Twelve

"Find out who he has been going to see and do it discretely. You know what will happen it he find out about this" Michelle instructed her P.A, there was no way she was going to let Alex get his way, not after she had to go through in the hands of his father. he had to compensate her for all the years she had suffered. She was going to make him do what she wanted. "Don't you think you are being too much. Why can't you just leave him be Michelle... you will make him dislike you the more. " Caroline tried to advise her sister, but it was like talking to a wall. She saw the determination in Michelle's eyes and knew nothing she said would ever get through to her. She was bent on doing what she wanted. "You off all people shouldn't say that to me!" Michelle channelled her anger to Caroline, who was just trying to advise her, and Caroline sighed, yes, a wall. "Don't regret this later on, I warned you," "Shut your mouth. You weren't the one who was forced to marry someone against their will. I was the one who had to marry from the Graham family why you married whoever you wanted. " Michelle snapped and stood up, her eyes filled with anger... Caroline dropped her tea cup and realised this was taking a different turn than she had expected... "Michelle, please calm down." She tried to touch Michelle's hand, but it only made her more mad than she was... Caroline watched as her sister walked off. She couldn't be mad at her. She had no right to be because she knew it was her fault that her sister had turned out this way... Her sister had to bear all the burden of their family... ___________________ ___________________ "I shouldn't be here" Alex muttered, his eyes scanning the people that were passing by in the park, hoping to see a face he was familiar with, but an hour had done by and it was getting dark already and she still hadnot showed up... He sighed deeply and stood up, but his legs refused to move... he didn't want to leave yet. He just wanted to see her once, and then he would be on his way, but she had not... "Hey," Alex immediately turned, and here she was staring at him, a bead of sweat on her forehead... "What are you doing here again?" She said, and he had to try his best to hold back a smile... "Must there be a reason for me to enjoy this cool evening at a park," Alex said, knowing he was telling a lie... Juliet seemed to see through his lie, too. She placed her hands on her hips and took a step closer to him... her brown eyes filled with suspicion... He could see that she was an evening jog. was this her normal routine? "I told you not to come back anymore, that if you did, I will call this police. this could be seen as stalking you know, " She said firmly, and Alex didn't seem a bit fazed by her words. "What will you tell them? that I was sitting at a park and you talked to me?" Juliet sighed deeply, and this time, she had the perfect comeback. "I could tell them about how you came to my house in the middle of the night." "You let me in. I didn't force my way in, " Alex replied, and now she didn't have a comeback... "Seeing you makes me uncomfortable." She blurted out and walked off before anyone saw them together, most especially Mrs Flicher and her group of gossipers. As she walked away, she couldn't help but turn and glance at Alex to see if he was still there and he wasn't there anymore. He was walking behind her slowly. Juliet stopped walking and he stopped walking also and looked away, like he couldn't see her. "Stop following me," She said, and he smiled at her. "I'm not... I'm just taking a walk. " Juliet rolled her eyes and continued to walk, and she knew he was still behind her, but she did nothing. Strangely enough, she wasn't scared that this reoccurring stranger was following her. She had decided to take an evening run, for the first time in months, and she this time she took a route she had never taken before... The route through the park. She couldn't deny it anymore... She had been expecting to see him! She wanted to face palm herself... Why was she expecting to see him of all people...and why did he keep popping up in her mind... "Are you going to walk past your house?" His voice brought her back to reality, and she stopped in her tracks... She turned to look at him and then at her surroundings. She had gotten home already and didn't notice... "Why did you follow me here?" "Like I said before, I wasn't following you. my car is parked close by, and you were about to walk past your house. I had to stop you. it looked like your mind had wandered off somewhere else." Juliet couldn't say anything now and just wanted to go inside her house where he was there... "Have you been taking your medications that they gave you at the hospital?" Alex asked out of the blue, his eyes softened... "Yes..." "And food. have you been eating well? " Why was he asking her all this question... Juliet wanted to scoff, but she couldn't. he looked... genuinely concerned about her. Why was he concerned... "Why do you care... it's none of your business If I took it or not, " She said, and Alex sighed... "I can't help but care." Juliet heart started to race in her chest all of a sudden, and her cheeks became flushed like an apple. She immediately turned and started to walk to her front door... She made sure not to look back at him even though she didn't want to. she entered her house and locked her door.. Her hand immediately travelled to her chest and her free hands to her cheeks... "Get a hold of yourself, Juliet," She muttered when her heart wouldn't stop racing...