Seeing the evidence right in front of her, Sarah knew she had been caught.
Her eyes were suddenly filled with tears as she tried to cover up the truth. "Jon, please. I’m sorry. It’s not what you think. Please forgive me." But Jonathan's resolve was firm. "We’re done, Sarah. I want a divorce, there is nothing you or anybody would say that would change that." “ What about Hazel? If we get divorce, how do you intend to take care of her?” Sarah was trying to use their daughter to threaten Jonathan. Just then, his phone rang. It was their daughter, Hazel. Without another word, he turned on his heel and left the hospital, ignoring Emily’s desperate, threatening words. Jonathan's hands were still shaking as he drove away from the hospital. Sarah's pleas echoed in his mind, but he forced himself to stay firm. She had betrayed him, and he couldn’t forgive her for that. His phone rang again, breaking his thoughts. It was their daughter, Hazel. "Daddy, when are you coming home?" she asked, her voice bright and cheerful, unaware of the turmoil tearing her family apart. Jonathan smiled, his daughter was like the sunshine that shone on his life, "Daddy will be home soon, sweetheart." He hung up and drove home. Reaching home, Jonathan opened the door and was welcomed by his daughter's cheerful voice as she ran over asking, "Daddy, did you get me my birthday present?" Jonathan gave a forced smile as he tried to get his mind over the incident at the hospital. He opened his bag as he brought out a Barbie doll. "Here you go Love, happy birthday." Of course, this had caused him quite a fortune but he didn't mind as long as his daughter was happy. However, not everything in life usually goes as planned. The joyous expression he had envisaged on his daughter's face was not there, rather there was a look of disappointment. "I already have a bigger and more expensive one. Mom's friend got it for me." Hazel said with her tiny voice. Jonathan's expression changed, "Mom's friend? What friend Hazel? Was anybody here with mummy?" Hazel shrugged, her lack of interest in his questions evident. "It was just some man," she said dismissively. "He had been here for quite a while before the ambulance finally arrived. He comes to meet mommy sometimes" The thoughts Jonathan wanted to push back rose up again, anger enveloped him slowly as he questioned, "What is his name?" Hazel shook her head, "I don't know his name but he was very nice. He bought me these. He said I can call him Daddy so he is my second Daddy." As she said that, she showed her father her new doll and a shiny bracelet. Jonathan's anger exploded, another man was impaling his wife and showing his daughter love even asking her to call him Daddy. No man could bear that. He did his best to calm his anger as he questioned Hazel again, "Sweetheart, do you know anything about the man and what did he say?" His voice was unusually loud no matter how he did his best to control it. However, Jonathan's raised voice and stern questioning forced Hazel to be upset as she said with tears escaping her little eyes, "I don’t know, Daddy. You’re being mean! I hate you. I like my other Daddy, he is very nice." Hazel threw the Barbie doll on the ground, leaving the living room feeling aggrieved as she headed to her room slamming the door behind her. The Barbie doll lay forgotten on the floor, a symbol of the broken family Jonathan now had to face. He sank into a chair, his head in his hands. How had everything gone so wrong so quickly? First was his wife cheating, second was her lover giving his daughter expensive gifts and buying her love from him. At this point, he hated his wife Sarah so much and there was no point continuing contemplating about anything. He had made up his divorce her and there was no going back and in no way was he leaving Hazel to her. A woman who was adulterous was not fit to raise his daughter, he had settled in his mind to take custody of her. He would raise her himself and shower her his love. The silence in the house was unbearable for Jonathan as he thought about everything that happened today. He had always been there for his family, he spent quality time with time, though he wasn't rich, he did his best to provide for the family and make sure they had the necessities but yet she cheated on him for no reason. Jonathan laughed at himself in a mocking manner as he brought out a bottle of alcohol. He poured himself a glass, his eyes glistening with tears.
