Rose and Marcus spend the rest of the hour with Natasha. Natasha played monopoly with the kids as well as chess, they laughed and joked in the process. At the end of the hour, one could tell that the relationship between Natasha and the kids had softened.
Natasha was able to drop the kids two houses before theirs so that she won’t be seen but she waited until the kids went towards the house.
“Where have you guys been?” Natasha, who was yet to start the ignition of the car heard a loud female voice. She swiftly stepped down from the parked car and walked swiftly to see what was going on.
She was surprised to see Ruby standing before the two kids. “I asked where you guys went to? At this time of the night, huh? This is 10:15PM.”
Rose looked at Marcus not knowing what to say, “you do not have to shout at us.” Marcus said, looking at her.
“The fuck! Since when did you grow balls to talk to me this way?” Ruby asked angrily.
“Watch the words you are saying, my little sister is here,” Marcus said. Although Rose and Marcus are twins, Marcus considered her younger than him for he considered himself older than his age.
Ruby gritted her teeth in anger, “I’ll ask for the last time, where were you guys?”
“We went out.” Marcus answered briefly.
Rose sensed that Ruby may do something to hurt them so she swiftly hugged Ruby and cried, “Mom, please don’t be angry at Marcus and I.”
“I only want an answer, you just can’t leave home.” Ruby said.
“You are not getting one. Mom,” Marcus said boldly. “Should we return to where we were coming from or will you let us in?”
Ruby repeatedly nodded her head thoughtfully. “You’ll never be able to leave this house again without my permission. I’ll assign someone to monitor every one of your movements.”
Marcus then walked inside while Rose followed. Ruby clenched her fist in anger. “I’m their mother, yet they speak to me this way?”
“And where would six years old kids go by this time of the night?” She sighed. “if Dmitry finds out, she would be in trouble cause he made it her responsibility to look after the kids.”
Ruby then walked towards her car and drove off.
“Really?” Natasha was shocked. This woman can’t even spend the night with the kids? Natasha felt a dull pain in her heart.
What if she was dead? Is this the kind of life her children would have continued to live?
Natasha appeared before the house, standing beside a tall flower, she looked through the windows of the tall manor, hoping that one of the kids will look out through the window, she wanted to see them one more time before she leaves. For she loved them so much.
Nothing in this world can be compared to motherly love. When the kids didn’t appear even after many minutes, Natasha knew she couldn’t stay here any longer as it would be too dangerous.
About to turn to leave, she noticed a set of cars drove in, mostly comprises of Hilux cars. Staring at it, she noticed it was full of soldiers. From the latest range rover in the middle of those security cars, came a beautiful pair of legs, then the full body of the handsome man appeared and then his full body. It was Anthony Roosevelt.
He looked around and his eyes suddenly caught sight of Natasha. She totally forgot to hide well.
‘Oh gosh! How will she explain what she’s doing here?’ Natasha thought.
Anthony walked up to where she stood.
“Thanks so much for the other day, sir.” Natasha bowed.
“You are always welcome, Natasha.”
Natasha? He knew her name already. “Just call me by my name, Anthony.”
“But you are… You are the king of the West. I don’t think I can address you that way.”
“Natasha, you are very pretty. I naturally like you. Can we be friends?” He asked.
Wasn’t he supposed to be asking what she was doing here?
Friends with the king? How would that be? Natasha has clear purposes of being here and she’s yet to accomplish half of it. Plus her experience with men in the past hasn’t necessarily been cool.
“I’m sorry, Anthony but I do not wish to have friends,” Natasha said.
Anthony felt like a train collided on his heart. As a king, the truth is that he had never been rejected by anyone. He had hundreds of women who wanted to have a taste of him no matter what it cost them. Yet, he’s offering his rare friendship to Natasha and she’s rejecting it.
Anthony nodded, “alright.” Then he walked back to his soldiers.
Natasha watched as they walked inside the mansion.
‘What are they going to do there?’ Natasha wondered.
Since he knew her name, did he also know that Dmitry’s kids belong to her? How much does he know about her?
Natasha didn’t know whether to feel bad for rejecting him? But the truth is, she didn’t even know anything about him. How could she suddenly agree to be friends with a stranger. Even if she were to read about him on the Internet, she will only get to know the part of him the media wants people to know.
Natasha comforted herself with ‘there was no way he would hurt her kids. Perhaps he has a business with Dmitry.” Natasha then got inside his car and drove to her house.
On stepping down from her car, she saw someone approaching her from the dark. When this person was close, she realized it was Ruby.
“Natasha, did my kids come here?” Ruby asked. She had immediately made her men look into where the kids could have gone to but they had not been successful in tracking where the kids went. So Ruby began to drive to where the kids could possibly go but they all kept saying the kids were never there. Then she thought about Natasha, is she seeing the kids secretly?
“When did you give birth?” Natasha asked.
“Shut the fuck up! Did Marcus and Rose come here?” She asked.
However, Natasha remained quiet.
“Oh! They do. You are meeting with my kids secretly, right?” Ruby asked. “I’m reporting this to Dmitry.”
Still, Natasha kept quiet.
“Natasha!” She suddenly shouted, “stay the fuck away from my kids. I’ve been laboring over them for the past five years, technically, I’m their mother. Yes, they came out of your vagina but what have you done for them? I’ve raised them for five years and I’ll continue to raise them until they become independent. Stay away, Natasha, I’m warning you.”
“Step out of my property and don’t ever appear here again,” Natasha warned.
Ruby immediately called Dmitry who answered the call, “hubby,” she started crying, “Natasha kidnapped the kids and wanted to run away with them.”
“What! Are you saying my kids are not home?”
“They are home and fine, hubby. But that’s due to my hard work. She was already taking them to the train station so that she can take them to the West. If not for me who’s tirelessly keeping eyes on our kids, she would have run away with them.”
“Where are you?” Dmitry questioned.
“Before her house, exhausted from searching. Can you come and pick me up, please?” She asked weakly.
“I’ll send Yuri to pick you up. Anthony is already waiting for me at home. Plus I must confirm my kids are okay.” Dmitry said and hung the call up.
“You won’t be able to bear it once Dmitry starts to punish you.” Ruby said and walked over to her car.
When Natasha remembered how Ruby and Pavel had locked up Naomi in a deserted house and repeatedly tortured her, she clenched her fist hard and began to walk towards her.
Ruby wondered why Natasha suddenly started walking towards her.
“Ruby, consider today as your last day on earth!” Natasha said and charged towards her with rage.