Chapter 84

84 Separation

Tia

Kimberly and I spent a while eating our fill on the table. Stacy was surprised at our behaviour, but I did

not care; I was hungry and needed to eat. “Don’t you have any sympathy,” Stacy asked me, drying her

tears, and I looked at her with my fork in my mouth. The bacon was delicious. I looked at Caleb, and he

was still angry. Kimberly was trying not to laugh.

“I am hungry,” I said to her, which was an obvious answer. I was pregnant, for goddess’ sake, and Bart

was yet to buy groceries for the left wing’s kitchen.

Stacy got up and adjusted her clothes. She excused herself from the lounge leaving Caleb, Kimberly and

me.

“Now that Luke and Caleb are back, can we go back to your house? I do not want to have to deal with

Stacy, Tia,” Kimberly said, and I shook my head. “I didn’t bring us here because I missed the Mansion,

Kim. Soldiers are living on these grounds. We are fully protected here, and no innocent bystander would

get hurt in case of an attack. We have neighbours there, and the houses are open. This is to keep our

neighbours and us safe. Luis won’t attack us here. He wouldn’t dare,” I explained, and Caleb nodded.

“Quick thinking Tia. Good job,” he commended my effort, and I nodded at him. Just then, Luke returned.

He was calm and peaceful. I was a bit worried, but then he smiled and bent to kiss me. “How did it go?”

Caleb asked him, and Luke sat beside me and began to dish his food. “I have made peace with father.

Aunt Ummul doesn’t like him, and the feeling is mutual between them. They both blame each other for

what happened to my mother, but Father and I are in a good place.” Luke replied, and Caleb relaxed a

bit. “Is he really done?” Caleb asked, and I knew it was asking for his mother.

“He is done with your mother,” Luke replied, and Caleb did not react because he expected it.

“So he is sending her back?” Caleb asked, and Luke shook his head.

“I convinced him to send her to our house in town after your wedding,” Luke said, and Kimberly began to

cough. It was unexpected. Caleb’s eyes bulged. “Come on, you two, this shouldn’t be an issue anymore,”

Luke said, and I pinched his thigh.

“No, really, Tia, It shouldn’t be,” Luke protested. I looked at Kimberly, and her face was red.

“Kim is thinking about it, Luke,” Caleb said, coming to her difference, ” After everything I did, I do not

expect her to throw caution to the wind and marry me just because I asked her to. I am glad she is giving

me a chance to prove myself. That is all that matters,”

“I understand, but still, you two should move on. If there is anything I have learned from all of this is that

life is short. Look at father; he has so many regrets,” Luke said and looked at me, then touched my hand

on the table lovingly and gently.

“I do not want to have regrets, so I love my wife with all my heart at every moment I am with

her. As much as I hate to talk about life, we aren’t immortals, so every second counts,” Luke said to

them, and they were silent. I understood his reason, and looking at Kimberly, she understood too. The

question wasn’t about where her heart lay; it was if she was willing to take a leap of faith with the same

man that broke her heart and humiliated her. Caleb might show his love right now, but he did show her

how much he cared once for her to give it up to him and get pregnant. It will be hard for her to come

around. We ate in silence and soon began to hear noises coming from the hallway. Our sensitive ears

were able to pick up the noise from that distance. It was Stacy’s voice. Caleb and Luke Stood up, and I

had to see what was happening. Kimberly looked at me, and we signalled each other to follow. Stacy

always made us spectacles. It was my time she entertained us for a change.

Faking concern, I followed my husband and his brother to where the noise was coming from. Kimberly

followed behind, and I knew I should not find it funny, but that woman was a piece of work, and it was

about time, Alpha Aesop gave it to her.

What we found was a bit appalling. Stacy had something kinky on. She was wearing a black silk robe but

forgot to tie it. So we saw the black lace lingerie she had under it. Caleb went to her to help tie it, but we

had seen it all. The woman was gorgeous, and she was trying to fuck her way back into Aesop’s life. The

man was indeed done with her. For him to say no to that, meant he was done.

“Caleb, tell your mother to move to the seventh room down the hall,” Aesop warned him. His shirt was

ruffled, and I did not want to imagine what had gone down in that room, but it was apparent. Stay tried to

do the only thing that she knew how and it backfired.

“We can talk this out, Aesop, please,” She pleaded with him in tears, but the man was done. It would

have been polite to walk away from the scene, but I couldn’t. This woman was venom and deserved the

embarrassment she was getting at the moment.

“I wanted you out of my life, but Luke pleaded on your behalf. Go to the seventh room. I would have sent

you to the left-wing, but you will just trouble my children.” Aesop said to her, and she tried to wipe away

her tears.

