Samantha stood up immediately after she said this and she headed to the store to get a pregnancy test. She did so as fast as she could and she returned to Kiandra.
“Here, I bought two, so we can be sure,” she said, handing over the packages to Kiandra. “Now go use it!” she urged her friend.Kiandra felt her heart pounding in her chest as she walked into the bathroom. She desperately prayed to be wrong about being pregnant.She couldn’t even take care of herself. How was she supposed to take care of a baby? There was no way she would be a good mother to the child.On getting to the toilet, she tore open the packet and followed the instructions written on it. Meanwhile,.Samantha anxiously waited for Kiandra to come out and tell her what was happening.The door opened after ten minutes, and Kiandra came out. Samantha quickly rushed to her. “Well, what did it say?” she asked.“That I’m pregnant,” Kiandra answered in a distant voice as she was still trying to come to terms with reality, and Samantha gasped in horror as her worst nightmare had just come to pass. “Are you sure? Maybe there’s a mistake. I mean, these things can’t be trusted. Maybe…” Samantha started to mumble.“The two kits say I’m pregnant,” Kiandra informed Samantha. She then walked over to the bed and sat on it.“What are you going to do now?” she asked Kiandra.“Can you leave me alone? I need some time to process this and think of what to do next,” Kiandra requested.“Sure, I’m a call away if you need anything,” Samantha said, and she left the room. As soon as she was all alone, Kiandra crawled to the pillows and she covered herself up.She chuckled at how unlucky she was. There were so many girls who had sex multiple times and she just had to be the one to get pregnant from a one-night stand.She had just finished high school and had luckily gotten a scholarship due to her high grades. Now was the perfect time to get pregnant. She thought sarcastically to herself.Was she supposed to get rid of the baby? No, she couldn’t do that to an innocent child. It wasn’t the baby’s fault that she and Lucas slept with each other. But at the same time, she would just be punishing the baby by bringing it into the world.She had no job and no means of taking care of the baby, but she couldn’t kill her own child. Doing so would make her like her mother. Her hand went down to her stomach and she rubbed it.A child was growing in there, and it brought a smile to her face. ‘I’m sorry that you had to get stuck with me,’ she said, and tears started to fall from her face. She suddenly sat up as she realized something.This wasn’t her child alone. She had to inform Lucas that she had conceived. But how was she going to do it? He had gone back home and he didn’t give her his number.She turned and grabbed her phone. She started searching through the internet, wanting to see if there was a way she could contact him. There was however, no way she could directly contact him.Just as she was about to give up, she noticed that he had a social media account. Without wasting time, she created an account so she could talk to him.She immediately clicked on it and went to his DM.“Good evening, Mr Valencia, this is Kiandra. The girl you slept with at one of your hotels. I had no intention of ever contacting you, but something huge has come up. I’m pregnant with your child and I don’t know what to do with it. Please tell me what you think I should do with the baby.”Kiandra read the message before hitting send. Hopefully, he would respond as soon as possible because she was utterly confused as to what to do.Kiandra got up to leave the room when her phone vibrated. She turned and picked up her phone and to her surprise, she saw that it was Lucas who responded. ‘That was fast,’ she muttered to herself.She quickly opened the message and the smile on her face changed when she read the message. “I do not want a child as I hate children and even if I wanted one, it wouldn't be from a lowlife like you. Get rid of it or I’ll do it for you and also, never try to contact me again.”As soon as Kiandra finished reading the message, she noticed that Lucas had blocked her. No, she had read wrong. There was no way Lucas had asked her to get rid of the baby like it wasn’t his blood. Was he that cruel, even to his own?She quickly grabbed her jacket and headed out of the house. “Kiandra, where are you going?” Samantha asked.“I’ll be back soon,” Kiandra told Samantha, and she headed out of the house. She took a cab to her mother’s house and on getting there, she entered without knocking.“You! How dare you come back here?” May yelled in anger when she saw her daughter.“You should be falling at my feet, thanking me for not pursuing a case against you,” Kiandra said coldly. She had given up on getting her mother’s love, and all she wanted was to get what she came there for.