THE JOURNEY TO PARADISE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

The pattering sound of rain woke Louisa up from her deep slumber. She groaned tiredly, lazily feeling her bedside table for her phone so she could check the time. It was two thirty a.m, and she didn't even have to go to work early as she had called her assistant the night before, explaining to her that she had a family emergency and therefore couldn't make it to work at her usual time of eight o'clock.The woman got up to close her curtains, and grabbed her bathrobe, heading to her daughter's room to make sure the curtains had been closed over there as well. Isabel slept soundly... she didn't even stir when her mother turned on the lights. Louisa silently closed the curtains and waltzed towards the young teen, pulling the covers over her shoulders gently and giving her a kiss on the forehead.She stood there for a moment, looking at the girl as she slept, lost in thought as she recalled what had happened the day before.William finally knew he had a daughter!Gos

"Did I do something wrong mum?" Isabel cautiously asked, sitting up in alarm. Her mother rarely called her by her full name, mostly, only when she had done something bad, so you can imagine how she felt... especially when she couldn't remember doing anything her mother wouldn't like."Oh honey, no no. You haven't." Louisa said, taking the young teen's hands in hers."This time, I'm the one at fault here. I did something I'm not proud of, I lied to you... and now I want to tell you the truth. You definitely deserve that much Isa.""What is it mum? You're scaring me. Tell me what it is already." The child said, slightly agitated.Louisa sighed. "I lied about not knowing your father Isabel." She felt her heart break when her daughter pulled her hand away from hers, slowly shaking her in confusion."Why would you lie mum?" She asked, trying desperately to understand. "You said you didn't know who he was."Louisa tried to reach out for her child, but Isabel

"You?!" Chris sputtered angrily, glaring at Reggie with widely opened eyes. "What are you doing here?! Are you stalking me?!" He asked incredulously becoming more agitated when Reggie rolled her eyes."Oh, get off your high horse!" She scolded rudely, folding her arms in a confrontational stance. "I should be the one asking you what you're doing here, you're the one who appeared in front of William's door after all."Chris turned to William angrily. "Do you know her?" He watched as William looked on in confusion, muttering a soft "Yeah."William cleared his throat and tried to be more focused. "Chris, this is Reggie, the wifey... or at least she used to be... and Reggie this is Chris Ayettey, my partner and very good friend.""Oh fuck." The two simultaneously whispered to William's increasing bafflement. "What's going on guys?" He looked from one to the other. "Do you know each other?"Reggie pulled her gaze away from the sexy stranger she had now come to le

About four months had passed since the musical concert, and Naa Larley was almost due.Everyone was excited but scared at the same time given her age, but Louisa had been with her every step of the way, and so had her amazing husband, Mike. Louisa found it amusing and cute how the couple didn't want to know the gender, wanting the thrill of the element of surprise and all.Now, back to Louisa.Her daughter's relationship with William was going super strong. He was the ever loving, doting father, and it almost seemed like he had never left. In fact, the two had gotten so close, Louisa was beginning to doubt her once unflinching belief that she was the favorite parent.The young teen spent some weekends over at his, and when she couldn't, he was always by at their house,Visiting, and of course trying every means possible to win Louisa back.It amazed Louisa how he had bonded so fast with her mother and always amused her whenever she got back from work, t

Louisa dashed towards the reception area of the Danpong Hospital. "Hi, I'm looking for a Naa Larley Hooper, she's been admitted here for labour reasons." She told one of the nurses who promptly checked to see if someone had been admitted under that name."We do have one Naa Larley Hooper here ma'am, but I'm afraid visiting hours are over, so you'll have to go and come back another-"Louisa leaned in menacingly, her nose almost touching the highly frightened nurse's. "Listen to me carefully, miss..."She glanced at her name tag. "...Felicia, I get that you're doing your job and all, but my sister is in there... and she needs me. This is her first pregnancy, and her husband is in there all alone with her, with no idea of what he could possibly do to help her out, and he's freaking out!"William reached for her and pulled her back gently. Turning to the now subdued nurse he begged sheepishly, with a dashing smile. "Please forgive her, you must understand that she's