“I have done nothing wrong, Aesop. I never cheated on you. I have loved you for so many years. I loved

you before you even looked at me.” she argued.

“If you truly loved me, Stacy, you would have loved my son, and you would have been honest with me,”

He replied, and she shook her head.

“I loved Luke with all my heart. From the moment I saw him. I loved you too. I hid my feelings, but I loved

both of you dearly. You do not know how much I love you, Aesop, and you might never know. As for

Luke, you gave me no chance. Having to compete with him and his mother for your heart was unfair. It

wrecked me to my soul. There was no way I could beat a ghost, Aesop, so it got to me, and I took it out

on Luke. You called her name in your sleep. When you made love to me, I knew you were thinking of her.

Sometimes you still call her name, and you expect me to be okay with that? Chloe was a rich,

sophisticated, educated Alpha from Eastwood, while I am just a poor street girl from Dome that you

helped out. So yes, I have a complex, Aesop, and you gave it to me,” she said, crying bitterly.

“I do not want you around me anymore, Stacy. Look at my home. It is in shambles. My children moved

out with their mates because of you. Breakfast was a tradition in my family. All the generations of Moons

practised it. During breakfast was when we planned, caught up on

each other’s lives and shared encouraging words to help with the day. You turned it into a nightmare,

Stacy. You turned it into something to avoid altogether. You used that opportunity to create problems,

disgrace and shame others. You ran your mouth continuously, never caring who you were hurting in the

process, I am done with you. Once Caleb is married, you will be out,” He said to her, and she shook her

head. “Please, Aesop. Please,” She pleaded, and he chuckled angrily.

“You must think so low of me to the think you could screw your way out of this,” he said, and she was

silent. His words had hurt her deeply. I felt it too. It was a private matter turned public; It was the same

thing she did to Luke and me, but I still felt terrible. “That is all I know how to do, Aesop. You told me

once that that was all I was good for, Aesop, ” she said with the tears flowing down her face freely. She

wasn’t trying to wipe them away anymore.

“Twenty-three years, Aesop. I stuck with you. Through your depression through your pain, I stayed with

you. I told you I was better off as a nanny caring for Luke, but you insisted he needed a mother, but you

never gave me a chance,” She said. They looked at each other for a while.

“Regan told me I was a street girl and will never be good enough for a Moon. He told me you would

dump me one day. I guess he was right all along,” she said and nodded.

“Chloe always wins when it comes to you. You wouldn’t throw her out of your life so easily if she were the

one. I am dispensable. With me out of your life, women will line up like I once did for you.” She said and

wiped away her tears.

“Stacy, just move to the seventh room. You are embarrassing yourself?” Aesop warned her, and she

began to laugh. “I have been a walking embarrassment since I moved here with you, Aesop. You never

loved me enough to cover my shame. You hated me and placed…” She said, and I saw the rage rise in

Aesop’s eyes, and he shut her down.

“Enough! Stacy. I have had it. Do not tell me about my feelings. I did not need to marry you, but I did

because I fell in love with you somewhere down the line. I did everything I could to prove to you that I

cared. You took advantage of my love story. You have lied to me for twenty three years! Yes, you never

cheated, but you lied! You troubled my son and troubled my home. If you asked for anything, I would do

it. It was almost like magic, but I loved you. I did not care. I have gone against too many people for your

sake. You say I am not over Chloe; how can I be when you always do things that will remind me of her. I

never had to go through shame and humiliation with her. She knew how to act, react and what to say.

You are all over the place, Stacy, yet I carried you. You slandered my son and caused a huge wedge

between us, yet I kept you with me. You tried to ruin his marriage by fabricating lies because you were

scared Tia would take Caleb away from Kimberly and Miles won’t deal with you. I let you get away with

that. You collected money from Miles, promising Kimberly will marry your son. You promised him that

Caleb would take over Diamond corp, and he will agree to a merger. You promised a lot of people many

things behind my back. Yet I let you get away with it. You stole from Diamond Corp, conniving with

Timothy to steal from the company, yet you are not behind bars. You ruined my home and forced my

children to move out, yet I let it go. You have done so many wicked things, and I let you get away with it,

so do not talk to me about love. Mine was blind and stupid. I want you to move to the seventh room,” he

said to her and sighed.

“You better tell Caleb all he needs to know about Regan because Luke and I are done trying to help you.

We actually have bigger issues to deal with. No one will give you money to pay Regan again,” he said

and went back inside. Stacy stood there crying, and she looked at Caleb.

“Will you let him do this?” She asked him, and he just turned away. Luke and I did the same and walked

away quickly. It was sad to see their marriage break, but the man had endured enough. As final as it may

seem, I knew it wasnt over yet and more was to come of this. There were too many lies and secrets for

this to be it.