The Woods
Dr Kelvin Woods like everyone who truly knows his famous progenitors calls him, is a native of Las Vegas, United States. Johnson Woods - Kelvin's father came from a wealthy family of Dr Richard Woods a famous and renowned medical doctor who treats and heals sick patients in the neighborhood, while secretly feeding cannibalistically on strangers, tourists, touts, wayward children and teenagers who came to his clinic for treatment in hot and cold blood and halfway dead whenever this urge comes over him seeing fresh blood flowing from any patient he attends to. With the Way Dr Richard Woods handles his patients with ultimate care, hospitality, optimum sense of belonging and responsibility, one can ever know he is a vampire living comfortably among humans, married to Mrs Mariam Woods who later came to know the lifestyle and taste of his cannibal husband many years after their marriage.
Episode 1
Mr and Mrs Richard Woods Met in their prime in the higher institution where they got their degree in Pharmacy and Laboratory and Medical Sciences respectively. - University of Nevada, Las Vegas where Dr Richard Woods was studying Pharmacy and his wife to be then was also in the same field and faculty of study, studying Medical and Laboratory Sciences.
One day, after their lectures on a fateful Friday afternoon as they were going back home after the day's lectures.
'' Hello Miss beautiful your uniform looks good on you, you are elegant, attractive and suits my fantasy '' Kelvin said teasingly as to get Mariam's attention while walking towards her, in his normal way of getting along and delving into talks and persons with his flattering and seducing sweet tongue, even as a young man who has flare for beautiful women.
''I am Kelvin Woods a Final year student of Pharmacy may I know whom this beautiful one could be? " He said smiling.
At first Mariam who was famished and worn out by the days lectures was mute but was moved by the steady and unending flow of captivating words flowing from this tall, pointed nose, fair and hairy handsome young man Richard, who looks like he is in his late twenties. He reached out his hand for a shake. Mariam answered slowly and coldly because she is also bothered with a lot in her mind especially on her mother's health challenges, that has kept her admitted in the hospital for over three weeks, not knowing she is standing before the heir to the owner of the private hospital where her mother was urgently admitted into. They introduced themselves and in no time Richard was coming to check on Mariam who took him as her course tutor and Senior colleague.
In the course of time, their friendship grew into love with mutual affections, they shared together and with her mums hospital bills cleared by Richard, Mariam was already ready to give her best to Richard as she rightly estimated him to be from a well to do family.
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*Richard Woods*
Richard was born with a silver spoon as the only son with two sister beautiful into the family of late Mayor Williams Woods in 1885 7th April. He was well spent on and attended to whenever he needed funds whether for his academic pursuit or whatever, he always had enough and excess for his alcoholic and womanizing way of life. Mayor Williams Woods was a successful business man and public administrator who was also a partisan politician as his two elder brothers were successfully inclining political appointees in the United States Regional Government then. Money was never a challenge to the Woods and Richard was always demanding, utilizing and spending extravagantly his father's resources especially on women and show off and having known this Mariam was already wishing to step into this wealthy family.
Will her wish come through❓
Episode 2
Two years after their graduation from the Aveda institute.
Richard and Mariam's love and bond has grown stronger. One day Richard has decided to take Mariam out for a picnic where he decided to propose to Mariam to some of the most expensive leisure and amusement park. Mariam who slowly and pretentiously accepted remembering how they started and how far they have gone, knew it is her chance to step in to the Wood's family of Affluence, which is her dream finally come true.
'' I think I am complete with you, Mariam you came into my life and everything is getting better with you. You possess all the qualities I have wanted in a woman and I think you are the right one for me. ''
Richard muttered touching her hands.
Mariam who could not keep mute replied in excitement.
'' I am Proud of you Richard, you brought hope and light into my life when I was down, you gave me a reason to live and love and I will definitely give you my all. I love you Richard.''
'' Mariam please marry me, be my wife and let's continue this complete life of love. ''
Richard said as he went on his knees producing a beautiful and shiny ornamental box holding a golden set of rings.
At this point Regina was cold as tears were dropping down her cheeks.
" My dreams has finally come true. " She thought as they vowed and made their lovely engagement with the ring as a symbol of marital union that night.
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In no distant time they got married and wedded in a grande style at the Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas the both families were present with friends, relatives, well wishers and loved ones, it was indeed a Graced occasion. Late Mayor William's business partners were present and there were not much spaces left despite the expanse capacity of the Cathedral, hence the Famous Late Mayor's son is wedding and of course almost the whole city was turned into the venue of the occasion. The Arch Bishop came and led them into the marriage proper as they exchanged vows and he proclaimed them Husband and Wife.
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After few years of marriage, the Woods who were blessed with fame and riches were also enjoying increase in finance, purchase and acquisition of material things like cars and landed properties apart from the ones they were gifted to, by family, friends, business partners colleagues and loved ones, the day they got married, they also enjoyed fame and social/ class accreditation and acknowledgement but there was no issue yet, not even a miscarriage. This became an issue to the Woods family at large. Rumours and suspicions was in excess especially on Mariam whose outstanding beauty was a suspect as other women and folks rumoured it that she has finished aborting her children
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