The sound of a phone ringing woke up Sasha, she groaned and turned on the bed, her leg on top that of another who also groaned and pushed her off. The ringtone ended and it picked up again after a second. Sasha groaned and finally forced her eyes to open, she yawned and a gnashing headache held her immediately she sat up, her hand reached to rub her temple, the phone was still ringing and she forced herself out of the bed, stumbling on Agatha who was sleeping on the floor.

Agatha yelped and her eyes snapped open, glaring daggers at the one who woke her up with such pain "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Sasha apologized and stepped aside, Agatha yawned and went back to sleep. Sasha searched for the ringing phone only to discover it was the hotel intercom, she reached for it and picked it up, her eyelid were still closing and she wondered what time it was "hello" she said with a yawn.

"Good morning ma'am, I'm sorry to disturb you but there is a woman here who is asking of you" she heard the receptionist voice from the other side.

Sasha yawned again as her brows furrowed, a woman asking of her? She looked around the room and her friends were all sleeping, some on the bed, some on the floor, so who will it be? No one knows she is here except her friends "who is it?"

"She is Mrs. Vanessa Brown."

Sasha's sleepy eyes snapped open immediately "mom? Tell her I will be down in a minute" and she hung up as her mind raced, what is mom doing here? How did she know she is here? As her mind was busy throwing all the questions, her eyes saw the clock and it was 12:45 pm, "oh my God" how did she sleep so late? She looked at her friends who were supposed to be at the office as they were sleeping soundly.

"Janet" she called but no answer, she walked closer to her where she was sleeping on the bed and tapped her, Janet groaned and slapped her hand away but Sasha insisted, finally she woke up.

"What?" She asked with annoyance for having her sleep interrupted.

"Get up young woman, do you know what time it is? It's almost one pm!" Sasha said and Janet's eyes snapped open as she hurriedly got out of bed and helped with waking the other ladies who all woke up with a groan. Sasha rushed into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, she brushed her hair and changed into a casual outfit before rushing out of the room to the elevator.

When she stepped out of the elevator, she walked to the receptionist who pointed to the restaurant and she took a deep breath before walking inside, all the while her mind throwing questions of why Vanessa would come to see her but she couldn't get the answer. She saw Vanessa sitting on a table for two with a bottle of wine on the table, she sipped from her glass, looking as graceful as she always do. Sasha sighed and started walking towards her.

Vanessa looked up when she sensed her presence, a sweet smile spread on her lips when she saw her and she beckoned her over "come sit my darling."

Sasha returned her smile and sat down opposite her, Vanessa summoned a waiter who brought another wine glass for Sasha, he poured the drink for her and walked away "mom, what are you doing here?"

Vanessa pouted when she heard the question "I'm I not free to see you anymore? I'm I no longer welcome?"

"No, no, no, it's not like that...I'm just..surprise to see you, that's all."

"I understand" she sipped her drink "a friend of mind told me she saw you at a club last night. It was her son's birthday and he insisted it will be at the club, I was invited but I can't remember the last time I went to a club so I turned it down. She said that when she saw you she thought I sent you and Michael to replace me but when she didn't see Michael and also saw you with some other women, she figured you just came on your own" she looked at Sasha who was just staring at her and sighed.

"When I heard that, I knew something was wrong, I called you this morning but you didn't answer so I went to your home but I only saw Michael, he was helping himself with his medicine, I asked about Belinda and he said he told her to stop coming, I asked why but his reply was that she was not needed anymore..."

"Wait, Michael stopped Belinda from taking care of him? Why?" Sasha interrupted.

"I just told you what he said" Vanessa sighed "I asked of you. He said you left, just like that, I was surprised, I didn't see that coming, I mean I know you would but I wasn't expecting it to be now" she looked at Sasha "what happened?"

Sasha heaved a sigh and licked her lips "I couldn't hold on anymore. He is not making it easy" she buried her face in her palms and took a huge breath before letting it out softly, she looked at Vanessa "I tried, I tried to make it work but he just don't want me and no matter how hard I try, he will never do."

Vanessa grabbed her hand in her hers, she squeezed it and her hand felt warm against Sasha's "I understand. I'm not blaming you" she smiled before looking out through the glass wall to the street "so what now?"

"I don't know" Sasha shook her head "when I left yesterday, I told myself if he call me that I will go back but he didn't" she looked at Vanessa "he doesn't care, whether I stay or leave, he don't care" a tear slipped from her eye and she wiped it off and sniffed "I will never be a replacement to him, no matter how hard I try, he will always love her, not me" she smiled bitterly "and the earlier I understand that, the better for both of us."

