Ethan, DesireΓ©βs father couldnβt quite get over the fact that his wife was right in saying their little princess had died.
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With each passing day, he never stopped believing that Serena wasnβt dead though at a point he had to accept reality but Luke wonβt hear any of it. He insisted that Serena was alive; he knew it was insane, but that was the only thing he could rely on to live.
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After nineteen years, Serena shows up out of the blues. It was hard to recognize her, but she proved it was her then she announced that she changed her name. Everyone thought it was the stigma, shame and fear at work here, but it wasnβt. She didnβt seem affected by anything despite the fact that she went through hell.
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She always had a smug look, a huge grin on her face and maybe one of the reasons why Luke canβt get enough of her. Ethan smiled at his thought; he had teased Luke that he should get married to her before someone else. And now itβs nowhere near realityβ¦
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Ethan sighed.
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βSon you know Iβm not in support of thisβ Mrs. Jefferson. Lukeβs mom said for the umpteenth time
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βMom, sheβs more of a daughter to you tooβ.
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βI wonβt sacrifice my child for a lost course. We both know she has lost it completely and as such cannot loveβ
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βThose who canβt love are those who needs it mostβ.
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βRomeoβ¦. go ahead with the poetryβ
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Luke sighed. How could he get his mom to understand that no matter how hard he tried, he just couldnβt help but be in love with Desiree? He made a promise to love her till the end then she disappeared. It turned out she was abducted, but that didnβt stop him from living her dreamβ¦ Sheβd always wanted to be a doctor when she was barely four years old after seeing her grandmother in so much pain but couldnβt help her even her doctors couldnβt help decrease the pain she was in. She then decided to become a doctor to help those in pains, to be a step closer to finding solutions to certain pain doctors or drugs could not reduce.
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βI know you want to help her, but she doesnβt want it from you or anyone related to her,β His mother said interrupting his thoughts. After getting his attention, she continued βThe other day I was talking to her she kept on laughing, in a tragic, insane way. She didnβt say a word, Sheβs not in her right mind Luke!β
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βWho wouldnβt? Laughter is the best medicine for the soul.Β and then she toiled alone to make something for herself. Doing all sort of things because she didnβt want anyoneβs sympathy-β
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βStop defending her and face reality!β Mrs. Jefferson barked at him then walked out on him
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βI made a promise to save lives, no matter whose life. Every life is important and now more than ever Serena needs my help, and Iβll go to the very extreme to get her life back and to make her happy againβ. He heard his mom scoff and mutter words he didnβt understand.
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Luke sat down on a nearby stool and ran his hand through his hair, took a deep breath and closed his eyesβ¦ he flashed back to his early child memories. He wished more than anything that Serena wasnβt abused sexually, addicted to hard drugs, tortured, used as a sex slave, wasnβt experimented on or that she didnβtβ¦.
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βHeyβ¦β Miles touched Lukeβs shoulder. βI thought you were on call. Desiree is still blaming me for our mother and grandmotherβs death and still on her lone wolf thingβ
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βYou heard my last statementβ
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βI really donβt understand how you still do all these, with everything Desiree doesβ¦ like, dude how do you do it? How do you get her? You are probably her most hated person right now. Annie filled me in on her first day at work scenario. Who doesnβt love flowers?β
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βYour sisterβ Miles gasped in pretense
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βMy sister? I didnβt know I had one till seven years agoβ
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βWe all thought she died Milesβ¦. And that devastated your mom, she couldnβt bear itβ
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βSo what now? Are you giving up?β
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Luke smiled probably his first real smile that wasnβt forced all day, he had thought of giving up on Desiree but then that would make her right, that would increase her hate for everyone around her, so in order to proveβ¦.. Well, there wasnβt anything to prove besides being hopelessly in love with her and thus help her heal.
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βHonestly, I haven’t thought about thatβ Luke started βNothing was the same after she disappearedβ¦β¦nothing had meaning or significance. I tried living but couldnβtβ¦.I only found solace in my memory of her and thatβs where the problem lies. After nineteen years, I found myself still been drawn to Serenaβ¦. Or rather Desiree as she calls herself now. I love her and Iβll be there for her like old times which she doesnβt remember but no matter how impossible it seems, Iβm not going to give up. Iβll get through to her Iβve toβ¦. I know Iβll get through to herβ¦..I just have toβ¦. she has literally disowned her family and changed her name who wouldnβt? After everythingβ¦ she thought her family didnβt try hard enough to rescue her. But everyone who loved her did everything humanly possible to find her. Then she found her family but wouldnβt be with them, thatβs insane. Why would you want your family to know youβre alive and not be with them?β
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βTo use distance to inflict pain on them.β Miles chipped in.
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βFor all our sakes letβs hope she doesnβt destroy herself in the process. And Luke get some sleepβ¦you donβt want to be grumpy while attending to your patients now, would you?βΒ
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βYou should too and donβt stay all night on Skype,β Luke said standing up.
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βLukeβ¦β
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βYea?β
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βI wish you were blood relatedβ
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βYou are just imaging things, of course, we are related,β Luke told Miles and left.
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Luke looked over his shoulders at Miles; he didnβt blame him for his last comment. His mother was pregnant with him when Desiree was abducted, she was devastated, depressed and weak, she couldnβt push while in premature labour she eventually died and it was a miracle he survived after being incubated for a long time.
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Miles found out seven years ago that he has an elder sister who had been abducted. He was thrilled to meet her, but she had other plans. She wasnβt interested in family. They prefer believing that they didnβt understand her or her interest.
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Miles had tried reaching out to her like everyone else, but she just wonβt bulge. Sheβs like a basket that water is poured intoβ¦ at every given opportunity she echoed her hate for them. How Miles killed his mom, her father not being good enough, couldn’t rescue her resulting in the death of her grandmother, but above all these she wished all those horrible things didnβt happen to her and that the person to blame wasnβt her Uncle and their trusted family maid, Holly.
Gere, I’ll advise you on a couple of things
1. Your tense. Either choose present or past tense
2. Your profile picture is not engaging. You look kind of angry. A smiley face will endear people to you.
3. Read. Read. Read!
Otherwise, nice work
I’ve worked on it, thanks
I hve read and I didn’t see anything wrong with ur tenses except that this episode is too short and very interesting, I can’t wait till the truth behind Disiree’s hatred of her family is reveal, well done Ochuko, more ink to ur pen
Thanks Sarah
Well well well, still trying to wrap my head around d story
Thanks Anita
Well well well, still trying to wrap my head around d story a nice try