CaughT in BetweeN

Depression

CHAPTER 5

As soon as she arrived, she saw that the front door was flung open, and there were shattered glass all over the ground. Her hands shaking, Sahara hesitantly walked in, looking around, she was filled with horror.

Her home had been completely ransacked, drawers pulled out, and all of her valuables were missing, including her laptop, her jewelry collection, and her safe - all containing sensitive documents and irreplaceable memories.

Just as Sahara was about to completely break down,when her phone rang, it was Chloe. She picked up almost immediately.

“Sahara is that you?” she asked, expecting a response immediately. “Talk to me , where are you ? are you OK , send me your location. Let me come pick you up immediately”, Chloe said again.

“Things am not OK sis” she responded in a whisper, “I got home this morning after receiving the greatest shock of my life last night to find my home burgled and almost every valuable thing I have worked for and inherited was gone” she said and busted in to a loud cry.

The body guard felt a little emotional at the words she just said to whoever she was talking to. He offered to take her back to the hotel if she didn’t mind and to inform his boss about the situation.

He wondered why such a beautiful young lady would go through so much within 24 hours.

“no please just take me to Chloe.”

OK ma’am, they got into the car and he drove her to Chloe's apartment,

Chloe was already outside, eager to see her little cousin. She wondered what must have happened last night.

She saw a black new series range rover approaching her apartment and parked. Sahara came out and he drove off immediately .

She looked very pale, like someone who had been tortured. She hugged her and took her inside immediately.

She prepared some hot green tea to calm her nerves down.

Turned on the heater, Sahara had a warm shower, washed off the dried and scattered make-up and the stench of alcohol from the night.

Chloe didn’t pressure her into talking at the moment, all she did was make her calm and comfortable, she laid her to sleep after the bath. It would make her more calm and relaxed to tell her everything later in the day or whenever she wanted to talk about it.

But it was so obvious things didn’t go as planned.

Aleck had achieved so much in his life. He was a successful business person, a renowned athlete sponsor and a philanthropist. He had everything and even more, except for what his grandmother wanted him to have- a wife and a good relationship with his stepbrother. “Aleck, you have done well my boy,” his grandmother said with a smile on her face every time she had visited him, "but there is one thing left to complete my joy, and that is to see you happily married and close to your stepbrother."

Aleck took his grandmother’s words seriously and decided to take the next step in his life. He started looking for a suitable partner.

Aleck,encountered so many but it was very obvious they were just after his money what ever entitlement that came with being his partner.

Some went as far as throwing themselves at him, just to be noticed.

But aleck knew what he wanted . Since he couldn’t get that at the moment, he gave up the search and continued with his businesses.

Despite the fact he was a billionaire, he never took any business for granted, like the disciplined and disciplined man that he was.

He decided to take a break from his search for a wife and focus on improving his relationship with his stepbrother. They had never been close, but Aleck knew deep down that his stepbrother was a good person.

He was a bastard son of his father before he got married to his mom.

They never spent time together but grandma always mentioned him in some conversations.

His mother was a good woman but her parents didn’t agree to her marriage with the aleck father, Mr Logan at that time, due to the fact that he wasn’t rich, yet he was still trying to make ends meet.

They wanted their daughter to get married to one of the chief of police son named eddy so his father would stand as an influence to her father as the lieutenant in Mexico.

And their family would be relevant in the society,

Despite they knew that they never loved each other .

Chloe sat close to Sahara as she watched her struggle to sleep.

The tension and shock toiled with her thoughts and made her had night mare at after noon.

She opened the left drawer, removing some pills and gave her to take.

“here my love, take this it would calm your nerves and help you to sleep fine.”

She took it, collecting the glass of water Chloe was given to her.

She swallowed the pills and laid her head back on the pillow quietly.

In less than ten minutes she was already sleeping peacefully.she called the operator that helped her last night to inform him that Sahara was back home, And ended the call.

Aleck decided to invite his stepbrother for lunch and apologized for not being more involved in his life.

“its a shame I let our parents love story come in between us.but I would honestly like us to get things rolling as brothers.”

They spent the whole day talking, and before Aleck knew it, the day had turned into night.

From then on, Aleck and his stepbrother decided in spending time together, going out for lunch, watching sports games, and just hanging out.

It was refreshing for Aleck to know that he had someone he could rely on.

This made grandma more happy, but her joy wasn’t yet complete.

It was past 6:pm and Sahara wasn’t awake yet.Chloe didn’t bother waking her, because she felt she needed all the relaxation she needed at this point in her life.

Seating in the living room Chloe phone rang.

“hello am I unto miss Chloe?” she asked “yes ma’am Chloe responded, “am calling from the L.A.P.D crime investigation department,we found a footage relating to the buggery of miss Sahara's department yesterday at 12:00 am midnight”