Chapter 40
She picked up her phone to call Mirabel, “Mirabel” she said in tears .
” What’s up , why are you crying? ” Mirabel said, already sounding worried. The last time Stephanie Called her and was in tears was the time in Boston, so she wondered what could have gone wrong again.
” Did Audrey hit you” she said
” No, No Nathan is here, he knows the browns” she said in tears.
” What do you mean, Nathan is there, he came to visit them” Mirabel asked in shock, she did not even know what to ask again as it seemed the universe was playing a trick on Stephanie she left Boston because she did not want to see Nathan again and of all places he had to be it was in Cleveland.
Stephanie, who was choked up in tears, could not say anything any longer so she hung up the phone and started throwing things on the floor. The noise attracted Nanny Maria and the butler, and they immediately rushed in to prevent her from hurting herself.
“Calm down, Mi’ja the chairs and tables did not know what to do anything with you” they both said.
It was difficult calming Stephanie down as she was a bit stronger than them, when they saw that she would not budge or give in they decided to sedate her, after which she slept off.
“Nathan, it’s been long we have seen you, we love you but you need to go” Audrey said
” What do you mean I need to go, I won’t be fine until I see Stephanie is okay” Nathan replied.
“Okayyy, she said she doesn’t want to see you, can you just leave and stop disturbing my girlfriend” Audrey said already seething with anger as he dragged Nathan’s shirt but he was held back by Derrick, they were not supposed to hurt anyone.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
” How did you know Stephanie” Derrick chirped in
“I should be asking you that” Nathan snapped back. He hated the fact that the twins would not allow him see Stephanie, he needed to talk to her and apologize for what he did the past year.
” She schooled in Boston” he said reluctantly evading Audrey’s prying eyes, ” I should have known, immediately Sophie told me that you went to Boston I had an inkling and a terrible feeling that you guys knew each other but I did not want to believe that you would actually know her and did what you did to her” Audrey said in anger.
” What do you mean what I did to her, what did she tell you I did to her” Nathan asked, he scoffed, he knew that Nathan did not know that he already knew about their past.
“I’m a werewolf I can sense things and I know that something is not right here, if I ever find out that my suspicions are right, I will make sure I kill you ” he said and stormed out of the living room
Derrick then ordered Nathan to leave the house, he had seen enough drama for one day and he did not want anymore drama. So he ordered him to leave the house, just as he was stepping out Sophie came back.
” What’s wrong?” she asked as she saw a dejected Nathan leaving the house.
” They sent me out of their house” he said
This made her angry as she ran upstairs to meet Audrey and Derrick.
“Derrick, we have not really had a problem before but I think we are going to have one now, you did not even give Nathan a choice to explain himself it’s not his fault that Stephanie fainted” she chided him.
” See, Sophie first of all you very well know we have not spoken to Nathan in years yet you invited him to our home without letting us know and then you expect us to welcome him with open arms” Derrick shouted
“Wow, wow, so you are actually blaming me for causing all this mess” she said.
” Yes, Sophie if you had not done what was sub your mind, we would not be in all this mess right now, at least give me a heads up that you were inviting a thief into my home” she shouted .
Everywhere became silent instantly. ” You know what babe let’s just take some time off to cool our heads I hate the fact that we are fighting, the last thing i want for us right now is to fight” Derrick said
” What do you mean by Thief?” Sophie asked.
” It’s not a story for today, ever wondered why we cut ties with him?” he asked, holding her hand.
She shook her head, as she barely knew anything, Derrick never opened up to her about anything before, ” He stole about 5 million dollars from my father’s company, money worth in assets and company stocks” he said.
This came as a rude shock to her as she never expected Nathan to hurt a fly talkless of being heartless to his friend’s father. “Why did you not tell me, you don’t tell me anything and it is not fair” she said ..
“Because I did not want you to worry, my dad was not in a good shape at that point , Nathan absconded, my dad blames me for bringing him into our lives’ ‘ he said
“Oooh that’s messed up, I’m sorry” Sophie said feeling sorry for him.
” That is why I did not open up to you about anything, you are my girlfriend not my emotional dumping bag” he said and held her hands. She felt touched with what he said it is not everytime Derrick shows his romantic side so she was going to enjoy the moment and forget all about Nathan.
“I’m sorry for walking out on you today” she apologized.
That was when she remembered Stephanie so she decided to check up on her.
“Hi, Steph” she knocked and entered
“I’m sorry, how are you feeling? She asked
“I’m very fineeee,”Stephanie said feeling energetic as she has just woken up
“Did you know him?” Sophie asked her calmly. “Yes I did, we both schooled in Boston and we did not end well” she stated
“Wow, he is the guy I wanted to introduce to you at the party” Sophie said
” No wonder my body was not willing to follow you” Stephanie said jokingly and they both laughed at the joke.
They both stood there staring at each other in silence and enjoying every bit of each other’s company when their silence was interrupted by the sound of a knock on the door, it was Nanny Maria who had brought her food so she could take her meds. She instantly felt guilty as she felt she was bothering them once again
“Nanny Maria, I’m sorry for the inconvenience” she apologized.
“Ooh no, Mi’ja there is nothing to apologize for it’s fine” she replied and gave her a pat on the shoulder. She felt sorry for her, she did not know what kind of trauma the girl had gone through in her life that made her that way.