Vanessa sighed, she smiled but her eyes has welled up too, she reached for her napkin and dabbed at her eyes, she bit her lip before looking at Sasha again "I envy the woman who is going to be your mother in law. Maybe I will go to her and offer to adopt her son so that you will be my daughter in law again" she smiled.

Sasha smiled too, but warmth flushed into her being "I will really miss you Sasha and don't you forget, should you need anything don't hesitate to call me okay?"

Sasha nodded "I won't forget. I have been meaning to ask you if you will still be having lunch with me?"

Vanessa's eyes widened in happiness "of course, if you are free, we can have one now."

"I haven't even have breakfast. So you are having the two with me."

Vanessa laughed "as long as I won't feel bloated" she searched for the waiter and summoned him, he came and handed them a menu, Sasha gave her order and so did Vanessa before he walked away again "should I send you my lawyer?"

Sasha was shocked "your lawyer?"

"Yes, everything will be done and over within a short time and he will also fight for some right for you. Maybe one of his mansions, one of his hotels, one of his boutiques, one of his clubs, half of his share in his company, and a lot more. Yes, he also owns two theaters, one will go to you too" Vanessa stopped as she thought of her son's assets "he has a château in France, it was given to him by my mother, it will also be yours."

Sasha stared wide eyes in shock as Vanessa named and divide all her sons properties for her sake and for a minute, she wondered if it was another woman who was divorcing her son will she divide everything he owns? A sweet feeling flushed into her and she knew immediately that she didn't want to part with the woman.

"So what do you say? I will have him meet you tomorrow morning, how about that?" Vanessa asked.

Sasha smiled and grabbed Vanessa's hand in hers across the table "mom, I appreciate everything you are doing but I don't want anything from Michael, or maybe I do but that is his love, and since I can't have that, I don't want anything else."

"What do you mean you don't want anything else? He deserves to compensate you for wasting one year of your life."

"But mom, he didn't force me. I remember you told me to divorce him a month after our marriage but I refused, I decided to stay with him, it wasn't against my wish and our marriage is not that of a contract that deserve all his assets to be shared. I don't want anything, and besides, I'm not divorcing him yet."

"Not divorcing him? I don't understand you Sasha."

Sasha chuckled "when I left, I told him we will be separating for a while so that we both can reflect if we still want the marriage. I know I do but I want him to call me, I want him to come for me."

"Oh" Vanessa nodded in understanding "you want him to find you not that you are divorcing him."

"Yes."

"How long are you giving him?"

"A month? Or two? I don't know" she buried her face in her palms, Vanessa smiled and stood up from her seat, she walked closer to Sasha and hugged her to her chest, her hand caressing her hair.

"Let's give him two months, if he doesn't call or come to get you back, then it's a divorce" she raised Sasha's chin to look at her face "no excuses."

Sasha smiled through her tears and nodded, Vanessa caressed her face and kissed her forehead "everything is going to be okay my darling" she looked away and sighed "I just envy the man that is going to marry you and his mother. They will be picking a gem" she shook her head and walked back to her seat "mine doesn't even know what he has or about losing" she sipped her drink absentmindedly "I just hope his senses will return to him in the next two months, if not, it might be too late when it finally does."

Sasha sighed, she too wished he will come for her but if he doesn't, then she will never give him the chance to get to her heart again.

Their food arrived then and they started eating, Sasha thought of something then and looked at Vanessa "but mom, how did you know where to find me?"

Vanessa smiled and dropped her cutleries "if I tell you, you won't believe me" she picked her napkin and dabbed at her mouth before looking at Sasha with a smile.

Sasha looked thoughtful for a while before saying "try me."

Vanessa smiled "Michael told me."

Sasha dropped her fork in shock while staring at Vanessa frozen.

Vanessa chuckled at that "he told me and he also told me that you didn't check in with his name but as Sasha White and also your room number, that was why it wasn't hard getting the receptionist to call you."

Rather than recovering from her shock, Sasha sunk deeper in it, after a while she said "he knows."

"Yes" Vanessa nodded "he knows you are here and he also know you went to a club last night. When I brought it up, he said he knew."

Sasha stared at her mother in law in shock "will I ever get away from him? Is it possible for me to go to a place without him knowing?"

Vanessa smiled faintly "I don't think so" she sighed "one day, when he was still fifteen. I had an issue with his father and l left home, I left the country actually believing no one will find me but in the middle of the night, I was awoken by a knock at the door, I was surprised because I didn't tell anyone where I was, I peeked through the peephole and was shocked to see him standing outside, in the cold. I opened the door immediately and ushered him inside, his hands were cold and he was dressed in nothing but little clothing. It was winter then, so I made him sit by the fire and made coffee for him.

