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Sylvia got home feeling so agitated over the news she just got from Ray. The way she slammed the door got her mum flinched on the parlour couch she was sitting.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?". She asked on seeing Sylvia with a scowl pacing around the room.

Sylvia didn't respond to her mum's question. Rather she was screaming and saying curse words. She went to one of the couch and pick out a pillow and started punching it and screaming at it. " you bastard,you son of a bitch,asshole,fool,animal. I hate you!"she said sliding down to ties floor beside the couch and then she started crying out loud.

Sylvia's mum,Camilla was confused. She didn't understand anything that was going on with his daughter. She stood up from her seat and walk to where Sylvia was sitting. She raised her hand to touch her shoulders for her to be calm and tell her what the problem is but got rejected by Sylvia.

"Don't dare touch me. Its all your fault!" Sylvia yelled.

Camilla shuddered at the raise of voice flinching away from her immediately. "My..fault? What are you talking about?". She asked confusedly.

Sylvia scoffed. "Of course you wouldn't know what I'm talking about,how would you huh?". She retorted.

"Sylvia! Remember I'm your mum,you shouldn't be talking to me in that manner." Camilla warned.

"Hahaha. Of course I will. I'll talk to you however I want because you just wrecked my life." Sylvia retorted once more with a scowl.

Camilla stare with a furrow. "What do you mean I wrecked your life? Can you please calm down and..."

"Don't tell me to calm down,mother. How do you expect me to be calm when Raymond just cancel our engagement? How? Tell me how you expect me to be calm!" She snapped.

Camilla gasp in shock with the news. She was lost of words.

"You see,you can't even answer." Sylvia said in a grimace.

"I'm... sorry I..." Camilla trailed off.

"You're sorry? Of course you are. You should be sorry for yourself,mum....."

"Sylvia!" Camilla warned.

"You caused everything. You made me got into that relationship with Ray. Even when you knew I don't love him you still forced me to be with him all because of your selfish interest..." She continued.

"Sylvia!" Camilla warned again.

"You were so selfish that you don't care of my happiness. You made me breakup with someone that loved me so much all because you wanted to be wealthy through my relationship with Ray. You never cared all those times I was hurt when I broke up with Vincent. You had no idea how I felt for months after that...."

"Sylv I'm...." Camilla tried to stop her ranting.

"Just wait let me finish! Its because of you I got into a relationship that they was no love in it. Perhaps if Ray had love me a little I would have even considered it but he never did. So what was the point of loving him back. In fact I couldn't love again because I was hurt over my breakup with Vincent. All because of you wanted me to marry a wealthy guy that's how I got into this mess with Raymond. But what's the point now huh? He's no longer getting married to me. So how do you intend acquiring more wealth than the ones you've already got, sweet mother?". Sylvia asked in a sarcastic tone with a grimace.

Camilla felt guilt flushing her. Her head was bowed down in shame. She knew all what her daughter just said was right and there's no how she could deny it.

"You know what? I'm leaving this beautiful fancy house for you all to yourself. So enjoy your stay in it." Sylvia said after the long silence and stood up from the floor.

"Please my child, don't leave me. I need you here with me. You make me happy,you can't just leave me like that. Please, I'm really sorry." Camilla said in an apologetic tone and held her daughter's wrist.

"No,mother. I'm leaving. I need sometime to be alone. I need to do some thinking about my life. I need to figure out what's the next step now that I've been disgraced this way. I need to reprogram my life." She said flinching away from her and then she ran to her room to pack her things.

Few minutes later,she was out with her things.

"Please Sylv. I'm really sorry. Forgive me. Please don't go." Camilla begged.

"I can forgive you,mother. But I can't forget about it so soon. So if you'll excuse me,goodbye." Sylvia said and dragged her suitcase outside turning deaf ears to her mum's pleas.
*********
Later that same day in the evening,Raymond was at the hospital with Louis to see Jasmine haven't told him everything that had happened earlier during the day.

"My lady!" Louis called out when he got inside the room Jasmine was admitted to. Jasmine was sitting on the bed with her back rested on the wall and she was having her phone on her hands.

He went closer and took her hand into his and kissed her forehead. Jasmine smiled at him.
"Thank goodness you're fine and still breathing. What would I have done without seeing your smiles again?". He asked with a frown.

"Perhaps you would have just died with me." Jasmine replied jokingly.

"I would have done just that,my lady." He replied with a wink and Jasmine grin.

Raymond was beginning to feel jealous with the way the conversation was going with his friend and Jasmine. He cleared his throat to get their attention.