“You don’t expect me to say thank you for that,” May scoffed.“Honestly, knowing you, I don’t expect anything from you,” Kiandra answered. “I want money,” she told her mother.“You must be a fool to think I would give you any money,” May scoffed.“No, you’re not a fool, but if you want to stay out of at least twenty years in prison for torturing a child, I suggest you give me what I’m asking for,” Kiandra threatened.“If you try to harm me, I promise you it will be the last thing you’ll ever do before you’re locked away for a long time,” she said when she saw May advancing dangerously towards her.Now that she was pregnant, she couldn’t take any chances. “I want money and you’re going to give it to me. You know, I wonder what the police would say if they knew about the man you killed and buried five years ago,” Kiandra continued to dig up her mother’s dirty secret.“How much do you want?” May quickly asked, as she knew she was cornered.“Ten thousand dollars,” Kiandra answered.“Are you crazy? Where do you expect me to see ten thousand dollars?” May asked Kiandra in disbelief.“From the eleven thousand dollars you won two days ago at the casino,” Kiandra answered. “Oh, come on, mom, you didn’t think I wouldn’t find out. And besides, I’m not as evil as you, as I’m leaving you with one thousand dollars.”“You cursed child!” May flared up.“Here is the account you are to transfer the money to,” Kiandra said, bringing a piece of paper out. “You have two minutes before the evidence of all your crimes gets sent out to the police.”“How can you do this to your mother?” May asked, trying to emotionally blackmail Kiandra.“One minute and fifty five seconds,” Kiandra counted down.“Alright!” May picked up her phone and got to work. “Here it’s done. Now get out of my house!” she said.“I hope you or that asshole of yours won’t try to do anything stupid,” Kiandra warned, and she walked out of the house, hoping that it would be the last time she would ever see her mother.As soon as she left, she headed to the hospital and went to the nurse, who was seated behind the desk. “I’d like to get an abortion done,” she said.“Here, fill this and wait for your turn.” The nurse replied, handing her a form. Kiandra filled it, and she went to sit in the waiting area. If the baby’s father wasn’t ready to take responsibility for the baby, then there was no point in keeping the baby.As she sat waiting for her name to be called, a lot of thoughts ran through her mind. Was this really how she was going to kill her baby was the question she kept on asking herself.She was about to take a life. How would she be able to live the rest of her life knowing she had killed an innocent child?After what felt like ages, she heard her name being called. She stood up to follow the nurse, but after taking a few steps, she stopped abruptly.The nurse stopped when she saw that the girl wasn’t following her anymore. “Is there a problem?” she asked.“Yes, I’m sorry. I can’t kill my baby,” Kiandra said. Saying this, she turned and ran out of the hospital. She couldn’t believe that she actually thought of killing her child.Even if the father didn’t want his child, she wasn’t going to kill her baby. She would work hard and raise him up. She looked down at her tummy and rubbed it. ‘I promise to love you even though your father doesn’t.’Taking a deep breath, she called a cab back home. When she arrived home, she noticed that everywhere was dark. Samantha and Nana couldn’t have possibly gone to sleep as it was just after nine o’clock, especially as she was out of the house.Just as she turned to switch on the lights, she felt herself being pushed to the ground. Out of newborn instincts, she turned and fell on her side. ‘Ahh!” She groaned in pain and lost consciousness.She woke up ten minutes later to find her and Samantha tied up. “Where’s Nana?” Kiandra asked in worry when she didn’t see the old woman.“She went to the store a few minutes after you had left,” Samantha answered, and Kiandra heaved a sigh of relief. Nana was an old woman with a heart condition and being in this situation could have triggered a heart attack, which wouldn’t be good.“Oh, look at you, caring for others while your life is in danger,” she heard a man say. Looking up, she found a man with a mask on his face hovering over her. “Who are you and what do you want?” she asked.“Who I am doesn’t matter,” the man answered. “And well, what I want is to kill your baby,” he told Kiandra, much to her horror.“Why would you want to do that when I don’t even know you,” Kiandra asked while trying to think of a way out of the situation she was in, as she didn’t want the man to kill her child.