Come Back, Dear Ex-wife.

She dashed out of the house crying hysterically leaving the maids and guards murmuring amongst themselves. She cared less about the rumors and whispers. At this moment, she just needed a place to stay and think.

Her eyes opened up and the tears came out, rushing with full force the moment Erica got into the car.

She buried her face in her palms, trying to muffle her screams as her heart shattered into pieces.

She started the car engine and made her way straight to her father's house, hoping to explain everything to him and have him beg Norberto on her behalf. She will come back to meet Norberto when he's more calm. Not knowing what to believe, she assumes it is all a trick and Norberto is just playing on her intelligence. She will let him calm down then break the news of the pregnancy to him.

Upon pulling up at her father's house, Erica was heartbroken as she was told her father had gone out for a meeting.

“When will he be back?” She said to Oscar rather impatiently.

“I don't know. He didn't say.” Oscar had come outside upon sighting her car. He was her father's security guard.

“I'll wait for him.” Erica made it inside the surroundings but was stopped dead in her tracks by Oscar.

“You can't go in, any further, I'm sorry.”

“Why can't I? This is my father's house.”

Erica protested, trying to force her way inside.

“The order came from your father.”

“Really! My father!”

“Yes ma'am.”

“You heard him, you aren't deaf. You aren’t allowed to step foot inside the house any longer, so leave here now, or else I'll set the dogs on you.” She gritted her teeth, pointing towards the gate.

Erica immediately froze upon hearing the familiar voice. She was not expecting her sister back to the country anytime soon. Turning to face her, she saw Delaney, walking downstairs in a flowery gown which screamed luxury, she wouldn't be surprised to know Norberto is the one funding her expensive lifestyle.

“What are you doing here?” Erica quizzed, walking furiously towards her.

Delaney’s laughter rang out like tinkling bells, “The last time I checked, this is my house, my father’s house. I should be asking you that question. What are you doing here?” she came to a halt, facing Erica directly, with her arms akimbo.

“Stay away from Norberto, Delaney, I beg you. I need my home to be at peace and not in pieces.”

“Who is Norberto?” Delaney sneered.

“You the hell know who Norberto is, stop playing around with me, stay the hell away from my husband.” Erica was furious.

“tsk, tsk, tsk, poor you! You mean, your soon to be ex-husband” Delaney mocked.

She nudged Erica with her shoulder as she walked past her and sat on a chair.

“Look at you Erica, you look so pathetic. I love it when you are sad. You deserve no happiness, do you”

“You are evil, so evil Delaney, you are a monster. What have I ever done to you?”

“Ever since you and your mother walked into our lives, everything has changed. You started sharing almost everything with me. My father, my home, my friends, the attention, literally everything Erica and I so hate you for that. You were like the perfect daughter. Everyone preferred you over me and now you think you can be the wife of the richest man in the country, huh! I’d rather have you dead than share Norberto with me.”

“I never wanted to be his wife. I never took your man away from you. You know the truth yet you are still blaming me for everything. You caused everything yet lash out on me, how callous of you Delaney. And now that I want him, that I finally yearn for his love, you are back to destroy everything!”

“I am back to take what is rightfully mine and occupy my position as the wife to the richest man in the country, how does that sound? Don’t get in my way Erica, you won’t like the repercussions.”

Clap!!!

As if acting on impulse, she raised her hand and slapped Delaney hard across the cheek which sent her sprawling on the floor, holding her face.

The triumphant smile on Delaney’s face slowly faded away as a frown appeared on her face. She rubbed her cheek frantically, trying to ease the burning sensation.

“How dare you lay your filthy hands on me?” she stared angrily at Erica.

“When my mother and I came into this family, we came with love. All our life, we endured every trash, every single act of condemnation, every single hurtful and humiliating actions and words you threw at us. You turned her husband against her and my father against me……”

“He was never your father, you were only a part of this family since he got married to your mom, I mean he had no choice.” She rolled her eyes at Erica.

“Now you want to do the same to an innocent child, a child who hasn’t arrived in the world yet. You want to deprive an innocent child of his father’s love. I won’t let you do that. You might have succeeded in doing that to me but I won’t let you take the father of my unborn child away and deprive him of all the fatherly love and care he can get.”

Erica’s words got Delaney confused. She furrowed her eyebrows as a confused expression enveloped her entire face.

Pregnant! She can’t be. She must have slept with some cheap guy and now she’s pinning the baby on Norberto. She thought she had done everything possible to send Erica out of his life but getting pregnant for him will ruin everything. That means she won’t be able to have Norberto all to herself and the child could be a source of connection between Erica and him. She can’t be the one to have an heir for the family, it can’t be Erica, it has to be her.

Delaney rushed toward Erica and touched her stomach then glared at her, stealing glances at her flat stomach.

“Get your hands off me, stay away from me.”

“whose bastard child is that?” Delaney asked in disgust.

“You have no right calling my child such filthy names. This pregnancy belongs to Norberto.”

“Such a liar.” Delaney sneered, “You have been sleeping around with numerous boyfriends of yours and now that they do not want to accept the pregnancy, you want to pin it on Norberto. How shameless of you!”

“Do not talk dirty of me, for the past three years that I and Norberto have been married, I have had no carnal knowledge of any other man except him. I am not for the streets like you.”

“You and your bastard child won’t make it out of here alive.” Delaney pushed Erica to the floor with all her might, hitting her and kicking her in the tummy. “You bitch; I will make sure your mother doesn’t recognize you when you both meet in hell.”

Erica was already bleeding from the mouth at this point, but fought hard to shield her stomach and pregnancy from her evil sister’s blows and kicks. She was already regretting why she had come here in the first place.

“I hate the sight of you, I hate your presence and I wish you could just vanish from the surface of the earth.” Delaney ranted as she continued kicking Erica in the stomach and sending heavy blows on her head.

Erica groaned in pain. Her stomach was hurting so badly at this point and tears had started rolling down her bloodied and bruised face. The pain was excruciating. She struggled to get up but was pulled down by Delaney.

“If you try to come between Norberto and I, I swear, I will hunt you down and kill you. He is mine and mine alone, you better get this into your head”.

Glaring murderously at her sister, she smiled when she saw blood trickling down her leg. Feeling satisfied, she started to make her way back into the house. She took a few steps and stopped in her tracks just before entering the house, smirking.

“And make sure to get rid of that thing you call a baby.” She ordered before finally making her way back inside.

“I wonder which guy got you pregnant anyways.” She mumbled.

Unable to bear the excruciating pain ravaging through her body, Erica managed to reach for her bag and took her phone from inside. She could feel the remaining strength left in her slowly seeping away. She scrolled through her phone with bloodstained fingers searching frantically for Norberto’s number.

“Please, please pick up the phone, Norberto.”

However, the next second, a pair of leather shoes crushed her hands hard!