"Hey." Jasmine greeted.

"Hey. How are you feeling now?". Ray asked.

"Better than before. Glad to see you guys here." She replied.

Ray raised a brow and scowl. He didn't felt good hearing her say "guys", to him she was meant to say she's happy to see him here. He ignored it and composed himself when he saw her staring at him.
"So,where's your dad?". He asked changing the topic.

"I told him I was hungry,so he went to get something for me." She replied. The door opened and Mr Williams is back but came in empty-handed.
Jasmine opened her mouth to speak but her words hanged on the air.

"I asked Rosa to prepare something up for you. She'll be here soon." Williams said. "Hi guys." He greeted Ray and Louis. He stared at Louis trying to recall where he'd seen him. "Louis right?". He asked remembering he saw him at the party he hosted last Saturday.

"Yes sir. Its good to meet you again." Louis replied with a smile stretching out his hand to shake his. They shook each other with a warm smile.

"Dad,why didn't you just buy burger for me?". Jasmine asked with a pout.

Ray rolled his eyes and said. "Do you have a special thing with burger?".

"A special thing?". She asked confusedly.

"Yeah. A special thing. Like you're crushing on it or something better than that?". He said and the men chuckled at that.

Now it was Jasmine's turn to roll her eyes and threw the pillow at him which he caught. "Whatever". She said given him a tongue out and Ray did the same.

"Seriously? A tongue out? You both needs to grow up." Louis said with a grin but got a swat on his head. "Ouch that hurts." He said with a pout rubbing the spot.

"I think you're the one that needs to grow up because you're too soft. And most of all you're pouting like a three- years-old kid." Ray said which got all of them chuckling.

Ray went closer and handed her small nylon bag. "Take,I got it when coming here." He said and Jasmine collected it from his hand and opened it.

"Shawama and burger!" She exclaimed excitedly.

Ray snorted at her excitement. "Tch. Its nothing." He said to her.

"Thanks." She replied with a smile.

Louis came forward and handed her another small nylon bag too. She stared at him for some seconds before she collected it. She opened it and her eyes widened again and her face was filled with smiles.
"You got me an ice cream,strawberry hollandia yogurt and some fruit? Wow you guys are so sweet. Thanks a lot." She said.

"You're welcome. Well...it was Ray's idea I get you a strawberry hollandia yogurt,he told me you like it a lot." Louis said.

"C'mon. Must you have to tell her it was my idea?". Ray asked with a grunt.

"I was just trying to let her know you...you..." Louis trailed off.

"Just shut up buddy." Ray said to Louis and Louis pouted again making Ray to roll his eyes. Just then Ray's phone started ringing. He digged it out of his leather jacket pocket and read who was calling. He huffed.
"Please excuse me guys,I need to take this call." He said to them and then headed out of the room to the hallway.

"Yes,mum?". He answered.

"What the hell is wrong with you,son?". Mrs Robert asked in a raised tone.

"What do you mean by that,mum?". Ray asked.

"Quit the pretense. You know what I'm talking about." She snapped.

Ray calmed down and tried to get what she was talking about. "Oh. This is about Sylvia right?". He asked.

"Sure it is. Why the hell did you call off the engagement just like that without telling me first?". She questioned.

"And why should I give you a reason for the decisions I make?". Ray retorted in an aggressive tone as well.

"I'm asking you a question and you're returning it back to me?". She asked in disbelief.

"Just go ahead and answer me why I should always have an explanation to you for whatever I do." Ray said firmly.

"Son,are you high on drugs or something? How dare you talk to me in that manner?". She snapped with a scowl.

"I'm not high on anything. Or maybe I'm high on love. Well...that's not the issue right now. Why did you call?". Ray asked getting pissed already with the conversation.

"I want you home right now." She commanded.

Ray scoffed. "You want me home right now?". He asked.

"Yes. And don't waste too...."

"Hold it there,mother. Who the hell do you think you are to order me around whenever you want? Do you think I'm still that nine-years-old boy in his school uniform you order around? If you should know,I'm no longer that. If you think I'm always being humble to you and you then choose to take it for granted,then this is the end road of it. Its better you stop it or you'll never set your eyes on me again." He said vividly to her and hanged up the call. His breathing was fast like he just did some jogging on a hillside. He clenched his fist by his side and kicked his feet on the wall with anger.

He ran his fingers through his hair pacing around the hallway and trying to take a deep breath for him to calm down before he can go inside.

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