“Because someone doesn’t want that child to be born and well, you didn’t go ahead with the abortion you had intended to do,” the man answered and he brought out a knife.“Please don’t do this. She’ll get an abortion if that’s what you want,” Samantha pleaded desperately, as if the man stabbed Kiandra, not only the baby would die but she would as well.“Too late. She had her chance, but she ran away from it. Now, I’ll have to make sure that the baby dies,” the man said and he advanced with the knife. Kiandra immediately started to back away.“Stop, please,” she begged when her back hit a wall. The man grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up. Kiandra was stuck between a rock and a hard place as she couldn’t struggle for fear of accidentally harming her baby but if she didn’t struggle, this man would kill her baby.The man drew his hand backward to stab her but before he could, something hit the back of his head. When he turned, he saw that it was Samantha who had broken a vase on his head.“You bitch!” he cursed and he turned his attention to Samantha, who ran into the kitchen. Kiandra quickly looked around and she saw another vase. Not wasting any time, she grabbed it and smashed it on the man’s head.The man turned and used the back of his hand to hit her. The force was so much that Kiandra lost her balance and her stomach hit the edge of the kitchen countertop.She immediately felt a sharp pain in her stomach, which made her drop to the ground. “Kia!” Samantha yelled, and the man laughed.“Looks like my job here is done,” Saying this, the man pushed Samantha away and he fled the house.Samantha quickly rushed to Kiandra who had lost consciousness and she froze when she noticed blood coming from Kiandra’s legs. Samantha got out of her shock and she rushed to the phone to call an ambulance. After speaking with the officials, she rushed back to Kiandra. “Everything will be fine. The paramedics will be here soon. Just hold on,” she said, even though Kiandra couldn’t hear her…****“It’s been a week already, why haven’t you woken up?” Kiandra heard Samantha say to her. What was her friend rambling all about? She wondered as she opened her eyes.“Kiandra, oh my God, you’re finally awake,” she heard Samantha squeal. “Hold on, let me get the doctor,” she said and ran out of the room. There was silence after and Kiandra tried to sit up.The door opened once again and Kiandra heard footsteps approaching the bed where she was laying on. “Please don’t move,” she heard a doctor say and he started to check her vitals.“What happened?” she asked in a hoarse voice.“You were unco
“So, what do you want to do when we get home?” Kiandra engaged her daughter as she started to walk out of the airport.“Do you want to see our new house?” Kiandra continued to speak even though there was no response from Zendaya.“Taxi!” Kiandra flagged the car down.“Park,” she heard her daughter say after they entered the taxi. The voice was like a whisper, and it was as though she was compelled to speak.People who didn’t know Zendaya would think she was mute, but she wasn’t. She just only spoke whenever her mother was around, as she felt most comfortable with Kiandra.“You just got there. Don’t you want to rest?” Kiandra asked, and Zendaya shook her hand.“I want to go to the park,” she repeated. "Not now, honey, you'll go some other time," Kiandra told Zendaya before giving the driver instructions on where to take them.When they got to her apartment, Zendaya entered and immediately went to lie on the couch and she sighed loudly. Kiandra rolled her eyes as she could tell that
****“Where are we going?” Liam asked Lucas for the umpteenth time. The latter had called him over to the parking lot of their company only for Lucas to drag him into his car.“We are going to see someone,” Lucas finally answered.“Who?” Liam probed.“Justin Gerano,” Lucas answered, and he stepped on the accelerator."Ahhh!" Liam groaned as the beef between Lucas and Justin wasn't something he wanted to be a part of.The two men were egotistical idiots who were always trying to triumph over one another. Liam sighed as if it was his fault for introducing them to one another that fateful night in the bar.What had started out as a celebration turned out to be a competition as someone dared the two men to see who would pass out from drinking too much alcohol. It was a statement made as a joke but for Lucas and Justin who viewed everything as a competition, they didn't take it the same way.The end result was that both men had to be carried to their cars after consuming about six bottles
After leaving the park and boarding a taxi, Kiandra finally had the chance to examine her daughter for any injuries. To her relief, apart from Zendaya’s clothes which were soiled in the sand, there were no injuries sustained.Her daughter had a low immunity which meant that it wouldn't have been pleasant if she had sustained a cut which got infected.