herself and barely talked to her.She had dropped the one job they had planned she would hold on to while waiting for other opportunities.The more she tried, the more the futile her efforts seemed. She was set and ready to leave for work just like every other morning, just about to step away from the mirror after standing there for a couple of minutes and making sure she was confident enough in the outfit she was about to leave the room with.But suddenly. Her eyes caught Ava, who was still laying on the bed and seemed quite deep in her sleep."This has to be a different Ava" she said shaking her head off in disbelief as she walked towards Ava who was clearly deep in her sleep. "Definitely not the same lady I got so close to"S