When I have gotten his temperature to normal, I asked him how he found me, he said 'no one I want to know their whereabout can hide from me' I was shocked, I mean he was just fifteen and was in school when I had the issue with his father. He had his backpack with him which meant he came directly from school. The next day, he left, I thought he was gone but in the night he returned again, when I asked him why he left when he knew he will still return, he said he went to school.

I mean I couldn't believe he went to school from there, the next day, he did the same. I got worried because of the excess traveling, I told him to go home but he refused, he said I'm his mother and he is going to be anywhere that I am" she smiled "I felt warm that day honestly, I now told him, then if it's like that, why don't he go and tell his dad where I am, he said 'I'm not the one to find his wife for him, if he needs his wife, he should find her himself'" Vanessa laughed softly then.

"We both stayed there for a week, and he attended school and always go home to change his clothes, but not once did he tell his dad that he spends every night with me, I was the one that got worried for his wellbeing and during the weekend I returned home with him, his dad had been shocked when he heard he was with me and wondered how he was able to find me when he didn't" she looked at Sasha "so I guess, he knows what he wants to know."

Sasha sighed as she digested the story "he loves you."

"Yes, and one thing I have come to know of him is that, when he loves someone, he gives his all."

Sasha nodded "yes, I have noticed that too."

Vanessa grabbed her hand "I have a feeling Michael likes you. I mean, if he still went ahead to know where you are, it means he cares."

Sasha bit her lip "or maybe he just wants to know because I'm still his wife" she sighed "I envy the girl he loves."

"Don't, your own love will come to you" Vanessa smiled and she returned the smile. After the meal, Vanessa left, promising to keep in touch. Sasha returned to her room and found out that her friends had left and Janet left her a text message. She read it and fell on the bed, what will she be doing today? She thought back to the story Vanessa told her and wondered how it will feel should there be a knock on her door and when she opens it, she will find him there and he will say to her 'you are my wife, wherever you are is where I will be' she sighed, how sweet will that be but too bad it's just a thought for her.

She sighed and got out her warmer, it will be snowing soon and the whether is already so cold. Christmas was approaching and she found herself wishing that she would reconcile with her husband before it finally arrive, she left her room with her car key, she can't stay at home all day or she will kill herself with thoughts, so she will rather spend the rest of the day at the office.

She got to the underground parking lot and saw a familiar silhouette, she smiled and greeted "hi Craig."

Craig turned and looked at her "hey, how are you?"

"I'm okay" she sighed "the name is Sasha, I guess I wasn't too friendly last night."

"Nope, you were not" he scratched his dirty blonde hair "but you are making up for it now."

Sasha smiled "I guess I am" she bit her lip "okay then, I will see you around" she intend to walk away when he stopped her.

"Are you busy? How about a cup of coffee? The whether is cold and all that after all."

Sasha thought about it and thinks, it's not so bad right? Or is it? After all, she is married but having issues with her husband, that doesn't mean she has to make out with someone else a day after right? "Maybe some other time. I need to get to the office."

"I will hold you to that" Craig smiled and she returned the smile.

"Sure" she dropped and walked to her car, she got in and he waved at her while she was driving out and she waved back.

She got to the office and her friends all looked like hell, she almost laughed out loud when she saw Agatha sleeping in her office. She walked into her own office and sat down, a thought crossed her mind and she sat up, that's true, she can't afford to be living in a hotel for two months, and besides she doesn't even know if Michael will come for her but she will like to think he will and also hope but staying in a hotel for two months is really going to drain her savings.

After thinking about it, she came to a conclusion and searched a magazine lying on her desk, she had seen something like an agent when she was casually flipping through it one time, after about three pages, she saw it and copied out the number. She gave the person a call and was surprised to hear that a house was currently free.

She fixed an appointment with him immediately and left her office almost after to meet with him. She met him in a cafe shop not too far from her office and they both left in her car to see the house. After twenty minutes drive, they arrived at a nice bungalow, it was a two room and a parlour, with kitchen. Sasha fell in love with it almost immediately, it was just like her former resident before she married Michael and it's perfect for her.

They left the house after checking if everything was working, Sasha went with him to his company to do all the necessaries and they told her to come back tomorrow to finalize everything. Sasha left the office in high spirit cause she knows the house was already hers and it was affordable, very very affordable that she was surprised why a house as beautiful as it should be that cheap, she felt it was a steal but whatever, she didn't hold them on gunpoint to give it her, so rather than kill herself with thoughts, she should just enjoy her luck, she thought and walked back to her car.