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The gasps and side comments were getting intense and Precious wasn't helping matters as she was mute and also wore a calm expression. “Are you indeed the culprit?” Karlyx asked. He was standing by her side at the moment. “Nope! I want to use the bathroom.” Relieved, Karlyx exhaled as he pushed his head backwards. Crossing his hands, he informed them that she wasn't the culprit and once again there was murmuring in the hall as everyone wanted to speak at the same time. Vina kept sipping from her bottle while Karl clenched and unclenched his fists as his heart rammed against his chest. Solomon did nothing to end the suspense, rather he took the chair next to Jonathan and then plopped on it. With his hands crossed on the table, he asked, “What should I do next?”“We should allow them to confess as planned.” He muttered. Smirking, Solomon leaned in and with a voice barely above a whisper, he said, “You have no idea who you are dealing with.” “They aren't going to say a word as the
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Getting to the boardroom, it was already packed to the brim with the staff who were itching to find out what the meeting was all about. Seated on the elevated platform were a handful of board of directors, shareholders and then the managerial team of the mall. Vina kept scrolling through her iPad, trying to take her mind off the handsome young man she had encountered earlier. Deep down, she felt a connection like they had known each other before now but the issue was, she couldn't place the connection. He kept looking strange to her when in the real sense he was familiar. Using the butt of her pencil to scratch the bridge of her nostrils, she raised her head just in time to see Pearl pulling out a seat for him on the table she sat on too. Since she was sitting next to Karl, she held his arm, urging him to look in their direction which he did. “That should be Jonathan Gray.” He mumbled as he peered at them. “No way! What is going on here?” He gulped. It seemed like his senses ha
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Jonathan and Pearl exchanged glances before returning their gazes to Vina who was still fuming in anger. Stepping forward, Pearl cooed, “You should get a grip of yourself dear.” She went further to say, “No one here is a petty thief and moreover, you didn't walk past with your car key, you should look around more carefully.” Despite her mild tone, Vina was still furious and wanted to hit her but Jonathan stepped in, suspending her hand mid air. “You shouldn't be acting out of board young lady.” He snapped. “Like she said, no one is a petty thief and you shouldn't go around trying to defame someone.” He pushed her aside, and at once an angry Vina raised her head. For a moment, she kept staring at Jon as anger raked through her. Just when he thought she had finally recognized the man in front of her, he exhaled. “If I don't get to find my keys, both of you will remain in the holding cell until I do.” She huffed and then stormed away in fury. Frustrated, Pearl tossed her head aside
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Armed with evidence which was enough to put an end to Vina Leighton and Karl Smith's streak, Jonathan called for a general meeting of all staff in the mall. From the lowly janitor to the manager, they all were to converge at the hall for a brief meeting before the mall would be reopened again. That morning while Jonathan was getting ready for work, Ariel walked up to him, wrapping her hands around his waist with her head placed on his back. “These days you’ve been scarce, is everything alright?” She asked, her tone dripping with sincerity. For the last few days, she had been trying to have a little chit chat with him but before he would return home, she was already in bed and before she woke up the next day, he was off. “Yeah!” Jonathan nodded, taking her hands off his waist gently. Swirling around to face her, he placed his hand on her shoulder, “You shouldn't bother about me, I’m absolutely fine.” “Hazel misses you, you should try to create time for her.” She said as she remov
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With an alarmed look on her face, Vina plopped on the couch next to him as she leaned forward. “What are you talking about?” She asked her heart, ramming against her chest as she darted her eyes around, hoping it shouldn't be what she was thinking. “They suddenly barged in, I had no prior information of their presence.” He exhaled as Vina peered at him, waiting for him to spill what she wanted to hear. “You know I trust my instincts so well, I had to send the documents to you this morning. They didn't find anything on me, I'm grateful for that.” He muttered while she sighed in relief. “By the way, I have a bit of explanation concerning the content of those documents.” When she didn't respond, he asked, “Were they here too?” “Yes.” She nodded, the look on his face going sour. Vina didn't need anyone to tell her Karl was scared, the look on his face was enough and it was as if he was going to pass out the next second. Feigning to have really flopped, she bent her head and then be
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The next day, having booked an appointment with Harrison the previous day, Jonathan made his way to his office to meet with him.Before his arrival, Harrison had made sure he informed the protocol at the gate to treat him with respect and that was exactly what they did. Now seated opposite him in his spacious office, Jonathan was swirling the content of his mug with his gaze on Harrison who was itching to hear what he had to say. “About Williams, I’m sorry.” Jonathan kick-started the conversation.“You don't need to apologize. He deserves what came for him and I can attest to the fact that he is still learning his lessons.” Nodding his head in rhythm, Jonathan took a sip from his mug before fixing his gaze on him. “I need your help in getting the prosecution to perform a search and seizure on my shopping mall.” Laughing softly, Harrison titled his head to the side before saying, “I can't believe you booked an appointment just to say this to me when you could easily have said it o
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