“I was only gone for ten minutes, so what happened?” She inquired from her daughter. It was still baffling to her as to how Zendaya ended up in Lucas' hold especially considering the fact that Zendaya didn't like to associate herself with strangers.Zendaya didn’t answer her mother’s question. Instead, she crossed her hands and with a frown on her face, she said. “I don’t like Jayden,” she pouted.“The young boy?” Kiandra probed and Zendaya nodded. “Do you want to tell me what he did?”“No.” Zendaya shook her head and Kiandra decided not to push it as she didn’t want her daughter to get further upset. The rest of the ride was silent until
“Daira,” Liam exclaimed and he moved to hug her much to her displeasure. “I’ve missed you so much,” he said, and she squinted her eyes suspiciously at him. “You did?” she asked.“Of course. I have no other bimbo to trouble in my life and so naturally, I’d miss the only one I have,” Liam responded, and he watched as Daira became red with anger.“Lucas,” she cried as she walked up to him. Lucas, who didn’t want to be touched by Daira, turned and went to sit down. This was one of the reasons Lucas concluded that Liam hated her. To every other person, she acted rude to them but to him, she acted like she was a damsel in distress who couldn't protect herself.Liam despised two-faced people and so he always tried to bring out her real nature in front of Lucas. “Ignore him. He’s annoying,” Lucas said and Liam chuckled.“Tell him to go. I have something important to discuss with you,” Daira told Liam.“Well, you better get talking, as I’m not going anywhere,” Liam said as he made himself
Kiandra turned and left as she didn’t want to be further humiliated. When she got outside the man's office, she saw all the employees who were present giving her a sad look.It seemed they had heard everything that had happened in there and this only added to Kiandra's humiliation. Deciding not to pay any attention to their looks, she held her head high as she walked away from them to the elevator.As soon as she left the building, she immediately brought out her phone and called Samantha as she needed someone to vent to.“Are you that free that you have time to call me twenty minutes after you resumed?” Samantha asked jovially after she answered the call.“I got fired,” Kiandra told Samantha. If she didn't, the latter would have spent minutes urging Kiandra to tell her about her experience and this would only add to Kiandra's already sore wound.“What?!” Samantha screamed in school. “How?” she demanded an explanation, to which Kiandra didn’t hesitate to give.“Why is that bastard he
After Kiandra left him standing there, his mood was ruined and so he decided to go home instead of the office.He had just come out of the shower when his phone rang. He checked and saw that it was Spider calling him.“I sent the information you requested for,” Spider told him, and Lucas hung up.He immediately got dressed and took his laptop, so he could read the information on Kiandra Aidan.Opening the file, he started to read it. There was nothing suspicious about her life prior to graduating from high school.However, Lucas found whatever happened after, suspicious. In the report, it says she traveled prior to her eighteenth birthday, and she somehow became pregnant with her daughter, Zendaya.There was nothing however in the report about who the father of Zendaya was. There were no pictures, no name, and no evidence of who the father was.The fact that Kiandra didn’t even have a boyfriend all through her high school days made it difficult to ascertain who he was.And what was ev
When she finally turned, she saw that he had gotten up from his seat. He took a long stride to her and reached where she was standing a few seconds later.“Why would you offer me a job, and what in the world makes you think that I would accept your job offer?” Kiandra probed wanting to know just what was going on inside that head of his.“Well, to your first question, the answer is because I am in the mood to do a good deed,” Lucas answered but the look Kiandra gave him made him know that she knew he was lying.“And secondly,” he continued moving a step closer to Kiandra which made her move backwards as he invaded her personal space. “If you don’t accept my job offer, I’ll make sure you don’t get a job anywhere else,” he said with a smile on his face and somehow, Kiandra knew he would do what he said.“Why are you offering me a job?” she asked once again.“Because it’s best to keep your enemies close to you. You have an issue with me and it’s not because of my actions in the past two